{"id":48038,"date":"2021-03-04T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48038"},"modified":"2021-03-04T11:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T15:59:28","slug":"radio-tirana-memories-who-was-the-voice-of-goodnight-dear-listeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/radio-tirana-memories-who-was-the-voice-of-goodnight-dear-listeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Tirana memories: Who was the voice of &#8220;goodnight dear listeners&#8221;&#8211;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RadioTiranaFront-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18444\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RadioTiranaFront-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RadioTiranaFront-001.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RadioTiranaFront-001-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RadioTiranaFront-001-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RadioTiranaFront-001-438x300.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>I just received the following comment from Richard Levenson posted with <a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/radio-tirana-in-english-may-18-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this off-air recording of Radio Tirana<\/a> on the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lots of fond memories listening to Radio Tirana, Albania going back to the late 1950&#8217;s. Their broadcasts back then were loaded with anti-West propaganda and more. Their interval signal is a classic to SWL people. Always remember the female announcer on the station. Her sign-off phrase was &#8220;and goodnight dear listeners.&#8221; This came after much in the way of negative propaganda. When she would say her sign off you got the idea she was tucking you into bed for the night. It had that quality and sincerity to it. Love to know who this person was or if she is still alive. Give you an idea how much SWL I did since around 1953 to present day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you for your comment, Richard! If you can identify this announcer with Radio Tirana, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/radio-tirana-memories-who-was-the-voice-of-goodnight-dear-listeners\/#respond\">please comment with details<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just received the following comment from Richard Levenson posted with this off-air recording of Radio Tirana on the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive: Lots of fond memories listening to Radio Tirana, Albania going back to the late 1950&#8217;s. Their broadcasts back then were loaded with anti-West propaganda and more. Their interval signal is a classic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288,7566,43],"tags":[4152,4082,2479],"class_list":["post-48038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-radio-memories","category-shortwave-radio","tag-radio-tirana","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-radio-audio-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cuO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25399,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/wrmi-now-relaying-radio-tirana-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":48038,"position":0},"title":"WRMI now relaying Radio Tirana on shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"April 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: WRMI) Recently Radio Tirana in Albania ended its broadcasts on shortwave. Radio Tirana's programs were legendary during the years of the Cold War, when it was one of the strongest signals on the shortwave bands. 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[...]Perhaps some might be interested to see a 1968 QSL from R. Tirana. Regards, Bob Colegrove Thank you for sharing this excellent Radio Tirana QSL card, Bob!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/R-Tirana-Inside.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/R-Tirana-Inside.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/R-Tirana-Inside.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/R-Tirana-Inside.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/R-Tirana-Inside.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61260,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/don-moores-photo-album-albania-part-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":48038,"position":2},"title":"Don Moore\u2019s Photo Album: Albania Part One","author":"Thomas","date":"December 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Don Moore\u2013noted\u00a0author, traveler, and DXer\u2013for the latest installment of his\u00a0Photo Album guest post series: Don Moore\u2019s Photo Album: Albania \u2013 Part One Finding Radio Tirana More of Don\u2019s traveling DX stories can be found in his book Tales of a Vagabond DXer [SWLing Post affiliate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/60_OldRadioTirana2024.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/60_OldRadioTirana2024.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/60_OldRadioTirana2024.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/60_OldRadioTirana2024.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/60_OldRadioTirana2024.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37078,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/shortwave-service-a19-schedule\/","url_meta":{"origin":48038,"position":3},"title":"Shortwave Service A19 Schedule","author":"Thomas","date":"May 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Hoad, who notes that the German broadcaster, Shortwave Service, has posted their A19 schedule. We've included it below for your convenience: (Source: Shortwave Service) 3985 kHz Montag-Freitag 1500-1530 UTC Radio Tirana Franz\u00f6sisch 1530-1600 UTC Radio Slowakei Franz\u00f6sisch 1600-1700 UTC SRF Echo der Zeit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-1024x679.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-1024x679.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-1024x679.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14453,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/guest-post-brians-1974-mix-tape-of-off-air-shortwave-radio-recordings\/","url_meta":{"origin":48038,"position":4},"title":"Guest Post: Brian&#8217;s 1974 mix tape of off-air shortwave radio recordings","author":"Thomas","date":"August 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post\u00a0and Shortwave Radio Audio Archive contributor, Brian Smith, for the following guest post and vintage recording: Shortwave Radio 1974: Canada, Argentina, Spain, West Germany, Albania, utility stations -Brian Smith (W9IND) Want to know what shortwave radio sounded like in 1974? 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