Italy

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Confirming yesterday’s post by Francisco Sánchez https://mediumwave.info/2026/09/12/italy-133/

I logged Radio Briscola 1449 kHz (0.5 kW) with political talk in Italian from after 1930z thru about 2025z (broadcast still continued beyond) with a fair signal and some QSB. Briscola is an Italian card game, but may also mean something else here.
An audio snippet with a rather peculiar (partly giggling) sequence of IDs is attached, heard after 2007z between two talk programs.
So far, MWlist noted QRT by 1700z.

Yesterday evening 2026-09-12) around 1900z, also Radio Centrale Milano was heard mixing with Spanish talk, tent. SER Córdoba (listed at only 1 kW) on 1575 kHz.

A new one to me was Radio Garda Valpolocella (0.6 kW) on 1431 kHz with dance music and full IDs, QRT by 2205 UTC. 2 typical clips attached.

73s Tobias, Bavaria (2026-09-13)

Italy?

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I could hear some station in italian vía 1449 kHz with some politic debate. Maybe it can be Radio Briscola, though MW List says it finished about 17.00 UTC. Good Signal with strong fading at 12/09/26. 
I could hear It when I spend some days in Montpellier ( France ).

Francisco Sánchez (2026-09-12)

Ireland

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Re.: https://mediumwave.info/2026/09/12/ireland-91/

Post on HF Underground:

Kiss AM comment two, edited this morning:
Sadly, Radio North 846 kHz, which has broadcast for close on 40 years, was taken off the air on September 10th by Comreg.

After reading comments on another forum, like “I don’t know what, if anything, got taken”, I will add this.
Comreg took everything! Even the connectors from the Heliax. They also took the Nautel Ampfet that used to run at Radio North, which has not been operational in many years. Beautiful transmitter, gone! Tuning unit at the tower base, gone.
Hopefully that’s that cleared up.

Radio Star Country 981 kHz has switched off as a result of the raid on Radio North.

CoastFM in comment 4 says the raid was instigated by temporary AM station Asfalttelegrafen telegraph in Sweden. T
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,168807.0.html

Mike Barraclough to MWCircle iog (2026-09-12)

Ireland

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Irish update:
846 Radio North Still off air
981Star Country still off air
1593 Coast FM relay  radiating blank carrier.
Same as yesterday.

This doesn’t seem to be coincidental technical problems. Any ideas what’s happening?
Nothing apparent on station Facebook pages. I tried calling various phone numbers but all unanswered.

Steve Whitt, MWCircle iog (2026-09-12)

Radio North raided
Star and Coast taking precautions 

Ian Biggar to MWCircle iog (2026-09-12)

That’s taken a very long time to happen – I believe they’ve been on 846kHz since mid 1987.
There is speculation online (only speculation) that this may have been triggered by a complaint from Dutch authorities relating to co-channel interference.
In the absence of R North the Dutch station MCB radio is easily heard on 846kHz  in Ireland at night despite an apparent power of 100W.

Steve Whitt, MWCircle iog (2026-09-12)

France

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Just received a confirmation from Tony, Pop Shop Radio Canada, that there will be a special 6th anniversary broadcast tonight at 2200 UTC on MW 1467, and Sat. morning on 25 m SW, see below!

2200z Roumoules 1467 kHz will be running 1000 kW, and
0300z Woofferton 11925 kHz with 250 kW.

Tony’s shows always offer a wide variety of carefully hand-selected songs, along with some background info and jingles, his fictional character ‘Poppie’, plus a full playlist with an image in DigiMode MFSK64 during the last 5 minutes of the show. Tony’s broadcasts last one hour.

This anniversary special may differ, though.
Website: http://www.popshopradio.ca
It is a friendly non-commercial hobby radio project!
Please tune in and report your reception to him, if you are interested. An eQSL is usually sent to listeners writing in.

Thank you and good listening!

73s Tobias (2026-09-11)

United States

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On September 8th, 0500 UTC I heard WMLB 1690 AM Avondale Estates simulcasting WCPT 820 AM. On the hour the WMLB ID was hear like this:  “You are listening to a simulcast of Chicago’s progressive talk from Heartland Signal on WMBL Avondale Estates”   

Rodney Gibbs, Executive Director of Heartland Signal wrote:
“To answer your question: yes, Heartland Signal now operates WMBL 1690 AM in Atlanta. We recently launched the station and are currently simulcasting our Chicago programming. We plan to add original local programming soon.
The Heartland Signal group is now broadcasting WCPT820 AM, KRNF 950 AM Minneapolis and WMLB 1690 AM Atlanta (Avondale Estates).”

According to FCC data Heartland Signal is not yet the owner of WMLB 1690. The licensee is still Disruptor Radio, LLC (John Fredericks). Heartland Signal LLC is listed as the operator (via a Time Brokerage Agreement / LMA). However, an assignment of authorization is pending with the FCC (submitted August 13, 2026, status pending). 

Kind regards, Peter Reuderink, Odoornerveen, The Netherlands (2026-09-11)

United States

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After closing on their purchase of Connoisseur Media’s Watertown SD cluster, Carolyn and Doyle Becker’s Riverfront Broadcasting will acquire Connoisseur’s silent stations in Grinnell and Newton IA.

The Newton News reports that Riverfront intends to relaunch the former AC 1410 KGRN Grinnell, Country 1280 KCOB/95.9 KCOB-FM Newton, and Hot AC “Energy 106.7” KRTI Grinnell in October after Connoisseur ceased operations in June. General Manager Ron McCarthy said, “We just want to be a local community radio station and serve the people. We want to let people what’s going on in town. These are great broadcast people. They’ll do everything they can to be involved in the community. They’re wonderful people. Yankton, where they’re based out of, is the size of Newton.”

Carolyn Becker said, “So we knew we could get there and back in a day if we had to. For us, it’s all about the communities. Radio stations are part of the community, and it’s connecting businesses, it’s connecting people. That’s what we love so much about it. Grinnell and Newton fit perfectly into what we like as communities.”

Terms of the deal were not yet disclosed.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/372518/riverfront-broadcasting-to-acquire-four-more-from-connoisseur/

Radio Insight (2026-09-09)

Venezuela

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As it stands Radio Rumbos 670 AM in Caracas is off air for some time.
Used to be one of the most powerful stations in Caracas.
People on the R Rumbos site are wondering:

Los últimos comentarios acerca de esta página:
Comentado por Loly Nuñez, 09-09-2026, 22:45:
buenas tardes que pasa con la señal de Radio Rumbos en Caracas por el dial 670 am no se oye 

Ruud Poeze (2026-09-10)

United Kingdom

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Radio Caroline North‘s next broadcast is between 12th – 13th September, live from our radio ship Ross Revenge.

You’ll hear some great music from the 60s to 90s – plus you could win a Roberts Sports 995 radio, plus the book After The Event signed by author, Ted Bun, who is also sponsoring this weekend’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 Caroline North Player, 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.

Radio Caroline website (2026-09-08)