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Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96

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I decided to check out a couple of remote SDR receivers in and around Great Britain (for those who don't know, these are receivers that one can access on the internet). BBC had the first announcements. Gold and Smooth had regular programming until 1:30p Eastern, then the announcement, followed by somber music, and then Global's stations relayed sister network LBC's coverage.
 

When the Queen dies, Prince Charles will become King almost immediately by default and Camilla will become Queen Consort, it has been confirmed. This is the rule under common law, experts at University College London's Constitution Unit (opens in new tab) explain, and it's unlikely that Prince Charles would give the throne to his son, Prince William. "It would be natural for Prince Charles to want to assume the throne and perform the royal duties for which he has spent so long preparing," they say.

In early February 2022, the Queen confirmed that when the title changes hands she would like Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, to be known as the "Queen Consort" (opens in new tab). It's a title that Prince Charles himself described as a true honour for both him and his "darling wife".

According to professor Nicoletta Gullace (opens in new tab), who specialises in modern British history at the University of New Hampshire, the code name for Charles’s taking the throne is "Operation Spring Tide".

"Once the flags have been lowered and the cannons fired, marking the queen’s death, the prime minister will hold his first audience with the new king,” she adds. After meeting with the Prime Minister, the new King will address the nation.

If Prince Charles opts to keep his own name (a choice every royal makes when they ascend the throne), he will be known as King Charles III. While Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and second in the line to the throne, will become the Prince of Wales - like his father was.

The first official to deal with the news of the Queen’s death will be her private secretary. This is currently Edward Young (opens in new tab), who gained the position when Sir Christopher Geidt retired in 2017. He will inform the prime minister, the cabinet secretary, the most senior ministers and the Privy Council Office (opens in new tab), which coordinates government work, of Her Majesty’s death.

The Foreign Office’s Global Response Centre, which sits at a secret location in London, will send out the news to 15 governments where the Queen is also the head of state. They will also inform other nations of the Commonwealth (opens in new tab), where she is the symbolic figurehead.

This will all happen before us, the general public, find out that she has died. Another announcement will go out to the Press Association and the rest of the world’s media at the same time. This is when we’ll likely find out the news.
 
Absolute Radio is also doing somber music on their 1215khz frequency with occasional news updates. Mostly discussion and news on 1548 (Gold).
 
crainbebo said:
Absolute Radio is also doing somber music on their 1215khz frequency with occasional news updates. Mostly discussion and news on 1548 (Gold).
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Gold is simulcasting LBC coverage, along with the other Global networks. Heart,Capital, Gold, etc. I'm hearing Absolute on 1215 via Pulham Market, England SDR.
 
Woah what a mixed time for Britain one they just got a new Prime Minister a few days ago but now this the now former queen of Britian is gone.

www.cnn.com

Photos: 70 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II took the throne

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, ascended to the throne on February 6, 1952. The princess was 25 and on a royal visit to Kenya when she heard about the sudden death of her father, King George VI.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

The now former Queen of England was inaugurated back in the 1950's when Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister


news.sky.com

The Queen and her 15 prime ministers - From Winston Churchill to Liz Truss

The Queen had to 'prove herself' with Churchill and had difficult relations with Thatcher.
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Another one playing somber music is Lyca Radio, 1458 khz. Station serves the population of British Asians. There was a brief news update at the top of the hour. On the SDR near Bristol, it's mixing with BBC Asian Network, which like the entire network of the BBC, is in a unified news/remembrance simulcast.

Her Majesty met 13 U.S. Presidents, and was respectful to every one of them. Not many people in this world were able to meet 13 American Presidents. I still remember the grace and hospitality that the Obamas gave to the Queen, a few months after his 1st inauguration.
 
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Not comparable. The prime minister is a politician. Half the nation is glad to see Ms. Truss appointed, the other half not. The queen was a non-partisan symbol of an entire era of British history.
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Agreed too! On that part I agree that the queen is the symbol of culture and history in the UK.
 
CTListener said:
Not comparable. The prime minister is a politician. Half the nation is glad to see Ms. Truss appointed, the other half not. The queen was a non-partisan symbol of an entire era of British history.
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"Half" is pushing it. Truss isn't especially popular even within her own party, but now isn't really a time for party politics.

Most of the major radio companies (and, naturally, the BBC) have had a plan for this eventuality for some time. I heard the news on BBC Radio 2 while driving - for most of the afternoon they had been playing slightly more downbeat music than usual and much of the speech was well-wishes for the sick Queen from listeners being read by the host. At 6:30pm local time, all the BBC radio stations were taken off air, there was a brief period of silence and a single announcement was read out, followed by the traditional playing of the National Anthem.

At present, all the BBC stations are running a speech service of regular news updates ("the Queen is still dead", not to put too fine a point on it) and reminiscences and tributes from various people, along with archive audio of the Queen over time. Global Radio operates a speech service, LBC, so all their networks (such as Heart, Capital, Smooth) are running a very similar news and tributes service from LBC. Other music stations have gone over to a somber playlist which will have been prepared for some time.

The difficulty is when to bring back some form of normal service. Officially, there are ten days of national mourning before the Queen's funeral. It's hard to imagine radio continuing with the rolling news and tragic violins for ten full days - especially commercial broadcasters who have money-making imperatives and need to keep their audience. Too soon, and you look disrespectful. Leave it too long, and your competitors will go back to playing pop and steal your audience. Once the listener knows the Queen is dead, that's really it - there are no further breaking news updates on the subject (particularly in the middle of the night!) so interest will wane quickly.
 
Miss Tuned said:
"Half" is pushing it. Truss isn't especially popular even within her own party, but now isn't really a time for party politics.

Most of the major radio companies (and, naturally, the BBC) have had a plan for this eventuality for some time. I heard the news on BBC Radio 2 while driving - for most of the afternoon they had been playing slightly more downbeat music than usual and much of the speech was well-wishes for the sick Queen from listeners being read by the host. At 6:30pm local time, all the BBC radio stations were taken off air, there was a brief period of silence and a single announcement was read out, followed by the traditional playing of the National Anthem.

At present, all the BBC stations are running a speech service of regular news updates ("the Queen is still dead", not to put too fine a point on it) and reminiscences and tributes from various people, along with archive audio of the Queen over time. Global Radio operates a speech service, LBC, so all their networks (such as Heart, Capital, Smooth) are running a very similar news and tributes service from LBC. Other music stations have gone over to a somber playlist which will have been prepared for some time.

The difficulty is when to bring back some form of normal service. Officially, there are ten days of national mourning before the Queen's funeral. It's hard to imagine radio continuing with the rolling news and tragic violins for ten full days - especially commercial broadcasters who have money-making imperatives and need to keep their audience. Too soon, and you look disrespectful. Leave it too long, and your competitors will go back to playing pop and steal your audience. Once the listener knows the Queen is dead, that's really it - there are no further breaking news updates on the subject (particularly in the middle of the night!) so interest will wane quickly.
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We've had experience with that in the U.S., with the JFK and RFK assassinations changing programming for several days. More recently, the deaths of presidents haven't really made for wholesale format changes. I realize a President and a Queen are not the same thing.
 
I needed to look something up in the Raleigh NC News & Observer and to look at the main page of the web site you'd think Raleigh was in Britain. I needed to look up something in another paper, and the Queen's death was a blue line across the top of the page that started with "Breaking:". That was more like it.
 
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