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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: Oliver on September 22, 2015, 1449 UTC
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The current medium wave 801 kHz with 100 kW from Munich-Ismaning is intended for shutdown on September 30, at 12:45 EST.
This is indicated by Stefan Teuscher, DL4GCS, the technical director of the Bavarian Radio.
According to his statement it is not the last medium wave that goes off air in Germany.
Until December 31, the "Deutschlandfunk - DLF" is spread over six medium wave transmitters:
Braunschweig 756kHz 200kW
Heusweiler 1422kHz 400kW
Neumünster 1269kHz 300kW
Nordkirchen 549kHz 100kW
Ravensburg 756kHz 100kW
Thurnau 549kHz 100kW
If these go QRT in three months, a 90 year era will be irrevocably over and not a single analog Signal on LW or MW will be left.
The long & medium wave will be history in Germany.
Source: http://www.darc.de/aktuelles/archiv-details/article/abschiedssendung-fuer-die-mittelwelle/
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Is anything replacing these stations on the AM band? As long as nothing digital is transmitted, at least there will still be DXing possibilities, although I understand the loss of local programming for German listeners.
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I am not aware that there is a plan to replace these stations on MW.
Although I agree that the shutdown will open up some DX opportunities in 2016.
The attached pictures show the listings for the five different frequencies effected.
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One would think that with all the immigrants they have in Europe (just as in the U.S.), and crowded FM conditions over there -- there would be a use for MW to serve the minority populations at least.
That's where MW here in the US is going. In my metro probably 1/3 or more of the MW stations serve immigrants and ethnic minorities.