| Station |
Frequency
(KHz) |
Date
(2009) |
Time
(UTC unless otherwise noted) |
Comments |
| Nuuk,
Greenland |
570 |
8 October |
2350 |
Actually on about 570.05 KHz, woman
announcer in Arctic/Inuit type talk. This
was parallel to more common Greenland
frequency of 720. |
| VOCM
Newfoundland and CKRM Regina, SK |
620 |
9 October |
0425 EDT |
Clear VOCM ID, followed a few second
later by "CKRM" as the country
song ends. Then talk in the background
about the Saskatchewan Roughriders
football team. |
| NRK
1 Norway |
630 |
6 October |
2204 |
Man reading news and weather, with
mention of Spitzbergen, followed by
"Simply the Best" by Tina
Turner bumper music |
| JOAB
- Tokyo, Japan |
693 |
7 October |
0909 |
Woman and man in English, with story
about Japan's trade relations and a free
trade agreement with its neighbours in
the region. Parellel to 747 and 774 at
the same time, received in Prince Edward
Island, Canada at a distance of over 6000
miles / 10000 KM. |
| Unidentified |
710 |
9 October |
0821 |
Multiple Latin American signals in
sync, under WOR New York. Not sure where
this was from. |
| Greenland |
720 |
9 October |
0829 |
Beautiful loud interval signal on
sign-on, then "six, five" for
some reason, and finally woman announcer
at the bottom of the hour. |
| JOIB
- Sapporo Japan |
747 |
7 October |
0904 |
Woman reading feature item about
Japan's foreign aid to the Mekong River
region of Southeast Asia. Heard on an
indoor loop antenna. |
| CHQR
Calgary |
770 |
6 October |
0929 EDT |
Out of commercial break with
"CHQR" ID and then phone
numbers for the talk show,
"403-974-TALK." |
| Unidentified |
774 |
7 October |
0241 |
Either Egypt or Morocco with Koranic
chant, and Spain in the background |
| JOUB
- Akita, Japan |
747 |
7 October |
0912 |
Woman with news item in English.
About 2:00 mark of the clip you can
clearly hear her ID as "NHK World
Radio Japan" and then proceed to
give the Web address, etc. Then, near the
end, the broadcast goes into Spanish. |
| Unidentified |
780 |
9 October |
0552 EDT |
Steve Francis in Alcoa Tennessee
caught the proper ID on this one, as
IRN/USA network, which would probably
make this one Rumford, Maine. Thanks
Steve! |
| IRIB
1 Iran, plus France Info, Nancy |
837 |
8 October |
2117 |
IRIB 1 in Isfahan, Iran in (presumed)
Farsi, with male French announcer
underneath from Radio France Info, in
Nancy. |
| BBC
Wales |
882 |
8 October |
2336 |
Male host, with pop music and call in
show for listeners. |
| CKDQ,
Drumheller, Alberta |
910 |
9 October |
0446 EDT |
Out of country song and then an ad
for the legal will kit, "available
at Q-Country" and then the station's
Drumheller street address, followed by
"Q-country, Q-91" ID. |
| CJGX,
Yorkton Saskatchewan |
940 |
9 October |
0451 EDT |
In the background under CINW
Montreal, with "Payday winning
numbers" at about 1:13 into the
clip, and eventual "GX-94" ID
and into another country song. |
| CFAC
Calgary |
960 |
6 October |
2108 EDT |
CFAC with play-by-play call of the
Montreal Canadiens and Calgary Flames on
the Flames' flagship station. Heard with
Icom R75 in Priest Pond, PEI. In the
background Cuba is audible with time pips
and "RR" in Morse Code. |
| CFAC
Calgary |
960 |
9 October |
0452 EDT |
Calgary's "Fan-960"
all-sports station, with promo for Flames
hockey and cross promo for sister station
"660 News" in Calgary.
Following an ad for Calgary's best pub,
it ropse to totally in the clear by
0455E. Unreal levels by the end of the
clip. |
| Finland
(Pori) |
963 |
7 October |
0234 |
According to Chuck Hutton, the ID is
"Govorit Mezdhunarodnye Radio
Kitaya" which is the standard China
Radio International ID for their Russian
service.That would therefore be the
Finnish transmitter site at Pori,
according to CRI's Web site. Walt
Salmaniw of Victoria writes, "Yes,
Chuck is 100% correct. Great
reception. We've been hearing Pori
well on the west coast on many nights as
well..." Thanks Walt and Chuck! |
| Germany
(Hamburg) |
972 |
6 October |
2227 |
NDR Info, Hamburg, with music and
male announcer in German. |
| Tadjikistan |
972 |
6 October |
2300 |
Voice of America relay in English,
with top-of-the-hour news jungle and,
eventually in the ensuing minutes, climbs
out of the jumble with news in English
and clear mention of "VOA." |
| KBS
- Korea |
972 |
7 October |
0923 |
Man and woman talking, very weak but
unlikely to be anything other than the
high-powered Korean station here. Bill
Harms writes:" In my somewhat expert
opinion (35 years of Korean language
experience), your 972 sounds like
Korean." Walt Salmaniw from Victoria
agrees, calling it a "blaster"
that is in practically every morning on
the west coast. |
| Germany
(Hamburg) |
972 |
8 October |
2358 |
Out of a live recording of Neil
Diamond and "Sweet Caroline"
into top-of-the-hour jingle and news in
German. |
| Moldova |
999 |
6 October
2009 |
2216 |
Man in Russian, with Arabic-type
Koranic chant by second man fading up in
the background, most likely RTM A in
Tangier, Morocco |
| KOMO
- Seattle WA |
1000 |
7 October |
0635 EDT |
Clear "3:35 at KOMO news
radio" a short time into the clip.
Using the Radio Shack indoor loop with
WMVP Chicago nulled a little. |
| KOMO
- Seattle WA |
1000 |
9 October |
0523 EDT |
KOMO killing WMVP with ad for Boston
Medical Group, and then into multiple
KOMO IDs and "2:24" time check,
with traffic report for Seattle area. |
| Estonia
(Tartu) |
1035 |
8 October |
2333 |
Tartu Family Radio, with male in
Russian with what sounds like a Bible
reading or some sort of devotional talk. |
| RTM
Morocco and SER Spain |
1044 |
8 October |
2103 |
Traditional North African tribal
music with male and female Spanish
announcers fading up near the end of the
clip. |
| CKMX
Calgary |
1060 |
7 October |
0544 EDT |
Totally in the clear with full slogan
ID at 0944 UTC, 0544 Eastern,
"Classic Country AM 1060." |
| KNX
Los Angeles CA |
1070 |
9 October |
0506 EDT |
"Traffic and weather on the
fives," with multiple KNX mentions
and Southern California geographical
references. |
| IRAN
(presumed) |
1071 |
6 October |
2208 |
Talk in what sounds like Farsi, with
Middle Eastern music mixing in. Many
stations here could be candidates. |
| Scotland
(Inverness) |
1107 |
8 October |
2054 |
Moray Firth Radio, with traditional
Scottish music, with ad for the Castle
Restaurant in the "heart of
Inverness," and then announcer
signing off his program until next
Thursday. Then multiple
"synchros" time pips underneath
and the clear ID "Radio Nacional
d'Espana" from Spain. |
| Unidentified,
(possibly Australia!?) |
1116 |
6 October |
1050 |
Sounds very English, with weak
modulation and talk by man, in for
several minutes well after local daylight
in Priest Pond. Fades up almost to
readability about 2:20 in to the clip,
and then makes another peak at 4:50 of
the recording, which corresponds to 1054
UTC. All of Australia was in darkness at
that hour. Could it be? I have emailed
the file to two stations in Australia to
see if they can assist. Walt Salmaniw has
listened to it and writes, "I'd say
this is likely 4BC in Brisbane which is
well heard during DU openings on the
WCNA." |
| CKWX
Vancouver |
1130 |
7 October |
0458 EDT |
Clip of CKWX over/under WBBR New
York. Vancouver announcer is talking
about the Canadian dollar "the
loonie" and other business news. |
| CKWX
Vancouver with WBBR New York |
1130 |
9 October |
0516 EDT |
The clip starts with CKWX dominant
over WBBR, but New York eventually fades
up, with CKWX clearly audible underneath
with sports and a Rogers Mobile Internet
commercial. |
| IRAN
- IRIB 1 |
1161 |
7 October |
0246 |
Running programming parallel to their
transmitter on 1080, man singing. |
| IRAN
(Teheran) |
1188 |
8 October |
2230 |
Radio Payam, with news jingle at the
half hour, and man reading news in
(presumed) Farsi, with mentions of
Teheran. |
| China
(Yanbian) |
1206 |
7 October |
0934 |
Frequency was actually 1205.97 or
thereabouts. Chuck Hutton listened to
this clip and emailed me as follows:
"the frequency roughly matches
China's big Korean Service transmitter. I
have good recordings of it from Oct 3 and
4 so can check the frequency exactly. The
language is surely not Chinese but
there's just not enough for me to say it
is Korean." Thanks Chuck! Walt
Salminiw from Victoria writes,
"there's no one else on this
frequency on 1205.98 or .97 except
Yanbian RGD in KK usually heard on the
west coast with excellent levels." |
| UK
- Absolute Radio, plus unidentified
station |
1215 |
6 October |
2239 |
Alanis Morrisette with "Thank
You" on Absolute Radio, with
African-type tribal vocal music over and
under, and eventually a woman announcer
describing the music clips in English,
but not clear enough for ID. |
| Kaliningrad |
1215 |
6 October |
2258 |
Out of song, and then full
"Voice of Russia World Service"
ID by woman in English leading up to 2300
UTC, giving complete schedule and list of
frequencies. Within seconds, Absolute
Radio climbs back up and hammers VoR. |
| Germany
(Neumunster) |
1269 |
8 October |
2343 |
Male announcer in German, with jazz
music. |
| Israel
( Ramle) |
1287 |
8 October |
2209 |
Galei Zahal, with woman and man
talking in Hebrew, ID confirmed as
broadcast was identical to known parallel
on 6973 KHz. Clip ends of
"Groovin" by the Young Rascals.
Mark Connelly heard this station at
exactly the same time from his location
in Granite Pier, Massachusetts. |
| CHMB
Vancouver |
1320 |
9 October |
0630 EDT |
Happy birthday, followed by
"China Radio International" ID
and then news in (presumed) Mandarin at
the bottom of the hour. |
| Germany
(Leben) |
1323 |
6 October |
2054 |
Voice of Russia, in French, with
mentions of the Moscow Opera. |
| IRAN
with possible Romania |
1332 |
6 October |
2159 |
Time pips to the top of the hour,
followed by news broadcast. Two stations
mixing. |
| Northern
Ireland |
1341 |
6 October |
2142 |
BBC Radio Ulster, featuring an
interview with Eilidh Patterson about her
upcoming appearance at the "Black
Box" in Belfast on Thursday 8
October 2009. This clip is over 5 minutes
long because the song was so wonderful.
She sang her own composition,
"Falling Hard and Fast." BBC
Radio Ulster ID @ 5:53 into the edited
clip. |
| Manx
Radio, Foxdale (UK, 20 KW) |
1368 |
6 October |
2117 |
Commercials, and then "Manx
Radio" choral ID 1:40 into the clip
@ 2118:45. |
| IRIB
1 (Iran) and R. Sawa (Djibouti) |
1431 |
6 October |
1959 |
Still with plenty of daylight before
sunset in PEI, with presumed IRIB 1 in
Isfahan in Farsi, to top of the hour time
pips, with presumed Radio Sawa from
Djibouti fading in at the top of the
hour. |
| Luxembourg
RTL Radio |
1440 |
6 October |
2016 |
China Radio International
broadcasting in French |
| Sunrise
Radio (UK) in Punjabi + unidentified |
1458 |
6 October |
2020 |
Sunrise Radio, Brookmans Park (UK)
with Punjabi mention and jingle ID at
2:45, plus possible Romania over/under. |
| Sunrise
Radio, Brookmans Park (UK) |
1458 |
8 October |
2031 |
Female in South Asian style vocal
performance. |
| BBC
Merseyside (UK, 1.2 KW) |
1485 |
6 October |
2027 |
Soccer play by play clips, with time
pips at the half hour, and low-powered
Spanish stations in the background,
including ID from SER Radio Santander.
Merseyside eventually IDed (after
recording stopped) at 2040Z. |
| Greece,
ERA Rhodes |
1494 |
6 October |
2043 |
Starting with a strange trumpet cover
of "Bittersweet Symphony" by
the Verve, and then into traditional
music. Parellel to 1512 ERA Chania |
| France
Bleu, Corsa with France Info |
1494 |
6 October |
2056 |
France Bleu and France Info mixing it
up, both with talk in French just before
the top of t5he hour. |
| United
Arab Emirates |
1539 |
8 October |
2205 |
Woman and man in Urdu, with several
mentions of "Radio Ap Ki
Dunyaa." Walt Salmaniw in Victoria
also reproted hearing "VOA" in
the clip also, which is the operator of
Ap Ki Danyaa. |
| France
Info, Fontbonne, France |
1557 |
8 October |
2039 |
Male announcer giving the weather for
various locations in France, such as
Paris, Lyon, etc. |
| UK
(Guildford) plus unidentified |
1566 |
8 October |
2157 |
Most of this clip is a woman singing
in a Middle-Eastern or even South
Asian-type pop song, and then County
Sound fades up in the latter part of the
clip. |
| Unconfirmed,
likely India |
1566 |
8 October |
2254 |
Woman singing by herself, with NW USA
nulled using small tabletop loop antenna.
Signal weak, but I wonder if this could
have been India? Chuck Hutton writes
"both clips sound like India to
me." |
| Unconfirmed,
likely India |
1566 |
8 October |
2301 |
A few minutes after the recording
above. Music with vocals weak in the
background, on tabletop loop. |
| Italy
(RAI) and Kuwait (Radio Farda) |
1575 |
6 October |
1940 |
RAI on 1575 with man and woman
talking, and then Radio Farda from Kuwait
in Farsi rises up. |
| Italy
(RAI) and Kuwait (Radio Farda) |
1575 |
6 October |
2037 |
Italian talk/radio play, with rising
talk if Farsi by woman, presumed UAE as
it is shown in EMWG as "24h in
Persian." |
| Radio
Farda (presumed), Al Dhabiya, UAE |
1575 |
8 October |
2041 |
Sounds like man in Farsi (Persian)
beamed on the regular schedule to Iran. |
| KSMH,
Auburn California |
1620 |
9 October |
0639 EDT |
EWTN programming, with "Hail
Marys." |
| Sweden |
1710 |
8 October |
2307 |
Marine weather by male reader in
Nordic-accented English, then switches to
what I presume is Swedish. |
| Unidentified
(Greece?) |
1720 |
6 October |
2104 |
Unknown station, with man and woman
singing, with pluck-string music and
sounding quite Middle Eastern. Switched
from SSB to AM during clip, and sound
improved. Brief dead air following song
and then a more traditional Mediterranean
sounding instrumental. Greek pirate
stations are known to hang out here. |
