India is celebrating its 75th Republic Day on January 26, 2024.
On this occasion the following special program will be broadcasted by Akashvani/Doordarshan :

26 January 2024 (Friday) 
Akashvani/Doordarshan will broadcast running commentary of the Republic Day parade and Cultural Pageant being held at New Delhi, all stations of Akashvani will broadcast the same. 
Commentators – Muinsh Jolly, Bhuvan Apoorva Jha, Anup Kaur, Vaibhav Jyotsna Srivastva

The  commentary will be available on all SW, MW and FM channels।of Akashvani as follows from 0420 UTC (9.40 am IST) : 
Hindi 9950, 11560  via New Delhi 100 kW 
English 15280 via Bengaluru   500 kW 
This will replace the External Services normally scheduled at this time on the above frequencies. 
The only regional SW to check is Leh 4760/6000 
MW Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm 
FM Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm 
Also on DTH Channels/ airlivenews 24×7

AIR Live streaming : 
https://prasarbharati.gov.in/get-apps/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfTD19QYceI

This will be available on Doordarshan TV as follows: 
https://prasarbharati.gov.in/live-tv/
https://www.youtube.com/user/doordarshannational

The above programs can be viewed on Live streaming of various  Doordarshan  TV Channels  available in the following link: 
https://prasarbharati.gov.in/live-tv/

The live streaming of AIR stations is available through News on AIR app available in: 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.parsarbharti.airnews&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5wYXJzYXJiaGFydGkuYWlybmV3cyJd

Happy Republic Day to all DX India members.

Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta  to dxindia iog (2024-01-26)

Attached is the schedule for these special local/regional outputs in selected RNE5 stations. 
The disconnection/connection procedure will be done directly from Madrid central control, so don´t expect the usual procedure with normal local ID’s. 

RNE5-TN LOCAL/REGIONAL OUTPUTS FOR COPA DEL REY FOOTBALL MATCHES
(Spanish times – UTC+1)
TUESDAY JAN. 16th – 20:00 a 24:00 H (+ if extra time)
20:00 Match GETAFE-SEVILLA –
R5 SEVILLA (Local) + R5 MADRID (Local)
Disconnection from 20:00 to 24:00 horas
21:00 Match ATHLETIC CLUB DE BILBAO-ALAVÉS –
R5 PAIS VASCO (Regional)
Disconnection from 21:00 to 24:00 horas
22:00 Match TENERIFE-MALLORCA –
R5 CANARIAS (Regional) + R5 BALEARES (Local)
Disconnection from 22:00 to 24:00 horas
WEDNESDAY JAN. 17th – 20:00 – 23:30 H (+ if extra time)
20:00 Match VALENCIA-CELTA –
R5 VALENCIA (Local) + R5 PONTEVEDRA (Local)
Disconnection from 20:00 to 23:30 horas
21:00 Match OSASUNA-REAL SOCIEDAD –
R5 NAVARRA (Local) + R5 SAN SEBASTIAN (Local)
Disconnection from 21:00 a 23:30 horas
21:30 Match GIRONA-RAYO VALLECANO –
R5 GIRONA (Local) + R5 MADRID (Local)
Disconnection from 21:30 to 23:30 horas
THURSDAY JAN. 18th – 19:30 – 23:30 H (+ if extra time)
19:30 Match UNIONISTAS-FC BARCELONA –
R5 SALAMANCA (Local) + R5 BARCELONA (Local)
Disconnection from 19:30 to 21:30 horas
21:30 Match ATLÉTICO DE MADRID-REAL MADRID –
R5 MADRID (Local)
Disconnection from 21:30 to 23:30 horas

73! Mauricio Molano (2024-01-16)

Due to Pongal festival, All India Radio stations in Tamilnadu & Puducherry States will start their transmissions earlier than usual tomorrow 15 Jan 2024 from around 4.30 am (ie 14 Jan 2024 around 2300 UTC) 
720 kHz  Chennai (Plus DRM on 711 kHz)
936 kHz Tiruchirappalli (Plus DRM on 927 kHz)
999 kHz  Coimbatore 
1197 kHz Tirunelveli 
1215 kHz Puducherry 
1269 kHz Madurai 
Look out for any other stations also from other states also then..

Note: Stations in Tamilnadu & Puducherry still identify as All India Radio while all other stations in the network identify as Akashvani !!! 
Happy Pongal & Sankranti festival to all!

José Jacob to dxindia (2024-01-14)

Radio Caroline North January 2024 
https://radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html

Nico from Gouda HOL (2024-01-09)

Mid-West Family Broadcasting has flipped Rhythmic CHR “95.9 Jamz” 1150 WEAQ/95.9 W240DC Chippewa Falls WI to Farm News/Classic Country “The Farm“. 
Northpine reports that the station is featuring the Mid-West Farm Report at the top and bottom of each hour, while the hourlong edition continues on sister Country 104.5 WAXX. That’s station’s longtime farm reporter Bob Bosold is serving as imaging voice of WEAQ. 
The new format replicates the programming heard on the company’s 1550 WHIT/97.7 W249DH Madison. 
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/263039/eau-claire-has-a-farm/

Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2024-01-05)

A weather bulletin called Weather Shipping started on 1st January 1924, broadcast twice daily at
0900 and 2000 GMT, from the powerful Air Ministry station G.F.A. in London on a wavelength of
4100metres. It moved to BBC longwave in 1925. It continues to this day as the Shipping Forecast
on 198kHz LW.

MWN January 2024 (2024-01-03)

Forever South Communications has flipped Conservative Talk “The TJ Network” 1390 WTJF Jackson/94.1 W231BU East Union and 94.3 WTJF-FM Dyer TN to “Sports Radio 94/1390“. 
The station will feature ESPN Radio programming along with a local show hosted by station play-by-play voice Alex Northcut from 8-9am weekdays. 
With the change the station exits a crowded Conservative Talk field in the Jackson market that includes Grace Broadcast Services duo of 101.5 WNWS-FM and “Supertalk 93.1” WTJS and News Talk West Tennessee’s 96.5 WBFG. 
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/262841/tj-network-gives-way-to-sports-in-west-tennessee/

Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2024-01-01)

Seven Mountains Media’s 1270 WLBR Lebanon PA is stunting with a wheel of formats as it prepares to launch a new format and FM simulcast. 
Among the brandings heard during the stunt have been “Easy 1270”, “Disco 1270”, “Hippie 1270”, “1270 The King”, and “1270 The Alternative”. 
It is expected that the station will eventually launch a new identity as Classic Hits “Wilbur 99.7” resurrecting the format heard on WLBR from April 2020 to March 2021. The 99.7 signal is the former 99.3 W257DI Reading, which has completed its move to Lebanon on the 99.7 frequency from the tower of Temple University’s 90.7 WRTL Ephrata. 
Original Report 12/5: Seven Mountains Media’s market revamps have reached Lebanon PA. 
News/Talk 1270 WLBR moved to Christmas Music on November 30 ahead of a post-Christmas format change. Laura LeBeau remains in mornings from the previous format. The move continues the company’s trend of removing spoken word formats from each of its markets as WLBR was the last of the Talk stations that Seven Mountains acquired from Forever Media last year retaining its format. 
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/261844/wlbr-moves-from-talk-to-christmas-music-wfvy-revamps-on-air-lineup/

Lance Venta, RadioInsight (2024-01-01)

Special transmission noted just  now due to a temple festival from 3.45 am IST / 2215 UTC by AIR Chennai 720 khz  & Tiruchirapalli 936 kHz in AM modes and also on both their DRM frequencies. Also Pondicherry on 1215 khz.

Jose Jacob to dxindia iog (2023-12-22)

Translated from Danish:

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe will get the last word on longwave when DR shuts down the signal from Gisseløre [Kalundborg 243 kHz] on December 31, according to the daily Nordvestnyt on Saturday.
From 15-18 [14.00-17.00 UTC] on New Year’s Eve, DR will broadcast a mix of what has been sent through the station’s 96-years lifespan, in particular music programs but also historical radio clips about and from the station itself.
Exactly at 18 [17.00 UTC], Queen Margrethe’s New Year’s speech will be broadcast live, after which the well-known pause signal “Jeg drømte mig en drøm i nat” [I dreamed a dream last night] fades out and will mark the final switch off of the signal.

Kalundborg Langbølgesender FB group (2023-12-18)