My AM Archive: May Bank Holiday 2008

MY AM Archive is a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2007-2008, can be found here.

Logs in this post are dated Monday, May 5, 2008.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

May 2008 : Medium Wave

• [Monday] 5 May [2008]: 0705 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Fair reception; 10 kW via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland. News: Childline director says more should be done to help children. Medieval artefact to go on display. Paul Gascoigne involved in incident in West London hotel. Interview with an advisor of Gordon Brown. To 0717 UTC.
• 5 May: 0739 UTC: 747 kHz: Radio 747 / Radio 5  Old-time dance hall music, with speech in Dutch, from Holland. Fair reception; 400 kW via Flevoland. Male host, music, female caller on telephone. Music. To 0747 UTC.
• 5 May: 0753 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Gordon Swindlehurst, interview with crew member of Barrow in Furness Lifeboat, music: Texas 'Say What You Want'. Excellent to good reception; 1 kW via Carlisle.
  Traffic & Travel news: Martin Plenderleith, "4 minutes to nine" weather, motorways, cattle on Temple Sowerby bypass A66. A595-A596 road works, Ambleside gas works, Hilltop. Buses & trains: Virgin Euston - Birmingham New Street (Rugby - Milton Keynes). 0845 305 3939 Travel line. 0845 305 1122 to call Gordon & Martin.
  0800 UTC (0900 BST) news: Will Tillotson. Cocaine seized. Employers prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants. Prisoners in open prisons. Gordon Brown gets support. Josef Fritzl is mentally ill. Business is down in Lakes. To 0809 UTC.
• 5 May: 0821 UTC: 774 kHz: BBC Radio Leeds  ID, music: Isley Brothers 'This Old Heart of Mine', male host, details of forthcoming guests on BBC Radio Leeds. Music: Randy Crawford 'Rainy Night in Georgia'. Male speech, ID for BBC Radio Leeds, caller to the station, mention for John.
  0930 (BST) traffic & travel: M62 / A62, junction of M1 ? ID for BBC Radio Leeds.
  Music: The Police 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'. Fair reception; 500 watts via Farnley, Leeds. Male speech, ID, time check "25 to ten", Kate has contact the show. Music: Robbie Williams 'Let Me Entertain You'. Speech by male, music: Elton John 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me'. To 0838 UTC.

BBC Radio Leeds information pack, c.1997.

• 5 May: 0858 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  'Good Morning Extra' Male host, caller regarding overcrowding in prisons. Fair reception; 100 kW via North and / or Central Scotland.
  0900 (10 BST) news: Man in hospital believed to be father of dead children. Referendum in Scotland? Parents of young children passed out in Portuguese hotel room after heavy drinking, children in care. Typhoon overseas. Employers prosecuted for illegal immigrant workers. Aberdonians have bad lifestyle. Sport: Football: SPL, Euro, Prem. Snooker, cricket, tennis.
  Travel. Weather. To 0910 UTC.

• 5 May: 1125 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Val Armstrong live from the Isle of Man, interview with the former Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, Sir Miles Walker.
  Excellent to good reception; 1 kW via Barrow in Furness. ID from Val, traffic & travel news: M6 ok, A596, A595 road works. Birmingham New Street - London Euston rail works. 0845 305 3939. Trailer for TV Licensing. 'The Guide' Car boot sale at Lanercost Priory - Cartmel. May Day Carnival in Penrith. To 1141 UTC.
• 5 May: 1143 UTC: 855 kHz: BBC Radio Lancashire  Two men speaking on the subject of Cricket; Live coverage of Lancashire CCC! Fair reception; 1 kW via Preston. Lancashire v Scotland? Two man commentary team of cricket. To 1155 UTC.
• 5 May: 1204 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales  Sport: Ronnie O'Sullivan leads snooker final, travel news from Wales, weather, ID for BBC Radio Wales, trailer for Wales national football team. Neil Kinnock presents part 7 of 'Alive & Kicking' history of Wales National football team: Failing to qualify for Euro 2004.
  Excellent to good reception; Up to 100 kW (1 kW Forden, Powys; 5 kW Tywyn, Gwynedd; 10 kW Penman, Gwynedd; 100 kW Washford, Somerset). To 1219 UTC.
• 5 May: 1228 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  Live football from the City Ground, Nottingham: Women's FA Cup Final: Arsenal Ladies v Leeds Ladies, 0-0 at 30 minutes.
  Excellent to good reception; Up to 200 kW (Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire).
  Leeds have a goal ruled offside. Mark Clemmitt at pitchside. To 1238 UTC.

• 5 May: 1357 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio  Music: Shaun Mullins 'Lullaby'. ID for website, ads: Skipton Self Store, Freshfields community care, Roger & Jim Car Radio Skipton.
  1400 (1500 BST) news: Trailer but no newscast! News ticker but no news, re-run of news ticker... News is on now. Cyclone in Burma.
  Excellent reception; 1 kW via Hawes, N Yorks. To 1405 UTC.

Google Street View of the 936 kHz transmission site.

• 5 May: 1423 UTC: 999 kHz: Magic 999  Ad for Sainsbury's, ad for Legal Discount, ad for Lufthansa, ID for Magic 999, music: Ben E King 'Stand By Me'.
  Fair reception; 800 watts via Longton, Preston - Blackpool. Music: Jackie Wilson. ID. Stevie Wonder 'Superstition'. To 1435 UTC.
• 5 May: 1447 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  traffic & travel update: Surrey, Bristol (M4), Oxfordshire (M40), Blackpool (M55).
  St James' Park: Newcastle v Chelsea, ko 4pm.
  Good to fair reception; Up to 500 kW (Droitwich).
  Text messages. Snooker Championship at the Crucible. Movies: 'Rocky' is voted best movie in sport circles. To 1456 UTC.
• 5 May: 1506 UTC: 1071 kHz: TalkSport  Speech regarding the relegation from The Championship to League One of Leicester City. Update from snooker: O'Sullivan v Carter.
  Fair to poor reception; 1 kW via Wrekenton (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne). To 1518 UTC.
• 5 May: 1525 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport  Poor reception; Up to 400 kW [Presumed Brookmans Park]. Male speech. To 1530 UTC.
• 5 May: 1553 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170  Music: 'Mustang Sally'. ID for Magic, music: 'Listen To The Music' by The Doobie Brothers, male reading schedule for rest of today.
  Traffic & travel: Trailer 01642 607111. Ads: Sainsbury's home insurance. Magic Breakfast. Solicitor. British Gas. Barrett Homes. Island Cruises with Nick Wright.
  News (16 UTC / 17 BST): Mother pays tribute to her dead sons. Murders in Scotland, Leeds, Rugby, Warwickshire. Burma cyclone. Prince Harry receives medal. Russia to waive visa for Champions League final. Newcastle 0 - Chelsea 0 at start of second half.
  'Motown Magic' Good to fair reception; 320 watts via Stockton on Tees, Teesside. To 1615 UTC.

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My AM Archive: Winter 2007-2008

WHAT more could you ask for, on Valentine's Day, during a pandemic, than memories of medium wave radio broadcasts, thirteen to fourteen years ago. Well, that's the situation we're in, so let's make the most of it.

My AM Archive is a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: October 2007, 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 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 27 December [2007]: 1650 UTC: 1557 kHz: France Info  French speaking female with French speaking male on telephone. Monitoring Monthly [magazine] (February 2006) shows France Info via Nice, France, 300 kW. Fair to poor reception - Poor signal. Female speech at 17 UTC, stronger signal: Excellent to good reception. Male and female speaking to a reporter regarding an explosion and murder of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan. Fade out to 1710 UTC.
• 27 December: 1718 UTC: 1575 kHz: Voice of Russia  Female and male speech - British DX Club indicates Voice of Russia via Berg, Germany - German language broadcast. Fair to poor reception. Female speech in German language, to 1740 UTC.

BBC Radio Nottingham logo, early 1990s.

• 27 December: 1743 UTC: 1584 kHz: BBC Radio Nottingham  Male speech, ID at 1744 UTC for BBC Radio Nottingham - Male host (Alan Clifford) in conversation with male on telephone: "Tell me about yourself"; Music: America 'Horse With No Name'; Baccara 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie'. Female speech, music, female on phone. Music: 'You've Got A Friend'.
  Co-channel interference from a commercial radio station - Ad break - British DX Club shows Tay AM / London Turkish - Most likely Tay AM.
  BBC Radio Nottingham details: 1 kW via Nottingham (Clipstone). Drivetime with Alan Clifford.
  Female speech at 1800 UTC: "Six o'clock news"... Reaction to murder of Benazir Bhutto... Weather. Music: Gerry Rafferty 'Baker Street'.
  Tay AM details: 210 watts via Perth (Friarton Road) but no IDs. To 1805 UTC.
• 27 December: 1812 UTC: 1602 kHz: Radio Vitoria  Voices and sound effects from Radio Vitoria via Vitoria, Spain. Good to fair reception, 25 kW. Female and male voices. Spanish language broadcast. To 1824 UTC.
• 27 December: 1834 UTC: 1611 kHz: Vatican Radio  Male voice, broadcasting to Central and East Europe - Poor reception, Lithuanian language. 1840 UTC: Vatican Radio ID signature tune, Latvian language on Europe 2nd Programme. Speech, music, female speech, tune, male speech. To 1855 UTC.

February 2008 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 23 February [2008]: 0842 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio 1  Excellent reception; 500 kW via Tullamore. 'Positive Age' programme: Doctor Pierce Lyons returns to Ireland from USA to discuss food production on a global scale. Next week's guest: Professor Gerry Boyle.
  'Farmweek' hosted by Damian O'Reily. Ad break.
  0900 UTC: RTE News: Arrests in Cork. Fire at Shell oil depot in Co Mayo. Drogheda drugs raid. Aer Lingus new works practices. Weather. Press review. Sport: Ireland v Scotland in Rugby Union Six Nations match. Ad break.
  Eammon Dirvan interviews Martin Maguinness. To 0928 UTC.
• 23 February: 0950 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Excellent reception; 2 kW via Dumfries. Gregor Townsend in the studio to discuss Scotland in the Six Nations Rugby Union Championship. 'Sports Weekly'.
  10 UTC news: British Airways employees tribunal. No plans for DNA database. Shannon Matthews of Dewsbury still missing. Stealth bomber crashes in Guam. Stamp duty rose to 60%. Sport: 6 Nations: Ireland v Scotland, Wales v Italy, France v England. SPL football; Golf. England lose to New Zealand in Cricket. Travel news, weather.
  The Janice Forsyth Show: Music: The Associates 'No Sign Of Life' from 'Young America' album. Parakeets in Scotland. Music: Ryan Adams. Today's guest is Omid Djalili. Music: Sting 'Englishman in New York'; Aswad 'Shine'. To 1030 UTC.
• 23 February: 1151 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Excellent reception; 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 'From Our Own Correspondent' hosted by Kate Adie: Report from an eyesight clinic in Bangladesh. Producer: Tony Grant. Trailer: Eric Coates.
  12 UTC news: DNA. To 1203 UTC.

BBC Cymru Wales postmark, July 2005.

• 23 February: 1216 UTC: 657 kHz: BBC Radio Wales  Two male hosts with ID for BBC Radio Wales, fair to poor reception, 2 kW via Wrexham. Build up to Six Nations Rugby: Wales v Italy, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Singing of Italian National Anthem. To 1230 UTC.
• 23 February: 1254 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York  Music: Sheryl Crow. ID for BBC Radio York. Traffic and travel. Richard Allinson, The Albums Show. Music: Joni Mitchell. Excellent to good reception; 500 watts via Fulford, York.
  13 UTC news: Bedale man wins £1 Million at a betting shop in Thirsk. Shannon Matthews of Dewsbury still missing. School visits to Auschwitz. Thefts. Knaresborough Castle restoration. Sport: Football: York City; Harrogate Town. Six Nations rugby; Cricket. Weather.
  Richard Allinson, The Albums Show: Music 'Here Come The Girls'; The Rolling Stones 'Start Me Up'; Holly Rose 'Apple'. To 1330 UTC.

• 23 February: 2045 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio Maria Netherlands  Continual music, with a religious theme, with choirs, with songs from musicals. Excellent reception. To 2101 UTC.
• 23 February: 2126 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE 1  Live La Liga football on RNE 1 via Seville, E (Spain), 600 kW. Excellent to good reception. Fixtures: Sevilla v Real Zaragoza. Valencia 1 - Rec Huelva 1. To 2136 UTC.
• 23 February: 2140 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  France 13 - England 24. Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmissions. Six Nations Rugby Union live commentary: France 13 - England 24 Full Time. Ian Robertson commentary from Stade de France, Paris. Interview with Nick Easter of England. To 2151 UTC.
• 23 February: 2208 UTC: 711 kHz: France Bleu / France Info  French speaking female. Excellent to good reception; 300 kW via Rennes. Sport report from Stade de France, Paris: Two males, French language, Six Nations Rugby Union result: France 13 - England 24. To 2214 UTC.

WDR QSL.

•  23 February: 2223 UTC: 720 kHz: WDR 2 Germany  Good to fair reception; 85 kW via Langenberg, D (Germany). Music, speech by male host. Music: Cornershop 'Brimful of Asha'; Queen 'We Will Rock You'. To 2235 UTC.
• 23 February: 2241 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Excellent to fair reception; 10 kW via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland. Round-table discussion regarding suicide. To 2248 UTC.

Notes:

Contact details:

Radio Maria Nederland

Postbus 67, 5482 WH SCHIJNDEL (Holland)

[Email address withheld]

RNE 1

Radio Nacional de España, Casa de la Radio, Emisioñ Inglesa, PO Box 156.202 MADRID 28080 ESPAÑA (Spain)

[Email address withheld]

WDR 2

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, 50600 KÖLN (COLOGNE) (GERMANY)

[Email address withheld]

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