Australia

SEN’s recent purchase of iconic Melbourne racing station RSN has prompted speculation of a potential frequency change, raising the question: Will SEN switch from 1116 to 927 on the AM dial in order to achieve better reception, following in the footsteps of 3AW?
It’s now almost 20 years since 3AW swapped its frequency with sister station Magic, switching from 1278 kHz to 693 kHz.
With 693 considered the stronger frequency on the AM band, the switch was made to improve 3AW’s reception, particularly in Melbourne’s inner-city area.
Similarly, SEN 1116 has faced complaints of patchy reception in the past.
Melbourne’s trams are particularly bad for AM reception, with the electrics and metal tracks contributing to degradation of the AM signal, The higher up in the frequency band, the worse the interference. Which is why the lower AM frequencies are considered better for coverage area, strength of signal and less interference.  FM and DAB+ do not suffer from the same reception issues as AM, because the older Amplitude Modulation transmission technology is succeptable to electrical sparks while Frequency Modulation and Digital Audio Broadcast transmission use a different type of transmission system.
Read more at: https://radioinfo.com.au/news/sens-purchase-of-rsn-fuels-speculation-of-radio-frequency-change/ © RadioInfo Australia

Chris M to IRCA iog (2025-07-15)

Columbia

1040 kHz (HJUB) Now Radio Mil40 AM, ex- Colmundo Pasto, operating with local programs and some times relay Blu Radio from Bogotá 89.9 MHz

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Rafael Rodriguez to DXing.info Facebook group (2025-06-03)

United States

The station WWFE 670 AM (La Nueva Poderosa) makes important changes that will favour its tuning on the island of Cuba through its new frequency of the station WMYM 990 AM (Oasis 990). This decision has been taken by the management of the network to which both stations belong, the Salem Media Group corporation.
La Nueva Poderosa can now be heard on the new 990 khz frequency, in addition to the 670 and 1550 khz frequencies of WRHC Cadena Azul.
According to network officials. La Nueva Poderosa will officially move to the 990 khz medium wave on 9 June 2025 with more power than the 7.5 kw transmitter on that frequency. It is not yet clear whether La Nueva Poderosa will leave the 670 Khz, which has been its spot on the dial for more than 20 years.
With this frequency change to 990 Khz, La Nueva Poderosa will finally be able to be heard in Cuba, as its current frequency of 670 khz is heavily jammed by the island’s government with powerful Radio Rebelde transmitters in almost every province of the country. At present Cuba is not in a financial position to move its entire jamming infrastructure to a new frequency, so it is very likely that 990 will be able to bring Cubans the news from the Cuban community in South Florida, Cuba and the world without difficulty.

Todo sobre Radio y Diexismo via THall DX to DXing.info FB group (2025-05-16)

Canada

Vista Radio has completed its acquisitions of 8 MW stations in B.C. and hence some rebranding has happened:
890 CJDC Dawson Creek is now 890 The River
870 CKIR Invermere is Summit 106 3 repeating its parent FM station in Golden
1150 CKFR Kelowna AM 1150, no branding change
800 CKOR Penticton is Summit 800 including repeaters in Osoyoos 1240 CJOR and Princeton 1400 CIOR
590 CFTK Terrace is Summit 590
1340 CFKC Creston is Summit 95 7 repeating its parent FM station in Trail

Andy Reid (2025-04-16)

United States

A 2023 sale will lead to a frequency swap taking place in Des Moines on Monday, April 1.
Trinity Communications, the operator of “Iowa Catholic Radio” had purchased 105.5 KDLS-FM Perry/Des Moines IA from Pedro Zamora’s Latin Broadcasting Corporation in 2023 for $1.84 million. Its programming will finally debut on the station with new KIHS call letters on April 1.
Northpine reports that Iowa Catholic Radio’s current Des Moines signals will take on the Regional Mexican “La Ley” brand currently on KDLS-FM. Trinity’s 1150 KWKY Des Moines and St. Gabriel Communications’ 94.5 K233BT Des Moines will switch programming to that brand on April 1 as well with the AM taking new KDLX call letters.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/297170/

Lance Venta, Radio Insight (2025-03-23)

Argentina

As previously announced in this Blog, the station operating on 570 KHz is now identified as RADIO BELGRANO AM 570 (Ex Radio Argentina), a station that was operating on 650 KHz, under the name of RADIO BELGRANO AM 650. In this way, all the programming of AM 650 is transferred to 570 KHz, thus merging the two programmes into a single radio station. It should be noted that both stations are operated by the company ‘Prodera S.A.’, and therefore continue to operate from the same studios located on San Martín 569, 2nd Floor, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, with the exception that RADIO BELGRANO AM 570 has changed its website to the new one: www.belgrano570.com.ar.
AM 570 operates with a power of 5 Kw, with a transmitter plant located in the Natural Reserve of Ciudad Evita, more precisely in the area near the intersection of the streets El Quebracho and El Surucuá, in Ciudad Evita, La Matanza District, Province of Buenos Aires (CG: 34°44’01.6 ‘S, 58°32’19.2 ’W), using an omnidirectional antenna of the Folded Monopole type of 114 meters in height. For its part, the former RADIO BELGRANO AM 650 is now identified as ‘AM 650’ and continues to broadcast music, having left its website www.belgrano650.com.ar inactive. It is estimated that the latter will remain on the air until a possible sale is finalised.
(Translated with DeepL.com)

Argentina en AM y FM FB group (2025-03-15)