[HCDX] BBC : Shortwave changes for Europe

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

BBC : Shortwave changes for Europe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/help/2008/02/080208_sw_changes_euro.
shtml
February 2008

The remaining BBC World Service shortwave transmissions to Europe will 
close on 18th February 2008.

This change is being made in line with listener trends in radio. Increasing 
numbers of people around the world are choosing to listen to radio on a 
range of other platforms including FM, satellite and online, with fewer 
listening on shortwave.

Alternatives

This is particularly the case in Europe, where the majority of shortwave 
transmissions ceased in March 2007. The current closures affect the 
remaining transmissions heard in southern Europe.

This will be a loss to some listeners, but there are alternative ways of 
hearing BBC programmes. For more information about other ways to listen, 
please follow the link below: 

Europe and Western Russia

Listening in Europe and Western Russia

Local stations
A number of local radio stations in continental Europe broadcast the BBC 
World Service on FM or AM frequencies. This may be our 24-hour English 
service, or selected programming broadcast along with the stations' own 
output.

More information

Cable
In some countries, notably Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, 
Switzerland and Austria, BBC World Service can be heard on cable FM 
frequencies in many cities. Contact your local cable network to see if BBC 
World Service is one of the channels on offer.

In France, BBC World Service is available via CanalSat and in Greece and 
Cyprus via Multichoice Hellas.

Satellite

Free-to-air from Eutelsat Hot Bird 8at 13° East, transponder 50, vertical 
polarisation, 11727 MHz. Hot Bird 8 services cover the whole of Europe, 
including the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores, Iceland, western 
Greenland and Malta.

Shortwave radio

Direct shortwave transmissions for Europe have now ceased. Frequencies 
for western Russia remain, however, and listeners in south-eastern Europe 
may be able to pick up frequencies for the Middle East when atmospheric 
conditions permit.

Information about shortwave frequencies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/index.shtml


Medium and long wave radio

Medium wave frequency 648 kHz can normally be heard 24 hours a day in 
north-east France (south to Paris, west to Le Mans), Belgium, The 
Netherlands, north-west Germany (south to Bonn & east to Osnabrück) and 
south-east England.

Long wave frequency 198 kHz normally carries BBC World Service between 
0100 and 0530 GMT (and the BBC's domestic channel BBC Radio 4 at 
other times). Although intended to serve the UK, 198 kHz is usually audible 
in parts of countries bordering the North Sea and English Channel. The BBC 
WS schedule carried on 198 kHz differs slightly from the core European 
schedule.

In the Moscow and St Petersburg areas, local frequency 1260 kHz carries 
BBC World Service in English and Russian, as does 666 kHz in 
Ekaterinburg.

Schedules
http://www.bbcworldservice.com/schedules

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