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.
The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: BBC Radio Cumbria, Summer 2008, can be found here.
Note: My listening logs for Autumn 2008 were quite extensive, so this post brings logs for September 2008; A future post will bring logs for November 2008.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.
September 2008 : Medium Wave
- [Friday] 5 September [2008]: 1850 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170 Excellent to good reception; 320 watts via Stockton-on-Tees. 'Magic Seventies at Seven' Music: Andrew Gold 'Lonely Boy'. Music: 'Harvest For The World'. 'I Can See Clearly Now' Johnny Nash. Logged to 1858 UTC.
- 5 September: 1900 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Excellent to good reception; English to Europe via Solvesborg. Dave Russell with news: Female with Multiple Sclerosis imprisoned in home in Sweden. Green Party want to toughen rape laws in Sweden.
Paralympic Games start in Beijing on Sunday. Albania v Sweden World Cup Qualifier; Sven Goran Eriksson features in Jamie Carragher's new book.
Weather report.
'Inside Sweden' Immigrants in Sweden: Female interviews male regarding which immigrants are more likely to be accepted than not. Male with recorded interviews with immigrants: Canadians, Somalis.
[Logged with online reception report at http://www.sr.se/rs] Logged to 1922 UTC. - 5 September: 1931 UTC: 1188 kHz: Overspill of Radio Sweden on 1179 kHz (now broadcasting in Russian).
- 5 September: 1936 UTC: 1197 kHz: Virgin Radio - Absolute Radio Rolling Stones, ID for 'Party Classics' James Brown 'Living In America'. Poor reception; Multiple transmission sites. U2 'Desire'. Presenter: Tony Hadley.
[Online report at virginradio.co.uk] Logged to 1945 UTC. - 5 September: 1951 UTC: 1206 kHz: France Info Bordeaux, F [France] 300 kW. Good reception. Interference from Virgin / Absolute on 1215 kHz. Female interpreter with French speech; Male speech: Sport: Tennis. Signal improves. Male speech regarding ABBA 'Mamma Mia'; report by male regarding movies. Female speech. Logged to 20 UTC.
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| France Info [1206 kHz] logo. |
- 5 September: 2005 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin / Absolute Radio Ad for Vodafone; ad for Act On CO2; ad for Counting Crowes live. 'Party Classics' with Tony Hadley; also online: absoluteradio.co.uk
Excellent to good reception; multiple transmission sites, most likely Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire, 200 kW. Music: Dexys Midnight Runners 'C'mon Eileen' [sic], ID. Music. Logged to 2015 UTC. - 5 September: 2021 UTC: 1224 kHz: "Stations pile-up, lead by 1215 kHz overspill."
- 5 September: 2025 UTC: 1233 kHz: Low-power Virgin / Absolute stations, 0.5-0.1 kW / 500-100 watts, Midlands! Fair to poor reception, multiple transmissions. Music: Bon Jovi 'Living On A Prayer'. Logged to 2031 UTC.
"Is the dance music I can now hear Radio 21 Liege, Belgium? Faded out." - 5 September: 2037 UTC: 1242 kHz: Iggy Pop 'Wild one / Wild Child' on Virgin / Absolute Radio Poor reception; Interference from France Info, Marseille, F [France] 150 kW.
Virgin / Absolute transmission: 1 kW via Stockton-on-Tees. Music: 'We Built This City' Starship. 'Party Classics' Logged to 2042 UTC. - 5 September: 2048 UTC: 1251 kHz: "Propagation is affecting at least two stations I can hear, one music, one speech. The speech I think is Radio 747 from the Netherlands. Logged to 2053 UTC.
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