Month: June 2021

United Kingdom

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AM BBC local radio switch off.
As I write to you at 0940 UTC I can announce that 729kHz Manningtree and 765kHz Chelmsford have been switched off. I can only guess that it occurred between 0915 UTC and 0940 UTC.
1026kHz Cambridge is still broadcasting the loop.
Dan Goldfarb to mwmasts groups.io (2021-06-23)

United Kingdom

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The following transmitters have closed permanently today.

657 Radio Wales 
882 Penmon Radio Wales
1035 Radio Sheffield
BBC Essex 729 and 765
873 and 1341 Radio Ulster
792 Radio Foyle
855 Lancashire 
738 and 1584 Hereford and Worcester 
1503 Radio Stoke 

774 Leeds, 1026 Cambridge and 1413 Borton on the Water still on at time of writing.
James Robinson (2021-06-23) 

Denmark

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World Music Radio is now back on 927 kHz from Hvidovre, Copenhagen, with 200 Watts of power. The transmitter went off air – due to aerial problems – Monday morning June 21st, but this has been fixed today at 11 UTC.
Ydun Ritz (2021-06-23)

Luxembourg

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234 kHz – the last French long wave.
After Radio France, Europe 1 and RMC stopped their broadcasts on long wave, RTL has been the only broadcaster since 2020 that still uses this frequency range for France. The operators of the channel in Luxembourg are optimistic that they will be able to continue in the foreseeable future.
See article here:
https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_news/beitraege/2020/luxemburg.htmls.
Mike Terry to Longwaveradiolistening groups.io (2021-06-23)

United States

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Salem Media Group has agreed to purchase 1300 KKOL Seattle from Tron Din Doh’s Intelli LLC for $500,000.
The deal marks a reacquisition of the station, which Salem had traded to Intelli in 2018 for what is now Conservative Talk “860 The Answer” KPAM Troutdale/Portland OR. Salem began reoperating KKOL via Time Brokerage Agreement on June 7. It becomes the fourth station in Salem’s Seattle cluster joining Christian Preaching “820 The Word” KGNW Burien-Seattle, Conservative Talk “1590 The Answer” KLFE Seattle and Regional Mexican “La Patrona 1680” KNTS Seattle.
KKOL has been operating mostly under STA since acquired by Intelli. The station began Program Testing Authority in 2019 triplexed with Salem’s 1590 KLFE and 1680 KNTS, but it is currently operating with its 3.2kW nighttime power all day due to interference being caused by its licensed 50kW daytime operation.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/209919/salem-reacquires-kkol-seattle/
RadioInsight (2021-06-23)

United States

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Adrián Pontes has begun operating Multicultural Broadcasting’s 1210 WNMA Miami Springs FL launching Spanish Christian “Oasis 1210“.
Currently running jockless, the station will begin staffed programming on July 1 including Pontes’ afternoon show that previously aired in the market on “Almavision Miami” 87.7 WEYS-LP.
WNMA most recently was leased out to former Salem Media Miami Market Manager Tony Calatayud as Sports/Hot Talk “1210 The Man“. Some of that station’s programming has continued to operate online only.
RadioInsight (2021-06-22)

Iceland

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Summer solstice bandscan 2021.
Rain tonight so I had to shield the radio with a plastic bag. Found a dry period around 0030Z.
Not much to say about the LW band except that Allouis put in a better signal here than did Droitwich.
The MW band was more open than I thought it would be. In addition to the usual Brits, I heard a few Spanish stations, plus an Absolute Radio relay on 1242 kHz.
I could only make one quick run through either band since it began raining again shortly after I stepped outside.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2021-06-22)

United Kingdom

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Tune in for more nostalgia courtesy of the latest Radio Caroline North broadcast this weekend 26th-27th June – and at last we are back on-board our radio ship Ross Revenge!
You’ll hear all the best music from the 60s – early 90s, plus our competition to win virtual cash to spend in the Caroline web shop, which this time is kindly sponsored by Grace Devine from Skerries, Co Dublin.
Listen in on 648 AM in the South and South-East, on 1368 AM in the North and North-West courtesy of our friends at Manx Radio, the Radio Caroline app and around the world online here (via the Manx AM Radio Player).
We’d love to hear from you during the broadcast via memories@radiocaroline.co.uk and remember, it’s the only email address that gets you straight through to our ‘North’ broadcasters.
http://radiocaroline.co.uk/home.html
Mike Terry to WOR groups.io (2021-06-21)

Brazil

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From my latest monitoring at https://wp.me/pcMZHt-4R here is a log that needs clarification:

1110 kHz with presumed religious program with spiritual song at 1313 (coracao)  “mais mais brazil”  as motto, then a beat song . S20 or -37 dbm   Not real ID for much time except this motto.
Does anyone here know which is the station? As per my logs these 3 signals from that kiwi SDR seem to transmit very from  a very nearby point.
Thanks!
Zacharias Liangas to WOR groups.io (2021-06-20)