Month: July 2025

United States

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Bravo Mic Communications has made a pair of changes at its stations in Southern New Mexico.
1230 KOTS Deming has flipped from Spanish Variety “El Sol 1230” to Classic Country. Leslie T Travis, PD/afternoon host of Classic Hits “101 Gold” KVLC Hatch/Las Cruces and midday host on Country “Zia Country 99.5” KXPZ Las Cruces, will host mornings. Travis previously spent 29 years at “100.3 The Bull” KILT-FM Houston until retiring in 2019. John Krehbiel, PD/morning host at Hot AC 94.3 KDEM Deming, adds middays on KOTS.
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https://radioinsight.com/headlines/303703/kots-flips-to-classic-country-morning-change-at-kvlc/

Lance Venta, Radio Insight (2025-07-07)

Colombia

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RCN Radio is changing its stations in an unprecedented reorganization. Everything seems to indicate that
major changes will be seen starting July 1st, when the RCN name will disappear from the stations, leaving 
only the global brand. According to what has been learned, some AM stations will remain as FM 
rebroadcasters, with brands such as La FM, Gen (new), and Alerta, and it’s possible that AM stations will be shut down. 

Arctic Radio Club via WOR iog (2025-07-07)

Norway

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1314 kHz LLE-2 our first MW transmitter(1 kW) came back on air with reduced power on Sunday July 6th after a long break since May 31st except from a small daytime test mid-June. This was due to a burned-out spool in the ATU (Antenna Tuning Unit). Repairs seemed to be complicated, but our technical experts took the challenge. Hopefully the station will stay in top form as we plan a new format on this channel from September 1st. 

1575 kHz LLE-4 our second MW transmitter ex 1611 kHz (until the end of 2023) has been allocated this channel after our application to NKOM with three alternatives in 2024. We intend to commence broadcasting early autumn 2025, at the outset//5895 kHz. The application and coordination process has indeed taken a long time but was done brilliantly by NKOM. 
The license is for 6 years and presently allows 1 kW ERP. 

Initially, our 2 kW tx will be used, most likely with @750 watts, and the former 1611 installation will be 
utilized with some modifications. When on 1611 the «inverted V» antenna had a modest daytime performance but a good skywave and was heard in Canada. It seems to have best coverage NW/SE. 

We are very grateful to the Norwegian Media Authorities who have shown us this confidence after now 13 years of broadcasting from the old LKB LLE site. We are now the only remaining Norwegian AM stations on the mainland, but of course LKL Svalbard Kringkaster on 1485 carrying NRK P1 is still broadcasting and has been improved. 
Under the Copenhagen Plan in November 1978 Norway had 2 transmitters (LKF Fredrikstad 10 kW and 
LKN3 ”Nordkapp” (Honningsvåg) 2 kW) on 1578 kHz and shared the channel with Italy 50 kW (+19 low 
power stations) and Portugal 10 kW. 

On the side 1575 Sharjah 50 kW and 1580 VOA Ban Pachi 1000 kW were often heard. So the channel will 
be less crowded now! 
We hope we will be heard far away! Correct reception reports to styret2025@bergenkringkaster.no will be answered by eQSL. 

Svenn Martinsen to Arctic Radio Club via WOR iog (2025-07-07)

Finland

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252 Arctic Radio, Inari, is starting weekend test transmissions in August 2025. A Nautel ND2000 
transmitter was very kindly donated to the project along with it’s ATU and antenna. It’s the old Ivalo airport AKU 432 kHz Nautel ND2000 transmitter, ATU and Aerial Oy AV1102 antenna.  The station will start with just 500W but the coverage should be around 300-500km depending on conditions. Power will later be upgraded, says operator Matthew King. 

Jorma Mäntylä, Arctic Radio Club, Kangasala, Finland via WOR iog (2025-07-07) 

United Kingdom

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Our next Radio Caroline North broadcast is between 12th – 13th July, live from our radio ship Ross Revenge.
You’ll hear some great music from the 60s to 90s – plus this month’s competition where you could win a copy of Rolling Stone magazine’s The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time courtesy of Addo Addison from Royston, Herts (see panel below).
Listen on 648 AM across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and beyond, on 1368 AM in the North/North-West courtesy of our friends at Manx Radio, worldwide online here via our https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/caroline_north_player/player.html?v=1751911054472r, on smart speakers and the Radio Caroline app.
We’d love to hear from you during the broadcast via north@caroline.co.uk and remember, it’s the only email address that gets you straight through to our ‘North’ broadcasters.
The programme of this can you now find on https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#caroline_north_schedule.html

Via Nico from Gouda HOL (2025-07-07)

Tanzania

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Regarding the recent absence of the usually widely-heard Radio Free Africa in Tanzania on 1377 kHz, I sent an email to the station last night (3 June) and a guy called Steve promptly replied:  “Hello Tony, Just to confirm that we are still using 1377 kHz; however, maintenance work is currently being conducted. We expect to resume nominal power within the next two weeks. Best regards, Steve”

Tony Rogers / BDXC Communication July issue via Dave Kenny (2025-07-05)

United Kingdom

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Radio Mi Amigo from the LV18 in Harwich was given a 5 year LPAM restricted service licence on June 1st
https://static.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/html/radio-stations/rsls/lrsl105741ba1radiomiamigo.htm

Wireless of the Week (Chris Brisland) said yesterday that they are now carrying out tests on 1575 Tomtom, Digital Spy says that they can be heard on this SDR
http://norfolk.george-smart.co.uk:8073/
Power believed to be 1 watt.

Mike Barraclough to MWlist iog (2025-07-04)

Sweden and more on LW

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SAQ Grimeton: RF wideband recording from 100 years anniversary of the inauguration of the Grimeton radio station available.

In the COHIRADIA archive there is a new AM-wideband recording from 2025-07-02, containing the signal from SAQ Grimeton on 17.2 kHz while airing a special message during its 100 years celebration of the inauguration in 1925 (full story see here). The signal was recorded in the outskirts of Graz (AT) and extends from 10 – 260 kHz. It contains, in addition to VLF, the LW band including several LW broadcasting stations. The SNR of SAQ is good, reaching approx. 25dB.

The IQ file can be downloaded freely and played back with software for software defined radios (e.g. SDRUno, HDSDR, SDR#, …) but also on analogue equipment when using the hardware/software platform supported by COHIRADIA.

Footnote: The files, though having the extension ‘wav’, are no audio files and thus cannot be played back with standard audio players. Use SDRUno, SDR#, SDR-Angel, HDSDR or similar tools.

Hermann Scharfetter (2025-07-03)

United States

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Murfin Media has flipped Classic Hits 1130 KLEY/104.1 K281DI Wellington KS to Gold based Country “Thunder Country“.
The station, which serves the areas south of Wichita, becomes a flanker to co-owned “100.5 The Twister” KVWF Augusta/Wichita, which shares the same “Country’s Biggest Hits” positioning and similar music as well as Murfin’s other “Thunder Country” stations across the state.
KLEY’s lineup features the syndicated Broadway & Friends in mornings and will continue to carry Wellington High School boys and girls basketball and football.
Station Manager Matt Yearout told the Wellington Daily News, “Thunder Country reaches a highly engaged local audience. We’re bringing decades of broadcast experience to create content that really resonates with listeners in Wellington and Sumner County.”
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/303642/thunder-country-comes-to-wellington-ks/

Lance Venta, Radio Insight (2025-07-03)