Month: April 2026

Bulgaria

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The AM broadcast of the Bulgarian National Radio – Horizont programme on 576 kHz will operate with reduced power of 40 kW (fixed) at night from 0:15 to 6:00 local time (21:15-3:00 UTC). From 3.00 UTC the transmission will continue with ±200 kW dynamic AMC power mode. Vidin mediumwave transmitter is 400kW Thomson S7HP solid-state MW operated by Vivacom telecommunication company. New schedule is valid from May 1, 2026.

Mikhail Shcherbak, https://radiomap.eu/ (2026-04-30)

Australia

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990 6RPH Perth, 1179 3RPH Melbourne & 1197 5RPH Adelaide to go QRT in July.

Well this is quite a surprise: 
https://radio.visionaustralia.org/about-us/DAB-plus-transition/how-to-keep-listening
No word on 2RPH Sydney (1224 kHz), 4RPH Brisbane (1296 kHz), or 7RPH Hobart (864 kHz) as yet. These three are outside the Vision Australia Radio branding so I assume they will be staying on. 

Regards, William Renton to ICDX-AM iog (2026-04-30)

I realise AM transmitters must cost a bit to keep running with the power requirements, but it does seem a strange decision. Even here at Waitara not that far from the Artarmon transmitters the DAB+ signal was a bit flaky, you had to make sure the antenna was in a certain position to avoid dropouts. And I am sure there are plenty of area in those cities where DAB+ would just not be available where the AM signal would be audible.
Having someone vision impaired trying to find the station on DAB+ could also be a problem. You can’t just talk to a DAB+ receiver and say “tune to Vision Radio”. As well as typing in the correct web address to get the online stream.
I wonder if those frequencies will be resold for a commercial operation? Don’t know if there are any plans for the two vacated ABC Perth AM channels.

Richard Jary to ICDX-AM iog (2026-04-30)

United States

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‘Billy Buck’ Blevins’ Signal Hill Media Partners has begun operating Silent 770 WYRV/95.1 W236DQ Cedar Bluff VA and will flip it to Country “Kat Country 770/95.1“.
With an official launch coming on Friday, May 1, the new brand will feature some programming from Signal Hill’s other stations in Western North Carolina including Blevins’ morning show based at WAME Statesville NC, Marshall University basketball and football, and Carolina Panthers football.
WYRV had previously featured Southern Gospel programming until filing a Silent STA earlier this year after the passing of owner Earl Cole.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/348982/wyrv-to-return-as-kat-country/

Radio Insight (2026-04-29)

France

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Radio Six International website

Saturday night’s MIDNIGHT RENDEZVOUS presented by Tony Currie and Allis Moss is moving its timeslot. From Saturday 9th May, the programme will air an hour earlier on 1467kHz Medium Wave at 11pm, UK time; midnight throughout most of Europe, and we’re using a million watts of power. Reception reports are welcome. Send them to letters@radiosix.com please.

Mike Barraclough to MWCircle iog (2026-04-29)

Ireland

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Irish medium wave transmitters heard in North Yorkshire (apart from one) over the last week

846  Radio North 24/7
981  Radio Star Country 24/7
1017 Radio Cuckoo, 27/04/2026, 2100 UTC, SIO 242
1026 Non Stop Music, 27/04/2026, 1540 UTC, heard only on Malin SDR, SIO 555
1206 Radio Daniella, 24/04/2026, 2130 UTC, SIO 343
1233 KLAS AM, 25/04/2026, 2130 UTC SIO 343
1440 Energy AM, 26/04/2026, 2100 UTC, SIO 333
1575 Coast FM, 24/7
1593 Non stop music, 27/04/2026, 2115, SIO 242
1611 Weekend Music Radio, 26/04/2026, SIO 211, severe QRM from Dutch station.

Ian Biggar to MWCircle iog (2026-04-28)

Antigua and Barbuda

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Caribbean Radio Lighthouse 1160 kHz.
From their website:

Our AM (medium wave) station broadcasts with a 10,000-watt Nautel ND-10 solid-state transmitter feeding a 212-foot (65m), 1/4-wave antenna. This is located near sea level in a valley about one-half mile from the Caribbean coast. The FM transmitter is a Crown FM 250 with an FM2000 RF amplifier feeding a 2-bay SWR FMEC circularly polarized antenna. The antenna is mounted on a 40-foot tower at Mount Obama (formerly Boggy Peak), at an elevation of 1319 feet (402m). STLs (studio-transmitter links) are Armstrong XLink for AM (350 MHz) and for FM (344 & 346 MHz).

Mike Cooper to WOR iog (2026-04-28)

Finland

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Per the stations’s website:

Arctic 252 – 252 kHz Longwave – Inari, Finland.
We begin where others have ended, longwave lives on.
Arctic 252 started as a project in the Spring of 2024. With the decline in LW broadcasts it was mostly with nostalgia the project was born. The challenge was to see if the viability of small-scale private broadcasting on LW could work.

WANTED: OPTIMOD AM PROCESSOR!
252 kHz was the former home of Finland’s YLE longwave station from Lahti that was switched off in 1993.
Arctic 252 is now broadcasting (I’m not sure if it’s broadcasting currently – Mike) marking the return to LW for Finland after 32 years. The first broadcast on 252 kHz was on the 9th August 2025 that consisted of test tones. August 24th marked the first time audio programming had been broadcast on LW from Arctic 252.
The station’s format has been through many discussions and a few people have come and gone regarding programming involvement. As with many projects things change and evolve so to that respect there will be an all-round music format with various programmes of general interest. We will also cater for DXers and the radio community.
Content creators/DJs – we are looking for content from around the world please get in touch to be part of programming.

Arctic has applied for a new LW frequency and awaits the ITU’s decision……
Huge thanks to those who have been supportive and helping make the return to LW possible.
Arctic 252 merchandise coming eventually…..
https://arcticradio.net

Mike Terry to Longwaveradiolistening iog (2026-04-28)