CHRF Montreal 980 now on the air

980 CHRF Montreal "Radio Fierté" "AM le 80" noted at 2300. Wiki states proposed launch is November 2014. Good signal. (Paul Cranckshaw, Troon, Scotland via mwcircle 28.10.2014 via Tore Larsson, ARC)

Cesky Impuls 981 kHz now on the air

The long awaited Cesky Impuls on 981 kHz is now on the air. Heard for the first time at 1700 UTC in Växjö, Sweden. Local sunset here at 17:30. It is dominating the frequency with a very good signal. Playing local Czech and Slovak music. (Bengt Ericson, ARC)

New Hungarian radio service: Dankó Radio now on the air

HUNGARY

Hello,
here is the freq list of Dankó Rádió -- they have got a Budapest FM transmitter unexpectedly. They will start at 6 AM local time on Dec 22nd.

Dankó Rádió frequencies:

Location	Frekvencia (MHz/kHz)	Time (local time)
Budapest	98,6
Debrecen-Nagyerdő	91,4
Pécs-Misina	101,7	24h
Szeged (Újszeged)	93,1
Szolnok	101,2
Miskolc-Avas	102,3
Miskolc AM	1116,0	mo-fr: 04.30-21.05 sa-su: 05.00-21.05
Mosonmagyaróvár AM	1116,0
Nyíregyháza AM	1251,0
Szombathely AM	1251,0
Győr AM (Sáráspuszta)	1350,0

This information from Henrik Hargitai, Hungary via Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö.

New Dutch station on the air on MW 1557 kHz

NETHERLANDS 1557 A Dutch station is now using this frequency from October 6th, 2012. Vahon FM Hindustani Radio in Den Haag. Broadcasting 24 h in Hindi, Dutch and sometimes English. On Sunday October 7th at 2030 UTC the announcements were in English. It was a request program. You can check on the stream www.vahonfm.nl.

On the frequency 1557 kHz there is tough competition:
WYFR in Taiwan
France Info in France            
Some UK-stations                                                                                 
(Ehard Goddijn via Steve Whitt, mwcircle, Ydun and Tore Larsson, ARC October 6th, 2012) 

New Philippine MW station: DWUN 1350 kHz

A Philippine MW-station of UNTV relay during the Autumn was finally heard with a full ID "UNTV Radyo La Verdad Tapat at Totoo 13-50" on Jan 18th. According to several web-pages the station started with own programs on Jan 16th after several months test with UNTV relay (which were heard often in Scandinavia since October 2011). According to web-pages the power is 50 kW and the call now is DWUN. The station has been heard on 1349.97 kHz. (Tarmo Kontro, ARC, Finland)