{"id":60507,"date":"2024-09-01T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T18:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=60507"},"modified":"2024-09-01T14:54:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T18:54:01","slug":"kbc-radio-leaves-dab-and-moves-to-891-khz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/kbc-radio-leaves-dab-and-moves-to-891-khz\/","title":{"rendered":"KBC Radio leaves DAB+ and moves to 891 kHz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DX-402-KBC-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10383\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DX-402-KBC-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DX-402-KBC-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DX-402-KBC-2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DX-402-KBC-2-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DX-402-KBC-2-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, G\u00e9rard Koopal, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dear Thomas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Mighty KBC has left their DAB+ frequency in the Netherlands and are now changing to MW 891 kHz. from September 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The original text From the Mighty KBC is below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">G\u00e9rard Koopal<br \/>\nAlmere, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Mighty KBC<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">August 31, 2024!!!<br \/>\nToday is the last day for The Mighty KBC on DAB+.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Because we have our headquarters outside the EU, we have been refused a license extension, despite the fact that we have been broadcasting on DAB+ for almost 10 years and pay all taxes here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">But from December 1, KBC Radio will be heard on AM 891 kHz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Just enjoy today:<br \/>\n10:00 &#8211; 11:00 The Salty Hour &#8211; Marc van Amstel &amp; Bob van Beeten<br \/>\n2:00 PM &#8211; 3:00 PM The last hour of Veronica and the North Sea<br \/>\n3:00 PM &#8211; 4:00 PM The Salty Hour &#8211; Marc van Amstel &amp; Bob van Beeten (repeat)<br \/>\n6:00 PM &#8211; 7:00 PM Wind force 6 to 7 &#8211; Music from the time of the offshore radio stations<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbcradio.nl\/2020\/radio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kbcradio.nl\/2020\/radio.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Enjoy real radio!<br \/>\nKBC Radio, Your Hits, Your Station!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, G\u00e9rard Koopal, who writes: Dear Thomas, The Mighty KBC has left their DAB+ frequency in the Netherlands and are now changing to MW 891 kHz. from September 1. The original text From the Mighty KBC is below. G\u00e9rard Koopal Almere, The Netherlands The Mighty KBC August 31, 2024!!! Today [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,433,3],"tags":[2478,8092,4099,573],"class_list":["post-60507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-dab","tag-gerard-koopal","tag-mediumwave","tag-the-mighty-kbc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fJV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12665,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/the-mighty-kbc-summer-frequencies-changesadditions\/","url_meta":{"origin":60507,"position":0},"title":"The Mighty KBC: Summer frequency changes\/additions","author":"Thomas","date":"March 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"If you enjoy listening to The Mighty KBC, you'll want to note these frequency changes and additions: Frequency changes for The Mighty KBC We are delighted to announce that from the 1st June 2015, KBC will be heard daily on medium wave. 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