My AM Archive: Winter 2003-2004

 APPROACHING the Autumn of 2020, here are memories of Medium Wave radio broadcasts heard during the months of December 2003, January and February 2004.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Autumn 2003, 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.

December 2003 : Medium Wave

• 28 December [2003]: 1550 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport Excellent to good reception. Multi-transmitters. 'Football First' Latest score: Carlisle United 1 - Darlington 0 (First half). Preview of Middlesbrough v Manchester United, 1605 UTC kick off. Half time classified results: Carlisle 1 - Darlington 1 [Sky Sports Team Sheet]. Ads: Ladbrokes, 'Buffalo Soldiers' DVD.
• 28 December: 1630 UTC: 1062 kHz: D R Radio Excellent to good reception. 250-300 kW via Kalundborg. Danish Broadcasting Corporation Country music with female host, music by Willie Nelson and Norah Jones 'The Next Big Thing', 'I'll Never Get Over You'. Alan Jackson with Jimmy Ruffett, Lonestar.
• 28 December: 1725 UTC: 1071 kHz: TalkSport Good reception. 1 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle - Upon - Tyne '5-0-5' Gary Newbon. Full time classified results, sports news: Jonny Wilkinson shoulder injury returns. 'Phone-in: Tottenham Hotspur fan. Paul, Norwich City supporter.
• 28 December: 1803 UTC: 1080 kHz: Faint broadcast.
• 28 December: 1804 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport Good reception. Multi-transmission. Gary Newbon '5-0-5' Middlesbrough 0 - Manchester United 1 [TransferMarkt Match Sheet]. 'Phone-in: Everton fan, Aston Villa fan, interview with David O'Leary, Aston Villa manager. Peter, Tottenham Hotspur fan.

• 28 December: 1833 UTC: 1107 kHz: AFN Europe Good to fair reception. 10 kW via Frankfurt, Germany. Sports broadcast, Noise QRN.
• 28 December: 1851 UTC: 1134 kHz: Voice of Croatia Fair to poor reception. 600-1200 kW via Zadar, Croatia HRV. Male speech, Al-Quaeda, female host, music: National Anthem.
  1900 UTC: English. Croatia sending aid to Iran. Political headlines in Croatia. Serbian elections today. Weather: Moderate, overcast.
• 28 December: 1925 UTC: 1161 kHz: Tay AM Fair reception. 1.4 kW via Greenside Scalp, Dundee. Ad for Homestyle Direct, Victoria Street, Perth. Ad break, ID.

January 2004 : Medium Wave

• 4 January [2004]: 1533 UTC: 1152 kHz: Magic 1152 Good-fair-good reception. 1.8 kW via Greenside, Newcastle - Upon - Tyne. Email address for Andy Bell at Magic, ad break, ID 'This is Magic 1152'. Music: INXS 'Need You Tonight'. ID 'Great hits, non stop, the 80's experience on Magic 1152'. Music: Big Country.
• 4 January: 1608 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170 Excellent to good reception. 320 watts via Stockton, Teesside. Music: Booker T & The MG's 'Green Onions'. Billy Joel 'Just The Way You Are'. ID 'Magic's retro chart years'. Music: Macy Gray 'I Try'. Email address for Sean Tilley at Magic Radio.
• 4 January: 1645 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Excellent to good reception. 600 kW via Solvesborg, 254 metres. Swedish language P1 broadcast. Female host, news programme.

Card verifying reception of Magic 1170, 4 January 2004, 1608 UTC, 1170 kHz.

• 4 January: 1720 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio Excellent-good-fair reception. Multi-transmission. Ad: Travelodge. Dominic Mohan. Music by Longview, Travis, Paul Weller.
• 4 January: 1749 UTC: 1242 kHz: Virgin Radio Fair-good-fair reception. Multi-transmission. Dominic Mohan comments on Christmas singles 2003. To 1753 UTC.
• 4 January: 1756 UTC: 1251 kHz: Classic Gold Amber Good to fair reception. ID for the Classic Gold network, via Classic Gold Amber, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds 0.76 kW. Music: D:Ream 'Things Can Only Get Better'. Logged to 1808 UTC.

February 2004 : Medium Wave

• 29 February: 1550 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent reception. Carling Cup Final, Bolton v Middlesbrough, live from the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Commentary by Mike Ingham, summary by Mark Lawrenson. Middlesbrough win 2-1.

Television highlights of the Carling Cup Final, 29 February 2004.

• 29 February: 1612 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Excellent to good reception. 1 kW via Carlisle. PowerGen Challenge Cup Fourth Round, Workington Town v Leeds Rhinos, live from Derwent Park, Workington. 66 minutes: Town 12 - Rhinos 62. Commentary: John Walsh.

I hope you like the bonuses which were added to this post as composed: The Carlisle United - Darlington team sheet courtesy of Sky Sports; The Middlesbrough - Manchester United match sheet courtesy of Transfer Markt; The Magic 1170 verification card courtesy of Alan Ross at Magic 1170; The Carling Cup Final highlights courtesy of the Middlesbrough FC Video Vault YouTube channel.

Thank you for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower!

📻

Season 2020/21: Fixtures for September 2020

SEASON 2020/21 is almost here!

Welcome to the first post of Carlisle United's fixtures and results for the football season 2020/21.

Let's begin - At the beginning...

Fixtures: September 2020

Tuesday 1st [September]: Football League Trophy: United v Fleetwood Town (7pm)

Saturday 5th: League Cup: Oldham Athletic v United (3pm)

Saturday 12th: League Two: Cambridge United v United (3pm)

Saturday 19th: League Two: United v Southend United (1pm)

Saturday 26th: League Two: Scunthorpe United v United (3pm)

⚽

Reporting From The Fox Tower

Supporting

Carlisle United Football Club!

My AM Archive: Autumn 2003

 SPORT leads the way with these memories of radio broadcasts, from September and October, the Autumn of 2003.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Summer 2003, 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.

September 2003 : Medium Wave

• 21 September [2003]: 0920 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Radio Newcastle Good reception. 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Programme: 'The Great North Run - Live'.
• 21 September: 1335 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Excellent to good reception. 1 kW via Carlisle 'Sport on Sunday' (MW only) Barrow Border Raiders are away at Keighley Cougars, West Yorkshire (RL) [Rugby League].

BBC Radio Cumbria promotional flyer.

• 23 September: 1950 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Excellent to good reception. 1 kW via Carlisle 'Match Night Football': Penrith v Billingham, Workington v Bishop Auckland, Barrow v Runcorn.
• 30 September: 1840 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Fair reception. 1 kW via Carlisle. Football: Carlisle United v Leyton Orient at Brunton Park, Carlisle. Commentary by Paul Newton and Mike Corrie.
• 30 September: 1850 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Fair to barely audible reception. 1 kW via Barrow. Football: Southport v Barrow (837 kHz only).

October 2003 : Medium Wave

• 17 October: 1930 UTC: 1017 kHz: SWF Rheinsender, Germany. Excellent to fair reception. 600 kW. Male and female hosts, German language.
• 17 October: 2029 UTC: 1044 kHz: SER - Spain. Excellent-Good-Fair reception. 10 kW via San Sebastian. Spanish language, male host, fast speech about life in Spain.
• 17 October: 2039 UTC: 1044 kHz: MDR - Germany. Good to fair reception. 20 kW via Dresden, Germany. MittelDeutscheRundfunk 'Bundesliga' Live Friday night football. Male hosts, German language.

MDR [MittelDeutscher Rundfunk] QSL Verification Card.

• 17 October: 2052 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport Excellent to good reception. News: Leicester shootings. Gordon Brown becomes Father to Son.

That concludes the logs for Autumn 2003.

Thank you for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower!

📻

My AM Archive: Summer 2003

WELCOME to memories of Summer 2003, taking you back to June and August of that year, for memories of Medium Wave broadcasts of the time.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: April 2003 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.

June 2003 : Medium Wave

• 9 June [2003]: 1845 UTC: 657 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Fair to poor reception. Wrexham transmitter, 2 kW. Music: Lonestar 'Amazed' Female host. Contact: Cardiff 029 2032 2000.
• 9 June: 1923 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York Good-Poor-Fair reception. Fulford transmitter 0.5 kW. Frank Wappatt 'Stars on 78' Music: Matt Monroe. Neil Okley. Dinah Shaw. 'The Old Rugged Cross'. Mario Lanza. Telephone: York 01904 641351.
• 9 June: 2012 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock Excellent to good reception. Holland, Lopik? Music: Human League.
• 9 June: 2042 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent reception. Multiple transmitters. Profile of female cyclist.
• 23 June: 1830 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock Fair to poor reception. Holland, Lopik? Music: Bon Jovi 'You Give Love A Bad Name'.
• 23 June: 1845 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmitter. Football news: Beckham going to Real Madrid, Jonathan Pearce reports from the Confederations Cup re: William Gallas & Ronaldinho. 1st day of Wimbledon 2003. Cricket 20-20 Cup at Edgebaston. England Rugby Union team beat Australia in Australia for the first time ever.

Sticker from Arrow Classic Rock Radio, Holland

• 23 June: 1914 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Fair reception. Carlisle [Brisco] transmitter, 1 kW. Frank Wappatt 'Stars on 78' show from BBC Newcastle.
• 23 June: 2036 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmitter. 'The Welsh Top 40': Manic Street Preachers 'Judge Yourself'. Email address for Kevin Hughes. Delta Goodrem. Text: 07786 201040. Evanescence 'Bring Me To Life'. Kylie competition. R Kelly. Fast Food Rockers.

August 2003 : Medium Wave

• 6 August: 1916 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmitter. Kevin Hughes. Music programme. 'Pop Idol' competition, text: 07786 201040. Music: Mark Owen 'Four Minute Warning'. Music: Elbow. Music: S Club: 'S Club Party'.
• 6 August: 1953 UTC: 900 kHz: RAI-Radio 1 Fair reception. Milan transmitter, Italy. Music: Dido.
• 6 August: 2010 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent reception. Multiple transmitter. Report regarding the All Nations Football Festival.
• 6 August: 2025 UTC: 927 kHz: RTBF Belgium. Excellent to good reception. 300 kW via Wolvertem, Belgium. Music: Señor Coconut and his band 'Smoke On The Water'. Female host, speech from two men. Music: Blue 'All Rise'.

Letter of verification from Fresh Radio, 2003.

• 6 August: 2038 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio Excellent to good reception. 1 kW via Hawes, North Yorkshire (Fresh AM / Yorkshire Dales Radio) Music: Bay City Rollers 'Bye Bye Baby', ID, Gabrielle 'Ain't Going Nowhere', Crowded House 'Don't Dream It's Over', ID, Kym Marsh 'Come On Over'. Gabrielle; Cher 'If I Could Turn Back Time'.
• 6 August: 2118 UTC: 945 kHz: France Info ? Toulouse. Fair-Poor-Unusable reception. 300 kW via Toulouse, France. Huge overspill from Fresh Radio on 936 kHz. Two female hosts have conversation, French language.
• 6 August: 2132 UTC: 963 kHz: Club Asia Essex. Excellent to good reception. Music: Craig David 'Rise And Fall', "Call 0901...537...", "Hot twenty songs..." ID at 2137 UTC "The Essential Twenty".
• 6 August: 2157 UTC: 1017 kHz: SudWestRundfunk Good to fair reception. 600 kW via SWF Rheinsender, Germany. Male host speaks of US cities, German language broadcast.

That concludes this selection of logs.

Thank you for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower!

📻

My AM Archive: April 2003

Letter acknowledging reception of BBC Scotland, April - May 2003.

SPRINGTIME 2003 is the source of the following Medium Wave logs, heard 12 April 2003.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2002-2003 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.

April 2003 : Medium Wave

• 12 April [2003]: 1903 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland Excellent to good reception. Dumfries transmitter. 'Take The Floor' Programme dedicated to Scottish dancing. 'Diary' feature, send contributions to 'Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen' or by email. Music, conversation with guest bands.
• 12 April: 1955 UTC: 585 kHz: RNE 1 Madrid. Good reception. 200 kW transmitter. Football: Barcelona v Deportivo La Coruna.
• 12 April: 2056 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four Excellent to good reception. Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2 kW. 'The Classic Serial'.
• 12 April: 2111 UTC: 612 kHz: RTE Radio 2FM Excellent to good reception. Athlone transmitter, Ireland, 100 kW. '626 Live' John Power. 'Late Night Session' Music: Lisa Lashes. Music: Afterburn 'Summer Sun'. Ad break. Tel: 1850 715 922. Chuck D / Public Enemy. Giles Paterson. Website.
• 12 April: 2200 UTC: 630 kHz: BBC Three Counties Radio Fair to poor reception. Lewsey Farm transmitter, Luton, 0.2 kW. Male host speaking to female listener. Letters. Reviewing 'Clockwork Orange'. Contact: PO Box 3CR, Hastings Street, LUTON LU1 5XL Telephone: 01582 637400 / 01582 441000 "Check our website".
• 12 April: 2243 UTC: 630 kHz: NRK Vigra, Norway. Excellent to good reception. Music: Shania Twain "That Don't Impress Me Much".

That concludes the logs for April 2003.

Letter verifying reception, BBC Three Counties Radio, 12 April 2003, 2200 UTC, 630 kHz.

Thank you for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower!

📻