[Spencer]

I had no idea how much history 1215 AM had. Even more poignant to see it go.

I've seen people being anal and pointing out it was 1214 until 1978, as if 1kHz makes a difference.

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And Radio 4 LW must have a very low listenership these days given they're on FM too. I can't be the only one who doesn't even have a radio capable of picking up LW anymore.

I wonder how many listeners it has from outside the UK (admittedly not within the BBC's remit), or indeed on boats, which is the reason why they have the shipping forecast (and why the shipping forecast was on the Light Programme/Radio 2 when they were on Longwave before 1978).

Surely mariners don’t rely on Radio 4 Long Wave anymore to know what the weather conditions are at sea.