{"id":67269,"date":"2026-09-30T07:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=67269"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:30:23","slug":"more-bbc-local-radio-mediumwave-closures-in-november-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/more-bbc-local-radio-mediumwave-closures-in-november-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"More BBC Local Radio Mediumwave Closures in November 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Majid Hussain, who shares this update from the BBC:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mwlogoweb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67270\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mwlogoweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mwlogoweb.jpg 813w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mwlogoweb-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mwlogoweb-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mwlogoweb-624x277.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/reception\/work-warning\/news\/mwclosures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Local Radio Medium Wave transmission changes<\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">BBC Local Radio Medium Wave transmission services in Cumbria, Derby, Gloucestershire, Norfolk and Somerset will close by the end of November 2026. This is the final phase of a switch off process which was announced in 2011 with phased closures in 2018 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This means if you currently listen on MW radio, you will need to switch to another way of listening. The good news is that your local BBC radio station, programmes and schedules are not changing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">You can continue listening to the same local BBC radio service through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e3c5f12468e464df713b584ca2d569765\">FM radio<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eb05eb69e0cc7e4ba826156a01d3bc82c\">DAB Digital Radio<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ed7bd32c7aec760a3da0afebc31e6a840\">BBC Sounds<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e0e4a23398be962235c3b56fa5bc50cc8\">Online via the BBC website<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ee006cb7bd99f62c0d5df5ad6726461c1\">Smart speakers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This change reflects how listening habits have changed over time, with more audiences choosing FM, DAB and digital services. Whichever platform you choose, you&#8217;ll continue to receive the same local BBC radio programmes and content.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/reception\/work-warning\/news\/mwclosures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full article, including alternative sources for these transmissions.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Majid Hussain, who shares this update from the BBC: BBC Local Radio Medium Wave transmission changes BBC Local Radio Medium Wave transmission services in Cumbria, Derby, Gloucestershire, Norfolk and Somerset will close by the end of November 2026. This is the final phase of a switch off process which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[373,433,3],"tags":[104,4099],"class_list":["post-67269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-bbc","tag-mediumwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-huZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29845,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/bbc-local-mediumwave-closures-in-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":67269,"position":0},"title":"BBC Local: Mediumwave Closures in 2018","author":"Thomas","date":"December 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBC) We are closing a number of BBC Local Radio\u2019s medium wave transmitters in January 2018. 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