My AM Archive: August 2009

BBC Sport Journalist Ivan Gaskell, 1991.

 THIS is My AM Archive, a continual thread of posts of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: March 2009, featured a log of BBC Radio Stoke, with a transmission map of their coverage area, dating from around 1991.

Also included in my archive of items collected from broadcasters over the last thirty-plus years, was a publicity photograph of broadcaster Ivan Gaskell during his time at BBC Radio Stoke (pictured left). Attached was a programme schedule for Saturday 11th May, 1991, with Ivan Gaskell's Sportsbeat on air at 1:30pm, covering Port Vale v Swindon Town, Reading v Stoke City and Crewe [Alexandra] v Mansfield Town.

Ivan's current profile can be seen on his IGTV website.

This post brings Medium Wave memories of August 2009.

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

August 2009 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 16 August [2009]: 1908 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Music: 'Oh What A Beautiful Morning!' Show tunes. Good reception. Music from 'Oklahoma!'. Music from Flanaghan & Allen. Transmission: 2 kW via Dumfries. Bud Flanaghan sang theme music for 'Dad's Army'. Music: 'I'm Getting Married In The Morning' / 'Get Me To The Church On Time'.
  Female vocalist on 'I Get A Kick Out Of You' - Elaine Page. Cole Porter.
  Guest: Andrew Bounder - 'Jerry Springer The Opera'.  Logged to 1937 UTC.
• 16 August: 1940 UTC: 594 kHz: HR - Info [Germany]  Live event - German language speech.
  Berlin athletics event - Usain Bolt - 100 metres Champion - Gold medal - New world record - 9.58 seconds.
  Broadcast is Germany: Hessischer RF / HR Skyline Frankfurt, D (Germany). 100 - 400 kW / 250 kW.
  Commentary / speech / reaction to 20 UTC; News. Programme: Debate before live audience (applause). Excellent to good reception.  Logged to 2012 UTC.
  [Contact details: hr - info, Hessischer Rundfunk, Bertramstraße 8, D-60320 Frankfurt. Website: hr-online.de]
• 16 August: 2023 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four  Fair reception; 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle upon Tyne. Male discusses job seekers, close of discussion. Continuity announcer introduces actor John Hurt, with Appeal for the International Rescue Committee. Website: bbc.co.uk/radio4/appeal
  Continuity announcer: Laura Kuensberg previews 'Westminster Hour' prior to 'In Business' on air now (2030 UTC).  Logged to 2035 UTC.

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Calling Antigua: Roxanne Leah Townsend.

Roxanne Leah Townsend, Antigua, March 2021.

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Season 2020/21 : Season's End

 

AFTER Season 2019/20 was curtailed due to the pandemic, it was pleasing to see a full season.

Season 2020/21 has come to a close for Carlisle United Football Club and here are the final set of results for April and May 2021.

Results: April 2021

Saturday 3rd [April]: League Two: Southend United 0 - United 2

Tuesday 6th: League Two: United 2 - Scunthorpe United 0

Saturday 10th: League Two: Barrow 2 - United 2

Tuesday 13th: League Two: Newport County 0 - United 0

Saturday 17th: League Two: United 0 - Port Vale 0

Tuesday 20th: League Two: Bolton Wanderers 1 - United 0

Saturday 24th: League Two: United 1 - Harrogate Town 1

Tuesday 27th: League Two: Cheltenham Town 1 - United 1

Results: May 2021

Saturday 1st [May]: League Two: Leyton Orient 2 - United 3

Saturday 8th: League Two: United 0 - Walsall 0

Here's to season 2021/22!

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My AM Archive: March 2009

 THE audio landscape of the Medium Wave band is undergoing sweeping changes here in the UK, as April 30, 2021, saw the closure of four transmitters on 828 kHz (Leeds), 999 kHz (Preston), 1152 kHz (Manchester) and 1161 kHz (Hull). Latterly broadcasting Greatest Hits and Magic, though formerly broadcasting some of the great nostalgic names of British radio: Radio Aire on 828 kHz; Red Rose Gold on 999 kHz and Piccadilly Radio on 1152 kHz.

The BBC are to close a number of Local / Regional radio transmitters over the course of May and June 2021, as detailed in this Facebook post from the British DX Club:

The BBC has now announced the dates in May and June that seventeen more of its medium wave transmitters will close....

Posted by BDXC - British DX Club on Friday, 23 April 2021

As these closures take place, at least enjoy the nostalgia brought by My AM Archive, a continual thread of posts of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: January 2009, can be found here.

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

March 2009 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 12 March [2009]: 2050 UTC: 1458 kHz: Sunrise Radio  Excellent to good reception via Brookmans Park, London, 125 kW. Male broadcaster with Asian music, "Eight minutes to nine o'clock, thank you for all your messages". Logged to 2058 UTC.
• 12 March: 2122 UTC: 1485 kHz: SER  Spain. Excellent to good reception. 2 - 5 kW, transmission site not identified. Speech in Spanish language by male and female. Logged to 2128 UTC.
• 12 March: 2133 UTC: 1494 kHz: France Info  Excellent to good reception. Speech by female with jingles, music background. Transmission site: Clermont-Ferrand, France, 20 kW. Logged to 2140 UTC.
• 12 March: 2144 UTC: 1503 kHz: BBC Radio Stoke  Music: Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing', male host, six eggs in a basket puzzle, email from listener. Music, really strong signal, telephone number: 0845 303... Interference from a Spanish broadcast. 0845 303 9303 was the contact number. Male host talks of baby crying in restaurant. Music: Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 'What Have I Done To Deserve This'. Female caller (Sheila) from Nottinghamshire / Lincolnshire talking about school days. Good reception. BBC ID. Music: The Korgis.
  22 UTC: ID 'This is BBC Radio Stoke'. News headlines: M5 motorway closed until 1am following road traffic accident. Man poisoned himself. Business loses trade; closes? Olympic Champion. Royal Hospital in Chelsea now accepts Ladies. Weather: Dry, cloudy, 12°C highest temperature. BBC Stoke text: 07786 201038.
  1 kW, Sideway, Staffordshire. Logged to 2210 UTC.

BBC Radio Stoke transmission map, c.1991.

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My AM Archive: January 2009

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

January 2009 : Medium Wave

• [Tuesday] 6 January [2009]: 2051 UTC: 1413 kHz: BBC Radio Gloucestershire  Music: Leona Lewis 'Run'. Male host introduces Lucy who has details of forthcoming events in Bristol and Swindon, including The Old Vic Studio in Bristol, the Traffic Light Theatre Company / Travelling Light Theatre Company. Music: Erasure 'Sometimes'.  Excellent to fair reception, 500 watts via Bourton-on-the-Water, East Gloucestershire or Berkeley Heath, South West Gloucestershire.
  Music: Chris Isaak 'Wicked Game'. ID: "BBC Across The West" 'The Keith Walrington Show'.
  News at 9 o'clock (21 UTC): Enquiries regarding a male; take care on roads in wintery conditions; Gaza conflict; Woolworths; Nativity is replaced by Noah & The Ark for school play. Weather report: Severe frost, cloudy, cold, rain, sleet, snow. 3°C top temperature.
  Music: Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing'. Diana Ross 'Chain Reaction'. To 2110 UTC.

BBC Radio Gloucestershire Postmark, 2004.

• 6 January: 2113 UTC: 1422 kHz: Deutschlandfunk  Jazz / Swing style music on what can only be DLF.
  Excellent to good reception via Heusweilwer, D [Germany], 1200 / 600 kW. Big Band music. To 2123 UTC.
• 6 January: 2147 UTC: 1458 kHz: Sunrise Radio  Brookman's Park, London, 125 kW.
  Excellent to fair reception. Asian flavoured music, male and female vocalists. Female broadcaster, reading messages from listeners. Music: female vocals. To 2157 UTC.

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The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Autumn 2008: November, can be found here.

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My AM Archive: Autumn 2008: November

 THE previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Autumn 2008: September, can be found here.

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

November 2008 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 16 November [2008]: 1218 UTC: 1269 kHz: Deutschlandfunk (DLF)  Speech in the German language spoken by a male. 'Monitoring Monthly' (February 2006) shows DLF, Neumunster, D (Germany), 300 kW. Speech by male from sporting event: football?  Fair reception. To 1228 UTC.

The Roberts R881 radio receiver, as used to hear the broadcasts in this log.

• 16 November: 1254 UTC: 1323 kHz: Voice of Russia  Speech in the German language spoken by a female, with popular music - Elaine Page 'Another Suitcase, Another Hall'. Speech in German by male.  Good to fair reception.
  ID signal, new broadcast at 13 UTC, sounds like Russian... Voice of Russia, Wachenbrunn, Germany, 150 up to 800 kW. Speech by female - Sports headlines as part of the news? Music. To 1307 UTC.
• 16 November: 1316 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster  Female host with male guest talking of financial matters on BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland, 100 kW.  Good reception. Timecheck, weather report. Social housing and associated matters. To 1332 UTC.
• 16 November: 1650 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio  Ad for Douglas Carpet Superstore, Xerox photocopiers, Aladdin at the Gaiety Theatre, Manx Petroleum.  Manx Radio, Douglas, Isle of Man, 20 kW. Excellent to fair reception. Music: Lou Rawls 'Lady Love'. Male speech: "TT races were nearly lost to Belgium - The History Man" To 1700 UTC.
• 16 November: 1716 UTC: 1404 kHz: France Info  Speech in the French language, male host with female reporter - French football league and other sport.  France Info, Brest, F, 20 kW. Good to fair reception. To 1722 UTC.
• 16 November: 1728 UTC: 1413 kHz: BBC Radio Gloucestershire  Music, speech by male and female, ID on air for BBC Radio Gloucestershire. Travel: A4301 Parliament Street, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Vicky (Travel). Programme 'Face To Face' with Paul and Millie. Phone number: 0845 307 .... Speech regarding President Elect Barack Obama. Army base at Fairford, recording of memories of man who grew up in Alabama.
  Good to fair reception via Bourton-on-the-Water, East Gloucestershire or Berkeley Heath, South West Gloucestershire, both 0.5 kW.  National Adoption Week. To 1750 UTC.

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My AM Archive: Autumn 2008: September

 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.

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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Season 2020/21 : Results and Fixtures - Part 6

 MARCH 2021 comes to a close this week, so here are Carlisle United Football Club's Results and Fixtures relating to March and April.

Results: March 2021

Tuesday 2nd [March]: League Two: Colchester United 2 - United 1

Saturday 6th: League Two: Morecambe 3 - United 1

Tuesday 9th: League Two: United 1 - Grimsby Town 1

Saturday 13th: League Two: United 3 - Bradford City 1

Tuesday 16th: League Two: Mansfield Town 1 - United 1

Saturday 20th: League Two: Stevenage 3 - United 1

Tuesday 23rd: League Two: United 0 - Leyton Orient 1

Saturday 27th: League Two: United 1 - Cambridge United 2

Tuesday 30th: League Two: United 2 - Crawley Town 0

Fixtures: April 2021

Saturday 3rd [April]: League Two: Southend United v United (1pm)

Tuesday 6th: League Two: United v Scunthorpe United (6:30pm)

Saturday 10th: League Two: Barrow v United (3pm)

Tuesday 13th: League Two: Newport County v United (7pm)

Saturday 17th: League Two: United v Port Vale (3pm)

Tuesday 20th: League Two: Bolton Wanderers v United (7pm)

Saturday 24th: League Two: United v Harrogate Town (3pm)

Tuesday 27th: League Two: Cheltenham Town v United (7:45pm)

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My AM Archive: BBC Radio Cumbria, Summer 2008

 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.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: May Bank Holiday 2008, can be found here.

Logs in this post date from Summer 2008, specifically June 8 and August 25.

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

June 2008 : Medium Wave

Sunday 8 June 2008: 1924 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Carlisle transmitter, live relay of Rokker Radio, programme for Gypsies and Travelling People, live from Appleby Horse Fair, presented by Jake Bowers. Interview with musician Catherine Ashcroft, regarding her live performance of her album 'Take Flight & Follow' on Fair Hill, Appleby. Interview with lady regarding the attitude of local authorities to gypsies and travelling people. Project called 'Education On The Hoof'. Appleby Horse Fair is the largest gathering of gypsy and travelling people in the world.
Rokker Radio is usually based in Luton and broadcast to the east & south of England.
Excellent to good reception.
Interview with a gentleman regarding the history of the fair. Interview with Landlord of the White Hart Hotel, Boroughgate, Appleby-in-Westmorland.
Chris (lady) from Colchester, regular listener to Rokker Radio, in Appleby, would like to see more bins, more toilets.
Travel news: J17 M25 Essex. M25 Wycombe Bishops. Cumbria: A6 Penrith, Tynedale Drive. Railway: Carlisle - Glasgow, Carlisle - Edinburgh on Virgin Cross Country. Trailer for BBC HD.
ID: Rokker Radio with Jake Bowers. Story: Vale of Whitworth. Collecting the rubbish. Billy Welsh: Attitude of authority. Inheritance issues. Final song: Live rendition of Johnny Cash song 'Folsom Prison Blues' at Appleby Horse Fair. Miss Price closes this edition of Rokker Radio. Email address for Jake Bowers.
Next in the east of England: Keith Skues. Close of programme at 9pm (20 UTC), BBC Radio Cumbria news.

BBC Radio Cumbria postmark, May 2007.

August 2008 : Medium Wave

Monday 25 August 2008 (August Bank Holiday Monday): 1520 UTC (1620 BST): 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Excellent to good reception, 1 kW via Carlisle.

'Bank Holiday Sport' Live commentary with James Phillips: York City v Barrow, 1-1 at 62 minutes, attendance: 2664. Live from KitKat Crescent / Bootham Crescent, York. 409 Barrow fans in the crowd.

Full Time at Borough Park, Workington: Workington 4 - Burscough 1.

York v Barrow in the 90th minute, 3 minutes stoppage time at KitKat Crescent / Bootham Crescent. Nicholas Rogan wins a corner for Barrow, shot on goal - past the post. 93rd minute.

Full Time: York City 1 - Barrow 1. To 1555 UTC.

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Season 2020/21 : Results and Fixtures - Part 5

IT HAS been noted that the title of these posts relating to Carlisle United Football Club no longer contain the phrase 'The Season So Far', which I chose to drop, when "you-know-what" caused a previous 'season so far' to end quite abruptly. So, Results and Fixtures it is then.

Results and news from February 2021, followed by the fixtures for March 2021.

Results: February 2021

Tuesday 2nd [February]: League Two: United 1 - Forest Green Rovers 2

Tuesday 16th: League Two: Harrogate Town 1 - United 0

Saturday 20th: League Two: Salford City 1 - United 1

Tuesday 23rd: League Two: United 2 - Tranmere Rovers 3

Saturday 27th: League Two: United 1 - Oldham Athletic 3

Fixtures: March 2021

Tuesday 2nd [March]: League Two: Colchester United v United (7pm)

Saturday 6th: League Two: Morecambe v United (3pm)

Tuesday 9th: League Two: United v Grimsby Town (7pm)

Saturday 13th: League Two: United v Bradford City (3pm)

Tuesday 16th: League Two: Mansfield Town v United [Fixture rearranged from 16 January] (7pm)

Saturday 20th: League Two: Stevenage v United (1pm)

Tuesday 23rd: League Two: United v Leyton Orient [Fixture rearranged following three postponements] (6:30pm)

Saturday 27th: League Two: United v Cambridge United (3pm)

Tuesday 30th: League Two: United v Crawley Town [Fixture rearranged from 13 February] (7pm)

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My AM Archive: May Bank Holiday 2008

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.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2007-2008, can be found here.

Logs in this post are dated Monday, May 5, 2008.

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

May 2008 : Medium Wave

• [Monday] 5 May [2008]: 0705 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Fair reception; 10 kW via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland. News: Childline director says more should be done to help children. Medieval artefact to go on display. Paul Gascoigne involved in incident in West London hotel. Interview with an advisor of Gordon Brown. To 0717 UTC.
• 5 May: 0739 UTC: 747 kHz: Radio 747 / Radio 5  Old-time dance hall music, with speech in Dutch, from Holland. Fair reception; 400 kW via Flevoland. Male host, music, female caller on telephone. Music. To 0747 UTC.
• 5 May: 0753 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Gordon Swindlehurst, interview with crew member of Barrow in Furness Lifeboat, music: Texas 'Say What You Want'. Excellent to good reception; 1 kW via Carlisle.
  Traffic & Travel news: Martin Plenderleith, "4 minutes to nine" weather, motorways, cattle on Temple Sowerby bypass A66. A595-A596 road works, Ambleside gas works, Hilltop. Buses & trains: Virgin Euston - Birmingham New Street (Rugby - Milton Keynes). 0845 305 3939 Travel line. 0845 305 1122 to call Gordon & Martin.
  0800 UTC (0900 BST) news: Will Tillotson. Cocaine seized. Employers prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants. Prisoners in open prisons. Gordon Brown gets support. Josef Fritzl is mentally ill. Business is down in Lakes. To 0809 UTC.
• 5 May: 0821 UTC: 774 kHz: BBC Radio Leeds  ID, music: Isley Brothers 'This Old Heart of Mine', male host, details of forthcoming guests on BBC Radio Leeds. Music: Randy Crawford 'Rainy Night in Georgia'. Male speech, ID for BBC Radio Leeds, caller to the station, mention for John.
  0930 (BST) traffic & travel: M62 / A62, junction of M1 ? ID for BBC Radio Leeds.
  Music: The Police 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'. Fair reception; 500 watts via Farnley, Leeds. Male speech, ID, time check "25 to ten", Kate has contact the show. Music: Robbie Williams 'Let Me Entertain You'. Speech by male, music: Elton John 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me'. To 0838 UTC.

BBC Radio Leeds information pack, c.1997.

• 5 May: 0858 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  'Good Morning Extra' Male host, caller regarding overcrowding in prisons. Fair reception; 100 kW via North and / or Central Scotland.
  0900 (10 BST) news: Man in hospital believed to be father of dead children. Referendum in Scotland? Parents of young children passed out in Portuguese hotel room after heavy drinking, children in care. Typhoon overseas. Employers prosecuted for illegal immigrant workers. Aberdonians have bad lifestyle. Sport: Football: SPL, Euro, Prem. Snooker, cricket, tennis.
  Travel. Weather. To 0910 UTC.

• 5 May: 1125 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Val Armstrong live from the Isle of Man, interview with the former Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, Sir Miles Walker.
  Excellent to good reception; 1 kW via Barrow in Furness. ID from Val, traffic & travel news: M6 ok, A596, A595 road works. Birmingham New Street - London Euston rail works. 0845 305 3939. Trailer for TV Licensing. 'The Guide' Car boot sale at Lanercost Priory - Cartmel. May Day Carnival in Penrith. To 1141 UTC.
• 5 May: 1143 UTC: 855 kHz: BBC Radio Lancashire  Two men speaking on the subject of Cricket; Live coverage of Lancashire CCC! Fair reception; 1 kW via Preston. Lancashire v Scotland? Two man commentary team of cricket. To 1155 UTC.
• 5 May: 1204 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales  Sport: Ronnie O'Sullivan leads snooker final, travel news from Wales, weather, ID for BBC Radio Wales, trailer for Wales national football team. Neil Kinnock presents part 7 of 'Alive & Kicking' history of Wales National football team: Failing to qualify for Euro 2004.
  Excellent to good reception; Up to 100 kW (1 kW Forden, Powys; 5 kW Tywyn, Gwynedd; 10 kW Penman, Gwynedd; 100 kW Washford, Somerset). To 1219 UTC.
• 5 May: 1228 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  Live football from the City Ground, Nottingham: Women's FA Cup Final: Arsenal Ladies v Leeds Ladies, 0-0 at 30 minutes.
  Excellent to good reception; Up to 200 kW (Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire).
  Leeds have a goal ruled offside. Mark Clemmitt at pitchside. To 1238 UTC.

• 5 May: 1357 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio  Music: Shaun Mullins 'Lullaby'. ID for website, ads: Skipton Self Store, Freshfields community care, Roger & Jim Car Radio Skipton.
  1400 (1500 BST) news: Trailer but no newscast! News ticker but no news, re-run of news ticker... News is on now. Cyclone in Burma.
  Excellent reception; 1 kW via Hawes, N Yorks. To 1405 UTC.

Google Street View of the 936 kHz transmission site.

• 5 May: 1423 UTC: 999 kHz: Magic 999  Ad for Sainsbury's, ad for Legal Discount, ad for Lufthansa, ID for Magic 999, music: Ben E King 'Stand By Me'.
  Fair reception; 800 watts via Longton, Preston - Blackpool. Music: Jackie Wilson. ID. Stevie Wonder 'Superstition'. To 1435 UTC.
• 5 May: 1447 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  traffic & travel update: Surrey, Bristol (M4), Oxfordshire (M40), Blackpool (M55).
  St James' Park: Newcastle v Chelsea, ko 4pm.
  Good to fair reception; Up to 500 kW (Droitwich).
  Text messages. Snooker Championship at the Crucible. Movies: 'Rocky' is voted best movie in sport circles. To 1456 UTC.
• 5 May: 1506 UTC: 1071 kHz: TalkSport  Speech regarding the relegation from The Championship to League One of Leicester City. Update from snooker: O'Sullivan v Carter.
  Fair to poor reception; 1 kW via Wrekenton (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne). To 1518 UTC.
• 5 May: 1525 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport  Poor reception; Up to 400 kW [Presumed Brookmans Park]. Male speech. To 1530 UTC.
• 5 May: 1553 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170  Music: 'Mustang Sally'. ID for Magic, music: 'Listen To The Music' by The Doobie Brothers, male reading schedule for rest of today.
  Traffic & travel: Trailer 01642 607111. Ads: Sainsbury's home insurance. Magic Breakfast. Solicitor. British Gas. Barrett Homes. Island Cruises with Nick Wright.
  News (16 UTC / 17 BST): Mother pays tribute to her dead sons. Murders in Scotland, Leeds, Rugby, Warwickshire. Burma cyclone. Prince Harry receives medal. Russia to waive visa for Champions League final. Newcastle 0 - Chelsea 0 at start of second half.
  'Motown Magic' Good to fair reception; 320 watts via Stockton on Tees, Teesside. To 1615 UTC.

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My AM Archive: Winter 2007-2008

WHAT more could you ask for, on Valentine's Day, during a pandemic, than memories of medium wave radio broadcasts, thirteen to fourteen years ago. Well, that's the situation we're in, so let's make the most of it.

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.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: October 2007, can be found here.

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

December 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 27 December [2007]: 1650 UTC: 1557 kHz: France Info  French speaking female with French speaking male on telephone. Monitoring Monthly [magazine] (February 2006) shows France Info via Nice, France, 300 kW. Fair to poor reception - Poor signal. Female speech at 17 UTC, stronger signal: Excellent to good reception. Male and female speaking to a reporter regarding an explosion and murder of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan. Fade out to 1710 UTC.
• 27 December: 1718 UTC: 1575 kHz: Voice of Russia  Female and male speech - British DX Club indicates Voice of Russia via Berg, Germany - German language broadcast. Fair to poor reception. Female speech in German language, to 1740 UTC.

BBC Radio Nottingham logo, early 1990s.

• 27 December: 1743 UTC: 1584 kHz: BBC Radio Nottingham  Male speech, ID at 1744 UTC for BBC Radio Nottingham - Male host (Alan Clifford) in conversation with male on telephone: "Tell me about yourself"; Music: America 'Horse With No Name'; Baccara 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie'. Female speech, music, female on phone. Music: 'You've Got A Friend'.
  Co-channel interference from a commercial radio station - Ad break - British DX Club shows Tay AM / London Turkish - Most likely Tay AM.
  BBC Radio Nottingham details: 1 kW via Nottingham (Clipstone). Drivetime with Alan Clifford.
  Female speech at 1800 UTC: "Six o'clock news"... Reaction to murder of Benazir Bhutto... Weather. Music: Gerry Rafferty 'Baker Street'.
  Tay AM details: 210 watts via Perth (Friarton Road) but no IDs. To 1805 UTC.
• 27 December: 1812 UTC: 1602 kHz: Radio Vitoria  Voices and sound effects from Radio Vitoria via Vitoria, Spain. Good to fair reception, 25 kW. Female and male voices. Spanish language broadcast. To 1824 UTC.
• 27 December: 1834 UTC: 1611 kHz: Vatican Radio  Male voice, broadcasting to Central and East Europe - Poor reception, Lithuanian language. 1840 UTC: Vatican Radio ID signature tune, Latvian language on Europe 2nd Programme. Speech, music, female speech, tune, male speech. To 1855 UTC.

February 2008 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 23 February [2008]: 0842 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio 1  Excellent reception; 500 kW via Tullamore. 'Positive Age' programme: Doctor Pierce Lyons returns to Ireland from USA to discuss food production on a global scale. Next week's guest: Professor Gerry Boyle.
  'Farmweek' hosted by Damian O'Reily. Ad break.
  0900 UTC: RTE News: Arrests in Cork. Fire at Shell oil depot in Co Mayo. Drogheda drugs raid. Aer Lingus new works practices. Weather. Press review. Sport: Ireland v Scotland in Rugby Union Six Nations match. Ad break.
  Eammon Dirvan interviews Martin Maguinness. To 0928 UTC.
• 23 February: 0950 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Excellent reception; 2 kW via Dumfries. Gregor Townsend in the studio to discuss Scotland in the Six Nations Rugby Union Championship. 'Sports Weekly'.
  10 UTC news: British Airways employees tribunal. No plans for DNA database. Shannon Matthews of Dewsbury still missing. Stealth bomber crashes in Guam. Stamp duty rose to 60%. Sport: 6 Nations: Ireland v Scotland, Wales v Italy, France v England. SPL football; Golf. England lose to New Zealand in Cricket. Travel news, weather.
  The Janice Forsyth Show: Music: The Associates 'No Sign Of Life' from 'Young America' album. Parakeets in Scotland. Music: Ryan Adams. Today's guest is Omid Djalili. Music: Sting 'Englishman in New York'; Aswad 'Shine'. To 1030 UTC.
• 23 February: 1151 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Excellent reception; 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 'From Our Own Correspondent' hosted by Kate Adie: Report from an eyesight clinic in Bangladesh. Producer: Tony Grant. Trailer: Eric Coates.
  12 UTC news: DNA. To 1203 UTC.

BBC Cymru Wales postmark, July 2005.

• 23 February: 1216 UTC: 657 kHz: BBC Radio Wales  Two male hosts with ID for BBC Radio Wales, fair to poor reception, 2 kW via Wrexham. Build up to Six Nations Rugby: Wales v Italy, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Singing of Italian National Anthem. To 1230 UTC.
• 23 February: 1254 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York  Music: Sheryl Crow. ID for BBC Radio York. Traffic and travel. Richard Allinson, The Albums Show. Music: Joni Mitchell. Excellent to good reception; 500 watts via Fulford, York.
  13 UTC news: Bedale man wins £1 Million at a betting shop in Thirsk. Shannon Matthews of Dewsbury still missing. School visits to Auschwitz. Thefts. Knaresborough Castle restoration. Sport: Football: York City; Harrogate Town. Six Nations rugby; Cricket. Weather.
  Richard Allinson, The Albums Show: Music 'Here Come The Girls'; The Rolling Stones 'Start Me Up'; Holly Rose 'Apple'. To 1330 UTC.

• 23 February: 2045 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio Maria Netherlands  Continual music, with a religious theme, with choirs, with songs from musicals. Excellent reception. To 2101 UTC.
• 23 February: 2126 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE 1  Live La Liga football on RNE 1 via Seville, E (Spain), 600 kW. Excellent to good reception. Fixtures: Sevilla v Real Zaragoza. Valencia 1 - Rec Huelva 1. To 2136 UTC.
• 23 February: 2140 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  France 13 - England 24. Excellent to good reception. Multiple transmissions. Six Nations Rugby Union live commentary: France 13 - England 24 Full Time. Ian Robertson commentary from Stade de France, Paris. Interview with Nick Easter of England. To 2151 UTC.
• 23 February: 2208 UTC: 711 kHz: France Bleu / France Info  French speaking female. Excellent to good reception; 300 kW via Rennes. Sport report from Stade de France, Paris: Two males, French language, Six Nations Rugby Union result: France 13 - England 24. To 2214 UTC.

WDR QSL.

•  23 February: 2223 UTC: 720 kHz: WDR 2 Germany  Good to fair reception; 85 kW via Langenberg, D (Germany). Music, speech by male host. Music: Cornershop 'Brimful of Asha'; Queen 'We Will Rock You'. To 2235 UTC.
• 23 February: 2241 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Excellent to fair reception; 10 kW via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland. Round-table discussion regarding suicide. To 2248 UTC.

Notes:

Contact details:

Radio Maria Nederland

Postbus 67, 5482 WH SCHIJNDEL (Holland)

[Email address withheld]

RNE 1

Radio Nacional de España, Casa de la Radio, Emisioñ Inglesa, PO Box 156.202 MADRID 28080 ESPAÑA (Spain)

[Email address withheld]

WDR 2

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, 50600 KÖLN (COLOGNE) (GERMANY)

[Email address withheld]

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Season 2020/21 : Results and Fixtures - Part 4

 QUITE a busy post to bring you, with a look back over the month with Carlisle United Football Club.

Results and news from January 2021, followed by the fixtures for February 2021.

Results: January 2021

Saturday 2nd [January]: League Two: Walsall 0 - United 2

Saturday 9th: League Two: United - Leyton Orient : Match postponed; Frozen pitch.

Tuesday 12th: League Two: Harrogate Town - United : [Fixture rearranged from 29 December 2020] Match postponed [for a second time!]; Power cut.

Saturday 16th: League Two: Mansfield Town - United : Match postponed; Covid-19 protocol.

Tuesday 19th: League Two: United - Leyton Orient : [Fixture rearranged from 9 January] Match postponed [for a second time!]; Covid-19 protocol.

Saturday 23rd: League Two: United - Forest Green Rovers : Match postponed; Covid-19 protocol.

Tuesday 26th: League Two: Newport County - United : Match postponed; Waterlogged pitch.

Saturday 30th: League Two: United 1 - Exeter City 0

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Fixtures: February 2021

Tuesday 2nd [February]: League Two: United v Forest Green Rovers [Fixture rearranged from 23 January] (6pm)

Saturday 6th: League Two: Cheltenham Town - United : Match postponed; Covid-19 protocol.

Tuesday 9th: League Two: United v Leyton Orient [Fixture rearranged from 9 & 19 January] : Match postponed; Frozen pitch.

Saturday 13th: League Two: United v Crawley Town : Match postponed; Frozen pitch.

Tuesday 16th: League Two: Harrogate Town v United [Fixture rearranged from 29 December & 12 January] (7pm)

Saturday 20th: League Two: Salford City v United (3pm)

Tuesday 23rd: League Two: United v Tranmere Rovers (7pm)

Saturday 27th: League Two: United v Oldham Athletic (3pm)

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As of Sunday 31 January 2021, United are 2nd in League Two, with 42 points from 22 games. The form of the last six games has been four wins, one draw, one defeat.

United are looking a strong team this season.

Dare we dream of a promotion party on the final day of the season - May 8th...? 

My AM Archive: October 2007

 OCTOBER 2007 is the next post in the My AM Archive thread; a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Summer 2007, can be found here.

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

October 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Tuesday] 30 October [2007]: 2120 - 2145 UTC: 1530 kHz: Vatican Radio  150 / 450 kW; Good to fair reception via Santa Maria di Galeria [Vatican City]. Clear ID signal of Vatican Radio, male speech in Spanish language via Europe 1st Programme. Arabic Service on air at 2140 UTC.
• 30 October: 2205 - 2215 UTC: 1539 kHz: Evangeliums Rundfunk  700 / 120 kW; Good to fair reception via Mainflingen, D [Germany]. Male speech in German language, with female host. Music, young voices singing 'Joy - all over the world'. Male host introduces report regarding tsunami in East Asia, female speaks of memories of tsunami in Thailand. Emotional speech.
  [Notes: Evangeliums - Rundfunk postal address:
  Evangeliums - Rundfunk Deutschland e.V., Berliner Ring 62, 35576 Wetzlar GERMANY
  Tel 06441 957-0  Fax 06441 957-120  E-Mail info at erf . de ]
• 30 October: 2224 - 2245 UTC: 1548 kHz: Magic  Good to fair reception via Liverpool or Sheffield. 'Magic Moments' with Norman: "Who had a 1979 hit with 'Up The Junction'..." Music: 10cc 'I'm Not In Love', Bobby Darin 'Dream Lover', Dr Hook 'Sylvia's Mother', Bad Company 'Can't Get Enough', Michael Jackson 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough'.

A post from October 2007, detailing the above at time of reception, can be found here.

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My AM Archive: Summer 2007

WELCOME to another post under the My AM Archive thread, a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

This post revisits the Summer of 2007, with logs from June and August of that year.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: May 2007, can be found here.

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

June 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Friday] 8 June [2007]: 1930 - 1950 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170  320 watts; Excellent to good reception via Stockton-on-Tees [See the Google Maps image of the transmission site, at the top of this post). Mellow Magic. Male speech.
• 8 June: 2016 - 2033 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden  300-600 kW; Excellent to good reception via Solvesborg, Sweden. Swedish language to Europe.
• 8 June: 2103 - 2122 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio  Up to 200 kW; Excellent to good reception via multiple transmitters. Virgin Party Classics with Suggs.

August 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 19 August [2007]: 1120 - 1200 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio  Up to 200 kW; Excellent to good reception. The Geoff Show live at V Festival 07.
• 19 August: 1250 - 1320 UTC: 1242 kHz: Virgin Radio  1 kW; Good reception via Stockton-on-Tees. Geoff, Leona Graham.
• 19 August: 1400 - 1411 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster  100 kW; Excellent to good reception via Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland. News.

Verification card from Virgin Radio, 2007.

• 19 August: 1559 - 1615 UTC: 1413 kHz: Fresh Radio  100 watts; Fair to poor reception via Skipton, North Yorkshire. Music: Queen. News.

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My AM Archive: May 2007

 AS SPRINGTIME approached Summertime in 2007, I present Medium Wave logs from the month of May, 2007.

My AM Archive is a continual thread of posts of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.
Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

This post, as stated above, brings logs from May 2007.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2006-2007 : February 2007, can be found here.

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

May 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 17 May [2007]: 1810 - 1830 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio  1 kW; Excellent to good reception via Hawes [Yorkshire Dales National Park / North Yorkshire]. 'Hitcall' programme, station ID, telephone, text, email address contacts for the show.
• 17 May: 1908 - 1916 UTC: 990 kHz: BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal  1 kW; Good to fair reception via Redmoss, Aberdeen, Scotland, G [G is the international country code for Great Britain / United Kingdom]. (BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is a Scottish Gaelic language radio station owned and operated by the BBC.)
• 17 May: 1924 - 1938 UTC: 999 kHz: Magic 999  800 watts; Excellent to good reception via Longton, Preston - Blackpool [Lancashire]. Ads.

Letter verifying reception of Fresh Radio (17 May).

• 17 May: 1939 - 1954 UTC: 1008 kHz: Radio 10 Gold  400 kW; Excellent to good reception, presumed via Flevoland, Holland.
  Music by Bruce Hornsby & The Range.
• 17 May: 2040 - 2100 UTC: 1017 kHz: Classic Gold WABC  630 watts; Good to poor reception via Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
  Music: The Beatles.
• 17 May: 2040 - 2100 UTC: 1017 kHz: Sudwestrundfunk  100 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Wolfsheim, D [Germany].
  Male speech.
• 17 May: 2112 - 2116 UTC: 1044 kHz: MDR Info  20 kW; Excellent to good reception via Dresden, D [Germany].
  Female speech, speaking of the French elections.
• 17 May: 2122 - 2132 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  Excellent to good reception; Multiple transmitters causing some delays and echo.
  James Whale on the air.
• 17 May: 2146 - 2153 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport  Excellent to good reception; Multiple transmitters causing delay and echo.
  James Whale on the air, with guest Jodie Marsh.

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My AM Archive: Winter 2006-2007 : February 2007

 I SHALL begin with a quote from my previous post:

WINTER 2006-2007 was a very productive time for listening to the Medium Wave band, so the logs for December 2006 through to February 2007 will be posted as individual months, rather than the full [quarterly] season.

 This post brings logs from February 2007.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2006-2007 : December 2006, can be found here.

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

February 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Monday] 12 February [2007]: 1734 - 1755 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  1 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Barrow-in-Furness. Richard Nankivell on air.

BBC Radio Cumbria presenter Richard Nankivell (Now Retired).

• 12 February: 1918 - 1933 UTC: 846 kHz: Radio North [Presumed]  Up to 100 kW; Excellent to good reception, presumed to be Radio North, Republic of Ireland.
• 12 February: 1940 - 1945 UTC: 855 kHz: RNE 1 Murcia  300 kW; Excellent to good reception via Murcia, E [Spain]. Spanish language broadcast, male and female speech.
• 12 February: 2000 - 2008 UTC: 864 kHz: La City / France Bleu  300 kW; Excellent to good reception via Paris [presumed transmitter site] France. French language broadcast, male speech, music.
• 12 February: 2012 - 2020 UTC: 873 kHz: American Forces Network  Good to fair reception, 150 kW via Frankfurt, D (Germany). Male speech.
• 12 February: 2027 - 2100 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales  Excellent to good reception via multiple transmitters. In-depth interview with female.
• 12 February: 2115 - 2120 UTC: 891 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  Good to poor reception. Presumed to be a Dutch music channel, two males, Dutch language.

• 12 February: 2123 - 2128 UTC: 900 kHz: RAI Uno  600 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Milan, I (Italy). Italian language broadcast, males in conversation.
  [The above image is the Google Maps image of Trasmettitore Milano Rai 900kHz]
• 12 February: 2134 - 2144 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live  Excellent to good reception via multiple transmitters. 'Five Live Sport' Mark Saggers. Football.
• 12 February: 2148 - 2156 UTC: 918 kHz: Radio Slovenia [presumed]  100-600 kW; Good to poor reception, presumed via Domzale, SVN (Slovenia). Music.

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My AM Archive: Winter 2006-2007 : December 2006

 WINTER 2006-2007 was a very productive time for listening to the Medium Wave band, so the logs for December 2006 through to February 2007 will be posted as individual months, rather than the full [quarterly] season. This post brings logs from December 2006.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: October 2006, can be found here.

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

December 2006 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 2 December [2006]: 1645 - 1653 UTC: 711 kHz: Rennes [France] Transmitter: France Info / France Bleu  300 kW; Good reception. French speech from female and male, politics, food, male speech.
• 2 December: 1657 - 1705 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4  10 kW; Fair reception via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland. 'Woman's Hour'.

• 2 December: 1709 - 1716 UTC: 729 kHz: RTE Radio 1  10 kW; Fair to poor reception via Cork, Ireland. Co-channel interference from RNE - 1 [Radio Nacional Espana] (Spain).
• 2 December: 1720 - 1728 UTC: 738 kHz:  RNE 1  500 kW; Good to fair reception via Barcelona, Espana [Spain]. Two males speaking, music.
• 2 December: 1735 - 1744 UTC: 747 kHz: Radio 5  400 kW; Excellent to good reception via Flevoland, Holland. Female and male interview female over telephone.
• 2 December: 1746 - 1758 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  1 kW; Excellent to good reception via Carlisle. 'Saturday Sport' Paul Newton.
• 2 December: 1828 - 1835 UTC: 756 kHz: Deutschlandfunk  100-200 kW; Excellent to good reception via Germany. Report: Bundesliga football.
• 2 December: 1953 - 2000 UTC: 765 kHz: Option Musique  600 kW; Excellent to good/fair reception via Sottens, Switzerland. Live music.

Option Musique sticker.

• 2 December: 2006 - 2012 UTC: 774 kHz: RNE 1  Spain; 20-100 kW; Excellent to good reception via Spain. Spanish language sports commentary, fast speech.
• 2 December: 2021 - 2028 UTC: 783 kHz: Radio Mirimar  Barcelona; 50 kW; Good to fair reception via Barcelona, Spain. Male sports commentary.
• 2 December: 2031 - 2036 UTC: 783 kHz: MDR Info  100 kW; Fair to poor reception via Leipzig, Germany. Female and male speech in German language.
• 2 December: 2045 - 2054 UTC: 792 kHz: France Info  300 kW; Excellent to good reception via Limoges, France. Female speech, male speech, politics.
• 2 December: 2057 - 2104 UTC: 792 kHz: BBC Radio Foyle / Ulster  1 kW; Fair to poor reception via Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Live Rugby, male speech.
• 2 December: 2110 - 2116 UTC: 801 kHz: Bayern  100 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Munich, Germany. Music from Tony Bennett.

Letter from David Lowe, verifying reception of BBC Radio Devon (below).

• 2 December: 2122 - 2150 UTC: 801 kHz: BBC Radio Devon  2 kW; Good to fair reception via Barnstaple. Co-channel interference from Munich, Germany and RNE-1, Spain.
  Programme Details: David Lowe receives email regarding Josef Locke, piece of music played on air by Dennis Noble, recorded 1939, for listener in Cornwall. Time Check: "28 minutes past 9". Competition: Bing Crosby CD's: 'Forever Bing' & 'Christmas Memories'. Call 0845 301 1034, email. Music [recording of "Always" by Josephine Baker] by Irving Berlin, loss of signal at 2148 GMT.
  [Above log taken from original reception report sent to BBC Radio Devon; Information in italics was the "minor piece of detail" David Lowe added to the report.]
• 2 December: 2220 - 2226 UTC: 801 kHz: RNE 1  10-20 kW; Excellent to good reception via Spain. Several males speaking.
• 2 December: 2230 - 2239 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  100 kW; Excellent reception via Burghead / Westerglen. Partick Folk Festival.
• 2 December: 2252 - 2302 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  1 kW; Good to poor reception via Barrow-in-Furness. John Caine's Rock Show.
• 2 December: 2305 - 2312 UTC: 837 kHz: France Info  200 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Nancy, France. Female and male speech in French language.

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Season 2020/21 : Results and Fixtures - Part 3

 NOVEMBER 2020 onwards, for the results and fixtures for Carlisle United Football Club.

Results: November 2020

Tuesday 3rd [November]: League Two: United 3 - Newport County 2

Sunday 8th: FA Cup: Hayes & Yeading 2 - United 2 [United win on penalties 4-3]

Saturday 14th: League Two: United 1 - Cheltenham Town 2

Tuesday 17th: EFL Trophy: United 3 - Aston Villa 1

Saturday 21st: League Two: Crawley Town 0 - United 3

Tuesday 24th: League Two: Tranmere Rovers 1 - United 0

Sunday 29th: FA Cup: United 1 - Doncaster Rovers 0

Results: December 2020

Wednesday 2nd [December]: League Two: United 2 - Salford City 1

Saturday 5th: League Two: Bradford City 0 - United 1

Saturday 12th: League Two: United 4 - Stevenage 0

Tuesday 15th: League Two: United 1 - Mansfield Town 0

Saturday 19th: League Two: Forest Green Rovers 1 - United 0

Saturday 26th: League Two: United 3 - Bolton Wanderers 3

Tuesday 29th: League Two: Harrogate Town - United : Match Abandoned.

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Fixtures: January 2021

Saturday 2nd [January]: League Two: Walsall v United (3pm)

Saturday 9th: League Two: United v Leyton Orient (3pm)

Saturday 16th: League Two: Mansfield Town v United (3pm)

Saturday 23rd: League Two: United v Forest Green Rovers (3pm)

Tuesday 26th: League Two: Newport County v United (7:45pm)

Saturday 30th: League Two: United v Exeter City (1pm)

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Let the folklore evermore say...

 

ON Sunday, 13 December, 2020...

... We say...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR SWIFT!

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My AM Archive: October 2006

Arrow Classic Rock Radio sticker.

REPRESENTING the autumn season of 2006, the following logs of Medium Wave broadcasts come from October 2006.

My AM Archive is a continuous thread of logs of Medium Wave broadcasts, heard years gone by.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Summer 2006, can be found here.

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

October 2006 : Medium Wave

• 26 October [2006]: 1915 - 1950 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock  Excellent to good reception; 120 kW via Lopik, Holland.  Music: U2 'One', Sheryl Crow, Pink Floyd.
• 26 October: 2003 - 2008 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE 1 Seville  Good to fair reception; 600 kW via Seville, Spain.  Male and female speech.
• 26 October: 2011 - 2017 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live  Excellent to fair reception via multiple transmitters.  Boxing discussion with a live audience.
• 26 October: 2030 - 2034 UTC: 711 kHz: Radio Bleu Rennes  Excellent to good reception via Rennes, France; 300 kW.  French language programming with male and female speech.

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