Learfield’s Badger Sports Properties has announced a deal with Good Karma Brands for University of Wisconsin sports to move to News/Talk 620 WTMJ and Sports “ESPN 94.5” WKTI Milwaukee after over a decade on iHeartMedia’s 920 WOKY and 97.3 WRNW.
WTMJ and WKTI both will carry Wisconsin football. WTMJ will also carry men’s basketball and women’s volleyball. All other sports will be heard on the ESPN Wisconsin, WTMJ and Learfield’s Varsity Network apps. In the university’s home market of Madison, the broadcasts will remain split between iHeart’s “Fox Sports 1070” WTSO, News/Talk 1310 WIBA and Classic Rock 101.5 WIBA-FM.
More here https://radioinsight.com/headlines/366796/university-of-wisconsin-sports-returns-to-wtmj-wkti/

Radio Insight (2026-07-23)

ERT KOSMOS 93.6 ON 1512 KHz from Greece.
Yesterday and again tonight, I heard a Greek station on the reactivated transmitter from Chania/Souda on 1512 kHz. On both occasions, it was broadcasting an excellent programme featuring non-commercial, non-mainstream music (for example, Manu Chao). I was finally able to identify it as ERT Kosmos 93.6, rather than ERT Proto Programma as indicated on mwlist.org

Antonello Napolitano (2026-07-12)

590 WOW Omaha, NE
Further to the latest NA News, there have been developments concerning the lately silent Omaha station on 590kHz.
FCC’s database was revised yesterday, 7th July, changing the callsign of former 590 KXSP Omaha, NE (back) to its 1926 calls, WOW. The station also filed a “Resumption of Operations” on the same day, confirming that it is operating with the licensed 5kW day/night non-directional.
The FCC is to be commended for granting the requested waiver thereby increasing the number of remaining licensed AM stations with three-letter callsigns to 53.
Here’s a recording of the top-of-the-hour station ID, which will appear as a downloaded file: 
https://groups.io/g/mwcircle/files/Andrew%20Brade/WOW%20590%20web.mp3

Andrew Brade to MWCircle iog (2026-07-08)

KXSP Omaha callsign change to WOW.
The callsign change request is still in “Pending” status.

What is te liklihood that it will actually be granted?
https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/amDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f919e020323019e03feca000358&id
=25076f919e020323019e03feca000358&goBack=N

Mike Westfall to IRCA iog (2026-07-03)

Walnut Media will relaunch 590 WOW Omaha on Monday, July 6 returning the Sports format that had been on then-KXSP until SummitMedia shut it down in February.

Walnut purchased the 590 license in April for $40,000 and requested the return of the stations historic WOW call letters utilized by the signal from from December 1926 until November 1999. The station will carry ESPN Radio network programming in most dayparts with Nick Handley and Grant Hansen hosting a local afternoon show from 2-6pm and the University of Nebraska’s “Sports Nightly” from 6-8pm. Other programming will include Westwood One’s Conservative Talker “America at Night with McGraw Milhaven” from 8-11pm. Milhaven worked in the Omaha market earlier in his career.

WOW will also be the central home for Walnut Media’s coverage of University of Nebraska sports play-by-play with football game-day coverage, men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, baseball and Sports Nightly airing on the station.

Walnut Media President Patrick Combs said, “This is an incredibly exciting moment for our company and for sports fans across the region. We are proud to add this historic signal to our group and are excited to offer not only top-notch sports content, but also give Husker fans a powerful regional signal.”

Nebraska Senior Associate Athletic Director for Marketing and Media added, “Walnut Media’s commitment to local broadcasting and regional sports coverage makes them an outstanding partner for Husker Athletics. The enhanced reach and signal strength of AM 590 will provide tremendous value to Nebraska fans across the region.”

Walnut Media Vice Chair Nick Seline stated, “We are pleased to add one of the largest and most historic stations in the Midwest to our growing media family. This investment will give us added ability to serve both our listeners and our advertisers.”
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/361565/590-wow-to-return-to-omaha-on-july-6/

Radio Insight (2026-07-02)

KDZR 860 now broadcasting loop message

Sometime after midnight local time, KDZR 860 Troutdale OR started broadcasting a loop that says “So nothing wrong with your radio.  To hear ‘The Answer,’ switch now to AM 1640.  Yep, we moved.  So come on, move along with us to AM 1640 now.  KDZR Troutdale.”

KPAM (now on 1640) sold their 860 transmitter site and swapped call letters with KDZR a couple of months ago.  It is likely that KDZR will shut down completely before too long.

Mark West, Portland, Oregon to IRCA iog (2026-04-18)

American General Media has moved News/Talk 1180 KERN Wasco-Greenacres/Bakersfield CA to 1230, while retaining its translator 96.1 K241CI Bakersfield.

The move shifts the Talk programming from the 10kW directional 1180 signal to the 1kW 1230 signal. KERN was originally on 1410 until moving to 1180 in 2008. The signal downgraded from 50kW day to 10kW in 2023. It will continue to be heard on its 250 watt translator 96.1
K241CI.

What is now KERN had been Sports 1230 KGEO. While its call letters have moved to 1180, that signal has been taken silent for what AGM says are “technical reasons”. The Sports programming will continue to be heard on 101.1 K266CG Bakersfield now fed by 94.1 KISV-HD2.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/345710/kern-moves-to-1230/

Radio Insight (2026-04-09)

Salem Media will move its Conservative Talk “The Answer” programming from 860 KPAM Troutdale/Portland OR to 1640 KDZR Lake Oswego on April 1.
The two signals will simulcast from April 1 through April 17, with 1640 becoming the format’s new exclusive home starting on April 18. The move shifts the station from the 50kW day/15kW night 860 signal to the 10kW day/1kW night expanded band 1640 replacing Regional Mexican “La Patrona 1640“.
Salem has not shared its plans for the 860 facility yet. It shares its facility with Intelli’s currently silent 1550 KKOV Vancouver WA. In addition to KPAM and KDZR, Salem owns Regional Mexican “El Rey 93.1” KRYP Gladstone, Christian Preaching 93.9 KPDQ-FM Portland, and Preaching “True Talk 800” KPDQ/106.3 K292HH Portland in the market.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/342732/portlands-answer-on-the-move/

Radio Insight (2026-03-09)

900 CHIN ON Toronto – The station’s move from 1540 to 900 kHz was approved on January 15. Power will be 425 Watts day and 300 Watts at night. Pattern will be non-directional from a tower NNE of downtown Toronto on the roof of the parking garage of the Korean Philadelphia Presbyterian Church in Don Mills near the Don Valley Parkway, 
South of the 401 Trans-Canada Highway. Unless an extension is requested and approved by the CRTC, CHIN-900 must be on the air by January 15, 2028. License requirements include “programming directed to at least 23 cultural groups in at least 17 different languages.” When asked by the CRTC about their future plans for 900 kHz, CHIN replied: “we have continued to explore the possibility of utilizing a directional antenna system requiring two to three towers for day and night operation. Such an operation would require leasing several acres of land, and of necessity must be located close to the north shore of Lake Ontario to afford protections to U.S. and Mexican stations on the same frequency. A daytime power level of 10 kW, and a night power level of 1.5 to 5 kW could be achieved if a proper site could be located. Our stated intention is to continue to pursue the possibility of a larger site which would support a directional antenna and maximize the potential of this frequency. If such a site were secured, we expect that the time to design, obtain the requisite approvals, and construct the site would be two to three years.” Once the move is made to 900, the station will be allowed to continue broadcasting on 1540, simulcasting 900, for one year, ensuring that all of their listeners have migrated to the new frequency. 
(NRC DX News Feb 10, published Feb 2)

Canadian Radio News via WOR iog (2026-02-03)

Radio 26 de Julio (‘R26’), which broadcasts from the town of Glew, Almirante Brown District, Province of Buenos Aires, has moved to the new frequency of 680 KHz, thus abandoning its previous frequency of 1580 KHz. It is worth noting that this is not the first time this change has occurred, as this station had already been operating at 680 KHz towards the end of 2022, later returning to 1580 KHz. It is also important to note that a few months before that, the new AM 680 RADIO ACTIVA appeared on the airwaves, operated by the same owners of RADIO 26 DE JULIO, and which initially began to rebroadcast the latter’s signal.
Its 42-metre-high transmission antenna is located in the vicinity of its studios (Coordinates: 34°53’55.0‘S, 58°23’40.1’W) and it is unknown whether it continues to use the same Adema TXAM-102 1 kW transmitter to broadcast its signals. We would like to thank our friend and reader ‘Gonza’ for the information. He was the first to inform us of the frequency change of this AM station.

Argentina en AM y FM Facebook group (2026-01-19)