My DX Archive: Spring 2000

REPORTING From The Fox Tower takes you to the Springtime of the year 2000, for broadcasts heard on the Short Wave radio band. If March-April-May 2000 does bring back memories for you, then you might remember the music of the time - Click here for the Top 100 singles chart at the time these first broadcasts were heard.
For the following broadcast logs, housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.
The previous post, My DX Archive: Winter 1999-2000, can be read here.

March 2000: Short Wave

• 17 March [2000]: 2350 UTC: 3918 kHz (76m): Radio Borderhunter Good reception. Male operator, Russian song, dance music (Pirate).
• 18 March: 1851 UTC: 7380 kHz: Voice of Russia Good reception. French to Europe, female broadcaster, Classical music. Letters. Website contact details. ID, frequency announcement, ID, signature tune. Male broadcaster at 1900 UTC, news: Taipei elections.
• 18 March: 1916 UTC: 7475 kHz: Voice of Greece Strong to good reception. Conclusion of an English broadcast, female broadcaster, music: ABBA 'Money, Money, Money'.
• 18 March: 1925 UTC: 7535 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Strong to good reception. German to Europe. German geography.
• 18 March: 1955 UTC: 9022 kHz: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran Good to fair reception. English to Europe. Female operator gives details of an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the Islamic revolution and comments from the Late Ayatollah. 'Press Review' (male and female operators): Taliban may leave two towns in Afghanistan. World headlines: France. 'Afghan Crisis' (female operator).

Example of a QSL verification card received from Tehran, Iran.

• 18 March: 2032 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to fair reception. English via Skelton, Cumbria, England to Europe, Middle East and Eurasia. 'Newshour' President Clinton to visit India, refugees in the UK. Asylum seekers.
• 18 March: 2045 UTC: 9500 kHz: Radio Australia Strong to fair reception. English to Pacific Asia. News: Taiwan election results, Ugandan Church fire, President Clinton to visit India. Bomb explosion. Commonwealth Special Envoy to Solomon Islands makes statement. Stand-off between USA, EU & developing nations. Paracetamol report. Queen visits Canberra.
• 18 March: 2122 UTC: 9535 kHz: China Radio International Strong to good reception. 'Report from Developing Countries' male host: Girl trafficking to end in Nepal. Exhibition of art by children in Sofia, Bulgaria (Report from UN Radio). 'Trans Art'. 'China Scrapbook' Yellow River (female operator). Website address. 'Music From China' (female operator) Music for Spring.
• 18 March: 2208 UTC: 9595 kHz: Voice of America Good to fair reception. 'Communications World' // 9770 kHz via Udorn Thani, Thailand. English to Asia & Australasia 'VOA News Now' Schedule A: News: Taiwan elections, Balkan war crimes.
• 18 March: 2238 UTC: 9990 kHz: Radio Cairo Good reception. English to Europe. Female presents 'Egyptology' (excavations). Male host previews tomorrow's programmes, sign off 2244 UTC.
• 18 March: 2320 UTC: 10000 kHz: WWV Boulder Colorado USA Time Signal Station, reception good.

Radio Japan broadcast guide, March-October 2000.

• 19 March: 0022 UTC: 11705 kHz: Radio Japan Strong to good reception. English to Europe, Africa, America via Sackville, Canada. 'Asia Weekly' featuring Manilla and the Philippines. Music break. Australian theatre play visiting Japan.
• 19 March: 0057 UTC: 11800 kHz: RAI International Italy. Good reception. Newscast in English to USA. Car taxes, peace keeping, military criminal code. Italian and Portuguese heads of State meet footballers, dancers. World Trade Organisation. Pilgrims. Pope John Paul II visits the Holyland.
• 19 March: 0118 UTC: 11900 kHz: WWBS Macon Georgia USA. Good to fair reception. English to Europe. Female reads scriptures to audience.
• 19 March: 0132 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. English to USA via Ascension Island. 'Music Review'.

April 2000: Short Wave

• 21 April: 2030 UTC: 7325 kHz: Wales Radio International Good to fair reception. 'Celtic Notes' Jenny O'Brien. Fish marketing. 'Bluestone' trip from Wales to Stonehenge, Bluestone website. Wales Tourist Board contest. 'Celtic Notes' is broadcast via Skelton, Cumbria, England. Male Voice Choir interview.
• 28 April: 2040 UTC: 7325 kHz: Wales Radio International Good reception. 'Celtic Notes' Jenny O'Brien. Wales Tourist Board competition. Llanelli Leisure Park: regeneration of a dock to a water sports / marine lake. Music. American writers visit Wales as part of a heritage visit (Welsh Ancestry in Bala). Music: 'Men of Harlech'.

May 2000: Short Wave

Radio Prague QSL verification card, 1 May 2000.

• 1 May: 1301 UTC: 13580 kHz: Radio Prague Strong to good reception. Peter Smith 'One On One' interview with a musician (Organist). News: Female host, May Day holiday in Czech Republic. Music. Female with ID. Music.
• 1 May: 1336 UTC: 13675 kHz: United Arab Emirates Radio Good reception. English: Vatican mass blessing by Pope, London protests, Middle East, Israel, Sri Lanka army land capture. Sport: Golf. Weather. Dubai ID. 'The role of Proverbs in the Arab World' Male and female narrations. English closed at 1343 UTC, handover to the Arabic service.
• 1 May: 1400 UTC: 13730 kHz: Radio Austria International Strong to good reception. German to Europe. ID signature tune. News: Jorg Haider. Democrat party. Sport: Spanish Open. Golf. Tennis. Station ID. Wildlife (bird) noises. Reports.
• 1 May: 1430 UTC: 14740 kHz: KOL Israel Radio International English from Jerusalem. Mother and 13 year old daughter talk of David Irving's view of the Holocaust. Male reporter: Trading report. Weather report from Jerusalem.
• 1 May: 1443 UTC: 15000 kHz: WWV Boulder Colorado USA. Fair reception. Time Signal Station.
• 1 May: 1447 UTC: 15575 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception. 'Sports Roundup' Football, Cricket.

WWCR QSL verification card, 1 May 2000.

• 1 May: 1455 UTC: 15685 kHz: WWCR Nashville TN USA. Strong to good reception. 'Grace Hour' 11797 Baltimore 21206 Maryland USA. USA Radio News: Construction rises. Microsoft stock rises. Ads. Weather: Severe weather in Oklahoma. Park View Hospital. Elian Gonzalez. Ad. President of Syria suffers a stroke. Middle East meeting. 'Pro Life Perspective' www.nrlc.org
• 1 May: 1539 UTC: 15745 kHz: WEWN Birmingham AL USA. Strong to good reception. Male host interviews writer of a new book. Female students speak of their faith on 'Right Here, Right Now'. The Daily Mass (Live) on air next. Music. Father Stan Fortuna. Music 'As I Kneel Before You'. OM ID. 1600 UTC: The Daily Mass (Live). Male preacher.
• 1 May: 1654 UTC: 17605 kHz: Radio France International Good to fair reception. English. Music. 1700 UTC: Time Signal, ID, male host, news: Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi. May Day Rally in Zimbabwe. Sierra Leone hunger strike. Jacques Chirac on tour. Israeli Jews in court. Philippine hostages. Central Paris May Day celebrations, demonstrations. Sport.
• 1 May: 1742 UTC: 17735 kHz: Radio Romania International Strong to good reception. 'Pages of Romanian Literature': 'On Biblical Land'. Music. Female host. Literature programme. Books by the author.
• 1 May: 1810 UTC: 17830 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. English to West and Central Africa via Ascension Island. 'Focus On Africa' Sierra Leone, May Day celebrations and demonstrations in Germany, Moscow, Cuba.
• 1 May: 1824 UTC: 17895 kHz: Voice of America Good to fair reception. English to Africa 'Africa World Tonight' Demonstrations in Zimbabwe, trial of the bombers of Pan Am 103. Report on terrorism. Journalist on hunger strike. Trailer: 'Daybreak Africa'. 1830 UTC: Sport: Boxing, Lennox Lewis, on the phone to Angelo Dundee. Olympic Football (Sydney, Australia): USA 1 - Honduras 2.

WYFR Family Radio QSL verification card, 1 May 2000.

• 1 May: 1902 UTC: 18070 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Strong to fair reception. 'Songs In The Night' Male host, music.
• 1 May: 1922 UTC: 18910 kHz: Shortwave Broadcasts Strong to good reception. Shortwave Broadcasts, PO Box 1524, BOSTON MA 02117-1524 USA. English Sentinel / Bible Lesson to South Africa via WSHB 'Radio Sentinel' Ladies in conversation, hymn, Ross Gurbur. Margaret Rogers and Bill Moody 'Bible Lesson': 'Adam and Falling Man'. Section one: Genesis, Jehovah.
• 1 May: 1959 UTC: 18980 kHz: Family Radio Strong to good reception. 'Family Bible Reading Fellowship' Female host, ID, Minister talks of memories of travelling on a lake and jungle rivers. [See the WYFR Family Radio QSL, above, verifying reception of this broadcast.]
• 5 May: 2043 UTC: 7325 kHz: Wales Radio International Strong to fair reception. 'Celtic Notes' Jenny O'Brien interviews an American couple visiting Wales. Music from a CD on the Sain label. Aberystwyth Library. Music: 'Full Moon'. Websites.
• 5 May: 2101 UTC: 3955 kHz: Global Sound Kitchen Strong to good reception. Female and male host, music from Fatboy Slim. Report to Lee Roberts, c/o Virgin Radio, 1 Golden Square, LONDON W1R 0DJ. Music: Roland Klinkenberg Trance 'Shhh' Email: lee.roberts@ginger.com. Music: B-15 Project, The Essence 'Brad Beat'.

That concludes this look back to the springtime of the year 2000. Thank you for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower.

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