Final Hours of BBC Four Droitwich Transmitting Station (198kHz): June 26, 2026

Droitwich Transmitting Station (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andy Wang, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: BBC4

Date of recording: June 26, 2026

Starting time: 19:58UTC

Frequency: 0.198MHz

Your location: Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands

Your receiver and antenna: "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode with 9.09 kHz RF filtering

Mode: AM

Safe for children?: Yes

Notes: BBC4 on longwave 198KHz was shutdown on 27 June 2026 at 00:00 UTC.

After the shutdown, the station is repeatedly playing the migration guide for the listeners.

I guess there are still some old electric meters that haven't been replaced, they rely on the longwave signal...

The noise in the recording is probably caused by lightning, the receiving time is in summer.

Final Hours of BBC Four Droitwich Transmitting Station (198kHz): June 26, 2026 Andy Wang Download