{"id":6838,"date":"2013-07-03T08:04:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T12:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6838"},"modified":"2013-07-03T08:07:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T12:07:58","slug":"seeking-1970s-era-recordings-of-radio-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/seeking-1970s-era-recordings-of-radio-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking 1970s era recordings of Radio Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday, I\u00a0received\u00a0a message from Sam, via the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a>. \u00a0He writes:<\/p>\n

Nice website! I’ve been looking (and listening) through it for the last hour or so. Nice!<\/p>\n

I see you have some Radio Australia recordings and was wondering if you have any older ones? I’ve been trying for a couple of years now to find a recording of the top of the hour from Radio Australia in the mid 1970s. I was a youngster then and used to rush home from school to hear the station \u2013 I grew up in Northern Ireland and used to be able to get Radio Australia from around 1530 local time until maybe 1800 local, depending on the conditions. One thing I remember about it was the time \u201cpips\u201d, which included a pip at 10 seconds to the hour, which I had never heard before (or anywhere else since). I\u2019d love to hear this again along with the theme to the news which came on the hour \u2013 I\u2019ve found out that it was called Majestic Fanfare, but the version played on 70s Radio Australia is different to that played now and in every recording I\u2019ve heard. Seems they changed the recording they used during the 80s. Even the ABC and Radio Australia can\u2019t help as I\u2019ve contacted them, so I\u2019m trying every avenue which comes along.<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s probably way before your oldest recording but heck, I had to ask! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Many thanks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you happen to have 1970s era recordings of Radio Australia that you would like to share with Sam (and the world), please contact me<\/a> and I would be happy to upload them to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks for your inquiry, Sam!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I\u00a0received\u00a0a message from Sam, via the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive. \u00a0He writes: Nice website! I’ve been looking (and listening) through it for the last hour or so. Nice! I see you have some Radio Australia recordings and was wondering if you have any older ones? I’ve been trying for a couple of years now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56,305,288],"tags":[368,2015,1957],"class_list":["post-6838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-recordings","tag-the-shortwave-radio-audio-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Mi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8825,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/more-1968-recordings-on-the-shortwave-radio-audio-archive\/","url_meta":{"origin":6838,"position":0},"title":"More 1968 recordings on the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive","author":"Thomas","date":"February 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've now added a total of five recordings by David Firth, circa 1968, to the SW Radio Audio Archive. 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