KWRM 1370, Corona, CA to Return to Air with Unique Antenna Design.
https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/facilities/skirt-antenna-helps-reimagine-am-radio-in-socal?fbclid=IwY2xjawLfOVlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHo4HKXJIQ-PgxyNQFZ5d9ii4sIXm6yuC5wA-UkTV_gAuPVQxWSqjliJ6v2I6_aem_3DX__Sco0FOYFdOXl_R77A
Steve Mittman to The Boss Radio FB Group (2025-07-12)
1314 kHz LLE-2 our first MW transmitter(1 kW) came back on air with reduced power on Sunday July 6th after a long break since May 31st except from a small daytime test mid-June. This was due to a burned-out spool in the ATU (Antenna Tuning Unit). Repairs seemed to be complicated, but our technical experts took the challenge. Hopefully the station will stay in top form as we plan a new format on this channel from September 1st.
1575 kHz LLE-4 our second MW transmitter ex 1611 kHz (until the end of 2023) has been allocated this channel after our application to NKOM with three alternatives in 2024. We intend to commence broadcasting early autumn 2025, at the outset//5895 kHz. The application and coordination process has indeed taken a long time but was done brilliantly by NKOM.
The license is for 6 years and presently allows 1 kW ERP.
Initially, our 2 kW tx will be used, most likely with @750 watts, and the former 1611 installation will be
utilized with some modifications. When on 1611 the «inverted V» antenna had a modest daytime performance but a good skywave and was heard in Canada. It seems to have best coverage NW/SE.
We are very grateful to the Norwegian Media Authorities who have shown us this confidence after now 13 years of broadcasting from the old LKB LLE site. We are now the only remaining Norwegian AM stations on the mainland, but of course LKL Svalbard Kringkaster on 1485 carrying NRK P1 is still broadcasting and has been improved.
Under the Copenhagen Plan in November 1978 Norway had 2 transmitters (LKF Fredrikstad 10 kW and
LKN3 ”Nordkapp” (Honningsvåg) 2 kW) on 1578 kHz and shared the channel with Italy 50 kW (+19 low
power stations) and Portugal 10 kW.
On the side 1575 Sharjah 50 kW and 1580 VOA Ban Pachi 1000 kW were often heard. So the channel will
be less crowded now!
We hope we will be heard far away! Correct reception reports to styret2025@bergenkringkaster.no will be answered by eQSL.
Svenn Martinsen to Arctic Radio Club via WOR iog (2025-07-07)
Radio Mi Amigo from the LV18 in Harwich was given a 5 year LPAM restricted service licence on June 1st
https://static.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/html/radio-stations/rsls/lrsl105741ba1radiomiamigo.htm
Wireless of the Week (Chris Brisland) said yesterday that they are now carrying out tests on 1575 Tomtom, Digital Spy says that they can be heard on this SDR
http://norfolk.george-smart.co.uk:8073/
Power believed to be 1 watt.
Mike Barraclough to MWlist iog (2025-07-04)
KDUN-1030
The cancelled license has been reinstated with a new owner.
https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=33779
Dennis Gibson to IRCA iog (2025-06-03)
Im pretty sure thats a goof in the system, Pamplin was a former owner.
Paul B. Walker Jr. to IRCA iog (2025-06-03)
I think you’re right. The phone number shown for Pamplin is disconnected. I wonder how the FCC could do this.
The website and stream are still going strong. It looks and sounds exactly as if on the air with spots, mention of 50,000 watts and weather forecast for Wednesday. I called the phone number and it went to voice mail. Maybe she can turn a profit without a 50,000 watt transmitter.
Dennis Gibson to IRCA iog (2025-06-03)
It’s certainly a mistake/glitch, as Pamplin Media is no more. It sold all its newspapers to the terrible Carpenter Media group last year (full disclosure: Carpenter owns the Everett Herald in Everett, Wash., where I finished 15 years as a journalist back in 2008; it’s gutted that staff greatly).
All of Pamplin’s holdings, in fact, are being sold off to pay for the money he raided from his employees’ pension funds. This article from the newspaper where I interned in my college town mentions that the radio stations Pamplin bought turned out to be an ill-fated investment. Even KPAM 860 in Portland, named after Pamplin, was sold years ago.
https://newsregister.com/article?articleTitle=empire-for-sale-anne-amie-vineyards-among-properties-to-be-sold-so-dr-robert-pamplin-can-pay-back-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-he-raided-from-employee-pension-fund–1737131061–50899–nightlife
Eric Fetters-Walp to IRCA iog (2025-06-03)
On May 31 at 8:00, the RTRS branch “Saint Petersburg RC” will resume broadcasting “Radio Maria” in Saint Petersburg on a frequency of 1.053 MHz and in Vyborg on a frequency of 92.6 MHz.
The temporary suspension of the broadcast until May 31 is based on the decision of the broadcaster.
https://spb.rtrs.ru/tv/radioveshchanie/rtrs-vozobnovit-fm-translyatsiyu-radiostantsii-radio-mariya-v-sankt-peterburge-i-vyborge/
RUS-DX via WOR iog (2025-06-01)
Confirmed today 12.40 UTC via Finnish WebSDR.
Ydun Ritz (2025-06-01)
Radio a Colori, from Bologna (Italy), has been reactivated on 1602 kHz.
Weak from Forlì, 60 km from the station, but readable: possibly a power increase, or back to initial level after a long period of lower power.
Heard in Forlì with Perseus22 and Wellbrook ALA-1530.
Fabrizio Magrone to MWlist iog (2025-05-31)
ERT Chania 1512 kHz back on the air.
A few hours before the meeting of the Municipal Council of Chania, today, Wednesday (28/5), with the first issue being the dismantling of the ERT antenna in lower Souda and the revocation of the concession of land from the former Community of Souda to the then EIR, for the construction of a radio transmitter, ERT announced that it had upgraded its Medium Wave equipment!
Thus, as of yesterday, the Medium Wave transmitter on frequency 1512, as well as the antenna, is back in operation.
With the announcement, ERT “informs the public about the completion of the equipment upgrade at the Medium Wave Broadcasting Center in Souda, Chania.”
“This upgrade is part of the strategic plan to modernize ERT’s radio facilities, with the aim of upgrading broadcast quality and strengthening radio signal coverage throughout the territory.
The Souda Chania Broadcasting Center broadcasts in the Medium Wave (AM) band, at the frequency 1512 kHz and covers the wider area of Crete as well as the Cyclades islands, enhancing radio access in areas with limited FM coverage.
With this specific intervention, reliable and high-quality signal transmission is ensured and the most complete coverage of southeastern island Greece is achieved.”
Following this development, today’s discussion at the Chania Municipal Council is anticipated with particular interest!
https://www.zougla.gr/greece/epanaleitourgei-i-keraia-tis-ert-sti-souda/
Christos Rigas, Wood Dale, Illinois to MWlist iog (2025-05-28)
A request has been received for a frequency licence to use 1575 kHz. This means that someone wants to transmit radio on medium wave in the Bergen area.
Most people today listen to radio via digital sources such as DAB or the internet and some still listen to local radio on FM, but interest in listening to radio on medium wave has not been that great in recent years.
However, the Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) has now received an application for a frequency licence to use 1575 kHz for broadcasting. This gives all interested parties the opportunity to apply for this licence, in case anyone else also wants to broadcast radio on the medium wave.
The transmitter point for 1575 kHz has been notified to the ITU for a 1 kW transmitter with omnidirectional antenna, located at Erdal, Bergen. Nkom cannot guarantee that the transmitter point can be notified and approved for use elsewhere in the country.
In order to be able to use the frequencies for broadcasting transmission, you must also have a site licence. The Norwegian Media Authority is responsible for granting site licences, and applications for site licences must be submitted to them by the same application deadline.
Those interested in this must let us know by 26 May 2025. The licence will be granted until 31 December 2026, according to Nkom.
According to radionytt.no, it is Northern Star Services that has registered its interest in broadcasting on 1575 Khz. The company has previously been granted a licence to broadcast on long wave, but this is said to have become too expensive to operate.
https://www.radionytt.no/r25082.php
(Translated from Norwegian)
Radionytt.no via Ydun Ritz (2025-05-22)
“Radio Mundial [860 kHz], more than 70 years old, was taken off the air by instructions from Conatel and I, as governor, was a link for the Emisora Radio Mundial to return to the grid of the media that make life in this state,” said the governor of Tachira, Freddy Bernal.”
“The director of the station, Nelson Chacin, expressed his satisfaction at the return.
“I feel very happy, not only for me, but for the workers who, after 47 days (of interruption), are back on the air,” he said.”
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia via WOR iog (2025-05
During the big car-show in Gothenburg [on May 24th and 25th] the Radiomuseum will make a transmission to all old cars with AM-radio.
We have a permit on 981 kHz (the traditional MW-frequency for Gothenburg).
Only 10 W ERP – music 24 hours from Radio SBG during the weekend.
Please listen and report if heard to info@radiomuseet.se
Radiomuseet via Ydun Ritz (2025-05-07)