My AM Archive: January 2009

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

January 2009 : Medium Wave

• [Tuesday] 6 January [2009]: 2051 UTC: 1413 kHz: BBC Radio Gloucestershire  Music: Leona Lewis 'Run'. Male host introduces Lucy who has details of forthcoming events in Bristol and Swindon, including The Old Vic Studio in Bristol, the Traffic Light Theatre Company / Travelling Light Theatre Company. Music: Erasure 'Sometimes'.  Excellent to fair reception, 500 watts via Bourton-on-the-Water, East Gloucestershire or Berkeley Heath, South West Gloucestershire.
  Music: Chris Isaak 'Wicked Game'. ID: "BBC Across The West" 'The Keith Walrington Show'.
  News at 9 o'clock (21 UTC): Enquiries regarding a male; take care on roads in wintery conditions; Gaza conflict; Woolworths; Nativity is replaced by Noah & The Ark for school play. Weather report: Severe frost, cloudy, cold, rain, sleet, snow. 3°C top temperature.
  Music: Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing'. Diana Ross 'Chain Reaction'. To 2110 UTC.

BBC Radio Gloucestershire Postmark, 2004.

• 6 January: 2113 UTC: 1422 kHz: Deutschlandfunk  Jazz / Swing style music on what can only be DLF.
  Excellent to good reception via Heusweilwer, D [Germany], 1200 / 600 kW. Big Band music. To 2123 UTC.
• 6 January: 2147 UTC: 1458 kHz: Sunrise Radio  Brookman's Park, London, 125 kW.
  Excellent to fair reception. Asian flavoured music, male and female vocalists. Female broadcaster, reading messages from listeners. Music: female vocals. To 2157 UTC.

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