My AM Archive: October 2015

 AUTUMN 2015 brings these memories of Medium Wave radio broadcasts, heard in the Eden Valley, Cumbria, England.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: August 2015, 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.

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

October 2015 : Medium Wave

• [Tuesday] 20 October [2015]: 1817 UTC: 531 kHz: Jil FM [Algeria]  Music: Choral singing, speech by female. Music and speech interchanging. French language speech.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Music: The Beatles 'The Long And Winding Road' ['Signal at best level at this point']; Music: Dionne Warwick 'Walk On By'.
  Transmission site: F'Kirina [Algeria] 600 kW.
  Logged to 1840 UTC.

Logo for Kossuth Radio, Budapest, Hungary.

• 20 October: 1848 UTC: 540 kHz: Kossuth Radio [Hungary]  Speech from male and female, ident, continuation of speech. Strong signal from MR1 Kossuth Radio, broadcasting in the Hungarian language, from Hungary. Reception fading.
  Good to poor reception.
  Top of the hour idents.
  MR1 Kossuth Radio via Solt [Hungary] 2 MW (2 MegaWatts!).
  Logged to 1900 UTC.
• 20 October: 1914 UTC: 549 kHz: UR1 Pershiy kanal [Ukraine]  Speech, followed by music: Eiffel 65 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)'. Sports programme? Weaker signal. Male speech.
  Fair reception; 550 kW via Mykolaiv/Luch [Ukraine].
  Logged to 1923 UTC.
• 20 October: 1925 UTC: 549 kHz: Spirit Radio [Ireland]  Pop / rock song, link by female into Spirit Radio ID, segue into next song.
  Good to poor reception; English language via Carrickroe transmission site, Co Donegal. 11 / 25 kW.
  Music at 1934 UTC; Male speech at 1935 UTC. Contact details for Co Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. Programme: Evenings with Olga Kaye.
  Logged to 1945 UTC.
• 20 October: 1951 UTC: 549 kHz: Deutschlandfunk [Germany]  Long piano piece, applause, male speech in German language.
  Fair to poor reception via Thurnau [Germany] 100 kW.
  Programme: 'Jazz Live' Vijay Iyer.
  Logged to 20:02 UTC.
• 20 October: 2034 UTC: 576 kHz: RNE Radio 5 [Spain]  Barely audible, but clear, Spanish, male speech.
  Poor reception via Barcelona [Spain] 100 kW.
  Logged to 2041 UTC.
• 20 October: 2046 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Sport: Interview with Alan Stubbs, speaking about the standard of refereeing in football; Discussion also included fourth officials and linesmen - Sudden interjection by music! Male host then apologises for interruption by music, returning to football discussion, following tonight's match which was Hibernian FC v Falkirk FC. Programme: 'SportSound'.
  Excellent to fair reception; 2 kW via Dumfries, Scotland.
  10pm [UK time] news headlines: Steelworks in Motherwell & Clyde to be mothballed. Sport & weather updates.
  Programme: 'Another Country' with Ricky Ross: Owen Bradley: The Nashville Sound. Country music show, playing Patsy Cline 'Walking After Midnight' followed by 'Night Train To Memphis'.
  Logged to 2100 UTC.

Google Maps image of the Dumfries transmission site.

• 20 October: 21:11 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio 4  'The World Tonight' Report regarding China's [President] Xi Jinping's state visit to the UK, meeting the Royal Family.
  Excellent to good reception; 2 kW via Wrekenton (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne).
  Logged to 2121 UTC.
• 20 October: 2127 UTC: 603 kHz: France Info  Strong, clear speech from France Info! Male speech with regards to Bashar Assad, the leader of war-torn Syria. Speech from female, male, idents and 'stabs'.
  Excellent to fair reception; 300 kW via Tramoyes, Lyon, France.
  Preview of the new 'Star Wars' movie to be released! Football: Champions League football update.
  [Broadcast in French language]
  Logged to 2144 UTC.
• 20 October: 2157 UTC: 621 kHz: RTBF International [Belgium]  Very faint music, very faint speech, female reading frequencies in kiloHertz. Music. Off air at 2200 UTC.
  Fair reception; 300 kW via Wavre, Belgium.
  Logged to 2200 UTC.
• 20 October: 2207 UTC: 630 kHz: BBC Three Counties Radio  Music: Petula Clark 'Downtown'. Male speech, man on telephone. Female speech. Music: The Corrs 'What Can I Do' (Clear audio).
  Poor reception.
  Male speech, female speech, phone call. Music: 'My Boy Lollipop'. Male speech.
  Transmission site: Lewsey Farm, Luton. 200 kW.
  Logged to 2235 UTC.

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My AM Archive: August 2015

 REPORTING From The Fox Tower presents memories of Medium Wave radio broadcasts, heard August 2015.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: July 2015, 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.

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

August 2015 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 23 August [2015]: 1240 UTC: 1170 kHz: TFM 2  Music: Bobby Brown 'Every Little Step'; Billy Ocean 'Caribbean Queen'; ID for TFM 2. Fleetwood Mac 'Everywhere'.
  [Note: 'This is TFM 2, formerly Magic Radio'] Male speech: 'Greatest 80s music, back in a moment' - Ad break; ID.
  1300 UTC news: Sussex air show crash; Search for victims continues. British hostage released.
  Sport: Athletics: Jessica Ennis-Hill. Football: Manchester City.
  ID: 'The greatest hits for the north east'. Music: The Vapors 'Turning Japanese'; The Proclaimers '500 Miles'.
  Good reception; 320 watts via Stockton-on-Tees for Teesside.
  ID; Music: The Human League 'Mirror Man'; Dire Straits 'Walk of Life'; Kate Bush 'Cloudbusting'.
  Logged to 1316 UTC.
• 23 August: 1324 UTC: 1215 kHz: Absolute Radio  Ad break; ID. Music: Queen 'Hammer To Fall'.
  Good to fair reception; Up to 200 kW via Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire.
  Music: James Bay.
  Logged to 1331 UTC.
• 23 August: 1359 UTC: 1242 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: The Waterboys 'The Whole of The Moon'. Fatboy Slim 'Praise You'.
  Good to fair reception; 1 kW via Stockton-on-Tees.
  Two males speaking, live from the Edinburgh Fringe.
  Logged to 1409 UTC.

[ 23 August: 1435 UTC: 1341 kHz: Unconfirmed log of BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey, County Down (100 kW). Fair to poor reception. Male speech at a sporting event? Logged to 1444 UTC. ]

• 23 August: 1603 UTC: 1557 kHz: BBC Radio Lancashire  Music: Piano and vocals.
  Fair reception; 250 watts via Oxcliffe, Lancashire.
  Logged to 1613 UTC.

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My AM Archive: July 2015

 SUMMER 2015 provides the memories of Medium Wave broadcasts in this post on Reporting From The Fox Tower.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: April 2015, 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.

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

July 2015 : Medium Wave

[ (Friday) 3 July (2015): 1925 UTC: 999 kHz: Unconfirmed logs of broadcasts, most likely to have been Rock FM 2, Preston, though possibly Gold Nottingham or BBC Radio Solent. Poor to fair reception. Logged to 1943 UTC. ]

• 3 July: 1952 UTC: 1008 kHz: Groot Nieuws Radio  Music; Heavy propagation.
  Music with English lyrics: Female lead vocals, male backing vocals. Fade out by propagation.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Logged to 1958 UTC.

[ 3 July: 2012 UTC: 1035 kHz: Unconfirmed logs of broadcasts, possibly being Lyca Dilse, Crystal Palace, London; BBC Radio Sheffield; NorthSound 2 (Aberdeen); West Sound (Ayr). Music: Bob Marley. Fair to poor reception. Logged to 2028 UTC. ]

• 3 July: 2035 UTC: 1044 kHz: SER  Female and male speech in the Spanish language.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Transmission: 10 kW via San Sebastian, Spain.
  Logged to 2041 UTC.
• 3 July: 2044 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  Ad break: Vodafone. Content: NatWest T20 Cricket. Football World Cup; Tour de France; Steve McClaren; Tweets.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Transmission: Up to 500 kW via Droitwich.
  Logged to 2051 UTC.
• 3 July: 2059 UTC: 1071 kHz: TalkSport  Speech, ID, news headlines. Sport: Wimbledon Tennis: Heather Watson (GB) takes Serena Williams (USA) to three sets; Williams wins.
  Fair to poor reception via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1 kW.
  Logged to 2104 UTC.

• 3 July: 2108 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport  Males in conversation. Films. Birthdays. Slaven Bilic.
  Excellent to fair reception.
  Up to 400 kW via Moorside Edge (North England).
  Logged to 2113 UTC.
• 3 July: 2127 UTC: 1107 kHz: AFN Europe  [American Forces Network Europe] Speech; Music: Neil Diamond 'Song Sung Blue'. Speech in an American accent.
  Transmission sites: Amberg, Grafenwoehr, Vilseck, all Germany.
  Logged to 2133 UTC.

[ 3 July: 2138 UTC: 1116 kHz: Unconfirmed logs of broadcasts, possibly being BBC Radio Derby (1 kW) or BBC Radio Guernsey (500 watts). Female speech. Logged to 2204 UTC. ]

• 3 July: 2214 UTC: 1125 kHz: RTBF Viva Cite  Tentative reception of Wavre, Belgium. Speech.
  Logged to 2220 UTC.

[ 3 July: 2230 UTC: 1152 kHz: Unconfirmed logs of broadcasts, possibly being LBC (London); Clyde (Glasgow); Free (Birmingham); Metro (Newcastle-upon-Tyne); Key (Manchester); Smooth (Norfolk / Plymouth). More than one broadcast audible. Music: Rose Royce 'Love Don't Live Here Anymore'; Whitney Houston 'Didn't We Almost Have It All'. Logged to 2238 UTC. ]

• 3 July: 2245 UTC: 1161 kHz: Tay 2  Music: Crowded House 'Fall At Your Feet'; Dionne Warwick 'All The Love In The World'. Male speech; Female ID: "This is Tay 2".
  Good to fair reception; Tay 2 for Dundee via Greenside Scalp, 1.4 kW [Transmission site pictured below].
  Music: Brenda Russell. Male host; Male ID. Promo, ad break: Homebase; Yamaha motorbikes.
  ID; 23 UTC news bulletin (IRN: Independent Radio News).
  ID; Music: Elton John 'Rocket Man'. ID; Music: Dexy's Midnight Runners 'Geno'; Gerry Rafferty 'Baker Street'; Chris Rea 'Auberge'; David Bowie 'Let's Dance'. Ad break: Motorbikes for sale website. Music: George Harrison 'My Sweet Lord'.
  Logged to 2325 UTC.

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