My AM Archive : September 2020

 AM radio broadcasts have been on the air for well over a century, this blog celebrates the broadcasts I have heard over the course of almost thirty five years. This post brings logs of broadcasts heard more recently: September 2020.

A previous post of Medium Wave logs, dated April 2020, 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.

September 2020 : Medium Wave

• [Friday] 18 September [2020]: 1823 UTC: 531 kHz: Jil FM (Algeria)  Music: Culture Beat 'Mr Vain' (c. 1993). ID, rock music, ID, ads, speech, music.
  Fair to poor reception. Jil FM broadcast confirmed by parallel transmission on 549 kHz.
  Female with ID, music.
  Logged to 1847 UTC.

From the archive: Piccadilly Radio's Project Planner,
detailing the arrangement of Medium Wave broadcasts for Manchester (1991).

• 18 September: 1854 UTC: 540 kHz: MR Kossuth Rádió (Hungary)  Male speech, brief musical interlude, continued speech. This programme, listed on the Kossuth Rádió website, has 'Novel History' as its title translated into English.
  Strong reception.
  Musical interlude, male speech.
  Top of the hour (1900 UTC / 2100 local time) male ID for Kossuth Rádió, female speech, news. Trailers with jingles.
  Male and female speech; This programme has 'The Evening host' as its title translated into English.
  Magyar Kossuth Rádió via Solt, Hungary, 2 MW [MegaWatt] transmission.
• 18 September: 1914 UTC: 549 kHz: Spirit Radio  Music, female speech "Welcome to the show, it's Friday night", music, male vocals with choir. Male ID "Breath of fresh air, Spirit Radio" New music jingle, music, ID, music.
  Spirit Radio, 25 kW via Carrickroe, Co Donegal. Strong to good reception.
  ID, music with male vocals. Female host is Olga Kaye, with link detailing songs including 'Unconditional' and now playing 'Put Your Hands Up'.
  Feature: 'Life Connections' from East Africa (Uganda). Trevor Stevenson. ID "Spirit Radio, Passion for life" Music from Marshmello.
  Logged to 1934 UTC.
• 18 September: 1945 UTC: 558 kHz: Radio Nacional de España  Spanish speech, male speakers, jazz music programme, female speech, ID. Male speech, music, male speech.
  This is RNE Radio 5 (Broadcast parallel to 567 kHz).
  Music from 'Dick Tracey' film, featuring Madonna. Music: Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter'.
  Strong to fair reception via San Sebastian, Spain, 50 kW.
  Music: Tanita Tikaram 'Good Tradition'.
  Logged to 1959 UTC.
  
  Cup of tea.
• 18 September: 2012 UTC: 567 kHz: RNE Radio 5  Spanish speech, parallel to 558 kHz, female speech, ID for Radio Nacional de España. Male speech. Signal improves.
  Good to poor reception. 50 kW via Murcia, Spain.
  Speech lead by a female, with contributions from other voices in a gathering of people.
  Male speech in studio; Speech from Madrid, male telephone caller.
  Logged to 2024 UTC.
• 18 September: 2029 UTC: 576 kHz: RNE Radio 5  Male speech in the Spanish language, pips for 2030 UTC, speech from female in Spanish language.
  100 kW via Barcelona, Spain. Strong to good reception.
  Male and female speech continues. Male speaks in a roundtable discussion.
  Logged to 2043 UTC.
• 18 September: 2045 UTC: 585 kHz: RNE Radio 5  Continuation of a roundtable discussion, broadcast from Madrid. Male speech, with contribution by male at a remote location.
  Strong to good reception, 600 kW via Madrid, Spain.
  Female and male speech, including snippets of comments in other languages overdubbed into Spanish: Female speaking in English "No disrespect to King Juan Carlos..." Male speaks of "Politico España". Female and male speech continues in the roundtable discussion. ID.
  Logged to 2055 UTC.

From the archive: Chiltern Radio Network programme schedule for Supergold
Broadcast across the heart of England on 792, 828 and 1557 kHz Medium Wave (1991).

• 18 September: 2058 UTC: 596 kHz: SNRT [Morocco]  Devotional singing by male, speech by male and female.
  This broadcast is SNRT Radio National, Arabic service.
  50 kW via Oujda, Morocco. Poor reception.
  Logged to 2105 UTC.