Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Ally, who shares the following note from WRMI:
WRMI has a new schedule as of today, February 17th. We have some new frequencies — a total of 21 now. You can find the complete broadcast
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nEVwCMB9RSKowLzLXamyayVpCzjmPAw_SB1r3YOdzQc/edit#gid=0
Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Paul Walker, who writes:
I will be doing another broadcast on Shortwave and it’s going to be even bigger and better right now.
Tentatively, this is how the broadcast schedule times/frequencies work out to be:
I am in the process of booking all this time, so something could change in terms of times/dates between now and the broadcast dates.
I’ll be doing 2 hours of rock n roll and country music .. no commercials, no pleading for money, no asking for donations.. just me, playing the music I like.. because. well I want to and I can.
I’m paying for time on all 4 of these stations out of MY OWN POCKET, again for no reason, other then I want to.
So many complain about what radio lacks, wether am, fm or sw and lament about the old days or suggest what would work today.. but want it done with other people’s money.. they won’t put up and shut up. What I do won’t change radio or make much of a difference in the grand scheme of shortwave radio, but I can have fun and share my love of radio and music with others.
I am trying to secure an hour or two on a United Kingdom area AM station as well if it is affordable and I can find one to sell me time.
Writing to you from an apartment only 500 feet from the frozen Yukon river in Alaska’s interior region.
Excellent news, Paul! Please keep us informed as I’m happy to post any updates you may have. We’ll be listening!
(Source: WRMI on Facebook)
Radio Miami has arranged for a one-week test transmission of the Armed Forces Radio of Nigeria from the Issoudun, France relay site beginning Tuesday, June 30.
The transmission, which will be directed to West Africa, will be from 0600-0700 UTC on two frequencies:
- 11,825 kHz will carry a Hausa-language program, and
- 13,775 kHz will carry an English-language program.
For your listening pleasure: the English language service of Radio Slovakia–recorded on January 23, 2015 at 1230 UTC on 9,955 kHz.
This broadcast of Radio Slovakia comes by way of the World Radio Network and is relayed by Radio Miami International (WRMI).
Click here to download the recording as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below:
Last week, I received a message from Peter De Groot, who announced a special broadcast of Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW).
RNW has been off the air for more than 2.5 years, so we can assume this was not sponsored by RNW.
Though scheduling (and the fact I forgot to start a spectrum recording–!) interfered with my ability to listen to the first broadcast on January 17, I was able to catch the January 18 broadcast at 01:00 UTC on 7,570 kHz. The show was relayed by WRMI.
The broadcast came in so strong, when I heard the interval signal, it instantly transported me back to the days when Hilversum targeted eastern North America. Gave me chill bumps.
I was able to record the entire program but did not include the WRMI station ID before and after the special.
For your listening pleasure, one full hour of Radio Netherlands Worldwide via WRMI in Florida USA–click here to download the recording as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below. Enjoy:
This recording was made with my Elad FDM-S2 hooked up to a large horizontal delta loop antenna.
Note: I will reach out to WRMI to see if the person or group behind the broadcast plans to issue QSL cards.
Radio Miami International
(Source: WRMI)
Many of our regular programs on WRMI will have special Christmas features in the coming days, including Radio Prague, Radio Slovakia International, Viva Miami, Wavescan and of course most of our Christian religious programs.
We want to make special mention of a Christmas Cantata that we are presenting from the Killian Pines United Methodist Church in Miami on Wednesday, Christmas Eve (Dec 24) at 8:00 am and again at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (1300 UTC Wednesday and 0000 UTC Thursday) on 9955 kHz and simulcast on www.wrmi.net.
Wavescan from Dec 21 to 27 will have a special feature on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean.
(Source: WRMI press release)
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, USA – America’s most powerful radio signal will carry previews and highlights of some of the world’s top sporting events throughout 2015. WRMI (Radio Miami International) will provide exclusive shortwave coverage from the USA for more than two dozen leading events in sports, including hockey’s Stanley Cup finals, baseball’s World Series, football’s Super Bowl and international tournaments involving soccer, cricket and rugby.
WRMI sports director Bruce Baskin provided daily reports on last weekend’s Army-Navy football game (won by Navy, 17-7) and is presently providing updates on soccer’s Club World Cup, which features seven of the globe’s top sides converging in Morocco. “This will be different from our WRMI Scoreboard,” says Baskin. “Rather than giving scores and short stories from several sports per day, we’re going to focus on specific events for days at a time. In essence, we’re going from a ‘miles-wide, inches-deep’ approach to the opposite.”
After purchasing and moving to the former Family Radio broadcasting site in central Florida one year ago, WRMI now possesses twelve 100,000-watt transmitters (with a 50,000-watt backup) along with 23 antenna systems on a 660-acre complex, making it America’s farthest-reaching radio station. WRMI first signed on in 1994 and has been managed throughout its duration by Jeff White, a past president of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters.
175 Fontainebleau Blvd, Suite 1N4, Miami, Florida 33172 USA
Tel +1-305-559-WRMI Fax +1-863-467-0185 E-mail [email protected] Website www.wrmi.net
WRMI 2015 Sports Coverage Calendar
JANUARY (2)
12 NCAA Football Playoff Championship
18 NFL AFC/NFC Championships
FEBRUARY (2)
2 NFL Super Bowl
22 NASCAR Daytona 500
MARCH (2)
12 F1 Miami E-Prix
23-29 ICC Cricket World Cup
APRIL (2)
4-6 NCAA Final Four
9-12 PGA The Masters
MAY (3)
2 TRA Kentucky Derby
16 TRA Preakness Stakes
24 IRL Indianapolis 500
JUNE (3)
6 TRA Belmont Stakes
8-18 NHL Stanley Cup Finals
18-21 PGA U.S. Open
JULY (2)
10-13 ITF Wimbledon Finals
16-19 PGA British Open
AUGUST (2)
13-16 PGA PGA Championship
22-24 LLB Little League World Series
SEPTEMBER (2)
13-14 ITF U.S. Open Finals
18-31 IRB Rugby World Cup
OCTOBER (2)
3 NCAA Air Force-Navy football
21-31 MLB World Series
NOVEMBER (2)
7 NCAA Army-Air Force football
26-30 ITF Davis Cup finals
DECEMBER (2)
12 NCAA Army-Navy football
20 FIFA Club World Cup Final
175 Fontainebleau Blvd, Suite 1N4, Miami, Florida 33172 USA
Tel +1-305-559-WRMI Fax +1-305-559-8186 E-mail [email protected] Website