{"id":24241,"date":"2017-02-17T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=24241"},"modified":"2017-02-16T20:21:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T00:21:24","slug":"rte-longwave-set-to-continue-until-at-least-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/rte-longwave-set-to-continue-until-at-least-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 longwave set to continue “until at least 2019”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: The Irish Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9 are set to continue transmitting their longwave 252 service until at least 2019 after positive talks took place at a consultative meeting in London.<\/p>\n

The news follows a statement issued by RT\u00c9 back in October in which the state broadcaster announced its \u201cintention to close the service in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9 said at the time that they were exploring the possibility of using \u2018alternative technologies\u2019 to help maintain links with its audiences in Britain beyond the service\u2019s closure.<\/p>\n

But longwave is now set to continue transmitting through 2017 and 2018 after a week which saw calls for the service\u2019s retention heard in the Seanad.<\/p>\n

Last week, independent Senator Billy Lawless sought government assurances that the Irish in Britain would not lose access to longwave 252.<\/p>\n

Senator Lawless urged Minister of State for the Diaspora Joe McHugh to \u201cimplore RT\u00c9 management to reconsider this ageist and discriminatory cut\u201d to its longwave 252 service.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article via The Irish Post.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: The Irish Post) RT\u00c9 are set to continue transmitting their longwave 252 service until at least 2019 after positive talks took place at a consultative meeting in London. The news follows a statement issued by RT\u00c9 back in October in which the state broadcaster announced its \u201cintention to close the service in 2017.\u201d RT\u00c9 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,2436,3],"tags":[2117,4123,3299,3472],"class_list":["post-24241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-longwave","category-news","tag-ireland","tag-longwave","tag-rte","tag-rte-longwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6iZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40671,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/rte-to-continue-longwave-radio-service-into-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":24241,"position":0},"title":"RT\u00c9 to continue longwave radio service into 2022","author":"Thomas","date":"November 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) RT\u00c9\u00a0is going to spend \u20ac250,000 per year transmitting its Radio One station to the Irish diaspora in Britain \u2013 while closing down all its digital stations. 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After that, RT\u00c9 hopes Radio 1 will gain approval from UK authorities to launch via a chain of small broadcast networks which cover main urban centres. 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