NHK Radio 2 is *already* down...
mainichi.jp/english/arti...
IRCA DXers obs'd the final day of regular programming, which was really March 29th (Sunday), signing-off @ 1505z. Transmitters remain on until tomorrow w/ closure announcements.
groups.io/g/IRCA/topic...
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
They say #AMradio in soooo inefficient & unfriendly to environment...
so they destroyed a lot of greenery just to destroy some AM towers 🤡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJtG...
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
1017 kHz: Amica Radio Veneta 🇮🇹 doing well this morning 🙂 Saw them active well into the evening as well - which rarely happens. More of a hobby station; expect such operations to really be the only thing keeping #mediumwave alive in Europe soon if not now. #DeathOfAMRadio
Three US AM stations have shut down this New Year's Eve only, bringing the 2025 total to some 50 (that is really give or take, but it was a lot).
1280 WNAM Neenah-Menasha, WI
1280 WGBF Evansville, IN
1510 KTTT Columbus, NE
At least Cesky Impuls haven't gone dark on 981 -- yet.
#DeathOfAMRadio
With #NewYear2026 approaching to Spain, I think it's time to recheck the last RNE frequencies still active this morning, via Castlebar Co Mayo #KiwiSDR
558 Punjab Radio and prob. IRIB R.Iran
612 crackling noise😮
774 dead air
1125 dear air here & 1124.95
Seems this is it #mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
Welp, Moldova is off on 873 & 1494 too 😱
They used to have extended broadcasts on New Year's Eve.
Not this year.
So with Romania off too, this leaves us with 576 Bulgaria, 729 Greece, and 1278 Ukraine in the UTC+2 timezone 😕
#mediumwave #NewYear2026 #DeathOfAMRadio
AND it appears I just missed the last broadcast of Deutsche Welle... 😢 #shortwave #DeathOfAMRadio #DeathOfShortwaveRadio
Also, matching RNE Radio Nacional service for La Coruña on 639 kHz came from a different site than Radio 5 - Mesón do Vento. 100kW there. #mediumwave #mwdx #DeathOfAMRadio
558 kHz: RNE Radio 5 Euskadi still active, 50kW from San Sebastián/Biribilondo-Zubieta, and somewhat audible in daytime in Castlebar🇮🇪. Matching RNE R.Nacional service on 774 must be what we've been strongly hearing in the morning, just a weak carrier now in UK & Ireland #mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
I'm afraid I don't have a good recording of Madrid 585 kHz shutting down due to too much Iran, but I do for 657 kHz, which did go off @ 0200:24***z
And I can say (audio) cut-off timings varied greatly between transmitters.
@radionacional.bsky.social @radio5rne.rtve.es #mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
Looking quickly through the other frequencies that still had RNE audio:
801 is in dead air now
612 mix of 2 weak audios, one Spanish, one presumed Moroccan
558 774 972 & 1125 still on
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
This doesn't look like a fadeout... but the 1305 AM transmitter for RNE Radio 5 Ciudad Real just saw its audio feed cut off in the middle of the Castilla La Mancha regional news 😬 #mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
Just caught RNE Radio 5 local opt-out for Ciudad Real on 1305, clear as never been before via linkz KiwiSDR in French Alps 😎 #mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
And as I speak, another promo saying they did move away from that bad old #mediumwave was just played! Encourages to check the FM freqs -- err, I think most people must've already found one by this time 🙄
#DeathOfAMRadio
To sum up, some transmitters have gone off-air, e.g. Madrid/Majadohonda, Sevilla/Los Palacios, and Socuellamos (864 only). Many are transmitting dead air. And a few still remain, primarily in Basque Country.
RNE freqs still on:
558
612
774
801
972
1125
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
Tarragona Tango Down, already in the morning, acc. to Jordi Brunet.
A reminder that this is (likely) the FINAL NIGHT for RNE Radio Nacional and RNE Radio 5 on #mediumwave❗❗❗
Total shutdown scheduled for 3:00am CET = 0200z.
#DeathOfAMRadio
And this article by RNE itself now claims Dec *30* @ 3am as the moment of El Grande Apagon 😳
www.rtve.es/radio/202512...
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
Hmmm, caught the Euskadi announcement again, and they now say "a partir de 1 de enero"... so is the actual switch-off date NOT going to be Dec 29 but Jan 1? 🤔 #mediumwave #shutdown #DeathOfAMRadio
Dunno about other regional studios, but RNE Euskadi does play the network's AM shutdown promo and announces what FM freqs they're on during their local newscasts on Radio Nacional & Radio 5.
BTW the last full day for local RNE opt-outs on #mediumwave is TOMORROW❗🔔
#DeathOfAMRadio
There's a petition to RTVE, Spanish public broadcasting service, to reconsider its decision to stop its AM service on Dec 29.
c.org/q4hYTHjCWG
Over 2000 people have signed it to date.
#AMRadio #mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio #SaveAMRadio
ABC Radio Perth, ABC Radio National and ABC NewsRadio to move away from AM, migrate to FM, in early 2026.
Frequencies unknown; ex-720, 810 & 585 kHz.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
And these are the final minutes of JOXF CRT Tochigi Hoso on 1530 kHz ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8k1... #mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
The story mentions, 27 out of 47 commercial #AMradio stations in #Japan have shut down, or are about to shut down parts or all of their AM transmitters soon.
As far as I remember reading elsewhere, power reductions will also happen, before stations close entirely.
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
From Tochitele aka Tochigi Television, aka JOGY-DTV, duly recommended by YouTube, this news report about CRT Tochigi Hoso shutting down its AM service, which happened on Dec 1.
No longer on 1530 or 864 kHz, they're now on "wide FM" only.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVtj...
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
Back to October 16th, about a month ago, when Cadena SER 🇪🇸 shut down its #mediumwave station in Madrid on 810 kHz.
When a signature shuts down, be sure the rest of the network will collapse not far from now.
Especially now that RNE wants to close ALL its MW transmitters by Dec 31❗ #DeathOfAMRadio
Bar chart showing the proportion of active Radio Nacional de Espana mediumwave transmitters - all to be switched-off on December 31st, 2025, in relation to all currently active MW transmitters in Europe, with the power of at least 1000 watts. It indicates 29.7% of all reasonably-powered European MW radio stations currently on air are operated by RNE.
If you're interested, you may have a peek at a spreadsheet, with which I've analyzed the impact of @radionacional.bsky.social & @radio5rne.rtve.es MW shutdown... just know it'll be HUGE❗🌋
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Data courtesy FMSCAN.org
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
Frequency-wise, RNE transmitters are found on 33 frequencies from 531 to 1503 kHz.
When all of them close by the end of the year, 7 freqs will become COMPLETELY DEAD in Europe 💀
585 612 684 738 774 864 kHz.
They'll join 594 702 1161 1206 & 1242 kHz, for a total of 12.
#mediumwave #DeathOfAMRadio
The planned big #AMradio shutdown of @radionacional.bsky.social & @radio5rne.rtve.es is more than just public radio abandoning #mediumwave
Of 544 MW transmitters still on air in Europe, 102 are RNE's.
19%.
But if we filter out low-power (<1kW) stations: 102 out of 364
28%❗🔪❣️🩸🩸🩸
#DeathOfAMRadio
Now RTVE *did* issue an official statement.
And it's even more grim.
TOTAL #MEDIUMWAVE SHUTDOWN OF RADIO NACIONAL AND RADIO 5 ON DECEMBER 31, 2025❗❗❗❗❗
www.rtve.es/rtve/2025111...
#DeathOfAMRadio
💥 BIG NEWS 💥
RADIO NACIONAL DE ESPANA ANNOUNCES SHUTDOWN OF ALL ITS #MEDIUMWAVE TRANSMITTERS❗🛑
This blasted off... in a promo during a morning show. RNE itself gave no official announcement.
Just a few RNE hosts "celebrating" a new Royal Decree to cover 85% of Spaniards w/ DAB+ 🤣
#DeathOfAMRadio
