This is a recording from the night one of the world’s most famous radio stations turned off their just as famous MW transmitter which broadcast on 208metres (1440kHz).

The station were moving into a new era of broadcasting via satellite and this is Shaun Tilley’s lead-in show from 10.10pm to midnight taken from the Astra satellite.
The transmitter was due to be switched off at 3am with a special show starting at midnight.