Radio Caroline North March.
The March Radio Caroline North broadcast from our radio ship Ross Revenge has now concluded.
Many thanks to our listeners, sponsors, presenters and Manx Radio for use of their AM transmitter.
We hope to see you for our next scheduled Caroline North broadcast from Ross Revenge over Easter weekend 15th-18th April.
http://radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html

Nico from Gouda HOL (2022-03-14)

Re. Russia / Ukraine item:
“18:00-19:00 UTC Radio Svoboda 1395 kHz MW”
That seems to be from Gavar, Armenia, 500 kW:
https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1&kHz=1395
I just don’t know which of their antenna they use. It looks like they also have a directional MW antenna called заря:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarya_(antenna)
The also have non-directional (single one, at least 3) an directional (array of 8 ARRT antennas) antennas there. They also have a directional antenna that look like the MW antenna of
Roumoules.

Marco (2022-03-14)

Domestic English Service of CGTN Radio (ex CRI China Plus Radio) had been on air at Beijing (846kHz) only. Since January 17, 2022, the service has been available in Nanchang, a capital city of Jiangxi, on FM91.1MHz. CGTN Radio has been intending to expand the service area in domestic China. EZFM in Yunnan has already relayed CGTN programs, but FM91.1 in Nanchang is the first case of CGTN Radio setting up the own station to cover the local city. Probably CGTN Radio in English will be available in more local cities in China in the future.
TV News announcing the opening of the station http://pc.yun.jxntv.cn/dsxw/p/511301.html
Recording of FM91.1 by Chinese local listener https://tieba.baidu.com/p/7711759632
Original Article at https://cahcn.github.io/posts/2022-02-13-91.1MHz-CGTN-Radio.html (published on March 11, 2022)
The service seems to be available on portable phones in Nanchang city.

Takahito Akabayshi, Tokyo, Japan to WOR iog (2022-03-14)

Crowdfunding Effort Transmits VOA, RFE/RL Programs to Russia, Ukraine.
The unprecedented campaign is not affiliated with VOA and RFE/RL or their parent organization, the United States Agency for Global Media.

“We hope USAGM will realize the dire need for radio broadcasts at a time of war when millions of people have been cut off from the internet and credible TV news due to censorship by Russia, the destruction of infrastructure and their homes,” said Neiswender. “Until the U.S. government decides to adequately return to radio – both shortwave and mediumwave (known as ‘AM radio’) – we will fund transmissions as long as we have money.”

The additional transmitters to be utilized from Monday “will put a stronger shortwave signal into the target region and add medium wave,” said Gerhard Straub, the former director of USAGM’s Broadcast Technologies Division, who is among those providing expert advice to Shortwaves for Freedom.
“In times of crisis if the content is compelling, the audience will go where they know the information is,” Straub said, addressing the question of radio’s ability to help effectively counter the Kremlin’s obstruction of outside media.
Reception of the initial broadcasts from Florida have been confirmed in the targeted countries.
The initial broadcasts that commenced over the past week will continue from WRMI (Radio Miami International), utilizing 100,000-watt transmitters beaming to Eastern Europe.

Here is the daily schedule [7x/week unless noted] from March 14 being funded by Shortwaves for Freedom:
(UTC is +4 hours EDT):
02:00-04:00 UTC Radio Svoboda (RFE/RL Russian) 7780 kHz
18:00-19:00 UTC Radio Svoboda 1395 kHz MW
19:00-20:00 UTC Radio Svoboda 9370 kHz
19:30-20:00* UTC ‘Flashpoint Ukraine’ (VOA English) 15770 kHz
(* Monday-Friday)

Contact: Kate Neiswender, Esq.
ShortwaveFreedom@gmail.com
+1 (213)-457-3488

Shortwaves for Freedom is not affiliated with any government, political, corporation organization or any special-interest group. One hundred percent of funds received by the group go to pay for broadcast transmissions.
kd9xb via WOR io group
https://bclnews.blogspot.com/2022/03/crowdfunding-effort-transmits-voa-rferl.html

Anatoly Klepov (2022-03-14)

Today I was able to listen to MCB Radio on 6175. MCB radio is an LPAM using 747 kHz. 6175 was used yesterday by Radio Europa (801 kHz). Maybe they just relay MCB, but I will ask them.

Marco (2022-03-13)

234 kHz
In reply Mike Usher advises on Facebook:
It’s back on now. Looks like same power level as normal. MW List now states is broadcast times as 04-23 UTC.

Mike Terry to Longwaveradiolistening iog (2022-03-13)

Perhaps its just a case of energy savings over night, with the v high price of energy.

Mike (2022-03-13)

LUX 234 was switched off 13/03 /2022 at exactly 00:00 h CET! another night without RTLs programme.
Are there construction works going on or is this the beginning of the slow end of this historic transmitter?
I haven`t read about it on Radio 1 medienmagazin about this.
[Anybody knows what’s going on with the 234 kHz LW transmitter in LUX? / Ed]

Horst P, Germany (2022-03-13)