{"id":38473,"date":"2019-07-13T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38473"},"modified":"2019-07-12T08:15:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T12:15:49","slug":"rte-longwave-service-temporarily-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/rte-longwave-service-temporarily-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 longwave service temporarily suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9<\/strong>\u00a0on 252 Khz is now off air for a possible 10 weeks or so and in the UK we can hear signals from Algeria Chaine 3 even now in the middle of the day.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year the chair of Ireland\u2019s Oireachtas Communications Hildegarde Naughton TD (Galway West and South Mayo) announced that a major antenna upgrade will ensure the transmission of RT\u00c9 on long-wave will continue for at least the next two years.: \u201cThe maintenance of long wave radio for the Irish diaspora is a significant concern to the Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

She announced that service will have to be \u201ctemporarily suspended\u201d for approximately ten weeks, but RT\u00c9 has said it will endeavour to complete the works as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI welcome the efforts being made to continue this service, which serves as an invaluable link between the diaspora and home,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

See\u00a0http:\/\/www.theirishworld.com\/reprieve-for-rte-longwave\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Southgate ARC) RT\u00c9\u00a0on 252 Khz is now off air for a possible 10 weeks or so and in the UK we can hear signals from Algeria Chaine 3 even now in the middle of the day. Earlier this year the chair of Ireland\u2019s Oireachtas Communications Hildegarde Naughton TD (Galway West and South Mayo) announced […]<\/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":[2436,3],"tags":[3299,3472,580],"class_list":["post-38473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-longwave","category-news","tag-rte","tag-rte-longwave","tag-southgate-arc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-a0x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40671,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/rte-to-continue-longwave-radio-service-into-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":38473,"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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