The Netherlands and Sweden, 1997-98

REPORTING From The Fox Tower continues to bring you memories of radio broadcasts heard in years gone by. This post spans October 1997 - October 1998, with logs of the Netherlands and Sweden.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

October 1997: Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 30 October [1997]: 2158 - 2223 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Netherlands Strong reception via Wolvertem, Belgium. English to Europe. 'Media Network' : Reports regarding Sky Radio, Nigeria and Radio St Helena. Mike Bird Propagation Report: Sun spot cycle 23. WRTH news with Andy Sennitt: WKDM (USA?), Radio San Marino International, Klassic Rock (Dutch?), Radio Congo Liberté, winter schedule: Indonesia. Andy Sennitt to leave WRTH after 20 years. Jonathan Groubert reports on multi-cultural broadcasting in Europe.

January 1998: Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 1 January [1998]: 2145 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Netherlands Strong to good reception. 'Media Network'. Review of receiver sales world wide features a report from Universal Radio USA, Bob Grove of Grove Enterprises USA and Martin Lynch & Son UK. Peter Waters of Waters & Stanton, UK, also reports. Jack Summers of Vancouver, Ontario, Canada, concludes the report. The new Radio Netherlands 'Receiver Shopping List' is now available.

March 1998: Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 12 March [1998]: 2205 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Netherlands Strong to good reception via Wolvertem, Belgium. English to Europe. 'Media Network' : Universal Radio, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA publishes new book. Telephone call from listener in Kidderminster, England.

July 1998: Medium Wave

• 9 July [1998]: 2057 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Netherlands Strong to good reception via Wolvertem, Belgium. English to Europe. 'Media Network' report on broadcasting in Rwanda, regarding the civil war and the ethnic cleansing. Report on broadcasting in Liberia. Mike Bird's sun spot report.
• 9 July: 2132 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong reception. 'Sixty Degrees North'. News: Man struck by lightning in Stockholm. Weather report.

October 1998: Medium Wave

• 8 October [1998]: 2046 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Netherlands Strong to good reception, English to Europe via Wolvertem, Belgium. Newsline: Holland wins place on United Nations Security Council. New Russian Government. 'Media Network' with Jonathan Marks & Diana Janssen, Mike Bird's solar report. Discussion: 'Is the future of Radio on the web?' includes Universal Radio Inc USA. The Sony ICF 2010 receiver has been a best seller for 13 years. Lowe Electronics, Matlock, Derbyshire, England agree future of radio is on the web. Kenwood & Yaesu discontinue SW receivers. Details of radio in New Zealand. Radio Netherlands web site: www.rnw.nl has 'Real Radio' section, edited by Andy Sennitt.

All for now.

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