ALGERIA
From 11st of December, 2009 i discovered that ALG - Alger Chaine 1 is broadcasting again on 549 khz. This is parallel to 531 khz. My QTH is Magyarlak, in western part of Hungary.
Tibor Gaal (17/12-2009)
ALGERIA
Re ENRS transmitter at Tipaza has moved from 252 to 250 kHz, first noted yesterday, as reported at http://forum.mysnip.de/read.php?8773,616859
Maybe a temporary crystal control problem during summer heat up to 40 C in Algeria, but back on 252 kHz exact on Sept 3rd.
Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, BC-DX via DXLD 8-097 (3/9-2008)
ALGERIA
As reported by Kai Ludwig yesterday on the DXLD yahoo group, Algeria's longwave transmitter has moved to 250. It's still there this evening (1 September). Such odd behaviour is a real rarity on the stable longwave band.
The result of course is a very nasty whistle for anyone trying to listen to RTE on longwave [on 252]. This can be nulled out on a portable receiver, but that is no remedy for car radios.
I assume that RTE longwave has a small but significant audience in the UK. Most of these UK listeners won't know what is causing this whistle on their normally fairly-good RTE reception, so someone needs to tell RTE so that they can complain to the Algerians.
Chris Greenway, England, Sept 1, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD 8-096 (2/9-2008)
ALGERIA
The ENRS transmitter at Tipaza has moved from 252 to 250, first noted yesterday, as reported at http://forum.mysnip.de/read.php?8773,616859
In this discussion it is speculated that this is probably not a malfunction of equipment but rather a big operational error, produced by an ill-advised engineer who set the exciter to 250 "instead of the strange 252". Sounds almost unbelievable, but the carrier is indeed
remarkably exact on 250; Patrick Robic measured the frequency as 249.98, I'm just unable to make out a deviation from 250.0. Tipaza has two Tesla DRV-750 transmitters, identical to the Czech Topolná site (270 kHz) which is not known for any frequency deviations or other transmission quality issues.
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (31/8-2008)
ALGERIA
I just got this in from a DXer:
ALG - Alger Chaîne 1&3/Radio Alger International, Tipaza (1500*) has
moved from *252 kHz* to exactly *250 kHz* !
Can someone in southern Europe confirm this?
Thanks! Herman Boel, EMWG (31/8-2008)
Yes, confirmed!
Roberto Scaglione, Palermo Sicily http://www.bclnews.it via EMWG (31/8-2008)
Yes, actually Tipaza is operating on 250 kHz, instead of the assigned ch., 252 kHz.
As one might expect, using a ordinary portable rx, this causes a strong heterodyne when we try to tune RTÉ...
Best Regards, Luís Carvalho, Portugal via EMWG (31/8-2008)
Yes indeed, Alger Chaine 3 is now on 250 kHz. I hear also the 2 kHz heterodyne due to the frequency difference between Alger and the Irish transmitter.
Michel, South-West of France via EMWG (31/8-2008)
ALGERIA
700 kHz Polisario Front, Tindouf (?), 01 SEP, 1820 (fade in)-..., Arabic, folk songs, talks; 25442, but only poor~fair performance till late in the evening. Today (02 SEP, 1835) for instance, it's barely detected, with most of the QRM coming from ALG 702.
Having said that, I must conclude the obvious: reception up here in the capital is worse than down on Algarve's west coast, even comparing almost equal K9AY antennae: an elevated or
raised 25 m / loop one here in Lisbon vs. an on the ground 2x25 m / loop on the coastal place.
1550 Polisario Front, Tindouf (?), remains off.
73, Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal (2/9-2006)
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ARGENTINA
Changes on the Buenos Aires AM dial.
Radio Area Uno is a new station in the Argentine capital area, broadcasting on 1320 kHz mediumwave. The station transmits from Partido de Tres de Febrero, Provincia de Buenos Aires, using the slogan "La Radio del Deporte". Local DXer Arnaldo Slaen was the first to report hearing Radio Area Uno on October 2, and reported it on Condig mailing list on October 5.
Another new station is La Radio de los Cunumí Guazú. The station is run from the Centro de Residentes Litoraleños "Los Cunumí Guazú", with address as: Calle Marcelo T. de Alvear 650, (B1755JMN) Rafael Castillo, Buenos Aires. Telephone (011) 4603-4790. Local DXer Marcelo A. Cornachioni was the first to report the station on Condig mailing list on September 24. [Frequency 1430 kHz? (Ydun Ritz)]
DXing.info (24/10-2009)
ARGENTINA
Radio Creativa is transmitting from Olivos on 1230 kHz. Radio Creativa is located in the same address as Radio Onda Latina (1010 kHz) used to be: Avenida Callao 441, 17º Piso "G", (C1022AAE) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. The telephone numbers for the station are (011) 4372-5863 and 4372-5867. The station can be contacted also by email. Station director Sr. Aníbal Honorato Guerrero used to be in charge of Radio Onda Latina as well. Radio Creativa was first reported by DXer Marcelo A. Cornachioni on Condig mailing list on August 30.
Cornachioni has also reported that Radio Amanecer on 1540 kHz is another new station on the capital area AM dial, transmitting from Barrio de Villa Lugano.
Finally, Radio Libre is one more newcomer in the capital region, broadcasting from San Justo on 890 kHz. The unlicensed station can be contacted by email, phone 011) 4651-1694 and 4651-2828, or by writing to Calle Juan Florio 3573, (B1754AJK) San Justo, Partido de La Matanza, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. News about Radio Libre was published first by Cornachioni in Conexión Digital on July 5.
DXing.info (13/9-2009)
ARGENTINA
Nautel to Provide Eighteen 25kW Transmitters to Argentina.
Nautel Limited, Hackett’s Cove, Nova Scotia has been selected by Radio Nacional de Argentina to provide eighteen NX25 AM transmitters for locations in provinces across the country. Delivery of the transmitters began last month and will continue through early 2010.
The Nautel NX25 leverages Nautel’s advanced NX AM transmission platform to provide a 27.5 kW (maximum) power output in a compact footprint. Offering industry leading efficiency, outstanding linearity and robust solid state construction, the NX25 offers exceptional reliability and low maintenance. The company’s exclusive Advanced User
Interface provides an onboard instrument grade spectrum analyzer and full control both locally and remotely using a web browser.
Radio Nacional de Argentina selected the NX25 for its transmitters in Bariloche, Santa Rosa, Esquel, San Juan, Santo Tome, Viedma, Santa Fe, Tucuman, Bahia Blanca, San Salvador de Jujuy, Rio Turbio, Catamarca, Rio Grande, Salta, La Rioja, Formosa, Mendoza, and Santiago del Estero.
“Nautel is thrilled to work with Radio Nacional de Argentina on this important project,” said Gerardo Vargas, Nautel’s Latin America Sales Manager. “Their choice of the NX25 confirms Nautel’s ability to provide robust, reliable transmitters for locations ranging from coastal urban centers to remote mountain locations.”
Nautel Press Release, via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India via dxld yg (27/7-2009)
ARGENTINA
Radio Esperanza from Virrey del Pino Partido de La Matanza, in the capital Buenos Aires region, has begun broadcasting on 1660 kHz on the extended AM band. The station's FM programming on 88.3 MHz is being simulcast on the AM frequency. The address of Radio Esperanza is Volta, e/Vesalio y Dubalia, Barrio Esperanza, (B1763) Virrey del Pino, Buenos Aires, and telephone number +(02202) 49-3745. Radio Esperanza has been heard with mostly music programming by DXers in Argentina.
DXing.info (5/5-2009)
ARGENTINA
1140 KHz, Radio La Luna is a new unofficial station. QTH is Calle Coronel Ramón L. Falcón 2193, El Palomar, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Web page at: www.radiolaluna.com.ar. Director is Marcelo F. Parente.
Source: Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Argentina via conexiongra.blogspot.com via Dxing the Finnish Way (22/3-2009)
ARGENTINA
In Argentina, the capital radio dial is awash with newcomers. Emisora Santiago y Copla is a new unlicensed station broadcasting folk music and targeting listeners who have moved from the Province of Santiago del Estero to the capital Buenos Aires. The station broadcasts on 1300 kHz mediumwave. DXer Marcelo A. Cornachioni, who discovered the station and reported it on ConDig mailing list on August 3, believes that it is located in Gregorio de Laferrere. The telephone number for the station is (011) 4603-3180.
On the extended AM band, Radio Hosanna Tropical can now be heard on 1660 kHz. Radio Hosanna Tropical is a Christian radio station - previously known as Hosanna AM 1660 - using a transmitter in Ezeiza, in the capital province.
Also on the X-band, Radio City has been heard by Cornachioni at the upper end of the dial at 1700 kHz. Based on the announcements he picked up, Radio City is located in Partido de Almirante Brown, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cornachioni heard the first test transmissions on July 26, as reported on ConDig mailing list.
Earlier in July, Cornachioni reported that Radio Sudamericana appeared on 1120 kHz mediumwave, presumably from the northern part of the capital region. The unlicensed station has announced an email address as its only contact information.
On 1210 kHz Radio La Luz is broadcasting from Partido de La Matanza, Buenos Aires. Further up on the dial on 1550 kHz, Radio Popular is broadcasting from Avenida Brigadier Juan Manuel de Rosas 2468, Localidad de José León Suárez, Partido de San Martín, Buenos Aires, and can be reached by telephone at (011) 4729-1545.
From Monte Grande, Partido de Esteban Echeverría, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Cornachioni has caught two more stations. On 1260 kHz, Radio Las Naciones is a new evangelical station, announcing phone number (011) 4296-0771. Its address is believed to be Calle Leandro N. Alem 218 in Monte Grande.
Then on 1460 kHz, Radio Jerusalén broadcasts from Calle Fragata Heroína 2035, (B1842FQI) Monte Grande, telephone (011) 4284-2830, and has also email. The station manager of this Christian station is Angel J. Rivera.
DXing.info (20/8-2008)
ARGENTINA
Novedades en la banda extendida de Onda Media Argentina:
1660 KHz, RADIO HOSANNA TROPICAL es el nuevo nonbre que utiliza esta emisora religiosa de la ciudad de Ezeiza, Pcia. de Buenos Aires. Ex Hosanna AM 1660.
1700 KHz, RADIO CITY es una nueva emisora que anuncia transmitir desde el Partido de Almirante Brown, Pcia. de Buenos Aires Reportada desde el pasado sábado, con emisiones de prueba y algunas identificaciones.
Marcelo A. Cornachioni Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, ConDigList (28/7-2008)
ARGENTINA
AM 1560 Antena Lobos; ESTÁ PRÓXIMA A INAUGURARSE LA PRIMERA AM DE LOBOS.
La radio ya está realizando pruebas al aire.
Aunque está casi todo listo para que comience a transmitir , todavía se desconoce la fecha exacta para su lanzamiento. Radio Antena será la primera AM en la historia de nuestra ciudad y cubrirá un radio de casi 100 kilómetros.
Este importante alcance permitirá que nos escuchen desde Chivilcoy, Mercedes, 25 de Mayo, Las Flores, Monte, Roque Pérez, General Belgrano, Abbot, Pedernales, Riestra, Cañuelas, Moquehua, Marcos Paz, entre muchas otras localidades.
El proyecto le aportará una importancia nunca antes alcanzada a nuestra ciudad; y la emisora, que ya tiene su estación en el 1560 del dial, contará seguramente con su merecido prestigio.
Su propietario es un conocido comerciante de Lobos, "Cacho" Gardenal, y el estudio está ubicado en la calle Del Valle entre Belgrano y Buenos Aires.
Se desconocen mayores detalles hasta tanto la radio esté formalmente al aire. Pero puede decirse que están en etapa preparatoria y realizando pruebas; que ya está trabajando una locutora profesional de Buenos Aires y que siguen reclutando personal.
En cuanto a los estudios, los mismos ya están en condiciones y cuentan con la última tecnología. Lo que aún se desconoce es el perfil que tendrá la nueva emisora local.
Fuente: Diario "Infolobos" del 25-07-2008, Lobos, Pcia. de Buenos Aires vía Marcelo A. Cornachioni Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, ConDigList (25/7-2008)
ARGENTINA
1140 KHz, RADIO INDEPENDENCIA (Remedios de Escalada), Buenos Aires, reportada en el día de hoy operando en esta nueva frecuencia, abandonando así la de 1430 KHz, en la cual emitía anteriormente. Se recuerda que en 1140 KHz, opera también RADIO GUARANI de San Justo, una de las tantas emisoras de la colectividad paraguaya en el Gran Buenos Aires.
Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Argentina via Condiglist yg (5/7-2008)
ARGENTINA
Seguidamente algunas informaciones de radios de AM de carácter "no oficial":
1150 KHz, RADIO SAGRADA FAMILIA "AM 11-50" (San Justo), Buenos Aires, reportada inactiva.
1180 KHz, NO ID reportada en esta frecuencia con programas grabados sobre salud y música, sin identificaciones.
1320 KHz, AM QUINTA PROVINCIA, que venía transmitiendo desde el Partido de La Matanza, Buenos Aires, se reporta inactiva.
1260 KHz, RADIO OLIVA "Unción del Cielo" con estudios en la Capital Federal y planta transmisora en el Partido de La Matanza, también se reporta inactiva desde la irrupción en esa misma frecuencia de Radio Panamericana, emisora perteneciente a la comunidad boliviana. En la página Web de Radio Oliva (www.radiooliva.com), ya no se anuncia operar en 1260 KHz, solo existe una conexión con Real Audio para oír el audio de la emisora pero la conexión no es posible.
1430 KHz, RADIO INDEPENDENCIA (Remedios de Escalada), Buenos Aires, reportada inactiva. En su lugar se escucha otra emisora NO ID difundiendo una programación musical con pobre modulación, la cual no se identifica.
1480 KHz, RADIO BUEN AYRE emisora perteneciente a la "Red 92" de La Plata, Buenos Aires, sigue inactiva y al parecer sin intenciones de regresar al éter, dado que en la actualidad la programación de la Red 92 se difunde en la frecuencia de 102.7 MHz (FM) desde un transmisor y antena ubicados en la ciudad de Avellaneda, más precisamente desde un edificio del complejo edilicio "Torres Pueyrredón" , a orillas del "Riachuelo", limítrofe con la Capital Federal.
Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Argentina via Condiglist yg (4/7-2008)
ARGENTINA
As the first to report this new Argentinean station is Hasse Mattisson, Vaxjo, Sweden. Since May 14th he has observed a Spanish speaking station on 1650 kHz (see below) and this morning he got the identification: ANTARES AM 1650, West Buenos Aires area.
See more on http://conexiongra.blogspot.com (29/5-2008)
UNID / ARGENTINA
Dear Ydun M Ritz,
Since a couple of days I have noted a SS station on 1650 AM believed to be Argentina! My first obs. on 14 May at UTC 0253.
Playing mostly non stop mx, and just this part of identification I have noted ".... 16-50 la emisora de familia" by a male voice. Lonely on the X-band!! this morning 16 May at UTC 0244.
At UTC 0255 a compostion played similar the style of a national anthmem. At UTC 0300 midnight is in Arg.
Before this hour little more popular mx even tangos!! But after very soft and like serious mx, when night starts down there?
I have checked the latest info on the Arg site of DX-ing Info, and find a note that RDB is inactive. The two mentioned stns in WRTHB 2008 R Renacer and R Reivir are not listed on your site.May I ask you for the latest news?
My best regards Hasse Mattisson, Sweden (16/5-2008)
I have made an audioclip. Time UTC 0254, with -3 for ARG, 6 mins before local midnight. The clip starts with ID "La Estacion Esperanza" with lot of ??? abt frq and later also the "La Emisora de la Familia". At last - 5 mins before ARG midnight - something sounded like NA.
I have eliminated Radio Revivir by checking their live stream on the web.
Have suspected CP in DOM (Radeco), but then again eliminated because of the mx mix and the NA.
Hasse Mattisson, (20/5-2008)
Hasse has heard the same station almost every morning since May 14th. Does anybody have an idea of which station, this could be?
Ydun Ritz (20/5-2008)
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AUSTRALIA
1323 khz new station in Australia. Just heard that the new 2KIX transmitter now on air as of 0400UTC 30/1/10 on air Canberra 400 watts of power on/off as testing as required by
the authorities for interference etc...for a full week.
John Wright, Australian Radio DX Club via hcdx via mwcircle yg (30/1-2010)
AUSTRALIA
Broken Hill 1656 The Axe: Graham Dawe in Broken Hill advises the following for 1656 that recently started transmission on 1656 khz about 50 watts into a trap dipole by the looks of
things...Graham visited the station today. Hype FM 87.6 is the sister station.
Address is 622 Beryl St, Broken Hill 2880 NSW Australia.
Johno, mwoz yg (6/10-2009)
AUSTRALIA
Greetings to all, I did some tuning around on MW this morning.
At about 20:20 [UTC] I heard a station on 1197. I couldn't identify the language, but the talk and the music sounded like Pacific Islands. I heard mentions of "samoa" but could not make anything else out. The signal was quite strong. I've never heard it before. By 20:50 the signal had faded away.
I'm going to try to hear this again tomorrow. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I've heard?
Cheers for now, Barry via mwoz yg (12/7-2009)
You’re hearing ‘Voices of Samoa’ a Sunday morning program from Switch 1197, Brisbane.
See: www.switch1197.com and check their program guide for Sunday mornings.
Cheers, David Ricquish, Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.net mwoz yg (12/7-2009)
AUSTRALIA
Digital Radio awareness ads to begin on 13 April.
The Australian radio industry has announced that the first advertisements in the digital radio multi-million dollar awareness campaign will go to air on 13 April 2009 across all commercial radio stations and in 65 languages on SBS radio in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
The radio ads complimented by online executions [sic] are the first step in raising listener awareness of digital radio before the progressive switch on of digital services begins in May.
The initial phase of the campaign involves a series of tease ads with the message ‘radio is going digital’ and an extensive online banner ad campaign across all radio websites and many partner retailer websites. The online executions will use the industry Digital Radio Plus logo launched by Commercial Radio Australia last year, with a link back to the digital radio website www.digitalradioplus.com.au
The website is the digital radio information gateway where listeners, retailers, digital radio manufacturers and all key stakeholders can easily access information about digital radio.
The digital radio plus website allows listeners to put in their postcode to find out where digital radio broadcasts will be available and which retailers will be stocking the new digital radios. It showcases the digital radios that are on the market and lists all the radio stations going digital.
Source: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union via Andy Sennitt, Media Network weblog (9/4-2009)
AUSTRALIA
1098kHz 7LA Launceston Tasmania AUS is currently running a continuous loop
tape advising listeners to tune to FM. I was advised by a dx'er in Launceston that it went to loop tape a few weeks ago. Hence, if anyone wants to catch this AM station on tape, it would be best to try for them as soon as possible, as time is running out.
Regards and good DX, Robert via MWOZ (26/1-2009)
Launceston's two remaining AM stations have gone silent. 7LA which was on 1098 went off on Friday at around 0630 after 77 years of broadcasting on AM. The station has been simulcasting for about 12 months on 89.3 FM. The senders were at Russell Plains Road, Rocherlea. The FM senders are co-located with the ABC Radio and Television on Mount Barrow, 15 miles east of Launceston and 4500 feet altitude. Because there are hills shielding the FM signal from the CBD, it was necessary to put up a smaller FM signal
on 100.3 from the studio there. It is not a translator as it is ahead of the main signal
by 50 m/s.
The second AM channel of 1008 also ceased yesterday afternoon without fanfare or closing announcement. This was 7EX later known as TABRadio or Toteradio. It's sender and mast are clearly visible from my retirement village, being only 500 meters away. It also has migrated to FM from Mount Barrow. They are also going to put in a CBD FM signal
ironically from their competitors studios.
Both were rated at 5 kW. What a difference on MW with no intermod or bleedover. I can now hear 2ZB in Wellington NZ on 1035.
Robin L. Harwood VK7RH, Norwood Tasmania via dxld yg (1/2-2009)
AUSTRALIA
" According to the "aus.radio.broadcast" list, 3XX 1611 in Melbourne has switched off/closed down its 1611 AM transmitter.
Can anyone down there confirm?
I can confirm it is off. 3XX is still transmitting its very low power FM 87.6 in the Moorrabbin area of Melbourne.
Philip (27/8-2008)
AUSTRALIA
Sure can! 1611 Melbourne is now clear channel although there is co channel "interference" from two or more of the other inhabitants.The defunct stations owner forgot to pay for his ACMA licence so they closed him down,or so the story goes.
Brian Goldsmith via MWOZ (22/8-2008)
AUSTRALIA
According to the "aus.radio.broadcast" list, 3XX 1611 in Melbourne has switched off/closed down its 1611 AM transmitter.
Can anyone down there confirm?
Geoff Wolfe via MWOZ (21/8-2008)
AUSTRALIA
Radio Symban --- Hi Glenn. We have some updates and a confirmation on this one.
2368.5. Radio Symban. This has now been confirmed as the one. Initially we were hearing a test broadcast which explains the lack of announcements, and the transmitter was only fired up about 4 hours before I caught it at 0945 on Saturday 17 May. Programming now
includes IDs and advertisements. It has been confirmed that it is running 1000 watts into a 20m high antenna at Peats Ridge, about 60 km north of Sydney. Reception reports will currently be verified via email only to symban @ radiosymban.com.au and the subject line must be "Reception Report". You can include an MP3 file of your reception to aid in confirming reception. Thanks to John Wright for managing to contact them and get those details. Monitoring with a professional setup - someone from the ACMA - gives it as running a fraction low on 2368.465 kHz.
Cheers Richard Jary, Sydney NSW Australia, May 19, DXLD yg (19/5-2008)
Just sent this off to Glenn Hauser who picked up the original report via Chris Hambly. From John's conversation with them earlier today looks like I get to claim "First To Find" rights on this one :-)
Richard Jary, ARDXC via DXLD yg (19/5-2008)
Wonder what the name means; doesn`t sound very Greek to me. Have not seen any reports yet from outside Australia, except Mauno`s trace of it.
Glenn Hauser, DXLD yg (19/5-2008)
Tentative R. Symban, Gosford Peats Ridge, 2368.5 kHz, 1 kW at 33 22 36s, 151 13 24e ?
73, Mauno Ritola, Finland, May 19, shortwavesites yg via DXLD yg (19/5-2008)
AUSTRALIA
We have been hearing a Greek music station since 8 pm [1000 UT] on 2368.47 and detective work here at Cataract Dam has shown Radio Symban have this frequency allocated using 1 kW from a transmitter site near Gosford (Peats Ridge). I first noted it at 8 pm local and others are also hearing it.
A call to the studio just now didn't confirm either way as reception was too poor due to storms around for them to confirm the music being played, and they are going to have the technician confirm and call me back.
If this is what it is then it is the first of many licences that have been allocated in this band (some up to 6 years ago) to actually come on air.
Radio Symban also operates a 151 MHz subscription transmitter as well as holding various expanded band (1611-1701 kHz) licences around the country. Unfortunately the links on their webpage http://www.radiosymban.com.au are broken.
Richard Jary, Australia, 1157 UT May 17, ARDXC via DXLD yg (19/5-2008)
AUSTRALIA
Radio Symban --- Just hearing Abba. Heard a Radio Symban ID about 5 minutes ago. Seem to have ads as well - mentioned Jetset. Bit of a hum. It's all Greek to me! Strange mix of music - maybe this is the young hour. Mentioning Australia, Newcastle, Valentine Phoenix - Lake Macquarie, Western Workers, West Wallsend, Hamilton - must be for a Newcastle outlet. I think Richard had one listed. Sounds like a phone call now. For Johno earlier they mentioned Juventus and goal in the same sentence - assume they were talking about soccer (or is that football?). Now it's Star Wars theme.
Wayne Bastow, Wyoming, NSW, Australia, 33° 23' 44.29" South, 151° 21' 11.99" East, 1053 UT May 18, ARDXC via DXLD yg(19/5-2008)
AUSTRALIA
[Can it make it to Europe, North America?] I think so. An extremely weak signal with music heard on 2368.47 kHz at 1950, but faded away by 2030.
73, Mauno Ritola, Finland via dxld yg (18/5-2008)
AUSTRALIA
There`s a new Greek-language station on 2368 kHz, may be 24 hours, in progress at 1523 UT May 18. This was first reported by Richard Jary.
Chris Hambly, Vic., via gh, dxld yg (18/5-2008)
Recall that there were plans/applications for this frequency in Australia, perhaps to become DRM. Further details awaited. Can it make it to Europe, North America?
Glenn Hauser, dxld yg (18/5-2008)
AUSTRALIA
From the ABC website: This is official confirmation of the sale of the majority of Tasmanian commercial radio stations to an unknown outfit, Grant Broadcasters. As the news item states, no major changes are expected in the short term. This leaves Macquarie with the
two Hobart FM licenses. Here in northern Tasmania, 7LA and TAB radio are on 89.3 and 90.1 and simulcasting with their existing AM channels of 1098 and 1008. TAB radio has already indicated they will be switching off 1008 very soon. 7LA will have a 60 day period before they finally dim 1098 but no indications when that 60 day period commences.
Robin L. Harwood, Norwood Tasmania 7250, dxld yg (14/3-2008)
Tas radio stations sold --- Posted 1 hour 6 minutes ago.
Nine Tasmanian radio station licences have been sold by their owner, the Macquarie Media Group. Grant Broadcasters has bought the licences for an undisclosed sum.
The licences are: 7LA in Launceston; Sea-FM and Heart 7BU in Burnie; Sea-FM and Heart 7AD in Devonport; Aus-FM and West Coast 7XS in Queenstown; and in Scottsdale, Sea-FM and Heart 7SD.
The sales were ordered by the Competition and Consumer Commission, and the Australian Communications and Media Authority, after Macquarie bought the Southern Cross Broadcasting company late last year.
Macquarie retains its two Hobart-based FM licences, Sea-FM and Heart- FM. Grant Cameron from Grant Broadcasters says his company will keep existing staff, and is not planning any big changes to existing formats.
"We're continuing with the current programming that people are familiar with and used to, so I think we'll be seeing a lot of the same sort of thing, and we're not planning to come in and start pulling rugs out from anything and upsetting apple carts," he said.
via Radio Monitor and Electronic Media Observer, Robin L. Harwood, Norwood Tasmania 7250, dxld yg via DXLD 8-034 (14/3-2008)
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AUSTRIA
Wien MW transmitter to be demolished -- live on TV.
The demolition will take place on Wednesday, Feb 24. The 1476 kHz mast will be blown up at about 1100 UT, the 585 kHz mast at about 1400 UT.
Both demolitions will be broadcast live (starting at 1050 and 1350, respectively) by TW 1, which is available free-to-air via 19.2 deg. East on Astra 1H, 12.663 GHz h.
http://blog.ors.at/stories/abtragung-der-masten-am-bisamberg/
Some background info:
Transmissions from this site, on 1476 kHz, ceased on 31 Dec 2008 at 2310 UT. At this point it was planned to blow up only the 265 m tall "Nordmast" (northern mast), once used for the 585 kHz outlet that is silent for almost two decades now. The 120 m "Südmast" for 1476 kHz was supposed to be kept, and Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH told
ADXB-OE that the frequency would still be available for interested broadcasters. But now they dump this option definitely.
http://wien.orf.at/stories/417899/
http://www.wabweb.net/radio/sender/bisamberg2005.htm
http://radiomuseum.heim.at/index-Dateien/Page541.htm
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (23/2-2010)
AUSTRIA
The complete antenna array of the Wien-Bisamberg mediumwave site will be demolished at the end of February. So far it is not known what will happen with the grounds. The transmitter building is under preservation order.
http://wien.orf.at/stories/417899/
Transmissions from this site, on 1476 kHz, ceased on 31 Dec 2008 at 2310 UT. At this point it was planned to blow up only the 265 m tall "Nordmast" (northern mast), once used for the 585 kHz outlet that is silent for almost two decades now. The 120 m "Südmast" for 1476 kHz was supposed to be kept, and Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH told
ADXB-OE that the frequency would still be available for interested broadcasters. But now they dump this option definitely.
Some photos of the antenna array:
http://www.wabweb.net/radio/sender/bisamberg2005.htm
More photos, also of the old tube transmitters, with a link to an even larger photo collection that includes also a shot of the Thomson M2W transmitter that had been used during the last years of operation:
http://radiomuseum.heim.at/index-Dateien/Page541.htm
This development makes the Moosbrunn site the only operational AM transmission facility in Austria. (AM in the German meaning, technically correct covering all amplitude-modulated broadcasting, also dubbed "LMK".)
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (25/1-2010)
AUSTRIA
In a press release send out today ORF confirms that the transmissions on 1476, in the headline of this release declared as "tests" (this would be a "test" that lasted 11 years), will cease as of New Year's Day. As remaining border-crossing services they refer to shortwave and the unencrypted satellite transmissions of the ORF 2 TV network (in fact all ORF radio transmissions via satellite are FTA, too).
Beyond that the press release reveals that DAB will be closed down as well. No commercial broadcasters participate in this DAB service, thus hereby DAB will be shut down in Austria altogether.
The press section at orf.at is password-protected (I can't remember any other organization hiding its press releases from ordinary people), so I have to refer to a third-party service here: http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung.php?schluessel=OTS_20081223_OTS0164&
ch=medien
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (23/12-2008)
AUSTRIA
It appears that ORF has already concluded the Überprüfung of its mediumwave and shortwave services. Chairman Alexander Wrabetz said in a newspaper interview, published June 20:
"We will save 50 million Euro. Everybody will contribute to that sum, that's all I will say about it. Many individual measures are necessary. We will also do without certain things. We can do without mediumwave. Some special radio programmes, like student [or schoolboys/schoolgirls] radio, can be transferred into the internet. We also want to transfer
shortwave step-by-step into the internet definitely."
http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/medien/392705/index.do?_vl_backlink=
/home/kultur/index.do
What I find revealing is how much of a stereotype these statements are. "Transferring shortwave into the internet" --- what is the meaning of that phrase? Putting the few special programmes still produced for shortwave into the Ö1 podcasting service as well? Note also how he gives away the fact of the planned MW and SW closure but does explicitely hide the plans for other cuts they obviously already made as well.
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (22/6-2008)
AUSTRIA
Hello. I am a MW DXer from Japan. I am always referring to your homepage for my DXing. I heard TWR on 1377kHz at 18 00 U.T.C August 28. This TWR broadcasting had the IS at 18:09 and 18:24. Do you hear this TWR broadcasting? Will you understand the place to where this TWR broadcasting transmits? Thanks
Keiji Horiba, Japan
It could be the Middle East-beamed program on new 1377 kHz from a transmitter in Austria. Exact site is unknown to me. At the time you listened in, the language used was Farsi, according to WRTH update. Check it out here http://www.wrth.com/files/WRTHA05updateJuly2005.pdf
Hope this information will be of some help for you.
Ydun Ritz, editor Mediumwave.Info (28/8-2005)
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