Month: July 2024

United States

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Station Sales Week of 5th July:
‘Jeff Jacobs’ Huffman’s Jacobs Radio Programmings purchases Classic Hits “Radio Clatsop” 840 KSWB/98.1 K251CD Seaside OR from John Chapman’s KSWB Productions for $50,000. With an LMA starting on July 1, KSWB becomes Jacobs’ third property in the northwest corner of Oregon joining Rock “93.3 The Rock” KEUB Gearhart and Country “C96” 96.5 KCYS Seaside.

Northeast Digital and Wireless sells 1420 WRSA St. Albans VT to Kalani Bowles’s Sky Radio & Press LLC for $25,000. Bowles most recently worked as a news reporter for iHeartMedia Cape Cod and has also held positions at television stations in Albany NY the Quad Cities. WRSA currently simulcasts Hot AC “Mix 102.3” WIXM Grand Isle/Burlington.

Batten Communications’ WCHM Radio Inc. sells Conservative Talk 1490 WCHM/94.3 W232DU Clarkesville GA to Catherine Cleiman’s Cleiman Communications LLC for $450,000. Batten retains three other station in North Georgia: 1230 WJUL/97.5 W248BJ Hiawassee, 1300 WJBB/107.1 W296CX Winder, and 95.1 WJRB Young Harris.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/274194/station-sales-week-of-7-5-2/

Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2024-07-06)

Grenada / Carriacou

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The Harbour Light [1400 kHz] is off the air [after hurricane Beryl / Ed].
The infrastructure on the island of Carriacou has been almost totally destroyed.  
That includes the transmitting towers, some of which were bent in half by the power of the eye of the hurricane.
It may be a while before they can recover from this.

Linus F. Didier (2024-07-05)

Grenada / Carriacou

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Re.: https://mediumwave.info/2024/07/02/windward-islands/

I have received this from Linus F. Didier:

“Harbour Light of the Windwards.
I am writing from Trinidad and Tobago and so far, we have been unable to get in touch with anyone from that radio station.
Carriacou was extensively damaged by Hurricane Beryl. 
Just before it hit, I sent an e-mail to Randy Cornelius of Harbour Light and he responded that they were sheltering in place.
A few minutes later, the radio station went off line.”

Mr. Didier wrote a moment ago that “I just got word that one of Randy’s daughters said that they are safe.”
But he didn’t say anything about the state of the station and if it is on air.

Ydun Ritz (2024-07-05)

São Tomé and Príncipe

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I have noticed that VOA 1530 is still transmitting in the evenings, just as it used to, signing off last night at 2030, rather abruptly in the middle of some music. The usual morning sign-on, with ‘Yankee Doodle” prior to programming starting at 0300, however, has not happened for the last three days.

Andrew Brade to mwcircle iog (2024-07-04)

China

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Chinese Coastal Station in Tianjin Starts Ice Forecast broadcasts for NW Passage shipping.
https://gcaptain.com/china-starts-regular-sea-ice-forecasts-for-northeast-passage-off-russian-coast/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50174ef03-026954a747-170705871&mc_cid=026954a747&mc_eid
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Klingenfuss Guide to Utility Stations (21st Ed.) lists Tianjin (XSV) on 486, 4209.5, 4212.5, 8417.5, 8419, 12581.5, 12583 KHz. No times given but this would imply more or less regular broadasts from this coastal site.

Bruce Churchill to WOR iog (2024-07-04)

Windward Islands

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Anybody knows if Harbour Light of the Windwards (1400 kHz) on the island of Carriacou is affected by hurricane Beryl and how severe?
I haven’t seen anything about it. (Ed.)

This is from “The St. Vincent Times”:
“One day after Hurricane Beryl left a trail of destruction in the multi-island state, huge areas of St. Vincent and the Grenadines still lacked water and electricity.
There are minimal phone services; internet access have been erratic since Monday.
Apart from WEFM 99.9, which is situated roughly 15 minutes outside the capital, private radio stations are off-air; government-owned radio station NBC Radio is on air.
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves stated on Monday night that VINLEC, the state energy utility, was working nonstop to bring areas impacted back on line.
“VINLEC is working to restore electricity in various communities and institutions. Several lines from the grid are down across the country, and they are working with urgency”.
According to Gonsalves, representatives from the Water Authority (CWSA) informed him that communities without water supply would receive it again on Tuesday.
There has been no communication with several of the Grenadine islands since Monday, and ascertaining information remains a challenge.
The second-largest Grenadine island, Union Island suffered major devastation with 90% of its housing infrastructure destroyed. The airport on Grenadine Island was seriously damaged.
On Monday night, Gonsalves said he was planning to get to the island right away. The prime minister will address the country.” https://www.stvincenttimes.com/beryl-devastation-st-vincent-the-grenadines/

Mike Terry to nordx iog (2024-07-02)