My AM Archive: November 1996

VISITING my Medium Wave logs of November 1996 - But first, housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

November 1996: Medium Wave

• [Monday] 11 November [1996]: 2025 UTC: 612 kHz: RTE 2FM (Ireland) Dave Fanning plays 'First Band On The Moon' by The Cardigans, 'Hang Up Your Disco Suit' by (Belfast Band) Tunic, Lightning Seeds 'What If', Gene: 'Fighting Fit'. Music from Lionel Richie, Elton John.
• 11 November: 2045 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service Report from Harare, Zimbabwe.

• 11 November: 2115 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Football discussion: Alan Green debates refereeing in the UK and Europe.
• 11 November: 2120 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria 'Night Network' Classical music. Interference from DLF (Deutschlandfunk), Germany.
• 11 November: 2124 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland Music: Men At Work 'Down Under'.
• 11 November: 2136 UTC: 873 kHz: AFN [Armed Forces Network; For US forces based in Germany] Frankfurt 'Good Time Rock 'n' Roll': The Beatles 'Eight Days A Week'.
• 11 November: 2156 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales 'Country Corral' Country music show: Rita McEntire: 'It Don't Matter', Bradley Foster 'Last Chance For Love'. BBC Radio Wales via Washford, 100 kW.
• 11 November: 2159 UTC: 963 kHz: YLE Radio Finland via Pori, Finland. English broadcast, internet information.

The Big Workshop, Helsinki, YLE headquarters.

• 11 November: 2202 UTC: 1053 kHz: Talk Radio UK: News. James Whale: Discussions: The Royal British Legion, Teachers. Live from Newcastle. Telephone 0500 10 53 89 Callers: Brenda in Newcastle, Colin in Llanelli, Scott in Fife, Sean in Manchester.
• 11 November: 2231 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden: News: Al Simon. Nordic meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Swedish Police arrest an Iranian. Danish journalists detained in Sri Lanka. Weather report. 'Sixty Degrees North': Bill Schiller reports from the Nordic Council meeting.
• 11 November: 2240 UTC: 1197 kHz: Virgin Radio Music from the Bee Gees 'You Win Again'.
• 11 November: 2243 UTC: 1278 kHz: RTE 2FM (Ireland) Music: BabyBird 'You're Gorgeous'.
• 11 November: 2246 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio, Isle of Man. Transmitter: Foxdale. 'The Late Show' History of Douglas, Isle of Man, visiting Woodside Terrace, Victoria Terrace. Music: The Bee Gees 'Words'. Music: Whitney Houston: 'Run To You'. Independent Radio News: Prime Minister John Major, The European Court of Justice. Manx Radio News: New Parliament Buildings.
• 11 November: 2309 UTC: 1386 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'A Good Life' reports on food security in Africa, Ginger Da Silva reports from Kenya. Trailer for 'Music 52/15', postal address for 'On Target', the Radio Netherlands printed schedule. Details of the Radio Netherlands direct telephone numbers. 'Press Review': Sport: Boxing, football: Holland 7 - Wales 1. Reporters: Robert Green, Dave Durham.

• 11 November: 2338 UTC: 1467 kHz: Trans World Radio - Transmitter: Monte Carlo. Programme: 'Words of Hope' - 'How To Get To Heaven' Life or Death, we will be with the Lord. Music. 'Day's End' with Victor Pearce, tour of the Holy Land. Closing announcements by Andrew Pettinger.

That concludes this visit to my Medium Wave archive.

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Tuning the Roberts R881, Medium Wave, June 2018

Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

June 2018: Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 16 June [2018]: 1713 UTC: 549 kHz: Spirit Radio Music, ID: 'Spirit Radio, Passion For Life', music. Good to moderate reception. Promotion for GymPlus.ie followed by ID and music. 11/25 kW via Carrickroe, Co Donegal. Male host, message to say hi to a listener, text on 087 888 9292. Music: Westlife 'What About Now' [Spirit Radio contacts: Telephone: 01 272 4760, spiritradio.ie] ID: 'The music we play might make your heart race! Spirit Radio, Passion For Life'. Music: The Script 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved'. [The male host earlier mentioned this is a jukebox format] Male host with FIFA World Cup latest: Peru 0 - Denmark 1. Music 'Feels Like Heaven'. Female speech regarding Co Wicklow centre for festival and commemorative events - Spirit Radio events guide? Music, male speaks of a female artist. To 1740 UTC.
• 16 June: 1755 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland Music: Neil Young 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart', conclusion of an interview with Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young). 7pm news: The Macintosh Centre, Glasgow Centre of Art, club and other buildings damaged by fire. Glasgow has a shortage of doctors. Twelve year old epileptic child can be treated with cannabis oil. Sinn Fein vote to support abortion. Seven people hurt when taxi runs into people in Russia. Sport: Andy Murray. World Cup: Peru 1 - Denmark 1; Argentina 1 - Iceland 1; France 2 - Australia 1. Weather: Uplands forecast, cloud base: 300 metres, inshore waters - 'Take The Floor' programme crashes the weather! Gary Innes with 'Take The Floor'. Strong to good reception, 2 kW via Dumfries. Music from David Kennedy Band. To 1810 UTC.
• 16 June: 1926 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio 4 The narration of a boxing match between Joe Lewis and Max Schmelling - Lewis hits the canvas from a Schmelling punch - The contest continued to the twelfth round, Schmelling win. Strong to good reception, 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Profile of Lewis. To 1936 UTC.

• 16 June: 2003 UTC: 657 kHz: BBC Radio Wales Commentary of a rugby fixture, male commentator confirms I am listening to BBC Radio Wales. Speech referred to the TMO (Television Match Official) and referee, audio from the referee mic can be heard. This is commentary of the rugby union international between Argentina and Wales. Referee mic picks up his instructions at scrummage. Male host commentator states 78 minutes (of 80) have been played - Wales lead? Moderate to poor reception, 2 kW via Wrexham. To 2016 UTC.
• 16 June: 2033 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York Music: Male rendition of 'Son Of A Preacher Man' (Live, before an audience, with full band). Namecheck for Craig Pattinson. Now performing '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'. Female vocalist performs 'Blowin' In The Wind' and 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T' on BBC Radio York 'BBC Music Introducing in York'. Strong to good reception. The backing band is from the University of York, with Martin the sound engineer. The crowd are baying for more. Max Dalton was one of the musicians. Now performing 'Stand By Me'. Compere mentions everyone involved in this concert is a volunteer, donations to BBC Children In Need will be welcomed. 500 watts via Fulford, York. Now performing 'God Only Knows'. End of the 'BBC Introducing' broadcast; Phil Butler to Leeds, York, Sheffield and Humberside on air next. To 2059 UTC.
• 16 June: 2115 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE Radio Nacional de Espana Female speech in the studio, with male on telephone. RNE via Seville, Spain, 600 kW. ID, male speech into sports report with female interviewing female. ID and speech continuing, regarding Spain. ID for RNE, female speech into male speech. Good reception. Spanish language. To 2130 UTC.
• 16 June: 2133 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live A mother in Northern Ireland speaks to Stephen Nolan on BBC Radio Five Live. Good to moderate reception. Echo on broadcast! Could reception be both Droitwich (150 kW) AND Stagshaw (50 kW)? [Logged as Stagshaw, Northumberland, 50 kW.] News bulletin included Scotland's reaction to the Macintosh Centre fire, the mother featured on the show is the mother of an epileptic boy being treated with cannabis oil. Sport update: Rugby union internationals, FIFA Football World Cup 2018: Argentina 1 - Iceland 1. Golf update. Brexit update. Tory MP Sir Christopher Chope blocks yet another bill; The Tory wanker blocked - Objected to - the 'Upskirting' bill. Interview with a Police Officer, whose Police Dog was stabbed on duty - Tory Chope blocked a bill to make this a crime. The Dog Survived! To 2158 UTC.

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All for now.

July 1996: Flanders On The Air

FROM time to time, a station, for whatever reason, would be given my full attention. For the first week of July 1996, Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal, broadcasting from the Flanders region of Belgium, was the focus of my logs on Medium Wave. Prior to the logs, housekeeping notes regarding abbreviations in the logs: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

July 1996: Medium Wave

• [Monday] 1 July [1996]: 2051 UTC: 1512 kHz: BRT - Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal: Spanish broadcast to Europe. 21 UTC: Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal in English with Dominique Wittevrongel and the 'Brussels Calling' programme. News: Unemployment in Flanders falls, Education Union denies reports concerning foreign teaching assistants. 1995 was dryest [sic] year for 130 years. Spring 1996 also dry. Fruit & Veg prices drop. Fishing: Catching Herring. Weather: wet, 13-18°c. Press Review with Deanne Lehman, Current affairs on 'Belgium Today' with Frans Vossen: Belgium is President of the European Union. 'Focus on Europe' with Colin Clapson: The 'Euro' currency. Sports news.
• [Tuesday] 2 July: 2103 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal: Stephen Windross hosts 'Brussels Calling': News: Young people on benefits. BRTN name new radio bosses. 11th July: Public holiday, Tour de France reaches Belgium. Press Review with Frans Vossen: Tour de France, unemployment, Tourism, European Monetary Union. 'Belgium Today' and 'Living in Belgium' with Deanne Lehman.
• [Wednesday] 3 July: 2106 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal Good to moderate reception. 'Brussels Calling' Press Review: Russian Presidential elections, Belgium Parliament debates. Liz Sanderson reports for 'Belgium Today', Dominique Wittevrongel is 'Around Town', discussing Belgium's live music scene: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, David Bowie, House of Pain, Pulp, Radiohead.

• [Thursday] 4 July: 2120 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal 'Brussels Calling' Economics with Deanne Lehman: shipping of fruit juices.
• [Friday] 5 July: 2103 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal (BRT) 'Brussels Calling' with Deanne Lehman. News: Apple harvest drops, Polish discover hashish in a bus. Liz Sanderson Press Review: Belgian Royal Family, asylum seekers, football bribery probe: Olympic Marseille, Club Brugge. 'Belgium Today': Retired couples. 'The Arts': Photography in Antwerp.
• [Saturday] 6 July: 21 UTC: 1512 kHz: Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal 'Brussels Calling' with Stephen Windross. News: Welfare systems update. Municipal Police strike. National Beef Day. Sport: Le Blanc wins stage 7 of Tour de France, football: Club Brugge will play Steua Bucharest. Press Review: New figures regarding HIV / Aids. Rock Festival review: Therapy? were the headine act. 'Music from Flanders': Paul Rans reports from a Folk & Jazz festival.

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Medium Wave, March - May 1996

SPRINGTIME 1996 is the next stop on the visit to my listening archives, with extensive logs from March, April and May that year. A gentle reminder of the housekeeping notes regarding abbreviations in the logs: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

March 1996: Medium Wave

• March 1996: New Talk Radio UK address: Talk Radio UK, PO Box 1089, LONDON W1A 1PP (Moz Dee).

April 1996: Medium Wave

• 8 April: 1823 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio 1 (Ireland) 500 kW transmission. Patti Page performs 'Tennessee Waltz' on 'O'Brien on Song', hosted by Jack O'Brien.
• 8 April: 1857 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland 2kW transmission from Dumfries. Music programme: 'Jump The Q'.
• 8 April: 1859 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio 4 2kW transmission. Monday Play: 'Uganda'
• 8 April: 19 UTC: 612 kHz: RTE 2FM (Ireland) News: Paul Reynolds reports from the Apprentice Boys stand-off in Belfast, Beef crisis, vandalism at Co Galway fish farm. Weather. Dave Fanning plays Radiohead: 'Street Spirit'. 2FM via Athlone transmitter. Music from Nirvana 'In Bloom', 'Heart Shaped Box'.
• 8 April: 1931 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service Interview with Ian Paisley regarding the Apprentice Boys march in Belfast.
• 8 April: 1934 UTC: 675 kHz: 675 Radio 10 Gold Amsterdam, Holland. Jos Van Heerden presents 'Super Gold' Beatles 'Strawberry Fields'. The Move 'Flowers In The Rain'.
• 8 April: 1955 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live Sport: Feathered Gale won the Irish Grand National, Workington Town got beat by Sheffield Eagles in Rugby Super League. Live football: Newcastle United 0, Blackburn Rovers 0.

• 8 April: 2032 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live Sport: Alan Green commentates on the football match Newcastle United v Blackburn Rovers, the score is 0-0. Faustino Asprilla has been substituted.
• 8 April: 2038 UTC: 963 kHz: YLE Radio Finland News from Sweden, report from Helsinki. Easter comment. Heavy interference.
• 8 April: 2043 UTC: 1053 kHz: Talk Radio UK Ronnie Barbour discusses family values. Tony from Luton discusses accents. Ad break: Ford Transit vans. News: Belfast, NYSE, slimming pills, skier killed in France. Football result: Newcastle United 1 - Blackburn Rovers 2. James Whale on the air. Callers: David in Glasgow, Deirdre in Belfast.

May 1996: Medium Wave

• 14 May: 1720 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio 1 500 kW transmission from Tullamore, Ireland. 'Farm News' programme, weather forecast now on air.
• 14 May: 1730 UTC: 585 kHz (513 metres?) BBC Radio Scotland : 2kW transmission from Dumfries. 'Coastlines': Ecology report.
• 14 May: 1755 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York 'North Yorkshire Sport' with racing results. 500 watt transmission from Fulford. Traffic reports: Whitby A174, A684 via Leyburn. 'North Yorkshire Tonight': Report from a hospital union in Sheffield.

• 14 May: 1818 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio 10 Gold 120 kW transmission from Lopic, Holland. Music: Sandie Shaw, 'Puppet On A String'.
• 14 May: 1833 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria 1kW transmission from Carlisle. Music with Mark Paxton.
• 14 May: 1837 UTC: 774 kHz: BBC Radio Leeds 500 watt transmission via Farnley. 'Yorkshire Sport': Top table of Neil Back (rugby), Geoffrey Richmond (football) and Mike Edge (swimming coach) discuss tolerance of behaviour by sportsmen towards officials. Cricket report by Jonathan Agnew. 'Night Sport' looks towards Euro 96. Call 0113 244 3222 (Leeds).
• 14 May: 1911 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales. 100 kW transmission via Washford. Sport: Cardiff Arms Park hosts Neath v Pontypridd (Live Rugby). Sending off: Steve Lewis, red card, headbutt. Neath are Champions!
• 14 May: 1924 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five 909 kHz = 330 metres. Live Rugby League: Wigan 20 - Halifax 0. Transmitter: Moorside Edge, 200 kW transmission. Rugby League result. Topical sport broadcast: 'Inside Edge' with Rob Bonner.
• 14 May: 1958 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Solvesborg transmitter, 600 kW transmission. English programme: 'Sixty Degrees North' with Sara Larsch, Swedish Youth Culture, Techno art.

• 14 May: 2011 UTC: 1197 - 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio Music : The Police - 'Every Breath You Take'. Ad break. Highlights of this morning's 'Russ And Jono's Breakfast Experience'.
• 14 May: 2017 UTC: 1386 kHz: Voice of Russia Transmitter site: Bolshakovo or Kaliningrad, 2500 kW transmission. Classical music.
• 14 May: 2023 UTC: 1440 kHz: Radio Netherlands Dutch language broadcast via RTL Marnach, LUX (Luxembourg). 1200 kW transmission.

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Scandinavia, Winter 1995-96

TIME for another visit to my Medium Wave archives, and this time, it's Christmas!

December 1995: Medium Wave

• 24 December: 1830 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Christmas Eve 1995 with Jim Downing: Sweden's Xmas celebrations, sales. Jim investigates the drink known as 'Glug', giving of presents, religion at Christmas.
• 24 December: 19 UTC: 1314 kHz: Radio Norway International Christmas Eve 1995 News: Jonathan Glasse in the studio. Norway gives most foreign aid. Norway could boycott Nigeria. Exports increase. Journalists from BBC Radio Norfolk visit Norway. Norwegian man crosses Antarctica. First Christmas Day broadcast from Radio Norway International will be to the Far East, 13 UTC, 7315 kHz // 9795 kHz. 'Norway Now' feature programme hosts a selection of Christmas music.
• 25 December: 1715 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Christmas Day 1995 'In Touch With Stockholm' with Alan Pryke, interviews with musicians Rednex ('Cotton Eye Joe') and Doctor Alban ('It's My Life'), co-producer of the musical 'Kristina' (co-produced with Björn Ulvæus and Benny Andersson), telephone call to Sweden's Minister of Culture. Music: 'Merry Xmas (War Is Over)'.

• 26 December: 2130 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Boxing Day 1995 'SportScan' Keith Foster. Ice Hockey, Swedish national football team. Comparisons with the Scottish national football team. Ladies football: Women's World Cup. Highlights of the 1995 European Athletics Championships held in Gothenburg (Göteburg).
• 31 December: 1830 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong reception. New Year's Eve 1995 'Sounds Nordic' Keith Foster. Music: Herbie 'Right Kind of Mood', Cardigans, Sophie Salmani 'Only You'. Brainpool, Eric Gann, Louise, Salt.

January 1996: Medium Wave

• 1 January: 1830 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden New Year's Day 1996 "This is Radio Sweden, broadcasting from the Swedish capital, Stockholm. The programme is 'Sixty Degrees North', 'Review of the news 1995', presented by Keith Foster". European elections, local elections. Death of a Rhino born in Sweden. Were Russia's submarines intervening in Swedish waters? Government minister resignation. Greg McIver, The Guardian, guests, comments on increase of racism in Sweden. Strong reception.
• 18 January: 2143 UTC: 1386 kHz: Radio Netherlands Kaliningrad transmitter, Russia. 'Media Network' with Jonathan Marks & Diana Janssen. Answerline: Sony radios, BBC Arabic Service TV is being censored. WRTH round-up: Sweden, Denmark, Yugoslavia. Poland. Asia: Voice of Vietnam. UNESCO correspondent. Amateur Radio in South Africa. Mike Bird Propagation Report.

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Short Wave on the Sangean ATS-405, May 2018

ANOTHER sunny, Sunday afternoon, the day after Harry and Meghan's Royal Wedding at Windsor, which was followed by Chelsea Football Club's FA Cup victory over Manchavster United at Wembley later in the day.

Before all that took place, I spent the evening of Friday 11 May 2018 tuning the Sangean ATS-405 on the Short Wave band. The logs in a moment, but first, housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW).

Short Wave: May 2018

• [Friday] 11 May [2018]: 1841 UTC: 3320 kHz: Radio Sonder Grense, Afrikaans language via South Africa. Speech / vocals, female. Poor reception. To 1845 UTC.
• 11 May: 1849 UTC: 3330 kHz: CHU Canada, male voice, Time Signal broadcast. Poor reception. To 1853 UTC.
• 11 May: 1905 UTC: 3975 kHz: Shortwave Radio, broadcasting to Europe via Winsen, Germany. Good to Moderate reception. 'Stafford's World': Music from Bob Dylan; Bee Gees 'Nights On Broadway'. Male host [Mark Stafford] speaking about the history of the Bee Gees in the USA and UK up to Saturday Night Fever. Music: Talking Heads 'Take Me To The River'; Ray Stevens 'Get Down To Business, Mr Businessman; Agnetha Fältskog; Deep Purple. To 1922 UTC.
• 11 May: 1924 UTC: 3985 kHz: Radio Slovakia International, music, female speech. Moderate reception. ID for Slovakia, contact details including email, listen via shortwave, also listen online. Radio Slovakia International to Europe [English service] via Kall-krekel, Germany (Shortwave Service). To 1930 UTC.

• 11 May: 1932 UTC: 3985 kHz: ID in German for Shortwave Service; Radio Tirana International in German. Male speech, soft music. Web address. Good to Moderate reception. ID, music. Radio Tirana via Kall-Krekel, Germany. To 1953 UTC.
• 11 May: 1958 UTC: 3995 kHz: HCJB Germany, 1.5 kW transmission. Music from clarinet and piano; Female and male speech in German. HCJB via Weenermoor, Germany. Music and speech. Moderate reception. To 2009 UTC.
• 11 May: 2034 UTC: 4653 kHz: Presumably Air Traffic - Speech between males, with details of numbers - 3, 5, 2, with references to the phonetic alphabet 'Romeo' and numbers '3, 7, 5, 0' and various sounds on the transmissions. Male voice sending transmissions with frequencies - Sometimes other voice is heard. Could be Shannon Aeradio, Ballygirreen, Co Clare, Ireland. Moderate reception. To 2056 UTC.
• 11 May: 2113 UTC: 4800 kHz: Music, followed by female speech, Chinese? Possibly CNR-1, Golmud, China. Female Chinese speech over a music bed, into a song. Strong to good reception. Music with female speech in Chinese. To 2122 UTC.
• 11 May: 2125 UTC: 4820 kHz: Music, Good to Moderate reception, continuous music. Possibly PBS Xizang, Chinese, 20-2230 UTC, 100 kW via Lhasa-Baiding, Tibet; - or - Voz Evangelica, Spanish, 10-05 UTC, 5 kW via Honduras.
• 11 May: 2216 UTC: Unlisted frequency of 5845 kHz carrying BBC World Service - Spurious broadcast? 'News Room' with news stories including Donald Trump and John McCain, British citizens taken hostage in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Eurovision Song Contest takes place this weekend. Sport: Nadal knocked out of latest tennis tournament. Good to moderate reception. Sport: Tennis, golf: Report by Ian Carter at the golf. To 2225 UTC.

• 11 May: 2230 UTC: 5860 kHz: Music: Toni Braxton 'Unbreak My Heart' to time pips (Time Signal) at 2230 UTC, male speech, audio 'stab', two males speaking, male speech continues. Female speech. Good to Moderate reception. Male speech. This broadcast could possibly be Radio Farda, Persian, 15-00 UTC, 250 kW via Kuwait. To 2236 UTC.
• 11 May: 2244 UTC: 5930 kHz: Strong, clear, male speech, in what I believe to be Arabic - Predominantly speech broadcast, music at 2253 UTC. Strong to good reception. Speech and music up to 2259 UTC - Off air at 2300 UTC. Possibly Radio Algerienne Chaine 1, Algeria, 2211-23 UTC, Arabic, 500 kW via Issoudun, France. To 2300 UTC.

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DX Extra: Friday 11 May 2018: 2314 UTC: 107.5 FM: Eden FM, Penrith. 25 watts via Penrith. ID: 'This is your community radio station, Eden FM'. Music: Bryan Adams (+ Chicane?) 'Don't Give Up'; Richard Ashcroft 'Fill The Night With Colour'. ID: 'Your community radio station, your 107.5 Eden FM'. Music: 'Never Can Say Goodbye'. Moderate to poor reception. 25 watts via Penrith. Music: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill 'The Rest of Our Life'. To 2324 UTC.

All for now.

Congratulations Harry and Meghan!

Introducing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, married today, Saturday 19 May 2018.

My Medium Wave Archive, Autumn 1995

1995 is where this visit to my radio listening archives takes us, to October and November of that year. These logs focus only on the Medium Wave band.
Before the logs, housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

October 1995: Medium Wave

• 24 October [1995]: 1905 UTC: 531 kHz: Leipzig, Germany, 100 kW transmission, music, male and female voices.
• 24 October: 1908 UTC: 549 kHz: DLF (Deutschlandfunk) News broadcast in German via Thurnau transmitter, Germany, 200 kW. Listening on a Hitachi TRK 5854 E receiver.
• 24 October: 1912 UTC: 558 kHz: RNE 5 (Radio Nacional Espana 5) Sports broadcast.
• 24 October: 1915 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio 1 500 kW transmission from Tullamore, Republic of Ireland. Interference from Berlin (100 kW) and RNE 5 (Spain). RTE programming: Music 'Fairground' Simply Red. 'The Arts Show' with Mike Murphy.
• 24 October: 1950 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio 1 Music from U2 'Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me'.

• 24 October: 1951 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Scotland [BBC Radio Solway] Football: Rangers - Aberdeen.
• 24 October: 2020 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio 4 via Tyneside (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) transmitter. 'Science Now' Interference. Peter Evans the host. Telephone 0800 044 044. Announcement regarding Long Wave Transmitter problems.
• 24 October: 2050 UTC: 612 kHz: RTE 2FM Music from Oasis: 'Wonderwall' taken from the album '(What's The Story) Morning Glory ?' Dave Fanning. Sleeper 'What Do I Do Now' Boo Radleys, Smashing Pumpkins. Ads: HMV, Top 30 Request Show. 21 UTC News: Gerry Adams, John Huhme, site for sale in Cork, 26000 in employment, heavy rain. Rugby: Ireland 6, Cook Islands 12. Coca-Cola Cup, Scottish football: Rangers 0 - Aberdeen 0.
• 24 October: 2120 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC For Europe (BBC World Service) via Orfordness, 500 kw transmission. 'Britain Today' followed by 'Meridian'.
• 24 October: 2145 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York Music: Fleetwood Mac.
• 24 October: 2150 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio 10 Gold Lopik, Holland. Music: Toni Braxton 'Breathe Again'. Bryan Adams '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You'. KC & The Sunshine Band 'Please Don't Go'. Smokie 'Living Next Door To Alice'.

• 24 October: 2215 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live via Droitwich, 150 kW. Saatchi & Saatchi.
• 24 October: 2225 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4 'The World Tonight' via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland, 10 kW.
• 24 October: 2245 UTC: 963 kHz: Radio Finland Music from Dallas Wayne & The Dimlights. Finnish environment. UN is needed more now. Finnish President. Israel.
• 24 October: 2306 UTC: 1053 kHz // 1089 kHz: Talk Radio UK James Whale, Ann on the phone, Alan from London. Ads: TeamTalk, 'Breakfast With Bates' Simon Bates.
• 24 October: 2325 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden via Solvesborg, Sweden. 600 kW.
• 24 October: 2330 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio Annie Lennox 'No More "I Love You's"', Ad break, The Rembrandts 'I'll Be There For You', Kate Bush 'Babooshka'.

November 1995: Medium Wave

• 28 November [1995]: 2135 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Excellent Reception. 'Sixty Degrees North': Swedish Ministry allegedly took political donations in connection with Thai Shipyard; Young people committing suicide in Sweden increases; Music: Sandra Anderson investigates changes in music including work by a producer with ABBA. Sound manipulation; North Sweden descends into 24 hour darkness.
• 29 November: 1720 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong to good reception. 'Sixty Degrees North': Swedish Government arranges a congress designed at stamping out child porn; Swedish Defence minister writes that Swedish troops do not need to join the Bosnian NATO force; 'Money Matters' with Al Simon: Swedish Krona. Welfare state: Interview with an economist.

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Season 2017/18: The Season So Far - Part 9

"IT is most likely the next post (Part 9) will follow the fixture on May 5th. Who knows what the above fixtures will bring...!"

The above quote was the final line of Part 8, published on the evening of Easter Saturday (March 31). Carlisle United Football Club's final fixtures have been played, so let's see what those fixtures would bring.

April 2018: Results

Monday 2nd: League Two: United 0 - Lincoln City 1
Saturday 7th: League Two: Swindon Town 0 - United 0
Saturday 14th: League Two: Morecambe 1 - United 1
Saturday 21st: League Two: United 1 - Luton Town 1
Saturday 28th: League Two: Port Vale 1 - United 2

May 2018: Results

Saturday 5th: League Two: United 1 - Newport County 1

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The forty-six League fixtures have been completed - Here is the final League Two table:

Carlisle United Football Club finish the League season on 67 points, with a goal difference of +8. The Blues are tenth in the table following the final fixture.

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One other story to bring from the close of the season is that of the announcement by the manager, Mr Keith Curle, that he is now moving on to seek out new challenges, after three and three-quarter years at Brunton Park. To bring this coverage of Carlisle United in Season 2017/18 to a close, signing off with one of the final images of Mr Curle on match day, following the full time whistle against Newport County. Image © BBC Cumbria Sport.

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Fundraising Dates For Your Diary

REPORTING From The Fox Tower bring you the fundraising events diary of Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland, with events from May to September 2018.
Before the events listed below, please watch the following film, made by de la Mare Photography​ and sponsored by AW Jenkinson​, which showcases the many aspects of Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland.​

Hospice at Home - 20th Anniversary Film from Rachael de la Mare on Vimeo.

Dates For Your Diary

May 2018:

Morrison's Bag Pack, Friday 11 May, Penrith, 10am-6pm

Yoga Day, Saturday 12 May, Scotby Village Hall - SOLD OUT

Plant and Produce Fair, Sunday 20 May, Bampton Memorial Hall, 10am-3pm

Quiz Night, Friday 25 May, Pirelli Social Club, 7pm

Appleby Golf Day, Friday 25 May, Appleby Golf Club

June 2018:

20 Challenge and Wildlife Wander, Saturday 2 June, Braithwaite

Carlisle Flag Day, Friday 15 June, Carlisle City Centre

Cumberland Show Awareness Stand, Saturday 16 June

Charity Music and Quiz Night, Saturday 23 June, Hutton End Village Hall

Classical Music Fundraiser, Thursday 28 June, Greystoke

Cranston's Bag Pack, Saturday 30 June, Ullswater Road, Penrith, 10am-4pm

Harlequin Choir Evening, Saturday 30 June, Parish Hall, Thursby, 7pm

July 2018:

Clay Pigeon Shoot, Wednesday 4 July, Soulby

Skelton Show Awareness Stand, Saturday 7 July

London to Paris Bike Ride, 25-29 July

Kendal Calling Sunflower Awareness, Thursday 26 - Sunday 29 July, Lowther

Penrith Show Awareness Stand, Saturday 28 July

August 2018:

Gilsland Show Awareness Stand, Sunday 5 August

Cumbria and Carlisle Artists Exhibition, 7 - 26 August, Old Fire Station, Carlisle

Appleby Show Awareness Stand, Thursday 9 August

Dalston Show Awareness Stand, Saturday 11 August

Penrith Flag Day, Friday 17 August, Penrith town centre

Dufton Show Awareness Stand, Saturday 25 August

Bucket collection at Tebay Services, Saturday 25 August

Keswick Show Awareness Stand, Monday 27 August

September 2018:

Skydive, Saturday 1 September, Black Knights Parachute Centre, Cockerham

Edwardian Themed September Serenade, Saturday 1 September, Crackenthorpe Hall, near Appleby

Hesket Newmarket Show Awareness Stand, Saturday 1 September

Great North Run, Sunday 9 September - SOLD OUT

China Trek, 13 - 21 September.

Volunteers are required for the Morrison's Bag Pack, 20 Challenge & Wildlife Wander, Carlisle Flag Day and the Penrith Flag Day, please call 01768 210719 if you are able to help.

Find out more about Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland by visiting their website: hospiceathome.co.uk

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Another Summer on Centre Court for TrayBakes

Congratulations once again to TrayBakes of Redhills, Penrith, on securing another contract to supply their products to the Wimbledon Championships this coming summer. Visit here for the post on this blog which featured TrayBakes at Wimbledon 2017, including the video of a news report by ITV Border.

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Long Wave and Medium Wave, 1995

WELCOME to another visit to my radio listening archives, this time going back to 1995, for the logs of broadcasts heard on Long Wave and Medium Wave.
As always, housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

October 1995: Long Wave

• 31 October [1995]: 1934 UTC: 198 kHz: BBC Radio 4 via Droitwich, Burghead, Westerglen, all 50 kW transmissions. 'File on 4' reports on the Newcastle MIND group, Barnardo's, MenCap, Age Concern.
• 31 October: 2023 UTC: 252 kHz: Atlantic 252 Music: Blur 'Country House', D:Ream 'U R The Best Thing' Telephone call from Catherine in North Wales. Whitney Houston 'When You Exhale', R.E.M 'What's The Frequency Kenneth', Janet Jackson 'Runaway', Bryan Adams 'Summer of '69'. Promotion for Beverley Hills (morning crew), ad break: MacDonald's 'Pocahontas' promotion, Dan Francisco plays Mariah Carey 'Fantasy'. 500 kW transmission from Ireland. Music from Sophie B Hawkins 'As I Lay Me Down', Jade 'Don't Walk Away'. Tina Arena 'Heaven Help My Heart'.

• 26 March [2000]: 20 UTC: 198 kHz: Strong to good reception of BBC Radio 4 BBC News Sport: Motor racing Brazil Formula 1 won by Michael Schumacher. 'Feedback' with Roger Boulton, Topics include American accents on BBC Radio 4, homophobia, BBC news reports, BBC Talents, Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2, The Budget on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio Five Live, BBC Radio via the BBC website.

July 1995: Medium Wave

• 29 July [1995]: 1850 UTC: 567 kHz: RTÉ Radio 1 'A Sense of Place' A Protestant man talks of having to leave his home. Broadcast via Tullamore. Gaelic News at 19 UTC 'Nuacht' details of release of IRA prisoners, news from Bihac in Bosnia. 'Hill People' Pat Feeley visits Co Limerick.
• 29 July: 1915 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland via Dumfries transmitter: 'Travelling Folk' music show featuring Alison Sherry and Martin O'Connor. Details of a forthcoming festival. News from Ballyshannon, Greg and Duncan, interview with Adam MacNaughton.
• 29 July: 1940 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four via Tyneside transmitter, Newcastle. 'Saturday Night Theatre: A Vital Flaw' production based in wartime, lead character 'Felix'.
• 29 July: 1958 UTC: 612 kHz: RTÉ Radio 2FM via Athlone transmitter, Ireland. News: IRA releases, Scottish police charges regarding terrorism. News from an Irish Church Minister, Bihac in Bosnia. Lotto: 1 6 16 31 36 37 Bonus: 2. Music from Stone Roses, Blur, Boo Radleys. Details of M-People in concert. '7up sponsors Beat On The Street with Dance Nation, Live at Longford'.
• 29 July: 2020 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service - BBC For Europe News, 'From The Weeklies': MP resigned the past week, World War Two criminals, including Japanese fighters. President Clinton outlines new policies for the United States of America.

• 29 July: 2038 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio 10 Gold via Lopik, Holland. Music.
• 29 July: 2045 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five News and Sport.
• 29 July: 2048 UTC: 873 kHz: AFN [American Forces Network] via Frankfurt, Germany. American-based programming.
• 29 July: 2051 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five News and sport.
• 29 July: 2057 UTC: 1053 kHz: Talk Radio UK An ad for Gary Newbon, 'Janet's Planet' is on the air.
• 29 July: 21 UTC: 1062 kHz: Denmark, Kalundborg transmitter. Speech.
• 29 July: 2109 UTC: 1089 kHz: Talk Radio UK 'Janet's Planet'.
• 29 July: 2115 UTC: 1107 kHz: AFN via Frankfurt, Germany. American-based programming.
• 29 July: 2136 UTC: 1170 kHz: Great North Radio, North East England.
• 29 July: 2140 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden News of shipping in the Nordic seas, Bill Schiller visits the Gothenburg Maritime Museum.
• 29 July: 2152 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio Music, also on 1242 kHz.
• 29 July: 2231 UTC: 1386 kHz: Radio Netherlands Music from Elton John 'The One'.

• 29 July: 2345 UTC: 1512 kHz: BRT Brussels News headlines, newspapers: Government, student jobs, stimulants for lorry drivers. [?] 'Music From Flanders'.

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Springtime 2018 on the air.

IF you are expecting a selection of Short Wave and Medium Wave logs in this post - Think again! In March and April, I decided to take a break from the aforementioned wavebands and browse the Long Wave and FM bands. The latter of those bands was also to learn more about a recently purchased receiver, which may also feature in this post.

The FM logs to follow, as the Long Wave logs chronologically precede them. But first, housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), MegaHertz (MHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW).

Long Wave: March 2018

• [Wednesday] 7 March [2018]: 1830 UTC: 153 kHz: Tentative reception of SRR Antena Satelor, via Brasav Bod, Romania. Female speech in a studio, male speech on telephone.  Also on this frequency: Arabic speech from a male in a studio - Alger Chaîne 1, via Béchar, Algeria, 2000 kW. Fair to poor reception. To 1851 UTC.
• 7 March: 1902 UTC: 171 kHz: Medi 1 via Nadar, Morocco, 2000 kW. Very strong French speech.
• 7 March: 1902 UTC: 183 kHz: Europe 1 via Saarlouis, Germany (France/Luxembourg/Germany border), 2000 kW. Male speech in French, 'Music club' style programme. Extensive ad break at 1910 UTC. Male and female speech. Strong to fair reception. To 1914 UTC.

• 7 March: 1917 UTC: 198 kHz: BBC Radio 4, UK. Strong to fair reception, 500 kW via Droitwich, supplemented by Burghead and Westerglen, both 50 kW. Sir David Attenborough speaks of artworks created by John Craxton, whilst Craxton was in the UK and the Mediterranean ( Crete/Greece). This interview with Sir David Attenborough was part of a preview of the 'Charmed Life' exhibition at the British Museum. New Woody Allen film, starring Kate Winslet; Audio clip from the film, which also stars Justin Timberlake. The movie is called 'Wonder Wheel'. To 1930 UTC.
• 7 March: 1940 UTC: 216 kHz: RMC Info, Roumoules, France. 1400 kW. French speech, male in the studio with a male on the phone, now playing what sounds like a segue into sports reports. Fair to poor reception. Ad break into sport? Male speech over music, I think it is a sports broadcast. To 1951 UTC.
• 7 March: 1955 UTC: 225 kHz: Polskie Radio Jedynka via Solec Kujawski, Poland, 1000 kW. Polish speech, news? Russia? Time pips for 20 UTC. Female speech. Male speech (recording?). Good to poor reception. Ad break at 2005 UTC? Music. To 2005 UTC.
• 7 March: 2023 UTC: 234 kHz: RTL Radio, Beidweiler, Luxembourg. 1500 kW. French speech, discussion, roundtable discussion over French politics - I believe I hear the name 'Macron', the French President, mentioned a few times. Male and female voices. Strong to fair reception. Strong discussion over politics! To 2035 UTC.
• 7 March: 2040 UTC: 252 kHz: RTÉ Radio 1, Clarkstown, Ireland, 150 kW. Music: Texas 'Say What You Want', Laxley 'Falling', Soak 'Sea Creatures', songs are dedicated to a number of listeners. Ads: RTÉ Radio 1 presents Paloma Faith live in Dublin. Axa Insurance. ID. Mobile networks switch at Carphone Warehouse. The Killers and Franz Ferdinand in concert. St Patrick Festival 2018, Dublin from March 15th. RTÉ committed to your business, Saturday morning. Strong to fair reception. Music: Leonard Cohen 'Suzanne', Nick Drake. News in Gælic at 21 UTC. Logged to 2100 UTC.

FM: April 2018

Introducing the Sangean ATS-405, making its debut!

• [Thursday] 12 April [2018]: 1851 UTC: 87.75 MHz: I do hear a signal from time to time, in the RSL area of the band. The closest to my location, broadcasting with 50mW [milliWatts] is The Mouth, which broadcasts from Cockermouth School, Cumbria. I mostly hear speech, some music, but not [clear] enough to log. To 1901 UTC.

Introducing the Sangean ATS-405!

• 12 April: 1903 UTC: 88.1 MHz: BBC Radio 2 News, Jo Whiley, music: Kings of Leon 'Sex On Fire'. 250 kW via Sandale, Cumbria. Strong reception. To 1906 UTC.
• 12 April: 1918 UTC: 90.0 MHz: BBC Radio 2 Music: Donna Summer 'I Feel Love' Jo Whiley, promo for 'Blood On The Tracks' with Colin Murray. Music. Fair to poor reception. 10 kW via Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. To 1923 UTC.
• 12 April: 1925 UTC: 90.3 MHz: BBC Radio 3 Piano and orchestra. Strong to good reception (very little bit of noise). 250 kW via Sandale, Cumbria. Applause for Steven Osbourne and the Scottish Symphony Orchestra at City Halls, Glasgow. Beethoven's Piano Symphony. To 1930 UTC.
• 12 April: 1949 UTC: 92.2 MHz: BBC Radio 3 The piano concert from the City Halls, Glasgow, continues. Good to fair reception. Radio 3 In Concert with Jamie McDougall. 10 kW via Morecambe Bay. To 1955 UTC.
• 12 April: 1958 UTC: 92.5 MHz: BBC Radio 4 'In Business' with Ms Balderstone. Promo for a new series: 'Chinese Characters'. 20 UTC news: Chemical weapons attack in Syria. Child sex abuse in Rochdale. Sir Cliff Richard sues the BBC [Sir Cliff had his back doors smashed in by the police, on live telly]. Statement from Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland. UAE princess runs away to India. 'Inside Science' is now on the air. Strong reception. 250 kW via Sandale. Programme subject: agriculture. To 2005 UTC.
• 12 April: 2020 UTC: 94.4 MHz: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' continues, with a visit to the Rutherford-Appleton particle physics laboratory. Strong to good reception. 10 kW via Morecambe Bay. To 2024 UTC.

• 12 April: 2027 UTC: 94.7 MHz: BBC Radio Scotland 'The Quay Sessions' with musician Sam Fender and presenter Roddy Hart. Live music from Sam Fender (and his band). Good reception (little bit of noise). 250 kW via Sandale, Cumbria, primarily for south west Scotland (with opt-outs from Dumfries, Scotland). To 2034 UTC.
• 12 April: 2041 UTC: 95.6 MHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Georgey Spanswick with a male author, Nick Hunt, who has written a book about winds, including the Helm Wind, which blows on the Eden-Pennine fellside here in Cumbria! 'Where The Wild Winds Are' is the name of the book. Good to fair reception. 15 kW via Sandale. Music: Culture Club 'Karma Chameleon'. To 2048 UTC.
• 12 April: 2053 UTC: 96.1 MHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Georgey Spanswick. Music: Barry White 'Let The Music Play'. Good to fair reception. 3.2 kW via Morecambe Bay. To 2056 UTC.
• 12 April: 2058 UTC: 96.4 MHz: CFM Ad break: McDonald's, PerTemps (recruitment). The Wedding store, 1 Victoria Viaduct, Carlisle. Bowel cancer screening. Trinity Earth composite doors. NatWest. SP Training. CFM Dating. 21 UTC news: British government to respond to Syrian chemical attack. Novichock used in Salisbury attack. [CFM ID and song crash into news bulletin] Rochdale child sex abuse. CarpetRight to close. Princess Anne visits Duke of Edinburgh in hospital. News bulletin by Barry Weir. [Song which crashed the news continues] Good to fair reception. 3 kW via Caldbeck, Cumbria. 'Mellow CFM' music: Prince 'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World'. To 2106 UTC.
• 12 April: 2119 UTC: 96.9 MHz: Heart (North Lancashire) Music: Beyonce. Female host, speaking of dating disasters. Ad break: Mix of local and national ads, including Mike Hughes Fitted Interiors (Barrow), kart racing, Admiral Insurance, Money Supermarket. Lionel Richie in concert, Brunton Park, Carlisle. Morecambe hotel. Music: Westlife. [Heart North Lancashire was formerly The Bay] Good reception. 3.2 kW via Morecambe Bay. To 2127 UTC.
• 12 April: 2134 UTC: 97.2 MHz: Manx Radio Isle of Man. Music: Ella Henderson 'Ghost', male host, Manx Radio covering Commonwealth Games, weather, waters forecast from Ronaldsway. Ads: Jack's Bar and Steakhouse. Pets medical treatment. Walk the Millennium Way on the Isle of Man. Manx Radio and Manx Telecom live from Australia at 8am for the Commonwealth Games. Music. Good to fair reception. 11.3 kW via Carnane, Isle of Man. Manx Radio ID, male host, 'Roots' song. Chubby Checker 'The Twist'. To 2145 UTC.

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My FM Archive: November 1997

A sunny Sunday afternoon and another visit to my radio archive - What more could you ask for? This post brings you logs of the FM band twenty years ago: November 1997.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in MegaHertz (MHz). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

November 1997: FM

• 8 November [1997]: 2126 UTC: 88.1 MHz: BBC Radio 2 David Jacobs, Michael Crawford 'When I Fall In Love'.
• 8 November: 2130 UTC: 90.3 MHz: BBC Radio 3 Susan Tomes ? Classical music.
• 8 November: 2134 UTC: 92.5 MHz: BBC Radio 4 Professor Steve Jones with reference to the arts and science. 'The Hydro' followed by 'Classics with Kay' Profile of Gracie Fields.

• 8 November: 2147 UTC: 94.7 MHz: BBC Radio Scotland Main transmitter site: Sandale, with Dumfries transmitter opt-outs. Music.
• 8 November: 2150 UTC: 95.2 MHz via Kendal, 95.6 MHz via Sandale: BBC Radio Cumbria Bob Preedy's 'Hot Country'. (Country music broadcast).
• 8 November: 2156 UTC: 96.4 MHz: CFM Carlisle. Music.
• 8 November: 2158 UTC: 96.9 MHz: The Bay Lancaster. Music: 'I'm Not In Love' 10cc, 'Return To Sender' Elvis Presley. [22 UTC] Bay News: Louise Woodward trial, tenth anniversary of Enniskillen bombing. Anti-American protests in Baghdad. Basingstoke Chlorine Gas alert. Sport: Great Britain win rugby league contest, football: Hibs, Blackburn, Leeds United. Lottery roll-over. Weather: showers, 5°C 41°F. Music: The Police 'Message In A Bottle', Hot Chocolate 'You Win Again', Simply Red 'Something Got Me Started'.
• 8 November: 2224 UTC: 97.7 MHz: BBC Radio 1 'Westwood' Radio 1 Rap Show with Tim Westwood.
• 8 November: 2230 UTC: 99.9 MHz: Classic FM 'The Classic Quiz'.

Letterhead of the Classic FM Engineering Information release from the Radio Authority, 1992.

• 8 November: 2230 UTC: 100.4 MHz: Jazz FM Music: Leon Parker 'All My Life '84'. Write to Jazz FM, The World Trade Centre, Exchange Quay, MANCHESTER M5 3EQ Music: Joyce 'Banana '80'. Ad for Sellafield Visitors Centre. Jez Nelson is the host.
• 8 November: 2257 UTC: 100.7 MHz: Century FM 'phone-in with Stu Macfarlane. [23 UTC] News: Louise Woodward trial, Gerry Adams apologises for Enniskillen bombing. Queen at Remembrance Service. Spice Girls manager sacked. Weather.

November 1998: FM

• 16 November: 2328 UTC: 92.5 MHz: BBC Radio 4 'Aerial Views' Jennifer Cox visits Vatican Radio and talks to Sean Lovett of the English Service.

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My DX Archive: Spring 1995

THE clock has just passed 8pm on the evening of Sunday 1 April 2018, Easter Sunday, so may I wish you a Happy Easter!
Welcome to another visit to my radio listening archives, this time taking a look to the Springtime of 1995, the months of March, April and May of that year.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), MegaHertz (MHz) and/or metrebands (m). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

March 1995: Medium Wave

• 2 March [1995]: 2130 UTC: 1386 kHz: Radio Netherlands Introduction: Publications 'On Target' and 'Receiver Shopping List' now available. World News with Jackie Spears: Barings Bank, Nick Leeson. UN forces leave Somalia. Weather, 'Newsline' Michelle Ernsting: Italian PM in court. 'Media Network' Jonathan Marks and Diana Jansen: Test transmissions from Radio Netherlands, Radio Denmark on air in English for one week in March. Christian Voice on air.

March 1995: Short Wave

• 5 March: 1130 UTC: 7295 kHz: Radio Denmark via Norway. News: UNICEF suspend staff, Chinese election. Argentina holds talks with the UK regarding The Falklands/Islas Malvinas. Shooting in Palestine. Shimon Peres hosts a discussion between Israel and Jordan. World Social Summit is held in Denmark. Strong to good reception.
• 6 March: 1130 UTC: 7295 kHz (41m): Radio Denmark Strong to good reception. World Social Summit broadcast in English. News: Elections in Hong Kong and Estonia. Satellite photography of Iraq, military exercises in the Gulf. 42 die as ferry sinks. 'World Wide Watch': USA: Police shoot a criminal, woman killed in zoo. Financial news: Japanese & US currency. Barings Bank bought by ING, Nick Leeson sends a fax to Singapore news agencies. Chinese currencies. The World Social Summit opens today in Copenhagen. Weather, traffic: roads in & around Copenhagen are currently very busy. English broadcast concluded at 1142 UTC, Danish broadcast begins.
• 7 March: 1130 UTC: 7295 kHz: Radio Denmark Strong to good reception. World Social Summit broadcast in English. News: US Ambassador talks of sanctions against Iraq. Muslims may plan attacks against the US. Rumoured assassination plot of the Egyptian President. Financial news: The US Dollar & the Yen. Boeing objects to the US funding of Aeroflot.

March 1995: Long Wave

• 12 March: 1750 UTC: 216 kHz: Radio Monte Carlo via Roumoules RMC transmitter, 1400 kW transmission. Music: Ini Kamoze 'Here Comes The Hotstepper', French speech, French language music. Music: Rednex: 'Cotton Eye Joe'.

March 1995: Short Wave

• 14 March: 2009 UTC: 5995 kHz: Radio Moscow - The Voice of Russia. News: Chechnya. Music. 'Mailbag'? Space programmes of Russia and the USA.
• 14 March: 2034 UTC: 6180 kHz: BBC World Service News: The Spanish-Canada 'fish war'.
• 14 March: 2040 UTC: 7260 kHz: Radio Australia Pakistan joins South East Asia trading policy charter. News headlines: American astronaut boards rocket launching from the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). 'International Report'. Music from a CD.
• 14 March: 2103 UTC: 9615 / 9670 / 9690 / 9765 kHz: Deutsche Welle 'European Journal' from Cologne: Clashes between police and crowd in Istanbul. Turkey to enter the European Union.
• 14 March: 2126 UTC: 11725 kHz: Radio Havana Cuba News headlines: Journalists & Writers Union Awards. Cuban & Iranian governments develop links.

Radio Havana Cuba QSL, March 1995

• 14 March: 2150 UTC: 11800 kHz: Radio Japan 'Enjoy Japanese' lessons. 'Tokyo Pop In': 'A Sky Full Of Happiness'.
• 14 March: 2210 UTC: 12080 kHz: Voice of America VOA English to Africa 'Now Music USA' 22-2230 UTC.
• 14 March: 2240 UTC: 6055 kHz: The Voice of Russia 'Culture of The Arts'.
• 14 March: 2245 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Trailers for 'Megamix' & 'Sports International' tomorrow at 2115 and 2215 UTC respectively. 'Sports Roundup': Five in custody over Premier League match fixing: Bruce Grobelaar, Hans Segers, John Fashanu, Fashanu's girlfriend and a Malaysian businessman. Chelsea beat Bruges 2-1 on aggregate in European competition.
• 16 March: 1150 UTC: 6045 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' Schedules for summer season broadcasts from Radio Netherlands, BRT Brussels, DW, new satellite television broadcasts to Europe. News from America: United States Information Agency to close? VOA may join State Department. Broadcasting in Africa. Two new Grundig Yacht Boy sets - YB207 and YB217 - on the market. Norway to rent out shortwave broadcast transmitters. More summer schedules. Mike Bird propagation report.

• 16 March: 1617 UTC: 6175 kHz (49m): Radio France Internationale Political news: French President. Azeri Civil War (Azerbaijan).

March 1995: Medium Wave

• 21 March: 1054(?) UTC: 1089 kHz: Talk Radio UK Caesar The Geezer taking calls from listeners.

March 1995: Short Wave

• 23 March: 12 UTC: 6045 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' Jonathan Marks discusses plans for D A B (Digital Audio Broadcasting) radio.
• 23 March: 1845 UTC: 15265 kHz: RNB Brazil News on 'Brasilian Report': Changes in the foreign exchange rate. Central Bank to reduce interest rates. Government to evaluate constitutional reforms on a council. New medicines are manufactured in Cuba & Brazil. Trade deficit in Brazil? Mexico has trade problems. 'Brasilian Panorama'.
• First ever reception of Voice Of The Mediterranean, Malta: 27 March: 1410 UTC: 11925 kHz: Moderate to poor reception. Music, religious message. Interview with a political statesman, classical music programme.

Voice Of The Mediterranean QSL, March 1995

March 1995: Medium Wave

• 28 March: 1810 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio One Tullamore, 500 kW transmission. Painting entitled 'Stag Hunt' purchased by an Irish museum. The picture was painted in Geneva. Ad break: Choir at the National Concert Hall. Discussion of television 'soap operas': 'Prisoner Cell Block H', 'Fair City', 'Glenroe'. RTE is based in Dublin, Ireland.
• 28 March: 1845 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Scotland Dumfries, 2 kW transmission. Accordion / Violin music.
• 28 March: 2030 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden Solvesborg, 600 kW transmission. News with Bill Schiller: Yugoslav refugees will not be accepted in Sweden if it is safe for them to stay in Bosnia or Croatia. New parliament speaker in Finland, Air cabin staff strike in Iceland. 'Sixty Degrees North': Swedish peacekeepers in Bosnia. Swedish Central Bank raises interest rates. New medical research. Arctic ice melting.
• 28 March: 2054 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio Music: The Pretenders 'Don't Get Me Wrong'.

April 1995: Medium Wave

• 3 April: 1945 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio Music: Elton John 'Believe'.
• 3 April: 20 UTC: 1278 kHz: RTE Radio 2 Transmission from Dublin or Cork, Ireland. Dave Fanning with music by Lee McCarthy, Leftfield, Toni Halliday and Hole.

RTE (Radio 2) QSL, April 1995

• 3 April: 2054 UTC: 1368 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Newsline' Russia has no thoughts of joining NATO. Turkish Foreign Minister makes speech condemning Iraq.
• 3 April: 21 UTC: 1458 kHz: Sunrise Radio Southern England: News headlines: African Hutu tribes, footballer Eric Cantona, Prime Minister sacks front Bench politicians [Reaction by] (Tony Blair).
• 3 April: 2108 UTC: 1512 kHz: BRT Brussels carrying Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal, Wolvertem transmitter, Belgium, 600 kW transmission. 'Brussels Calling' with Colin Clapson: Newspapers covering The Pope, Romanian Airbus A310 crash.

April 1995: Short Wave

• 9 April: 1132 UTC: 6045 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Happy Station' via the transmitter at Flevo, Holland: Jonathan Groubert recovers from the 'flu. Music from Tom Leer. Letters regarding Eric Beauchemin's 'Children of the Genocide' report. 'Fly-on-the-wall' report of the making of the 'Happy Station' show by Howard Shannon. Tribute to Kenny Everett, died 4 April 1995, Aged 51.

April 1995: Medium Wave

• 9 April: 18 UTC: 1314 kHz: Radio Norway International, Kvitsoy transmitter, Norway. 'Norway Now': News headlines. Norway takes over a Swedish food group. 'Scandinavian Star' sunk 6th April 1990, new vessel named 'Royal Voyager'. Report from the Norwegian Mountains. NRK reporter arrested. Report regarding Polar Bears. Report of bad weather in the UK. Norwegian farmers want to maintain their income - with Ostriches!

April 1995: Short Wave

• 12 April: 1827 UTC: 5915 kHz: Radio Slovakia International English: Report by D. Hurd in Bratislava. European Summit. Euro-US Defence agreement treaty. Change in Slovak finances. Slovak & German tourism chiefs meet. 'Front Page of the Dailies' newspaper review: 60% of Slovak Cabinet don't attend press meetings. ✉

Radio Slovakia International QSL, April 1995 (Also see footnote)

• 12 April: 19 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Romania International English: Romanian delegation cancelled visit to Bosnia. The PLO wants the UN to patrol more of the Middle East. 'Press Review': Trade Union protest. Economy news. New exhibition in Paris. New book regarding World War 2. Report regarding the study of space.
• 12 April: 1921 UTC: 6120 kHz: Radio Finland Music by Suzanne Vega.

May 1995: Short Wave

• 11 May: 1148 UTC: 6045 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network': Dutch Church Services broadcast on 1116 kHz, 07-15 UTC (Sunday?). BBC now has internet address. News from VOA, Capital Radio, BFBS, Voice of Vietnam. RTE Radio One has new broadcasts.
• 11 May: 1919 UTC: 6040 kHz: Voice of America: 'Newsline' Does Israel have nuclear arms? Diseases spreading in Africa. Report by the World Health Organisation in Geneva regarding Zaire. Sports news: Hamburg tennis: Andre Agassi, Michael Stich. Football: Jurgen Klinsmann is leaving Tottenham Hotspur for Bayern Munich. 'Now Music USA': Bono, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Pearl Jam, Tony Bennett. Tracks: Boyz II Men 'Dear Mama', Bryan Adams 'Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman'.
• 11 May: 1947 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Austria International 'Report From Austria' Austrian Arch Bishop travels to Rome, to meet the Pope. 14% of babies born in 1993 were to foreign non-Austrian parents. Austria supplies new medicines.
• 11 May: 2002 UTC: 6950 kHz: China Radio International Korea holds talks with USA regarding a nuclear treaty. British Government meets Sinn Fein tomorrow (Wednesday) in London to discuss disarming the IRA. Table tennis report. Report from Japanese climbers. World news headlines: New clashes in Kashmir. Mine collapse in South Africa traps miners. New Chinese policy regarding Hong Kong.

• 14 May: 1445 UTC: c.15 MHz: First-ever reception of Radio Jordan, Amman: Strong to good reception. Music from M C Hammer 'Pray', Take That 'Another Crack In My Heart'. News at 15 UTC: National debt to be written off, Jewish housing in Jerusalem, UN investigation in Iraq, Ibola virus in Zaire. 'Listeners' Choice': Music from Debbie Gibson, Duran Duran, 2Unlimited. Birthdays.
• 28 May: 1155 UTC: 9650 kHz (31m): Radio Netherlands Strong to good reception. Wet weather in the UK. 'Happy Station' Report from the Cannes Film Festival, details of a new song recorded by Bryan Adams, music from the Rolling Stones' album 'Some Girls'. Steven Speilberg donates two hundred and fifty thousand US Dollars to the Anne Frank Foundation. Ajax Amsterdam FC are European football champions.
• 28 May: 22 UTC: 9675 kHz (31m): Radio Exterior de Espana English Service, Madrid, Spain. Strong to good reception. News headlines: Spanish General Election, Bosnia. 'Visitors Book' Interview with American writer and poet Mr Lavine.

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THE entry for 12 April 1995, the log for Radio Slovakia International, is followed by the QSL card verifying that reception and I included the blue envelope and noted "(Also see footnote)" to the caption for the QSL card, leading to this point, as I now share a letter from Bratislava in reply to my reception report, where the station kindly sent me a T-shirt, which included the emblem of the station's logo, which you can see on the QSL card and the letterhead below.

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