Tony Parkintonyparkin@mastodonapp.uk
Jun 27, 2026, 8:28 AMGoodbye Radio 4 on Long Wave - the pre-internet way of keeping up via the car radio while on holidays in France. The shipping forecast will never sound the same again.
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️⚧️📚⧖christineburns@mastodon.greenJun 27, 2026, 9:22 AM@tonyparkin I presume the nuclear submarines are even now plotting a course to hand themselves over to an allied nation — though it’s no longer obvious where that would be.
Pam CPamela1960@kolektiva.socialJun 27, 2026, 11:12 AM@tonyparkin I'm old enough to remember when Radio 2 had the 1500m Long wave position.