A Northwest News Battle Arises In Seattle As KOMO Is Set To Become KNWN.
A pair of Seattle stations are entering a battle for the name “Northwest News“.
As first reported here in our December 31 Domain Insight, Lotus Communications is rebranding News 1000 KOMO Seattle/97.7 KOMO-FM Oakville WA as KNWN. The move was a requirement of Lotus’ acquisition last year of the Seattle cluster from Sinclair. Sinclair retained the rights to the KOMO calls for its KOMO-TV. The KNWN calls will take effect on Wednesday, February 2 along with a brand change to “Northwest News Radio“.
KOMO Program Director Rick Van Cise told the Seattle Times, “There won’t be any difference in the sound of the radio station. The personalities, the reporters are all staying the same.”
Since our original report in December, which was triggered by the FCC inadvertently making the KNWN calls active earlier than Lotus requested, a Seattle competitor has also staked a claim to the “Northwest News” identity. Bonneville News/Talk 97.3 KIRO-FM Tacoma tweaked its on-air branding from “KIRO News 97.3” to “KIRO NewsRadio 97.3” and has begun positioning as “Your Northwest News Station” as of this week.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/219196/a-northwest-news-battle-arises-in-seattle-as-komo-is-set-to-become-knwn/

Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2022-01-28)

AM Italia QSY now from 918 to 1323 kHz.
We just received the formal authorization to use 1323 kHz. We’ll start testing as of tonight, and will drop 918 kHz.

Alfredo Cotroneo to WOR iog (2022-01-19)

Monitoring via nearby Noale SDR from 1655 tune-in, 918 is off. *1656, 1323 comes on with English ID as if on 918, “have a nice listening“! Lots more off & on at lower and higher levels past 1708, testing.
1323 co-channel, not much heard but listed in WRTH: two UKs of 20 and 500 watts; 50 kW Iran in Azeri at 0030-2030; 15 kW from Romania, see if you can figure out the schedule from page 334; 10 kW from Tanzania, 1500-1800 only with CRI English relay; China with 9 stations totaling 1360 kW! plus more minor stations in Asia and Pacific.
1323 ex-918 will of course affect WORLD OF RADIO times: Fri 1915 & 2130, Sun 2100 UT

Glenn Hauser, WOR iog (2022-01-19)

Lucky Dog Broadcasting has moved Oldies “Utah’s Goat” 1580 KWLO Springville/99.9 K260DS Provo UT to a new set of frequencies.
The Oldies format has moved to 96.7 KQMB Levan, 96.7 K244DH Saratoga Springs and KKUT-HD3 Mount Pleasant UT replacing Soft AC “KOSY 96.7“. Lucky Dog, which owns KQMB and K244DH, had agreed to purchase KWLO/K260DS in July 2019 for $300,000, but has failed to close on the acquisition with a 2020 status report indicating at the time it was waiting to secure an SBA bank loan to complete the deal.
1580 KWLO/99.9 K260DS are currently redirecting listeners to the new locations.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/215375/utahs-goat-grazes-over-to-a-new-frequency/

Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2021-11-18)

Nine Radio’s 4BC has completed its planned frequency swap with sister station 4BH today.
Brisbane’s 4BC has moved up the dial to 882AM, with 4BH replacing it on 1116AM.
Nine said the move was designed to “give the audience a clearer and better listening experience”.
https://www.radiotoday.com.au/4bc-4bh-frequency-swap-complete/

Radio Today Australia (2021-10-08)

RTA Kandahar has been seized by the Taliban (After the capture of the whole city) and replaced with Radio Voice of Sharia, it can be heard on 105.2 MHz and 1305 kHz in the region.

Taliban video from the Studio: https://twitter.com/hurriyatpk1/status/1426449831942365190

Tringer László (2021-09-26)

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS –Jon Pearkins
jon@pearkins.com
No word yet on the full names but October 18th has been announced as the date that CityNews will be the new slogan for CFTR Toronto ON (CityNews 680), CKGL Kitchener ON (CityNews 570), CKWX Vancouver BC (CityNews 1130) and CFFR Calgary AB (CityNews 660).
All times shown are Eastern (EDT):
1610 ON Toronto CHHA Spanish programming was being broadcast at 0015 on Tuesday, September 14th, rather than the Programa Punjabi still listed on their program schedule for Monday to Friday nights beginning at midnight, running until 5:00 AM. Their Web site is now chha1610am.ca
The Facebook page Canadian Radio News by Dan Sys provides much of the information for this column, with additional material this issue from sowny.net

IRCA DX Monitor Sept 25, published Sept 21 via WOR iog (2021-09-21))

Brisbane’s 4BC to swap frequencies, moving to 882 AM in October.
Nine Radio has announced that 4BC will swap frequencies with sister station 4BH, moving to 882 AM.
This is the first time a radio station in Brisbane has ever swapped frequencies, and 4BC’s new position on the dial is effective from Friday, October 8, at 8.08am.
From Monday, 4BC launches a major awareness campaign, with on-air promos featuring Breakfast host Neil Breen and a print advertising campaign. Then from October 8, the station will also be giving away $882 a day to listeners in a daily Breakfast competition. 
https://www.mediaweek.com.au/brisbanes-4bc-to-swap-frequencies-moving-to-882-am-in-october/

Mediaweek (2021-09-20)

South Carolina State University has relaunched 1580 WPJK/92.9 W225DB Orangeburg SC as Sports “ESPN Orangeburg“.
The University had purchased the former Gospel station in April 2017 for the $6500 the station owed to the FCC for outstanding filing fees. WPJK will carry mostly ESPN Radio programs plus the daily South Carolina Sports Talk hosted by Phil Kornblut and Donal Ware’s Box To Row on Saturday mornings.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/212801/south-carolina-state-university-launches-espn-orangeburg/

RadioInsight (2021-09-12)

1290 CX38 R Cultura, Montevideo, is already IDing with new name (ex Em. Del Sur), and programming, mostly talk and music. This is one outlet of the State broadcasters.

Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky to DXing.info fb group (2021-09-11)