I waited 20 years to hear this haunting jingle once more. I was learning Swedish (or trying to) back in 1986, and this was the best sound on the radio all night. I would also love to have it as a ring tone
Shortwave should NEVER Die! It's sad when interval signals like this are not heard on the air anymore. I used to hear this and Swiss Radio Int'l and Radio Deutsche Welle and it's not the same without their interval signals on Shortwave anymore. That's how we know what station we were listening to. Not everybody is able to afford Satellite radio or internet service - no matter what location in the world. Shortwave should not be looked down on as a thing of the past. Shortwave is still going on! I still listen to Shortwave and SSB comms when I am able to :) To all the Shortwave stations - Please, Bring Back Your Interval Signals! :)
Problem is, the internet, smartphone app, and live stream via devices has killed shortwave and medium wave broadcasting and most transmitters have been demolished. If DRM digital radio took off and radio manufacturers brought out loads of suitable sets, it could have saved many of these stations - DRM delivers better quality listening over large distances with AM propagation and can cover large areas at less power than analogue AM transmissions, and if propagation conditions make transmission and reception tricky, then there are modes within the system to make the signal more rugged and robust to counteract fading and resulting digital dropouts caused by the fading, albeit at the cost of a little bit of quality that's not massively detrimental to the listening experience.
Wow, can't believe I found it! Remember sitting in London as a kid tuning into weird and wonderful sounds coming in on shortwave/medium wave. This tune was especially magical. It was the same time as the Star Wars films were coming out. And it sounded as exotic and exciting as anything if it had come in from outer space. BTW, thought this was coming from the Soviet Union - so a few miles off.
Wow, so good to hear this again! When I was a teenager in the 80's, my radio used to pick this station/jingle up a lot. I have never forgotten the tune. Last night I recorded myself humming the tune and today I looked for it on UA-cam and found this great video. I was a few notes out but that tune will be imprinted on my memory forever!
80s memories from mW crackling white noise here in Cavan Ireland Radio Sweden International plus Radio Luxembourg 208 / 1440 Bob Stewart 3am close-down. Thanks for this. Nostalgification is a beautiful and sad thing all at once.
Como DXista, foi uma época maravilhosa nas Ondas Curtas (Short Wave). Desde 1976 viajando nas Ondas das emissoras internacionais em SW. Rádio Suécia Internacional em português para o Brasil. Saudades. Abraços a todos os amantes do DXismo. 73'.
I'm from just outside Dunfermline and I discovered this in 1994 when I was 10. It was mind transportingly magical and I listen to the English language output almost nightly for the next 3 or 4 years.
Used to listen to this as a kid in Glasgow. It was between Clyde (1152) and Virgin (1215) on MW. Clear as a whistle every night. Used to tune in for 60 Degrees North I think it was called - a magazine show in English. The jingle is so haunting and a reminder of happy and simple times.
I was in Germany for 6 months around 1999, and listened to this every night. The magic of hearing a local language and this jingle, on a sketchy MW connection that would fade in and out. Just like Radio Luxemburg some years before that.
The music is called Out in the Wide World by Ralph Lundsten. The album is called In the Fairytale World, and it's on Spotify! His music is magical. Enjoy.
OMG memories,I always remembered a strange jingle whilst listening to the radio in the 80's ,I just couldn't remember the station ,radio luxembourg no,Atlantic 252 no,then I typed in radio stockholm no but it brought me here ,glad I now which station it was as I would have never gone to sleep 😂
Same here. I am from far-off Argentina and used to have pen-friends in my teens and still have some in Sweden. And RSI was a nice company in my nights sometimes. This jingle will always be on my mind. Besides I started to love the Swedish language, the only Nordic language I have learned, though a little but enough to understand so much from Sweden. So Hälsningar fr°an Argentina, my friend.
My story is very similar to silverhorseavenger's. We're the same age, too. Through most of the '80s, when I should've been sleeping, I plugged the headphones into my trusty Goodmans Walkman, can't remember the model but very similar to the PM95s, flick it over to MW (nothing really interested me on the UK FM stations at night) & listen to Radio Sweden International. I found this tune both haunting and soothing at the same time. It seemed to somehow convey the distance the signal was coming from.
Thanks for the info. I used to play this tune just like the jingle on the bells sound of my Yamaha DX7 when I was a teen. Loved listening to RSI at night. Always did want to know who composed it and what it was called. Found it translates as Out In The Wide World and downloaded the whole album from Amazon. ^_^ The whole album is good. :)
We haven't used that interval signal or the signature ("Ut i vida världen" by Rolf Lundsten for a long time now. Our current signature will still be available on satellite, FM and online. (George Wood, Radio Sweden)
The last 12 or so seconds of this jingle were used by Glasgow band The Orchids at the start of their beautiful song 'Me and the Black and White Dream' from their brilliant 'Unholy Soul' album
Used to pick it up on cold winter nights in Dublin when I was 12 or 13. The 80’s were a more innocent time 😊
In the 80s I istened every night to radio sweden international... good old radio-times!!!!! THANKS FOR UPLOADING!
I used to listen to this in bed at night.
I wish I could make this my ringtone!!
I waited 20 years to hear this haunting jingle once more. I was learning Swedish (or trying to) back in 1986, and this was the best sound on the radio all night. I would also love to have it as a ring tone
Mandi Varrie search for youtube clip converter and you can
Have done already. Thanks loads
+Mandi Varrie Me too! Pretty weird to hear it again but wonderful memories.
Mandi Varrie Same here!
Brings back happy memories from the 80s
Same here
Shortwave should NEVER Die!
It's sad when interval signals like this are not heard on the air anymore.
I used to hear this and Swiss Radio Int'l and Radio Deutsche Welle and it's not the same without their interval signals on Shortwave anymore. That's how we know what station we were listening to. Not everybody is able to afford Satellite radio or internet service - no matter what location in the world.
Shortwave should not be looked down on as a thing of the past. Shortwave is still going on!
I still listen to Shortwave and SSB comms when I am able to :)
To all the Shortwave stations - Please, Bring Back Your Interval Signals! :)
Problem is, the internet, smartphone app, and live stream via devices has killed shortwave and medium wave broadcasting and most transmitters have been demolished.
If DRM digital radio took off and radio manufacturers brought out loads of suitable sets, it could have saved many of these stations -
DRM delivers better quality listening over large distances with AM propagation and can cover large areas at less power than analogue AM transmissions, and if propagation conditions make transmission and reception tricky, then there are modes within the system to make the signal more rugged and robust to counteract fading and resulting digital dropouts caused by the fading, albeit at the cost of a little bit of quality that's not massively detrimental to the listening experience.
Radio Romania still have an interval signal.
Wow, can't believe I found it! Remember sitting in London as a kid tuning into weird and wonderful sounds coming in on shortwave/medium wave. This tune was especially magical. It was the same time as the Star Wars films were coming out. And it sounded as exotic and exciting as anything if it had come in from outer space. BTW, thought this was coming from the Soviet Union - so a few miles off.
Same here
Me too. I used to tune in late at night.
Wonderful to hear again after so long!!
Wow, so good to hear this again! When I was a teenager in the 80's, my radio used to pick this station/jingle up a lot. I have never forgotten the tune. Last night I recorded myself humming the tune and today I looked for it on UA-cam and found this great video. I was a few notes out but that tune will be imprinted on my memory forever!
80s memories from mW crackling white noise here in Cavan Ireland Radio Sweden International plus Radio Luxembourg 208 / 1440 Bob Stewart 3am close-down.
Thanks for this. Nostalgification is a beautiful and sad thing all at once.
Como DXista, foi uma época maravilhosa nas Ondas Curtas (Short Wave). Desde 1976 viajando nas Ondas das emissoras internacionais em SW. Rádio Suécia Internacional em português para o Brasil. Saudades. Abraços a todos os amantes do DXismo. 73'.
Used to listen to this late at night from Hull University 1985-88. Great tune and memories.
from linwood, Scotland... I used to tune into this mw on the hour just for this
..thank u
Same here
I'm from just outside Dunfermline and I discovered this in 1994 when I was 10. It was mind transportingly magical and I listen to the English language output almost nightly for the next 3 or 4 years.
Same here . Larkhall early/mid eighties on old radiogram
Listened to this all the time in the middle of the night. Love shortwave.
Used to listen to this as a kid in Glasgow. It was between Clyde (1152) and Virgin (1215) on MW. Clear as a whistle every night. Used to tune in for 60 Degrees North I think it was called - a magazine show in English. The jingle is so haunting and a reminder of happy and simple times.
I was in Germany for 6 months around 1999, and listened to this every night. The magic of hearing a local language and this jingle, on a sketchy MW connection that would fade in and out. Just like Radio Luxemburg some years before that.
Haunting and evocative. I never heard it until now, yet it still arouses a feeling of longing and nostalgia.
Wow-this brings back so many childhood memories. Sweden Calling DX-ers, Sarah Roxstrom and the array of excellent programming.
Wow i remember hearing this in 1991 on 1179 Khz (254 meters) what a little treat down memory lane from the wireless
The music is called Out in the Wide World by Ralph Lundsten. The album is called In the Fairytale World, and it's on Spotify! His music is magical. Enjoy.
The song is called "To the Wide, Wide World" and is written by Ralph Lundsten.
Does this ever bring back memories, 60 Degrees North.
Tuned into this station as a teenager in Stockholm at 89.6 mHz on the FM band. Such simple times they where.
OMG memories,I always remembered a strange jingle whilst listening to the radio in the 80's ,I just couldn't remember the station ,radio luxembourg no,Atlantic 252 no,then I typed in radio stockholm no but it brought me here ,glad I now which station it was as I would have never gone to sleep 😂
Good old time,s I have listen manny time,s.
Wow, again it's the 80s for me listening on may first radio, strange to think you could hear it better then the BBC stations
Same here. I am from far-off Argentina and used to have pen-friends in my teens and still have some in Sweden. And RSI was a nice company in my nights sometimes. This jingle will always be on my mind.
Besides I started to love the Swedish language, the only Nordic language I have learned, though a little but enough to understand so much from Sweden. So Hälsningar fr°an Argentina, my friend.
im feeling nostalgic
Wow, this brings back memories of my teens!!! I had a Swedish penpal thus the interest in Sweden..
My story is very similar to silverhorseavenger's.
We're the same age, too.
Through most of the '80s, when I should've been sleeping, I plugged the headphones into my trusty Goodmans Walkman, can't remember the model but very similar to the PM95s, flick it over to MW (nothing really interested me on the UK FM stations at night) & listen to Radio Sweden International.
I found this tune both haunting and soothing at the same time.
It seemed to somehow convey the distance the signal was coming from.
lol you too huh? catchy jingle. I never forgot it either!
Thanks for the info.
I used to play this tune just like the jingle on the bells sound of my Yamaha DX7 when I was a teen. Loved listening to RSI at night.
Always did want to know who composed it and what it was called.
Found it translates as Out In The Wide World and downloaded the whole album from Amazon. ^_^
The whole album is good. :)
We haven't used that interval signal or the signature ("Ut i vida världen" by Rolf Lundsten for a long time now. Our current signature will still be available on satellite, FM and online. (George Wood, Radio Sweden)
George Wood from SCDX?
Exactly as I remember it!
This and radio Tirana were pretty common to hear, back in the 70's.
The last 12 or so seconds of this jingle were used by Glasgow band The Orchids at the start of their beautiful song 'Me and the Black and White Dream' from their brilliant 'Unholy Soul' album
This used to scare the s*** out of me as a kid. I could hear it in my nightmares.
I this sounds hear with crystal radio in Latvia.
❤
What a great story... sadly it's all over... :((
Upload these recordings to UA-cam, if possible. :)
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Does anybody know, if the interval sign is taken from a swedish folksong?
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