Month: August 2025

United States

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After its tower was swept away in the flooding caused by Hurricane Helene last September, Jet Broadcasting has completed the rebuild of the former “SportsRadio 1420” WEMB Erwin TN.

WEMB is now operating from the tower site of co-owned “Livewire 103.9” WXIS and stunting with sounds of jets taking off along with prerecorded announcements hyping the station’s new format. WEMB will debut programming on Friday, August 22 with the start of the Unicoi County High School football season.

Owner Maria True stated in a Facebook live video discussing the rebuild that WEMB will flip to a Talk format focusing on “positive, non-political” topics.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/307134/

Lance Venta, Radio Insight (2025-08-21)

Romania

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Our friend and loyal reader Luca Trifan, from Cluj-Napoca in Romania, informs us that on Tuesday, 19th, the Romanian National Audiovisual Council (CNA) debated Radio Romania’s decision to reduce the number of hours of medium and long wave programming.
The Council members emphasised the strategic importance of the medium wave network and expressed their dissatisfaction at the lack of prior warning of such a reduction.
An investigation will be carried out into the effects of this reduction and its real impact on listeners. Sanctions could be imposed.
At the same time, the director of Radiocom, the state-owned company responsible for maintaining the transmitters, warned that such a reduction, even if temporary, would lead to increased costs for the company, mainly due to personnel costs, as each OM/OL station is served by at least one technician and several guards, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He estimates that Radiocom can bear these additional costs for a few weeks, after which additional funding will be needed.
Răzvan Ioan Dincă, the director of Radio Romania, justified the reduction with budgetary constraints, the alternative being the elimination of shortwave broadcasting and, consequently, of Radio Romania International, as its Internet/satellite audiences are too small to justify its existence without shortwave.
Mr Dincă hopes that the MW service will be fully restored as soon as possible, but that this will require additional public funding. The suspension of LW/MW broadcasting between 22:00 and 05:54 GMT+3 is scheduled to last until the end of the year, after which it will be reviewed, subject to an increase in the budget for 2026.
On a more personal note, I am very disappointed by the lack of coverage of this issue in the national press, even on the stations concerned (Radio România Actualități and Radio Antena Satelor). Fortunately, the CNA’s reaction to this situation gives me hope that, at least for RRA, the medium wave network will not be abandoned anytime soon, as it is the easiest way to cover at least 99.3% of the entire Romanian population, especially in emergencies. Most people still own a radio capable of receiving it. On the other hand, it is virtually impossible to buy a radio capable of receiving long waves today, and with the increase in maintenance and operating costs, the future of 153 kHz is uncertain.
(Translated from French)

Luca Trifan to Radio Magazine Facebook group (2025-08-20)

United States

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Beasley Media Group flipped “Podcast Radio” 1010 WJBR Seffner/Tampa FL to Sports/Talk “Florida Alumni Radio” today.

The station is focusing on on content from local colleges including the regionally syndicated “Miller & Moulton” morning show hosted by Mark Miller and David Moulton. Based at Beasley’s 770 WBCN Fort Myers, the show also airs on stations in Port Charlotte, Lake City, and Huntsville AL. It will also carry content from the University of South Florida including simulcasts of football games on Beasley Classic Hits 104.7 WRBQ plus coach’s shows, alumni news, and other special programming.

Beasley Tampa VP/Market Manager Ron deCasto said, “Florida Alumni Radio is more than a station—it’s a destination for Florida sports fans and alumni to come together and celebrate the teams and traditions they love. We’re proud to provide a platform that not only delivers great sports content, but also connects alumni, students, and fans across the Tampa Bay community in a meaningful way.”
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/307100/beasley-launches-florida-alumni-radio-on-1010-wjbr/

Lance Venta, Radio Insight (2025-08-20)

Hungary

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Re.: https://mediumwave.info/2025/08/18/hungary-10/
I’m the proud owner of fsdr.duckdns.org 🙂
No, the station on 675 is the IMD product of HGA22+Kossuth Rádió (135.6+540). I cannot imagine what happened. Kossuth Rádió’s signal increased to the overloading point (despite a slight notch filter), and its harmonics (including 1620 khz – 4×540) appeared. The signal strength is unchanged on my other receivers. Usually corroded connectors can cause this, but I spent the whole morning checking the feedline and the antenna itself, but nothing extraordinary was found. Nothing changed at my property and at the neighbourhood. Connectors are ok, antenna is OK.  I puzzled out a deeper notch for 540 kHz, to prevent overload, at this point only that I can do.

László Tringer (2025-08-20)

Iran

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IRIB/VIRI Arabic Service back on 1224kHz.
IRIB/VIRI Arabic Service was observed at 0600UT 19 August 2025 with a strong though somewhat distorted signal back on 1224kHz (via Qatar webSDR) after being noted missing in late April this year. 612kHz (via Baghdad webSDR) and 15240kHz were observed in parallel.

David Kernick, Interval Signals Online via MWlist iog (2025-08-19)

Colombia

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Colombia MW Update
An updated station list, courtesy Rafael Rodiguez, Yimber Gaviria, Rubén Medina, Jorge Ñungo and Mauno
Ritola. Thanks all!

  Fq  Prefix New name QTH Ex
 550 HJHF Radiónica Medellín Radio Nacional
 580 HJHP Radiónica Cali Radio Nacional
 610 HJKL Alerta Bogotá La Cariñosa
 620 HJEL LV de Dios Cali Colmundo Radio
 640 HJBJ La FM Santa Marta RCN 
 760 HJAJ Alerta Barranquilla RCN 
 770 HJJX La FM Bogotá RCN
 780 HJZG LV de Dios Cali LV del Valle 
 800 HJBW La FM Bucaramanga RCN 
 900 HJDD El Sol Cúcuta Fiesta
 910 HJMY La FM San Andrés RCN 
 940 HJTL La FM Cúcuta RCN 
 970 HJCI R Uno Bogotá R Red – Relay 88.9
 980 HJES La FM Cali RCN 
 990 HJCH La FM Medellín RCN 
 1000 HJAQ La FM Cartagena RCN 
 1020 HJFT El Sol Ibagué R Red
 1020 HJKS Alerta Villavicencio La Cariñosa
 1020 HJFQ La FM Pereira RCN 
 1030 HJDJ Alerta Boyacá Duitama La Cariñosa
 1040 HJUB R 1040 Pastro Colmundo
 1050 HJTN La FM Monteria RCN 
 1060 HJFJ La FM Manizales RCN 
1100  HJYZ Alerta Neiva R Red
 1110 HJJP La FM Villavicencio RCN 
 1140 HJDL Alerta Medellín R Paisa
 1150 HJTE La FM Quibdo RCN 
 1150 HJFP La FM Neiva RCN 
 1170 HJLP Alerta Tulua La Cariñosa
 1180 HJGK Alerta Santander Bucaramanga La Cariñosa
 1180 HJIT La FM Ibagué RCN 
1200  HJNF R Red/Antena 2 Cali R Red – Relay 97.5
 1210 HJE65 Alerta/Antena 2 Cúcuta La Cariñosa
 1210 HJBQ Alerta Pereira La Cariñosa
 1220 HJMT La FM San Gil RCN 
 1230 HJLK Alerta Calidad Cali R Calidad
 1240 HJFG La FM Armenia RCN
 1260 HJOH La FM Valledupar RCN 
 1270 HJAR Alerta/Antena 2 Cartagena La Cariñosa   
1290  HJKY La FM Girardot RCN
 1320 HJMS R Uno 98.7 FM Barrancabermeja La Cariñosa
 1340 HJHA La FM Pasto RCN 
 1370 HJEQ La FM Popayán RCN 
 1380 HJEE La FM Tunja RCN
 1380 HJEJ Esperanza Radio  Palmira Armonias del Palmar 
 1400 HJAS Alerta Caribe Barranquilla La Cariñosa
 1400 HJHM Alerta/Antena 2 Calarca La Cariñosa
 1420 HJLE Alerta/Antena 2 Ibagué La Cariñosa
 1450 HJNL Alerta/Antena 2 Manizales La Cariñosa
 1460 HJZU Alerta Pasto La Cariñosa
 1470 HJII Esperanza Radio Medellín AWR Colombia

ARC mv-eko Aug 18 via WOR iog (2025-08-19)

Argentina

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Today, Saturday 16 August, marks the 100th anniversary of one of Argentina’s most important AM radio stations, which in recent years has remained the national audience ratings leader. The station is LR6 RADIO MITRE (AM 790 KHz), with studios in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Although the station was officially inaugurated on 6 November 1925, it formally began broadcasting on 16 August of that same year, identifying itself with the call sign LOZ. Some time later, on 2 February 1928, the signal was assigned to ‘Sociedad Anónima La Nación’, at that time owner of the ‘Diario La Nación’ newspaper, founded in 1909 by Emilio Mitre, and was christened ‘LOZ The Nation Broadcasting’. Its first studios were located in a building in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Flores. In the 1930s, the station changed its call sign and name to ‘LR6 Radio La Nación.’ During the presidency of Juan Domingo Perón, LR6 was nationalised and operated by the state, an intervention that continued until the advent of democracy in the early 1980s. In this regard, Resolution 441 of the former Federal Broadcasting Committee dated 30/07/1982 called for a public tender to award the LR6 signal (AM 790 KHz) to private hands, and by means of Decree No. 2008/83 dated 09/08/1983, the licence in question was granted to the company ‘Radio Cultura S.A.’, which operated the station until 1992, when it was acquired by ‘Radio Mitre S.A.’, a company belonging to ‘Grupo Clarín S.A.’, the largest media holding company in Argentina. Currently, LR6 RADIO MITRE has its studios located at 2668 Gral. Mansilla Street in the Recoleta neighbourhood; Telephone: (11) 3003-0790 and 5168-0790 (Listeners); Email: info@radiomitre.com.ar; Website: www.radiomitre.cienradios.com. It is officially assigned Category II on AM, equivalent to a power of 100 kW (daytime) and 50 kW (nighttime), and its transmitter plant is located at 3050 El Chasque Street in William C. Morris, Hurlingham District, Province of Buenos Aires (Coordinates: 34°34’53.5‘S, 58°40’10.4’W), where its 200-metre-high omnidirectional antenna is located. It also has a Category ‘A’ Complementary Frequency Modulation Service at 99.9 MHz, which went on air on 17 August 1985 and has been known as ‘La 100’ since September 1987, in addition to another FM station at 91.5 MHz, awarded by Resolution No. 4558-ENACOM/19, which is not currently operational. It is worth noting that it has an important network of stations in the interior of the country that rebroadcast both the AM and FM signals. RADIO MITRE has been a benchmark in Argentine radio broadcasting, with a history marked by important historical events and prominent figures in journalism, hosting and broadcasting.
(Translated from Spanish)

Argentina en AM y FM Facebook group (2025-08-18)