(Re.: https://mediumwave.info/2026/06/17/united-kingdom-588/)

909 kHz Radio Five Live Redruth closing.
The BBC Five Live relay at Redruth is airing closure announcements at twenty and fifty minutes past each hour.
Still a strong carrier but the Five Live audio is very weak, so likely Redruth is no longer carrying network, just the retune announcement. (audio continues at same low level during the retune announcement).
The announcement starts with “You’re listening to BBC Radio Five Live on nine o nine mediumwave covering Cornwall. At the end of July BBC Radio Five Live will stop broadcasting on this frequency. You may be able to continue to listen by retuning to six nine three mediumwave.”

Mark Hattam to MWCircle iog (2026-07025)

Saga Communications has surrendered the license for 970 WZAN Portland ME. Its Classic Country “101.5 The Outlaw” programming continues on W268CS Portland fed by 100.9 WYNZ-HD3.

The FCC cancelled the license of Royal Gorge Broadcasting’s 1400 KRLN Canon City CO. KRLN went silent at the end of 2024 with the owner’s retirement. Their sister FM was subsequently sold to and relaunched by their former station manager.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/365492/fcc-report-7-19-saga-surrenders-wzan-portland/

Radio Insight (2026-07-19)

Re.: https://mediumwave.info/2026/07/17/australia-114/
990 6RPH Perth ceased transmission a number of days ago now.
There is only static there and no transmitter carrier or anything.
Gone but not forgotten.

David Hart (Perth.) to ICDX-AM iog (2026-07-19)

Medi 1 171 kHz appears to be off the air.

Conor Burns (2026-07-15)

License Cancellations
After acquiring the station earlier this year as part of its purchase of Beasley Media Group’s Fort Myers stations, Fort Myers Broadcasting Company has surrendered the license of 770 WBCN North Fort Myers.
Townsquare Media’s 1060 KFIL Preston MN (Economic conditions)
Mountain Top Media’s 1400 WBTH Williamson WV (Broken cable on tower)
Cumulus Media’s 1320 WGOC Kingsport TN (Financial reasons)
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/364453/fcc-report-7-12-three-florida-licenses-go-away/

Radio Insight (2026-07-12)

Just to let you all know that 1179kHz 3RPH Melbourne Vic AUS completely switched off at around midnight early this morning.

I would assume that 1197kHz 5RPH Adelaide SA AUS and 990kHz 6RPH Perth WA AUS switched off at their midnight times as well, though I wasn’t able to monitor that.

With 1179kHz being near the centre of the AM dial, it may be of interest to other Melbourne AM stations wanting to better position themselves for the listening audience. Years ago, 3AK took advantage like that, moving from 1503kHz to 1116kHz.
Time will tell I suppose.

Robert Copeman to ICDX-AM iog (2026-07-13)

Pori 963 kHz remains silent!.
Alfa Media Group, which was granted a broadcasting licence for the medium wave frequency 963 kHz in 2024, has not started broadcasting; the licence has therefore expired.
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) confirmed this week that the licence has expired. Alfa Media Group intended to start broadcasting from a radio station in Pori.
Traficom granted the broadcasting licence for the frequency block “Pori 3” – more specifically the frequency 963 kHz – in November 2024.
Alfa Media Group was the only applicant for the frequency. Traficom had granted the company a deferral for the start of broadcasting; operations were to have commenced no later than 1 June 2026.
The company therefore did not start broadcasting within the set timeframe, and Traficom thus confirmed that the licence had expired. The project was stalled due to extensive equipment repairs needed at the old radio station and financing difficulties. Digita’s old transmitter, which had been unused for years, proved to be irreparable.

PS.
[Alfa Media Group Oy is a Finnish production company based in Kerava. The company operates the television channel Alfa, formerly AlfaTV, and operates the radio station AlfaFM with a time-limited license. The channel’s programs can only be viewed online via AlfaMedia and Permanto.]

Image: Preivik’s tall MV mast and the KV masts in Pori, Finland

Mediamonitori and RMR news via Kari Kallio (2026-07-12)

I’m passing through Elmira NY and both WELM 1410 and WEHH 1600 have loops running directing listeners to translators fed from HD subs of sister station WOKN 99.5. 
WELM had been talk // WATS 960. WEHH was “94 Rock,” a format that’s still on sister station WTXW 1550. 

So it goes…

Scott Fybush to IRCA iog (2026-07-10)

3RPH 1179 / 5RPH 1197 / 6RPH 990
Having emailed VA radio about the switch off the AM transmitters, they inform me they will be switched off at Midnight 12^th July 2026. Currently, the AM signals are running music with occasional announcements about the switchover to Digital.

Geoff – Cooma NSW Australia (2026-07-09)

Further to the closure of the Rogers owned radio stations shut down today. They are as follows:
CKWX 1130 Vancouver
CISL 650 Vancouver
CFFR 660 Calgary
CFAC 960 Calgary
CKGL 570 Kitchener
CJNI-FM Halifax 95.7 (Thanks to Jean Burnell for IDing)
I have attached what I heard on the Calgary stations every 15 minute or so.  CFFR is now off the air while CFAC is still an open carrier at 2:30 MDT.

Noting that the NewsRadio 660 Calgary is directing listeners to the CITI TV feed for news. Video Killed The Radio Star.

Mick Delmage to WOR iog (2026-07-07)

I was monitoring CISL 650 kHz and CKWX 1130 kHz during the past hour or more from my location north of Seattle.
CISL 650 kHz aired a “going off the air” announcement at 1946 UTC and then turned off the transmitters at 1954 UTC (12:54 p.m.). 
CKWX 1130 kHz aired announcements at 1945 UTC, 2000 UTC, 2015 UTC, and 2030 UTC. The station then went off the air at 2043 UTC (1:43 p.m.). 

A sad day for Canadian radio.

Eric Fetters-Walp to WOR iog (2026-07-07)