Fri May 17

3905 2210 Skyline Radio International. "Theme from S'Express," then Suzi Quatro. SINPO 44333. 
4026 2221 Laser Hot Hits. Katy B "What Love is Made Of." SINPO 54444.
6245 2058 Shortwave Gold. ID jingle "Shortwave Gold from the tower of power," kd lang "Constant Craving." SINPO 44444. 
6326 2044 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingle, pop/dance, morse QRM. SINPO 33333.
6425 2047 Radio Underground. ID, Abba "Fernando." SINPO 44333.
6553 2050 Radio Pink Panther. Country music. SINPO 54444.
6910L 2054 Baltic Sea Radio. ID, "Jungle Rock" Hank Mizell. SINPO 34433.
6932 2053 Irish Music Radio. Roy Orbison "Lana," then Taylor Swift. SINPO 54444.

Thurs May 16

4026 2040 Laser Hot Hits. Waterboys "Whole of the Moon." Morse QRM. SINPO 43443.
6245 2028 Shortwave Gold. Kool & The Gang "Fresh." SINPO 44433.
6305 2020 Radio Tina. BZN "Islands in the Sun." SINPO 44433.

(via Twente SDR)

Tues May 14

4026 2030 Laser Hot Hits.Ian Lawrence px.  Duran Duran song. SINPO 44433.
6245 2015 Shortwave Gold (tent). George Michael "Faith." SINPO 34333.
6300 2000 Cool AM. Oldies. SINPO 24332.

Mon May 13

4026 1942 Laser Hot Hits. Soul music, SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.
6282 1957 Radio Luxemburg. Instr mx, ID jingles, off. SINPO 44433.
6291 1933 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingles, pop/dance. SINPO 44433.
6299 1925 Radio Monique. IDs, oldies. SINPO 54444.

(heard via Twente SDR)

Sun May 12

4026 0835 Laser Hot Hits. "A Thousand Years," SINPO 34333.
6200 0740 Radio Orang Utan (pres). Music just audible. SINPO 24332.
6210 0754 Radio Marabu. Alternative music, talk in GM. SINPO 44433.
6262 1527 Cosmic Radio. English-accented DJ, oldies. SINPO 24332.
6285 0748 Technical Man. IDs, "Macarena." SINPO 34333.
6295 0934 Radio Scotland Int. Jingles and close down. SINPO 34333.
6305 1510 Radio Merlin Int. Kid Creole "Annie I'm Not your Daddy." SINPO 34333.
6345 1544 Radio ACDC. Ram Jam "Black Betty," occasional bursts of utility. SINPO 34333.
6450 1549 Radio Zwarte Panter. Dutch songs. SINPO 34333.
6553 1600 Radio Pink Panther. "Save the Last Dance for Me." SINPO 34333.
6935 1700 Irish Music Radio. Elvis "Suspicious Minds," ID. SINPO 34333.

Sat May 11

3900 2157 Technical Man. REM "Everybody Hurts." SINPO 54444.
3932 2150 MRF Radio. Jimi Hendrix "Hey Joe." SINPO 34333. 
4026 0840 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies, barely audible. SINPO 24332.
4026 2219 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Norris live. Fine Young Cannibals "I'm Not The Man." SINPO 54444.
6210 0849 Radio Marabu. David Bowie "Ashes to Ashes." SINPO 34333.
6240 1655 Radio Flying Dutchman. ID, greetings. Dutch songs. SINPO 44433.
6245 1820 Shortwave Gold. Rod Stewart "Sailing", ID jingle. SINPO 34333.
6282 1757 Radio Telstar. IDs, Ultravox "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes". SINPO 54444.
6294 1710 Radio Zeewolf. ID, greetings, DT instr music. SINPO 34333.
6300 1813 Radio Morning Star. Rock n roll. SINPO 24332.
6305 1700 Radio Merlin Int. Dennis Brown song, ID. SINPO 34333.
6305 2239 Radio Zodiac. Lady GaGa "Poker Face", ID, greets. SINPO 54444.
6306 2140 Radio Fox 48. Electro mx, greeting Mick in Finland. SINPO 44444.
6307 1640 Radio Skywire. Polka. SINPO 24332.
6530 1635 Sundown Radio. ID/email add, "Young Hearts Run Free." SINPO 34333.
6553 1630 Pink Panther Radio. Frankie Miller "Darling." ID. SINPO 34333.
6935 1625 Irish Music Radio. "You're The One That I Want", SINPO 34333.

Fri May 10

3905 2040 Skyline Radio Int. "Hungry Heart," "Walking in Memphis." SINPO 44433. 
4026 2045 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence px. N-Trance "Hold Me Forever". SINPO 44433.
6210 2004 Radio Marabu. Ultravox "Vienna", ID jingle in GM. SINPO 54444.
6220 2007 Radio Mustang. "Greased Lightning", jingle ID. SINPO 54444.
6245 1810 Shortwave Gold. 70s disco. SINPO 34333. 
6280 1753 Radio Klabautermann. "Get Down," ID, greetings, "Some Girls." SINPO 34333.
6286 2019 Radio Underground. BZN, ID, greetings, electro mx. SINPO 54444.
6290 2213 Radio Powerliner. Jigsaw "Sky High." SINPO 54444.
6305 0856 Radio Waves Int. Country music. SINPO 24332.
6305 2010 Radio Fox 48. Schlager. SINPO 34333.
6306 1740 Radio Telstar. "Jeans On" David Dundas. SINPO 44433.
6326 2202 Radio Zodiac. Moved from 6336. ID, greetings, rock. SINPO 54444.
6336 2147 Radio Zodiac. Email add, "Mexico." Good until co-ch ute came on. SINPO 44433.
6450 2030 Radio Zwarte Panter. ID, email, DT mx. SINPO 44433.
6553 1800 Radio Pink Panther. Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls," SSB QRM. SINPO 43333.
6935 1805 IMR. Jazz music and Northern Soul. SINPO 34333.

Sonnet Radio plans shortwave return

Message on Sonnet Radio's Facebook page:  
"Sonnet Radio Europe's new web site now at www.sonnetradio.com We've started our test stream before going back on to shortwave in July '13. Stream now testing at http://www.sonnetradio.com/

Thurs May 9

4026 1938 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence px. Simple Minds "Defy Yourself." SINPO 34333.
6240 2006 Radio Karbiet. Dutch songs, utility QRM. SINPO 43333.
6245 2059 Shortwave Gold. ID jingle, "What Goes Up." SINPO 44433.
6250 1951 Radio Flying Dutchman. Signing off. SINPO 54444.
6260 2015 Radio Karbiet. Move from 6240. Sixties songs. SINPO 44433.
6265 2143 Radio Borderhunter. "It Feels Like I'm in Love,"  whistling QRM. SINPO 54444.
6280 2140 Radio Karbiet. Dutch music. Move from 6260. SINPO 44433.
6290 1731 Radio Telstar. ID, greetings, instr mx. SINPO 34333.
6290 1953 Radio Odynn. Alice Cooper "Poison", greetings, jingles. SINPO 54444.
6300 2030 Radio Powerliner. Move from 6565, ID as "PL Radio International", Duran Duran. SINPO 54444.
6300 2158 Radio Ronin v PL. ID jingles, "2001: A Spece Odyssey" theme. SINPO 54444.
6305L 2000 Unid. Russian patriotic songs. SINPO 34433.
6540 1948 Free Radio Victoria. "Memories," "Don't Look Back," SINPO 54444.
6565 2012 Radio Powerliner. Spandau Ballet, close down. SINPO 54444.
6725L 2026 Cool AM. Oldies and jingles. SINPO 24332.
6745 2222 Radio Pioneer. Oldies. SINPO 34333.

Wed May 8

4026 1920 Laser Hot Hits. Back on this frequency. Hall & Oates "Maneater." SINPO 34333.
6292 2012 Radio Fox 48. AC-DC "Whole Lotta Rosie," first time on for 6 months. SINPO 34333.
6305 1657 Radio Osaka. Dutch songs. SINPO 34333.
6305 2000 Radio Python. ID, The Libertines. SINPO 34333.

Sluwe Vos Radio QSL

Nice QSL from Sluwe Vos Radio. Many thanks!

Sun May 5

6200 0720 Radio Orang Utan. ID, email, oldies. SINPO 24332.
6216 0730 Radio King SW. Oldies, poor mod. SINPO 34332.
6220 1708 Sluwe Vos Radio. ID, dance music. SINPO 34333.
6250 1713 Radio Norton. Dutch music. SINPO 24332.
6300 0754 Radio Waldmeister. ID, rock. SINPO 24332.
6305 1724 Radio Osaka & Tina. Dutch music. SINPO 34333.
6540 1003 Free Radio Victoria. "Eve of Destruction," "Sherry Baby," ID. SINPO 34333.
6553 1730 Pink Panther Radio. Buzzcocks "Have You Ever Fallen in  Love." SINPO 34333.
6935 1735 IMR. Rita Coolidge "You're All Alone." SINPO 34333.

Sat May 4

3905 2100 Radio Alice. Oldies. SINPO 34333.
4029 2214 Laser Hot Hits. Rpt from USA, "Wild One." SINPO 34433. 
6205 1624 Radio Mustang. "Working in A Coalmine", ID, greetings. SINPO 44444.
6240 1610 Radio Flying Dutchman. "Sweet Home Alabama." SINPO 44433.
6245 2040 Radio Karbiet. "Brown Girl in the Ring." SINPO 44333.
6280 2045 Radio Ascona. "Let Your Love Flow" (in Dutch). SINPO 34333.
6285 1608 Telstar Radio. Doors "Riders on the Storm", ID jingle. SINPO 34333.
6305 1616 Radio Merlin Int. "You Can Leave Your Hat On", SINPO 34333.
6305 2157 TRX Radio. Blues mx, ID jingle 2210. SINPO 54444.
6324 1639 Radio Vendor. Dutch songs, ID 1644 Dt/Eg. SINPO 34333.
6423 2050 Radio Lowland. Toto "Africa," ID, utility QRM. SINPO 53443.
6735l 2145 Cool AM. Oldies, jingles. SINPO 24332.
6740u 2110 Over 60 Degree Radio. Oldies.SINPO 24332.
6935 1650 IMR. Northern Soul music show. SINPO 34333.
6992l  2150 Baltic Sea Radio. Black Sabbath "Paranoid,"  seagull sounds, ID/email. SINPO 44433.

Fri May 3

4029 2040 Laser Hot Hits. Supertramp "My Kind of Lady," SINPO 44433.
6286 2008 Radio Underground. ID, contact details, electro mx. SINPO 44433.
6295 2004 Radio Mustang. "Radar Love," greetings, ID. SINPO 54444.
6304u 2050 Over 60 Degree Radio. Santana. SINPO 24433.
6305 1958 Telstar Radio. Stranglers "Always the Sun." SINPO 44433.
6326 2056 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingles, pop/dance. SINPO 34333.
6540 2023 Radio Powerliner. ID, greetings, Electric Six song. SINPO 54444.
6553 2016 Radio Pink Panther. Rock n roll. SINPO 34333.
6935 2028 Irish Music Radio. "Layla", ID "all vinyl records." SINPO 34333.
6995l 2033 Baltic Sea Radio. "The Birdie Song," ID. SINPO 44444.

(all heard via Twente SDR)

Thurs May 2

4029 2010 Laser Hot Hits. Pet Shop Boys "It's Alright," talking about this blog, yesterday's QRM seems to have gone.
6290 2025 Radio Odynn. ID jingle, "Child of Time," ID. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR receiver)

Wed May 1

4029 2010 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. Oldies, het from carrier on 4028. SINPO 43443.
6307 1950 Bad Girls Radio. Jingles IDs, "Creatures of the Night." SINPO 44333.

(heard via Twente SDR receiver)

Pirate radio - its legacy

What did pirate radio give us anyway - and how long will it survive?
By James Cridland

(These are responses to a student's broadcast journalism degree questions. Disagree? That's what the comments box is for...)

How has pirate radio changed since the 60's - and how did pirate radio influence the radio we can listen to today?

The 1960s were a period without any official "pop" radio stations: so pirate radio fulfilled quite a need. Many of them copied the successful top-40 radio formats of the US, and imported them onto the UK airwaves - bringing a welcome sound that was unheard-of to radio listeners. The added 'subversive' nature of these broadcasts were also responsible for their success.
It's claimed that BBC Radio 1 was the government's reaction to the success of these pirates, almost all of which operated outside UK jurisdiction. Radio 1, however, was a part-time service when it started, and suffered for years from a requirement not to play more than five hours of commercially-available music ("needle time") a day: a restriction which, naturally, the pirate radio stations weren't required to adhere to. Nevertheless, pirate radio's influence began to wane with Radio 1's launch.

Some claim that the legalisation of UK commercial radio in the early 1970s was as a direct result of pirate radio activity; others that commercial radio would have happened anyway. Some point to pirate radio being responsible for much of the sound of Radio 1 (many of the network's original presenters were previously pirate broadcasters); others that pirate radio's sound in Europe was simply copied from US top-40 radio anyway.

The growth of commercial radio by the 1980s (and continued success for BBC Radio 1) resulted in many pirate radio stations ceasing operation, and new laws in the mid 1980s were successful in curbing pirate radio further.

Pirate radio in the UK is now not romantically based on a ship - but using transmitters sited at the top of buildings. Many pirate radio broadcasters operate legally as internet radio stations, but, as one industry veteran puts it, the stations "obligingly get re-broadcast on FM by some of their fans". Unlike the 1960s, Ofcom claim that today's pirate broadcasters have links to drug pushers and other illegal operations. A cursory sweep of the dial during a Friday evening in London, however, reveals that Ofcom don't appear to be successful in closing them - as this discussion makes clear.

Pirate radio use in the UK is measured by RAJAR under "other listening", which includes all non-subscriber stations - along with global internet radio and out-of-area stations. 3m people in the UK tune in to "other radio" each week: it has a market share of 2.4%.

To read whole discussion go to: http://www.mediauk.com/article/34423/pirate-radio-its-legacy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JamesCridlandsBlog+%28James+Cridland%27s+blog%29

(via the We Love The Pirate Stations Facebook group)

Tues Apr 30

4029 2008 Laser Hot Hits. Dance mx, email from Germany. SINPO 44444.
6220 1927 Radio Sluwe Vos. Boney M "Ma Baker," ID. SINPO 44433.
6240 1938 Bad Boys Radio. Jingle ID, pop. SINPO 44433.
6449 1944 Studio 52. Dutch songs, ID. SINPO 4433.
6553 1948 Radio Pink Panther. ZZ Top "Legs." SINPO 44433.

Mon Apr 29

4029 2216 Laser Hot Hits. "I Need Your Love." SINPO 34333. 
6280 2210 Radio Karbiet. Dutch song then Madness "Night Boat to Cairo", ID. SINPO 44433.
6305 1725 Radio Telstar. Dutch songs. SINPO 44433.
6306 1736. Radio Malibu. On after Telstar c/d, "Bye Bye Love" Everley Brothers. SINPO 34333.

Sun Apr 28

4029 1750 Laser Hot Hits. Kinks "Waterloo Sunset." SINPO 34333. 
6045 0920 XVRB v Germany. Frankie Laine song, ID. SINPO 55444. 
6200 0740 Radio Orang Utan. Tina Turner "Simply the Best," ID. SINPO 24332.
6200 1113 Radio Technische Man. Goombay Dance Band "Seven Seas." SINPO 34333.
6216 0750 Radio King SW. Rock, dodgy mod. SINPO 34333.
6241 0755 Radio Bonofox. IDs, "I Had the Time of My Life." SINPO 34333.
6244 2215 Radio Underground. ID, North Korean pop!  SINPO 44433.
6262 1020 Cosmic Radio. Johnny Cash "I Walked the Line." SINPO 24332.
6266 2151 Radio Mi Amigo. Middle of the Road song, ID. SINPO 34333.
6285 0745 Radio Focus Int. Halcyon Days songs. SINPO 44433.
6295 1040 Radio Telstar. Dutch song, ID. SINPO 24332.
6304 2208 Odynn Radio. Jingles, Animals "House of the Rising Sun." SINPO 44444.
6305 0800 Radio Merlin Int. Meat Loaf "Real Dead Ringer for Love." SINPO 44444.
6325 1155 Black Bandit Radio. Scorpions, ID, greeting Klaus. SINPO 34333.
6325 1712 Radio Norton. Dutch music. SINPO 24332.
6421 1744 Radio Zeewolf. QSO with SWCH. SINPO 34333.
6422 1218 SWCH. Polka, promo for summer meeting 2013. SINPO 24332.
6432 1707 Radio Zwarte Panter. Dutch songs, ID. SINPO 34333.
6508 1735 Radio Onda Caliente. Music just audible, short test. SINPO 24332.
6535 1205 XXL Shortwave. Jingle IDs, Dutch music. SINPO 24332.
6540 2156 Radio Powerliner. Closing down, greeting Terry, polka. SINPO 54444.
6553 1015 Radio Pink Panther. Oldies. SINPO 24332.
6735l 2233 Radio Ronin (USA) via Hot Radio. Rock music. SINPO 34333.
6745 1724 Radio Pioneer. UB40 "Food for Thought." SINPO 34333.
6935 1210 IMR. ELO "Hold on Tight," T Rex "Get it On." SINPO 34333.
6990l 2210 Baltic Sea Radio. "Johnny Be Good", jingle ID. SINPO 44433.