I receive a new (?) station from Italy called Radio Metropolis on 819 AM. The station sounds very loud with excellent sound processing, probably Optimod AM?
Anyone have any idea what the website or Facebook page is for this station?
Erwin (2023-12-26)
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Voice of Strait (Haixia zhi Sheng), Fuzhou, China has extended the transmission hours since December 21 2023. Now they broadcast at 2225-1600UT (formerly 0355-1500UT). 2/3 of the day programs are rebroadcasts, the program production ability is still limited. All the programs are now in Standard Chinese, no Fujian dialect at all.
Frequencies; MW 666 (Fuzhou 600kW) 783 (Fotan 600kW) 1269 (Nanping) kHz
SW 4900kHz(Gutian 50kW) –- for limited hours
FM 90.6/99.6(Fuzhou) 97.9(Amoy)MHz
Original article is found at https://cahcn.github.io/posts/2023-12-21-voice-of-strait.html
Monitoring by remote SDR in Taiwan, the transmission hours on 4900kHz was observed at 0839-1131UT on December 25 2023 (formerly 1140-1300UT).
Takahito via WOR iog (2023-12-25)
2B Productions has turned in the license of 1410 WEGO Concord NC. WEGO had been silent since January following the sale of its translator while the licensee explored other options for the station.
Snake River Radio has surrendered 1490 KPCQ Chubbuck/Pocatello ID claiming financial difficulties, loss of of its authorized tower site, and a short-term license renewal caused by the FCC hearing on its renewal applicaiton.
Westburg Broadcasting Alabama requested the cancellation of 1400 WXAL Demopolis AL. The station had been simulcasting sister Adult R&B “106.5 The River” WZNJ Demopolis.
The FCC has cancelled the license of Guam Power II, Inc’s 1530 KVOG Agana, Guam after the licensee failed to respond to a FCC letter of inquiry regarding the station’s operational status as the agency noted it has been off the air or operating with unauthorized facilities since August 2022.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/262457/fcc-report-12-23-four-more-ams-gone-for-good/
Voice of Strait (Haixia zhi Sheng), Fuzhou, China has extended the transmission hours since December 21 2023. Now they broadcast at 2225-1600UT (former 0355-1500UT). 2/3 of the day programs are rebroadcasts, the program production ability seems to be still limited. All the programs are now in Standard Chinese, no Fujian dialect at all.
Frequencies; MW 666 (Fuzhou 600kW) 783 (Fotan 600kW) 1269 (Nanping) kHz
SW 4900kHz(Gutian 50kW) — for limited hours
FM 90.6/99.6(Fuzhou) 97.9(Amoy)MHz
Original article is at https://cahcn.github.io/posts/2023-12-21-voice-of-strait.html
Monitoring by remote SDR in Taiwan, the transmission hours on 4900kHz was observed at 0840-1130UT (former 1155-1300UT) only.
Takahito Akabayashi Tokyo, Japan to WOR iog (2023-12-24)
SRC (CBC French) has recently completed the conversion of 3 40 MW repeaters to FM in Quebec:
Aguanish 1350 CBSI-14
Clova 990 CBF-16
Lac-Edouard 710 CBF-17
All are now on FM and the MWs have been shut down.
Andy Reid (2023-12-23)
Winter solstic bandscan.
I took the radio outside around 2220Z. The weather was nearly calm with a few snowflakes and slight frost. As a result, I did not stay long outside, just long enough for a single run over each band.
First, the LW band. It felt like a half-abandoned block of flats with only three stations plus Allouis: Rás 1 on 189 kHz, BBC R4 on 198 kHz and the Polish on 225 kHz.
The MW band… a mixed bag. The British stations felt a bit anemic in signal strength while I was getting useable signals from Spain and Middle/Eastern Europe.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2023-12-22)
Special transmission noted just now due to a temple festival from 3.45 am IST / 2215 UTC by AIR Chennai 720 khz & Tiruchirapalli 936 kHz in AM modes and also on both their DRM frequencies. Also Pondicherry on 1215 khz.
Jose Jacob to dxindia iog (2023-12-22)
WI2XLQ experimental station 486 kHz.
WI2XLQ experimental station, according to ARRL news, will be on the air December 24th beginning at 2100UTC and transmitting for 24 hours. Frequency is 486 khz in AM Mode. Station is run by WA1ZMS located in Forest, Virginia. SWL reports to WA1ZMS@ARRL.Net. The Broadcast will be repeated for 24 hours from 2100 UTC on December 31st.
Bill Smith, Douglas, M, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WOR iog (2023-12-22)
Lyca Radio expands to Greater Manchester after acquiring Asian Sound Radio licence.
The licence of popular Manchester based station, Asian Sound Radio, has been sold to the Lyca Group.
Asian Sound Radio, which was co-founded by Shafat Ali and brother Shujat Ali, went on-air in 1992 (as Restricted Service License) – making it one of the longest running independent Asian radio stations in the UK. Asian Sound Radio was granted its permanent licence in August 1995 and successfully launched on the 3rd of June 1996 as the first Asian radio station in the North of England to cater for the South Asian Communities.
The Asian Sound Radio licence will sit under Lyca Group’s Lyca Media umbrella. This will be the third Asian radio station in the group after the flagship Lyca Radio [1458 kHz] and Lyca Gold [1035 kHz] brands in Greater London. The acquisition also makes Lyca Media the largest Asian radio group in the UK. It also runs English station, Time 107.5FM in the Romford area.
The sale of Asian Sound Radio is not only unique but also makes history as one of the first commercial Asian radio stations being sold. Previously, the Lyca Group bought Sunrise Radio’s frequencies when they went into administration. Asian Sound Radio covers the entire North West region of England with its two frequencies 963AM and 1377AM. It is also available on DAB and online. Lyca Media will announce details of its plans for Asian Sound Radio in the coming days.
Dr. Hansjoerg Biener (2023-12-22)
Radio Ukraine International is on a new schedule from December 12-13 (all times UT).
21:00-21:08 daily Romanian [new on 1386 kHz] (formerly 20:00-20:08 online and satellite only)
21:08-21:20 Sun-Fri Romanian [new on 1386 kHz] (formerly 20:08-20:20 Sun-Fri online and satellite only)
22:00-22:08 daily Belarusian
23:00-23:08 daily Polish
00:00-00:08 daily Bulgarian [new on 1386 kHz] (formerly 20:20-20:28 online and satellite only, though irregularly on MW at 03:00-03:08)
01:00-01:16 Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun English
02:00-02:08 daily Slovak (formerly 03:00-03:08)
03:00-03:08 daily Hungarian [back on 1386 kHz] (formerly 04:00-04:08; Oct 29 – Dec 12 online and satellite only)
All other time slots between 21:00 and 03:30 UT are filled with relay of Ukrainian Radio’s 1st channel in Ukrainian.
Overall, the schedule looks more logical now. Anyway, I don’t understand who would listen to them late at night or very early in the morning.
There is also information that RUI has been dropped from satellite Astra 4A, being replaced by the 5th Channel of Ukrainian Radio (retro music station ‘Radio Tochka’ launched in August 2023), which is just another strange decision (maybe temporary) made by the Ukrainian Radio.
Alexander Miatlikov, Dnipro Ukraine to MWlist iog (2023-12-21)