My AM Archive : February 2020

 VERY warm welcome to a continuing thread of Medium Wave radio broadcasts heard by me. This post brings logs of broadcasts heard February 2020.

A previous post of Medium Wave logs, dated November 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.

February 2020 : Medium Wave

• [Friday] 7 February [2020]: 1500 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster  News: Change in employment laws in the UK and Northern Ireland. Philip Schofield announces he is gay.
  Sport: Women's Six Nations [Rugby] Championships; South Africa v England Cricket delayed by rain.
  Weather: Storm Ciara due this weekend.
  ID. Travel news: Belfast, Londonderry, sailings. Easyjet flight disruption. ID.
  Male host, looking to Valentine's Day next week. Contacts: 03030 (telephone), 81771 (text).
  "Officially starting your weekend", telephone messages. Music: George Michael medley.
  Good to fair reception. 100 kW via Lisnagarvey, Co Down.
  Music: Gregory Porter 'Revival'.
  Logged to 1514 UTC.
• 7 February: 1526 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio  Music: Dermot Kennedy 'Power Over Me'.
  Interview with cast members and director of 'Sound Of Music' production. Female host.
  Strong to good reception. 20 kW via Foxdale.
  Pre-recorded interview with Tony, Liz and Beth - Call the Villa box office for tickets for 'Sound Of Music'. Music: Ingrid Michaelson 'Young And In Love'.
  Female ID, 'Today's Dominoes Pizza Challenge': "How many grapes go into a bottle of wine?"
  Ads: Corkhill Removals, Hydro Hotel, Queen's Promenade, B and B, furniture. ID.
  'Gogglebox Guru': Theme music for 'Antiques Roadshow'. Manx Radio Record of the Week: Gregory Porter 'Revival'.
  Logged to 1543 UTC.

From the Archive: Radio Prague Medium Wave schedule, Summer 2003.

• 7 February: 1601 UTC: 1413 kHz: BBC Radio Gloucester  Female speech: Shamima Begum loses appeal to return to UK from ISIS camp, male speech on telephone, female speech. BBC News. ID for BBC Radio Gloucester, music: Edwyn Collins 'A Girl Like You'.
  Good to fair reception. 500 watts via Bourton-on-the-Water, East Gloucestershire or 200 watts via Berkeley Heath, South west Gloucestershire.
  Female speech, ID, speech, ID, "Send in your sound recordings of when you're running". Music: Gerry Rafferty 'Get It Right This Time'. Song ID, time check, new version of 'Wind In The Willows' being on stage in Gloucestershire, interview with the cast.
  Logged to 1618 UTC.
• 7 February: 1629 UTC: 1431 kHz: Smooth Radio  Music: The Police 'Every Breath You Take', ID "This is Smooth Radio" Music: Alicia Keys 'Empire State Of Mind'.
  Fair to barely audible - 350 watts via Southend-on-Sea (Rayleigh) or 140 watts via Reading (Manor Farm).
  Music: Elton John 'Sacrifice'.
  Logged to 1640 UTC.
• 7 February: 1648 UTC: 1440 kHz: Radio 208  Music: Split Enz 'I Got You', ID for Radio 208. Music: Rockwell 'Somebody's Watching Me'. Speech.
  Good to poor reception. Co-channel broadcast. 300 watts (possibly up to 500 watts) via Ishøj, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  Male speech (in Danish?) with ID. Music.
  Logged to 1705 UTC.
• 7 February: 1709 UTC: 1449 kHz: BBC Radio 4  News from Wuhan, China, the coronavirus epidemic. Scout association news story. Philip Schofield announces on television he is gay. Female host speaks to male whose parents were gay and lesbian.
  Good to fair reception. 2 kW via Redmoss, Aberdeen.
  Doctors asked to investigate why some medicine stocks are low.
  Logged to 1721 UTC.
• 7 February: 1729 UTC: 1458 kHz: Lyca Radio  Male speech "I have danced to this song..." Asian music. ID by presenter "Online, on DAB, on AM" music, male host.
  Strong to good reception. 125 kW via Brookmans Park, London.
  ID, music.
  Logged to 1739 UTC.
• 7 February: 1746 UTC: 1476 kHz: Carillon Wellbeing Radio  Music: Matt Monro 'A Portrait Of My Love' Female host. Music: Lionel Richie; Gloria Gaynor 'I Will Survive'.
  Strong to fair reception via Coalville, 250 watts.
  Music: Justin Hayward 'Forever Autumn'. ID at 1800 UTC.
  Sky News: Philip Schofield, Shamima Begum loses appeal. One hundred and two migrants cross the Channel today alone. Sport: Cricket. Weather.
  ID "Radio about health in Leicestershire, C W R, broadcasting on 1476 kHz" Music: 'I Want Candy', 'I Love My Radio' ! 😊
  Logged to 1806 UTC.

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Audio: LBC News retune loop, broadcast on 1152 kHz Medium Wave, October 2024.

• 7 February: 2006 UTC: 1485 kHz: SER Spain  Male and female speech, with music.
  Good to fair reception. 5 kW transmission.
  Female speech in Spanish language, male speech in Spanish language.
  Logged to 2014 UTC.
• 7 February: 2019 UTC: 1494 kHz: Asphalt Telegraph  Music, on a channel of very heavy noise.
  Fair to poor reception. 300 watts via Boras, Sweden.
  Music: Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson 'Nothing Breaks Like A Heart'.
  Logged to 2032 UTC.
• 7 February: 2044 UTC: 1521 kHz: Radio Panj  Mixture of British and Asian voices and music on Radio Panj, Coventry.
  Fair reception. 100 watts via Coventry (Ryton on Dunsmore).
  Male host speaking in Asian language, music.
  Logged to 2051 UTC.
• 7 February: 2056 UTC: 1530 kHz: Pulse 2  Ad break: Bathrooms and kitchens, Bradford College and Training Services, "Book your services today" Residential services for the elderly.
  Fair to poor reception. 740 watts via Vicar's Lot, Huddersfield.
  Sky news at 9pm (2100 UTC) : Philip Schofield.
  Logged to 2104 UTC.

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.

Festive Frequencies 2017 - 2018

WELCOME to this first post on Reporting From The Fox Tower of 2018, taking a look at the log of radio broadcasts received on Christmas Eve (Sunday 24), New Year's Eve (Sunday 31 December 2017) and the first logged broadcast of 2018 (Monday 1 January).
[Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), transmission powers in watts and kiloWatts (kW)]

Short Wave: Sunday 24 December 2017

• 24 December: 1450 UTC: 9810 kHz: Radio Romania International. Strong to good reception, 300 kW via Galbeni, Romania. Romanian speech: Female speech, music with male vocalist, male speech giving frequencies and an ID for Radio Romania International. Music to the top of the hour, birdcall (bird song), top of the hour pips, male speech, brief music, female speech, news? Gathering of world leaders, including Prince Charles and President Macron of France? Medal was mentioned. Music, female vocalist. Female speech, male speech on phone. To 1508 UTC.
• 24 December: 1521 UTC: 9840 kHz: World Harvest Radio International, USA. Good to poor reception, English to Europe, Africa and the Americas, via WHRI Angel 2, Cypress Creek, South Carolina, USA. Music in the English language, audible male and female speech, female speaks of relationships being restored, David in a relationship with Lord Jesus Christ. Male wishes listeners a 'Very Merry Christmas', female says 'Keep Christ in Christmas'. ID for World Harvest Radio, web and email addresses. New programme: 'Christian Crusaders', male speech, prayer. Music: Christmas hymns: 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!' Reading from the scriptures, broadcast interrupted by noise. To 1538 UTC.
• 24 December: 1559 UTC: 9880 kHz: China Radio International. Strong to good reception, English to Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia, via Nanning, Guangxi, China. Reception is excellent! News: China's amphibious aircraft has completed first test flight, can carry water to combat fires. Plans to develop hydrogen energy cells in China. Car plants in China. Tourist ship collides with stone-carrying barge. Fire in Philippino furniture store. Tropical storm death toll rises. Officers dismissed due to terror groups in Turkey. South Korean fire in sports centre parking lot. 'Chinese Theatre' involved in daily life of China: Wild China, through the eyes of photographers. To 1614 UTC.

• 24 December: 1629 UTC: 11560 kHz: All India Radio. Strong to good reception. Upbeat 'music hall' style song, female speech. 1630 UTC news bulletin? Pakistan, Islamabad, Kashmir. Music with male vocals. Dari? To the Indian Subcontinent? To 1645 UTC.
• 24 December: 1653 UTC: 11625 kHz: Vatican Radio. Poor reception, 250 kW via Talata-Volonondry, Madagascar. English broadcast: Male speech on a very distorted channel: "God is desperate for you to hear his word", music: 'Away In A Manger' played on the piano. Speech. Interval signal to 1700 UTC: New broadcast: 250 kW via Santa Maria di Galeria: Male speech in the French language, giving frequencies. To 1708 UTC.
• 24 December: 1743 UTC: 11930 kHz: Radio Marti, USA. Poor reception, 250 kW via Greenville B, USA. Spanish language speech by a female and male, break for music, male speech continues. Female speech, heavy noise. To 1750 UTC.

• 24 December: 1820 UTC: 13845 kHz: WWCR, USA. Moderate to poor reception, English to Europe and America via WWCR-3, Nashville, Tennessee. University Network: Pastor Melissa Scott speaks about the relationship between the Earth and the Lord. Points to think about. Heavy noise. Bible references. Reminder of the points spoken about. Reading the Bible from cover to cover gives a true reflection of events. "Proof of Cain to be able to be harmful to his brother". Be obedient. 'God's place in Jesus' scriptures'. To 1832 UTC.

Medium Wave: Sunday 31 December 2017

• 31 December: 1914 UTC: 1431 kHz: Smooth Radio, Essex / Berkshire, UK. Moderate to poor reception. Music: Madonna 'Borderline', male speech, music: John Legend 'All Of Me', Andy Williams 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You', 'Street Life', severe noise. Smooth Radio via Essex (350 watts) / Berkshire (140 watts). To 1930 UTC.
• 31 December: 2004 UTC: 1449 kHz: BBC Radio Four, UK. Good to poor reception, heavy interference and noise. Male speaks about a dance and how his father taught him to dance. The father was a military man, who died. Male speaks with an Australian / New Zealand accent - Actor Russell Crowe? BBC Radio Four via Redmoss, Aberdeen, 2 kW. To 2013 UTC.

• 31 December: 2028 UTC: 1458 kHz: Gold - Manchester, UK. Good to poor reception. Music: Cyndi Lauper 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', 'New Year's Eve party' ID. 5 kW via Ashton Moss, Manchester. Music: 'Venus' [Co-channel reception of BBC Radio Newcastle] ID for Gold, music: 'Just Hold On', ID, T-Rex 'I Love To Boogie', 'Sweet Talking Guy'. To 2044 UTC.
• 31 December: 2050 UTC: 1467 kHz: Trans World Radio - Europe. Good to moderate reception, 1000 kW via Roumoules, France. Continuous male speech, Polish language? Speech including tentative ID and frequencies, speech continues past the top of the hour. Female speech and music? Interval signal / Off air / News bulletin? To 2106 [21:11] UTC.
• 31 December: 2123 UTC: 1485 kHz: SER, Spain. Moderate to poor reception [Co-channel male speech in English, speaking of an 'album of the week'], male and female speech in Spanish language - SER Radio Melilla, 5 kW via Melilla, the Spanish autonomous city, on the border of Morocco. To 2132 UTC.

Google Maps image of Melilla, on the Moroccan border.

[Other DX notes: 31 December: 2145 UTC: 1503 kHz: Broadcasts included speech and music - Obliterated by noise. Music: Dance music. Most likely to be RNE Radio 5 or BBC Radio Stoke. To 2156 UTC.]

• 31 December: 2237 UTC: 1530 kHz: Pulse 2, UK. Good to poor reception. Music: Bon Jovi 'Livin' On A Prayer', Ike & Tina Turner 'Disco Inferno', Tiffany 'I Think We're Alone Now', Michael Jackson 'Billie Jean'. 740 watts via Vicars Lot, Huddersfield. To 2302 UTC.
• 31 December: 2308 UTC: 1548 kHz: Forth 2, UK. Strong to moderate reception. Music: Irene Cara 'Fame', 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life', male speech: "Good evening..."[Laughter], music: R Dean Taylor 'Ghost In My House', Men Without Hats 'Safety Dance', Electric Light Orchestra. Male speech on Forth 2, Colinswell, Edinburgh: ID 'The Greatest Hits for Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife, this is Forth 2'. Music: The Weather Girls 'It's Raining Men', ID, D:Ream 'Things Can Only Get Better'. Forth 2: 2.2 kW via Colinswell, Edinburgh. Male host with contact details. Music: Bee Gees 'You Should Be Dancing', ID, Whitney Houston 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'. To 2344 UTC.
• 31 December: 2346 UTC: 1557 kHz: Smooth Radio, UK. Strong to moderate reception, via Kings Heath, Northampton (760 watts) or Veals Farm, Southampton (500 watts). Music: Stevie Wonder 'I Just Called To Say I Love You', male speech with time check [12 minutes to Midnight], "This show continues to one o'clock". Ad break, music: Chicago 'If You Leave Me Now', Toni Braxton 'Unbreak My Heart'. Smooth Love Songs hands over to Big Ben - The Midnight chimes from Big Ben - "Happy New Year, from Smooth Radio". Music: Foreigner 'I Want To Know What Love Is', Rod Stewart 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'. ID: "Your relaxing music mix, Smooth Radio". Music: George Michael 'Jesus To A Child', Richard Marx 'Right Here Waiting'. To 00:16 UTC.

Medium Wave: Monday 1 January 2018

• 1 January: 00:25 UTC: 1566 kHz: BBC Somerset, UK. Good to poor reception, 1 kW via Taunton, Somerset. Male speech "...In the west of England". Music: McFadden and Whitehead, male speech, music: Chic 'Le Freak', speech, music, male speech "Across the west country, thanks for joining us, whatever you are doing...". Music: Bee Gees 'Night Fever'. To 00:50 UTC.

Thanks for visiting Reporting From The Fox Tower!

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RFTFT's Most Popular: Top 3 of 2017

REPORTING From The Fox Tower, on Christmas Eve Eve, welcomes you to an overview of 2017, bringing you the top three most viewed posts of the year, bringing you the most popular first.

Amy Willerton

Wallpaper of the Week, 23 July 2017

The most popular post of 2017 on Reporting From The Fox Tower was 'Wallpaper of the Week, 23 July 2017', posted on the above date and was a real mixed bag of items in one post. The post began with the Wallpaper image of Tailbridge Hill, Nateby. The image was captured 20 September 2016.

The post introduced Amy Willerton, pictured above, before closing with Chris Froome's 2017 Le Tour de France victory. The post had 144 views.

To the second most popular post:

Pulse 2 broadcasts on 1278 kHz in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.

Medium Wave, September 2017

 An evening listening to Medium Wave radio had the second highest number of views, with 138 recorded visits to the post. The broadcasts were logged on September 21, with the post dated September 24.

The third most popular post:

Caitlin

Sidney

Facing West: Facebook Live, 29 April 2017

Reporting From The Fox Tower was in experimental phase at points during the year, bringing you the Facebook Live video broadcast by Facing West, which was carried live on Facebook, Saturday 29 April. Facing West are a band consisting of sisters Caitlin (left) and Sidney (right) Powell.

The 'Facing West: Facebook Live' post has received 113 views since uploaded on Sunday, April 30.

Those were the three most popular posts of 2017.

The plan, at the moment, is a final post of the year on Saturday 30th, looking at Carlisle United Football Club's results in December, though I intend to spend some quality time with my radio, so there may be radio logs posted here.

Until the next time, may I wish you a Merry Christmas!

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Medium Wave, September 2017

MANY say Medium Wave is becoming increasingly redundant, which may be true, as a number of broadcasters switch off their AM transmitters in favour of FM, DAB and online. For those that are remaining, however, reception conditions become favourable, as the number of co-channel broadcasts are reduced and broadcasts can cover greater distances, especially after dark.

I am pleased to bring you logs of an evening spent listening to the Medium Wave band in September. I spent the evening of Thursday 21 September listening to the Roberts R881 and here is what was heard [Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), transmission powers in watts and kiloWatts (kW)].

• 21 September: 1826 UTC: 1260 kHz: Smooth Radio, UK. Strong to moderate reception. Either 1.6 kW via Mangotsfield for Bristol & Bath, or via Farndon for Wrexham and Deeside. Music: Four Tops 'I'll Be There', ad break: Co-op Food, patio doors, PPI 'The Claims Guys'. Music: Rod Stewart 'You're In My Heart', ID 'Smooth Century on Smooth Radio', music: 'You Might Need Somebody'; Bob Seger 'We've Got Tonight'. Chris Skinner is the host. Ad break: Crimestoppers, Local Heroes [British Gas], Thompson Cruises, Moody Blues / Justin Hayward on tour. Music: Daniel Bedingfield 'If You're Not The One'. To 1850 UTC.
• 21 September: 1857 UTC: 1269 kHz: COPE, Spain. Good to poor reception. Either 10 kW via Ciudad Real, or 5 kW via Badajoz / Zamora. Birdsong...? Speech, in the Spanish language. Predominantly male speech, with some female speech. To 1909 UTC.
• 21 September: 1918 UTC: 1278 kHz: Pulse 2, UK. Strong to moderate reception, 430 watts via Tyersal Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire. Music: Lionel Richie 'Three Times A Lady', Billy Joel 'Uptown Girl'. ID: 'Greatest Hits of all time...' Ad break: SCS sofa, £99 summer offer on Dacia Sandro at Bristol Street Motors, Bradford. ID: 'Pulse 2'. Music: Eric Carmen 'Hungry Eyes', ID 'Across West Yorkshire, this is Pulse 2'. Music: Johnny Nash 'I Can See Clearly Now', Adele 'Hello'. To 1931 UTC.

• 21 September: 1949 UTC: 1287 kHz: SER, Spain. Moderate reception, either 10 kW via Radio Lugo, 5 kW via Radio Lleida or 2 kW via Radio Castilla, Burgos, Ctra Madrid. Spanish speech, football commentary? Male speech, anchor in studio linking to reporters, music, male speech. Time pips at 20 UTC, male speech. To 2002 UTC.
• 21 September: 2005 UTC: 1296 kHz: Radio XL, UK. Strong to good reception, 10 kW via Langley Mill B, Birmingham. ID for Radio XL, ad for dealer of Mercedes-Benz spare parts, travel - Radio XL weather sponsored by Southall Travel. ID, music. ID: 'On 1296, this is Radio XL'. Ad: Southall Travel, Rainbow casino, programme trailers. Music. Male speech with contact telephone number: 0121 753 1296. ID: 'Birmingham's only 24 hour Asian station, this is Radio XL'. Ad break: Tile store. ID: 'Across the Midlands, this is Radio XL', music. To 2024 UTC.

The evening concluded by tuning to 1305 kHz, where a number of broadcasts were audible on the channel; Strongest seemed to be Smooth Radio and Premier Christian Radio. I felt I could not logically separate and log these broadcasts, but for the purpose of these footnotes, Smooth Radio on 1305 kHz serves South Wales (Christchurch, Newport, 200 watts); Premier Christian Radio serves South and North London, 500 watts.

I also tuned to 1314 kHz, where inaudible broadcasts were present... Better luck next time. I brought the evening to a close at 2050 UTC, on the frequency of 1314 kHz.

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It's another celebrity birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to pop princess and Hannah Montana actress Miley Cyrus, pictured left, who celebrates her 18th Birthday this coming Tuesday, 23 November 2010. Have a great day Miley!

Medium Wave DX Log - November 2010

The following are a list of broadcasters I heard on Medium Wave recently. All frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz) and all broadcasts listed below include a link to their websites in the station name.

1458 kHz : BBC Radio Newcastle, Wrekenton transmitter, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2kW.

1485 kHz : BBC Radio Merseyside, Wallasey transmitter, Merseyside, 2kW. The Billy Butler Show. (Website includes Radio Merseyside Past & Present)

1494 kHz : France Info, Clermont-Ferrand transmitter, 20kW (also heard on 1557 kHz, Nice transmitter, 300 kW).

1503 kHz : BBC Radio Stoke, Sideway transmitter, Staffordshire, 1kW.

1512 kHz : TCR, Country music broadcaster, Republic of Ireland.

1521 kHz : Gold, Reigate/Crawley (Duxhurst) transmitter, 640 watts.

1530 kHz : Pulse 2, Vicars Lot transmitter, Huddersfield, 740 watts.

1539 kHz : Evangeliums-Rundfunk, Mainflingen transmitter, Germany, 120-700 kW.

That's yer lot for November 2010 on the wireless!