Finland

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There’s been a very odd resurgence in old information going around the web. This is to clarify the current status of Arctic 252:

The ground preparations for the antenna base were completed and the base is now in place. Sadly the weather has turned here making further work to raise the antenna mast on hold until next summer. More studio equipment was purchased and a new section of antenna mast to increase the height. A PLL board solution was also found to enable the transmitter to change frequency more easily.

Arctic is still awaiting a clear channel from Traficom a year later.

Arctic will be testing again in November on 252 kHz (dates and times will be announced on the website) on a 1.6km longwire. As per the previous tests the signal will be mostly lost into the vegetation but good audio can be received on good antennas 200km away. Carrier detects should be possible up to 700km or more.

Not the ideal set of circumstances as the signal from Algeria hits S9+20db here but it is all that Arctic can do at present.

Matt, Arctic 252 LW Radio – Inari, Finland www.arcticradio.net (2026-10-16)

Monaco / Scotland

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As reported in this previous posting, Tony Currie, the founder of Radio Six International, sadly passed away on September 26.
As a tribute to his passionate MW project on 1467 kHz, COHIRADIA made a dedicated wideband MW recording available in its archive. What a great joy it was to tune in to Radio Six International on 1467 kHz every weekend since March 2026 from midnight onwards, enjoying a full hour of good music in usually good audio quality on our medium wave receivers — spanning a big part of Europe, thanks to the broadcast from the Roumoules transmitter with its massive 1000 kW output. Thank you, Tony, for this wonderful attempt to revive AM radio! Short-lived as the pleasure may have been, we absolutely loved it !

This recording features one hour of the entire MW band, capturing, among other stations, Radio Six in good reception quality at the Graz (AUT) location on September 20, 2026. It is highly likely one of the last broadcasts. In addition, a recording of one of the first test transmissions  on March 28, 2026, recorded in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid (GER), is also available. A third recording made in France in September will follow in the near future.

Remark: The recordings can be played back on a PC with standard SDR software like HDSDR, SDRUno, SDR#, SDRoxide or similar tools. Alternatively playback on analogue AM-receivers is possible via the tools provided on cohiradia.org.

Hermann Scharfetter (2026-10-15)

Armenia

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Not exactly medium wave, but The Mighty KBC has frequencies on 891 and 1008 kHz besides these new SW frequencies.

“Testing from Armenia on shortwave:
October 17th 11.560 kHz 12:00 – 13:00 UTC (instead of 20:00 – 21:00 UTC)
October 24th, 7425 kHz. 20:00 – 21:00 UTC (instead of 11.560 kHz.)”

Eric van Willegen, KBC (2026-10-14)

Morocco

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I’ve just received a message from Abderrahime Chakroune, Administrative Manager at Medi 1
: “Hello, I regret to inform you that the long-wave transmitter [171 kHz / Ed] is being permanently shut down. Best regards”

Jean-Michel Aubier, France to WOR iog (2026-10-13)

Space Weather

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NOAA forecasters say that minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on Oct. 13th when a solar wind stream is expected hit Earth’s magnetic field. There’s a chance the storm could escalate to category G2 if an off-target CME also grazes Earth. It was launched by a solar tsunami on Oct. 10th.
https://spaceweather.com/

Mike Terry to WOR iog (2026-10-13)

Australia

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2ME Radio, Darwin NT 1638 kHz:
Does anyone know, if this station is just temporarily off or closed for good?

Mauno Ritola to ICDX-AM iog (2026-10-12)

Even though the Darwin AM antenna is low gain, 1638 KHz 2ME at listed 400 Watts should be nevertheless received at a similar level to 1611 KHz SEN. IMO, 2ME is definitely off air.

Todd Emslie to ICDX-AM iog (2026-10-13)

Morocco

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Medi 1 Morocco 171 kHz status?
At numerous checks of various SDRs in Western Europe recently I have not heard any sign of the Medi 1 longwave transmitter on 171 kHz.  Is it off the air?  Temporary outage, or was it shut down?

Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas to WOR iog (2026-10-12)

Isle of Man

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Manx Radio recent changes on 1368 kHz

The 1368 kHz transmitter at Foxdale in the Isle of Man has now partly reverted to carrying the FM feed of Manx Radio on weekdays, it appears.  This is for regulatory reasons as Manx Radio’s content has fallen below the station’s commitment to provide at least 40% speech on both AM and FM, for which they had been given a warning.  The station, after all, gets around 2 million euro worth of public subsidy a year!

As far as I can work out, Manx Radio Gold is now being broadcast only between 04:45 and 12:00 local time and after 24:00 for the fifteen minutes left on air Foxdale has.  Weekends appear to be unchanged, i.e. Manx Radio Gold is on all the time, except for coverage of FC Isle of Man, sport, religious broadcasts etc. 
An article from local news site Isle of Man Today goes into detail as to this situation: https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/regulator-finds-manx-radio-breached-public-service-remit-962272

Reece Lloyd (2026-10-12)

Monaco / Scotland

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Following the death of Tony Currie, the head of Radio Six International, Monaco Media Diffusion had suspended the broadcasting of its programs on the 1467 kHz medium-wave frequency.
Tony Currie’s daughter has announced that Radio Six International will continue broadcasting online, albeit on a reduced scale; however, they will cease over-the-air broadcasting.

Michel FREMY, Facebook Radio Magazine (2026-10-12)