IRIB, the Iranian State Radio, was heard tonight in Denmark on several medium wave frequencies: 585 (usually Radio Farhang, but not right now), 621, 657, 774, 936, and 1026 kHz, all with the same program.

Bjarke Vestesen (2026-02-28)

Radio Caroline 𝔻ℝ𝕐 𝔻𝕆ℂ𝕂 𝕌ℙ𝔻𝔸𝕋𝔼
𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘: 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗨𝗟𝗟!
Ross Revenge is heading home! The former Grimsby trawler will now be moved to Hull for critical dry-docking and repairs after a weight issue scuppered plans to do the work in Lowestoft. The move to the MMS Shipyard in Hull will be a partnership with a team that specialises in North Sea trawlers. We have been liaising with the shipyard at Lowestoft since last year but they have now decided that, while we can physically get Ross Revenge into their dry dock, the vessel is too heavy for their facility. So, we are reverting to our original plan – Hull here we come!
The journey will take the ship up the River Humber and past its former home of Grimsby, where it served as a fishing trawler in the Ross fleet. Revenge will go past its sister ship Ross Tiger and fellow trawler Arctic Corsair, which worked the same fishing grounds back in the day.
We are currently in talks with the MMS shipyard and the owner is very keen to take Ross Revenge. He is a trawler enthusiast and his men have carried out repairs on a number of Grimsby trawlers. He will be visiting the ship in the near future with the MCA inspector, who will be identifying any further actions needed to acquire a certificate of towage so that the ship can be moved.
The cost of tugs to tow Ross Revenge to Hull is considerably more, but the dry dock there is huge and we will save a good amount of money without the need to hire inflatable flotation bags and divers to fit them so that the ship could get over the entrance of the Lowestoft dry dock
This has put the ship’s departure timeline back a little and we will be now running visitor trips in May. Meanwhile, our fundraising continues in earnest so that we can get as much essential work done as possible while the ship is out of the water. This is a one-off opportunity
Can you help us? You can make a donation if you wish or enter our Crowdfunder Prize Draws at rossrevengeofficial.com.
Thank you for your incredible support so far. You are very much appreciated. We can’t do this without you 🙏
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Nico from Gouda (2026-02-27)

SummitMedia has signed-off Sports “AM 590 ESPN” KXSP Omaha NE.
The Nebraska Association of Broadcasters reports that the station went silent on Friday, February 20 as the station’s tower land was sold. KXSP had been running the national ESPN Radio lineup after its morning show “Hurrdat Sports Radio” hosted by Damon Benning and Ravi Lulla and afternoon show “Hail Varsity Radio” moved to digital only distribution last year. KXSP also lost the play-by-play rights to the University of Nebraska last July.
The stations was historically best known as WOW from 1926 to 1999. After a run as Adult Standards “Magic 590” KOMJ, the station flipped to Sports in 2005 first as “Big Sports 590” until 2011.
Following the flip of 1180 KZOT to Yacht Rock, the demise of KXSP leaves Usher Media’s “1620 The Zone” KOZN as the only Sports station in Omaha.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/340967/590-kxsp-omaha-signs-off/

Radio Insight (2026-02-24)

Iran boosted the power of IRIB Radio Khavaran on 1548 kHz at Ferdows, sometimes it overlaps VOA Farsi. The “bubble” jammer on 1547v kHz is not operating during the full broadcast of VOA, but the regional IRIB stations are broadcast around the clock. So Iran is doing multiple jamming against VOA – The “bubble” jammer with part-time operation, and with IRIB Khavaran full time.
Reception location: Hungary

Tringer László (2026-02-24)

Radio Ilam 1395 kHz (unlisted here):
IRIB’s provincial radio Ilam (usually heard on 972 + 1044) was observed operating on 1395 kHz recently since the beginning of 2026 – alongside with its main channel 972 which is still there. I caught a clear ID of Radio Ilam on this frequency (identifying itself as “FM 94 MHz – AM 972 kHz – Radio Ilam” in persian=farsi) several times: 8 Feb 2327 UTC, 13 Feb 2301 UTC, 14 Feb 2325 UTC, 17 Feb 1730 UTC, 19 Feb 2243 UTC (along with 972 – but NOT on 1044). I wonder if the transmitter formerly operating on 1044 kHz has now changed its frequency and was switched to 1395 kHz? or maybe it is a third one, running upon a test? strong signal but with some fadings. short recording of mine attached, might be provided in public and thankfully shared with others to solve this mystery.
I also wrote about it on Skywaves DX as well as I did inform the British DX club (they were aware about this, but it’s still unsure where it’s originating from)

IRIB World Service 639 kHz:
this East Azerbaijan located frequency is listed for IRIB’s kurdish and turkish language minority broadcasts until 2020 UTC on both, MWLIST and Asiawaves Net. strange enough, tonight (23 Feb) I was able to hear a coran broadcast with commentary in spanish language (“la palabra de dios”), identifying as “La voz exterior de la republica islamica  Iran”, signing off at 2030 UTC straight (!) in the middle of a schedule announcement (“la programacion…”). this signal was definitely not coming from Cyprus which is never heard here due to its directional antenna pattern. not sure if this was broadcast by accident or intended, but it was still interesting to hear IRIB in Spanish on Medium Wave, since this language is not even on IRIB’s Shortwave service anymore.

VOA Persian 1548 kHz:
this US propaganda station from the Middle East towards Iran is operating on high power. strictly avoiding the abbr. “VOA”, it is identifying itself as “in sadaye amrikon” in persian=farsi (“the American Voice”) at the bottom of each hour (which is full TOTH local time in Iran  due to +2.5 / +3.5 hours time shift, pls. keep that in mind). it is relaying interviews, commentary on current events and dubbed TV audio. mostly, the signal is in the clear over here, but some days, a “fire alarm” jammer or a humming noise jammer is to be heard, often off grid causing a terrible heterodyne noise / beep.

BBC WS Farsi 702 kHz:
strange enough – this 800 kW powerhouse listed for ITU Oman is never heard here since the war against Iran started. however, I have been able to catch clear IDs from Radio Sultanate of Oman on 1278, 603 and 1242 (each of them can be found back on my YT) making it all possible frequencies logged (576 is blocked by Bulgaria). all of them listed with much less power than 702 which is never there. during daytime, from the early afternoon until the late evening, when Saudi Arabia takes over, it is only IRIB’s armenian language minority service available here with s/off after the National Anthem around 20:21 or 20:23 UTC. no trance of BBC’s persian=farsi outlet here.

I hope this is valuable information to share, as there are currently NO streams of IRIB’s several outlets available upon the web from my location – all of them are down or have been blocked, as well as the websites.

ParadiseFM (2026-02-23)

On Feb 21 2026 at 2028 Iran Radio 639 kHz was received in Germany. The station identified in english with full ID and postal adress in Teheran. If this is the old transmitter they used years ago the power should be 400 kw.

73 Willi Westrupp (2026-02-23)

Radio Caroline – Dry Dock appeal update
News Update January 2026
ROSS REVENGE CHARITY DRY DOCK APPEAL REACHES HALF-A-MILLION POUNDS
https://www.rossrevengeofficial.com/?storyid=4#news.html
As we enter 2026 the fund to finance repairs to Ross Revenge has reached an incredible half-a-million pounds.
This is a lot of money for which we take no credit – it has all been raised by YOU, through donations to our Ross Revenge charity, charity Crowdfunder, fundraisers and by purchases from our web shop.
Praise must go to our generous supporters and listeners. We are immensely grateful.
There is no upper limit to how much we could spend on Ross Revenge Simply put, the more money we have the more work we can put in hand, and we continue to fundraise to get as much essential work done as possible while the ship is out of the water.
We hope to get Ross Revenge into to SMS dry dock at Lowestoft in the spring and we must hire a sizeable tugs for the journey. As the ship is too deep to enter dry dock without assistance, we are hiring specialist buoyancy bags and divers to fit them. When inflated the ship should be lifted enough to get her into the dock.
The priorities once in dry dock are sandblasting, repairing and painting the 220 ft hull and structure, servicing the sea chests, replacing the rotting wood lower decks with a hardwearing grid matting system and, if funds allow, replacing the rusting metal fore and aft decks – proudly repainting CAROLINE 648 AM once more.
Everyone involved with Ross Revenge would like to send our gratitude and appreciation to our listeners for your continued support. To find out more and make a donation if you wish, please do so on this site https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html

We couldn’t do this without you. THANK YOU from us all.

Peter Moore
Station Manager,
Radio Caroline

Via Mike Terry, MWCircle iog (2026-02-23)