Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Terry Colgan (N5RTC), who shares the May 2023 and 2023 QSL Schedules for Texas Radio Shortwave. Click the links below to download:
Texas Shortwave Radio QSL and May 2023 Schedules
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More shortwave supper clubs and less stress
Good day SWLing Post lounge community, Fastradioburst23 here passing on a message about our third episode of the Imaginary Lounge this Sunday 7th May 2023 at 2200 UTC on 9395 kHz via the services of WRMI.
We urge you again to leave the stressful world out there behind and recharge your SWLing AA/LR6 batteries. Loosen the longwire antenna a little, get that favourite silk dressing gown on and swan about with a martini glass in your hand to some fine chilled exotica and relaxing tunes and become at one with the ionosphere. As Sneaky Pete says “Enjoy”.
European Parliament: Special Multilingual Europe Day Show from Brussels and Strasbourg, May 6-13, 2023
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Robertas Pogorelis, who shares the following announcement:
Dear radio friends,
Europarl Radio will be on shortwave with its multilingual Europe Day Show from Brussels and Strasbourg, according to the following schedule:
- Saturday 6 May 09:00-10:00 UTC
- Tuesday 9 May 17:00-18:00 UTC
- Saturday 13 May 09:00-10:00 UTC
on 6070 and 9670 kHz, via 10 kW transmitter of Channel 292 in Waal (Rohrbach), Germany.
The multilingual programmes are produced by the staff of the Directorate-General for Translation at the European Parliament.
The station will issue separate eQSLs for each programme. Qualifying reception reports should contain a description of at least 15 minutes of the programme, as well as of signal quality. Web SDRs are accepted. The reports should be sent to [email protected]
As this is a pilot project, listener feedback will facilitate its repetition in the future. So please tune in and send your reports, comments and suggestions to the above address!
radio six international: 60th Anniversary Celebration with 24 hour broadcast on SW and MW, June 6, 2023
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tony Currie, who shares the following announcement:
radio six international
SCOTTISH RADIO STATION CELEBRATES 60th ON SW AND MW
On 6th June 1963, four schoolchildren gathered in the attic of a house on the Ardrossan seafront in Ayrshire to launch their very own radio station. Cobbled together with tins, clockwork gramophones, and lots of wire, the opening day’s programmes were line fed to a radio receiver two floors down. But it was a start and, against the odds, the station survived in a variety of forms and today can be heard 24/7 on the internet. With listeners in 208 countries, and both daily direct FM and regular shortwave rebroadcasts as well as a network of 30 affiliate AM, FM and Digital stations around the world, radio six international is a force to be reckoned with.
Programming is largely unsigned and indie performers worldwide, while at weekends a team of some 30 seasoned professionals provide specialist music programming. The station is now based in a purpose-built headquarters on the Inner Hebridean island of Lismore, a tiny island sandwiched between Oban on the mainland and the much bigger island of Mull to the west.
To celebrate the station’s 60th anniversary on 6th June 2023, a day of original programmes from all the current station presenters will be broadcast, with the entire 24 hours carried on 9,670kHz in the 31 metre band from Röhrbach in Germany, as well as from FM transmitters in New Zealand on 88.2 and 107.6MHz between 00:00 and 23:59 GMT. And as well as the streaming at www.radiosix.com (Alexa, “play radio six international”) the two hour live special programme “Sixty Swinging Years” hosted by Tony Currie will air on 1,323kHz from the Nexus-IBA transmitter in Milan, Italy between 19:00 and 21:00 GMT. A special QSL card will be issued for the occasion and reception reports are encouraged. They can be sent during the broadcast (with probable mentions on air) to: [email protected]
For further details contact: Tony Currie (Director of Programmes) [email protected] Tel: +44 1631 760 100
radio six international The Studio, Port Ramsay, Isle of Lismore, Argyll, PA34 5UN, Scotland
Radio Waves: State of AM Radio, Quindar Tones Hack, AI DJs, BBC Pop-Up Station for Sudan, Artemis II & Ham Radio, and a Morse Revival
Source: NASA
Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio
Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. Enjoy!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Dennis Dura, David Shannon, and Eric McFadden for the following tips:
Bouvard Laments “Yawning Gap” in Marketer Perceptions About Radio (Radio World)
Cumulus publishes analysis to counter prevailing sentiments about AM and radio in general
“Ford owners are massive users of AM radio.”
So writes Pierre Bouvard, chief insights office of Cumulus Media, citing data from MRI Simmons.
That is but one of his observations as Cumulus Media/Westwood One released an analysis of listening data from sources that also include the Nielsen fall 2022 survey, Edison Research’s “Share of Ear” and research by Advertiser Perceptions.
Bouvard regularly posts about the power of radio and what he calls misperceptions about the medium among the broader marketing community.
He summarized takeaways from the new Cumulus analysis:
“The Nielsen Fall 2022 survey reveals that 82,346,800 Americans listen to AM radio monthly; 57% of the AM radio audience listens to news/talk stations, the very outlets that Americans turn to in times of crisis and breaking local news; and one out of three American AM/FM radio listeners are reached monthly by AM radio,” he wrote. [Continue reading…]
AM News Radio, your go-to in a crisis, could itself be in trouble (NorthJersey.com)
“Some clouds over the city right now. I’m Paul Murnane,” says a familiar voice.
“I’m Wayne Cabot,” says another.
Few would know their faces. But as names, they’re as recognizable as anyone in New York.
Fewer still could tell you their address — an 11th floor studio in a light-brick high-rise in lower Manhattan, between a Chase bank branch and patisserie named Maman.
But hundreds of thousands know where to find them on the AM dial — right between 820 WNYC (“public affairs”) and 930 WPAT (“multi-ethnic”). That, for 56 years, has been the location of WCBS Newsradio 880 — one of those rare unchanging institutions in a changeable city. [Continue reading…]
Apollo Comms Part 27: Quindar Tones Microphone Hack (CuriousMarc on YouTube)
The last DJ nears? Radio station uses artificial intelligence, cloned voices (WRAL)
GENEVA — The voices sound like well-known personalities, the music features trendy dance beats and hip-hop syncopations, and the jokes and laughter are contagious. But listeners of an offbeat Swiss public radio station repeatedly got the message on Thursday: Today’s programming is brought to you by Artificial Intelligence.
Three months in the making, the French-language station Couleur 3 (Color 3) is touting a one-day experiment using cloned voices of five real, human presenters — in what managers claim is a world first — and never-aired-before music composed almost entirely by computers, not people. From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., the station said, AI controlled its airwaves. Every 20 minutes, listeners got a reminder. Continue reading
Guest Post: Review of an affordable, compact DAB+ portable radio
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mangosman, who shares the following review:
DAB+ digital audio/FM receiver and Bluetooth Audio Player with 2.4 inch LCD Display
by Mangosman
Digital Audio Broadcasting with improved audio compression and error correction is called DAB+. I have had this radio for a few years.
Retail in Australia DAB+/FM radios are generally double the price and more. There has only been one model of DAB+/FM/AM radios which is now no longer trading.
This is a size comparison, the sound is very clear and is surprisingly good on music as well, despite having such a small speaker. Even at maximum volume there is no audible noise or distortion. The stereo program HE AAC compressed and FM and Bluetooth and is available on cabled headphones. Such a small speaker cannot produce much in the way of bass, but it is present on headphones. Since DAB+ is a pure digital system, there is, full stereo, no noise as the radiated signal deteriorates, until the receiver mutes when error correction fails. The radio has a 400 mm long telescopic antenna.
On FM this receiver will decode Radio Data System data, I have had more sensitive FM reception.
This is the most sensitive DAB+ receiver I have owned. I am also currently also using two BUSH clock radios. I also have used older headphone radios, but push buttons and headphone sockets haven’t been very reliable.
This screen shows a full colour album cover which can fill the screen and title. Smooth FM is the broadcaster’s name because it is simulcast in some other cities on FM and DAB+. The indicators on this screen are level of battery change, muting, stereo indicator, when decoded and the signal strength. Continue reading
Alan Roe’s A23 season guide to music on shortwave (version 1.1)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his A-23 (version 2) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download:
Click here to download Music on Shortwave A-23 v2 (PDF)
Thank you for sharing your excellent guide, Alan!
This dedicated page will always have the latest version of Alan’s guide available for download.