My AM Archive: July 2010

MEMORIES OF Summer 2010, as part of the My AM Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Spring 2010, 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.

July 2010 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 25 July [2010]: 1018 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  Traffic and travel for the UK, trailer for Cricket on BBC Five Live Sports Extra.
  Number eight of the week's ten most talked about news stories: Vuvuzelas may or may not be allowed at English football stadia. Number seven: Death of Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins.
  Fair reception, most likely to be Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire, 200 kW.
  Number six: Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan [pictured below] sent to prison for a week or two.
  Logged to 1031 UTC.
• 25 July: 1042 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio  Music from a-ha, speech from male host, reference to the Fresh Radio website and links to charities. Fresh Radio ID for the 'Text Maniacs' competition. Music: Dido 'The Hunter'.
  Good reception, 1 kW via Hawes.  'Superquiz' on air after 12 noon, reference to telephone number. Ad break - break in transmission - back on air. Advertise with Fresh Radio. Car wash ad. Music: Ellie Goulding 'Guns and Horses', Gwen Stefani 'Cool'.
  Logged to 1055 UTC.

Lindsay Lohan featured on 5 Live, July 2010.

• 25 July: 1335 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170  Music: Beach Boys 'I Get Around', male ID "This is the Magic Gold Weekend". Music: Simon & Garfunkel 'The Boxer'.
  Good to poor reception, 320 watts via Stockton-on-Tees.
  Male speech, ad break: Matalan, Arriva Buses. Redcar website. Insurance. Hartlepool residences for sale: Retirement village. Children's Hospice. Female ID for Magic 1170. Music: 'Baby I Love You'.
  Logged to 1347 UTC.
• 25 July: 1359 UTC: 1215 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: Lenny Kravitz 'Fly Away', ID for Absolute Radio. Ad break: Citroen cars, Compare The Market. Services supplier.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Music: The Cardigans 'My Favourite Game'. ID. Music: Florence and The Machine.
  Multiple transmissions, most likely Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire, 200 kW.
  Male voice, music: Genesis 'That's All'.
  Logged to 1412 UTC.
• 25 July: 1444 UTC: 1242 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: The Clash 'London Calling', trailer including Kings of Leon. Music: Sheryl Crow.
  Good reception, 1 kW via Stockton-on-Tees.
  Logged to 1452 UTC.
• 25 July: 1557 UTC: 1413 kHz: Fresh Radio  Music: The Eagles 'Hotel California'. ID at 1600 UTC for Fresh Radio, male speech, news.
  Poor reception, up to 100 watts via Skipton or Richmond, North Yorkshire.
  Music: Cher 'Believe'.
  Logged to 1607 UTC.

A number of logs were omitted from this post, due to lack of detail. The broadcasts, at time of reception, were believed to be as follows:

• 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales
• 1053 kHz: talkSPORT
• 1071 kHz: talkSPORT
• 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster
• 1368 kHz: Manx Radio

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