My AM Archive : April 2021

 HALLO, hello, hi 😊

This post brings memories of broadcasts heard April 2021 on Medium Wave.  A previous post of Medium Wave logs, heard March 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.

April 2021 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 29 April [2021]: 1424 UTC: 999 kHz: Greatest Hits Radio  Recurring message: 'Greatest Hits Radio no longer available on this frequency'. Retune to FM: 96.5 in Blackpool, 105.9 in Southport, 102.4 in Wigan.
  DAB: Greatest Hits Lancs. Freeview channel 716. Available via Smartphone or tablet from App store / Play store. Also via Smart speaker.
  800 watts via Longton (mb21 / Google maps).

(WebSDR recording: 27 April 2021, c.1730, 999 kHz via Longton)

• [Friday] 30 April [2021]: 1749 UTC: 1215 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: The Police 'Message In A Bottle' Messy audio, due to propagation. ID: 'Home Time with Bush and Richie' Music: Razorlight.
  Good to fair reception, high power transmission: Brookmans Park (62.5 kW) or Droitwich (52.5 kW), other transmission sites at 50 kW, 16 kW, 2-1 kW.
  Echo on speech by presenters and during ad break.
  Presume Brookmans Park or Droitwich sites, possibly Moorside Edge.
  Logged to 1759 UTC.
• 30 April: 1810 UTC: 1242 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: INXS 'New Sensation'.
  Strong to fair reception, 1 kW via Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees.
  ID 'Absolute 80s on Absolute Radio' Music: Duran Duran 'Hungry Like The Wolf' Female host: Isle of Wight Festival coming up later this year. ID. Ad break. Music: Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
  Logged to 1820 UTC.

To be continued...!