UNDERSTANDING how Medium Wave (AM) radio works, how the broadcasts logged in this post arrive at my radio receiver, can be introduced in this short piece by the United States Federal Communications Commission, which you can read here.
A previous post of Medium Wave logs, dated September 2019, can be found here.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Logs transcribed from the original notes. Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW).
Receiver used: Sangean ATS-405.
November 2019 : Medium Wave
- [Tuesday] 12 November [2019]: 1540 UTC: 1242 kHz: Starting with an ad break on Absolute Radio Deliveroo, ID, travel update.
Strong to fair reception; 1 kW via Stockton-on-Tees (Hardwick), Teesside.
Music from Blur and Nickelback.
Logged to 1549 UTC. - 12 November: 1556 UTC: 1251 kHz: Smooth Radio Ad for homebase, Postcode Lottery, Calgon.
News bulletin: Floods in UK, fires in Australia, weather update. News from the Global Newsroom, ID 'This is Smooth Radio'. Music: Lady Antebellum 'Need You Now'.
Good to poor reception. I presume this to be Smooth Radio - Suffolk, 760 watts via Gt Barton, Bury St Edmunds.
Logged to 1610 UTC. - 12 November: 1621 UTC: 1260 kHz: BBC Radio York Battling to hear the broadcast through a lot of noise. Male speech.
500 watts via Scarborough.
Logged to 1626 UTC. - 12 November: 1629 UTC: 1269 kHz: COPE Female speech in the Spanish language, Music: Culture Club 'Karma Chameleon'. Speaking to phonecallers. Male and female speech. Ads.
10 kW via Badajoz or 5 kW via Zamora, Spain.
Fair reception.
Male speech.
Logged to 1638 UTC.
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| From the Archive: Radio Rovers logo from a letterhead, dated 8 November 1996. |
- 12 November: 1643 UTC: 1278 kHz: Pulse 2 Male speech, music, female speech, ads. Music: Steve Winwood 'Valerie'.
Fair to poor reception via Tyersal Lane, Bradford. 430 watts.
Logged to 1658 UTC. - 12 November: 1701 UTC: 1287 kHz: Unidentified broadcast Music at 1705 UTC, missed ID - "On Medium Wave" male voice.
Music: Queen 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', crossfade into male speech. Music: Middle Of The Road 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep'.
Logged to 1712 UTC. - 12 November: 1715 UTC: 1296 kHz: Radio XL Interview between male host and female guest, the guest speaks about opportunities open to her family in India.
Fair reception; 10 kW via Langley Mill B, Birmingham. Co-channel interference from Spain.
Ad break: Legal matters solved, call 0121; Dishwashers in Birmingham, call 0121; Event to mark a 550th Anniversary. ID for Radio XL with 'Radio XL' sung three times. Music.
Logged to 1727 UTC.
Meal break at 1735 UTC.
- 12 November: 1826 UTC: 1305 kHz: Greatest Hits Radio Ad for People's Postcode Lottery.
Interference from a co-channel broadcast in the Spanish language. Music: Chicago 'If You Leave Me Now'.
Greatest Hits Radio, South Yorkshire, 150 watts via Barnsley / Ardsley.
Logged to 1841 UTC. - 12 November: 1843 UTC: 1314 kHz: RNE Radio 5 Speech and music. Broadcast becomes inaudible due to rising noise.
25 kW via Tarragona, Spain. - 12 November: 1854 UTC: 1332 kHz: Unidentified broadcast Music: John Lennon 'Just Like Starting Over'.
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| From the Archive: Red Dragon Radio With Compliments note, 1991. Red Dragon Radio operated two services: Touch 1359 & 1305 AM and Red Dragon FM. |
- 12 November: 1900 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster 'BBC Northern Ireland - BBC Radio Ulster News': Syrian refugees are settling in Northern Ireland. Weather: Wind and wet weather increasing. Music at 1903 UTC. Programme in local language dialect.
Fair to poor reception; 100 kW via Lisnagarvey, County Down, Northern Ireland. Noise on the broadcast.
BBC Children In Need promo.
Logged to 1909 UTC. - 12 November: 1916 UTC: 1359 kHz: BBC Radio Solent Male speech: Male in studio with male guest on the telephone. Music. Losing to noise.
BBC Radio Solent via Fern Barrow, Bournemouth, 850 watts. - 12 November: 1922 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio Music: Bananarama 'Cruel Summer', Seal 'Crazy'. Male host with speech, music: Savage Garden 'To The Moon And Back'.
Excellent to fair reception; 20 kW via Foxdale, Isle of Man.
Ads: Manx Cover; Just Care Mobility products; Just Bathrooms showroom in Ramsey. Harmony Homes. Music ID: Manx Radio 'Greatest Hits' programme. Music: Shakira 'SheWolf'. Breakfast show promo. Music: INXS.
Logged to 1935 UTC. - 12 November: 1958 UTC: 1386 kHz: Radio Svoboda Male and female speech, IDs, male speech at 20 UTC: news bulletin. Male speech with music sweeper.
Strong to fair reception. Radio Svoboda, a broadcast of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, via Radio Baltic Waves International, Viešintos, Lithuania. 75 kW.
Logged to 2009 UTC.
