[A-DX] BBC Three Counties Radio wil stop on 630khz AM.

Roger
Fr Feb 21 12:31:50 CET 2020


Am 21.02.2020 um 11:40 schrieb Marc Coevoet:
> A message is now heard saying the tx will stop on 630khz, and you have
> to move to fm, dab internet.


Internet wäre: http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lr3cr_mf_p
FM wäre:
https://fmscan.org/net.php?r=f&m=s&itu=G&pxf=BBC+Three+Counties+Radio


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Three_Counties_Radio

"....BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the
English counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
(referred to as Beds, Herts and Bucks), broadcasting from studios at
Grove Park in Dunstable....."

"...BBC Three Counties Radio broadcasts on 90.4FM (Epping Green, near
Hertford), 92.1FM (Bedmond, near Hemel Hempstead), 94.7FM (Quainton
Hill, near Aylesbury), 95.5FM (Sandy Heath), 98.0FM (High Wycombe),
103.8FM (Zouches Farm, near Luton), 104.5FM (Bow Brickhill, near Milton
Keynes), 630 kHz 0.2 kW MW (Lewsey Farm, near Luton), 1161 kHz
(Kempston, near Bedford), and streaming from the BBC 3CR website. BBC
3CR is also carried only the Herts, Beds and Bucks digital radio
multiplex, transmitted from Sandy Heath, Epping Green, Hemel Hempstead,
Chepping Wycombe, Letchworth, Zouches Farm and Bow Brickhill. The AM
services on 630 & 1161 kHz are due to be closed in Q1 2020. ..."


https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/8bda7cd8-fdf8-41f5-8f3c-212cf5f7c86f
Further changes to some BBC local radio medium wave services
Monday 13 January 2020, 9:00


The stations which will no longer be transmitted on MW are:

     Three Counties Radio (3CR)
     Radio Merseyside
     Radio Newcastle
     Radio Solent (for Dorset)
     Radio Solent
     Radio Cornwall
     Radio York

In addition, the following stations will have reduced MW coverage:

Radio Scotland - Areas in and around both Aberdeen and Kirkcudbright
Radio Wales - Tywyn, Forden and Llandrindod Wells transmitter areas
Radio Cumbria - Areas in and around Whitehaven
Radio Norfolk - Areas in and around Norwich




roger