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.

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