Radio 4 Help

Why is the Daily Service on Long Wave only?

Radio 4 recognises that a group of its listeners value a daily worship programme. In order to provide a daily service for those who wanted it, as well as offering an alternative for those who don't, it was decided to split the network with the Daily Service being broadcast on Long Wave.

Long Wave was chosen for two reasons as the home for the Daily Service: LW is the signal which everyone can receive wherever they are in the UK, and LW usage amongst Daily Service listeners is slightly higher than among other Radio 4 listeners.

Radio 4 LW is available as a separate channel on DAB when there is a different service available on that network (eg the Daily Service, Yesterday in Parliament, Test Match Special). This is listed as "Radio 4 LW", "DService" or "Parlmnt".

While not available on the iPlayer you can listen again to Radio 4 LW programmes.

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