Radio interval signals - European - 1970's/80's
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2015
- A mish mash of European radio interval signals, mostly from the late 1970's and early 1980's.
I used to be fascinated as a young boy, twirling the dials on the radio and hearing these strange voices and funny little 'jingles'. They were of course the stations interval signal.
Here a a few just randomly put together along with some pics of old dials and station idents and qsl cards.
Some are from my own collection on cassette tape..lol, yes, I used to record these things (well I was 11 or 12 !), others are 'borrowed' from the web. and yes, I do have too much time on my hands.
I spent about 12 years DXing, starting in 1970. Bringing the world into my room via shortwave was utterly fascinating. I still miss it and I appreciate these interval signals, some of which I did not recognize. I lived in Baltimore at the time and European stations came in loud and clear for the most part, with the exceptions of Polskie Radio and Radio Bucharest.
I spent more than 30 years dxing. Nice Memories.
Thanks for this video, brings me back to my teenage years - still have my original shortwave radios, not much to listen to now. Memories of their call signs - Radio Australia, Quito Equador, RSA South Africa, Radio Kabul Afghanistan, All India Radio, BBC World Service, Radio Moscow, Vatican Radio, WNYW New York, VOA, Radi Canada Int + all the European Stations. The world was a very different place then! Sadly lost all my log books over the years, but still have a few QSL cards and other mementoes.
This brings back intense feelings. I used to suffer badly as a teenager from eczema - especially at night - and shortwave was a bridge to sanity for me when the rest of the house was asleep.
1:01 I love how it turns from a beautiful and light piece of music to something that makes you want to dance
very nice collection, thank you very much! I was born as late as in the 21st century, yet I can feel the deep 'shortwave feeling', an undescribable feeling of through the times and the world, majestic!
I am still totally memorized by all these shortwave radio jingles from the eighties, very haunting and poignant at the same time. A time machine would be a great idea to go back and listen to these endless tunes. 🎵💎❤🎵🇬🇧🇬🇧 Dec 2021
Glad you enjoyed it
This was beautiful to be able to listen to all these carried signals again. I used to check out Johnathan Marks at Radio Nederlands, and the maniacs over at Radio Tirana. The still pictures of different SWR sets was a real bolt of nostalgia. I had several Grundigs at college.
Remember hearing some of these interval signals on medium and long wave as well back in the 70's, 80's and 90's. Great to hear them again.
Amazing stuff I spent years dxing. Best catches were radio Hanoi Vietnam cong clandestine radio and regional abc stations in Australia. All from Florida. I also enjoyed am dxing. Best catch was KORL 650 in Honolulu. Quite a catch from Florida
2:43 I love the DDR jingle, also used by Radio Bulgaria! I used to shortwave channel surf in the '80s & '90s.
Its not The DDR interval signal. I see the confusion, as the provider showed a DDR QSL Card.
Oh the Radio Nederland church bells and Radio Juke box and later on Media Network by Jonathan Marks. Memories for a life time.
For how much as I like Radio Sweden, Radio Praha sent chills down my spine, I wasnt ready to hear my favourite classic tune
As a very frightened gay boy growing up in remote Australia, my listening in to Radio Moscow , Radio Berlin Int etc was a very important part of my survival as I could imagine I was on those countries . Fond memories from 1982-1988
Dear Richard. I hope you are able to see this comment across a whole 12 months! Your story touched me - I was undiagnosed autistic until quite recently (and I am NOT equating what you had to suffer with my lesser troubles, believe me) and as a child I had a lot of problems that were dealt with through "correction". I had horrific night terrors and this, coupled with hyperactivity, meant my nights were just terrifying.
My wonderful Uncle obtained an old PYE multiband valve radio for me when I was six (that's 1976, so I'm OLD!) and my life changed literally overnight.
The light from the dial and the valves was better than any nightlight, and the incredible range of stations in English back then - Moscow was 24 hours, as were most Soviet-sphere countries, and I quickly discovered the joys of reception reports. When I hear Radio Sofia's intsig, I cry. It was the very first station I heard.
As years passed, I got my amateur licence, and sadly "compilation" files such as this wonderful one, is the only way to reconnect to a history that has gone forever. The shortwave bands are just empty now.
But I think that SWLing is something that draws a certain group of people - who doesn't get misty eyed at Radio Lithuania, RBI, the fun of Radio Sweden, and the "wait for it... now... no... NOW!" of Radio Finland? I'm so happy that you were given some real comfort in a hobby that was wonderfully of its time, helped us, informed us, kept us from the nightmares.
Wherever you are now Richard, I hope you are happy, loved and loving. Take care SWL friend from the other side of the planet!!
@@bradmiley thank you for sharing your story with me . Those were hard times but with the nightly propaganda from Moscow and the love of my parents , I survived . Take care
@@bradmiley I have some links to World War 2 propaganda by both sides including the last (drunken) broadcast by “Lord Haw Haw “ if you’d like to listen
Did you feel that the broadcasts from those countries in particular were more comforting than others? If so, why? Or was it just that they were strong signals in English? Just curious, and wondering what can be learnt from that - in terms of radio production and societies.
@@DavidEsp1 to be honest ,I hated the world I lived in and wanted something completely opposite . I hated capitalism and greed although at that age I didn’t understand what The Soviet Union was really about and I had an idealised vision of it ., it was escapism from the hell I lived in
Oh wow. As a kid I used to listen to the Radio Sweden interval but didn't have a clue what it was until now. I thought it was perhaps something to do with number stations. I'm so grateful to you for posting this.
Amazing! I had an old Hallicrafter SW receiver, and I heard the first Radio Sweden interval signal when I was about 16, back in 1976. I never forgot the musical sequence. To hear this again so many years later is both eerie and somehow reassuring.
Thanks for your message. I love the Radio Sweden interval.
It is called "Out in the Wide World", composed by Ralph Lundsten.
Try this : ua-cam.com/video/pyssqsa24xY/v-deo.html
and this: ua-cam.com/video/zFDSuEezwsU/v-deo.html
Beautiful piece of music.
I cried listening this sounds. I regret to my young days.
Radio Sweden used to boom in here in Southern England on 1179 medium wave in the evenings. Used to listen to them often plus wrote off to them. Nice replies back
Back in the late 60's when searching for Radio Luxemburg, the Radio Tirana & Radio Moscow signals used to freak me out
OMG NRK Radio Top of the World! I had one of those cards too! Must have been a school boy thing, LOL! I used to love listening to all the foreign stations. Would send a letter addressed to whatever station, capital city and the country. Never had any idea about proper addresses and I was always delighted if I got a card back. Completely ignorant of all the cold war politics at the time but was fascinated by all the "cultural" material that came with many of the cards.
Great video, a lot of fun memories!
In 1990,s I hear radio Sweden with homemade crystal radio... over Baltic sea... at night.
What a brilliant collection. Brings back so many memories. In fact I have just bought a mint used Steepletone radio, the same model I had in the early eighties when I loved this.
The Danish Radio to Greenland -MARVELLOUS! Such a catch.
I remember listening to these stations and hearing all these strange interval signals, voices and other stuff like the Over the horizon Russian radar. I would listen on an old Valve(Tube) radio. It didnt even have a dial, someone gave it to me and it was found at the tip.
I have recorded on cassette short wave and. weird shows. My reception was never as clear. Late at night I would try to imagine the radio station. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for bringing back good memories, have a 1985 R 2000 in bad shape will allways keep
Thanks for the memory, I especially liked the Swiss Radio International reception, as they're no longer on air the reception quality sounded like the signal was a ghost from the past.
I have heaps of DX recordings on reel to reel tape, I must digitise them some day.
Please do!
I am really sad that I wasn't born during this time. You don't get this kind of feeling with internet. Something fuzzy and nostalgic about this.
Lovely to listen to the interval signals and old radio recordings from the bygone era, it's very nostalgic.
I started listening to SW radio from the late 70s and became a swl and a dxer.
Can someone please post the radio jingles of Radio Australia from the 80s, thank you.
Good old memories when I was a student and swl. I was crazy of listening to European countries. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
How I miss all of this! A lost world.
yeah, it's really sad... it was the spirit of the world
懐かしいなぁ‼️今のようにデジタルで、周波数表示が無かったから
インターバルシグナル探しながら
周波数を合わせてました😅
I was twiddling the tuning dial on a small world sw radio I bought at Tesco earlier this year and came across an interval signal. Not sure what station it was but at least we know they actually still exist even now in 2020.
blimey these call sign jingles takes me back, i first listened in 1991 and some of these were still in use, sadly by the end of the 1990's most had gone, the SW band nowadays is almost dead
Blimey the memories come flooding back!
Very nice recording at the beginning, much better than my shortwave radio cassette recordings from the early 1970s.
Still remember how this used the be The Way to find out what was happening around the world. Especially English Football ! And Aussie Rules Football !!!
The wider your band, the more your love.
I listened to Radio Sweden at night on 1179 kHz MW in North West England from their omnidirectional MW transmitter at Horby Sweden, it transmitted at 600 kW erp.
I used to listen to them in South west of England i wrote to them sometimes and got sweet replies back. I remember it now S 105 10 Stockholm Just like Brussels Calling on 1512medium wave. Being mentioned on their postbag programme.
It started my interest as a radio amateur
Some „Radio Moscow” [Падио Москва] interval based on „Wide is my Motherland [Широка строна моя родная] would be nice
1. Radio Sweden, Sweden
2. Radio Sweden, Sweden
3. Radio Praha, Czechoslovakia
4. Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
5. Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
6. Swiss Radio International, Switzerland
7. ?
8. Radio Białystok, Poland
9. Radio Beograde, Yugoslavia
10. YLE Radio Finland, Finland
11. Radio Netherlands International, Netherlands
12. ?
13. ?
14. Radio Poland, Poland
15. Radio Stancyy Lug (?), USSR
16. ?
17. Radio Volga, Soviet Army’s radio to Czechoslovakia and GDR
18. Radio Vaticana, Vatican City
19. NRK Radio Int., Norway
20. Radio Volga, Soviet Army’s radio to Czechoslovakia and GDR
21. ?
22. DR Radio Denmark, Denmark
23. Radio Berlin International, GDR
24. ?
25. KRO, The Netherlands
26. ?
27. YLE Radio Finland, Finland
28. YLE Radio Finland, Finland
29. Radio Netherlands International, Netherlands
30. ?
xCiachooPL Oficjalny Number 23's Radio Berlin International, German Democratic Republic
Thanks! ;)
I think 15 says "Radiostantsiye Volga".
16 is definitely Swiss Radio International.
26 is the Eurovision theme.
In 12th is Radio Kołobrzeg
@@adamnich2006 to sekret
It reminds of the long nights in the eighties with my Panasonic RF-3100
Still have my old analogue FRG-7 and R-5000 safely stored away, will have to dust them off one day soon!
Yeah for sure it was a wonderfull period, i was mesmerized by this magic moment discovering aa huge range of culture😀
thank you so much for this
Very well done. Thank you.
The one I really wanted to hear is not on here - it was from the early 70s and consisted of several trumpets in a rising daa da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da.. I know that sounds stupid describing it on here like that but there is no other way I could do it. I can still hear it now 45 years later.. I wish I could find it somewhere..
Hi. I'm a bit late to the party but I think it might be Radio Tirana. It always used to fade in and out while I was listening to Radio Luxemburg. I have it as my ringtone :)
Radio Denmark still called megahertz in its frequency "megacycles". Old terminology... But not as old as in the times when it was common to tell the wavelength and not the frequency.
Radio Luxembourg 208.😊
Beautiful...
Hey benim gençliğim, günlerimiz kısa dalgada geçer, farklı sesler arar Türkçe bir şey duyduk mu sevinirdik.
Awesome!
Doktor Uzo i have been trying to find an interval signal that used to be found on Mw around the late 1970's in essex in the Uk. it sounded like a Trumpet playing a basic jingle that went on for hours, as i kid i used to listen to it regularly but cannot find it anywhere
I remember something like that on shortwave it was a trumpet from memory and sounded medieval. it was just a few notes in it like da da daa, da da daaaaa. if you get what i mean.
Radio Tirana Albania
Could someone tell me what the music at 2:56 is? I tried using Shazam to find it, but because of the low quality it keeps giving me random crappy rap songs.
Nostalgin är super!!!
2:17 Nice melody 🎶 🎵
TV stations from the first program segment program of Nederland 1 (NCRV)
@7:58 sounds like an Isao Tomita synth patch? Same exact tone he uses in his rendition of Clair De Lune
Thank you
I've been trying to trace down one that was common in the 1970's that was just a continuous repeat of a short orchestral phrase perhaps eight note that went , sort of (sorry I am not in the least bit musical), pom ..pom ..padah pom padah dah
The most beautiful signals are: (ramdom order) BBC, Radio Netherland, Radio Sweden and Radio Vaticano.
ha, yes...I have the Radio Sweden one as my ring tone on my phone...lol
But qsl pictures don't match with sounds....
How did you get these recording so clearly? These were as far as I know only broadcast on Shortwave or on Radio P6. So they would never have been heard in FM quality. So what software was used to turn these shortwave recordings into FM quality please? Thanks.
My friend has 3 records of short wave 1 qsl and 1 might not be might in Moscow
My aunt used to have a qsl record
It has a rocket like part of the iss she might have it in Fairburn ga auntiqe mall and midnight in Moscow
Rose toms mom was sweet i miss thim thay used to live in habersham ga now fairburn ga
Minute 01:00.. WOW, Nice, Exotic, name of little melody? Greetings, i love it! Please!!
* with various research I found: Ralph Lundsten - Out In The Wide World
Excellent!! Great Sverige!
Alessandro Gnoll SR was the best!
13:22 Please help me what is this radio
UPDATE: The music is Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Paris, 1643. - Paris, 1704. feb 24) french baroque music
Радио Швеции и Международное радио Швейцарии слышали хорошо.
Nice tunes Where did it go?
Do you know what station's ID is playing in 2:26? Thank you :' )
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria.
1:45 tom tryed to give me some records but aunt is a bugger but i dont have a record player
SUPER PUHU@@@
what is the station at 8.52? I can remember hearing it but can't remember what station it was?
I never heard it
NCRV And IKON Leader (idents)
What is this station on the picture at 5:45 that says "Govorit Volga" (Говорит Волга)?
Nevermind, I answered myself. :) Radio Volga (Russian: Радио Волга) was a radio station for the Soviet armed forces stationed in the former East Germany and Czechoslovakia, broadcasting mainly in Russian.
Radio Sweden on 1179Khz MW.
Got a QSL for that frequency.RAI from Italy also on am, as was Deutchland funk.(Both in English).I'm in Dublin.
Thank you for posting this vid!
Do you know what station's ID is playing at 3:10 ?
Thanks for your comment...no problem.
The jingle that starts at 3:10 is the Swiss Radio International jingle from the late 1970's to early 1980's.
ua-cam.com/video/zO4P9az2cTg/v-deo.html
Hi there, I've just discovered your video and would like to say thank you for uploading it. Clips like these should be preserved and cherished. I am interested to know what the ident is at 07:04 it's a little flutey track which reminds me of the band Focus. Thank you and greetings from the UK.
1. Radio Sweden (new)
2. Radio Sweden (old)
3. Radio Praha (old)
4. Radio Praha (modern)
5. Radio Sofia
6. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (old, now known as Swiss Radio International)
7. ???
8. Radio Belgrade, Yugoslavia
9. Radio Finland
10. Radio Netherlands Worldwide
11. ???
12. Radio Polonia
13. ???
14. Swiss Radio International (modern)
15. ???
16. Vatican Radio
17. NRK (old, now known as Radio Norway International)
18. ???
19. ???
20. Radio Denmark
21. Radio Berlin International (DDR, merged with Deutsche Welle from BRD)
22. DR
23. ???
24. Radio Vlaanderen International
25. RTBF
26. Radio Finland (YLE)
27. RNW Bonaire
28. ???
7. is Radio Polonia. It uses theme from "Prząśniczka" of Moniuszko.
12th is not radio polonia.. is Radio Kołobrzeg
@@transformatamellina9762 I don't think it's Radio Polonia. "Prząśniczka" used to be the interval signal of Radio Białystok, a local one from north-eastern Poland. And 12th is Radio Koszalin, Radio Kołobrzeg didn't exist - although the local program from Koszalin was also for the nearby port town (it's why you hear sea waves in it) of Kołobrzeg.
Interestingly, "Prząśniczka" also used to be the jingle of the Polish TV division in the city of Łódź - used in this role until late 2000s: ua-cam.com/video/H6V8z_AKUvc/v-deo.html
The logo of Radio Łódź (but... the current one, only several years old!) appears in the video, but the historic interval signal of Radio Łódź was just four gongs with various tones. It begins at 10:45.
You will find the historic radio jingles from Poland here: ua-cam.com/video/RIZcNkNi4FY/v-deo.html
Why can't we acsess the ful range of our communication endeavours ? All in for science xxx
The tuning signal haunts me still today at 9.05
Can not remember who it is. Can anyone help
Vatican Radio, I think. Still going, with the same interval signal.
The Interval signal is still the same, but I think it’s more of an orchestrated version now!
Vatican Radio - I know it from the rebroadcast of their news in Polish, aired every evening on the Polish Radio 1, always preceded with this signal.
Rádio Česko is nôt from 70s or 80s...in that time Czechia was a part of Czechoslovakia
10:10 Katyusha
What station was the very last one at 14:28 ua-cam.com/video/ciFfhPH00-Y/v-deo.htmlsi=IYpEx4BecCZh8tRc&t=867
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