My Short Wave Archive: July 2010

 THIS post is unique as part of my radio listening logs; The following broadcasts are from one station, over the course of under one hour.  The reason: A specialist outside broadcast.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: June 2010, 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.

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

July 2010 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 19 July [2010]: 1420 UTC: 9595 kHz: Radio Tour de France via Radio Nederland Wereldomroep [RNW]  Excellent to good reception.  Dutch language to Great Britain and Ireland.
  Speech from studio-based male, male on telephone.  ID jingle 'Radio Tour de France'.
  Short piece of music, female vocalist.  Male speech from the studio, handing to male reporters on the course.
• 19 July: 1430 UTC: 13700 kHz: Radio Tour de France via RNW  Excellent to good reception.  Dutch language to France, Spain, Portugal, Balearic Isles, Greek Isles, West Turkey.
  1430 UTC news update, ads, trailers.  ID trailer: 'Sports Radio NOS, Radio Tour de France' jingle.  Male speech, listing places of riders in the lead and the peloton.
  
• 19 July: 1440 UTC: 7235 kHz: Radio Tour de France via RNW  ID jingle 'NOS Radio'.
  Excellent to good reception.  Dutch language to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary.
  Music, male vocalist.  Male reporters with placings of the riders in the lead and the peloton.
  Slight deterioration in signal level to fair.

[Scheduled broadcast on 13825 kHz to Scandinavia not heard]

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My AM Archive: July 2010

MEMORIES OF Summer 2010, as part of the My AM Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Spring 2010, 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 2010 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 25 July [2010]: 1018 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  Traffic and travel for the UK, trailer for Cricket on BBC Five Live Sports Extra.
  Number eight of the week's ten most talked about news stories: Vuvuzelas may or may not be allowed at English football stadia. Number seven: Death of Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins.
  Fair reception, most likely to be Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire, 200 kW.
  Number six: Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan [pictured below] sent to prison for a week or two.
  Logged to 1031 UTC.
• 25 July: 1042 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio  Music from a-ha, speech from male host, reference to the Fresh Radio website and links to charities. Fresh Radio ID for the 'Text Maniacs' competition. Music: Dido 'The Hunter'.
  Good reception, 1 kW via Hawes.  'Superquiz' on air after 12 noon, reference to telephone number. Ad break - break in transmission - back on air. Advertise with Fresh Radio. Car wash ad. Music: Ellie Goulding 'Guns and Horses', Gwen Stefani 'Cool'.
  Logged to 1055 UTC.

Lindsay Lohan featured on 5 Live, July 2010.

• 25 July: 1335 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170  Music: Beach Boys 'I Get Around', male ID "This is the Magic Gold Weekend". Music: Simon & Garfunkel 'The Boxer'.
  Good to poor reception, 320 watts via Stockton-on-Tees.
  Male speech, ad break: Matalan, Arriva Buses. Redcar website. Insurance. Hartlepool residences for sale: Retirement village. Children's Hospice. Female ID for Magic 1170. Music: 'Baby I Love You'.
  Logged to 1347 UTC.
• 25 July: 1359 UTC: 1215 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: Lenny Kravitz 'Fly Away', ID for Absolute Radio. Ad break: Citroen cars, Compare The Market. Services supplier.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Music: The Cardigans 'My Favourite Game'. ID. Music: Florence and The Machine.
  Multiple transmissions, most likely Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire, 200 kW.
  Male voice, music: Genesis 'That's All'.
  Logged to 1412 UTC.
• 25 July: 1444 UTC: 1242 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: The Clash 'London Calling', trailer including Kings of Leon. Music: Sheryl Crow.
  Good reception, 1 kW via Stockton-on-Tees.
  Logged to 1452 UTC.
• 25 July: 1557 UTC: 1413 kHz: Fresh Radio  Music: The Eagles 'Hotel California'. ID at 1600 UTC for Fresh Radio, male speech, news.
  Poor reception, up to 100 watts via Skipton or Richmond, North Yorkshire.
  Music: Cher 'Believe'.
  Logged to 1607 UTC.

A number of logs were omitted from this post, due to lack of detail. The broadcasts, at time of reception, were believed to be as follows:

• 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales
• 1053 kHz: talkSPORT
• 1071 kHz: talkSPORT
• 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster
• 1368 kHz: Manx Radio

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