My DX Archive: March 2001

SPRINGTIME 2001 is where today's memories of international radio broadcasts comes from, focusing on the month of March that year.
Broadcasts heard Winter 2000-01 can be found here.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

March 2001: Short Wave

• 1 March [2001]: 1943 UTC: 15590 kHz: KTBN Salt Lake City Utah USA English to America, Trinity Broadcasting Network. Good to fair reception (Co-channel interference: Voice of America, 15580 kHz via Greenville, NC [North Carolina], USA) 'Health Matters' Examination of the mouth, fingernails, anxiety. 'Praise The Lord'.
• 1 March: 2022 UTC: 15650 kHz: KOL Israel to Europe, Africa and America. News headlines: Bomb in the Middle East, new talks in the Middle East. Weather report. Details of broadcast times and frequencies, contact details and website address: israelradio.org , postal address. Off air at 2025 UTC.
• 1 March: 2036 UTC: 15685 kHz: WWCR-1 Nashville TN USA English to Europe and America 'Keys To The Kingdom' with Mr Foday Farrar, preacher. Strong to good reception. Details of the Foday Farrar Ministry, meetings on Sundays, Wednesday nights and Thursday nights. Postal address: PO Box 36539, Michigan USA.
• 1 March: 2128 UTC: 17580 kHz: Voice of America Strong to fair reception. English to Africa via Greenville NC USA 'Dateline' Report investigates the formation of the National Peace Corp Association by Senator Kennedy. Report on livestock in developing countries. News headline: Bomb in Israel.
• 1 March: 2157 UTC: 17650 kHz: World Harvest Radio Good reception. WHRA, Greenbush Maine USA, English to Africa. Male preacher on air.

World Harvest Radio QSL, March 2001

• 3 March: 1331 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service 'Wright Round The World' Steve Wright. Music: Shaggy. Strong to good reception 'Pop Pal': Russia. Music: Westlife: 1341 UTC: //15485 kHz: Strong to good reception 'Pop Quiz': 'How many #1 singles in chart history?', seven hundred, nine hundred or one thousand one hundred? Music: Atomic Kitten.
• 4 March: 0818 UTC: 15175 kHz: Radio New Zealand International Good reception. English to Australia 'Sounds Historical' Maouri Haka recording.
• 4 March: 0851 UTC: 3935 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Fair reception. Music: Fragma 'Anytime You Need Me' featuring Maria Rubia. Male host. Music: Shaggy 'It Wasn't Me'.
• 4 March: 0904 UTC: 6220 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Strong to good reception. Male host with programme schedule, music: Otis Redding 'My Girl', Simon & Garfunkel 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'.
• 4 March: 0916 UTC: 6290 kHz: Radio Nova Strong to fair reception. Hard-core dance music, station ID.
• 4 March: 1752 UTC: 3910 kHz: Reflections Europe Strong to good reception. Religion: Male preacher. Unlicensed Irish tx.

Laser Hot Hits QSL.

• 4 March: 1801 UTC: 3935 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Strong to good reception. Male host, email and website addresses. Music: Robbie Williams 'Rock DJ'.
• 4 March: 1826 UTC: 9290 kHz: Radio Nova Fair reception. Music, station ID. Postal address: Radio Nova, 64 Brighton Road, Leicester LE5 0HA Email: confused @ onmail.co.uk
• 4 March: 1814 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe Good to fair reception. Male preacher leads prayer.
• 9 March: 2137 UTC: 11680 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception 'Calling The Falklands' English to South Atlantic via Rampisham. Female chef talks of Lamb and livestock.
• 11 March: 1622 UTC: 3910 kHz: Reflections Europe Strong to fair reception. English to Europe. Male and female hosts, contact details for Doncaster. ReflectionsEurope.com Frequencies: 6295 kHz, 12295 kHz. 'Jack Van Impe'.
• 11 March: 1634 UTC: 3935 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Fair reception. Music: 'Marakech Express'.

Jack Van Impe Ministries, heard via Reflections Europe.

• 11 March: 1659 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe Good to poor reception. English to Europe. Jack Van Impe // 3910 kHz.
• 11 March: 1713 UTC: 9290 kHz: Radio Nova International Strong to good reception. Music: Chicory Tip 'Son Of My Father' Male host: Engineering test transmission. Postal and email addresses.

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