Originally Posted by Vectorsum:
“Redmoss 990kHz always was a very strange outpost of Gaeldom; that the service vanished without a whimper shows that the "audience" was probably in the low double figures. It didn't even get a mention on the Beeb's own reception advice news. It would actually be quite interesting to know the thought process of whichever Beeb wonk thought it would be a great idea to put RnG onto 990 after Radio Aberdeen's disappearance.”
Alan Pennington of the British DX Club sent a FOI request to the BBC about the closure of 990 Radio nan Gaidheal, the answer to which is published in the latest issue of their magazine Communication. IT includes after mentioning the introduction of the Meldrum 104.2 FM channel for RnG in 2003:
"Over time it was believed that listeners would migrate to FM reception. By 2015 it was considered that very few (if any) listeners would still be using 990.
The transmission was closed on a trial basis on 23 November 2015. The trial was intended to confirm the BBC's assertion.
"No announcement was made by the BBC ahead of this trial however to ensure that any relevant responses from the public were shared all relevant departments in the BBC were briefed ahead of the trial including Audience Services, Reception Advice, BBC Scotland Communications and of course Radio Nan Gaidheal.
Over a two month period the BBC received no enquiries from the public regarding the closure. As such the decision was taken to make the cessation final on 29 January 2016."