My AM Archive : November 2019

 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.

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'.

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.

My AM Archive: Winter 2007-2008

WHAT more could you ask for, on Valentine's Day, during a pandemic, than memories of medium wave radio broadcasts, thirteen to fourteen years ago. Well, that's the situation we're in, so let's make the most of it.

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: October 2007, 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.

December 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 27 December [2007]: 1650 UTC: 1557 kHz: France Info  French speaking female with French speaking male on telephone. Monitoring Monthly [magazine] (February 2006) shows France Info via Nice, France, 300 kW. Fair to poor reception - Poor signal. Female speech at 17 UTC, stronger signal: Excellent to good reception. Male and female speaking to a reporter regarding an explosion and murder of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan. Fade out to 1710 UTC.
• 27 December: 1718 UTC: 1575 kHz: Voice of Russia  Female and male speech - British DX Club indicates Voice of Russia via Berg, Germany - German language broadcast. Fair to poor reception. Female speech in German language, to 1740 UTC.

BBC Radio Nottingham logo, early 1990s.

• 27 December: 1743 UTC: 1584 kHz: BBC Radio Nottingham  Male speech, ID at 1744 UTC for BBC Radio Nottingham - Male host (Alan Clifford) in conversation with male on telephone: "Tell me about yourself"; Music: America 'Horse With No Name'; Baccara 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie'. Female speech, music, female on phone. Music: 'You've Got A Friend'.
  Co-channel interference from a commercial radio station - Ad break - British DX Club shows Tay AM / London Turkish - Most likely Tay AM.
  BBC Radio Nottingham details: 1 kW via Nottingham (Clipstone). Drivetime with Alan Clifford.
  Female speech at 1800 UTC: "Six o'clock news"... Reaction to murder of Benazir Bhutto... Weather. Music: Gerry Rafferty 'Baker Street'.
  Tay AM details: 210 watts via Perth (Friarton Road) but no IDs. To 1805 UTC.
• 27 December: 1812 UTC: 1602 kHz: Radio Vitoria  Voices and sound effects from Radio Vitoria via Vitoria, Spain. Good to fair reception, 25 kW. Female and male voices. Spanish language broadcast. To 1824 UTC.
• 27 December: 1834 UTC: 1611 kHz: Vatican Radio  Male voice, broadcasting to Central and East Europe - Poor reception, Lithuanian language. 1840 UTC: Vatican Radio ID signature tune, Latvian language on Europe 2nd Programme. Speech, music, female speech, tune, male speech. To 1855 UTC.

February 2008 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 23 February [2008]: 0842 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio 1  Excellent reception; 500 kW via Tullamore. 'Positive Age' programme: Doctor Pierce Lyons returns to Ireland from USA to discuss food production on a global scale. Next week's guest: Professor Gerry Boyle.
  'Farmweek' hosted by Damian O'Reily. Ad break.
  0900 UTC: RTE News: Arrests in Cork. Fire at Shell oil depot in Co Mayo. Drogheda drugs raid. Aer Lingus new works practices. Weather. Press review. Sport: Ireland v Scotland in Rugby Union Six Nations match. Ad break.
  Eammon Dirvan interviews Martin Maguinness. To 0928 UTC.
• 23 February: 0950 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Excellent reception; 2 kW via Dumfries. Gregor Townsend in the studio to discuss Scotland in the Six Nations Rugby Union Championship. 'Sports Weekly'.
  10 UTC news: British Airways employees tribunal. No plans for DNA database. Shannon Matthews of Dewsbury still missing. Stealth bomber crashes in Guam. Stamp duty rose to 60%. Sport: 6 Nations: Ireland v Scotland, Wales v Italy, France v England. SPL football; Golf. England lose to New Zealand in Cricket. Travel news, weather.
  The Janice Forsyth Show: Music: The Associates 'No Sign Of Life' from 'Young America' album. Parakeets in Scotland. Music: Ryan Adams. Today's guest is Omid Djalili. Music: Sting 'Englishman in New York'; Aswad 'Shine'. To 1030 UTC.
• 23 February: 1151 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Excellent reception; 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 'From Our Own Correspondent' hosted by Kate Adie: Report from an eyesight clinic in Bangladesh. Producer: Tony Grant. Trailer: Eric Coates.
  12 UTC news: DNA. To 1203 UTC.

BBC Cymru Wales postmark, July 2005.

• 23 February: 1216 UTC: 657 kHz: BBC Radio Wales  Two male hosts with ID for BBC Radio Wales, fair to poor reception, 2 kW via Wrexham. Build up to Six Nations Rugby: Wales v Italy, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Singing of Italian National Anthem. To 1230 UTC.
• 23 February: 1254 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York  Music: Sheryl Crow. ID for BBC Radio York. Traffic and travel. Richard Allinson, The Albums Show. Music: Joni Mitchell. Excellent to good reception; 500 watts via Fulford, York.
  13 UTC news: Bedale man wins £1 Million at a betting shop in Thirsk. Shannon Matthews of Dewsbury still missing. School visits to Auschwitz. Thefts. Knaresborough Castle restoration. Sport: Football: York City; Harrogate Town. Six Nations rugby; Cricket. Weather.
  Richard Allinson, The Albums Show: Music 'Here Come The Girls'; The Rolling Stones 'Start Me Up'; Holly Rose 'Apple'. To 1330 UTC.

• 23 February: 2045 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio Maria Netherlands  Continual music, with a religious theme, with choirs, with songs from musicals. Excellent reception. To 2101 UTC.
• 23 February: 2126 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE 1  Live La Liga football on RNE 1 via Seville, E (Spain), 600 kW. Excellent to good reception. Fixtures: Sevilla v Real Zaragoza. Valencia 1 - Rec Huelva 1. To 2136 UTC.
• 23 February: 2140 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  France 13 - England 24. Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmissions. Six Nations Rugby Union live commentary: France 13 - England 24 Full Time. Ian Robertson commentary from Stade de France, Paris. Interview with Nick Easter of England. To 2151 UTC.
• 23 February: 2208 UTC: 711 kHz: France Bleu / France Info  French speaking female. Excellent to good reception; 300 kW via Rennes. Sport report from Stade de France, Paris: Two males, French language, Six Nations Rugby Union result: France 13 - England 24. To 2214 UTC.

WDR QSL.

•  23 February: 2223 UTC: 720 kHz: WDR 2 Germany  Good to fair reception; 85 kW via Langenberg, D (Germany). Music, speech by male host. Music: Cornershop 'Brimful of Asha'; Queen 'We Will Rock You'. To 2235 UTC.
• 23 February: 2241 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Excellent to fair reception; 10 kW via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland. Round-table discussion regarding suicide. To 2248 UTC.

Notes:

Contact details:

Radio Maria Nederland

Postbus 67, 5482 WH SCHIJNDEL (Holland)

[Email address withheld]

RNE 1

Radio Nacional de España, Casa de la Radio, Emisioñ Inglesa, PO Box 156.202 MADRID 28080 ESPAÑA (Spain)

[Email address withheld]

WDR 2

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, 50600 KÖLN (COLOGNE) (GERMANY)

[Email address withheld]

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My AM Archive: Summer 2006

 

REPORTING From The Fox Tower's AM Archive is a continuous thread of logs of Medium Wave broadcasts, heard years gone by.

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

This post remembers Summer 2006: The months of June and August 2006.

June 2006 : Medium Wave

• 25 June [2006]: 0807 UTC: 1413 kHz: Fresh Radio  Poor reception via Skipton 100 watts / Richmond 40 watts / 'Ripon' 3 watts, all North Yorkshire ('Ripon' - Pateley Bridge).
  Music : David Bowie 'Space Oddity'.  Creedence Clearwater Revival 'Bad Moon Rising'.
  [See the Fresh Radio logo of the time at the head of this post]
• 25 June: 0841 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Radio Newcastle  Good to fair reception via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 2 kW.  Dave Porter is the host, listener in South Shields. Music.
• 25 June: 0902 UTC: 1485 kHz: BBC Radio Four  Poor reception via Carlisle, 1 kW.  Speech.
• 25 June: 0926 UTC: 1557 kHz: BBC Radio Lancashire  Poor reception via Oxcliffe, Lancaster, 250 watts.  Music: Petula Clark.

August 2006 : Medium Wave

• 8 August: 1932 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio One  Excellent to good reception via Tullamore, Ireland, 500 kW.  English Domestic Service.
• 8 August: 1948 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Excellent to good reception via Dumfries, 2 kW.  Football : CIS Insurance Cup : Dundee v Partick Thistle - Goal - Dundee 1 - Thistle 3.

• 8 August: 2004 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four  Excellent to good reception via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 2 kW.  Speech.
  [The Google Street View image, above, is the Wrekenton transmission site.]
• 8 August: 2019 UTC: 621 kHz: RTBF 1  Belgium  Excellent to good reception via Wavre, Belgium, 300 kW.  Recorded report by male.
• 8 August: 2035 - 2042 UTC: 639 kHz: Czech Radio 2  1500 kW, Excellent to good reception.  Czech language [presumed] via Prague, Czech Republic.  Male speech.
• 8 August: 2045 - 2050 UTC: 639 kHz: RNE 1  Spain  Excellent to good reception.  Spanish language. Male speech, music.
• 8 August: 2054 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service  Excellent to good reception via Orford Ness, Suffolk, 500 kW.  English to Europe.
  Interview with Andrew Strauss, England Cricket Captain, as England beat Pakistan at Headingley. Colombo: Sri Lanka beat South Africa by one wicket. Athletics, football.
  2100 UTC : 'World Briefing'  Lebanon-Israel conflict. Chad & Sudan diplomatic ties.
• 8 August: 2117 - 2130 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York  500 watts, Excellent to fair reception.  'The Late Show for Yorkshire...'  500 watts via Fulford.

Notes: The BBC Radio Newcastle post, 25 June, features a link to the blog of Dave Porter, the presenter on air at the time.

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My AM Archive: Summer 2003

WELCOME to memories of Summer 2003, taking you back to June and August of that year, for memories of Medium Wave broadcasts of the time.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: April 2003 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 2003 : Medium Wave

• 9 June [2003]: 1845 UTC: 657 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Fair to poor reception. Wrexham transmitter, 2 kW. Music: Lonestar 'Amazed' Female host. Contact: Cardiff 029 2032 2000.
• 9 June: 1923 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York Good-Poor-Fair reception. Fulford transmitter 0.5 kW. Frank Wappatt 'Stars on 78' Music: Matt Monroe. Neil Okley. Dinah Shaw. 'The Old Rugged Cross'. Mario Lanza. Telephone: York 01904 641351.
• 9 June: 2012 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock Excellent to good reception. Holland, Lopik? Music: Human League.
• 9 June: 2042 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent reception. Multiple transmitters. Profile of female cyclist.
• 23 June: 1830 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock Fair to poor reception. Holland, Lopik? Music: Bon Jovi 'You Give Love A Bad Name'.
• 23 June: 1845 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmitter. Football news: Beckham going to Real Madrid, Jonathan Pearce reports from the Confederations Cup re: William Gallas & Ronaldinho. 1st day of Wimbledon 2003. Cricket 20-20 Cup at Edgebaston. England Rugby Union team beat Australia in Australia for the first time ever.

Sticker from Arrow Classic Rock Radio, Holland

• 23 June: 1914 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Fair reception. Carlisle [Brisco] transmitter, 1 kW. Frank Wappatt 'Stars on 78' show from BBC Newcastle.
• 23 June: 2036 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmitter. 'The Welsh Top 40': Manic Street Preachers 'Judge Yourself'. Email address for Kevin Hughes. Delta Goodrem. Text: 07786 201040. Evanescence 'Bring Me To Life'. Kylie competition. R Kelly. Fast Food Rockers.

August 2003 : Medium Wave

• 6 August: 1916 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmitter. Kevin Hughes. Music programme. 'Pop Idol' competition, text: 07786 201040. Music: Mark Owen 'Four Minute Warning'. Music: Elbow. Music: S Club: 'S Club Party'.
• 6 August: 1953 UTC: 900 kHz: RAI-Radio 1 Fair reception. Milan transmitter, Italy. Music: Dido.
• 6 August: 2010 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent reception. Multiple transmitter. Report regarding the All Nations Football Festival.
• 6 August: 2025 UTC: 927 kHz: RTBF Belgium. Excellent to good reception. 300 kW via Wolvertem, Belgium. Music: Señor Coconut and his band 'Smoke On The Water'. Female host, speech from two men. Music: Blue 'All Rise'.

Letter of verification from Fresh Radio, 2003.

• 6 August: 2038 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio Excellent to good reception. 1 kW via Hawes, North Yorkshire (Fresh AM / Yorkshire Dales Radio) Music: Bay City Rollers 'Bye Bye Baby', ID, Gabrielle 'Ain't Going Nowhere', Crowded House 'Don't Dream It's Over', ID, Kym Marsh 'Come On Over'. Gabrielle; Cher 'If I Could Turn Back Time'.
• 6 August: 2118 UTC: 945 kHz: France Info ? Toulouse. Fair-Poor-Unusable reception. 300 kW via Toulouse, France. Huge overspill from Fresh Radio on 936 kHz. Two female hosts have conversation, French language.
• 6 August: 2132 UTC: 963 kHz: Club Asia Essex. Excellent to good reception. Music: Craig David 'Rise And Fall', "Call 0901...537...", "Hot twenty songs..." ID at 2137 UTC "The Essential Twenty".
• 6 August: 2157 UTC: 1017 kHz: SudWestRundfunk Good to fair reception. 600 kW via SWF Rheinsender, Germany. Male host speaks of US cities, German language broadcast.

That concludes this selection of logs.

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My AM Archive: April 1997

WELCOME to an extensive post on Reporting From The Fox Tower, of Medium Wave memories from the month of April 1997, including as-it-happened logs of a major breaking news story. First, housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

April 1997: Medium Wave

• 5 April [1997]: 1311 UTC: 567 kHz: RTÉ Radio One : Sport: UK football: Arsenal 3 (Wright, Platt, Bergkamp) - Chelsea 0. Music: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 'Dancing In The Streets' on 'Saturday Two Til Five' presented by Tony O'Donoghue, strong reception. Snooker: Hendry v Williams. Racing from Aintree. Football: Derry City v Shelbourne.
• 5 April: 1343 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland Scottish football: Raith Rovers v Celtic. Morton v St Johnstone. Airdrie v Clydebank. Aberdeen v Motherwell.
• 5 April: 1405 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four Strong reception, Newcastle-upon-Tyne transmitter. Afternoon play.
• 5 April: 1408 UTC: 612 kHz: RTÉ 2FM : Athlone transmitter. Moderate to strong reception. Lorcan Murray. Music: 'Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel', Spice Girls 'Who Do You Think You Are'. UK football: Aston Villa 0 - Everton 1, Southampton 1 - Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester United 0 - Derby County 0. Music: Orbital 'The Saint'. Breaking news from Aintree: Grand National postponed, bomb warning.

RTE QSL: 5 April 1997

• 5 April: 1439 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service Moderate to good reception via Orfordness transmitter. 'Sportsworld' Live reports from Aintree with Ian Payne and Charlie Brookes. Ian Brown updates the UK football scores: Arsenal 3 - Chelsea 0, Manchester United 0 - Derby County 1. Cricket report. Live at Aintree: Interview with Jenny Pitman. Cricket update. Football scores: Manchester United 0 - Derby County 2, Aston Villa 1 - Everton 1.
• 5 April: 1500 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York Good to strong reception via Fulford transmitter. 'North Yorkshire Sport' Telephone 01904 641 641, Football at Bootham Crescent, York City v Notts County. Report from Aintree. Goal: York 0 - County 1. Report from Northampton v Scarborough: 0-0. Football round-up: Aston Villa 2 - Everton 1, Manchester United 1 - Derby 2, Arsenal 3 - Chelsea 0. Update from Aintree. Rugby Union report: Harrogate 72 - Clifton 0. Goal: Northampton 1 - Scarborough 0. Return to Aintree for statements. Football: Carlisle United 1 - Fulham 2. Darlington 0 - Doncaster Rovers 2. Traffic Report: A66 closed to all high sided vehicles between Penrith and Scotch Corner.
• 5 April: 1527 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio 10 Gold Strong to good reception via Lopik, Utrecht, Holland, 120 kW, Dutch language: Music: John Miles 'Music'. Men At Work: 'Down Under'. OMD: 'Joan of Arc'. Tight Fit 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'. News bulletin: The Martell Aintree Grand National abandoned following bomb warning. Weather report. Music: Elvis Presley.
• 5 April: 1606 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Strong to good reception - via Droitwich? Classified football results: Carlisle United 1 - Fulham 2. [BBC Radio Five Live Aintree podcast: Click HERE]
• 5 April: 1611 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio Four Interview with Shadow Home Secretary Jack Straw regarding Sinn Fein / IRA, possibly responsible for the Aintree bomb warning. Interview with Michael Howard, Home Secretary of the Conservative Government.
• 5 April: 1619 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Strong to good reception via Carlisle. Relay of BBC Radio Five Live: Gary Lineker interviews Des Lynam live at Aintree. Nick Barnes reports from Brunton Park following Carlisle United's 2-1 loss to Fulham, interview with Mervyn Day. Report from Aintree. Football: Barrow v Colwyn Bay. Premier League football results: Manchester United 2 - Derby 3. Report from Southampton - Nottingham Forest. Newcastle 1 - Sunderland 1. Arsenal 3 - Chelsea 0. Aston Villa 3 - Everton 1. Reports from Ian Brown and Alan Green. Report from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Round-up of all results from football and Rugby Union.

• 5 April: 1644 UTC: 774 kHz: BBC Radio Leeds Good to strong reception, Farnley transmitter. West Yorkshire Sport: Report regarding Everton Football Club. Coca Cola Cup: Middlesbrough v Leicester City. The 1996 Coca Cola Cup Final was contested by Leeds United and Aston Villa. Classified football results. Report from Aintree. Football reports: Huddersfield Town, Halifax Town. Manchester United v Derby review. Bolton Wanderers promoted to Premier League football. Travel news: M1 motorway Junction 43, M62 Dewsbury, A650 Bradford. 17 UTC News: Aintree Grand National bomb warning, car crash in Leeds. Hull sweet factory takes legal action. Police caution children playing on railway lines. Leader of the Opposition, Tony Blair, releases a statement. Violence in Yemen. Weather report. Music: Lionel Richie 'Night Shift'.
• 5 April: 1718 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live 'Alan Green's Sportstalk'. Strong to good reception.
• 5 April: 1722 UTC: 1053 kHz: Talk Radio UK Strong to good reception - via Start Point transmitter? Danny Baker, phone-in: Football: Walsall fan travels to the match in an ice cream van! Dave Wood faxed in from London, Rob in Dartford. Ad break: No1 Ska Album, Mail On Sunday, Jammie Dodgers. Postal address: Talk Radio UK, PO Box 2460 LONDON W1A Fax from Helen Jones. Simon in Leicester. Sue in Middlesex.
• 5 April: 1745 UTC: 1062 kHz: Danmarks Radio, Denmark. Strong to good reception. Music: Lisa Stansfield.
• 5 April: 1754 UTC: 1170 kHz: Great North Radio Good to moderate reception. Music: Average White Band 'Let's Go Round Again'. Music: ABBA.

• 12 April: 1430 UTC: 1170 kHz: Great North Radio Music: Wet Wet Wet 'With A Little Help From My Friends'.
• 12 April: 1434 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio Strong to good reception. Ad break: All request weekend, Wimpey, 'Fever Pitch' book, Gillette Sensor Excel, British Airways.
• 12 April: 1440 UTC: 1278 kHz: RTÉ Radio 2FM Strong to good reception, transmitter: Dublin / Cork? Presenter: Lorcan Murray? Music: Brannigan 'Self Control'.
• 12 April: 1446 UTC: 1341 UTC: BBC Radio Ulster Football: Cliftonville 1 - Lochall 1 Paul Stokes & Nicky Griffen report from Windsor Park, Belfast. 'Sportsround' programme. Adam Coates is the presenter. Football scores: Sherbourne 1 - Derry 0. Barnsley 2 - Charlton 0, QPR 0 - Sheffield United 0. Rugby: All-Ireland league: Shannon are the holding Champions. Men's hockey: Lisnagarvey lead a match. Football update: Blackburn 1 - Manchester United 2, Arsenal 1 - Leicester 0. Racing: Tony Dobbin. 15 UTC News: Attempted murder of Pope in Bosnia. 'SportSound': Scottish Cup: Celtic 0 - Falkirk 0. Transmitter: Lisnagarvey, strong reception.
• 12 April: 1525 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio Moderate to good reception via Foxdale. The Afternoon Show Music: Kula Shaker 'Hey Dude'. 'Flightwatch At Ronaldsway Airport'. Music: U2 'Staring At The Sun'. Ad break: The Tile Shop, Isle of Man Post Office, Music: The LA's 'There She Goes'; Paul Weller : 'Peacock Suit'.
• 12 April: 1554 UTC: 1422 kHz: West Coast Radio Ireland Moderate reception. Gentlemen speak of reception reports received by the station.

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