1980s shortwave sounds - part 13

Here is another collection of recordings from the 1980s including the Voice of Nicaragua in English, a mysterious anti-Castro clandestine called Radio Caiman and American shortwave stations WRNO, WHRI  and KCBI.

Voice of Nicaragua English service - IDs
Christian Science Monitor - sign off
Radio Australia - interval signal, ID
Radio Bangladesh - sign on
Radio Japan - sign off
RAE, Argentina - sign on
WRNO, USA - ID
Radio Tachira, Venezuela - IDs
Voice of Free China, Taiwan - address
Voice of Nicaragua - sign off
Voice of Free China - sign off
KCBI, USA - IDs
Radio Caiman - IDs
AWR Forli, Italy - sign off
WHRI, USA - sign off
WINS, New York, USA - IDs
CJYQ, Newfoundland, Canada - IDs

(18:10 mins)

Here is the link: 
https://www.mixcloud.com/shortwave_listener/shortwave-radio-in-the-1980s-part-13/

I hope you enjoyed this nostalgic trip  back to the shortwave sounds from the 1980s. That's it for these recordings, unless I come across any more old cassette tapes.

1980s shortwave sounds - part 11

Here are some more archive recordings from the 80s, including a clip of Radio Nigeria being broadcast via the Voice of Nigeria's external service following a coup in 1983,  Radio Jamihiriyah in Libya and Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation's weekly programme to Cypriots in Britain via the BBC's transmitters on the island.


KYOI, Saipan - ID
United Nations Radio - sign on, IDs, sign off
Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran - sign off
Radio Luxembourg - ID
Radio Nigeria, Lagos - interval signal, military announcements after coup
Radio Korea, South Korea - interval signal, ID
Radio Lara, Venezuela - ID
Radio Sutatenza, Colombia  - IDs
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation - sign on
Voice of Hope, Lebanon - IDs, address
Voice of Lebanon - sign on, sign off
KFBS, Saipan - test announcement
KYOI, Saipan - IDs
Radio Japan - announcement about Gabon relay station, sign off
Radio Jamihiriyah, Libya - sign on, address, sign off

(19:23 mins)

Here is the link: https://www.mixcloud.com/shortwave_listener/shortwave-radio-in-the-1980s-11/

1980s shortwave sounds - part 8

Here are some more shortwave (plus a medium wave station) stations from the past including Radio
Pyongyang, Deutschlandfunk and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which used SWiss Radio Int's transmitters. Bizim Radio was a Turkish clandestine.

Radio Pyongyang, North Korea - sign on, sign off
WWVH, Hawaii - address
Deutschlandfunk English service, West Germany - sign on, sign off
Italian Radio & Television Service - sign on
Radio Japan - sign on
Voice of Malaysia - sign off
Radio Afghanistan - sign off
United Arab Emirates Radio - test transmission
Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran - sign off
Red Cross Broadcasting Service, Switzerland - sign on, address
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia - interprogramme IDs
Voice of Nigeria - ID
Bizim Radio (clandestine) - sign on
Radio New Zealand - sign off

(18:36 mins)

Here's the link: https://www.mixcloud.com/shortwave_listener/shortwave-stations-in-the-1980s-8/

1980s shortwave sounds - part 3

Welcome to some sounds from the shortwave bands in the early 1980s. Tune into the tropical
band in those days and it would be full of exotic sounds from Asia, Africa and Latin America. On this recording is a clip from Radio Tacna, Peru. Other recordings feature Radio Yugoslavia signing on, Radio Peking - before the Chinese capital was renamed Beijing - and the theme music from the Radio Budapest DX show.


Full tracklisting:
Voice of America: ID
Radio Tacna, Peru: IDs
Radio Station Peace & Progress, USSR: ID, sign off
All India Radio: Sign on
Radio Yugoslavia: Sign on
Radio Peking, China: Sign on and off
Kol Israel: Sign on
Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Sign on
Radio Japan: ID, address
Radio Budapest, Hungary: ID, address, sign off
Radio Habana Cuba: Address
Kol Israel: Address, sign off
Radio Kuwait: Sign on

(15:38 mins)

Here is the link:
https://www.mixcloud.com/shortwave_listener/shortwave-radio-in-1980s-3/