612: acc to direct info from there, the prgrs of Radio Azatyk/Liberty in Kyrgyz were stopped (earlier at 0330-0400 UTC).
Rumen Pankov to MWlist iog (2022-10-31)
612: acc to direct info from there, the prgrs of Radio Azatyk/Liberty in Kyrgyz were stopped (earlier at 0330-0400 UTC).
Rumen Pankov to MWlist iog (2022-10-31)
From tomorrow 1 Nov 2022 the timings of News in English and Hindi originating in All India Radio – New Delhi and relayed by all stations of AIR is changing their schedule.
The changes of major bulletins are as follows:
The durations has been changed from 30 minutes to 15 minutes of the following
Morning News
Hindi 0230-0245 UTC (ex 0230-0300 UTC)
English 0245-0300 UTC (ex 0300-0330 UTC)
Mid-day News
English 0830-0845 UTC (ex 0830-0900 UTC)
Hindi 0845-0900 UTC (ex 0900-0930 UTC)
News
Hindi 1515-1530 UTC (ex 1430-1500 UTC)
English 1530-1545 UTC (ex 1500-1530 UTC)
Hourly News in English & Hindi will be 5 minutes each (ex 10 minutes)
Note: Due to above changes, many stations may sign off at night etc. about 10 minutes earlier than present time.
Announcements about the news timings was heard on AIR in Hindi News bulletin today at around 1445 UTC.
Incidentally, the new timings are the same as the old timings which were in force before the Covid 19.
Thank to Gopala Krishna, Broadcasting World DX for info.
Jose Jacob, VU2JOS to dxindia iog (2022-10-31)
After much earlier starts to the Christmas music season in 2020 and 2021, we do have our first all-Christmas music launch for the 2022 Holiday season.
Cumulus Media AC “Lite Rock 100.7” 1340 KRMD Shreveport/100.7 K264AS Mooringsport LA made the move to all-Christmas at 9:00pm on Friday, October 28 kicking off with Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas”.
KRMD’s launch was the latest for the first station to go all-Christmas since WTRV Grand Rapids became the first to make the move in 2018 on October 30.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/244470/christmas-music-season-starts-in-shreveport/
Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2022-10-30)
1540: For the past four nights, KXPA-1540 Bellevue WA has been running open carrier all night from 12m-6am PDT, airing hourly station IDs and nothing else. Perhaps a problem with the automation system, or maybe lack of business. KXPA has a brokered time format, with everything from Brother Stair to Asian programs.
So far, very little has been heard except for KXEL and KMPC. Both often heard when KXPA has regular programming. For some reason, KXEL dominates until about 3 am, and then disappears, leaving KMPC almost alone.
I did have a weak station with Regional Mexican music at times. So far I haven’t heard any IDs or other announcements. Maybe KASA or one of the Texas stations?
It’ll be interesting to see how long this lasts. I’d love to hear Bahamas on 1540.
Bruce Portzer to irca iog (2022-10-31)
Another unexpected Nigerian heard well at 2254- 2305utc (sign-off):
Radio Benue [594 kHz]
No trace of anything on 917kHz, so what has happened to Radio Gotel (from which I have yet to get an audio).
A good night for signals from Nigeria!
Steve Whitt to mwcircle iog (2022-10-30)
Gotel was always very fine at my Afrika Beverage the last few days, sometimes up to S7, short clip enclosed. Yesterday there was no signal on 917.
Benue and Kaduna could also be heard repeatedly over the last few days here in Salzburg.
73 Christoph Ratzer to mwcircle iog (2022-10-31)
Gotel can be heard again with a good signal after 22 UT.
73 Christoph Ratzer to mwcircle iog (2022-10-31 at 2230 UTC)
Call for the recording of LW and MW bands before many transmitters disappear
The increasing energy costs are apparently speeding up the shutdown of still active LW and MW transmitters (see. e.g. announcements of RTL and rumors about other stations). In this context I would like to post a call in context with project COHIRADIA hosted by www.radiomuseum.org, which aims at conserving complete AM signals (e.g. 500 -1600 kHz) so that they can be played back in the future when many transmitters do not exist any more. But we have to be quick and I need help: If you, as an LW/MW amateur, possess a suitable SDR and are willing to help, please contact me: hermann.scharfetter@gmail.com Requirements are
(1) an SDR with high resolution (>= 12bit) like e.g. RSP1A (SDRPlay), HF+ Discovery (Airspy) or other high-quality SDRs which support AM band operation. A STEMLAB125-14 by RedPitaya also serves this purpose if coupled to a suitable preamp/filter and operated with my COHIRADIA software.
(2) a fairly good antenna (also active whip antennas may help)
(3) a QTH with fairly low urban RF noise or the possibility to move to a low-nose QTH with mobile equipment
Next urgent activites (and there are certainly more…):
– recordings of the Korean MW band before Nov 9th (see the posting on Oct 15th by Koji Shimotori to DXing.info FB group)
– recordings of the European LW band before Dec 31st 2022, the shutdown of RTL
– recordings of the British LW/MW bands in the near future, best directly in GB
– recordings from sites where the Mongolian LW transmitters can be received (see posts by C K Raman, Eduard and Ydun Ritz, Oct 28th)
I would be happy if, together, we could save a few interesting international snapshots of AM broadcasting and share them with other amateurs, who like to keep some memories of this old technology.
Best regards, Hermann Scharfetter (2022-10-30)
Very clear IDs from Radio Nigeria 594 kHz at 1900utc.
Programme in local language followed.
Low background noise.
Personal First.
Steve Whitt to mwcircle iog (2022-10-30)
1386: confirmed on 29/30 October at 22.00-01.00 UTC all with R.Liberty in Russian, the Ukrainian Security Issue in English was only on 1278,1404 & maybe on 657 & 873.
Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria to mwcircle iog (2022-10-30)
Now it’s Ukrainian Radio again there. Yesterday’s issue was probably related to the DST/ST shift, I guess…
Mauno Ritola to MWlist iog (2022-10-30)
In Cartagena there is a signal on 1090 (Blue Radio), but nothing heard on 1300 kHz.
But on 1300 kHz in Bucaramanga you can hear AM Onda 5 Radio.
Yimber Gaviria via Ydun Ritz (2022-10-30)
While on the subject of longwave from Asia, is Turkmenistan still active on 279? The SDRs in that general area of the world appear to have poor longwave reception, so unable to confirm. A few years ago Asqabat could occasionally be faintly heard on the UTwente SDR following the final shutdown of co-channel Minsk on that frequency.
Stephen Luce Houston, Texas to WOR iog (2022-10-30)