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It was best known, particularly in the UK, for transmitting the BBC World Service in English around the clock on 648 kHz from September 1982 until March 2011. The station's name is written as one word while that of the shingle spit on which it sits is two words.
The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach. [2] .
This means the old Radio 3 frequency, now aligned to 648 kHz is no longer in service for domestic programmes. As this is the lowest MW frequency allocated to the BBC it can offer the best daytime (groundwave) coverage.
Mar 31, 2011 · 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 ...
A short film showing the final minutes of the AEG Telefunken medium-wave transmitter at Orfordness, Suffolk, transmitting BBC World Service on 648KHz to West...
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- Ian Tickle
It turns out to be topical because the BBC ceased using 648 kHz,... I have been cleaning up a video archive and came across video I shot in Ordfordness in 2003.
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- Jonathan Marks
With the MF channel of 648 kHz now allocated by Ofcom and on-programme for Radio Caroline, the author, who is part of the engineering team for Radio Caroline, has researched the fascinating and often contradictory history of the frequency.
