KNOWLEDGE of the Medium (AM) and Short Wave broadcasts have been plentiful on this blog, so let's take a little break and bring some memories of broadcasts heard on the FM band.
A previous post of FM logs, dating back to November 1997, 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: Roberts R881.
September 2011 : FM
- [Sunday] 4 September [2011]: 1019 UTC: 88.1 MHz: BBC Radio 2 via Sandale, Cumbria.
250 kW [kiloWatts]. Full power. - 4 September: 1024 UTC: 89.0 MHz: Music from Manx Radio, broadcasting 2 kW on this frequency, via Snaefell, Isle of Man.
Male speech and music.
Logged to 1033 UTC. - 4 September: 1041 UTC: 90.0 MHz: BBC Radio 2 via Morecambe Bay, Lancashire.
10 kW. Full power. Movie review.
Logged to 1048 UTC. - 4 September: 1051 UTC: 90.3 MHz: BBC Radio 3 via Sandale, Cumbria.
250 kW. Full power.
Also: 1100 UTC: 92.2 MHz via Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. 10 kW. Good reception.
'Sunday Morning' ID 'Private Passions' Pottery.
Logged to 1106 UTC. - 4 September: 1108 UTC: 92.5 MHz: BBC Radio 4 via Sandale, Cumbria.
250 kW. Full power.
Also: 1125 UTC: 94.4 MHz via Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. 10 kW. Good reception.
'Just A Minute'.
Logged to 1131 UTC. - 4 September: 1133 UTC: 94.7 MHz: BBC Radio Scotland via Sandale, Cumbria, for South West Scotland, 250 kW. Full power.
Weather forecast.
Sandale transmitter.
- 4 September: 1144 UTC: 95.6 MHz: BBC Radio Cumbria via Sandale [pictured above] 15 kW. Full power.
Music: George Macrae 'Rock Your Baby'. Promo for BBC Radio Cumbria weekends. ID for John Mann. Music: 'Mary's Prayer', a 1987 song by Danny Wilson.
Also: 1150 UTC: 96.1 MHz via Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, 3.2 kW.
Good reception. The John Mann Show. Music: Bill Wyman.
Logged to 1155 UTC. - 4 September: 1157 UTC: 96.4 MHz: Music from SWV 'Right Here' on CFM 'The Golden Sunday' ID, male host. Ad break.
Good reception via Caldbeck, Cumbria. 3 kW.
Break at 1203 UTC.
- 4 September: 1257 UTC: 96.9 MHz: 'Solid Gold Sunday' on The Bay ID. Music: ABBA 'Super Trouper', ID, John Lennon 'Just Like Starting Over'. ID: 'Kendal, Lancaster, Barrow - The Bay'.
News at 1300 UTC: Alistair Darling criticises Gordon Brown over his handling of the economy. Libya latest. Rebecca Leighton plans to sue police. Police may make pubs and clubs pay for policing. Mo Farah wins gold medal.
'The Phantom of the Bay' contest. 'Best of the 80s' Music from Bananarama. Music from Tina Turner 'What's Love Got To Do With It'.
This is The Bay via Morecambe Bay, 3.2 kW (Studio in Lancaster).
Music: Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney 'The Girl Is Mine'.
Good reception. Darren Milby is the host.
Logged to 1315 UTC. - 4 September: 1320 UTC: 97.2 MHz: Ad break: Butchers in Douglas. Britannia International branches in Douglas and Port Erin. Presenter: Bob Harrison on Manx Radio ID.
This is Manx Radio broadcasting 10 kW via Carnane, Isle of Man. Good reception.
Music: Katie Melua 'A Happy Place'. Cher Lloyd. Toyah Wilcox will be playing live on the Isle of Man soon. Interview with Toyah Wilcox.
Logged to 1330 UTC. - 4 September: 1355 UTC: 97.7 MHz: BBC Radio 1 Music: The Verve 'Bittersweet Symphony'.
Transmission site: Sandale, Cumbria. 250 kW. Full power.
Dev is the host, 'Resident DJ' feature.
Also: 1406 UTC: 99.6 MHz via Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, 10 kW. Strong reception.
Music: The Noisettes. BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards in October.
Logged to 1412 UTC. - 4 September: 1416 UTC: 99.9 MHz: Classic FM via Sandale, Cumbria. 250 kW. Full power.
Also: 1426 UTC: 101.8 MHz via Morecambe Bay, Lancs, 6.4 kW. Good reception.
Violin Concerto.
Logged to 1430 UTC.
Morecambe Bay transmitter.
- 4 September: 1435 UTC: 102.2 MHz: CFM ID: 'This is CFM'. Music: JLS. ID, Music: Stereophonics.
CFM for West Cumbria via Workington, 815 watts. Poor reception.
Logged to 1442 UTC.
Also: 1447 UTC: 102.5 MHz: Music: Adele 'Rolling In The Deep', ID for CFM, rap music.
Fair reception of CFM via Penrith relay, 100 watts.
Music: Katy Perry 'California Girls'.
Logged to 1452 UTC. - 4 September: 1501 UTC: 104.1 MHz: Anne Hopper on BBC Radio Cumbria via Whitehaven, 1 kW. Poor reception.
Logged to 1506 UTC. - 4 September: 1508 UTC: 104.5 MHz: BBC Radio Lancashire Strong reception, music: Glee 'Sway'. Presenter: Gerald Jackson. Contact details: Telephone number, text number, email.
Pete in Rochdale requests 'Sowing The Seeds of Love' by Tears For Fears.
Strong reception via Lancaster, 2 kW.
Dave in Blackpool texts Big Country, Chris Rea.
Marie Meagan travel news: M6 clear, M55 good, Blackburn lights. Preston-Wigan: bus replace trains. Blackburn reverse one-way system.
Live Lancashire football. Featured single: Avril Lavigne.
Logged to 1520 UTC.
Notes:
The Morecambe Bay transmitter. I must admit, prior to this post, I had not researched the location of the said transmission site. I had pictured it in my mind as a mast on the shores of the Bay, with the sun shining brightly overhead. The Google map above shows a slightly different location to that I had pictured in my mind; A location that is actually within the Askam-Ireleth parish of South Cumbria, to the east of Askam-in-Furness, to the west of Ulverston. Here is a Google maps link to the location within South Cumbria; The location marked by the red pin.
The Morecambe Bay transmitter. I must admit, prior to this post, I had not researched the location of the said transmission site. I had pictured it in my mind as a mast on the shores of the Bay, with the sun shining brightly overhead. The Google map above shows a slightly different location to that I had pictured in my mind; A location that is actually within the Askam-Ireleth parish of South Cumbria, to the east of Askam-in-Furness, to the west of Ulverston. Here is a Google maps link to the location within South Cumbria; The location marked by the red pin.
You really do learn something new everyday.
Goodbye, old friends. You won't find CFM or The Bay on your radio anymore. Bauer Media absorbed CFM into their Greatest Hits brand, whilst Global Media absorbed The Bay into their Heart network.
Similarly, some of the presenters named above have moved on to pastures new.
John Mann, listed above on air for BBC Radio Cumbria, is now on air Monday evenings on Regency Radio.
Similarly, some of the presenters named above have moved on to pastures new.
John Mann, listed above on air for BBC Radio Cumbria, is now on air Monday evenings on Regency Radio.
Darren Milby, listed above on air for The Bay, now broadcasts for BBC Radio Lancashire and Gaydio.
I shall assume Bob Harrison (Manx Radio) and Anne Hopper (BBC Radio Cumbria) have [been?] retired, whilst Gerald Jackson (BBC Radio Lancashire) is now on air Sunday afternoons on Rossendale Radio.
The lost frequencies. A very small cluster of frequencies did not make the cut in this post - As I did not know who the broadcasters were at the time. I noted I heard an interview with Pixie Lott on a chart show, which was audible at 1605 UTC, on the frequencies of 105.4 MHz (Possibly NW England - Winter Hill), 105.3 MHz (possibly NE England - Burnhope) and 105.6 MHz (Possibly Fenham, 50 watts, NE England).
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