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RTE to scrap Short wave broadcasting

carrolls · 2004-01-01 04:27:06

As RTE plan to scrap their SW broadcasts today, (New Years Day) Was there ever a big audience for RTE on SW in the first place?

01-01-2004 05:27AM

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carrolls

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As RTE plan to scrap their SW broadcasts today, (New Years Day)
Was there ever a big audience for RTE on SW in the first place?

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#2 01-01-2004 09:46AM

emmemm

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Didnt know of them.

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#3 01-01-2004 03:22PM

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cant say that i knew of RTÉ broadcasting on short wave

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#4 01-01-2004 03:50PM

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Only 30 mins per day on a WRN channel.

They will continue to have the All-Ireland finals on SW though.

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#5 05-01-2004 05:17PM

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LIstened to this when in Australia. It was only 30 minutes a day, very scratchy reception, and mainly just news programming. I think there could've been a longer weekend show. I'd imagine most people who relied on shortwave would now access the internet - much clearer reception, much more programming, on-demand listening etc.

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