Pirate relays of JT Radio in Kyiv

 Some news on FM pirate scene of Kyiv. Unlicensed radio station, which started transmissions on 89.4 MHz in September relaying Ukrainian religious Radio M, has recently changed its frequency to 89.0 MHz and now relaying another religious web-station JT Radio.

Pirate relays of Svitle Radio Emmanuil are still also audible on 88.0 MHz after several months of absence. Broadcasts on 88.0 and 89.0 MHz are starting at evening hours on weekdays and seem to be round-the-clock on Saturdays and Sundays. Location and output power of the both transmitters are unknown.

JT Radio - 89.0 MHz - 11th of October 2021 - 22.54 UTC:

UPDATE: 23.10.2021 - both stations are silent again for more than a week.

News of FM broadcasting in Kyiv

 Relays of Svitle Radio Emmanuil have recently been reactivated on 88.0 MHz after several months of absence. Location of the transmitter is still unknown. Moreover, programs of another Ukrainian religious station Radio M now can be heard on the frequency of 89.4 MHz, also at evening and night time and also without RDS. Both transmissions seem to be pirate relays.

Radio M - 89.4 MHz - 22nd of September 2021 - 1952 UTC:

UPDATE: 11.10.2021 - the station on 89.4 MHz has recently been moved to 89.0 MHz and currently relays Ukrainian religious web-station JT Radio.

Pirate relay of Svitle Radio Emmanuil on 88.0 MHz

 The broadcasts were first observed at the beginning of June 2020, and they are quite regular since then. Signal on 88.0 MHz is usually appearing at evening time on weekdays, however, the transmitter may be active even much earlier on Saturdays and Sundays. Stereo mode is being used, without RDS. The quality of modulation is pretty good, on the same level as for official FM broadcasters in Kyiv.

I guess, the station rather relays web stream from the website of Svitle Radio Emmanuil (Світле радіо "Еммануїл"), because the audio on 88.0 MHz is not synchronous with audio of official station's transmitter on the OIRT frequency of 67.28 MHz. 

Here you can see the moment of start of the evening transmission on 88.0 MHz on 13th of August 2020 at 16.06 UTC:

Recently, output power of the transmitter seems to be increased drastically: the signal is much stronger now and comparable with the one of neighbouring Priamyi FM at some locations of Kyiv. The time of broadcasts is the same: evening-night with occasional earlier starts on weekends.

Svitle Radio Emmanuil on 88.0 MHz from unknown location

Right now (19.12 UTC) I hear local Christian station Svitle Radio Emmanuil on new frequency of 88.0 MHz. Location of the transmitter is unknown. The signal is not strong, like TX is somewhere in Kyivska oblast or some LP FM (FM modulator?) in Kyiv. The audio is lagging on ~6 sec. in comparison with transmitter in Kyiv on the frequency of 67.28 MHz.

Btw, the station celebrates 15th Anniversary these days.

UPDATE1: off now (10th of June 2020, 21.03 UTC);
UPDATE2: the signal is still on now and then! (30th of June 2020, 18.30 UTC).