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[IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Absolute Radio MW coverage cut approved



Our trans-Atlantic beacon in western Canada will lose some zip next season. In the article that Mike Terry references below, the link references another link:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/112918/Statement-Absolute-Radio-proposals-to-reduce-AM-coverage.pdf

which gives more technical details. The important thing for DXers is 3dB reduction in power output from their big transmitters, the ones most likely to make it overseas.



From Mike Terry, MW Circle:

a516digital.com

13 April 2018

Ofcom has approved Absolute Radio's plans to cut Medium Wave coverage.
Bauer Media, the operator of the radio station, threatened to close the entire Medium Wave service if Ofcom didn't approve of the change. The plans involve cutting the number of transmitters it broadcasts from, while digital radio would remain unaffected.

Following a public consultation, which yielded a variety of responses for and against the move, Ofcom has agreed that the changes can take place.

The request to broadcast regulator Ofcom made at the beginning of the year confirmed the change would reduce Absolute's analogue footprint from around 90 to 85% of the UK and would involve a number of Medium Wave transmitters being turned off, or put on reduced power.

Absolute Radio's AM service from its transmitters at Brookmans Park (serving London and the Home Counties), Droitwich (Midlands), Moorside Edge (Northern England), Westerglen (Central Scotland) and Washford (South West), will be put on reduced power this year.

Meanwhile, MW transmitters at Plymouth, Redmoss (Aberdeen), Hull, Torbay, Redruth, Hoo (Kent), Greenside Scalp (Dundee), Wallasey, Pirbright (Guildford), Chesterton Fen (Cambridge), Rodbourne Sewage (Swindon) and Sheffield will be turned off altogether.


Article continues here, with maps of coverage areas.

https://www.a516digital.com/2018/04/absolute-radio-mw-coverage-cut-approved.html


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Posted by: Mike Terry <miketerry73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada
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