Clear Channel Launches 12 Comedy Stations

Clear Channel has flipped altogether 12 stations to Comedy running the 24/7 Comedy service. The new Comedy affiliates on AM are:
1420 WACT Tuscaloosa AL (Was News/Talk simulcasting 105.9 WRTR)
800 KBFP Baskersfield CA (Was simulcasting Spanish Oldies “La Presciosa 105.3” KBFP-FM)
1460 WHAL Columbus GA (Was Sports “Fox Sports 1460“)
1280 WIBB Macon GA (Was Gospel “Hallelujah 1280“)
1470 KWSL Sioux City IA (Was Classic Country “The Whistle“)
1580 WWTF Lexington KY (Was Urban AC “Groovin 1580” WGVN)
1210 WLRO Baton Rouge LA (Was Gosepl “Hallelujah 1210“)
1470 WJDY Salisbury MD (Was Sports “Fox Sports 1470“)
1370 WJIP Ellenville NY (Was simulcasting News/Talk 1450 WKIP Poughkeepsie)
1400 WBBD Wheeling WV (Was Oldies “Real Oldies 1400“)

(radioinsight.com)

WEEI turns to ESPN

850 WEEI-AM and 93.7 WEEI-FM broke their simulcast on Friday, October 5. Since then 850 carries the ESPN national programming feed billed as “ESPN on WEEI“.
Part of the arrangement will see WEEI’s local programming carried on ESPNBoston.com while ESPN will power the video on WEEI.com.

(radioinsight.com)

On October 4, 2012, WEEI and WEEI-FM split the simulcast; the existing local programming and sports broadcasts remain on WEEI-FM, while AM 850 aired a redirection loop for one day before becoming a full ESPN Radio affiliate on October 5.

(Wikipedia)

1450 Atlantic City changes call and flips from ESPN to Talk

Townsquare Media Sports 1450 WENJ Atlantic City dropped its simulcast of sister “97.3 ESPN” WENJ-FM and flipped to Talk on Monday, October 15.

The new format is branded as “Talk Radio 1450 WPG” with actual calls of WPGG. The WPG calls were used on an Atlantic City owned station in the 1920’s and 30’s.

(radioinsight.com)

Family Radio Acquires 950 WPEN Philadelphia

Harold Camping’s Family Radio group has acquired 950 WPEN Philadelphia from Greater Media for $8.5 Million.
950 WPEN will continue to simulcast Sports “97.5 The Fanatic” WPEN-FM until the sale is complete. Greater Media will retain the WPEN call letters for 97.5.

(radioinsight.com)

Greater Media announced on September 21, 2012 that it would sell WPEN to Family Radio, which will begin carrying its Christian radio programming on the station following the sale’s completion.

(Wikipedia)

WCCW Traverse City 1310 AM switched from ESPN to FSR

A network affiliation shuffle brings Sports Talk to a pair of FM’s in Traverse City, MI.
Midwestern Broadcasting’s “ESPN Radio 1310” WCCW Traverse City became “Fox Sports 1310” on August 30.
Concurrently, Northern Broadcasting’s Talk simulcast “106.7/105.5 You-FM” 105.5 WSRJ Honor & 106.7 WSRT Gaylord flipped to Sports “ESPN Radio Northern Michigan” the same day.

(radioinsight.com)

New AM station inaugurated in Bahia Blanca, Argentina

On August 28th, the transmissions by AM 1240 Radio de la Universidad Nacional del Sur were officially opened. The station is operated in the city of Bahia Blanca, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The new station operates under call LRI-218, on the frequency of 1240 kHz, with power of 1 kW and transmitting antenna located on the campus of the University.
The studios are located on Avenida Colón 80, (B8000FTN) Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires. The E-mail is: ‘radio’ at the domain ‘uns.edu.ar’ . The programming of the station can be heard at: servicios.uns.edu.ar/radiouns/

The station will air 24 hours a day, with a schedule that contains information mixed with university news and local cultural agenda, programs on the activity of third sector organizations, and college sports.

(Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Buenos Aires via http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com)

New AM station in Montes de Oca, Argentina

A few months ago emerged a new medium wave station in the town of Montes de Oca, Santa Fe, active in the frequency of 1600 KHz. It is operated by Asociación Mutual Edukar de la ciudad de Rosario, which is part of Federación de Mutuales de Santa Fe.
The station was born with the name “AM 1600 Region Centro“, but presently it changed its name to the current “AM 1600 Radio Del Centro”. It has recently opened its webpage at: http://www.am1600.com.ar, with online broadcasting.
The station has its transmitter site on Provincial Highway No. 28 s/n of the town of Montes de Oca, in the Department of Belgrano From there it transmits with a transmitter brand M-31, with 250 watts of power and an omnidirectional antenna of 40 meters, with a vertical polarization.

(Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Buenos Aires via http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com)

New AM station in Rosario, Argentina

AM 1330 has been on the air since August and features sports and news programming. “It will be a station aimed at the region with information on all commercial and cultural activity not only in Rosario, but also of the surrounding” said its director Marcelo Volpi.
The license is granted for a period of 15 years, as the competition in question was released in 2003, with the old Broadcasting Act, replaced in 2009 by the Law on Audiovisual Communication Services.
The license was granted to Alejandra Monserrat (Mariatti Media) by Decree 1262/2010 on public tender through Resolution No. 447 – ex ComFeR/03, for installation, operation and use of a broadcasting station in Rosario, Santa Fe Province

(rosarinoticias.com)

(The station has website at: http://am1330rosario.com.ar, with online broadcasting – and it’s Facebook -page is at: http://www.facebook.com/am1330rosario / finndxer)

New AM radio in Entre Rios, Argentina

AM 1360 Estirpe Entrerriana (1360 KHz) is a new “non official” medium wave station broadcasting from the town of Maria Grande, Department of Paraná, Entre Rios (Argentina). The station began broadcasts in last April. It had testing and adjustment period, but has nowadays its first bits of programming and local advertising.
The new station is owned by Mr. Hector Raul Franco and his wife, Mrs. Hilda Susana Schifitto. The main studios of the station are located on Calle Justo José de Urquiza No. 607, (E3133DGM) Maria Grande, Entre Rios.
The transmitter has 1 kW of power and it uses an omnidirectional antenna with height of 54 meters, located in the rural area of the city.
AM 1360 Estirpe Entrerriana uses the slogan ““La Voz de Nuestra Gente” and it can alson be heard on the Web: http://www.mariagrandealdia.com.ar/estirpe/index.html

(Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Buenos Aires via http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com)

Radiostantsiya MTUCI started on AM band in Moscow

The radio station of Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI) has been launched. Transmissions take place every week, on Fridays, starting from 1900 Moscow Time on the AM frequency of 1584 kHz. Duration of transmission will be 2-3 hours. All transmissions will be created by the students themselves. Each broadcast has a responsible editor, who with his team (gathered by himself, not necessarily from MOSCOW, and not necessarily students) create the broadcast. Subjects are defined by students, some of those are, of course, the rules of the private broadcasting and the law “on mass media”.

(Sergey Komarov via alexandrmakukhi.livejournal.com)

(The power is probably 100 watts / finndxer)