My AM Archive : November 2020

 CURIOSITY is a personality trait I have, which is probably why I have spent around 35 years exploring the radio bands and jotting down what I hear, then contacting the broadcasters I heard, who in turn have kindly replied with letters, stickers, flyers, leaflets, which I use to illustrate these posts.

This post covers Medium Wave broadcasts I heard November 2020.  A previous post of Medium Wave logs, dated October 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.

November 2020 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 29 November [2020]: 1503 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live  FA Cup football updates, snooker update from Milton Keynes: Ronnie O'Sullivan leads. Premier League football: Alistair Bruce-Ball and Karen Carney commentating on Southampton v Manchester United: Southampton lead 2-0. Dean Henderson replaces David De Gea in the Manchester United goal.
  Strong reception. 150 kW via Droitwich / 50 kW via Stagshaw.
  GOAL in FA Cup: Carlisle United 1 (Mellish) - Doncaster Rovers 2.
  Logged to 1512 UTC.
• 29 November: 1522 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Drama: 'The Continuing Adventures of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Deceased)'.
  Good reception. 10 kW via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland.
  Logged to 1527 UTC.

  

  Flyer from Manchester United Radio
  Broadcast from Old Trafford, first on air March 5, 1994
  Manchester United Radio broadcast on 1413 kHz.

• 29 November: 1532 UTC: 729 kHz: BBC Essex  Norman's birthday next week (next Sunday), Val and Norman will be travelling next week. Music: 'People Get Ready' Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions. "Number 3 on Ian's Top 5 chart" Luther Vandross 'Since I Lost My Baby'.
  Good to poor reception; 200 watts via Manningtree (North Essex).
  Logged to 1544 UTC.
• 29 November: 1558 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Chris Beech, Carlisle United Football Club manager, speaking to BBC's James Phillips. FA Cup: United 1 - Doncaster Rovers 2, full time. Paul Newton and Chris Lumsdon reply to fans reaction following today's match. Summary of the fans reaction by James Phillips. Next match: Carlisle United v Salford City this coming week.
  Strong to good reception. 1 kW via Carlisle.
  1604 UTC: Now on air: Joe Costin with the Seventies (music) show. Music: 'Ruby Tuesday'.
  Logged to 1607 UTC.
• 29 November: 1616 UTC: 774 kHz: BBC Radio Leeds  Olly Woodcock hosting the afternoon show, female guest is a theatre director and head of Utopia Theatre Company.
  500 watts via Farnley, Leeds.
  Music from Harry Styles 'Adore You'. Co-channel interference from RNE Valencia. Utopia Theatre company developing a play to help African actors. Performances were held between lockdowns. Conversation continues, not at a comfortable audible level.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Logged to 1628 UTC.

Notes: Contact addresses:

    BBC Essex  198 New London Road, Chelmsford  CM2 9XB

    BBC Radio Cumbria  Annetwell Street, Carlisle  CA3 8BB

    BBC Radio Leeds  Broadcasting Centre, 2 St Peter's Square, Leeds  LS9 8AH

My AM Archive : August 2018

 PICKING UP where one left off, and proceeding with logs of Medium Wave (AM) broadcasts, heard August 2018.

A previous post of Medium Wave logs, dated June 2018, 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: Roberts R881.

August 2018 : Medium Wave

• [Monday] 20 August [2018]: 1753 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  Interview with the mountaineer Simon Yates, reflecting on the news of Kay Longstaff, who spent ten hours in the Adriatic sea after falling overboard the Norwegian Star.
  Strong reception via Droitwich (150 kW) / Stagshaw, Northumberland (50 kW).
  Sport: [Crystal] Palace v Liverpool [Football].
  Logged to 1759 UTC.
• 20 August: 1818 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Interview with Lenny Henry - Sir Lenny Henry - with an overview of his career, starting with 'New Faces', working with Sir Trevor McDonald, creating a sketch in honour of Bishop Michael Curry, whose sermon at the Royal Wedding of Harry and Meghan stole the show. How his career has changed over the years. Othello.
  Good to fair reception. Most likely to be 10 kW via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland.
  Reflecting on Comic Relief. Sir Lenny Henry has reached 60 years of age.
  The programme has ID as 'Front Row'.
  Logged to 1829 UTC.
  [ Listen to this edition of Front Row, via BBC Sounds, here ]

Note: 20 August: 1843 UTC: 747 kHz: Trace of audio on this frequency - Could it be the newly restored services from the Netherlands, 100 watts? The audio I believe I hear is just not clear enough. I believe I hear music.

• 20 August: 1848 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Interview with Alex, a stone-skimming champion. Johnny I'Anson on BBC Local Radio.
  Music: Stylistics 'Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)'. Contact details for listeners to interact. Music: Thompson Twins 'Hold Me Now'.
  Good to fair reception. 1 kW via Carlisle.
  News at 19 UTC (8pm BST): Labour call for Birmingham prison inquiry. Man remanded on attempted murder. Estate agent Countrywide records losses. Gatwick Airport has technical fault with departure board. Measles in EU hits record high. Disabled woman who sailed around the world has died. Weather: Cloudy, drizzle. ID for Johnny I'Anson.
  Logged to 1904 UTC

Brew + 'Eastenders'

Valleys Radio With Compliments note, 1997.

Note: 20 August: 1937 UTC: 765 kHz: There is a trace of audio, but not enough to hear a spoken word... Possibly music.

• 20 August: 1941 UTC: 774 kHz: BBC Radio Leeds  Urban music, male host, speaking about the heavy bassline on the previous song, female ID for BBC Radio Leeds - BBC Asian Network opt-out over BBC syndicated show? Music with female vocals, male speech. Female speech, ID. Music.
  Fair to poor reception. 500 watts via Farnley, Leeds.
  Co-channel interference: Spanish football!
  Logged to 1953 UTC.
• 20 August: 2014 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  New music, male ID for BBC Radio Scotland. Clips of new music, accompanied by artist and track name. Music by Moses Sumney. The presenter is Vic Galloway. 80295 is the contact number for texts; email and social media also accessible. The Moses Sumney track was 'Rank And File'. Listener reaction.
  Strong to good reception. 100 kW via Burghead / Westerglen.
  Logged to 2025 UTC.

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My FM Archive: April 2018

 LOGS of FM broadcasts, heard springtime 2018, is what I hope you will enjoy on this post.

A previous post of FM logs, dated September 2011, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in MegaHertz (MHz). Logs transcribed from the original notes. Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW).

Receiver used: Sangean ATS-405 (making its debut!).

April 2018 : FM

• [Thursday] 12 April [2018]: 1903 UTC: 88.1 MHz: BBC Radio 2  News, Jo Whiley, music: Kings Of Leon 'Sex On Fire'.
  250 kW via Sandale, Cumbria. Excellent reception.
  Logged to 1906 UTC.
  Also: 1918 UTC: 90.0 MHz: Music: Donna Summer 'I Feel Love' Jo Whiley, promo for 'Blood On The Tracks' with Colin Murray. Music.
  Fair to poor reception. 10 kW via Morecambe Bay [Lancs].
  Logged to 1923 UTC.
• 12 April: 1925 UTC: 90.3 MHz: BBC Radio 3  Piano and orchestra - Very nice.
  Strong reception (Very little bit of noise). 250 kW via Sandale, Cumbria.
  Applause. Steven Osbourne, Scottish Symphony Orchestra, City Hall, Glasgow.
  Beethoven's Piano Symphony.
  Logged to 1930 UTC.
  
  [Cup of tea time]
  
  Also: 1949 UTC: 92.2 MHz: The Piano concert from the City Halls, Glasgow, continues.
  Good to fair reception.
  'Radio 3 In Concert' with Jamie McDougall.
  10 kW via Morecambe Bay [Lancashire].
  Logged to 1955 UTC.
• 12 April: 1958 UTC: 92.5 MHz: BBC Radio 4  'In Business' with Ms Balderstone. Promo for a new series: 'Chinese Characters'.
  20 UTC news: Chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Child sex abuse in Rochdale. Sir Cliff Richard sues the BBC. Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland. UAE Princess runs away to India.
  'Inside Science' is now on the air. Agriculture.
  Excellent reception. 250 kW via Sandale, Cumbria.
  Logged to 2005 UTC.
  Also: 2020 UTC: 94.4 MHz: 'Inside Science' on Radio 4 continues - with a visit to a particle physics laboratory - Rutherford-Appleton Lab.
  Strong to good reception. 10 kW via Morecambe Bay [Lancs].
  Logged to 2024 UTC.

Historic BBC Radio Scotland logo.

• 12 April: 2027 UTC: 94.7 MHz: BBC Radio Scotland  'The Quay Sessions' with Sam Fender. Presenter: Roddy Hart. Live music from Sam Fender (and his band).
  Good reception (Little bit of noise). 250 kW via Sandale, Cumbria, primarily for South west Scotland (with opt-outs from Dumfries, Scotland).
  Logged to 2034 UTC.
• 12 April: 2041 UTC: 95.6 MHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Georgey Spanswick with a male author, who has written a book about winds, including the Helm Wind, which blows on the Eden - Pennine fellside in Cumbria. 'Where The Wild Winds Are' is the name of the book.
  Good to fair reception. 15 kW via Sandale, Cumbria.
  The author is Nick Hunt. Music: Culture Club 'Karma Chameleon'.
  Logged to 2048 UTC.
  Also: 2053 UTC: 96.1 MHz: Georgey Spanswick. Music: Barry White 'Let The Music Play'.
  Good to fair reception. 3.2 kW via Morecambe Bay.
  Logged to 2056 UTC.
• 12 April: 2058 UTC: 96.4 MHz: CFM  Ad break: McDonald's. PerTemps (recruitment). The Wedding Store, 1 Victoria Viaduct, Carlisle. Bowel screening. Composite doors: Trinity Earth. NatWest. S P Training. CFM Dating.
  21 UTC news: British Government to respond to Syrian chemical attack. Novichock used in Salisbury attack.  CFM ID and song crash into news bulletin (Rochdale, Carpetright) Princess Anne visits Duke of Edinburgh in hospital. News bulletin by Barry Weir. Song which crashed the news continues.
  Good to fair reception. 3 kW via Caldbeck.
  'Mellow CFM' Music: Prince 'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World'.
  Logged to 2106 UTC.
• 12 April: 2119 UTC: 96.9 MHz: Heart (North Lancashire)  Music: Beyonce. Female host, speaking of dating disasters. Ad break: Mix of local & national ads, including Mike Hughes Fitted Interiors (Barrow), kart racing, Admiral insurance, MoneySupermarket. Lionel Richie in concert, Brunton Park, Carlisle. Morecambe hotel. Music: Westlife.
  Heart North Lancashire was formerly The Bay.
  Good reception. 3.2 kW via Morecambe Bay.
  Logged to 2127 UTC.
• 12 April: 2134 UTC: 97.2 MHz: Manx Radio  (Isle of Man)  Music: Ella Henderson 'Ghost', male host, Manx Radio covering Commonwealth Games, weather, waters forecast from Ronaldsway. Ads: Jack's Bar & Steakhouse. Pets medical treatment. Walk the Millennium Way on the Isle of Man. Manx Radio + Manx Telecom live from Australia at 8am for the Commonwealth Games. Music.
  Good to fair reception. 11.3 kW via Carnane, Isle of Man.
  Manx Radio ID, male host, 'Roots' song. Chubby Checker 'The Twist'.
  Logged to 2145 UTC.

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My AM Archive: April 2014

 GOOD Friday 2014 was a very good Friday, for listening to the Medium Wave band of the Roberts R881.
This post details what was heard on that date.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: December 2013, 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.

April 2014 : Medium Wave

• [Friday] 18 April [2014]: 2028 UTC: 738 kHz: RNE 1 Barcelona  Male speech with brief musical interludes. High speech content in Spanish language.
  Fair to poor reception; Presumed 500 kW transmission?
  Logged to 2042 UTC.
• 18 April: 2045 UTC: 747 kHz: NOS R5 [Zeewold HOL]  Very strong signal, speech by both a male and female, in the Dutch language. Music at 2047 UTC.
  This is NOS R5, via Zeewold, Holland. The broadcaster is also known as Radio 5 Nostalgia.
  Male speech at 2050 UTC, with male on phone.
  Excellent to good reception; Presumed 400 kW transmission?
  Logged to 2100 UTC.
• 18 April: 2104 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Music: The Shadows 'Because They're Young'? ID for Joe Costin, voiced by Richard Nankivell. Music: Engelbert Humperdink 'Please Release Me'. Speech by Joe Costin, ID for The Late Show on BBC Radio Cumbria.
  Good to fair reception; 1 kW via Brisco, Carlisle [See image, below].
  Music: Nilsson 'Without You'.
  Co-channel interference from DLF, Germany.
  Logged to 2116 UTC.
  
• 18 April: 2129 UTC: 756 kHz: Tentative reception of BBC Radio 4 which would make the transmission site Redruth, Cornwall!
  Poor - fair - poor reception.
  Female speech regarding shipping.
  Co-channel interference from DLF and BBC Radio Cumbria.
  Logged to 2140 UTC.
  
  
  
  

  
  
• 18 April: 2150 UTC: 756 kHz: Deutschlandfunk [DLF]  "The 'powerhouse' broadcast on this channel after dark".
  Transmission via Ravensburg / Braunschweig, Germany. 100-200 kW.
  Excellent - good - fair reception.
  German male and female speech, operatic pieces.
  Logged to 2200 UTC.

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My AM Archive: February 2011

QSL Verification, Evangeliums-Rundfunk, November 2010.

TWENTY ELEVEN and the second month thereof, feature in this thread of My AM Archive, a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Autumn 2010, can be found here.

[The Evangeliums-Rundfunk broadcast, verified by the QSL card to the right, features in the Autumn 2010 post]

If you would like to learn more about Medium Wave listening, then Europe's Premier Medium Wave DX Club - The Medium Wave Circle - May be of interest.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

February 2011 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 6 February [2011]: 1320 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Male speech, poor signal - Occasional fair to good reception.
  BBC Radio Scotland for South West Scotland via Dumfries, 2 kW.
  [Contact details: BBC Radio Scotland, Elmbank, Lover's Walk, Dumfries DG1 1NZ
  Telephone: 01387 268008
  BBC Scotland HQ: 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA]
  Logged to 1330 UTC.
• 6 February: 1428 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four  'Gardener's Question Time' Chaired by Peter Gibbs in Lavenham, Suffolk. Male speaks of soil types. Female with question, male responds.
  Good reception via Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wrekenton, 2 kW.
  Speech regarding house and garden, by River Severn, Bristol.
  Logged to 1435 UTC.
• 6 February: 1454 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service  Music, male speech.
  Poor to unusable reception. BBC World Service English to Europe via Orford Ness, Suffolk, 500 kW.
  Logged to 1507 UTC.
• 6 February: 1525 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio Maria Nederland & Vlaanderen  Music: Baritone male choir. Female speech, Dutch language.
  Poor reception via Lopik, HOL [Holland], 120 kW.
  Programme: 'Katholiek Weekjournaal'.
  Logged to 1545 UTC.
• 6 February: 1556 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  News headlines: Formula One driver [Robert Kubica] crashes in a rally, Egypt Muslim Brotherhood.
  Live football: Craig Burley, Alan Green, Mike Ingham and Colin Murray prepare for kick-off at Chelsea v Liverpool, Stamford Bridge. Yellow card for Chelsea in first minute or two. Fernando Torres makes his debut for Chelsea.
  Good reception, most likely to be Stagshaw, Northumberland to North East England, 50 kW.
  Logged to 1615 UTC.
• 6 February: 1644 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio Four  'Poetry Please': Music is the subject of the speech.
  Poor reception, most likely Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland, 10 kW.
  Logged to 1652 UTC.

Promotional card for Anne Hopper, BBC Radio Cumbria.

• 6 February: 1706 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Music: Duet by male and female vocalists, big band music. Anne Hopper's Music Box on BBC Radio Cumbria.
  Fair to poor reception via Carlisle, 1 kW.
  Logged to 1722 UTC.
• 6 February: 1805 UTC: 756 kHz: Deutschlandfunk  Female speech includes ID for Deutschlandfunk, female speech, ID by male, female speech, speech by males regarding President Mubarak of Egypt. All speech in German language. Egyptian elections.
  Good to fair reception, 100-200 kW via Ravensburg / Braunschweig, Germany.
  Speech regarding unrest in Egypt. Female with new items: Preparations for Tour de France, fireworks, short piece by male in English language.
  Logged to 1815 UTC.
• 6 February: 1839 UTC: 783 kHz: MittelDeutscher Rundfunk  Male speech, German language, MDR Info.
  Fair reception via Leipzig, Germany, 100 kW, on 783 kHz / 383m.
  Logged to 1850 UTC.
• 6 February: 1900 UTC: 792 kHz: France Info  ID, speech by female and male.
  Fair to poor reception via Limoges, 300 kW.
  Female on telephone, male in studio. Football: Lille, Bordeaux, PSG, Toulouse. Sports news: Motor racing, NFL Super Bowl.
  Logged to 1910 UTC.
• 6 February: 1918 UTC: 801 kHz: Bayern Plus  Back to back music, including 'A Little Bit of Soul'. ID for Bayern Plus.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Logged to 1927 UTC.

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My AM Archive: January 2010

 CHANGES are continuing on the Medium Wave band at time of writing, with the majority of BBC broadcasts scheduled for closure now running their recurring retune announcements.

Whilst some have been heard by myself on the Medium Wave band of my current receiver, a Sangean ATS-405, I have heard many of the announcements by using UK-based Web SDRs.

Away from current matters, this post brings memories of Medium Wave broadcasts dated January 2010, as part of the My AM Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: November 2009, 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.

January 2010 : Medium Wave

• [Monday] 25 January [2010]: 2047 UTC: 675 kHz: NRK 1  Speech from Røst, Norway. Male speech, pop music, speech in Norwegian. Co-channel interference from Radio Maria, Netherlands.
  Female speech. Fair to poor reception. Female and male chat. Music: 'Rainy Night in Georgia'.
  Logged to 2100 UTC.
• 25 January: 2115 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio Maria Nederland & Vlaanderen  Excellent to good reception via Lopik, Holland. Piano & strings music. Male ID at 2120 UTC. Female speech. Dutch language.
  Logged to 2125 UTC.
• 25 January: 2132 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE 1  Succession of male voices, Spanish language, one speaks of Dubrovnik. Female speech. [Political] Discussion programme?
  Excellent to good reception via Seville, Spain. 600 kW.
  Logged to 2141 UTC.

Radio Maria Nederland & Vlaanderen QSL Verification, January 2010.

• 25 January: 2210 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live  Excellent to fair reception, presumed Stagshaw, Northumberland. 50 kW. Discussion regarding the Vancouver Canada Winter Olympics 2010.
  Logged to 2220 UTC.
• 25 January: 2230 UTC: 711 kHz: France Inter  Female interviews male on telephone. Male host speaks of 'La Figaro'. Signature tune. 'La Journal...' Comments regarding [President] Sarkozy.
  Excellent to fair reception via Rennes, France. 300 kW.
  Logged to 2241 UTC.
• 25 January: 2252 UTC: 738 kHz: RNE 1  Barcelona, Spain. 500 kW. Excellent to good reception.
  Several Spanish voices, male, speak of FIFA, Fernando Verbasco, Spain, Germany, Washington, Casablanca. Music. Female voices.
  Logged to 2300 UTC.
• 25 January: 2305 UTC: 747 kHz: NOS Radio 5  Flevoland, Netherlands. 400 kW. Male host, Dutch language, Calypso music / Caribbean music. Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 2310 UTC.
• 25 January: 2315 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  [Co-channel interference from Germany] Music from The Proclaimers. The Richard Nankivell Late Show. "Burns Night" Music from Deacon Blue 'Dignity'. "All Scottish, this half hour" Music. Fair to poor reception via Carlisle, 1 kW. Donovan. "Glamorous assistant, Wispy Witherslack" Music.
  Logged to 2330 UTC.

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My AM Archive: BBC Radio Cumbria, Summer 2008

 MY AM Archive is a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: May Bank Holiday 2008, can be found here.

Logs in this post date from Summer 2008, specifically June 8 and August 25.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

June 2008 : Medium Wave

Sunday 8 June 2008: 1924 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Carlisle transmitter, live relay of Rokker Radio, programme for Gypsies and Travelling People, live from Appleby Horse Fair, presented by Jake Bowers. Interview with musician Catherine Ashcroft, regarding her live performance of her album 'Take Flight & Follow' on Fair Hill, Appleby. Interview with lady regarding the attitude of local authorities to gypsies and travelling people. Project called 'Education On The Hoof'. Appleby Horse Fair is the largest gathering of gypsy and travelling people in the world.
Rokker Radio is usually based in Luton and broadcast to the east & south of England.
Excellent to good reception.
Interview with a gentleman regarding the history of the fair. Interview with Landlord of the White Hart Hotel, Boroughgate, Appleby-in-Westmorland.
Chris (lady) from Colchester, regular listener to Rokker Radio, in Appleby, would like to see more bins, more toilets.
Travel news: J17 M25 Essex. M25 Wycombe Bishops. Cumbria: A6 Penrith, Tynedale Drive. Railway: Carlisle - Glasgow, Carlisle - Edinburgh on Virgin Cross Country. Trailer for BBC HD.
ID: Rokker Radio with Jake Bowers. Story: Vale of Whitworth. Collecting the rubbish. Billy Welsh: Attitude of authority. Inheritance issues. Final song: Live rendition of Johnny Cash song 'Folsom Prison Blues' at Appleby Horse Fair. Miss Price closes this edition of Rokker Radio. Email address for Jake Bowers.
Next in the east of England: Keith Skues. Close of programme at 9pm (20 UTC), BBC Radio Cumbria news.

BBC Radio Cumbria postmark, May 2007.

August 2008 : Medium Wave

Monday 25 August 2008 (August Bank Holiday Monday): 1520 UTC (1620 BST): 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Excellent to good reception, 1 kW via Carlisle.

'Bank Holiday Sport' Live commentary with James Phillips: York City v Barrow, 1-1 at 62 minutes, attendance: 2664. Live from KitKat Crescent / Bootham Crescent, York. 409 Barrow fans in the crowd.

Full Time at Borough Park, Workington: Workington 4 - Burscough 1.

York v Barrow in the 90th minute, 3 minutes stoppage time at KitKat Crescent / Bootham Crescent. Nicholas Rogan wins a corner for Barrow, shot on goal - past the post. 93rd minute.

Full Time: York City 1 - Barrow 1. To 1555 UTC.

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My AM Archive: Spring 2006

 

MARCH and April 2006 are from where the following memories of Medium wave radio broadcasts, as heard by myself at the time and noted in my logbook, come.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2005-2006, 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.

March 2006 : Medium Wave

• 10 March [2006]: 2041 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Fair to poor reception via Carlisle, 1 kW.  Football commentary: Coca-Cola League Two: Northampton Town v Carlisle United, live from Sixfields, Northampton. Half Time: Town 0 - United 1 (Karl Hawley, 21 minutes). Commentary by Derek Lacey and Mike Corry.
  [Full details of the match can be found here.]

April 2006 : Medium Wave

• 14 April: 1417 UTC: 1314 kHz: NRK Euuropakanalen  Fair reception via Kvitsoy, Norway, 1200 kW.  Norwegian speech, female and male voices. Music. Male speaks to male on telephone.
• 14 April: 1450 UTC: 1323 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster  Fair to poor reception via Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland, 100 kW.  Music: Mamas & Papas 'California Dreaming'. George Jones. Telephone: 0845 955678. ID.  15 UTC news: Newcastle flight disruption. Baby illness.
• 14 April: 1757 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio  Excellent-good-fair reception via Foxdale, Isle of Man, 20 kW.  Music: Bryan Adams 'Everything I Do I Do It For You'. Sponsored weather report: Freedom Travel Isle of Man. Sport: Football: Sven Goran Eriksson, Ashley Cole.
• 14 April: 2014 UTC: 1422 kHz: DLF Deutschlandfunk  Excellent to good reception via Heusweiler, Germany, 600 - 1200 kW.  Music: Jazz - Blues programme, German language. Male host. Music, English language songs.

Please note the log for BBC Radio Cumbria, 10 March, features a link to the TablesLeague website, which has full details of the Northampton Town - Carlisle United football fixture, as reported in the log.

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My AM Archive: Summer 2005

 SUMMER 2005 brings us memories of Medium Wave broadcasts from the dates of Tuesday 14 June and Thursday 18 August 2005.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: April 2005, 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.

June 2005 : Medium Wave

• 14 June [2005]: 1412 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Excellent to good reception via Barrow in Furness, 1 kW. The Tony James Show.
• 14 June: 1430 UTC: 855 kHz: BBC Radio Lancashire  Good reception via Preston, 1 kW. News headlines: Michael Jackson proved innocent, Tony Blair meets Jacques Chirac in Paris. News from Burnley. Graham Liver. Music: Robert Palmer 'Addicted To Love'. Pink Floyd, Live 8.

Letter from BBC Radio Lancashire, verifying reception: 14 June 2005, 1430 UTC, 855 kHz.

• 14 June: 1524 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales  Excellent to good reception  'Good Evening Wales'  Weather with Derek: Lleyn Peninsular: rain with sunny breaks. Outlook. Travel: A55 Anglesey, Wrexham; Northern Rail Wales. Felicity Adams and Phil Payne. News.
• 14 June: 1614 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  Excellent to good reception. Peter Allen and Jane Garvey 'Drivetime'. Lottery news.
• 14 June: 1741 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio  Excellent reception via Hawes, 1 kW 'Drivetime' Entertainment guide sponsored by Black Swan Ravenstonedale. Travel news with Johnstone's of Kirkby Stephen. Music: Bruce Hornsby & The Range. Jeremy Gartland.
• 14 June: 1846 UTC: 999 kHz: Magic 999  Excellent to good reception via Longton (Preston-Blackpool) 800 watts  'Red Rose Magic 9-99' Music: Bob Marley.
• 14 June: 1933 UTC: 1008 kHz: Radio 10 Gold  Good-fair-poor reception via Flevoland, Holland, 400 kW.  Music: George Benson, male host, ID.

August 2005 : Medium Wave

• 18 August: 1951 UTC: 1008 kHz: Radio 10 Gold  Fair reception via Flevoland, Holland. Music: The Animals 'House of The Rising Sun', Counting Crowes 'Big Yellow Taxi'. ID, news, Dutch.

Google view of where the Flevoland mast stood.

• 18 August: 2051 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  Excellent to good reception  'Evening Kick Off' comes to a close. News followed by the James Whale show: New show 'Whale on Sunday' starting this coming Sunday at noon. Telephone: 08704 202020. Text: 81089.

That concludes the logs for Tuesday 14 June and Thursday 18 August 2005.

In the intervening fifteen years between the above days of reception and the posting of these logs, there are some differences to report.

Fresh Radio, after changing hands three times, would come under the ownership of UKRD in January 2012. UKRD promptly ceased transmission at 6pm on the same day they took ownership.  Move forward to October 2013 and a successful application for a Community Radio license saw Dales Radio go on air on 936 kHz, from the same transmission site in Hawes.

Magic 999, under the ownership of Bauer Media, would become Rock FM 2 (as a 'sister' to Rock FM in Preston), though is now part of the Greatest Hits Radio network.

Radio 10 Gold would rename as Radio 10 and move to FM transmission. The Flevoland sites would be demolished in early 2019, as shown by the footprint in the above left image.

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My AM Archive: April 2005

APRIL 10, 2005 was the 100th day of the year 2005 in the Gregorian calendar.

I spent that day - A Sunday - Listening to Medium Wave and here are the results of what was heard that day.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2004-2005, 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.

April 2005 : Medium Wave

• 10 April [2005]: 0948 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four Good-fair-good reception. 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Omnibus edition of 'The Archers'. Emma gives birth.
• 10 April: 1010 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service Poor to barely audible reception. Transmission site: Orford Ness, Suffolk, 500 kW. Male and female voices.
• 10 April: 1027 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York Good to fair reception via Fulford, York, 0.5 kW. Man on telephone from Australia! Websites for Scarborough and Scarborough Beach, Perth, South West Australia. James Watt (host), Tel: 0845 300 3000, Text: 07786 203000, email address.
• 10 April: 1249 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock Excellent-good-fair reception via Lopik, Holland, 120 kW. Music: Roxy Music 'Virginia Plain' ID, news: Monaco Royalty. Hilversum, Amsterdam Arena (sport). Music: Santana ft Rob Thomas 'Smooth', Lynard Skynard 'Sweet Home Alabama'.
• 10 April: 1321 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent reception 'Sport on Five' Masters Golf, Tiger Woods in the lead. Interview with Martin O'Neil, Manager of Celtic Football Club. Masters Golf update. Football: Tottenham Hotspur - Newcastle United.

BBC Radio 4 artwork for new schedule
announcement, April 1998.

• 10 April: 1356 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio Four Fair-good-fair reception. News at 1400 UTC (3pm BST): Michael Howard (Conservative), Tony Blair (Labour) and Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrat) on the General Election campaign trail. MG Rover closure.
• 10 April: 1428 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Excellent to good reception via Carlisle, 1 kW. Rugby League: Whitehaven 20 - Halifax 6.
• 10 April: 1623 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland Fair reception 'Cover Stories' programme. Trailer for 'Be Bop to Hip Hop'. Trailers for Wednesday. ID 'Values Added' programme: Pope John Paul funeral; Marriage of Charles Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
• 10 April: 1644 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Good to fair reception via Barrow in Furness, 1 kW. Anne Hopper 'Music Box'.

Time has moved on in the fifteen and a half years between that day and this; Transmitter closures over a recent period means it is most likely you would now not hear BBC World Service and BBC Radio York on the above frequencies. If you now tune to 648 kHz, a former frequency of the BBC World Service, you will hear Radio Caroline, broadcasting its albums stream on a Community Radio license.

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My AM Archive: Summer - Autumn 2004

REFLECTIONS of radio broadcasts from the months of July and September 2004, as heard on Medium Wave.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Spring 2004, 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.

July 2004 : Medium Wave

• 31 July [2004]: 1807 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Newcastle Excellent to fair reception via Wrekenton, 2 kW. Adrian Allen Show. Music: Smokey Robinson 'Tears of a Clown'. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 'Dancing In The Streets'.
• 31 July: 1827 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Fair reception via Whitehaven, 500 watts. Adrian Allen show. Motown and seventies music: Le Chic 'Le Freak'.

BBC Somerset Sound sticker.

• 31 July: 2030 UTC: 1566 kHz: BBC Radio Bristol - Somerset Sound Good to fair reception via Taunton. Male host, request for Plymouth, old time music, request for Bob's wedding anniversary. Request for John Wilson, Monkton, Taunton, Somerset.

September 2004 : Medium Wave

• 13 September: 1834 UTC: 1566 kHz: County Sound Radio Fair-poor-fair reception via Peasmarsh, Guildford, 0.8 kW. Music: Bill Withers 'Lovely Day', Queen 'Fat Bottomed Girls'. ID: "The Original County Sound Radio, 15-66" U2 'With Or Without You'.
• 13 September: 1919 UTC: 1602 kHz: SER Vitoria Spain Fair-poor-fair reception. Music: Louis Armstrong 'What A Wonderful World', Female host, speech, Spanish. Music: 'Free Nelson Mandela'. 10 kW.

Note: The BBC Somerset Sound sticker, above, is affixed to an envelope sent to me by BBC Somerset in 1991. BBC Somerset now broadcasts on 1566 kHz, though prior to October 2002, broadcast on 1323 kHz, which features on the sticker. An article detailing the change of frequency, BBC Somerset Sound moves from 1323 to 1566 kHz, courtesy of Alan Pennington BDXC-UK and DXing.info, October 25, 2002, can be found on DXing.info.

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My AM Archive: Winter 2002-2003

MORE Medium Wave memories, this time from the winter of 02-03, specifically the months December 2002 and February 2003.

The previous post in this thread was logs from the previous year - Winter 2001-2002. Visit that post here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

December 2002 : Medium Wave

• 23 December [2002]: 1905 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Strong to fair reception. Carlisle [Brisco] transmitter, 1kW 'Match Night Special' Jonathan Parr.  Derek Lacey interviews Tony Cunningham.  Jim White interviews Mick McCarthy.  Matt Williams reviews World Cup 2002. Jonathan Agnew interviews Nasser Hussain, Captain of the England Cricket team, on tour in Australia. Live commentary of Carlisle United v Scunthorpe United, FA Cup Round 2, by Derek Lacey. Brunton Park attendance: 6809. Result: Blues 0 - Iron 1.

Promotional photocard of Derek Lacey.

• 31 December: 2300 UTC: 1062 kHz: Danmarks Radio Strong to good reception. P4 Network via Kalundborg, 250 kW. Danish New Year celebrations, ABBA 'Happy New Year'. Chimes, Hymns.
  [Radio] Luxembourg tribute with Allan Krautwald, music: Little Eva 'The Locomotion'; Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. 'The Great 208'.

February 2003 : Medium Wave

• 6 February [2003]: 1946 UTC: 531 kHz: Swiss B C Good reception. Music: Instrumental version of 'Just When I Needed You Most'. Beromunster, Switzerland, 500 kW.
• 6 February: 2012 UTC: 549 kHz: United Christian Broadcasters Good to fair reception. County Monaghan, Ireland 'Godly Pursuit' with Roy Clarke & Wendy Crocker. Stoke-On-Trent ST4 8YY.
• 6 February: 2105 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio 1 Ireland. Strong to good reception. Tullamore transmitter, 500 kW 'Sea Scape' male host, shipping in the waters surrounding Ireland, reflecting on the loss of the Prestige in the Atlantic off the coast of Spain. Chuck Cruegar reads from his logbook. Telephone contact details. New Zealand sailing Americas Cup.
• 6 February: 2140 UTC: 576 kHz: Mega Radio Germany. Fair reception. Dance music, female vocals, male vocals.
• 6 February: 2157 UTC: 585 kHz: RNE Madrid Spain. Good to fair reception. Two males, conversation of news events in Spain.

QSL verification card from RTE, verifying reception 6 February 2003, 2105 UTC, 567 kHz Medium Wave.

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My AM Archive: November 1996

VISITING my Medium Wave logs of November 1996 - But first, housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

November 1996: Medium Wave

• [Monday] 11 November [1996]: 2025 UTC: 612 kHz: RTE 2FM (Ireland) Dave Fanning plays 'First Band On The Moon' by The Cardigans, 'Hang Up Your Disco Suit' by (Belfast Band) Tunic, Lightning Seeds 'What If', Gene: 'Fighting Fit'. Music from Lionel Richie, Elton John.
• 11 November: 2045 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service Report from Harare, Zimbabwe.

• 11 November: 2115 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Football discussion: Alan Green debates refereeing in the UK and Europe.
• 11 November: 2120 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria 'Night Network' Classical music. Interference from DLF (Deutschlandfunk), Germany.
• 11 November: 2124 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland Music: Men At Work 'Down Under'.
• 11 November: 2136 UTC: 873 kHz: AFN [Armed Forces Network; For US forces based in Germany] Frankfurt 'Good Time Rock 'n' Roll': The Beatles 'Eight Days A Week'.
• 11 November: 2156 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales 'Country Corral' Country music show: Rita McEntire: 'It Don't Matter', Bradley Foster 'Last Chance For Love'. BBC Radio Wales via Washford, 100 kW.
• 11 November: 2159 UTC: 963 kHz: YLE Radio Finland via Pori, Finland. English broadcast, internet information.

The Big Workshop, Helsinki, YLE headquarters.

• 11 November: 2202 UTC: 1053 kHz: Talk Radio UK: News. James Whale: Discussions: The Royal British Legion, Teachers. Live from Newcastle. Telephone 0500 10 53 89 Callers: Brenda in Newcastle, Colin in Llanelli, Scott in Fife, Sean in Manchester.
• 11 November: 2231 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden: News: Al Simon. Nordic meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Swedish Police arrest an Iranian. Danish journalists detained in Sri Lanka. Weather report. 'Sixty Degrees North': Bill Schiller reports from the Nordic Council meeting.
• 11 November: 2240 UTC: 1197 kHz: Virgin Radio Music from the Bee Gees 'You Win Again'.
• 11 November: 2243 UTC: 1278 kHz: RTE 2FM (Ireland) Music: BabyBird 'You're Gorgeous'.
• 11 November: 2246 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio, Isle of Man. Transmitter: Foxdale. 'The Late Show' History of Douglas, Isle of Man, visiting Woodside Terrace, Victoria Terrace. Music: The Bee Gees 'Words'. Music: Whitney Houston: 'Run To You'. Independent Radio News: Prime Minister John Major, The European Court of Justice. Manx Radio News: New Parliament Buildings.
• 11 November: 2309 UTC: 1386 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'A Good Life' reports on food security in Africa, Ginger Da Silva reports from Kenya. Trailer for 'Music 52/15', postal address for 'On Target', the Radio Netherlands printed schedule. Details of the Radio Netherlands direct telephone numbers. 'Press Review': Sport: Boxing, football: Holland 7 - Wales 1. Reporters: Robert Green, Dave Durham.

• 11 November: 2338 UTC: 1467 kHz: Trans World Radio - Transmitter: Monte Carlo. Programme: 'Words of Hope' - 'How To Get To Heaven' Life or Death, we will be with the Lord. Music. 'Day's End' with Victor Pearce, tour of the Holy Land. Closing announcements by Andrew Pettinger.

That concludes this visit to my Medium Wave archive.

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My FM Archive: November 1997

A sunny Sunday afternoon and another visit to my radio archive - What more could you ask for? This post brings you logs of the FM band twenty years ago: November 1997.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in MegaHertz (MHz). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

November 1997: FM

• 8 November [1997]: 2126 UTC: 88.1 MHz: BBC Radio 2 David Jacobs, Michael Crawford 'When I Fall In Love'.
• 8 November: 2130 UTC: 90.3 MHz: BBC Radio 3 Susan Tomes ? Classical music.
• 8 November: 2134 UTC: 92.5 MHz: BBC Radio 4 Professor Steve Jones with reference to the arts and science. 'The Hydro' followed by 'Classics with Kay' Profile of Gracie Fields.

• 8 November: 2147 UTC: 94.7 MHz: BBC Radio Scotland Main transmitter site: Sandale, with Dumfries transmitter opt-outs. Music.
• 8 November: 2150 UTC: 95.2 MHz via Kendal, 95.6 MHz via Sandale: BBC Radio Cumbria Bob Preedy's 'Hot Country'. (Country music broadcast).
• 8 November: 2156 UTC: 96.4 MHz: CFM Carlisle. Music.
• 8 November: 2158 UTC: 96.9 MHz: The Bay Lancaster. Music: 'I'm Not In Love' 10cc, 'Return To Sender' Elvis Presley. [22 UTC] Bay News: Louise Woodward trial, tenth anniversary of Enniskillen bombing. Anti-American protests in Baghdad. Basingstoke Chlorine Gas alert. Sport: Great Britain win rugby league contest, football: Hibs, Blackburn, Leeds United. Lottery roll-over. Weather: showers, 5°C 41°F. Music: The Police 'Message In A Bottle', Hot Chocolate 'You Win Again', Simply Red 'Something Got Me Started'.
• 8 November: 2224 UTC: 97.7 MHz: BBC Radio 1 'Westwood' Radio 1 Rap Show with Tim Westwood.
• 8 November: 2230 UTC: 99.9 MHz: Classic FM 'The Classic Quiz'.

Letterhead of the Classic FM Engineering Information release from the Radio Authority, 1992.

• 8 November: 2230 UTC: 100.4 MHz: Jazz FM Music: Leon Parker 'All My Life '84'. Write to Jazz FM, The World Trade Centre, Exchange Quay, MANCHESTER M5 3EQ Music: Joyce 'Banana '80'. Ad for Sellafield Visitors Centre. Jez Nelson is the host.
• 8 November: 2257 UTC: 100.7 MHz: Century FM 'phone-in with Stu Macfarlane. [23 UTC] News: Louise Woodward trial, Gerry Adams apologises for Enniskillen bombing. Queen at Remembrance Service. Spice Girls manager sacked. Weather.

November 1998: FM

• 16 November: 2328 UTC: 92.5 MHz: BBC Radio 4 'Aerial Views' Jennifer Cox visits Vatican Radio and talks to Sean Lovett of the English Service.

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Medium Wave, May 2017

IT is a mid-May Monday and it is raining. So stay sheltered, put the heating back on (but only if you need to) and enjoy this post here on Reporting From The Fox Tower, as I bring you a list (or a log, to use the term in radio broadcast reporting circles) of broadcasts received on the Medium Wave band of the Roberts R881, throughout the day of Sunday 7 May 2017.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz) and transmission powers in watts or KiloWatts (kW).

• 7 May: 1113 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland, UK. Moderate to poor reception, up to 100 kW via Westerglen, Scotland, UK. Football: Scottish Premier League: Partick Thistle v [Glasgow] Rangers. Update from the EFL (English Football League) Championship: Blackburn Rovers lead in their match. 'Sunday Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland'. Joe Garner is in the Rangers team. GOAL: Thistle 1 - Rangers 0. To 1135 UTC.
• 7 May: 1146 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria, UK. Moderate reception, 1 kW via Barrow in Furness, UK. Music: Eddy Arnold 'Make The World Go Away'. Music of the 1960s, presented by Joe Costin. Now playing: 'I've Put A Spell On You'. Speech by Joe Costin, ID (spoken by Richard Nankivell), music. Joe Costin gives telephone, text and email contacts. Music. To 1156 UTC.
• 7 May: 1214 UTC: 855 kHz: BBC Radio Lancashire, UK. Moderate to poor reception, 1 KW via Preston, UK. Constant broken tone, speech at an OB [Outside Broadcast] with crowd noise - Football? To 1228 UTC.

• 7 May: 1233 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales, UK. Strong reception, up to 100 kW via Washford, Somerset, UK. Actress Alison Steadman is the studio guest; Music: 'You've Got A Friend'. Ms Steadman talks about her acting career, the shows 'Little Voice' and 'Pride And Prejudice' and awards. Music: The Red Army Choir. I believe the male host speaking with Alison Steadman was Aled Jones!  Continuity weather update, traffic and travel update.  1300 UTC news and sport update: General election campaign news from the major parties. Sport: Blackburn Rovers have been relegated from the EFL Championship to EFL League One. Cricket: Glamorgan. Time check: "Three minutes past one".  On air now: 'Lynn Bowles on Sunday'. Now playing: U2 'Desire'. Contact details; Question: "Have you switched your heating off yet?' Music: Texas 'When We Are Together', Harry Styles 'Sign Of The Times'. To 1310 UTC.
• 7 May: 1338 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live, UK. Strong reception, up to 200 kW via Moorside Edge, UK. One Day International cricket, England v Ireland at Lords. The England innings has ended on 328 runs. Football: Liverpool 0 - Southampton 0. Boxing: Tyson Fury issues a challenge to Anthony Joshua; The thoughts of Steve Bunce. Football: EFL Championship final day: Newcastle United are Champions (Brighton & Hove Albion are runners-up); Blackburn Rovers have been relegated to EFL League One. Horse racing news. Football: Live to Anfield: Penalty: Saved (Missed by James Milner of Liverpool). Liverpool 0 - Southampton 0. News update from the British & Irish Lions. Football: Preview of Arsenal v Manchester United. Golf update. Football: Live interview with Rafa Benitez, Manager of Newcastle United, winners of the EFL Championship.  To 1359 UTC.
• 7 May: 1405 UTC: 936 kHz: Dales Radio, UK. Strong reception, 150 watts via Brunt Acres Road, Hawes, UK. Community Radio for the Yorkshire Dales. Music: Denice Williams 'Let's Hear It For The Boy'. ID, time check, Rob Stevens, music: K.T. Tunstall. "Taking a look at the Dales Diary soon", music: REM 'Losing My Religion', Evelyn 'Champagne' King 'Love Comes Down'. ID "What's on in the Dales" Giggleswick Gliders. ID. Music: Robbie Williams 'Old Before I Die'.  To 1425 UTC.

• 7 May: 1440 UTC: 999 kHz: Rock FM 2, UK. Moderate reception, 800 watts via Longton (Preston / Blackpool), UK. Ad for insurance provider, ID, music: Human League 'Don't You Want Me', ID, Alannah Miles 'Black Velvet', ID, Lynyrd Skynyrd 'Sweet Home Alabama', ID, Kate Bush 'Running Up That Hill'.  To 1452 UTC.
• 7 May: 1508 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport, UK. Moderate reception, up to 500 kW via Droitwich, UK. Football: Commentary highlights of Liverpool v Southampton, phone-in with Liverpool supporters. Live updates from the Emirates Stadium: Arsenal 0 - Manchester United 0. Promo, ID, ad break: Car sales, eBay, Just Eat app, Trade Point. Interview with Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool FC Manager.  To 1520 UTC.
• 7 May: 1528 UTC: 1071 kHz: TalkSport, UK. Moderate reception, 1 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK. Ad break, football promo. Conversation regarding Liverpool Football Club. Updates of the final day of the EFL Championship. Cricket update from Lords: ODI: England v Ireland. Interview with Arsene Wenger, prior to Arsenal v Manchester United. Further Premier League updates, contact telephone number for 'The Full Time Phone In', ad break.  To 1542 UTC.

• 7 May: 1549 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport, UK. Moderate reception, up to 400 kW via Moorside Edge, UK. Football: Update from the Emirates Stadium: Half Time: Arsenal 0 - Manchester United 0. Telephone callers. Speech regarding Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool Football Club. Speech from Jose Mourinho (Manchester United), Arsenal update.  To 1555 UTC.
• 7 May: 1748 UTC: 1152 kHz: Metro Radio 2, UK. Moderate to poor reception, 1.8 kW via Greenside, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK. Music: Queen 'I Want To Break Free', ID, Duran Duran 'Rio'. Male speech, contact details, female speech, ad break. News at 1800 UTC: General Election 2017 campaign.  To 1800 UTC.
• 7 May: 1808 UTC: 1170 kHz: TFM 2, UK. Moderate reception, 320 watts via Stockton-on-Tees (Teesside), UK. Music: Kenny Rogers 'The Gambler', ID, Old Crow Medicine Show 'Wagon Wheel', ID, male host with link giving studio text number. Music: Robbie Williams. ID. Link to Country music show!  To 1820 UTC.

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Medium Wave: March 2017

ANOTHER Sunday afternoon, another selection of radio broadcasts I have heard. From the logbook, an evening of broadcasts heard on Friday 3 March 2017. Housekeeping notes for those new to these posts: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz) and transmission powers in watts or kiloWatts (kW).

March 2017 : Medium Wave.

• 3 March: 1813 UTC: 639 kHz: CRo2 Dvojka, Czech Republic. Strong to good reception, 1500 kW via Prague. 'Radio Club Junior' with Klara Novakova and guest David Svoboda, a London 2012 Olympian. Music, speech including the phone-in segment of the show, various greetings in the Czech language, including the informal 'Ahoj'. Music, speech.
• 3 March: 1835 UTC: 639 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain. Good reception, up to 600 kW via various transmission sites. Speech from a female, brief speech from a male, female speaking at length. Male speech with ID: 'Radio Nacional Espana'. Music: Leonard Cohen?.
• 3 March: 1856 UTC: 657 kHz : Rai RadioUno, Italy. Good reception, 100 kW via Pisa. 'Zapping' - A programme dedicated to looking at the week's news in small segments: Male in studio, male on phone. Male and female voices.

• 3 March: 1924 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York, UK. Strong to moderate reception, 500 watts via Fulford, York. Music from George Harrison 'My Sweet Lord', female host - Georgie Spanswick, talking about what is coming up on the show and the topic of a 'free lunch' - Listener reaction with food and drink related stories, reaction from Simon with a red wine story. Text: 81333, Idents for Georgie Spanswick and BBC Radio York. Music: Jackson Five 'I Want You Back'. Traffic + Travel report - Call in on 0330... Music: Eric Carmen 'Hungry Eyes'. Call the show on 0345... [Notes: BBC Radio York was the dominant broadcast on the channel. The above QSL card, verifying reception in 1996, is from my collection.]
•  3 March: 1954 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain. Strong to moderate reception, 600 kW via Seville. Strong, clear, male speech, music (a Zither!). Time signal for 20 UTC. Female speech - News headlines? Speech is TOO QUICK for me to understand the words! Brief speech from male, female continues speaking. News from France: Marine Le Pen. Feeds from the Friday night football fixtures. Female completes the bulletin, handover to new programme with males. Music: Fatboy Slim 'Praise You'.
• 3 March: 2016 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live, UK. Strong to good reception, up to  150 kW via Droitwich, Worcestershire / 50 kW via Stagshaw, Northumberland. The 'Friday Football Social' - Studio guest is Michail Antonio. Live updates from current sporting fixtures: Leeds United v Birmingham City; Cricket: West Indies 147-4 against England in Antuiga; Rugby League updates. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) talking about being called up for England and life as a Premier League player. 2030 UTC news update: Northern Ireland politician Mike Nesbitt has resigned.

• 3 March: 2048 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio Four, UK. Good to moderate reception, 10 kW via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland. 'Test Match Special' - West Indies v England LIVE from Antigua. A West Indian wicket had fallen just as I tuned in, the next Windies batsman is now at the crease and the over has begun. Male commentator with female summariser.
• 3 March: 2116 UTC: 738 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain. Good to moderate reception, 500 kW via Barcelona. Male and female Spanish voices, female speaks of Casablanca.
• 3 March: 2137 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria, UK. Moderate to poor reception, 1 kW via Brisco, Carlisle. Music from Rod Stewart 'Maggie May', speech from Georgie Spanswick, speaking to a female on the phone about her plans for the weekend.

• 3 March: 2155 UTC: 756 kHz: Radio Romania Actualitati, Romania. Moderate reception, 400 kW via Sibiu, Romania. Male speech, folk music, male voice with ID, off air at 2200 UTC.
• 3 March: 2205 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria, UK. Moderate reception, 1 kW via Brisco, Carlisle. [BBC Radio Cumbria 'in the clear'] Two Beatles songs back to back: 'Please Please Me' and 'Penny Lane' on the 'Decades Show' with Joe Costin. Music: The Strawbs 'Part of the Union'. Val Armstrong with the lyrics quiz 😊 Music: Bonnie Tyler 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. ["Joe Costin: The World's Oldest Man" - R. Nankivell]
• 3 March: 2230 UTC: 774 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain. Good to moderate reception, 20 - 100 kW via various transmission sites. Male conversation at length, includes a clear mention of Brexit!

That concludes the logs for March 2017.

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Season 2016/17: The Season So Far - Part 2

CARLISLE United's season has continued throughout Successful September - Results in a moment. The above image links back to the previous Carlisle United post dated 1st September, which covered United's matches in August. The image, courtesy of Carlisle United Football Club, is BBC Radio Cumbria's United commentator James Phillips and former United midfielder Chris Billy, commentating for BBC Radio Cumbria on the Checkatrade Trophy match away at Oldham Athletic, which United won 5-4 on 30th August.

On to the results for September 2016: Five matches, all EFL Sky Bet League Two:

• Saturday 3rd: United 1 - Accrington Stanley 1 (Attendance: 5128)
• Saturday 10th: United 2 - Leyton Orient 2 (Attendance: 4465)
• Saturday 17th: Blackpool 2 - United 2 (Attendance: 5471)
• Saturday 24th: United 1 - Wycombe Wanderers 0 (Attendance: 4354)
• Tuesday 27th: Doncaster Rovers 2 - United 2 (Attendance: 4773).

As September comes to a close, United are unbeaten in the League, having played 10 matches, a goal difference of +3 and 16 points.

United have six fixtures in October: League Two v Colchester United at Brunton Park; Checkatrade Trophy v Blackburn Rovers Under 23 at Brunton; League Two away at Morecambe; Hartlepool United at Brunton; Away at Stevenage and October closes with Crawley Town at Brunton.

C'mon Ye Blues!

Medium Wave, February 2016

WEEKENDS are a time for enjoying the finer things in life. For me, that is tuning a radio.
Here is the log of broadcasts received on Medium Wave, Saturday 6 February 2016. Times in UTC (Universal Time Coordination; Same as GMT), frequencies in kHz (kiloHertz), transmission powers in kW (kiloWatts):

• 2000 UTC: 774 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain. Multi transmitters, 20-100 kW. ‘Tablero deportivo’ (Sport). Good reception. To 2012 UTC. Website.
• 2020 UTC: 783 kHz: [Presumed] Radio Of Syrian Arab Republic, via Tartus, Syria 600 KW. Speech, half-hour time pips, speech. Moderate to poor reception. To 2030 UTC. Website.
• 2035 UTC: 792 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster, 1 kW via Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Male reporter at a sporting event. Moderate to poor reception. To 2050 UTC. Website.
• 2105 UTC: 801 kHz: [Tentative] BBC Radio Devon, 2 kW via Barnstaple, Devon. ‘BBC Introducing in Devon’. Moderate to poor reception. To 2120 UTC. Website.

• 2125 UTC: 801 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain, via Burgos, 10-20 kW. ‘Tablero deportivo’ (Sport). Good reception. To 2135 UTC. Website.
• 2140 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland, via Burghead or Westerglen, 100 kW. ‘Pipeline’ with Gary West. Good reception. To 2155 UTC. Website.
• 2210 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria, 1 kW via Barrow in Furness, Cumbria. Anne Hopper. Moderate reception. To 2220 UTC. Website.

• 2225 UTC: 846 kHz: Radio North, 1 kW via Redcastle, Co Donegal, Ireland. ‘Night Music’. Moderate reception. To 2235 UTC. Website.
• 2240 UTC: 855 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional, Spain, 300 kW via Murcia. ‘Tablero deportivo’ (Sport). Good to strong reception. To 2250 UTC. Website.
• 2300 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales, up to 100 kW (Washford, Somerset). Adam Walton. Good to strong reception. To 2315 UTC. Website.
• 2323 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live, up to 200 kW (Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire). Stephen Nolan. Good to strong reception. To 2335 UTC. Watch live webcam.

• 2345 UTC: 936 kHz: Dales Radio, 150 watts via Brunt Acres Road, Hawes, North Yorkshire. ‘Stress Busters’. Good to strong reception. To 00:05 UTC. Website.

That completes the log for February 2016.

Do please click on the weblinks.

Thank you.