Problems With The BBC World Service ?

Wester

Not sure if this is the correct forum for this post but here goes . i have been listening to the BBC World service on MW Radio for many years and had no problems tuneing in to it but in the past few days i can not get it what isd the problem ?

Somebody help me out

m5rcc

Weren't the BBC removing most World Service frequencies?

Wester

m5rcc wrote: »

Weren't the BBC removing most World Service frequencies?

Surely it must be still possible to listen to the World service in this country

m5rcc

I quote from BBC website:

Medium wave frequency 648 kHz, which is beamed from Suffolk to north-east continental Europe, can be heard in parts of southeast England and London 24 hours a day. This service will cease on 27 March, 2011.

penrhyn

You could listen on DAB/Freeview/Satellite/Internet.

spenderdave

Confirmed, the 648kHz World Service transmission closed on Sunday. Widely reported in other forums.

Wester

spenderdave wrote: »

Confirmed, the 648kHz World Service transmission closed on Sunday. Widely reported in other forums.

Why did they close this World service oulet ? they must have lost hundreds of thousands of listners

kwikbreaks

HMG told the BBC to save money.

Rather than take a machine gun to several layers of middle management, pay senior managers something closer to what they are worth (ie 90% pay cut) and scrap the umpteen digital TV services they produce which virtually nobody watches (e.g. the Gaelic language channel Alba where most programs have more letters in the title than viewers) they have taken the axe to the World Service (and other useful / popular services) either in a futile attempt to get HMG to relent or possibly pure spite.

HTH

PZH

kwikbreaks wrote: »

HMG told the BBC to save money.

Rather than take a machine gun to several layers of middle management, pay senior managers something closer to what they are worth (ie 90% pay cut) and scrap the umpteen digital TV services they produce which virtually nobody watches (e.g. the Gaelic language channel Alba where most programs have more letters in the title than viewers) they have taken the axe to the World Service (and other useful / popular services) either in a futile attempt to get HMG to relent or possibly pure spite.

HTH

:rotfl: No political statement there then :rotfl:

kwikbreaks

Certainly not. Against forum rules I'm sure so I stuck to a purely factual explanation

[Deleted User]

Hi,

I can still get it through the night, Radio 4 (104 fm) switches across from 1.00am until 5.20am.