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BBC Shuts Down Its Oldest Longwave Radio Service After 92 Years

The BBC is discontinuing its oldest service, Radio 4 on longwave, which has been broadcasting for 92 years from two steel masts in Droitwich, central England. This move ends a technology used for nearly a century, though few in the UK are expected to notice its disappearance, marking the first step in BBC's plan to phase out longwave.

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