Month: February 2025

United States

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Station Sales of the Week.

Lakeland Media, a 50/50 partnership of John David Linder’s Linder Media LLC and Lynn Ketelsen’s Ketelsen Media LLC, will purchase Headwaters Media’s three stations in Atwater and Benson MN for $375,000. The deal for Classic Rock “94.1 The Loon” KKLN Atwater/Willmar, Classic Hits 93.5 KSCR-FM Benson, and Classic Country 1290 KBMO/103.5 K278CX Benson is structured with $200,000 going to seller John Jennings in a consulting agreement through January 2027. KKLN will join Lakeland Media’s other holdings in the Willmar market that includes Classic Country “Big Country 100.1” KOLV Olivia, Hot AC “Q102” 102.5 KQIC Willmar, Classic Hits “106.5 The Train” KLFN Sunburg, and News/Talk 1340 KWLM/96.3 K242CF Willmar and 101.1 K266CM Sunburg.

Elliott Morgan’s Mud Radio LLC acquires Christian Preaching “The Light” 1490 WFAD Middlebury VT from Christian Ministries Inc. for $3000 after an LMA took effect last November. The buyer also owns Americana “Mud Radio” 101.5 WMUD-FM Brandon/Rutland VT.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/294807/station-sales-week-of-2-14-2/

Lance Venta, Radio Insight (2025-02-14)

Finland

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Arctic Radio update February 2025
The 1kW longwave transmitter is now ready and a matching unit is currently being built. The antenna has been a big problem and due to the winter conditions it’s unrealistic to expect any station startup before the summer now. 
The 300kW transmitter that was offered was withdrawn and an extremely high price tag was put on the dismantling and engineering oversight by the communications company. The costs were vastly inflated in order to deter the project from acquiring this transmitter. In fact the costs were double that of a TRAM LW transmitter shipped complete! Other high-power transmitters may become available in time as decisions have not yet been made about them. The stations interest in these has been conveyed to the companies. 
In all the amount of communication alone spent on this project is immense. The station is still getting emails from well-wishers and pleas from people to succeed so it drives the project on knowing at least some people will be happy to hear the station on air. We would still really need a higher power transmitter so any leads are very welcome no matter how old the transmitter is. MW, LW or SW!
We have been offered a 1kW MW transmitter so this will be used for a project that will be announced in a few months. Interest in Shortwave broadcasting has also been expressed so if we can find a shortwave transmitter or even a good broadband linear amplifier SW can start very easily. 
https://arcticradio.net/news

Mike Barraclough to MWlist iog (2025-02-14)

Pirate Unid

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1431  at 19.10 utc  09/02/25,  NO ID, Greek music non stop. Tried vía kiwi in Thessaloniki, and I heard the same music. It is not RADIO EKFRASI. It has its audio vía zeno.fm

Francisco Sánchez, Barcelona Spain (2025-02-12)

United States

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WJLX Returns to 1240 AM After Tower Theft.
New General Manager Jonathan Timmons details how the Jasper, Ala., station was able to get back on air before STA expiration.
WJLX(AM) in Jasper, Ala., which made national headlines last year after the sudden disappearance of its broadcast facilities, has resumed operations on 1240 AM.
Jonathan Timmons has taken over operations of the station as acting general manager. He spoke to Radio World about a whirlwind 22-day effort to restore the AM signal before the one-year deadline of its silent special temporary authority.
The station filed for an STA after Brett Elmore, its general manager, reported to police that the station’s 200-foot AM tower and transmitter had been stolen. Elmore died in October at the age of 41.

The full story here https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/wjlx-returns-to-1240-am-after-tower-theft?utm_term=CA316074-A1D7-49B8-AF83-B04729A190FA&lrh=82728e881ddfa69559a3bf01d103ae5b8e6eeefba69253db59fe7812fbbf522e&utm_campaign=0028F35E-226C-4B60-AC88-AB2831C8A639&utm_medium=email&utm_content=94705B97-EA55-4ACA-B71A-B13E89D7CD54&utm_source=SmartBrief

Radio World (2025-02-11)

Sweden

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Asfalttelegrafen from Ludvika, Sweden has been transmitting since 22 UT on medium wave 1494.002 and can also be heard in Salzburg on my K9AY++ antenna. [translated from German / Ed]

73 Christoph Ratzer, AUT to A-DX iog (2025-02-08)

Norway

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The 5 Strongest MW Stations on the MW Band in Arctic Norway This Afternoon:
680 – KBRW Barrow, AK
970 – KFBX Fairbanks, AK
1035 – Estonia
1170 – KJNP North Pole AK
1485 – NRK Svalbard

From the world’s northernmost DX-er
Bjarne Mjelde, Arctic Norway
kongsfjord.no
arcticdx.blogspot.com via irca iog (2025-02-08)