United Kingdom

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Radio Caroline North‘s three day Easter broadcast is between 3rd – 5th April, live from our radio ship Ross Revenge.
You’ll hear some great music from the 60s to 90s – plus you could win a rugged Mesqool AM/FM radio in this month’s competition draw.
Listen on 648 AM across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and beyond, on 1368 AM in the North/North-West courtesy of our friends at Manx Radio, worldwide online here via our https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#caroline_north_schedule.html , on smart speakers and the Radio Caroline app.
We’d love to hear from you during the broadcast via north@radiocaroline.co.uk and remember, it’s the only email address that gets you straight through to our ‘North’ broadcasters.

Nico from Gouda HOL (2026-03-30)

Space Weather

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X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE AND CME: NASA’s Artemis rocket might be launching into a geomagnetic storm. This morning, an X-class solar flare hurled a fast and massive CME into space. It is expected to make contact with Earth on March 31st, sparking geomagnetic storms on the night before the Moon rocket’s launch window opens. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.

Ydun Ritz (2026-03-30)

Japan

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Update on 693 kHz (a.k.a. now ex-NHK Radio 2)

They are airing retune message, saying Radio 2 programmes have been moved to NHK AM & NHK FM. As of programmes like Chinese-language news have moved to NHK World Japan. 
Here’s the audio in needed (full message closure at 02:53)

and if you’re wondering the message (as far as i could try to add translation into English & text in Japanese):

JP: NHKのラジオ第2放送は、3月30日午前0時5分に終了しました これまでラジオ第2放送で放送していたほとんどの番組は、3月30日からNHK AMとNHK FMに移行しています。 この時間に放送していた中国語ニュースは、ラジオ第2での放送を終了しました。 NHK WORLD JAPANのホームページやアプリをご利用ください。
EN: NHK Radio 2 ceased broadcasting at 12:05 AM on March 30th. Most programs previously broadcast on Radio 2 have moved to NHK AM and NHK FM as of March 30th. The Chinese-language news program that was broadcast at this time has also ceased broadcasting on Radio 2. Please use the NHK WORLD JAPAN website or app.
’till we meet again, [NHK] Radio 2…

Apparently, 693 kHz isn’t alone, as far as I checked on other ex-NHK Radio 2 frequencies, they also air the same message

DX Lithuania (2026-03-30)

Philippines

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Philippine AM station sign-offs are really fun because they are in English & very thorough. They even give the names of their engineers & their license numbers. I think all stations play the Philippine National Anthem after that.
Another kind thing they do is give their call letters in English at the top of the hour.  The FMs aren’t as EE friendly. Some give their calls & some don’t. Like so many US FMs, they are more interested in giving their slogan. So where is “101.1 Wonder Radio?.” It’s in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, I think. I was in Zamboangita, Negros Oriental, when I heard them, which is about 60 miles NW of Cagayan de Oro along a straight salt water path. Zamboangita is about 350 miles south of Manila, in the central Philippines region, known as the Visayas.

Stan Weisbeck, Spokane, WA to IRCA iog (2026-03-30)

Australia

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47 SRN stations to be sold.
SRN stations here: https://www.srn.com.au

Australia’s biggest private radio network for sale after alleged family feud.
Australia’s biggest private radio network has been put up for sale for the first time in 40 years after an alleged feud between siblings.

Daily Telegraph Confidential :
Australia’s biggest and most mysterious private radio network is for sale for the first time in 40 years.
Confidential can reveal Super Radio Network (SRN), the company behind Sydney’s 2SM 1269, is looking for a buyer, with hopes of achieving a sale price as high as $200m.
It is understood the sale has been prompted by the disintegration of the relationship between co-owners and siblings Despina Priala and George Caralis, the children of SRN founder Bill Caralis, who died of a heart attack in July 2024 aged 81.
Insiders say the pair haven’t been on speaking terms for the last year, with contact sometimes limited between lawyers.
Dan Tepper of KPMG has been appointed to sell SRN. He is well known for selling Janet Cameron’s Grant Broadcasting group of regional radio stations for a staggering $300 million to the ASX- listed Australian Radio Network.
It comes days after the departure of chief executive Rhys Holleran and SRN announcing a new boss: Graham Mott, formerly of Nine Radio.
SRN, or Broadcast Operations Group, has a massive network of mostly regional radio stations.
The broadcaster’s biggest markets include Newcastle, Bathurst, Tamworth, Dubbo, Taree, Lismore and Tweed Heads.
SRN stations are in markets where radio broadcasting remains strong with audiences.
A further strength for the business is that the Caralis family owns not only the radio frequency licences but also an extensive portfolio of properties, including transmitter sites and spare land.
The Caralis’ hold some 50 stations and employ roughly 200 people.
Sydney is a jewel in the crown, where 2SM is based out of a large headquarters in Pyrmont. SRN’s Tweed Heads offices are also a significant asset for the business.

“It has been in the works for a long time,” a long-term staff member told Confidential.
“Their late father would be heartbroken to see it get to this. Bill was fiercely proud of the network he built and to see a split in the family that is seeing it sold up is tragic. George wants to modernise the company, invest, and make a go of it and Despina has different views, so they’re getting out.”y up to date with the Daily Telegraph.

Despina runs her own legal business based on the Gold Coast.
George has worked in the family company since he was a teenager. He’s now in his 50s.
“He has a good feel for radio”.
One country station manager said: “This has been a family company for so long, we have no idea what the future could look like.”
On Friday, Confidential revealed Holleran had exited the business after just a few months in the job.

Chris Martin AUS (2026-03-30)

Japan

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NHK R2 is continuing to transmit music and announcement about the movement of each program to “NHK AM” or “NHK FM”  at their normal transmitting hours 2055-1445UT, until March 31.

Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan to WOR iog (2026-03-30)

Japan

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Bye-bye, NHK Radio 2

I tuned to NHK R2,1602 kHz from the Kitakyushu broadcasting station to witness the end of NHK R2.
My location was Fukuoka Prefecture. At 00:05 JST on March 30 [15.05 UTC March 29th / Ed], the station transmitted its call sign and station ID. Normally, the national anthem and interval signal would follow, but this time they were not aired, and the transmission went straight to an unmodulated carrier.
SINPO: 54544. There was some interference from other NHK R2 stations as well, such as the Miyazaki broadcasting station (Nobeoka relay?), but overall reception was fairly good.
It is expected that “end-of-service announcement broadcasts” will continue until the end of the month, after which the station will go off the air.

Akiyoshi Teraoka to WOR iog (2026-03-29)


Thank you, Akiyoshi-san.  I, too, was listening and here’s how the final 5 minutes from 774 Akita with 500 kW sounded like.  Their open carrier is still on as I type this at 15:38 UTC.   

73,  Walt Salmaniw (Masset, BC) to WOR iog (2026-03-29)

France

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Radio Six International 1467 kHz.
Good strong signal in the UK last night.
Perhaps unsurprisingly for 204 metres it suffered some fading I guess from the “Luxembourg Effect”.

Mike Terry to nordx iog (2026-03-29)

Argentina

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LU28 DEFINITELY OFF THE AIR ON AM
LU28 RADIO TUYÚ, an AM station that operated on the 1540 kHz frequency from the town and district of General Madariaga, Province of Buenos Aires, apparently belongs to the group of stations that have ceased AM broadcasts, as its transmitter has been dismantled and the station is now reportedly only audible via its FM channel at 92.5 MHz (LRM403, FM TUYU) – a circumstance we have not yet confirmed – and through its social media channels. In its early days, the station served as a bridge between the countryside and the city, filling the gap left by the lack of telephone lines that would have allowed contact between the farmhand in the fields and the employer living at home with his family. Thus began the catchphrase: “Radio Servicio LU28. In the countryside, in the city, LU28 at the service of the community.” The station went on the air on November 7, 1970 , having been granted the license to operate on the 1540 kHz frequency. Over time, it became a major media outlet on Argentina’s Atlantic Coast, with a studio located in the city of Pinamar. Thanks to the initiative of one of its most renowned General Directors, Mr. Hugo Killamet, it eventually merged with the local channel “Canal 4 CAVIMAD,” which was later shut down due to the 2001 crisis. RADIO TUYÚ’s studios were located at 366 San Martín Avenue, while the AM transmission plant was situated on a plot of land at the intersection of Pte. Carlos Pellegrini and Calle 14 (Coordinates: 37°01’03.1“S, 57°07’28.5”W), where there was a 42-meter-high mast and a transmitter authorized to broadcast under Category VII, equivalent to a power of 0.25 kW (Daytime/Nighttime).
Upon checking the location of said antenna, it was observed that it had been dismantled. This development may be explained by the fact that, for several years now, LU28 has ceased broadcasting on its traditional AM frequency, initially due to technical issues that affected the regularity of its broadcasts, compounded by a lack of financial resources to resolve them, and possibly also due to legal issues related to its license, given that there is no regulatory record indicating that the regulatory authority has renewed or extended the validity period of its license.

Argentina en AM y FM Facebook group (2026-03-28)