{"id":64898,"date":"2025-12-14T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64898"},"modified":"2025-12-13T08:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:57:05","slug":"check-your-time-with-the-lm-chime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/check-your-time-with-the-lm-chime\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Your Time with the LM Chime"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dan Greenall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shades of the 1970\u2019s.\u00a0 Commercial AM radio (in English) the way it used to be. Heavy on nostalgic music from the 1960\u2019s to the 1990\u2019s, plenty of good old style jingles, and of course, the LM chime every hour.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Decades ago, the \u201cLM\u201d used to stand for Lourenco Marques Radio as the station was based in this city in Mozambique. Today, it is Lifetime Memories Radio, and broadcasts to Maputo and the surrounding area, where it can be heard on 87.8 FM. The station also broadcasts on 702 kHz medium wave<\/b> from a transmitter near Johannesburg, South Africa, and can be heard worldwide via Kiwi SDR or online stream here \u00a0 https:\/\/lmradio.co.za\/<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to the live stream, be sure to read about the rich history of the station that began in 1936. The station was shut down in 1975 when Mozambique gained independence, but has re-emerged in the 21st century.\u00a0 A visit to the LM Radio museum is well worth the trip.\u00a0 https:\/\/lmradio.co.mz\/history\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>In 1973, I was able to hear Radio Clube de Mocambique on 4855 kHz shortwave from here in Canada.\u00a0 If you listen closely<\/a>, you can hear the LM chime.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/radio-clube-mocambique\/Radio%20Clube%20Mocambique.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n

Give them a listen, but first, check out these sample recordings made between November 27 and December 8, 2025, through a Kiwi SDR located near Johannesburg:<\/p>\n

2025-11-27:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LM-Radio-news-kiwisdr.r7d.xyz_2025-11-27T15_59_25Z_702.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

2025-11-28:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LM-Radio-Top-20-ads-kiwisdr.r7d.xyz_2025-11-28T03_20_34Z_702.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

2025-11-28:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LM-Radio-jingles-breakfast-show-kiwisdr.r7d.xyz_2025-11-28T02_59_48Z_702.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

2025-11-29:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LM-Radio-Sat-soundtrack-kiwisdr.r7d.xyz_2025-11-29T15_59_17Z_702.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

2025-12-04:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LM-Radio-advertising-kiwisdr.r7d.xyz_2025-12-04T22_21_12Z_702.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

2025-12-08:<\/span><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LM-Radio-evening-shadow-show-kiwisdr.r7d.xyz_2025-12-08T17_59_02Z_702.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Dan Greenall Shades of the 1970\u2019s.\u00a0 Commercial AM radio (in English) the way it used to be. Heavy on nostalgic music from the 1960\u2019s to the 1990\u2019s, plenty of good old style jingles, and of course, the LM chime every hour. Decades ago, the \u201cLM\u201d used to stand for Lourenco Marques Radio as the […]<\/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":[373,433,3,305,746,43],"tags":[10271,10993,10992,4099,4100,4094,4082,3036],"class_list":["post-64898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-greenall","tag-lifetime-memories-radio","tag-lourenco-marques-radio","tag-mediumwave","tag-music","tag-nostalgia","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-south-africa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gSK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63537,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/dan-unearths-radio-memories-a-1990s-treasure-trove-of-broadcast-ephemera\/","url_meta":{"origin":64898,"position":0},"title":"Dan Unearths Radio Memories: A 1990s Treasure Trove of Broadcast Ephemera","author":"Thomas","date":"August 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Greenall, who writes: Hi Thomas Before the days of the internet and e-mail, handwritten or typed reception reports mailed out to broadcast stations would often net the lucky DXer other goodies, including station brochures, program schedules, frequency guides, station stickers, blank reception report\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VOFC-booklet-1992-page-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VOFC-booklet-1992-page-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VOFC-booklet-1992-page-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VOFC-booklet-1992-page-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VOFC-booklet-1992-page-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64341,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/algeria-on-shortwave-then-and-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":64898,"position":1},"title":"Algeria on Shortwave – Then and Now","author":"Thomas","date":"October 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Greenall, for sharing the following guest post: Algeria on Shortwave - Then and Now by Dan Greenall In the early 1970s, Radiodiffusion-Television Algerienne ran a modest shortwave service (no English) mainly for North Africa, the Middle East,\u00a0and Europe. 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