2018 on the air.

BRINGING you more recent radio logs here on Reporting From The Fox Tower, with broadcasts received over these first seven weeks of 2018.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), MegaHertz (MHz) and/or metrebands (m). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW).

Short Wave: January 2018

• [Monday] 29 January [2018]: 1519 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR, USA. Good to fair reception, English to Europe, Middle East, Americas via WWCR-2, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Music with vocals, a lot of noise on the channel. Male speaks of 'God, the most merciful', 'Our God' - "Have you been careless about Christ? Have you forgotten about God?" WWCR programming shows Ray McMahon 'Jesus Is Our Shepherd' / Michael Guido 'The Sower'. Female speech, new programme at 1530 UTC: Male with prayer at the start of the programme, "The almighty God of Heaven". Speech continues, regarding armageddon. Reading verses from the Bible, speaking of 'wickedness' and 'refusing to repent'. Reading of chapters of Revelation from the Bible. WWCR programming shows Larry Gilmore 'Christlife Servant Leadership Ministry'. Logged to 1539 UTC.
• 29 January: 1602 UTC: 17730 kHz: Eye Radio, South Sudan. Faint reception of female speech, muffled against noise. Poor reception. Female speech continues, male speech. [Sources show Arabic / English via Issoudun, France] Logged to 1608 UTC.
• 29 January: 1615 UTC: 17640 kHz: BBC World Service, UK. Female and male speech, broadcast lost to noise. [Sources show English via Ascension, 250 kW] Logged to 1620 UTC.

Medium Wave: February 2018

• [Tuesday] 13 February [2018]: 1938 UTC: 1566 kHz: BBC Somerset, UK. Good to fair reception, 1 kW via Taunton, Somerset. Music from Albert Hammond 'The Free Electric Band', female host with time check "It's twenty to eight", interview with female guest, lots of laughter. Georgey Spanswick with an interview broadcast on BBC Radio Derby. Music: Robbie Williams 'Millennium' Time check "Ten to eight on the BBC" Contact details, speech regarding the preceding interview with Samantha, who was a lead in the Rio Carnival. Logged to 1951 UTC.
• 13 February: 1952 UTC: 1566 kHz: Vahon Hindustani Radio, Holland. Good to fair reception, via Den Haag, Netherlands (Holland). Asian music, male speech, Asian music with female vocal. Male speech at 20 UTC (news?) speech included India and Goa. Jingles, male speech, web details. Speech in Dutch at 2005 UTC. Music with male vocal at 2006 UTC. Logged to 2010 UTC.
• 13 February: 2014 UTC: 1575 kHz: RAI Radio 1, Italy. Strong to good reception, 30 kW via Genova Portofino, Italy. Male speech at a sporting event - Football? FAST speech in commentary! Dominant broadcast on this channel. Logged to 2027 UTC.

[Football update: The football covered by RAI Radio 1 could have been that evening's Champions League match: Juventus v Tottenham Hotspur. Elsewhere that evening: Notts County v Carlisle United.]

• 13 February: 2049 UTC: 1584 kHz: Panjab Radio, UK. Strong to good reception, 200 watts via Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, North London. Music with a very strong subcontinent feel - Male speech with reference to locations in London, contact details? Continued male speech. ID for Panjab Radio news at 21 UTC: Sexual offences, Oxfam aid workers, six week old baby dies. Sport update. "This is Panjab Radio on 1584 AM" ID, top of the hour ads: Tourism, driving lessons, Punjabi restaurant, The Black Prince Maharaja Tour. ID, music, male speech, with broadcast details: Medium wave, satellite, contact post code? Music under speech. Logged to 2113 UTC.
• 13 February: 2117 UTC: 1593 kHz: Bretagne 5, France. Strong to fair reception, 10 kW via Saint-Goueno / Collinée, France. Acoustic singing from a male, followed by another male, singing lead with a band. French language. Brief female speech in French. Music, female vocals with some lyrics in English: "There is nothing I can do / To save you from yourself". Female speech, music: Ed Sheeran 'Shape Of You'. Music from a band which also includes bagpipes! Male vocals. Logged to 2131 UTC.
• 13 February: 2137 UTC: 1602 kHz: KBC Radio, Holland. Good to poor reception, 1 kW via Pietersbierum / Harlingen, Netherlands (Holland). Music: Bruce Springsteen 'I'm On Fire', Eric Carmen 'All By Myself'. Co-channel interference from SER Cartagena, Spain. Logged to 2153 UTC.
• 13 February: 2237 UTC: 1692 kHz: Norwegian Coastal Radio, South, Norway. LGQ Rogaland, Norway. Navigational warnings and weather, ice. Broadcast at 2233 UTC. Muffled speech. To 2244 UTC.

DX Extra

• 13 February: 2250 UTC: 648 kHz: Radio Caroline, UK. Good to fair reception, 1 kW via Orfordness, Suffolk [Community Radio]. Music: Status Quo 'Something Bout You Baby I Like', Small Faces 'My Mind's Eye', ID 'Online, on your mobile, Radio Caroline'. Music: Billy Idol 'Hot In The City', Roger Daltrey 'Walking In My Sleep'. Promo for the Radio Caroline website - Use online stores to donate to Caroline, promo by Roger 'Twiggy' Day for his show. ID 'This is Europe's first album station, Radio Caroline'. Music: Stereophonics 'Maybe Tomorrow'. Logged to 2318 UTC.

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