252 AM

The following radio stations broadcast on Longwave, AM frequency 252 kHz (1,190 meters):[1]

Algeria
  • Radio Algeria Chaine 3 - Arabic language station, broadcast from Tipaza, Algeria. It broadcasts at 1.5 Megawatts during the day and at 750 kilowatts at night.

Ireland
  • RTÉ Radio 1 - following the closure of Atlantic 252 (1989-2002) and its short lived successor TEAMtalk 252 (2002) RTÉ began broadcasting its Radio 1 service on this frequency from 2004 aimed at the Irish in Britain.[2] RTÉ Conducted Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) tests on this frequency in 2007. In 2014 RTÉ announced to would end its AM broadcasting. However, this has been deferred on a number of occasions. The proposed closure of this frequency has been put off until at least August 2020. Currently, the switchoff is planned for 14th April 2023.[3]

The station was still broadcasting on 252 kHz until June 2021, when it closed for 2 months for maintenance “to ensure it can keep broadcasting RTE on 252 kHz”

Former stations on 252kHz
  • Yle Radio 1 (Finland)
  • Radio Tojikston (Tajikistan)
  • Radio Rossii (Russia) - Closed down on 9 January 2014.[4]

References
  1. List of L.W. transmitters Archived June 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Remembering Atlantic 252 25 years on www.radiotoday.ie
  3. https://www.rte.ie/eile/2021/0301/1200837-keep-listening/
  4. Long Wave Radio www.asiawaves.net


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