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BBC World Service experienced a very lengthy
transmission break on all known frequencies between about 0305 and 0330 or so
UTC on 17 June. This also affected Radio 4, Radio Wales and Radio
Ulster. Around 0315 UTC Radio 4, along with Radio Ulster, switched to an
emergency backup programme of music and other programming, which included an
edition of "Mapping the Town" about Saltaire, near Bradford. Even after
BBC WS programmes resumed, Radio 4 and Radio Ulster did not rejoin BBC WS, but
continued with their emergency programming. Radio Wales, on the other
hand, did resume carrying BBC WS on 882 kHz. Unlike 648 kHz, the BBC Radio
Wales Washford transmitter appear to shut off automatically during the break,
therefore programming did not resume until several minutes after resumption on
648, 5975 and 9410 kHz.
At the time of writing, no explanation for the
break is known, and also no explanation as to why Radio 4 and Radio Ulster did
not resume BBC WS programming.
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PAUL DAVID,
Wembley Park, United Kingdom |
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