My AM Archive: Autumn 2010

 TAKING you back to the period of September to November 2010, for broadcasts heard during that time on the Medium Wave band.

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: July 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.

September 2010 : Medium Wave

• [Tuesday] 7 September [2010]: 1825 UTC: 1413 kHz: BBC Radio Gloucestershire  Music: Gary Newman 'Cars', speech by male and female, telephone caller, travel news. Music: John Lennon 'Woman'.
  Fair reception, 500 watts via Bourton-on-the-Water and Berkeley Heath.
  Male speech: 'Lionel Richie on the way - Lionel Richie as promised' Music: 'Running With The Night' and 'You Are My Destiny'.
  Logged to 1850 UTC.
• 7 September: 1857 UTC: 1413 kHz: Premier Christian Radio  'Insight for Living', Chuck Swindoll, talk of the Insight for Living website. Details of Chuck Swindoll's new book, how to make a donation, website address, postal address.
  Premier Christian Radio via East London (Dartford Marshes) or West London (Heathrow) both transmitters 500 watts.
  'Right to Reply' programme, website, telephone number. Jingle for Premier Info line. Male speech over music, jingle for telephone number to call.
  Fair reception. ID for Premier Christian Radio. Female speech. Choir music. Male speaker with American accent.
  Logged to 1913 UTC.

Deutschlandfunk QSL Verification card, September 2010.

• 7 September: 1921 UTC: 1422 kHz: Deutschlandfunk  Beautiful piano and violin, followed by fast piano and violin.
  Excellent to good reception via Heusweiler, D (Germany), 1200 kW / 600 kW.
  Concerto or unbroken recital / broadcast of recordings. No speech.
  Female host with speech, in German, including an ID for Deutschlandfunk. Speech includes the name of the composer Rebecca Clarke. Male speech, female speech. Classical piano and violin.
  Logged to 1935 - 1945 UTC.
• 7 September: 1957 UTC: 1440 kHz: Announcements from the German service of China Radio International via Radio Luxembourg (RTL). Music.
  Broadcast: RTL via Marnach, Luxembourg. 1200 kW / 300 kW.
  Launch of the French service of China Radio International (2003 UTC) via RTL.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 2014 UTC. [See image of QSL verification, posted below]
• 7 September: 2022 UTC: 1458 kHz: Various broadcasts audible, including Sunrise Radio (Brookmans Park London, 125 kW); BBC Asian Network (Birmingham, 5 kW); Capital Gold Manchester (Ashton Moss, Manchester, 5 kW; Good to fair reception).
  Logged to 2050 UTC.

October 2010 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 30 October [2010]: 2129 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden  Currently broadcasting in the Swedish language, 300 - 600 kW via Solvesborg. Radio Sweden's last night on Medium Wave [and Short Wave].

November 2010 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 18 November [2010]: 1405 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Newcastle  Good-fair-poor reception, 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
  Music: Womack & Womack 'Footsteps'.
  Male host, interview with male guest: "I've done all I want to do, I'm happy being back in Newcastle". Music: Natalie Imbruglia 'Torn'.
  ID for BBC Newcastle. Male host: "...weekend of sport...versus Bolton Wanderers". Music: Dusty Springfield 'Son of a Preacher Man'. Speech: Text / telephone number. Music: Olly Murs 'Please Don't Let Me Go'. Male host, ID, speech. Music: Fergal Sharkey 'A Good Heart'.
  Logged to 1425 UTC.
• 18 November: 1440 UTC: 1485 kHz: BBC Radio Merseyside  Music: Sarah Phillips. ID "...on the Billy Butler show". Music.
  Good to fair reception. ID for BBC Radio Merseyside, telephone number, speech promoting "our carol service in December"; "Coming up after 3pm". Music: Andrew Gold 'Never Let Her Slip Away'.
  2 kW via Wallasey, Merseyside. Speech by Billy Butler regarding BBC TV show 'The Apprentice' featuring Lord Sugar. Music: Billy Joel 'Tell Her About It'; Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
  [1500 UTC] News headlines with Graham White.
  Logged to 1500 UTC. [See letter of verification at foot of this post]

BCE [RTL Luxembourg] QSL Verification, September 2010.

• 18 November: 1518 UTC: 1494 kHz: France Info / France Bleu  French language female and male speech.
  France Info via Clermont-Ferrand; France Bleu via Bastia, both 20 kW via France.
  Good to fair reception.
  Logged to 1540 UTC.
  
• 18 November: 1550 UTC: 1503 kHz: BBC Radio Stoke  Music: Dusty Springfield 'In The Middle of Nowhere'. Female speech for Children In Need event. Music: Pet Shop Boys 'West End Girls'.
  ID for BBC Radio Stoke, female host "Preparations are going well for Christmas lights switch-on in Hanley".
  1600 UTC news: Bentley workers in Crewe go to protest. Man to serve twenty-one years for murder of girlfriend's daughter - Mother serves five years. Irish economy in peril. Police and fire services in Staffordshire may cut back on share of council tax. Weather for Staffordshire and Cheshire; A500 traffic report.
  ID for BBC Radio Stoke, website. Music: Eric Carmen 'Hungry Eyes'.
  ID for BBC Radio Stoke, 'Tim is in Hanley for Christmas lights switch-on, at 1845 UTC tonight' Female host.
  Good to fair reception, 1 kW via Sideway, Staffordshire.
  Logged to 1610 UTC.
  
• 18 November: 1837 UTC: 1521 kHz: Classic Gold 1521  Music: Everly Brothers 'Walk Right Back', ID 'This is Gold', CCS 'Whole Lotta Love', male host, The Beatles 'All My Loving'.
  Good to fair reception, 640 watts via Reigate / Crawley (Duxhurst). 
  Music: 'Blinded By The Light' (Manfred Mann's Earth Band). Public hearing in Florida to review Jim Morrison's case of exposure, 1961. Gold Travel Desk, Reigate, Leatherhead, Crawley, Gatwick Airport. Music: Stevie Wonder.
  Logged to 1851 UTC.
• 18 November: 1858 UTC: 1530 kHz: Pulse 2  Music: The Commodores 'Three Times A Lady'. Female host.
  1900 UTC news: Reports from Northamptonshire, Kettering, Luton. Retailers report sales increase prior to Christmas. Weather report. Music: Michael Buble 'Hollywood'. Female host.
  Pulse 2, Huddersfield, formerly Classic Gold West Yorkshire.
  Music: Hot Chocolate, ID, Manfred Mann's Earth Band 'Blinded By The Light' (Written by Springsteen).
  Fair reception, 740 watts via Vicars Lot, Huddersfield.
  Now playing: The Carpenters.
  Logged to 1920 UTC.
• 18 November: 1935 UTC: 1539 kHz: Evangeliums-Rundfunk  Speech from two males in the German language.
  Good to fair reception, 120 kW up to 700 kW via Mainflingen, Germany.
  Music: Male vocalist with acoustic flute. Continuation of speech between two males.
  Logged to 1945 UTC.
• 18 November: 2032 UTC: 1557 kHz: France Info  Females speaking French language.
  Fair reception, 300 kW via Nice.
  Male speech.
  Logged to 2043 UTC.

BBC Merseyside letter, verifying reception dated 18 November 2010.

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