Month: September 2023

United States

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Jorge Rodriguez’s Ambiente Clasico LLC acquires Brokered 1590 WCGO/95.9 W240EH Evanston IL from William Pollack’s Evanston Broadcasting LLC for $675,000. In a separate transaction, Rodriguez will acquire WCGO’s real estate for $150,000. Ambiente Clasico currently leases overnights on WCGO.

After filing last week to have Hudson-Westchester Radio’s Talk 1460 WVOX/98.3 W252DX White Plains NY donated to MMTC Broadcasting, MMTC has filed its subsequent transfer of WVOX/W252DX to Jeff Chang for $20,000. The deal includes the station’s license and equipment but no leases other than the translator’s tower lease. Chang will be required to find a new transmitter and studio leases for WVOX. Chang owns 99.5 KRPH Morristown AZ, 1310 KKZI Barstow CA, and 1450 KQTE Helendale/101.5 K268DU Victorville CA along with two LPTV’s in California.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/258248/station-sales-week-of-9-1/

Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2023-09-01)

Algeria

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Chaine 3 252 kHz was off for a couple of hours this evening. Noted back on at 2017 UTC playing Dire Straits – Money for Nothing. Listenable in South West Ireland but with substantially reduced strength,

Regards, Conor Burns (2023-09-01)

Ukraine

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1278 is audible here, but not very strong.
http://kiwisdr-dorohoi.ddns.net:8073/?f=1278.00amz7

If the signal comes from курисово [Kurisovo], the distance is about ~400 km.
I assume the ARRT antenna is being used: 46.99341518966428, 30.896262571618276

The smaller cage antenna (шпренгельная антенна) collapsed betwenn March
2020 and July 2021, according to Google Earth pictures.
46.991058757749634, 30.889149353921177

Some smaller ones exist next to the transmitter building, but I don’t think that these are capable for high power broadcasts on MW.

Marco (2023-09-01)

Lithuania

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A reminder:
Good News from C.M.O. – Claudius Obrecht managed to find a MW station.
“My own music program will be to hear on:
1.9.2023 UTC 17.00 and 28.10.2023 UTC 17.00 – 17.30 (30 minutes each) on 1386 kHz AM via Radio Baltic Waves International, Lithuania with 75 kW”

Ydun Ritz (2023-09-01)

United Kingdom

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Service Message: Radio Caroline 648AM – we are continuing to have problems with our 648 service and are currently running on approx. half power.  Thank you for bearing with us.
Radio Caroline website

Kari Kallio to nordx iog (2023-09-01)

Unid LW / Iceland

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Unknown LW Station 180 kHz.
I’m just listening to other side of R4 on 198 khz on LW and there’s a station playing music with announcements that sound like “Rause Radio” or “Gross Radio”. I’m not sure of the language – could be Dutch.
Recorded 23:59 UTC Thursday 31st August and it’s about SINPO: 33233 (R4 whispering away in the background & lots of static).
I’d be interested to know what it is. Apologies for the approximate frequency (180 khz) – I’m listening on my Vega 206 which has an analogue scale for guessing frequencies on the front of the radio.
Thanks.
[Sorry, but I wasn’t able to attach the audio file – format not allowed here / Ed]

Paul Flanagan, Billingham, North East of England to mwcircle iog (2023-09-01)

It’s Icelandic, so probably from 189 kHz.

73 Patrick Pfitz to mwcircle iog (2023-09-01)

United States

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McVey Entertainment Group will sign-off Classic Country 1350 KRLC/93.1 K226CT Lewiston ID today following the loss of its tower site.
The company states it intends to attempt to relocate the station, but no filing has been made yet.

The company intends to move their “Opinion Please” show and Seattle Mariners baseball to sister Conservative Talk 950 KOZE/95.5 K238CI. The station states that hosts Keith Warnock and ‘Toe Tappin’ Tommy Tucker will be “on-hiatus” as well as their Tradio “Call-In Classifieds” show.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/258232/krlc-to-cease-operations/

Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2023-08-31)