Month: August 2023

United Kingdom

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Gold’s 1548 kHz AM London frequency will be turned off at the end of this month by Global.
The station, which started life as Capital Radio, has been on medium wave in London since it launched in October 1973 – almost 50 years ago.

It was originally on 557 kHz (539m) before switching to its current frequency, the well known 194m, in 1975.
Global has been switching off its network of AM transmitters recently, with Peterborough/Cambridge (1332 kHz), Derby (945 kHz), Nottingham (999 kHz) and Northampton (1557 kHz) all going silent in June 2023.
From September, Gold will only have one AM frequency remaining, in Manchester on 1458 kHz, but remains available nationally via DAB digital radio.
Global had no comment to make on the switch off, other than to confirm the move.
https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/08/gold-to-lose-its-london-1548-frequency-ahead-of-50th-anniversary/

Radio Today (2023-08-14)

Netherlands

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At 18:00 UTC today 14 August i will be ON THE AIR on MW from Netherlands..
Today at 18:00 UTC DJ Frankie will be on the air on 1485 Khz from radio ELVIRA low power AM with only ONE watt ( Netherlands )
16:00 Funk&Soulshow4U Jan De Schans
18:00 Radio Ukraine International
20:00 HitMix Franck Fzeroduw DJ Frankie
21:00 Boîte à musique Patrick Jacobs
https://webkiwisdrswl.blogspot.com/…/label/Radio%20Elvira

Franck Fzeroduw to mwcircle FB group (2023-08-14)

Taiwan

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New Taipei City/Panchiao is gone: 25.006816338898204, 121.
Chung-Li still exists – in the middle of a parking lot, years ago it was a lawn.
25.08656130976657, 121.51267871192607

Taitung is gone: 22.74952303403474, 121.14358164417874

Kaohsiung is gone more than 10 years ago: 22.62539233050074, 120.29786362698584
22.642416324201, 120.29924655952172

Another one at a parking lot, StreetView available, rather interesting.
25.08172584063617, 121.5167560661547

Puli: 23.970872130600227, 120.97029352778827
This one is in the middle of a street, Streetview is available. A small wall separates it. I dunno if kids already tried to climb it…

Jenwu/Tafa 22.70342742313424, 120.36575206877289 coordinates in mwlist point to a power pole standing on a concrete fundament.

Marco (2023-08-14)

United Kingdom

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Having noted that the first two of Britain’s Independent Local Radio stations went on the air in October 1973, I have scanned all fact sheets (1979) of the first 19 ILR stations.
A sample for Belfast is attached. The back side not attached is the same for all stations. All files will be unedited (so about 2 MB)
Please contact me if you want to have all of them please contact me by 20 August. 

Kind regards, Hansjoerg Biener (2023-08-13)

India

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India is celebrating its 77th Independence Day on 15 August 2023, details of special programs by
All India Radio for the occasion is as follows:

14th August 2023 (Monday) 1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST) onwards “Address to the Nation” on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English by Smt.Draupadi Murmu, Hon’ble President of India.
All stations of All India Radio will relay this on MW, SW & FM.
MW Frequencies: http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm
FM Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm
Also on DTH Channels/ airlivenews 24×7

15th August 2023 (Tuesday) 0130-0240 UTC (0700-0810 hrs IST)
All India Radio will live broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minister’s address to the nation to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0130-0240 UTC (0700-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2023 on the following SW frequencies.
English:
15050 Bengaluru 500 kW
Hindi:
11560   New Delhi 100 kW
15410 Bangalore 500 kW

The Regional SW Stations will start using their day time frequencies about 1 hour or more earlier than usual on 15th August as follows to relay the commentary. This may provide enhanced reception of stations than on normal days.

Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but carrying the commentary is as follows :
kHz     kW       Station
4760    2.5       Leh          

All stations of AIR on MW, FM & ‘Akashvani AIR’ YouTube Channel will relay the running commentary.
MW Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm
FM Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm
Live streaming of the above programs is available in: https://www.youtube.com/@akashvaniairhttp://allindiaradio.gov.in/https://mib.gov.in/media/all-india-radio

Reception Reports to :
Please send your reception reports on line at: https://prasarbharati.gov.in/reception-report/
or by email to:  spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in
or by postal mail to :
Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy)
Alkashvani (All India Radio),
Room No. 204, Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament Street
New Delhi110001, India

Watch the events live on Doordarshan TV  on all their channels .
Try the following links:
DD National:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RhpgO2ItQ
DD News: http://webcast.gov.in/

Akashvani Delhi team that will bring to you all the running commentary of Independence Day 2023 Celebrations from the historic Red Fort.

Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta to dxindia iog (2023-08-13)

New Zealand

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Why RNZ’s AM broadcast in Auckland is off air.

RNZ and a range of other stations’ AM broadcasts went off air on Friday, and the unusual daytime disruption is likely to last a week.
A mast in the West Auckland suburb of Henderson will be shut off during work on guy wires between 9.10am and 4.50pm each day.
Guy wires are cables used to stabilise tall structures. The mast in Henderson was first installed in the 1930s, and has been in continuous use since then.
Mark Bullen, RNZ chief technology and operations officer, said the maintenance was “critical”.”The mast is responsible for RNZ National’s AM transmission for the Auckland region (AM 756) as well as a range of AM broadcasters in Auckland – 531PI, Parliament / Southern Star, Radio Apna, Radio Ake, NZME Gold AM, SENZ.

“RNZ regularly maintains its masts and sites and typically schedules overnight outages where possible to reduce overall disruption. However, due to the intricate process and the nature of the work required this week, it must be done during daylight hours for safety reasons.
The work began on Wednesday, and was expected to take “up to seven days'”.”We acknowledge the disruption this has on our clients and their audience, but we can assure it’s urgent and are working swiftly to secure normal programming resumes for broadcasters,” Bullen said.
“A more detailed and technical explanation has been provided to the broadcasters affected.”
While not carrying the same audio fidelity as FM signals, AM can travel much further.
The site in Henderson was chosen “because the location was widely considered appropriate for radio transmission due to the extent of open, flat land surrounding” according to a document on the Auckland Council website.
It began operations in 1934, the same year the first purpose-built public radio building on Shortland Street, which was later home to TVNZ.

Michael Forbes to “I Love AM Radio” FB group (2023-08-13)

Sweden

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Hörby Radioförening [Hörby Radio Listeners’ Association] will, in connection with Veteran Sound Day 2023, broadcast on medium wave 1179 kHz. The transmitter will be running between 27/8 and 9/9 2023. The call sign will be: SBH Hörby Radioförening.
This call sign is the same as previously used by the broadcast radio station in Hörby (ITU-R RR APP 42)
Reports are emailed to: lysnarrapport@veteranljuddagen.se
https://veteranljuddagen.se/1179%20khz/

Ydun Ritz (2023-08-13)

Italy

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This morning 12 August Radio Luce, from Rimini (Italy), reappeared on 1584 kHz after some months of silence. Now the frequency is correct, without the wide offset that it used to have in the past.

Usual programming of non-stop religious songs and some conversations taken from the web. No ID so far, so identification is by educated guess as the station has the same program of other known frequencies of Radio Luce. No known address or email contact; a mail to a tentative address that I was given received no reply. A mysterious station indeed.

S7 in Forlì, 40 km from the station, with Perseus and Wellbrook ALA-1530 active loop.

73 Fabrizio Magrone (Forlì, Italy) to mwcircle iog (2023-08-12)