Russia has quietly switched off nearly all of its long-wave [AM] transmitters, ending almost nine decades of broadcasting – as cost finally catches up on the medium. At 1am on 9 January, state-run Radio Rossii wound up its broadcast as usual with the national anthem. There was no mention that long-wave transmissions were coming to an end, and the following day listeners found they had to rely on local FM broadcasts and the internet to hear the station.