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'LIVEWIRE?' · 11th Feb 2019, 11:06 pm

In the 1950s through to the 1970s or even 80s the principal LW stations were France Inter (shown on some dials as 'Allous'), Europe#1, BBC Light , Warsaw, Lxembbourg (In French) and Kalundborg. On some sets, R. Monte Carlo's LW transmitter was shown, also, IIRC onm 227kHz These were shown on most radio dials. Frequencies were 164, 180, 200, 227, 236, & 245 Khz, changed after the 1978 plan to 162, 180, 198,225, 234, & 243kHz.
The Republic of Ireland was allocated 252kHz in 1978, and Atlantic 252 went on air. This station was marked on some radios, although by then few radios had conventional tuning dials. Older radios did have 'Droitwich' marked at 1500M. The transmitter there replaced the LW station at Daventry, which went on the air either in the late 1920s or early 30s, and originally had the callsign 5XX.

11th Feb 2019, 11:06 pm	#2
'LIVEWIRE?' Rest in Peace Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.W. Oxfordshire(Chipping Norton) Posts: 7,306	Re: Long-wave stations (historic) In the 1950s through to the 1970s or even 80s the principal LW stations were France Inter (shown on some dials as 'Allous'), Europe#1, BBC Light , Warsaw, Lxembbourg (In French) and Kalundborg. On some sets, R. Monte Carlo's LW transmitter was shown, also, IIRC onm 227kHz These were shown on most radio dials. Frequencies were 164, 180, 200, 227, 236, & 245 Khz, changed after the 1978 plan to 162, 180, 198,225, 234, & 243kHz. The Republic of Ireland was allocated 252kHz in 1978, and Atlantic 252 went on air. This station was marked on some radios, although by then few radios had conventional tuning dials. Older radios did have 'Droitwich' marked at 1500M. The transmitter there replaced the LW station at Daventry, which went on the air either in the late 1920s or early 30s, and originally had the callsign 5XX.