Radio Khuzestan back on 711kHz.
At 0130ut on 24 May 2026 IRIB provincial station Radio Khuzestan was observed on 711kHz, broadcasting in Persian at this time – Khuzestan province is home to a large Arab minority so likely carries Arabic programming at various times. WRTH and MW List currently have this frequency listed as “inactive”.

David Kernick, Interval Signals Online (2026-06-24)

590 returns to the air in Omaha.
First noted this afternoon, doing exactly what I suspected they might eventually do — simulcasting Walnut Media’s “Boomer Radio”, already heard on KXCB-1420 (as of a few weeks ago) and KIBM 1490.
At a Boomer Radio listener party back on April 25, I asked Walnut Media President/CEO Patrick Combs about the recent purchase of the 590 frequency. Not wanting to divulge too much, he said with a wry smile, “Changes ARE coming. As they say in the business, ‘Stay tuned for further developments.'”
Because the legal ID recording has not been changed yet, the company, for now, is simply dropping in the following: “Boomer Radio on AM 590, WOW, Omaha“. I don’t know if this means that Walnut Media was successful in their effort to petition the FCC to bring back the nostalgic calls, but one has to wonder. IMHO, they wouldn’t be mentioning “WOW” with no mention of “KXSP” if they hadn’t been. 590 in Omaha had been dark for 1 day short of 4 months.

73, Rick Dau to IRCA iog (2026-06-20)

New application from Halmstad for medium wave broadcasting.
“Halmstad Mellanvåg” has applied to the media authority for a permanent permit to broadcast on medium wave, provisionally 1602 kHz.

According to the application, “the broadcasts shall provide an independent program offering with a focus on local non-commercial audio radio broadcasting on medium wave with a cultural-historical, technical, public education and emergency-related focus.

The purpose is to add another independent voice to the airwaves and thereby strengthen freedom of expression, freedom of information and diversity in the relevant broadcasting area.”

Behind the application is Henrik Pålsson, who previously periodically broadcast Funkisradion on both FM and medium wave.

Sveriges Radio broadcast from 1949 to 1970 on medium wave from Halmstad on 1562 kHz.

SDXF via Kari Kallio to nordx iog (2026-06-16)

Tarek Zeidan reports, that Qatar is back on 675 kHz.

73, Mauno Ritola to MWlist iog (2026-06-14)

According to “Xiaolin Broadcasting Station” (https://kbysradio.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/), monitored by remote SDRs in Taiwan, China resumed all the high power transmissions which have been stopped for some weeks in the second week of June.

1593kHz CNR1 Voice of China  – Changzhou NRTA#623 site 400kW
 837kHz CNR5 Cross Strait Radio  – Quanzhou NRTA#641 site 1000kW
 909kHz CNR6 Easy Radio  – Quanzhou NRTA#641 site 600kW
1116kHz CNR5 Cross Strait Radio – Nanping NRTA#751 site 600kW

 It seemed to be the stop was due to the maintenance works of each site.

Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan to WOR iog (2026-06-14)

Horizon Broadcasting Group has launched News/Talk “News Radio KBNW” 1230 KSBN Spokane/107.1 KBNW-FM Deer Park WA.

The new station is led by Washington State Association of Broadcasters President/CEO Keith Shipman, who owns a cluster of stations in Bend OR including the similarly branded 1340 KBNW, and longtime Spokane operator Roger Nelson who both worked together at KOMO Seattle in the 1980s and 1990s. The company agreed to purchase KSBN in February and to LMA then 107.1 KPKL at the same time. The new brand creates a competitor to iHeartMedia’s 590 KQNT.
Read more https://radioinsight.com/headlines/351916/kbnw-fm-brings-news-talk-to-spokane-fm/

Radio Insight (2026-05-11)

‘Billy Buck’ Blevins’ Signal Hill Media Partners has begun operating Silent 770 WYRV/95.1 W236DQ Cedar Bluff VA and will flip it to Country “Kat Country 770/95.1“.
With an official launch coming on Friday, May 1, the new brand will feature some programming from Signal Hill’s other stations in Western North Carolina including Blevins’ morning show based at WAME Statesville NC, Marshall University basketball and football, and Carolina Panthers football.
WYRV had previously featured Southern Gospel programming until filing a Silent STA earlier this year after the passing of owner Earl Cole.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/348982/wyrv-to-return-as-kat-country/

Radio Insight (2026-04-29)

XECPTB-1630 is running test transmissions this afternoon, presumably at 10kW. They had been silent since their old (XEUT) license expired in October of 2022. Slogans are “Radio UABC” and “UABC Radio.” They are giving a multi-station ID which still uses their old call letters (XEUT).

THall DX to DXing.info Facebook group (2026-04-27)

Happy Friday! There is a new and interesting DX-challenge in the Netherlands: Zuidkamp Radio on 1134 kHz.

Jim Solatie to DXing.info Facebook group (2026-04-17)

Found an article about “Radio Hamaseh” here: 
https://twitter.com/ChrisGreenwayUK/status/2031731056924111302:
“Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB launched a new station, Radio Hamaseh (“Epic”), after the start of the war. IRIB already runs over a dozen national radio stations, plus many local ones and others for listeners abroad. https://mehrnews.com/news/6765865/“

Now very strong on 585 kHz, mp3 with the ID attached, recorded at 2030 UTC (0000 Tehran time). They using the “normal” IRIB interval signal. Overnight sometimes relays Radio Maaref, as previously mentioned here.
The programming mainly contains “Maddahi” songs, reports from demonstrations and wartime news. Maddahi meaning religious and patriotic chants with minimal instruments, you can hear a lot of this on Iranian radio and TV stations nowadays.

Tringer László (2026-03-24)