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BBC Radio Essex and Hereford Worcester closing down

The BBC is running a further trial commencing on the 30th October - 6th November 2012 to switch off existing MW services at two more local radio stations, Radio Essex and Radio Hereford & Worcester. While extending the trail for Radio Nottingham and Radio Kent MW frequency (1602 MW). This is because we want to assess the impact of a longer term switch off given the low number of response in these areas. Why are you doing this? The BBC is required to make savings. One option to make savings and preserve value to licence fee payers is to switch off MW services except where listeners depend upon MW as an alternative to FM and DAB. MW services mainly duplicate what is already available on FM and DAB, and most listeners will be able to hear their local stations on FM. The BBC is also committed to a full roll out of local radio stations across the DAB network. If local radio is not already available on DAB it will be in the future. The aim of the trial is to get a better understanding of the impact of the loss of MW for our core listeners and also enable us to ensure adequate coverage is available on other platforms in these areas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/mwtrial/  (via Steve Whitt, mwcircle 31.10.2012 via Tore Larsson, ARC)

Radio 1593 on the air 24/7 from Germany

Radio 1593 kHz with transmitter near Euskirchen in Western Germany is on the air 24h with 500 watts and wait for a spare part which increases the power to estimated 10 kW. Radio 1593 relays Radio 700 das Europawelle from Funkhaus Euskirchen. (21.10.2012 Christian Milling, Germany via Bengt Ericson, ARC)

Vahon Hindustani Radio 1557 kHz now 1 kW

HOLLAND Vahon on 1557 kHz is now transmitting via its Nautel one kW tx .They started from Tuesday October 16th, 2012 at 2000 UTC. Info source:http://www.mediamagazine.nl/medianieuws1/radionieuws/3994-vahon-fm-op-vol-vermogen-op-middengolf Over here in Almere, The Netherlands, the signalstrengh is S9+5dB during the daytime; it was S9 with the 400 W-tx. The audio is clear via the Nautel tx, but less loud as via the 400 W tx .(Ehard Goddijn Holland via Mauno Ritola) The same observation in southern Sweden. (18.10.2012 Bengt Ericson, ARC)

Vahon FM Hindustani Radio 1557 kHz now with increased power

Vahon FM Hindustani Radio in Den Haag transmitting on 1557 kHz in Hindi, Dutch and English has increased the power to 400 watts from October 10th. The station is received very well in souther Sweden at local dusk and dawn. Then the station has a stronger signal than Nice and UK-stations.
(12.10.2012  Mediamagazine.nl via Mauno Ritola and Bengt Ericson, ARC)

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) 

AIR Rajkot update

Jose Jacob in India informs:

The sked is as follows on 1071 kHz : (External Service)

Transmission 1: 0015-0430Transmission 2: 0830-1130Transmission 3: 1230-1900 The details are:
0015-0100 UTC Urdu
0100-0200 UTC Sindhi
0200-0430 UTC Urdu
0830-1130 UTC Urdu
1230-1500 UTC Sindhi
1500-1600 UTC Baluchi
1600-1930 UTC Urdu

Adress for reports is:
Super Power TransmitterAll India Radio
Radio Colony
Jamnagar Road,
Rajkot 360006
Gujarat, India

PS. Power on 1071 kHz is just 870 kW. (via Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)