YB Land DX Club DX-ing Is Our Life
Ofcom has approved talkSPORT’s request to change its national analogue radio licence, following a consultation.
The change means that talkSPORT’s medium wave (AM) coverage across the UK, will be marginally reduced from 95% to 93.4%.
In reaching our decision, we took account of the 18% decline in talkSPORT’s AM listeners in recent years, and corresponding increase in digital listening, among other things.
Listeners in the affected areas – Aberdeen, Cornwall, Devon, Inverness and Londonderry – can continue to tune in to talkSPORT via DAB radio, the internet and digital TV, including Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media.” (Ofcom)
The 7 transmitters to close are:
Rosemarkie (Inverness) – 1053 kHz
Redruth (Cornwall) – 1089 kHz
Redmoss (Aberdeen) – 1089 kHz
Londonderry – 1053 kHz
Occombe (Devon) – 1107 kHz
Plummers (Plymouth) – Plumer Barracks – 1053 kHz
Pearce’s Hill (Devon) – Exeter – 1053 kHz
Ofcom’s main detailed statement is here:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0038/189749/talkSPORT-statement.pdf
Our thanks to Mike Terry for the above information
