My AM Archive : February 2021

 FIFA's festival of football, also known as the World Cup, is taking place at the time this post is being composed, but this post is another visit to the archive of my loggings of radio broadcasts heard in recent years.

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

February 2021 : Medium Wave

• [Wednesday] 17 February [2021]: 1536 UTC: 999 kHz: Greatest Hits Radio  Music: Sylvester 'You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)' Female host, ad break: McDonald's, websites, apps, MCN Bikes, Butlin's, Radioplayer and Renault. ID.
  Good to fair reception, 800 watts via Longton (Lancashire).
  Music: Queen 'A Kind Of Magic' ID, Gabrielle 'Dreams' ID, Gabrielle was on [TV show] 'The Masked Singer', the winner of the show was Joss Stone. Music: Elvis Costello & The Attractions 'Oliver's Army'. 'Hometime Anthems' on next: Preview of music after 4pm. Ads.
  Logged to 1556 UTC.

• Meal break •

• 17 February: 1709 UTC: 1026 kHz: BBC Radio Jersey  Female speech in English - Travel update - Technical issue causes silence! Travel reports from Guernsey, Jersey, airport good, temporary traffic lights - Closure to open in fifty minutes. Guernsey open for traffic. Call 0808 100 9888 with traffic and travel information. Eliza Philippidis is the host. ID.
  Good to poor reception, 1 kW via Trinity (Jersey).
  Conversation regarding funding availability.
  Logged to 1726 UTC.
• 17 February: 1746 UTC: 1044 kHz: Radio San Sebastian  Spanish speech in male and female voices, encouraging vocalisations, including the 'Tarzan' call and Freddie Mercury's vocals at Wembley Stadium. This is Radio San Sebastian via Cadena SER network, strong to fair reception, 50 kW via San Sebastian, Spain.
  Logged to 1756 UTC.
• 17 February: 1758 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  Ads: Barclays app, BT Sport monthly pass, Motopoint (car retail), website builder, army jobs, Tradepoint. Barclays FA Women's Super League preview, Sundays. ID.
  1800 UTC TalkSport news: Prince Philip in hospital, [Covid] lockdown roadmap, ninety volunteers take part in Covid study. Weather. Sport update: Fulham FC, José Mourinho.
  Good to fair reception, up to 500 kW via Droitwich; Locally: 10 kW via Dumfries; 1 kW via Stockton-on-Tees ('Local' transmitters included, due to echo and delays on reception)
  [Transmission to East Anglia via the Postwick Transmitting Station].
  Logged to 1812 UTC.

• Tea (Drink) break •  Crescent Moon.

• 17 February: 1831 UTC: 1071 kHz: TalkSport  AO electricals ad, Covid-19 awareness ad. ID. Everton v Manchester City this evening. News headline: Prince Philip in hospital. Announcement by the Prime Minister. Sport headlines.
  Good to poor reception, 1 kW via Wrekenton (Gateshead, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne).
  Logged to 1838 UTC.

Frequencies and coverage area of Great Yorkshire Gold.

• 17 February: 1845 UTC: 1080 kHz: SER Radio Granada  Male speech in the Spanish language, sports commentary.
  Poor reception, 10 kW via Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
  Logged to 1852 UTC.
• 17 February: 1854 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport  Preview of Everton v Manchester City, kick off 8:15pm 'Drive on TalkSport, with Toolstation' Ads: Tesco, BT Sport, Covid awareness, Coral, Samsung Vodafone. ID.
  Strong to fair reception, up to 400 kW via Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire - Plus other transmitters causing echo and delay.
  Logged to 1906 UTC.
• 17 February: 1908 UTC: 1098 kHz: SRo3 Rádio Devin  Male speech, music with female vocals.
  [Shared service with SRo5 Radio Patria] Male speech, central European [Slovak], female and male speech.
  Strong to fair reception, 25 kW via Nitra - Jarok, Slovakia.
  Male and female conversations. Presenter: Radoslav Passia.
  Logged to 1925 UTC.

Domestic Football round-up, May 2010

THE domestic football season has come to a close in England and here are the results of who became champions, who was promoted, who won the play-off matches and who was relegated, with some notes as we go through.

First things first, the Premiership Champions are Chelsea FC, whilst the three teams relegated from the Premiership are Burnley, Hull and Portsmouth.

In the Championship, the Champions are Newcastle United, promoted are West Bromwich Albion and the winner of the play-off is Blackpool. Relegated are Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United.

The League One Champions are Norwich City. Leeds United promoted in second place, whilst Millwall won the play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Carlisle United Football Club finished the League One season in fourteenth position. Relegated from League One are Gillingham, Wycombe Wanderers, Southend United and Stockport County.

The League Two Champions are Notts County, promoted are Bournemouth and Rochdale. Dagenham & Redbridge won the play-off final. Morecambe finished their season in fourth position. Relegated out of the Football League are Grimsby Town and Darlington.

The Blue Square Premier Champions are Stevenage FC (formerly Stevenage Borough). Oxford United are promoted, courtesy of winning the play-off final. Barrow won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium and finished their season in fifteenth position. Relegated from the Blue Square Premier are Forest Green Rovers, Ebbsfleet and Grays Athletic.

It is with regret that this season has come to a close with the loss of Chester City Football Club, who closed after having a history of over a century. An unofficial Chester Football Club website is available here.

Football does not end here for 2010, the FIFA World Cup will soon be upon us. Whoever your club is, wherever your country is, let us hope the tournament will be, as always, the best ever.