{"id":38277,"date":"2019-06-21T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38277"},"modified":"2019-06-21T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T11:53:00","slug":"reminder-help-record-the-2019-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/reminder-help-record-the-2019-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Help record the 2019 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_38278\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-e1561117722151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38278\" class=\"size-large wp-image-38278\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halley VI Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica (Source: British Antarctic Survey Team)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.antarctica.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Antarctic Survey Team<\/a>.\u00a0The BBC plays\u00a0music requests and sends special messages to the small team of 40+ located at various Antarctic research stations.\u00a0Each year, the thirty minute show is guaranteed to be quirky, nostalgic, and certainly a DX-worthy catch!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/listening-across-the-globe-2016-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast\/\">After successful listener events from years past<\/a>, I\u2019m once again calling on all\u00a0<em>SWLing Post\u00a0<\/em>readers and shortwave radio listeners to make a short recording (say, 30-60 seconds) of the\u00a0<strong>BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast<\/strong>\u00a0today and share it\u00a0here at the\u00a0<em>Post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The broadcast will take place at 21:30 UTC today<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <strong>SWLing Post<\/strong> contributors Richard Langley and Alan Pennington who confirm the following broadcast frequencies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5875 kHz<\/li>\n<li>7360 kHz<\/li>\n<li>9455 kHz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you would like to participate in our BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast recording event, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/june-21-help-record-the-2019-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast\/\">please read our original post<\/a> which includes all relevant details.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the\u00a0British Antarctic Survey Team.\u00a0The BBC plays\u00a0music requests and sends special messages to the small team of 40+ located at various Antarctic research stations.\u00a0Each year, the thirty minute show is guaranteed to be quirky, nostalgic, and certainly a DX-worthy catch! 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