Month: September 2025

United States

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Cumulus Media has turned in the licenses of four of the stations it took silent earlier this year.

1230 WSSO Starkville MS ceased operations on March 7. Formerly Sports “1230 The Team” with Infinity Sports Network programming 24/7, WSSO operated with 1kW day/night from a single tower.

1340 KRMD Shreveport LA ended broadcast operations on March 14. Previously the parent signal for AC “Lite Rock 100.7” K264AS Mooringsport, the translator switched to a simulcast of Country 101.1 KRMD-FM Shreveport when the AM was shut down. KRMD operated with 400 watts day and night from the tower that houses all of Cumulus’ FMs in the market.

1560 WLZR Melbourne FL also ended operations on March 14. It had been Sports “The Fan” feeding the still silent 107.9 W300DL Melbourne FL. WLZR operated with 5kW daytime from a single tower that also housed the translator.

1320 WISW Columbia SC went silent on March 26. The station was previously Sports “ESPN 1320” running the national ESPN Radio lineup with 5kW day/2.5kW night from a four tower directional array.

None of the filing included any statement explaining the license surrender. When Cumulus filed last week to extend the Silent STAs for many of the other stations it took off the air, it noted that it was either in the process of considering proposals by interested parties or in active negotiations to sell said stations.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/309379/

Lance Venta, Radio Insight (2025-09-29)

Mexico

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3 Mexican AM Construction Permits have come on the air recently, all in the state of Zacatecas:

610 XECCBS Fresnillo – on the air with “La Ke Buena” programming from Mexico City. They run the fast adult choral version of the anthem (2 verses) right around 1200 UT, followed by the network’s morning zoo-style program “Los Hijos de la Mañana” with three guys who call themselves “El Gallo,” “El Mamut,” and “El Cocodrilo,” plus one woman who does not seem to have a nickname. Day power 10 kW, night power unknown.

640 XECCCN Lomas de Calera – on the air with “La…..Q” programming similar to (but not //) XEQ-940. Day power 5 kW, night power unknown.

1020 XECCCG Cañitas de Felipe Pescador – on the air with W Radio programming and probably also using the generic “Radio Cañon” {sic} slogan (which is not an indicator of format or anything else except for station ownership!). Day power 10kW, night power unknown.

THall DX to DXing.info FB page (2025-09-11)

Marshall Islands

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According to a QSL response from William Ring at V7AB Radio Majuro 1098 kHz, “we actually
using our 10 kw transmitter at the moment. Our 25 kw transmitter is standby for our backup
system in case 10 kw transmitter fails.” (sic)

Bryan Clark to NZ DX Times (2025-09-29)

Portugal

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In a response to an enquiry to ANACOM, the Portuguese communications authority, I have received the following reply:
“Further to your enquiry regarding the status of medium wave transmitters in Portugal, we would like to inform you that the database of medium wave radio stations is currently being updated and is therefore not available on the ANACOM website. The updated database will be made available again as soon as possible.”

Ydun Ritz (2025-09-29)

Germany

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Radiomuseum Cham 801 kHz 1638 UTC, old German pop songs (Himmelblaue Serenade, Kauf dir einen bunten Luftballon). O=2

Patrick Robic to A-DX iog (2025-09-29)

Canada

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CBC AM to FM happenings.

Two more CBC/IRC AM to FM conversions have taken place:

-BC Stewart CKBA 1450 @ 40 watts has been replaced with a FM repeater: 98.1 CBUI-FM @ 202 watts

-QC Port-Menier CBSI-23 1130 @ 40 watts has been replaced with a FM repeater: 99.9 CBSI-FM-23 @ 270 watts

With these two conversions complete, there are currently no outstanding CBC AM to FM conversions on the books.

Andy Reid (2025-09-27)

Iceland

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Autumn Equinox Bandscan
I didn’t remember to skip outside with the radio until one after midnight. The weather was dry and chilly, plus some aurorae to the north.
The LW band had France, UK and Poland, and a weak signal on 252kHz, presumably Algiers.
The MW band had the big British stations and an assortment of Spanish stations. The Brits were not at their strongest. Auroral influence?
Well, that’s it for now.

Reynir Heidberg Stefansson (2025-09-23)

Kiribati

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I’m sure Bryan Clark won’t mind my relaying his detailed reason (on the NZRDXL’s groups.io board) about the incident killing 1440: it appears to have been the result of a techie employee ‘oops’!

QUOTE:
The following posted by the Kiribati Broadcasting & Publications Authority (BPA) on Thursday night:

Attention Please !!!
To all valued customers: on RADIO KIRIBATI (AM1440khz)
We regret to announce that our AM radio’s antenna was accidentally broken when it was struck by a BNL vehicle (see Note below) during operations. As a result, the AM radio transmission is not working, but we are still broadcasting online, including all advertisements and live programs. We are currently in the process strategically of making plan of installing a new antenna and restoring full service as soon as possible.
In the meantime:
• The AM 1440 khz radio is still broadcasting online, including all advertisements and live programs. Just type BPA website- Broadcasting and Publication Authority and you will see radio online below.
http://right-click.com.au/rcPlayer2/index.php?c=kiribati_mw
• Our FM service (89.9 FM) will continue in parallel with AM Radio.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.
CEO BPA

Note: BNL is BwebwerikiNET Limited, which provides high speed and low cost telecommunication broadband services to Retail Service Providers in the Republic of Kiribati.

UNQUOTE

Theo to IRCA iog (2025-09-22)

Alaska

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VTR 350: The 1kw beacon here in McGrath appears to have the transmitter on but the beeping dits haven’t been heard since Friday or so … no idea what’s wrong and not sure who to tell.   

Paul Walker, “The Alaska Radio Nerd” to IRCA iog (2025-09-22)