{"id":48645,"date":"2026-06-19T15:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=48645"},"modified":"2026-06-19T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:29:09","slug":"join-the-rsgb-in-commemorating-the-closure-of-bbc-radio-4s-long-wave-service-on-198khz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2026\/06\/19\/join-the-rsgb-in-commemorating-the-closure-of-bbc-radio-4s-long-wave-service-on-198khz\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us to mark BBC Radio 4 198kHz longwave closedown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB, together with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/G8BBC\/?locale=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BBC Amateur Radio Group<\/strong><\/a>, will be marking the closure of BBC Radio 4\u2019s longwave service on 198kHz.<\/p>\n<p>The longwave transmitting stations at Droitwich in Worcestershire, Westerglen near Stirling in Scotland, and Burghead\u2014overlooking the Moray Firth and also in Scotland\u2014will all be closed down on Saturday, 27 June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The special event station GB1500M will be active from Sunday, 21 June until Sunday, 28 June.<\/p>\n<p>Three radio clubs will also commemorate the closure by activating special call signs.<\/p>\n<p>A commemorative QSL card is available.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more by going to our web page dedicated to the shutdown at <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/longwave-transmitters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>rsgb.org\/longwave-transmitters<\/strong><\/a>, where you can also find out how to become a GB1500M activator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB, together with the BBC Amateur Radio Group, will be marking the closure of BBC Radio 4\u2019s longwave service on 198kHz. The longwave transmitting stations at Droitwich in Worcestershire, Westerglen near Stirling in Scotland, and Burghead\u2014overlooking the Moray Firth and also in Scotland\u2014will all be closed down on Saturday, 27 June 2026. The special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48645"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48680,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48645\/revisions\/48680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}