ARC Newsflash: Ukraine / Lesotho / Italy

Ukraine
765 kHz
” Radio Stantsia Maiak, Odessa na volnye 765 kHz”. This is the local ID as this station is independent of Radio Mayak in Russia. The transmitter Petrivka 70 kW has been reactivated. Lot of nice music and at 1730 news in Ukrainian // 1584 kHz. Well heard in Växjö at 1700 UTC. (via Ydun Karel Honzig; Patrick Robic; Bengt Ericson ARC, Växjö)

Lesotho
1197 kHz
 “LM Radio, Lifetime Music Radio” with headquarter in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique has signed an agreement with Lesotho to broadcast its programmes via the 100 kW transmitter at Lancer’s Gap in Lesotho between 0500 and 1500 UTC 7 days a week. The spoken language is English and the music style is “happy”  Streaming is available via lmradio.co.mz.The official start of the agreement is October 1st, but testing is already going on. Info via Ydun and webpage. (Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)

Italy
1584 kHz
Radio Studio X at Momigno in northern Italy is now testing a more powerful new transmitter. Power is said to be 12 kW, but this is not confirmed. This program is not in // with the audio streaming of the web. The tests are managed by Roberto Scaglione and reports of reception must be sent to: bclsiciliaclub@gmail.com. Note! There are several stations on the frequency transmitting non-stop music.(Dario Monfereni, IT; Mauno Ritola, FIN; Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)