Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] [ABDX] BBC News - Russia: End of an era for long-wave listeners

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

A sad end. As DXers here in the NW, we use hose FE transmitters are beacons of conditions. I have listened to the LW transmissions since the 1960s. I even have some QSL'd. I can imagine the cost of running 1MW transmitters though, with power costs. 

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:56:01 +0000
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> Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] [ABDX] BBC News - Russia: End of an era for long-wave listeners
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> ><http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-25683656>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-25683656
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> >Russia: End of an era for long-wave listeners
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> >10 January 2014 Last updated at 08:02 ET
> >News from Elsewhere...
> > News from Elsewhere... ...a media feature by BBC Monitoring
> >A vintage Bush radio
> >  'Moscow' has been a fixture on many radio dials for decades
> >Russia has quietly switched off nearly all of its long-wave 
> >transmitters, ending almost nine decades of broadcasting - as cost 
> >finally catches up on the medium.
> >At 1am on 9 January, state-run Radio Rossii wound up its broadcast 
> >as usual with the national anthem. There was no mention that 
> >long-wave transmissions were coming to an end, and the following day 
> >listeners found they had to rely on local FM broadcasts and the 
> >internet to hear the station. The only state radio station with 
> >truly national coverage, Radio Rossii can be compared to BBC Radio 4 
> >with its mix of news, drama and educational programmes.
> >Long-wave suited Russian broadcasters because a single transmitter 
> >could reach a wide area at all times of day and night. But they are 
> >expensive, and as most listeners have begun listening on FM, or 
> >through cable, satellite and the internet, the authorities decided 
> >to bring the service to an end..
> >Long-wave radio played a role in the Cold War, with the United 
> >States building a powerful transmitter near Munich and broadcasting 
> >its Russian service on the same frequency as Moscow's programmes. 
> >Listeners in parts of the Soviet Union found state radio drowned out 
> >by the Voice of America - the US equivalent of the BBC World Service.
> >A modern radio receiver, tuned to Moscow's 171kHz frequency
> >  Long-wave radio broadcasting has become a victim of technology and finance
> >Now only one LW transmitter remains in the country, broadcasting 
> >Radio Kavkaz to the North Caucasus region on a limited schedule.
> >The BBC says that although it is planning to end its use of 
> >long-wave radio at some time in the future, there is no specific 
> >date for the closure of its Radio 4 transmissions on 198 kHz, much 
> >loved by listeners of the shipping forecast and Test Match Special.
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