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Friday, July 31, 2015

Fri July 31

3945 2138 Radio Focus Int. "Hocus Pocus." Also on 6286. SINPO 44333.
4025 2224 Laser Hot Hits. Dire Straits "Romeo & Juliet." SINPO 34333.
6210U 2230 Stargate Radio. The Beatles "Get Back." SINPO 34433.
6240 1800 Radio Caroline Int. Dance music, jingles. SINPO 44433.
6245 2013 Radio Mazda. ID, greetings, Simple Minds. SINPO 44433.
6255 2152 Radio Montferland. ID, greetings, dance music. SINPO 44433.
6263 2042 Radio Digital. "Mississippi," "My Bel Amie." SINPO 54444.
6265 1809 Hitmix Radio. Schlager, ID. SINPO 44433.
6286 1815 Radio Focus Int. Sixties music, mod on low side. SINPO 44433.
6292 2156 Radio Scotland Int. Dance music. SINPO 54444.
6305 2017 Radio Carrierwave. Oldies. SINPO 33333.
6305 2142 Radio Python. ID, greetings, dance music. SINPO 55444.
6323 2055 Radio Mustang. Pet Shops "West End Girls," ID. SINPO 55545
6385 2050 Radio Powerliner. ID, email, dance music. SINPO 544444.
6390 1820 Radio Powerliner. Dance & polka music, ID, asking for QSO. SINPO 54444.
6875 2009 Radio Europe. Disco, talk in Italian. SINPO 44444.
6950 2004 Radio Voyager. Latin American music. SINPO 54444.

(via Twente SDR)

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Thurs July 30

3945 2046 Radio Focus Int. America "Ventura Highway." Also on 6286. SINPO 44433.
4025 2055 Laser Hot Hits. Ballad. SINPO 44333.
6245 2028 Radio Mazda. Dutch music, ID, signing off. SINPO 54444.
6265 2009 Radio Digital. "Una Paloma Blanca." SINPO 54444.
6286 2014 Radio Focus Int. Rock. Also on 3945. SINPO 44433.
6305 2004 Radio Technical Man. Cockney Rebel "Come Up & See Me." SINPO 54444.
6390 1959 Radio Rode Adelaar. "Rasputin," "Bad Moon Rising." SINPO 54444.
6400 1953 Radio Caroline Int. Greek music, jingles. SINPO 44333.
6877 2020 Radio Europe. "Great Pretender." Utility splash. SINPO 53443.

(via Twente SDR)

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Wed July 29

4025 2057 Laser Hot Hits. "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go." SINPO 34333.
6245 2036 Radio Mazda. Rolling Stones "Satisfaction." SINPO 44433.
6290 2030 Radio Rode Adelaar. "Edelweiss." SINPO 54444.
6326 2023 Radio Caroline Rainbow. Oldies, tility QRM. SINPO 33333.
6375 2040 Unid. Chaka Khan, then "Word Up," couldn't catch the ID. SINPO 34333.
6395 2023 Radio Panda. Yazoo "Situation." SINPO 24332.

(via Twente SDR)

FRS Holland on air next month

Dear FRS Friends!

FRS is more than happy to announce an upcoming Summer Evening broadcast:

On August 30th we will hit the airwaves.

For detailed information (times, programmes, frequencies) visit our website.

Use the following link: http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/90-frs-summer-evening-broadcast.html

We'd like to wish all of you much fun, good holidays and fine weather....

73s on behalf of the FRS staff,

Peter Verbruggen

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Tues July 28

4025 2100 Laser Hot Hits. Simple Minds "Alive and Kicking." SINPO 34333.
6265 1944 Radio Digital. "I Won't Step Down." SINPO 54444.
6288 1934 Bluestar Radio (tent). "Radar Love," then "Go Your Own Way." ID "Ouwe Blauwe". SINPO 54444.
6305 1908 Radio Python. Human League "Keep Feeling Fascination." SINPO 55544.
6920 1930 Radio Black Arrow. Axel F, signing off. SINPO 44333.

(via Twente SDR)

Monday, July 27, 2015

Mon July 27

6240 1649 Hitmix Radio. Schlager. SINPO 44433.
6285 1742 Radio Digital. "Nothing Going on but the Rent," SINPO 34333.
6305 1812 Radio Quadzilla. Dutch music. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)

The new pirate radio crackdown: 400 stations closed in the past two years

"The unique character of British popular music owes a lot to pirate radio. In the 1960s, the original pirates illicitly brought pop music to the shores of Britain, broadcasting from ships in international waters and forcing an anachronistic BBC to launch Radio 1 in response. From the 1980s, pirate radio saw the genesis of British underground culture, as transistors on top of towerblocks became the only places broadcasting reggae, rave, jungle, drum’n’bass, garage, grime and dubstep.

But piracy has always been at odds with the law. Earlier this month, Ofcom revealed that in London alone they have seized 400 suspected pirate radio setups over the past two years. Ofcom’s head of Spectrum Enforcement, Clive Corrie, says that mostly they stop stations broadcasting because they “interfere with vital radio communications used by the emergency services and aircraft systems, and frequently cause damage to property”. This is a problem specific to the capital, since “of the 100 or so stations illegally broadcasting in the UK, around 70 of them are in London”."

Source: The Guardian

Read whole article at:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2015/jul/26/outlaw-sound-pirate-radio-defined-british-popular-music

There's also more than 100 comments about this article - some questioning whether in the first paragraph the writer meant "transmitter" not "transistor."

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Sat July 25

4025 2005 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew show. 80s soul. SINPO 44433.
6245.5 1749 Radio Tango Italia. Tango music. SINPO 34333.
6265 1954 Radio Montferland. ID, email, electro music. SINPO 44333.
6291 1837 Radio Pirana Int. Artem's World of Music. SINPO 44333.
6305 1915 Radio Python. The Smiths "Panic." then New Order. SINPO 44433.
6305 2000 Top Radio. Dutch music. SINPO 44433.
6325 1842 Radio Caroline Int. Jingles, European music. SINPO 44433.
6380 1754 Hitmix Radio. Schlager, ID. SINPO 44444.
6400 1825 Radio Pandora. Gary Numan "We Are Glass," ID. SINPO 34333.
6950 2010 Enterprise Radio. "Miracle of Love," greetings. SINPO 54444.

(via Twente SDR)

Friday, July 24, 2015

Fri July 24

4025 2200 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies. SINPO 34333.
6210U 2155 Stargate Radio (pres). Earth Wind & Fire. SINPO 54444.
6285 2235 Radio Black Bandit/Abu Dhabi Lively German music. SINPO 54444.
6305 2145 Radio Powerliner. Oldies. SINPO 44333.
6423 2133 Studio 52. Dutch songs, IDs. SINPO 44333.
6450 2138 Radio Nachtrijder. Dutch songs. SINPO 34333.
6475 2140 Tower Radio. "I Was Born for Loving You," closing down. SINPO 54444.
6750 2150 Mustang Radio. Rock. SINPO 44333.

(via Twente SDR)

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Thurs July 23

4025 1958 Laser Hot Hits. Tina Turner "What's Love Got To Do With it." SINPO 34333.
6280 1940 Radio Rode Adelaar. French song "Dominique." SINPO 54444.
6325 1946 Radio Goofy. Dance music, ID jingles. SINPO 44333.
6401 2004 Radio GSV. Weak signal, music on peaks, using 5W. SINPO 24332.

(via Twente SDR)

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Wed July 22

4025 2045 Laser Hot Hits. Dance music. SINPO 34232.
6245 1925 Radio Mazda. Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me," SINPO 43333.
6265 2034 Radio 42. ID, polka, lot of static noise tonight. SINPO 44333.
6305 1943 Delta Radio. Rock music, jingles, utility QRM. SINPO 43333.
6401 2050 Radio Pioneer. Oldies. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)

Website jingle

Jingles master Andre from Cool AM has kindly made a jingle promoting my pirate radio address list at www.freewebs.com/ukdxer/addresses

Hear it at: https://soundcloud.com/pirate-radio-jingles/2015-promo-ukdxers-web

Thanks Andre!

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Tues July 21

4025 2038 Laser Hot Hits. Go West "True Colours." SINPO 44333.
6203U 2029 Stargate Radio. Beatles "All You Need is Love," SINPO 44433.
6210 2015 Sluwe Vos Radio. Kraftwerk "The Model." SINPO 55444.
6387 2020 Radio Zwarte Panter. "Don't Stop the Music." SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)

Monday, July 20, 2015

European Music Radio new website

Dear Listeners,

I am proud to announce my new and better website telling the complete history of the last 50 years of my radio interest.

Please take a look and leave any comments

New EMR website is www.europeanmusicradio.com

Please note that the EMR email address has changed to emrshortwave@gmail.com

The old email address of studio@emr.org.uk is not in use anymore!

73s
Tom

(via Tom Taylor)

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Sun July 19

3910 1855 Radio Focus Int (pres). Oldies. SINPO 34333.
4025 1826 Laser Hot Hits. "I Want to be With You Every Day," SINPO 34333.
6205 1839 Radio King Shortwave. "Cotton Eye Joe", jingles. SINPO 34333.
6210U 2155 Stargate Radio (tent). Rock n roll. SINPO 44333.
6245.5 1844 Radio Tango Italia. Tango music. SINPO 34333.
6250.5 1802 Radio Northpole. Oldies, het from station on 6250. SINPO 33333.
6262.5 2129 Wizard Radio. Wang Chung song, ID, email add. SINPO 34333.
6381 1850 Radio Zwarte Panter. Dutch songs. SINPO 44333.
6385 2136 Little Feat Radio. Howard Jones song, greetings, Yazoo. SINPO 44333.
6400 2141 Radio Panda. Abba "Lay All Your Love On Me". SINPO 34333.
6423 1810 Studio 52. "I'm A Choo Choo Train," "Cambodia," ID, greetings. SINPO 24332.
6970L 2148 Baltic Sea Radio. "Una Paloma Blanca," ID jingle and off. SINPO 44333.

(via Twente SDR)

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Sat July 18

4025 1850 Laser Hot Hits. "If You're Going to San Francisco." SINPO 34333.
6305 1835 Radio Rode Adelaar. Instrumental music. SINPO 54444.
6400 1839 Radio Caroline-Rainbow. Oldies, jingles. SINPO 34333.
6750 1844 Radio Mustang. Lady Gaga "Poker Face." SINPO 55444.

(via Twente SDR)

Friday, July 17, 2015

Fri July 17

3905 2003 Skyline International Radio. Rolling Stones. SINPO 44444.
3910 2050 Radio Focus Int (pres). Status Quo "Sweet Caroline", splash 3905. SINPO 43443.
3930 2045 Radio Batavia. Talk in Dutch, Frank Sinatra. SINPO 44433.
4025 2040 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies. SINPO 34333.
6245 2056 Radio Mazda. Boney M "Daddy Cool." SINPO 44433.
6267 2026 Radio Black Arrow. Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy." SINPO 44433.
6285 2007 Radio Python. Dance music, ID, greetings. SINPO 54444.
6290 2013 Radio Goofy. Dance, splash from 6285. SINPO 42332.
6395.5 2020 Radio Zwarte Panter. "Stars on 45," SINPO 44444.
6405 2035 Radio 102 (tent). Weak signal. SINPO 24332.
6423 2030 Hitmix Radio. Schlager. SINPO 44444.

(via Twente SDR)

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Thurs July 16

3910 2016 Radio Focus Int (pres). Rock. SINPO 34333.
4025 2010 Laser Hot Hits. "Strangers of the Night," SINPO 34333.
6289 1948 Radio Digital. Instrumental music, ID through Iann's chat. SINPO 54444.
6306 1942 Radio Altrex. Oldies. SINPO 24332.
6380 2023 Radio Panda. ID jingle, The Who, then 10,000 Volts. SINPO 34333.
6389 1958 Radio Carrierwave. Reggae, ID. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)