Month: January 2023

United Kingdom

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Mid Downs Radio back on the air at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.
Mid Downs Radio 1350AM is finally back after months of building work at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.

The hospital radio station, which has been broadcasting music, news and health information for 45 years, went off the air in July 2022.


MDR secretary Cathy Barnett said: “The Hospital Trust agreed to foot the bill as they needed to move the aerial to a new site across the rear car park. This was first promised as only taking a few weeks, but due to various on-site problems the weeks stretched into months. Finally the new aerial was erected by Radica in the autumn, but, still no signal. The underground cable was found to be rotten and with reports of the whole PRH underground system having to be closed to fix this. The MDR Technical Team had to sit back and wait results of the survey.”
Cathy said that Princess Royal patients and staff were without their 1350AM radio programmes but could still receive the station on their bedside units and the speaker system.
But she said that last week Radica ‘performed the miracle’ of managing to connect the station back to the aerial. She said: “Fingers crossed this will last until the site work is finished in a few months. Until then, Mid Downs Radio 1350AM will be back with their well-loved mix of music, chat and news of Mid Sussex goings-on.”
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/mid-downs-radio-back-on-the-air-at-princess-royal-hospital-in-haywards-heath-3988942

Stig Hartvig Nielsen (2023-01-22)

United States

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Estrella Media sells 1540 KZMP University Park/Dallas to Dick Witkovski’s North Texas Radio Group for $250,000. KZMP has been operating via STA with 100 watts from a rooftop antenna after Estrella Media sold its tower site in 2021 and dismantled its four tower array where it operated with 32kW day and 75 watts night. KZMP currently simulcasts “La Ranchera 106.7” KZZA Muenster.

New Spirit Revival Center Ministries sells Silent 1000 WCCD Parma/Cleveland OH to Dale Edwards’ DE Media LLC for $600,000 with $500,000 of the purchase price paid in a note due monthly over 30 years. Edwards, who owns Gospel 1460 WABQ Painesville and R&B Oldies “The Drum” 830 WKTX Cortland/Youngstown OH, intends to operate the former Gospel “Radio 1000” WCCD as a non-commercial license. An LMA will start ahead of closing.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/247605/station-sales-week-of-1-20/

Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2023-01-20)

Alaska

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It’s in AK, so I’m sure Paul W knows the folks involved because he always knows the folks involved … even when they aren’t in AK …

Alaska AM Station Installs NX10.
From our Who’s Buying What page: KSLD [1140 kHz] in Kenai, Alaska, has installed a new AM transmitter to replace a Nautel AMPFET 10 (serial number 147). The older unit dates to 1985 and will be retired.
https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/alaska-am-station-installs-nx10

Peter Laws to irca iog (2023-01-20)

United Kingdom

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Absolute Radio broadcast a 10 minute montage of all the UK stations that have used the frequency before closedown. A recording is on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ZIVvJVJII

All stations that I can pick up are carrying a retune loop except Oxford 1197 which is still broadcasting Absolute Radio. Alan Pennington on the British DX Club email list says that it didn’t carry the closedown montage either. It went into a long ad break about 20 minutes ago when I was listening to it with no mention of mediuwave closedown. Presume it’s on a different feed than the other transmitters I can hear.

Mike Barraclough to MWlist iog (2023-01-20)

United Kingdom

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Absolute Radio now carrying retune loop on all if it’s frequencies. Ceased at midnight UTC 19-20 Jan 2023. Transmitters still on air (1297/1225/1233/1242/1360).

Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire closed permanently on 18 Jan 2023 on 1170 kHz Sideway. Thus service moved to 96 4/96.9 FM.

Greatest Hits Radio Teesside on 1270 is on a retune loop since 17 Jan 2023.

Greatest hits Radio West Yorkshire on 1278/1530 us on retune loop since 17 Jan 2023.

Sad day for medium wave. Absolute ended with 10 minutes if nostalgia history if stations that have been in 1225 since it started in 1950 as a set if filler transmitters fir the BBC Light Programme, plus clips if Radio 1, Virgin Radio and Absolute.

Will let you know when retube loops go off.

James Robinson  (2023-01-20)

United Kingdom

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Absolute Radio farewell.
After a memorable farewell with radio excerpts from the past to nowadays, and the chosen “Absolute Classic song”: “Absolute Beginners” by Mr Bowie; at 00:00 UTC sharp they said Good-Bye and then a switching off loop started. I can hear it now on 1197, 1215, 1233 and 1242 kHz.

Jorge Garzón to mwcircle iog (2023-01-20)