In addition to the existing transmissions, BBC Farsi will start tonight via Oman on 702 kHz 1730-1800 and 1930-2000.
https://www.bbc.com/persian?fbclid=IwY2xjawPcsmFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg
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Mauno Ritola, WRTH Facebook group (2026-01-20)
All India Radio begins two-hour morning Gurbani broadcast from Golden Temple, Amritsar.
AIR, Jalandhar, has been airing kirtan from the Golden Temple for three hours daily on MW, including a two-hour morning slot from 4 am to 6 am.
All India Radio (AIR), Amritsar, has begun broadcasting full two-hour early morning Gurbani from the Golden Temple, a move widely welcomed by listeners.
The service, initiated by Prasar Bharati from January 13, enables devotees in Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur districts, as well as listeners across the International Border in Pakistan, to listen to the sacred kirtan.
Since the launch of AIR, Amritsar, on September 24, 2018, the station had been broadcasting Gurbani from 5 am to 6 am.
The FM transmission gets relayed from AIR’s Gharinda village centre near Attari and is operated under the External Services Division of AIR. Besides Gurbani, the division also airs special Urdu and Saraiki programmes, which has audiences in Pakistan, too.
Meanwhile, AIR, Jalandhar, has been airing kirtan from the Golden Temple for three hours daily on MW (medium wave), including a two-hour morning slot from 4 am to 6 am.
Former engineer Harjap Singh Aujla, who had been spearheading the demand, said medium wave transmissions were often unclear in distant areas and had also lost relevance as the use of MW radio sets declined.
“FM transmission offers better sound quality and is free from signal shadow caused by high-rise buildings. Residents of four border districts of Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Pathankot will now be able to listen the full Gurbani (two hours) clearly on FM,” added Aujla.
He expressed hope that AIR, Amritsar, would also start the evening Gurbani broadcast from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm, on the lines of AIR, Jalandhar. Kulwant Singh Ankhi, patron of the Amritsar Vikas Manch, said many people still preferred listening to Gurbani on the radio. Even in Lahore, several listeners tuned into Gurbani rendered in classical ragas, including noted Punjabi poet Ustad Daman, who was known to listen to kirtan regularly, he said. Satnam Singh of Dhotian village said listening to the morning kirtan on the radio was like a daily act of worship for him.
The demand for Gurbani broadcast on radio dates back to the period of the Dharam Yudh Morcha in 1982. After Operation Bluestar in June 1984, AIR, Jalandhar, began relaying shabad kirtan from the Golden Temple for three hours daily.
Bhagwant Singh Dhangera, manager of the Golden Temple, said, “It is encouraging that devotees can now listen to Gurbani for two hours. Many people prefer radio over television for kirtan as Gurbani is considered more of an art to be heard than watched.”
Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/air-begins-two-hour-morning-gurbani-broadcast-from-golden-temple/
Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi to dxindia iog (2026-01-20)
News Update January 2026
ROSS REVENGE CHARITY DRY DOCK APPEAL REACHES HALF-A-MILLION POUNDS
As we enter 2026 the fund to finance repairs to Ross Revenge has reached an incredible half-a-million pounds.
This is a lot of money for which we take no credit – it has all been raised by YOU, through donations to our Ross Revenge charity, charity Crowdfunder, fundraisers and by purchases from our web shop. Praise must go to our generous supporters and listeners. We are immensely grateful.
There is no upper limit to how much we could spend on Ross Revenge Simply put, the more money we have the more work we can put in hand, and we continue to fundraise to get as much essential work done as possible while the ship is out of the water.
We hope to get Ross Revenge into to SMS dry dock at Lowestoft in the spring and we must hire a sizeable tugs for the journey. As the ship is too deep to enter dry dock without assistance, we are hiring specialist buoyancy bags and divers to fit them. When inflated the ship should be lifted enough to get her into the dock.
The priorities once in dry dock are sandblasting, repairing and painting the 220 ft hull and structure, servicing the sea chests, replacing the rotting wood lower decks with a hardwearing grid matting system and, if funds allow, replacing the rusting metal fore and aft decks – proudly repainting CAROLINE 648 AM once more.
Everyone involved with Ross Revenge would like to send our gratitude and appreciation to our listeners for your continued support.
To find out more and make a donation if you wish, please do so on this site
https://www.rossrevengeofficial.com/#news.html
We couldn’t do this without you. THANK YOU from us all.
Peter Moore
Station Manager,
Radio Caroline
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Mike Terry to MWCircle iog (2026-01-20)
Impact AM 747 is off-air for some weeks. The operator told me that they needed to move their antenna 20 meters (including ground network) because the farmer that owns the lands wants to store grass on the area.
They plan to be back in spring.
Marco (2026-01-20)
At November 7th 2013 (Broadcaster`s Day) President Dilma Rousseff signed the decree 8.139 – The
migration from AM to FM started.
The first station to close AM and start FM was Rádio Progresso FM in Juazeiro de Norte from 1310 kHz to 97.9 MHz. At the end of 2025 there are 1214 stations that have migrated from AM to FM and that physically pulled the plug. (tudoradio.com)
Arctic Radio Club mw-eko via WOR iog (2026-01-20)
From Marcelo A Cornacioni and Argentina AM y FM we have received the annual list of radio stations
operating from Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA). During 2025 many stations have surrendered into inactivity or simply closed down. Mostly due to economic reasons – especially high prices on electricity.
530 a Somos Radio, CA Buenos Aires (A)
570 a Radio Belgrano AM 570, Ciudad Evita (SL)
590 a Radio Continental, CA Buenos Aires (LS4)
610 a Radio General San Martín, San Andrés (SL)
630 a Radio Rivadavia, CA Buenos Aires (LS5)
650 a AM 650, Ciudad Evita (SL)
660 a Amplitud 660, San Justo (SL)
690 a K24 en Radio, Isidro Casanova (SL)
710 a Radio 10 (Radio Diez), CA Buenos Aires (LRL202)
730 a Red de Radiofusion Biblica (RBB), Gonzáles Catán (SL)
750 a Radio AM 7-50, CA Buenos Aires (LRL203)
770 a Radio República (R770), Tapiales (SL)
790 a Radio Mitre, CA Buenos Aires (LR6)
810 a La 810 Radio, San Justo (SL)
820 a Estación 820 – Radio María Argentina, Glew (LRI208)
830 a Radio del Pueblo, Villa Luzuriaga (SL)
840 a Radio General Belgrano, Ciudad Evita (SL)
870 a Radio Nacional Buenos Aires, CA Buenos Aires (LRA1)
890 a Radio Libre, San Justo (SL)
910 a Radio La Red, CA Buenos Aires (LR5)
930 Radio Nativa, San Justo (Tent)
950 a CNN Radio Argentina, CA Buenos Aires (LR3)
From medio January as Radio Belgrano
990 a Radio Splendid ”La 990”, CA Buenos Aires (LR4)
1010 x Radio Onda Latina, Valentin Alsina (SL)
1030 a Radio del Plata, CA Buenos Aires (LS10)
1050 a Radio General Güemes, El Palomar (SL)
1060 a Radio Excelsior de Buenos Aires, Monte Grande (SL)
1070 a El Destape Mundo, CA Buenos Aires (LR1)
1080 a Radio Claridad, Monte Grande (SL)
1090 a Radio Décadas, José León Suárez (SL)
1110 a Radio de la Ciudad, CA Buenos Aires (SL)
1130 a Emisora Santiago y Copla, Ciudad Evita (SL)
1140 a Radio La Luna, El Palomar (SL)
1160 a Radio La Mas Santiagueña, Gregorio de Laferrere (SL)
1170 a La Radio de Mi País. William C Morris (SL)
1190 a Radio Perfil, CA Buenos Aires (LR9)
1200 a Radio Juventud. Floriencia Varela (SL)
1220 a Eco Medios AM 1220, CA Buenos Aires (SL)
1230 a Radio Litoral, Isidro Casanova (SL)
1240 x Radio Cadena Uno, Ciudadela (SL)
1260 a AM 1260, Somos Parte de tu Vida, Temperley (SL)
1270 a Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata (LS11)
1290 x Radio Interactiva, Ciudad Madero (SL)
1290 a Radio Provinciana, José C. Paz (SL)
1320 a Radio Santa Catalina, José C. Paz (SL)
1330 a Radio Mailin, Ciudad Evita (SL)
1340 a Radio Renacer, Moreno (SL)
1350 a Radio Buenos Aires, CA Buenos Aires (LS6)
1370 a Radio Trece-70 – (Radio Cosmos) González Catán (SL)
1380 a Radio Buenas Nuevas, Merló (SL)
1380 a La Súper Sport, Temperley (SL)
1390 x Radio Universidad Nacional, La Plata (LR11)
1390 a La Roche Azul AM 1390, Libertad (SL)
1400 a Radio Salavina, Merlo Gómez (SL)
1410 a Radio Folclorisimo, José León Suárez (SL)
1450 A Radio El Sol, Quilmes (LRI21)
1460 a Radio Contacto, Libertad (SL)
1470 a Radio Cadena AM 1470, Lanús (Oeste) (SL)
1480 a Radio Sintonía, Monte Grande (SL)
1480 x La 14-80 ”Tu Voz en Radio”, Tapiales (SL)
1490 a Radio Caá-Cati, José C. Paz (SL)
1490 a Radio Charrúa, La Unión, Ezeiza (SL)
1500 x Radio Tres Fronteras, Mariano Acosta (SL)
1520 a Radio Norteña, Los Polvorines (SL)
1530 a AM 1530 La Voz del Sur, Luis Guillón (SL)
1530 a Radio Esencia ”La Voz del Litoral”, Santa María
1550 a Radio La Amistad, José C. Paz (SL)
1550 a Estación Quince Cincuenta, Villa Fiorito (SL)
1570 irr Radio Rebelde (RBD), Inginiero Budge (LRI22)
1570 a Radio AM Roche, La Plata (SL)
1580 a Radio 26 de Julio, Glew (SL)
1600 a AM 1600 Armonia, Caseros (SL)
1600 a Radio Difusora Emanuel, Ezeiza (SL)
1610 x Radio Machagai, General Rodríguez (SL)
1610 a Radio Luz del Mundo, Rafael Calzada (SL)
1620 a Radio Sentires, Parque San Martín (SL)
1640 x Radio Hosanna ”Dios Salva Hoy”, Isidro Casanova (SL)
a – emisora activa
x – emisora inactiva
(A) – emisora con licencia aún sin señal distintiva
Arctic Radio Club mw-eko via WOR iog (2026-01-20)
When Audacy flips Rhythmic Throwbacks “104.3 Jams” WBMX Chicago to a simulcast of Sports “670 The Score” WSCR on February 2, its WBMX call letters will return to its former home in Boston on Hot AC “Mix 104.1” WWBX.
The WBMX call letters first gained notoriety in Chicago on then-Urban 102.7 WBMX from 1974 until its flip to Adult R&B “V103” WVAZ in 1988. It would have a much longer run in Boston starting in February 1991 when “Mix 98.5” launched. The call letters would move with the format to 104.1 in August 2009 and everything remained stable until the day Entercom completed its acquisition of CBS Radio in November 2017. “104.3 Jams” launched claiming the WBMX Chicago legacy and swiping the calls from their well-established sister in Boston.
Now with the call letters having served a cumulative 23 years in Chicago and 26 years in Boston, they will return on February 2 to the market where it has still spent more time.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/335099/wbmx-returning-to-boston/
Lance Venta, Radio Insight (2026-01-19)
CANADIAN RADIO NEWS –Jon Pearkins
[email protected]
All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).
610 ON St Catharines CKTB
The profits from Whiteoaks Communications’ land sale of the CJYE/CJMR (see below) transmitter site will be used to rebuild their CKTB transmitter site to current standards. In addition, the primary transmitters of CJYE and CJMR will replace CKTB’s end-of-life transmitters, as primary and backup; Whiteoaks President Matt Caine estimates the current CKTB transmitters to be 50-70 years old. No word on whether any of the CJYE and CJMR towers either can be or will be used in the CKTB rebuild.
1200 BC Vancouver CJRJ
(Corrected) The CRTC has approved the change in ownership, from Shusma Datt to Kulwant Singh Dhesi. Dhesi’s company, 1101651 BC Ltd, will purchase Datt’s company, IT Productions Ltd In anticipation of this, the station recently changed branding from Spice Radio to Swift Radio. CJRJ’s new license will still include several programming restrictions. At least 11 cultural groups must be served in at least 17 different languages for at least 95% of the broadcast week; only 5% of programming can be in English, French or Indigenous languages. At least 73% of that 95% must be in Hindustani or Punjabi languages. No programming is allowed in any of the Chinese languages. The CRTC does not count midnight to 6:00 AM in these percentages but the Chinese language ban sounds like it also covers overnights.
1250 ON Oakville CJYE
First heard January 12th running a recorded message that they are leaving 1250 as part of a Digital First approach. Was off the air by early afternoon on January 13th.
1320 ON Oakville CJMR
First heard January 12th running a recorded message that they are leaving 1320 as part of a Digital First approach. Was off the air by early afternoon on January 13th. As well as their existing multiple streaming methods, CJMR and co-owned CJYE are actively working on using HD channels on one or more of the three recently-acquired FM stations in Hamilton and St Catharines. CJMR and CJYE share an Oakville transmitter site that is being sold for residential development at a price that far exceeds the value of both stations. In addition, parents at a newly-built nearby school are concerned about RF radiation from the two transmitters and have been actively pushing to get rid of the transmitter site.
1540 ON Toronto CHIN
Once the move is made to 900, the station will be allowed to continue broadcasting on 1540, simulcasting 900, for one year, to ensure that all of their listeners have migrated to 900.
Tips from Broadcast Dialogue, Gilles Michaud and SOWNY.net
IRCA DX Monitor Jan 24, published Jan 19 via WOR iog (2026-01-20)
SOLAR PROTON STORM IN PROGRESS: Energetic protons from the sun are raining down on Earth. They were accelerated in our direction by yesterday’s powerful X-class solar flare (described below). This is called a “solar proton storm,” and currently it is category S3. Shortwave radios inside the Arctic Circle aren’t working right now due to this storm, which is causing a polar cap absorption event. Currently, there is no danger to air travelers.
https://spaceweather.com
Ydun Ritz (2026-01-19)
There is an update on 1540 CHIN who had applied to move from 1540kHz to 900kHz with much-reduced power (see NA News in Medium Wave News 71/3 July/August). On 15th January 2026 CRTC approved the move to 900kHz according Broadcasting Decision 2026-12. Once the move is made to 900 KHz, the station will be allowed to continue broadcasting on 1540, simulcasting 900, for one year, to ensure that all of their listeners have migrated to 900. The licensee must implement the technical amendments no later than 15th January 2028.
Credits: Jon Pearkins, Canadian Radio News.
Andrew Brade to MWCircle iog (2026-01-18)
