Re: Medium Wave Transmitter Closures.
38 watts just shows what could be achieved with AM. The antenna isn’t fantastic, it seems to be a T arrangement on glorified telegraph poles. I think it is close to the river so will have good ground conductivity.
In terms of power consumption my guess is that it’s probably cheaper than running an internet station off a server. However, there’s maintenance of the kit, rent to pay for the land, etc., to be considered.
In addition to a change of direction the BBC is also into a cost cutting exercise and, sadly, many of the interesting programmes and their presenters that were found on local stations have disappeared. The Covid crisis and potential operational difficulties provided a suitable opportunity to remove these but those that remain are being steadily chipped away.
When breakfast DJs command over £1m per year it’s important not to waste money on little used services and/or programmes with only relatively modest number of listeners.
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