GOOD morning, good afternoon, good evening, goodnight, wherever you are reading this blog post at this moment. It is good evening as I compose this post, at it is a few minutes after 1900 UTC / GMT. The clock on the left column of this blog is set to UTC, which I hope helps your understanding to times recorded in the posts on this blog - I really should find a link which explains the term UTC for times. That sounds like a plan for another post.
This post brings memories of broadcasts heard March 2021 on Medium Wave. A previous post of Medium Wave logs, heard February 2021, 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.
March 2021 : Medium Wave
- [Thursday] 18 March [2021]: 1815 UTC: 1098 kHz: SRo3 Rádio Devin Music in English, male singer, UK artist James Yorkston, singing of London at New Year, references to drinking. Segue into next song: Bjork 'Vulnicara'.
This programme is 'Folkfórum' ('Folklore'), female host: Sone Horňákovej
(Listen to the programme from the STVR archive here)
Good to fair reception, 25 kW via Nitra - Jarok, Slovakia.
1829 UTC: Quick-paced ID, male speech. Change of tempo to male vocal music, English language song. Speech from the host, music was from Teho Teardo & Blixha Bargeld.
Logged to 1834 UTC. - 18 March: 1837 UTC: 1107 kHz: MFR 2 [Greatest Hits Radio] Music: 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' (Baccara), ID: 'Good times sound like this' Music: Del Amitri 'Nothing Ever Happens'. Strong co-channel via Rome.
1.5 kW via Tarbat Ness for Inverness. Fair to poor reception.
Ads: Currys - PC World. Covid-19. Gold. Music: Earth Wind & Fire 'September'.
Lost to Rome.
Logged to 1846 UTC. - 18 March: 1905 UTC: 1125 kHz: RNE Radio 5 Female and male in conversation, Spanish language. Possibly the show 'Por Tres Razones' ('For Three Reasons'), female host: Mamen Asencio.
Good to fair reception, transmission power logged as 12 / 10 kW, but transmission site not noted 🤦
ID for Radio Nacional de España at 1915 UTC.
Logged to 1920 UTC.
18 March: 1927 UTC: 1134 kHz: COPE Navarra (Spain) Male and female speech, Spanish language. Music: The Beatles 'Here Comes The Sun'. ID for COPE Navarra. Fast-paced speech, music, ID jingle, music, time signal ('pips') for 1930 UTC, ID for COPE. Programme: 'La Linterna' ('The Lantern').
Issue one of 'The Voice for the Dales'
The Official Fresh Radio Magazine
Fresh Radio (1997 - 2012)
Good to poor reception, most likely 10 kW via Salamanca. Possibility of an echo broadcast via Pamplona.
Logged to 1936 UTC. - 18 March: 1952 UTC: 1143 kHz: COPE Jaén (Spain) Speech in Spanish, from male and female, lost to heavy noise. Male speech regarding football.
Fair to poor reception, 5 kW via Jaén.
Logged to 2001 UTC. - 18 March: 2005 UTC: 1152 kHz: RNE Radio 5 Female speech in Spanish, 'Radio Cinco', male speech via telephone. Programme: 'Reserva Natural' ('Nature Reserve'), female host: Josefina Maestre.
Fair to poor reception, up to 25 kW via Malaga.
(Co-channel music: Ed Sheeran 'Perfect', Cutting Crew '(I Just) Died in Your Arms'.
Logged to 2015 UTC. - 18 March: 2017 UTC: 1161 kHz: Tay 2 Music: Chaka Khan 'I'm Every Woman', female ID 'This is the music marathon', music: Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing'. The presenter is Gavin Pearson.
(Co-channel broadcast from Smooth Radio via Blunsdon, Swindon, Wiltshire, 160 watts)
Music: The Jam 'That's Entertainment', ID 'The Greatest Hits' music: Stevie Wonder 'Sir Duke'. Ad break. Music: Rod Stewart 'You Wear It Well', Lenny Kravitz 'It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over', Crowded House.
Good to poor reception, 1.4 kW via Greenside Scalp, Dundee.
Logged to 2028 UTC. - 18 March: 2038 UTC: 1170 kHz: Greatest Hits Radio Music: Crowded House 'Don't Dream It's Over' Greatest Hits Radio for South Wales - 'Get involved in Cash for kids South Wales, kids in South Wales affected by Covid-19 and poverty'. Greatest Hits Radio website. Ad break: Ladbrokes.
580 watts via Winsh-wen, Swansea (ex-Swansea Sound). Good to poor reception.
Ad: 2021 elections. NHS health Swansea. ID: 'Greatest Hits Radio - South Wales' Music: Men At Work 'Down Under'.
Logged to 2050 UTC. - 18 March: 2054 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Valencia Spanish speech in the 'Hora 25' programme, leading up to 2100 UTC time 'pips' signal. Female speech, interval signal, music, female speech 'España', music, applause. 'Pepa Bueno' ?
Co-channel broadcast of male speech, possibly Romania.
Good to poor reception, up to 50 kW via Valencia (Radio Valencia via CadenaSER).
Logged to 2105 UTC.
18 March: 2108 UTC: 1197 kHz: Absolute Radio Female speech, music: Travis 'Turn'.
Envelope head and postmarks from YLE Radio Finland, which broadcast on 558 kHz and 963 kHz.
Fair to poor reception, possibly / most likely 400 watts via Nottingham.
Male speech, ID, music.
Contact address for Absolute Radio: One Golden Square, London W1F 9DJ
Logged to 2115 UTC.
