Spain – Ceuta

Google-translated from French:

1934-2024, 90 years of Radio Ceuta in the Spanish exclave on the coast of Morocco. This May 9 is the anniversary of the first broadcast of the oldest radio station in Ceuta. The EAJ-46 station was owned by the company “Mas, Bernaola y Compañía” and then sold with Radio Melilla to “Torres Quevedo” in 1954.
Torres Quevedo wanted to develop radio in North Africa with Radio Ceuta, Radio Melilla and Radio Dersa in Tangier. Thanks to its 3 stations, it covered the entire Moroccan coast and part of the Algerian coast. The independence of Morocco in 1956 put an end to this vast project in 1963: Radio Dersa stopped its broadcasts and “Torres Quevedo” sold its two other stations.
In difficulty in the 1960s, it was part of the network of the Spanish Broadcasting Company, SER. It was the contribution of programs from Cadena SER which made it possible to relaunch the radio.
At the beginning, Radio Ceuta broadcast on 1409 KHz medium wave with 200 W. Its transmitter was located at the top of Mount Hacho. The studio was in a building, now defunct, on Calle Salud Tejero. They then moved to 32 Poblado Marinero.
If it was the first radio station to broadcast from Ceuta, today it shares the airwaves with RNE, four private stations: Onda Cero, Radio Solidaria, Onda Color, Radiolé and two religious stations: Adventiste and Maria. All broadcast on FM, except Radiolé, which took over the place of Radio Ceuta on medium waves 1584 kHz, it must be said that both belong to the same owner.

Radio Magazine FB group (2024-05-09)

Spain

Google-translated from French:

100 years of radio, first! “. This May 12, we celebrate the centenary of the first broadcast of regular radio programs in Spain. It is a highly contested anniversary, because on that date, Radio Iberica was broadcasting without a license.
Radio Iberica SA was founded by two companies. As early as 1922, one of these two companies was already marketing “wireless telegraph receivers for receiving concerts and radiotelegraph and radiotelephone auditions” broadcast from abroad.
Isolated tests were carried out in 1923 and early 1924. It was tempting for Radio Iberica to be the first radio station on the airwaves. To the point of putting the transmitter into service as soon as it was announced that a law would authorize it. A quick start without waiting for the publication of the royal decree and without even submitting the license request!
Illegal broadcasts given that it was only on June 14, 1924 that the royal decree was published. A regulator who fixed the power, prices, broadcast periods and content.
The first broadcasts were produced in the Radio Iberica studios located at Paseo del Rey n° 18, de Más Madrid and broadcast on 392 meters. The broadcasts were scheduled between seven in the afternoon and midnight.
It was therefore only from June that future private radio stations were able to apply for a broadcast license. The first stations registered were EAJ-1 Radio Barcelona, EAJ-2 Radio España, EAJ-4 Radio Castilla, etc. Radio Iberica, our illustrious precursor, obtained the callsign EAJ-6. Then in 1925 there was EAJ-7 Radio Union. Surprisingly, the Radiocommunications Technical and Inspection Council demanded the alternation of nighttime schedules between Radio Unión and Radio Iberica! In 1927, the two stations joined forces with others to begin the creation of a first network.
See you on November 14, to CELEBRATE 100 years of radio in Spain, with SER and legal radio EAJ-1 Radio Barcelona.
To avoid offending anyone and to make everyone agree, we will say that Radio Iberica was the first in Spain and Radio Barcelona was the first in Catalonia! This should save me from neighborhood wars, given that I live near Waterloo in Belgium, the land of exile of Carles Puigdemont!

Michel Fremy, Radio Magazine FB group (2024-05-12)

Ireland

A very noisy MW band here this evening except for Radio North 846KHz who are again putting out an unmodulated carrier. I can just about hear Radio Star Country on 981KHz although not well enough for a positive ID. NW coast Isle of Man.

Les Kaighin to mwcircle FB group (2024-05-12)

India

Akashvani Rohtak 1143 20 kW off air.

An important message for our listeners in Rohtak, Haryana.
Due to severe cyclonic storm that hit several parts of National Capital Region yesterday, our Medium Wave Service in Akashvani Rohtak (on 1143 kHz / 262.47 m) have gone off air due to extensive damages in MW Antenna Tower. Our team is working round the clock to restore the MW services as soon as possible.
However listeners can tune in to listen to all the programmes of Akashvani Rohtak on FM 103.5 MHz and our NewOnAIr app.

Jose Jacob VU2JOS to dxindia iog (2024-05-11)

Space Weather

THE STORM IS NOT OVER: A CME hit Earth’s magnetic field on May 10th, sparking the biggest geomagnetic storm in almost 20 years–an extreme (category G5) event. It is subsiding now (currently category G3), but it is not over. More CMEs are expected to hit Earth’s magnetic field during the next 24-48 hours, and they could push the storm back to severe or even extreme levels.
https://spaceweather.com/

[Aurora borealis was observed in many places in DNK last night]

Ydun Ritz (2024-05-11)

Space Weather

THE CME HAS ARRIVED: Arriving hours earlier than expected, a CME struck Earth’s magnetic field on May 10th at 1645 UT. The big impact sparked a severe (G4) geomagnetic storm–ongoing now. More CMEs are following close behind, and their arrival could extend the storm into the weekend. Follow this developing story @ Spaceweather.com.

Ydun Ritz (2024-05-10)

Slovenia

Translated from German:
The transmitter operator RTVSLO OZ reports the failure of the MW transmitter Radio Koper on 549 kHz due to a serious defect since this morning 03:35 local time.
Radio Capodistria on 1170 kHz is not affected by the failure.

Patrick Robic to A-DX iog (2024-05-10)

Space Weather

SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: Giant sunspot AR3664 has now hurled at least four CMEs directly toward Earth. Their combined arrival this weekend could spark severe (G4-class) geomagnetic storms with mid- to low-latitude auroras. Although this is a potentially significant space weather event, it is not going to be the next Carrington Event. If the coming storm were a hurricane, it would be ranked category 4, not category 5. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.

Ydun Ritz (2024-05-09)

Bulgaria

Not really DX because it is about online broadcasts. But beautiful motives.
[Bulgaria still has one octive MW frequency 576 kHz transmitting BNR Horizont from Vidin / Ed]

“We are pleased to announce that with the assistance of the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian National Radio’s QSL cards for 2024 are now available. The two new series are entitled ‘The beauty of Bulgaria’”.
– one series of 6 cards for quite a number of reports to foreign languages
– another series of 12 cards for reports about any service of BNR
more at: https://bnr.bg/en/post/101972844/the-bnrs-qsl-cards-for-2024-are-here

Dr. Hansjoerg Biener to WOR iog (2024-05-09)

Italy

Santa Maria di Galeria [Vatican Radio / Ed]
42° 2’28.82″N 12°20’11.82″E
5/2023: Partially demolished
2/2024 completely demolished, parts are laying on the ground. It seems they dismantled that partially.
Seems to be a MW antennas.

Marco (2024-05-09)