Miscellaneous

Kiribati

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The Kiribati Broadcasting & Publications Authority (BPA) has bypassed the broken 1440 AM transmitter by launching a “zero-data” online streaming service and dedicated mobile apps, though traditional over-the-air AM broadcasts remain offline. The original physical antenna was accidentally lost in September 2025 when it was struck by a vehicle, completely disabling terrestrial AM transmissions across the islands. While the BPA continues strategic planning to install a new physical antenna and restore AM services, they have made significant progress in digital distribution to bridge the gap. (Google AI via BC)

[I asked the BPA on 19 September via FB Messenger whether there been any progress on restoring the operation of their 1440 AM broadcasts. The cryptic response received was “Not yet” but a day later “Will update you”.

Bryan Clark to NZ DX Times October via WOR iog (2026-10-07)

United Kingdom

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Manx Radio 1368
In May 2026 the IOM regulator launched an investigation into a potential licence breach over the amount of speech content Manx Radio was broadcasting. Speech content should not generally fall below 40% of it’s total output between 0600 and 1900 BST weekdays.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d209jd0zlo

AM schedule on the website shows that it carries Manx Gold programming 0000-1200 weekdays, still closing down on AM overnight?
https://www.manxradio.com/on-air/schedule/am

Manx Radio Gold schedule
https://gold.manxradio.com/schedule

Mike Barraclough to MWCircle iog (2026-10-06)

Australia

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Western Australia

Whilst I’ve not heard anything official, both 6FX “Wangki Radio” 936 Fitzroy Crossing & 6WR “Waringarri Radio” Kununurra 693 may be looking at operating on FM.

In the last Newsletter from BAI Communications, it mentions “installing FM equipment” in relation to 6FX. No further details given.
6WR has this paragraph on its website – “has applied for an FM license with the same frequency for Kununurra. This will offer music lovers better sound quality (stay tuned for more information)”.
These may also end up being supplementary licenses,  in that case they would keep the AM frequencies.

Geoff Wolfe – Cooma NSW Australia (2026-10-06)

Isle of Man

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Manx Radio 1368 kHz
Seems to have stopped the daytime automated Manx Gold and is now putting out the locally presented Manx Radio.
It had been local programmes at Breakfast Time and recently also 5pm-6pm “Drive at Five”, but today it seems to be Manx Radio all day.
Nice sounding with 7.5 kHz bandwidth.

Mark Hattam to MWCircle iog (2026-10-05)

Mexico

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IRCA Mexican Log, 29th Edition (Fall 2026)
The IRCA Mexican Log lists all AM stations in Mexico by frequency, including call letters, state, city, day/night power, slogans, schedule in UTC/GMT, formats, networks and notes. The call letter index gives call, frequency, city and state.
The city index (listed by state, then city) includes frequency, call and day/night power. The transmitter site index (listed by state, then city) tabulates the latitude and longitude of transmitter sites. Also, in this edition, there is a spread sheet with links to web sites, live broadcasts and facebook page of many of the Mexican stations. This is an indispensable reference for anyone who
hears Mexican radio stations.
The 2026-27 Mexican Log .pdf is posted on the IRCA website for all to download. The link is:
https://www.ircaonline.org/editor_upload/File/2026-27_IRCA_Mexican_Log.pdf
A big thank you to Tim Hall for compiling this invaluable resource for us!

October issue of MWN (2026-10-04)