My AM Archive: January 2012

 MEDIUM Wave logs dated Monday, 2 January, 2012, which was also the Saints Day of St Caspar del Bufalo [Source: Vatican Radio calendar, 2012].

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: October 2011, 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.

January 2012 : Medium Wave

• [Monday] 2 January [2012]: 1955 UTC: 1377 kHz: France Info  Excellent to fair reception. 300 kW via Lille, France.
  Two male hosts, with a male studio guest, speaking of sport headlines, including Paris Saint-Germain of French football. Extended speech. Speaking of Davor Šuker, footballer. Reference to English football? Thank you to the guest. ID for France Info. Ad break: Santander? Male and female voices. Back to studio with mention of France Info.
  ID for 20 UTC, with new male voice - Details of programme, news? Mention of Budapest? Male speech. ID: Speech of President Sarkozy. Speech regarding commerce and Paris? Report by female.
  Logged to 2010 UTC.
• 2 January: 2027 UTC: 1386 kHz: Euskadi Irratia  Music: Female vocalist with acoustic guitar. Speech from a female with a male - Is this an interview by the male with the female who sang the song?
  [British DX Club shows this broadcast is] Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao, Spain. Programmes are in Basque dialect / language. Continued speech with more music by female with acoustic guitar at 2035 UTC. Confirmed as Euskadi Irratia: Parallel with 1476 kHz via San Sebastian.
  Good to fair reception.
  Male host with female playing the music. Basque language via Bilbao.
  Logged to 2045 UTC.
• 2 January: 2052 UTC: 1395 kHz: Unidentified broadcast, believed to be Trans World Radio  Male speech, believed to be broadcasting on Trans World Radio via Flakë, Albania, with Polish language broadcast from 20 UTC? Male speech, music at 2057 UTC: Male vocalist with backing band.
  Excellent to fair reception.
  Male speech "Radio broadcast, internet, satellite"? Details of an SMS (text) contact telephone number? Postal address. Music.
  ID at 21 UTC? Male speech, with female speech, music.
  Logged to 2112 UTC.
• 2 January: 2120 UTC: 1404 kHz: France Info  Speech by a male and female in French - France Info via Brest, 20 kW. Fair reception.
  Logged to 2130 UTC.

France Info logo.

• 2 January: 2140 UTC: 1413 kHz: "Through several stations, the clearest broadcast I hear is, I believe, Premier Christian Radio via West London (Heathrow) or East London (Dartford Marshes) with 0.5 kW.  I believe music and speech in English could be BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
  "Premier Christian Radio has female preacher with readings from the Bible.
  "BBC Radio Gloucestershire has male host, telephone number (0845), music from Rod Stewart ('Downtown Train') and Michael Jackson 'Rock With You'.
  "Female preacher still strong, lost Gloucestershire to Spanish programmes.
  "Both Premier Christian and BBC Gloucestershire logged."
  Logged to 2205 UTC.

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