{"id":49061,"date":"2021-05-28T08:04:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T12:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49061"},"modified":"2021-05-28T08:04:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T12:04:30","slug":"bbc-radio-stations-broadcasting-re-tune-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/bbc-radio-stations-broadcasting-re-tune-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Radio Stations Broadcasting Re-Tune Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Bill Hemphill (WD9EQD), who writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/strong><\/p>\n

The BBC in their transition to digital radio has started closing some of their AM radio stations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

See following link:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/reception\/work-warning\/news\/mw-closures-2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The AM stations being closed are broadcasting \u201cRe-Tune\u201d instructions on their frequencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not sure how long they will be doing this. The \u201cRe-Tune\u201d messages are interesting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have used the G4DYA KiwiSDR web receiver to listen and record some of the \u201cRe-Tune\u201d messages.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most are just straight forward instructions, but Radio Hereford-Worcester on 738 has recorded individual<\/strong><\/p>\n

messages by several of their on-air personalities. The messages just loop continuously.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attached are MP3 files for 738 Radio Hereford-Worcester, 1035 Radio Sheffield, 1341 Radio Ulster and 1503 Radio Stoke.<\/strong><\/p>\n

73<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Hemphill, <\/span>WD9EQD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Recordings<\/h1>\n

738 Radio Hereford-Worcester<\/h3>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/738-Radio-Hereford-Worcester.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

1035 Radio Sheffield<\/h3>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1035-Radio-Sheffield.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

1341 Radio Ulster<\/h3>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1341-Radio-Ulster.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

1503 Radio Stoke<\/h3>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1503-Radio-Stoke.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Thank you so much for taking the time to make these recordings and for sharing them with us here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Hemphill (WD9EQD), who writes: Hi Thomas, The BBC in their transition to digital radio has started closing some of their AM radio stations. See following link: https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/reception\/work-warning\/news\/mw-closures-2021 The AM stations being closed are broadcasting \u201cRe-Tune\u201d instructions on their frequencies. Not sure how long they will be doing this. […]<\/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":[373,56,5517,1114,433],"tags":[104,6424,6954,9296],"class_list":["post-49061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-digital-audio-broadcasting","category-digital-modes","category-mediumwave","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-mediumwave","tag-bill-hemphill-wd9eqd","tag-re-tune-instructions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cLj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41270,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/video-tribute-to-a-century-of-broadcasting\/","url_meta":{"origin":49061,"position":0},"title":"Video: \u201cTribute to a Century of Broadcasting\u201d","author":"Thomas","date":"December 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill (WD9EQD), who writes: You probably have already seen this, but from The ARRL Letter, November 21, 2019: Art Donahue, W1AWX, of Franklin, Massachusetts, has posted his \u201cTribute to a Century of Broadcasting\u201d video in recognition of the centennial of formal radio broadcasts. 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