Miscellaneous

India

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Emergency broadcast by Akshvani Visakhapatnam 927 kHz just now due to Cyclone Arnab which is expected to make landfall shortly

Akashvani Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh State is noted with continuous special emergency broadcast just now around midnight Indian time  ie1830 UTC on 927 kHz instead of signing off earlier.. Look out for any more stations in the area with emergency broadcasts.

More details of cyclone is in 
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/cyclone-arnab-live-tracker-update-landfall-time-place-bay-of-bengal-deep-depression-odisha-andhra-pradesh-imd-weather-alert-schools-closed-1055054

Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob to dxindia iog  (2026-09-23)

United States

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Audacy has completed the move of Sports “670 The Score” WSCR and News 780 WBBM Chicago to the tower site of Salem Media’s 1160 WYLL Chicago.

Originally proposed in July 2024, the two stations will share one of the two previously unused towers vacated by WYLL moving its nighttime array to a different location in 2007. WSCR will continue to operate with 50kW day/night, while WBBM increases power to 45kW day and 43kW night. The move marks the second time in a decade that WBBM has relocated as it began diplexing with WSCR in 2019 after its home of 75 years was sold to a real estate developer for $46 million. At that time, WBBM dropped from 50kW to 35kW day/42kW night, but with no change in coverage just like this move.

The move of WSCR and WBBM comes as Audacy has sold the now former site of the stations. Real estate investment trust, Prologis, which focuses on the development of warehouse complexes purchased the 25.72 acre site that housed the two AMs as well as SBS Regional Mexican “La Ley 107.9” WLEY-FM Aurora from Audacy’s Audacy Atlas LLC divestiture group for approximately $29.3 million.
https://staging-fe77-radioinsightdotcom.wpcomstaging.com/headlines/373346/wbbm-wscr-complete-move-to-wyll-site-following-land-sale/

Radio Insight (2026-09-22)

France

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Bretagne 5
The current Google Earth photos are dated for 8/8/2026 – the antenna is still there.
The street view photos form 8/2025 also show the antenna still exists and looks intact.

Marco (2026-09-22)

Iran

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1080 Iran/program  in Farsi 1948 : nothing in in mwlist  list  with  S=30db signal  The program /station was only ID ed with more than 2 AI  as radio  Khozestan [Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahvaz] 1080  wih current program Rangin Kamane Hamdel  for that time or  Rainbow of Empathy/

program  
This Farsi-language episode of Rangin-Kamane Hamdeli (“Rainbow of Empathy”) explores regional Iranian cultural folklore. The presenter discusses avian proverbs in Behbahani culture, includes an interview with a guest from Izeh on Bakhtiari social hierarchies, and features local folk music performances, concluding with a story about a traditional town merchant.

Zacharias Liangis to MWCircle iog (2026-09-15)

Mongolia

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Radio in a Catastrophic State
Despite repeated promises every year that the facilities will be renewed, funding has yet to materialize.
The international service of Radio Mongolia has suffered a complete shutdown of its shortwave transmitter following a major breakdown. The situation is no better on the domestic network.
A live television debate program has just examined the state of radio broadcasting. For an hour, those responsible for the transmitters presented the condition of the facilities, their inability to obtain spare parts, and above all, power tubes. Some transmitters are now broadcasting more noise than sound. All the listeners present in the studio expressed their indignation and called for the preservation of the longwave service, which no other system can replace given the vast size of the country.
The program was organized just as negotiations were beginning regarding future assistance from Japan’s KDDI Fund for Information and Communications.

SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS
The international service began in 1964 and was transmitted using former Soviet transmitters from the Khonkhor transmitting station, located about 25 km east of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
In 2003, the transmitting center was re-equipped by NEC with funding from the Japanese government. A 500 kW transmitter, consisting of two 250 kW units, was intended for the Voice of Mongolia, while a 50 kW transmitter was allocated to the second program of Mongolian Radio on 7260 kHz.
Due to the aging of the equipment, only one of the two 250 kW units was kept in service, while the other was used as a source of spare parts. The shortwave transmitters have now reached the end of their service lives.
Nevertheless, let us hope to hear the Voice of Mongolia on 12015 and 12085 kHz, depending on the time of day.

LONGWAVE BROADCASTS
The situation is no better here. Assistance has been requested from several countries, but without results.
The transmitter at Ulgii (Ölgii), 209 kHz (48°57’25”N, 89°58’13”E), dates from 1965 and now operates at only 30 kW.
Those at Altai, 227 kHz (46°19’11”N, 96°15’07”E), and Dalanzadgad, 209 kHz (43°31’55”N, 104°24’42”E), date from 1978 and operate at only 75 kW.
The Khonkhor transmitter serving Ulaanbaatar, 164 kHz (47°48’01”N, 107°11’04”E), dates from 1984. It is the only one that, when everything is working properly, operates at 500 kW.
Only the Choibalsan transmitter on 209 kHz (48°00’21”N, 114°26’08”E) is relatively recent. It is a TRAM 150 installed in 2012, currently operating at the reduced power of 75 kW.

FM NETWORK
In recent years, Mongolia has installed FM transmitters as part of the Emergency Warning Broadcast System, funded by Japan’s KDDI Fund.
Unfortunately, FM coverage can never replace the coverage provided by longwave across such a vast country.

Atsuhiko Takezawa to Short-Wave Fan facebook group (2026-09-14)