My AM Archive : April 2021

 HALLO, hello, hi 😊

This post brings memories of broadcasts heard April 2021 on Medium Wave.  A previous post of Medium Wave logs, heard March 2021, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Logs transcribed from the original notes. Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW).

Receiver used: Sangean ATS-405.

April 2021 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 29 April [2021]: 1424 UTC: 999 kHz: Greatest Hits Radio  Recurring message: 'Greatest Hits Radio no longer available on this frequency'. Retune to FM: 96.5 in Blackpool, 105.9 in Southport, 102.4 in Wigan.
  DAB: Greatest Hits Lancs. Freeview channel 716. Available via Smartphone or tablet from App store / Play store. Also via Smart speaker.
  800 watts via Longton (mb21 / Google maps).

(WebSDR recording: 27 April 2021, c.1730, 999 kHz via Longton)

• [Friday] 30 April [2021]: 1749 UTC: 1215 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: The Police 'Message In A Bottle' Messy audio, due to propagation. ID: 'Home Time with Bush and Richie' Music: Razorlight.
  Good to fair reception, high power transmission: Brookmans Park (62.5 kW) or Droitwich (52.5 kW), other transmission sites at 50 kW, 16 kW, 2-1 kW.
  Echo on speech by presenters and during ad break.
  Presume Brookmans Park or Droitwich sites, possibly Moorside Edge.
  Logged to 1759 UTC.
• 30 April: 1810 UTC: 1242 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: INXS 'New Sensation'.
  Strong to fair reception, 1 kW via Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees.
  ID 'Absolute 80s on Absolute Radio' Music: Duran Duran 'Hungry Like The Wolf' Female host: Isle of Wight Festival coming up later this year. ID. Ad break. Music: Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
  Logged to 1820 UTC.
• 30 April: 1823 UTC: 1251 kHz: Male speech, music, very low [reception] quality at this time.
  Unidentified broadcast; Possibilities of Dankó Rádió (Hungary) (25 kW); Portugal (1 kW); Smooth (Suffolk) (760 watts).
  Music: Olivia Newton-John 'Hopelessly Devoted To You', ID lost to noise. Music: Toni Braxton 'Breathe' - Possibility of Smooth (Great Barton, Suffolk).
  Logged to 1837 UTC.
• 30 April: 1840 UTC: 1260 kHz: Absolute Radio  Female and male speech, music: Madness 'Our House'.
  Fair to poor reception, 1 kW via Lydd, Kent.
  ID, music: Martha & The Muffins 'Echo Beach'. ID, music: Soft Cell.
  Logged to 1851 UTC.

Radio Everton, on air in 1995, broadcast on 1602 kHz, 1 watt transmission.

• 30 April: 1900 UTC: 1278 kHz: Greatest Hits Radio  ID, brief speech, brief music, male speech regarding the year 1995, 'Number six in the UK'.
  Fair to poor reception, 430 watts via Tyersal Lane, Bradford.
  Music: Shed Seven 'Going For Gold' (1996). Speech by presenter regarding Shed Seven. Playing music from mid 1990's - Now playing Prodigy 'Firestarter' !
  Logged to 1909 UTC.
• 30 April: 1918 UTC: 1296 kHz: Female speech on one broadcast; Male speech on another broadcast - Audio slightly less than audible. Female host taking phone calls, mix of languages with English pleasantries - Broadcasts on 1296 kHz: XL (Langley Mill - B) Birmingham (10 kW); COPE (València / Castellar) Spain (50 kW).
  Logged to 1925 UTC.

Returning to previous frequencies:

• 30 April: 1930 UTC: 1197 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: Voice of the Beehive 'Don't Call Me Baby', ID: 'Absolute 80s on Absolute Radio' Music.
  Fair to poor reception, most likely 500 watts via Nottingham (Trowell).
  Female speech, regarding the Breakfast Show. Speech regarding Absolute 80s. Ad: Plusnet (broadband).
  Logged to 1940 UTC.
• 30 April: 2004 UTC: 1296 kHz: Radio XL 1296 AM  Male speech, in Asian language, speaking of Coronavirus. ID for Radio XL, ad break, male presents weather forecast: "Temperature drop of one degree" Bollywood music.
  Good reception, 10 kW via Langley Mill - B, Birmingham.
  Male speech, Asian language, ID for XL, 1296 kHz, also via other outlets. Music from films. Promo: '7 to 9 o'clock, special this weekend, 0121 753... 1296 AM'. Ad break: Kitchens and bedrooms, Highgate, Birmingham. Fundraiser for Indian Covid appeal. ID 'Radio XL' male speech, male on telephone. Music - Male singing on telephone ! 😊 "Thank you and have a lovely weekend" Music. Promo for Butter Ghee suitable for Ramadan. 'Radio XL timecheck'.
  Logged to 2023 UTC.

"At this point, I shall have to say goodnight".

My AM Archive : March 2021

 GOOD morning, good afternoon, good evening, goodnight, wherever you are reading this blog post at this moment. It is good evening as I compose this post, at it is a few minutes after 1900 UTC / GMT. The clock on the left column of this blog is set to UTC, which I hope helps your understanding to times recorded in the posts on this blog - I really should find a link which explains the term UTC for times. That sounds like a plan for another post.

This post brings memories of broadcasts heard March 2021 on Medium Wave.  A previous post of Medium Wave logs, heard February 2021, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Logs transcribed from the original notes. Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW).

Receiver used: Sangean ATS-405.

March 2021 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 18 March [2021]: 1815 UTC: 1098 kHz: SRo3 Rádio Devin  Music in English, male singer, UK artist James Yorkston, singing of London at New Year, references to drinking. Segue into next song: Bjork 'Vulnicara'.
  This programme is 'Folkfórum' ('Folklore'), female host: Sone Horňákovej
  (Listen to the programme from the STVR archive here)
  Good to fair reception, 25 kW via Nitra - Jarok, Slovakia.
  1829 UTC: Quick-paced ID, male speech. Change of tempo to male vocal music, English language song. Speech from the host, music was from Teho Teardo & Blixha Bargeld.
  Logged to 1834 UTC.
• 18 March: 1837 UTC: 1107 kHz: MFR 2 [Greatest Hits Radio]  Music: 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' (Baccara), ID: 'Good times sound like this' Music: Del Amitri 'Nothing Ever Happens'. Strong co-channel via Rome.
  1.5 kW via Tarbat Ness for Inverness. Fair to poor reception.
  Ads: Currys - PC World. Covid-19. Gold. Music: Earth Wind & Fire 'September'.
  Lost to Rome.
  Logged to 1846 UTC.
• 18 March: 1905 UTC: 1125 kHz: RNE Radio 5  Female and male in conversation, Spanish language. Possibly the show 'Por Tres Razones' ('For Three Reasons'), female host: Mamen Asencio.
  Good to fair reception, transmission power logged as 12 / 10 kW, but transmission site not noted 🤦
  ID for Radio Nacional de España at 1915 UTC.
  Logged to 1920 UTC.
  

  

  Issue one of 'The Voice for the Dales'
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  Fresh Radio (1997 - 2012)

  18 March: 1927 UTC: 1134 kHz: COPE Navarra (Spain)  Male and female speech, Spanish language. Music: The Beatles 'Here Comes The Sun'. ID for COPE Navarra. Fast-paced speech, music, ID jingle, music, time signal ('pips') for 1930 UTC, ID for COPE. Programme: 'La Linterna' ('The Lantern').
  Good to poor reception, most likely 10 kW via Salamanca. Possibility of an echo broadcast via Pamplona.
  Logged to 1936 UTC.
• 18 March: 1952 UTC: 1143 kHz: COPE Jaén (Spain)  Speech in Spanish, from male and female, lost to heavy noise. Male speech regarding football.
  Fair to poor reception, 5 kW via Jaén.
  Logged to 2001 UTC.
• 18 March: 2005 UTC: 1152 kHz: RNE Radio 5  Female speech in Spanish, 'Radio Cinco', male speech via telephone. Programme: 'Reserva Natural' ('Nature Reserve'), female host: Josefina Maestre.
  Fair to poor reception, up to 25 kW via Malaga.
  (Co-channel music: Ed Sheeran 'Perfect', Cutting Crew '(I Just) Died in Your Arms'.
  Logged to 2015 UTC.
• 18 March: 2017 UTC: 1161 kHz: Tay 2  Music: Chaka Khan 'I'm Every Woman', female ID 'This is the music marathon', music: Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing'. The presenter is Gavin Pearson.
  (Co-channel broadcast from Smooth Radio via Blunsdon, Swindon, Wiltshire, 160 watts)
  Music: The Jam 'That's Entertainment', ID 'The Greatest Hits' music: Stevie Wonder 'Sir Duke'. Ad break. Music: Rod Stewart 'You Wear It Well', Lenny Kravitz 'It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over', Crowded House.
  Good to poor reception, 1.4 kW via Greenside Scalp, Dundee.
  Logged to 2028 UTC.
• 18 March: 2038 UTC: 1170 kHz: Greatest Hits Radio  Music: Crowded House 'Don't Dream It's Over' Greatest Hits Radio for South Wales - 'Get involved in Cash for kids South Wales, kids in South Wales affected by Covid-19 and poverty'. Greatest Hits Radio website. Ad break: Ladbrokes.
  580 watts via Winsh-wen, Swansea (ex-Swansea Sound). Good to poor reception.
  Ad: 2021 elections. NHS health Swansea. ID: 'Greatest Hits Radio - South Wales' Music: Men At Work 'Down Under'.
  Logged to 2050 UTC.
• 18 March: 2054 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Valencia  Spanish speech in the 'Hora 25' programme, leading up to 2100 UTC time 'pips' signal. Female speech, interval signal, music, female speech 'España', music, applause. 'Pepa Bueno' ?
  Co-channel broadcast of male speech, possibly Romania.
  Good to poor reception, up to 50 kW via Valencia (Radio Valencia via CadenaSER).
  Logged to 2105 UTC.
  

  

  Envelope head and postmarks from YLE Radio Finland, which broadcast on 558 kHz and 963 kHz.

  18 March: 2108 UTC: 1197 kHz: Absolute Radio  Female speech, music: Travis 'Turn'.
  Fair to poor reception, possibly / most likely 400 watts via Nottingham.
  Male speech, ID, music.
  Contact address for Absolute Radio: One Golden Square, London W1F 9DJ
  Logged to 2115 UTC.