Author: mw

India

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Today 4 August 2026  is celebrated as  Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna.
Several MW & FM  stations of Akashvani  will have extended broadcasts tonight at 1740 to around 1845 UTC (11.10 pm to around 12.15 am IST). This  will be relay from Akashvani Mathura, the birth place of Lord Krishna.
Akashvani  Mathura by the way identifies on air as “Akashwnai Mathura Vrindavan” and now operates on 102.2 MHz.

Some of the stations monitored in the previous years are:
kHz -Station
603 – Ajmer
648 – Indore
747 – Lucknow792 – Pune (Different program in Marathi)
810 – Rajkot
819 – New Delhi846 – Ahmedabad  (Different program)
873 – Jalandhar
918 – Suratgarh ??
954 – Najibabad ??
981- Raipur
1143 – Rohtak
1242 – Varanasi
1305 – Parbhani
1593 – Bhopal ??

Reception Reports to  spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in

Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS to dxindia iog (2026-09-04)

Australia

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1179kHz Melbourne
As of checking both yesterday and today, it appears that the 1179kHz AM transmitter, formerly used by 3RPH, has finally been completely switched off. Prior to that, the transmitter has been running a continuous 24/7 humming blank carrier, since 3RPH programming ceased back on July 1, 2026.
I had previously phoned 3RPH and informed them, but they didn’t seem to understand what I was trying to explain and kept on talking about checking DAB if I wanted to listen to their programming.
I can only hope that their power bill wasn’t too high after all that time.

Robert Copeman to ICDX-AM iog (2026-09-04)

Unid / Bonaire

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Re.: https://mediumwave.info/2026/09/02/unid-51/ and https://mediumwave.info/2026/07/30/bonaire-5/
(Thanks to users of mediumwave.info the question about this unid has been answered very quickly. / Ed)

The station is Radio Bonaire 1530 https://swling.com/blog/2026/08/radio-bonaire-1530-a-mediumwave-station-built-for-emergencies/x.
There is an SDR in Bonaire where you can tune in: http://bon.twrmon.net:8073/

Radio Bonaire 1530 website with more info: https://bonaire1530.nl/  (also available in English and Spanish).

Liron (2026-09-03)

Austria

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Translated from German:

Broadcast Announcement:
September 12, 2026, 22:00 CEST, 1476 kHz AM
My presentation program (featuring my own music) via Museumsradio Bad Ischl (1 kW)
Also available via the Museumsradio webstream and the Salzburg AG cable network (Channel 575 under “Museumsradio”),
on the “Kabelplus Niederösterreich/Burgenland” cable network and LIWEST, as well as on various internet platforms under “Museumsradio”.

C. M. Obrecht on Facebook (2026-09-01)

Finland

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“Arctic 252 is an exciting Finland-based project founded by British ex-pat Matt King. Now residing in Inari, northern Finland, Matt has acquired the license to broadcast on 252 kHz,

the frequency once home to Atlantic 252. This station, which launched on September 1st, 1989, became a major part of the radio scene. One of its original DJs was Charlie Wolf, a former host

on LASER558. With Arctic 252, Matt aims to bring back the spirit of 80s radio, especially in regions where long-wave radio is still widely used.”
Read more… https://laser558.live/arctic-252/

Kari Kallio to nordx iog (2026-09-02)

Transatlantic Bandscan

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Transatlantic DX: US “daytimers”
As we move towards Autumn in Europe I have noticed the first signs of US daytimer stations:
1530    WVBF Talking Information Network  2255utc 1/9/26
1590    WHGT (probably) Christian programming cut power mid programme  0015 1/9/26
Both on the BDMR but I think these were either on the Asian or S American Beverages (I don’t think the N Am Beverage was active).
This a good sign because the 2nd half of September is usually the better time for catching stations before they power down.

73 Steve Whitt to MWCircle iog (2026-09-02)

Unid?

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I have been wondering for a while whether PEF Canal 1 from Funchal on Madeira Island is still active on 1530 kHz. It is the only station still listed in ‘Europe’ overnight @ 3 kW, between the daily ROU broadcasts.
I often see a fading carrier after 1900z (QRT Romania) but never got a readable signal.

Last night I left my rx tuned to just below 1530 in USB to see the carrier over time and potential audio, but only the carrier was visible in my spectrogram thru 0245z when Radio Constanza signs on, from 0300z both ROU stations were audible with different programming.

But at 0117z, a male ID (jingle?) was suddenly audible in English, but I cannot understand the station name or even a QTH. Nothing heard before or later, only the music which faded rather quickly thereafter.

Do you have any idea what this may have been?
I attach what I heard and my spectrogram, yellow time scale in UTC.
My location is central Bavaria, my rx a SONY CF-2001D, my ant. a 50 cm MagLoop
(tuned) in-house.

Tobias (2026-09-02)

Hungary

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Scheduled maintenances in Hungary:
– Kossuth Rádió from Solt on 540 kHz will be off air completely from 31.08 to 04.09 and from 07.09 to 08.09.
– MR4 from Szolnok will be off air at 1188 kHz at 08.09 in the morning hours.
– MR4 from Marcali will be off air completely on 1188 kHz from 22.09 to 25.09.

Tringer László (2026-08-31)