Audio Radio Sound Files

Springbok Radio (24 November 1978) - anyone who listened to Springbok Radio (the domestic service of the South African Broadcasting Corporation) in the 1970's remembers the English and Afrikaans broadcasts with all its interesting commercials...

Advertisement for "Rothman's King Size Cigarettes" (61k - 33 sec.)
Advertisement for "Berol 95 roller pen" (69k - 37 sec.)
Advertisement for "Jiffy Handy Pack Plastic Bags" (72k - 38 sec.)
Time check after advertisement for "Gunston Cigarettes" (74k - 40 sec.)

My Springbok Radio QSL Card

Here's a 12 minute continuous clip of Springbok Radio (contains all the adverts above plus more) in MP3 format (2.8 Mb.) and another 12 minute clip (2.9 Mb.) from Radio RSA recorded in the same week in 1978.

United Kingdom Domestic stations (13-14 February 1993) - I recorded these during a weeks' stay in Worcester, England. Being from the US, it's interesting to listen to domestics from other countries...

ID for "Atlantic 252 Longwave" (66k - 36 sec.)
Traffic report and ID for "BBC CWR FM 103.7" (85k - 46 sec.)
Traffic report and ID for "BBC Radio Gloucestershire FM 104.7" (48k - 25 sec.)
Weather and ID for "BBC Radio 5 AM 909" (61k - 33 sec.)
ID for "BBC Radio Wales" (50k - 27 sec.)
Traffic report and ID for "BBC WM FM 95.6" (93k - 50 sec.)
ID for "Radio WR Worcester FM 103.4" (93k - 50 sec.)
ID for "Radio Wyven FM 102.7" (80k - 43 sec.)
ID for "WNK 103.3 FM London" (43k - 20 sec.)
 ID for "KISS 100 FM London" (37k - 17 sec.)
 Signoff of "BBC Radio 5 1386kHz" (95k - 45 sec.)
 ID for "Jazz FM 102.2 London" (21k - 9 sec.)
 ID for "Capital FM 104.9 London" (45k - 21 sec.)
 ID for "2FM 612kHz Ireland" (27k - 12 sec.)
 Another ID for "2FM 612kHz Ireland" (21k - 9 sec.)

 
Canadian Domestic stations  - I recorded these in 1993 during a stay in Ottawa...

ID for "CFRA 580 kHz"
ID for "CIWW 1310 kHz"
ID for "CJMJ FM100"
Another ID for "CJMJ FM 100"
ID for "CKCU FM 93.1"

Radio Wunderland International, Holland  - Pirate broadcaster, from a tape recorded for me by Doug Wicks in Germany in 1983 ...

ID for "Radio Wunderland International Holland"

German Domestic stations  - I recorded these in 1992 during a stay in Germany...

ID for "RIAS 1 Berlin 89.6 MHz"
Another ID for "RIAS 1 Berlin 89.6 MHz"
ID for "Hessischer Rundfunk 3 Frankfurt"
Another ID for "HR 3 Frankfurt"
Yet another ID for "HR 3 Frankfurt"
Traffic Report on "HR 3 Frankfurt"
 
 

Medium Wave recordings from Trans-Atlantic stations, heard in Pennsylvania USA

October 25, 2005 was a great night for TA reception here in the US; here are a few of the stations I heard then:

Virgin Radio 1215 kHz

Radio Sawa Kuwait 1548 kHz

Radio Farda UAE 1575 kHz

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