 After reorganisation of the medium wave band in 1978, the frequencies used were 648 and 1296 kHz.From 1978, there was a phased transfer of "Aspidistra's" broadcasts to a new Foreign Office transmitting station at Orfordness on the Suffolk coast, as it was better placed than Crowborough, which is inland.In 1970, under an agreement between the BBC External Service and Voice of America, there was a daily one-hour exchange of airtime at Crowborough.