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Old fashioned retro 1950's HMV wooden valve 4 band radio shortwave, long wave, medium wave, scales printed on glass scales over 50 years of dust 1121 Stock Photo - Alamy
BBC Radio 4 - 🎛 The big BBC calendar says that on this day in 1934 the awesome Droitwich high-powered long-wave radio transmitter was switched on, so here's a lovely picture from
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BBC Radio 4 on X: "🎛 The big BBC calendar says that on this day in 1934 the awesome Droitwich long-wave radio transmitter was switched on, so here are some amazing pictures
![In rural Wales you still need an AM radio, until the last tube fails in service at Droitwich – Richard Mudhar In rural Wales you still need an AM radio, until the last tube fails in service at Droitwich – Richard Mudhar](https://i0.wp.com/www.richardmudhar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Droitwich_valve.jpg?fit=840%2C503&ssl=1)