** ARGENTINA [non]. 9455, Mon Feb 2, RAE via WRMI at 2300
multi-lingual ID reel over and over, S9+30/40 direct. Supposed to be
in Portuguese at this time, and heard several times on Tue or Fri with
DX olds; but recheck 2305 now programming in --- Japanese! By 2324
music is playing. Other dates has been in another wronglang, Spanish.
Meanwhile on 15770, PRES via WRMI, excellent with news about a Polish
official refusing to recommend Drumpf for a Nobel Peace Prize, yes,
still/again pushing for it, as ``he does not deserve it`` - IMHO,
anyone openly coveting one should be automatically ineligiblized
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CANADA. 1290, re my log Jan 18 of CFRW with new Punjabi format, but
no ID heard: the call has been changed, but effective date not given,
so which was it then?:
NRC DX News Feb 10, Published Feb 2:
``FCC and CRTC Decisions and Applications
Call changes reflected in FCC LMS/Industry Canada databases:
1290 CFRW MB Winnipeg – Call change to CJRC
1290 CJRC MB Winnipeg – New call letters for CFRW, currently in test
phase. Only the second call letter change in this station’s history,
which began life in 1963 as CJQM, named after its co-owned Vancouver
station CHQM`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11760, Feb 2 at 2320, RHC S9+30 of nothing but windhowling;
11880 clear dead air S9+20, nothing on 15 MHz, but CRI `Portuguese`
music relay on 13650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** JAPAN. 28497 USB, Feb 2 at 2311, JF1EHM asking if anyone is copying
him. Logged before on 10m last May, Dec, Jan: Ishida Hiroaki in
Yokohama (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [non]. Some delayed reports of WORLD OF RADIO via AM Italia:
Medium Wave News Feb 2026:
``Sheigra DXpedition Report 16th to 28th November 2025 -
with Dave Kenny & Alan Pennington: 1323 2130 21/11 IRRS Italy World of
Radio SIO 233``
ARC mv-eko 2 Feb:
``1323 18.1 2000 IRRS, Villa Estense, World of Radio by Glenn Hauser.
FB Franck Baste, St. Bonnet de Rochefort, France – Rx: SDR Perseus,
Ant: Loop ALA 1530LNP``
WORLD OF RADIO 2332 monitoring: confirmed Monday February 2 at 2030 on
SW Radio Gold, Germany, 3975.001-, S9/+10 into UTwente. Preceded by DX
news in German about WTWW - ve-te-ve-ve. Next:
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
1500 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0130 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
As a noncommercial public service program, financial support
appreciated. Thanks this week to Gary Drew, Cranfield UK, for a
contribution via PayPal not necessarily in US funds to woradio at
yahoo.com And says: ``Hi Glenn. many thanks for the regular programmes
of World of Radio and the legacy of archives online. Long may it
continue. Wishing you Good Health and happiness for 2026 from Gary and
on behalf of everyone at Laser International``
One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1070, Feb 2 at 0610 UT, timecheck for 10:10 - must be KNX
Los Ángeles, not too unusual, but did not notice any QRM from KFTI
Wichita, or LAH as it`s been off-frequency to the minus side.
MWoffsets:
``1070 1069,9761 USA KFTI (Wichita, KS) 2024-12-25``
I did not realize it was totally off:
NRC DX News Feb 10 published Feb 2: ``Stations that have notified the
FCC that they are silent: 1070 KFTI KS Wichita – Silent Jan. 16,
damage from copper thieves``
IRCA DX Monitor Feb 7 published Feb 2:
``1070 KFTI Wichita, KS was classic country, now silent, old slogan:
“Classic Country 1070”, new: unknown (station is temporarily off-ye
ed)
Mike Sanburn sends along the following dated 1/27/26:
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/336899/copper-theft-transmitter-damage-silence-kfti/
Copper Theft and Transmitter Damage Silence KFTI, by Lance Venta,
January 27 2026
Summit Media’s “Classic Country 1070” KFTI Wichita KS has been off the
air since January 16 following significant damage to its transmission
facilities. A filing with the FCC states that KFTI’s tower array was
damaged because of theft of copper components, compromising the ground
system and related infrastructure, while its transmitter experienced
substantial equipment failures and requires extensive repairs and
replacement of multiple components before operation can be restored.
KFTI, which utilizes Westwood One’s 24/7 Country programming,
continues to stream online. The station registered a 0.9 share in the
November 2025 Nielsen Audio ratings.
INSTANT INSIGHT: Nowhere on the station’s website does KFTI explain to
listeners that it is off the air. It also has no social media platform
where to inform listeners of how to find them as once again radio
attempts to just push its audience away`` Yet to check in daytime for
any other signal or KFTI resumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9665-9670-9675, Feb 2 at 2325, awful roar in this area,
does not sound like regular DRM and none is scheduled in HFCC between
9655 and 9680, which also has nothing but a 2 kW in Germany 24h on
9670, i.e. Channel 292. Nor in EiBi, Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 0323 UT February 3
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