RTÉ cannot ignore their older overseas listeners with LW closure

I refer to Claire Droney’s enlightened article (November 7) detailing how the “sense of home will be lost with(out) longwave.”

Shutting off long wave Radio 1 LW has been postponed by RTÉ until January 2015 when transmission will cease as the station focuses on FM service, DAB, and Digital Channel RTE Radio 1 Extra.

The closure is regrettable as listeners will be unable to receive the channel on their car radios when travelling to and from work, missing GAA matches, Marion Finucane and Joe Duffy shows.