My AM Archive: Summer 2003

WELCOME to memories of Summer 2003, taking you back to June and August of that year, for memories of Medium Wave broadcasts of the time.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: April 2003 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.

June 2003 : Medium Wave

• 9 June [2003]: 1845 UTC: 657 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Fair to poor reception. Wrexham transmitter, 2 kW. Music: Lonestar 'Amazed' Female host. Contact: Cardiff 029 2032 2000.
• 9 June: 1923 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York Good-Poor-Fair reception. Fulford transmitter 0.5 kW. Frank Wappatt 'Stars on 78' Music: Matt Monroe. Neil Okley. Dinah Shaw. 'The Old Rugged Cross'. Mario Lanza. Telephone: York 01904 641351.
• 9 June: 2012 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock Excellent to good reception. Holland, Lopik? Music: Human League.
• 9 June: 2042 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent reception. Multiple transmitters. Profile of female cyclist.
• 23 June: 1830 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock Fair to poor reception. Holland, Lopik? Music: Bon Jovi 'You Give Love A Bad Name'.
• 23 June: 1845 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmitter. Football news: Beckham going to Real Madrid, Jonathan Pearce reports from the Confederations Cup re: William Gallas & Ronaldinho. 1st day of Wimbledon 2003. Cricket 20-20 Cup at Edgebaston. England Rugby Union team beat Australia in Australia for the first time ever.

Sticker from Arrow Classic Rock Radio, Holland

• 23 June: 1914 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Fair reception. Carlisle [Brisco] transmitter, 1 kW. Frank Wappatt 'Stars on 78' show from BBC Newcastle.
• 23 June: 2036 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmitter. 'The Welsh Top 40': Manic Street Preachers 'Judge Yourself'. Email address for Kevin Hughes. Delta Goodrem. Text: 07786 201040. Evanescence 'Bring Me To Life'. Kylie competition. R Kelly. Fast Food Rockers.

August 2003 : Medium Wave

• 6 August: 1916 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmitter. Kevin Hughes. Music programme. 'Pop Idol' competition, text: 07786 201040. Music: Mark Owen 'Four Minute Warning'. Music: Elbow. Music: S Club: 'S Club Party'.
• 6 August: 1953 UTC: 900 kHz: RAI-Radio 1 Fair reception. Milan transmitter, Italy. Music: Dido.
• 6 August: 2010 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent reception. Multiple transmitter. Report regarding the All Nations Football Festival.
• 6 August: 2025 UTC: 927 kHz: RTBF Belgium. Excellent to good reception. 300 kW via Wolvertem, Belgium. Music: Señor Coconut and his band 'Smoke On The Water'. Female host, speech from two men. Music: Blue 'All Rise'.

Letter of verification from Fresh Radio, 2003.

• 6 August: 2038 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio Excellent to good reception. 1 kW via Hawes, North Yorkshire (Fresh AM / Yorkshire Dales Radio) Music: Bay City Rollers 'Bye Bye Baby', ID, Gabrielle 'Ain't Going Nowhere', Crowded House 'Don't Dream It's Over', ID, Kym Marsh 'Come On Over'. Gabrielle; Cher 'If I Could Turn Back Time'.
• 6 August: 2118 UTC: 945 kHz: France Info ? Toulouse. Fair-Poor-Unusable reception. 300 kW via Toulouse, France. Huge overspill from Fresh Radio on 936 kHz. Two female hosts have conversation, French language.
• 6 August: 2132 UTC: 963 kHz: Club Asia Essex. Excellent to good reception. Music: Craig David 'Rise And Fall', "Call 0901...537...", "Hot twenty songs..." ID at 2137 UTC "The Essential Twenty".
• 6 August: 2157 UTC: 1017 kHz: SudWestRundfunk Good to fair reception. 600 kW via SWF Rheinsender, Germany. Male host speaks of US cities, German language broadcast.

That concludes this selection of logs.

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