Thursday, April 09, 2009
Thurs April 9
6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1930 with an instrumental tune, RTE underneath. SINPO 54444.
6925u: Spider Radio from Greece heard @ 2030 playing Tears for Fears "Shout." Signal coming in well tonight. SINPO 34333.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Wed April 8
6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2025 playing the song "Safety Dance." Signal S3-4. SINPO 24332. Via Beds DX Tuner
Monsters beat the Boat
Animated film Monsters vs Aliens has gone straight to the top of the UK and Ireland box office film chart, taking £4.3m on its opening weekend. The Dreamworks film, which pits classic film monsters against beings from outer space, beat British comedy The Boat That Rocked into second place.
The Richard Curtis film, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rhys Ifans, took £1.8m in its opening weekend.
Last week's number one, Knowing, starring Nicolas Cage, is at three.
Runner-up is not a bad result for The Boat that Rocked
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Tues April 7
Bristol's offshore weekend
60s music, stalls, events, offshore exhibition. Broadcasting from the Ferry Station cafe, Narrow Quay.
More with some pirate clips and jingles at:
http://www.myspace. com/radiocorrine bristol
(via Mike Barraclough, radioanoraksuk)
Offshore radio events coming up
April 18: Veronica Day, Hotel Lapershoek, Hilversum
May 21-May 30: Radio Waddenzee/Radio Seagull broadcasting offshore
September 19: Radio Day, Erkrath (Germany)
November 14: Radio Day Amsterdam
http://www.offshore-radio.de/
(via Mike Terry, radioanoraksuk)
Monday, April 06, 2009
Mon Apr 6
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Sun April 5
3900: Skyline International Radio heard @ 0800 playing oldies. SINPO 24332.
4025: Laser Hot Hits with Tony James playing the song "Three Times in Love" @ 0750. SINPO 44433.
5815: Shortwave Cowboys heard @ 0853 signing on. Fair signal despite poor conditions. SINPO 34333.
6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertachtal signing on at its new start time of 0900. SINPO 44444.
6203: Radio Scotland Int with the song "Here is the News" 0805. Not the usual strong signal from RSI. SINPO 34333.
6220: Mystery Radio @ 1620 with non-stop music, ID jingle at 1723. SINPO 34333.
6286: Polka Radio Melbourne heard with polkas @ 1250. SINPO 34333. Via Beds DX Tuner
6290: Radio Quintus with schlager @ 1035, fair-good signal. SINPO 44433.
6300: Radio Borderhunter defying the conditions with a strong signal @ 1050, playing Van Halen "Jump." SINPO 54444.
6375: Radio Lowland heard @ 1105 with ID, playing oldies, mentioned also Marconi and Dutchwing. SINPO 34333.
6375: Skyline International Radio heard @ 1137 in QSO with Marconi and Lowland. SINPO 24332.
6376: Radio Marconi QSOing with Lowland and Skyline @ 1145. SINPO 34333.
6400: Transatlantic Radio heard with dance music @ 2130, fair signal but fading. SINPO 33333.
6870: Radio Playback Int with oldies @ 0845. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.
6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2000 playing OMD "Enola Gay" followed by jingle ID. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Sat April 4
3900: Skyline International heard @ 1605 underneath utility QRM. SINPO 32432. QRM stopped at 1610, Skyline 34333.
3900: Radio Baken 16 heard @ 1800 giving out email address and playing Steely Dan. Good signal. SINPO 44333. To hear recording click here
3905: Unid station playing oldies @ 1935. SINPO 24332.
3920: MRF Radio with short voice test @ 2229. SINPO 34333.
3920: Voice of the Netherlands took over @ 2234, opening with Status Quo. Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.
3932: Radio Rainbow via Galaxy, Poland heard @ 2155 with oldies. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332. Via Beds DX Tuner
4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0755 playing a song by Imagination. Good signal. SINPO 44433.
6220: Radio Playback Int heard with station jingles and the song "Easy Lover" @ 1600. SINPO 34433. Via Mystery, I guess.
6265: Radio Oscar Zulu playing dance music @ 1125, ID at 1152. Fair signal but much fading. SINPO 34333.
6285: Radio Altrex with polka and talking about having a haircut @ 0842. SINPO 34333.
6305: Radio Black Power heard @ 0930 playing "You're the One that I Want." Going on & off. Good signal. ID at 0950. SINPO 44444.
6390: Radio Polkawelle heard @ 2140 with polka sounds, splash from strong utility on 6285. Moved to 6400 at 2150. SINPO 34333.
6400: Radio Rainbow via Galaxy signing off @ 1945, followed by Galaxy ID and web address and into music. Signal S8, some utility QRM. SINPO 33433. To hear recording click here
6554: Radio Galaxy playing pop @ 2225. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 23332.
6870: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1700 playing "Rolling Down the River" with JJ & Grant Benson, //6220. SINPO 34333.
6925: MAC Shortwave (USA) (tent) heard @ 2245 with American DJ and burst of music. Lost signal, or signed off soon after. SINPO 24332. To hear recording click here
9510: Radio Joystick v IRRS signing on @ 0800 and playing dance music. SINPO 44433.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Fri April 3
6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 2030 with the Eagles "Hotel California." In the clear as RTE finshes its programme. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.
6306: Radio Fox 48 playing "Whiter Shade of Pale" @ 1825. Splash from the Saharan station on 6300. SINPO 33333. At 1828, moved ot 6310 - SINPO 34333.
6390: Transatlantic Broadcast heard @ 2045 playing music from 60s, greeting listener in Canada. Only using 20W. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here
6400: Radio Rainbow via Radio Galaxy, Poland heard @ 2025 with ID and playing Booker T & The MGs. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.
6554: Galaxy Radio heard @ 2240 playing Axel F, ID with email address at 2245. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.
6870: Radio Playback Int with an American blues & rock programmes @ 1830. Good signal. SINPO 44333.
It's finally here
In the past week there have been many reviews of The Boat That Rocked - some critics loved it, some hated it and others just didn't get it.Many people aren't interested in pirate radio or are too young to have lived through the broadcasting revolution unleashed by Radio Caroline and co. in the 60s, so just view it as a film about a radio station on a ship, without any particular nostalgia that many of us attach to the film.
But today it goes on general release at cinemas up and down the country, when the general public can make up their own minds. Will it soar to the top of the box office charts or sink without trace?
One person who did like it was Jonathon Ross, presenter of the BBC's popular Film 2009 programme.
You can catch what he had to say about it on the BBC iPlayer via this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jkgd2/Film_2009_with_Jonathan_Ross_Episode_10/
I would be interested to know what people think of it. Why not post your opinion here?
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Thurs April 2
6220: Radio Playback Int/Mystery Radio with JJ live @ 2050, playing "Smoke on the Water,"//6870. SINPO 44433.
6270: Unid station heard playing pop music @ 1905. Fair signal but some fading and utility noise. SINPO 33333.
6400: Radio Dummyload with German folk music @ 2025. Good signal but deep fades. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here
6870: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1910 with JJ live, playing "Someone's Watching Me". Strong signal - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Wed April 1
6210: Misti Radio heard @ 1532 playing "Stand By Me." Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.
6220: Mystery Radio playing pop @ 1800. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.
6307: Radio Skywire heard @ 1805 playing the song "Suzi Q," ID and asking for reports. Fair-good here. SINPO 34333.
6375: Unid station with Tina Charles "I Love to Love" @ 1530, off with no ID at 1532. SINPO 44433.
6840: Unid station playing rock music @ 1810. Good-strong signal. SINPO 44444.
6870: Radio Playback Int heard @ 2030 with the station's theme tune and close down. Good signal. SINPO 44433.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tues Mar 31
6210: Misti Radio playing Neil Diamond @ 0850. Fair signal, some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.
6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1935 with pop. Strong signal, JJ is live. SINPO 54444.
The Boat That Rocked on Sky
This from the sky website:
AVAILABLE TODAY ON MOVIES
The Boat That Rocked Special 30 minutes, available Mon 30 Mar - Sat 4 Apr.
We visit the set of The Boat That Rocked, the all-star British comedy drama from Richard Curtis which tells the story of a pirate radio station operating in the North Sea in the Sixties.
(Thanks to John Cronnolley via the Radio Caroline list, via Mike Terry, radioanoraksuk)
http://movies.sky.com/the-boat-that-rocked-interviews
Its official UK release is tomorrow (April 1)
Monday, March 30, 2009
Mon March 30
MV Baltic new times
MV BALTIC RADIO - NEW time slot for summer 2009
The new time slot for the MV Baltic Radio relay service will be 9 - 10 UTC
(10-11 BST/11-12 CEST) on 6140 KHz. (via Wertachtal, Germany)
This will be active from the 5th of April until the last Sunday of October 2009.
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for summer 2009
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
2nd Sunday – Bluestar Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
Good Listening 73s Tom
(via Tom Taylor)
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sun Mar 29
4025: Laser Hot Hits with a promo for Offshore Echoes magazines and reading listeners' emails @ 1030. SINPO 44333.
5800: Radio Geronimo heard @ 0950 reading letter from Alex in West Virginia, then playing song by Pendragon. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.
5815: Orion Radio with 60s musc @ 0810. SINPO 34333.
5815: Shortwave Cowboys rode in after Orion signed off. Heard @ 0905 with schlager. Fair signal but quite noisy. SINPO 34333.
6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery heard @ 0815 playing rock music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.
6280: Radio Merlin (tent) heard @ 1200 with rock music. Fair signal but faded out again by 1202. SINPO 34333.
6296: Radio Transatlantic Broadcast heard @ 0855, splash from station on 6300. SINPO 23332. At 0915, better signal and 6300 station off - SINPO 34333. To hear recording click here
6300: Unid station with 60s music @ 0845. Good signal. SINPO 44433.
6374: Radio Marconi heard playing Dutch songs @ 1157. Fair-good signal. SINPO 44433.
6521: Radio Delta Lima (tent) playing "Love Hurts" @ 0920. Fair signal with fading. SINPO 34333.
6870: Radio Playback Int with jazz @ 1025. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Sat March 28
3906: Radio Optimod heard @ 2020 playing the song "Kayleigh." Strong signal - no ID heard. SINPO 54444.
3908: Radio Fox 48 with rock music @ 1910. Fair-good signal tonight. SINPO 34333.
3932: Bogusman heard @ 1850 playing alternative music and chatting away about life etc. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.
4025: Laser Hot Hits playing a REO Speedwagon song @ 1005. Good signal now - nothing earlier. SINPO 44433.
6205: Radio Suzuki heard @ 1435 playing "Yes Sir I Can Boogie." Fair signal. SINPO 34433.
6220: Mystery Radio heard with dance music @ 1805. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.
6285: Radio Altrex moved from 6290. Heard @ 1017 talking about conditions and playing oldies. SINPO 24332.
6290: Radio Altrex with rock music @ 0920. Weak signal with fair peaks, some utility QRM. SINPO 23332.
6306: Radio Jodel Pirate with schlager @ 1445. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.
6325: Radio Monte Carlo playing Prince "Purple Rain" @ 1010. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.
6374: Radio Marconi heard @ 1405 with a report to Lowland. SINPO 34333.
6375: Radio Lowland just audible @ 1015, playing oldies SINPO 23332. Lowland also heard in QSO with Marconi @ 1355. SINPO 44433.
6870: Radio Playback Int with blues music and relay of US radio programme @ 1815. SINPO 34333.
Radio Nova tribute site
RadioNova.ie is now on the web. It's a tribute site to Radio Nova, the station owned by the late Chris Cary.
There are profiles of many of the presenters who worked on the station.
The documentary produced for the 25th anniversary of the Radio Nova "closedown", Bring Back Radio Nova, is now available on YouTube (click on the video below to view).
In the coming months www.radionova. ie will be expanded to include a full video player/streaming facility for this documentary
(Media Network via Southgate
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2009/radionova.htm )
The page has a 10 minute video,
The documentary produced for the 25th anniversary of the Radio Nova "closedown". Bring Back Radio Nova is also available on you Tube at
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=WSO2SuIC2Do
In the coming months www.radionova.ie will be expanded to include a full video player/ streaming facility for this documentary.
(Mike Terry, radioanoraksuk)