Short wave radio Jazz stations ??
Spitfiremk9
Any station playing Jazz etc etc.
Does anybody know any frequencies in the short wave bands
and what time they broadcast so they can be heard from the UK ?
Thanks for any help!
Kristoff Bonne
Op Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:59:22 -0700, schreef Spitfiremk9:
> I would like to pick up Radio Cuba or stations from Brazil.
> Any station playing Jazz etc etc.
I know RCI (Radio Canada International) sometimes broadcasts CBC jazz
programs on their satellite channels (on eutelsat hotbird).
But I doubt they transmit these programs on SW.
Perhaps on VOA?
> Does anybody know any frequencies in the short wave bands
> and what time they broadcast so they can be heard from the UK ?
I don't know if you have a satellite-dish; but you can pick up quite a few
full-time jazzstation via satellite over Europe (7 in total, the last time
I checked).
> Thanks for any help!
Cheerio! Kr. Bonne.
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DAB sounds worse than FM
> I would like to pick up Radio Cuba or stations from Brazil.
Radio Cuba is available via the Internet but seems to be off-air, or just
not streaming at the moment, see:
http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?s=Cuba&numresult=25
http://www.radiocuba.net/
> Any station playing Jazz etc etc.
There's loads of jazz internet radio stations, see:
http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?sgenre=Jazz
http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?sgenre=Latin
http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?sgenre=Swing
http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?sgenre=Big%20Band
http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?sgenre=Classic
http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?sgenre=Smooth
http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?sgenre=Acid%20Jazz
For good audio quality you will need a broadband internet connection and go
for any station that uses bit rates of 128kbps or higher. But if you only
have a 56k modem then there's still loads of stations that you can receive
but the audio quality won't be very good.
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Here are the frequencies for Radio Habana Cuba:
http://www.radiohc.org/Distributions/freqtable.html
The following is an excellent site for finding online stations and their
websites. There are loads of stations from Brazil, you'll have to plough
through their websites to see if any transmit on shortwave:
http://www.live-radio.net/ww_ac.shtml#brazil
or you can just enjoy them online!
If the above link doesn't work go to www.live-radio.net and navigate from
there.
Richard L.
museum...@my-deja.com (Spitfiremk9) wrote:
Sounds to me as though you need either http://www.wrth.com/ or
http://www.passband.com/ -- both are very recommendable.
Richard L.
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Warpcore
evenings periodically plays some nice stuff. 11.780 Mhz coming in nicely in
Washington state around 5 pm pdt (01:00 utc
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Warpcore wrote:
> Radio Nacional da Amazonia also called Radio Nacional from Brasilia in the
> evenings periodically plays some nice stuff. 11.780 Mhz coming in nicely in
> Washington state around 5 pm pdt (01:00 utc
Uh, 5 pm PDT would be 0000 hours UTC...
Warpcore
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Martin
> I don't know if you have a satellite-dish; but you can pick up quite a few
> full-time jazzstation via satellite over Europe (7 in total, the last time
> I checked).
Hi Kristoff,
The ones I know of on 13E / 19E / 28E are: Paris Jazz, Jazz Radio Berlin,
Swiss Jazz. There's UK Jazz FM of course (don't like that much!) plus a
Nederlands Jazz FM if I remember correctly. Can you remember what else is
out there?
Thanks!
- Martin.
Kristoff Bonne
Op Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:53:27 +0100, schreef Martin:
>> I don't know if you have a satellite-dish; but you can pick up quite a few
>> full-time jazzstation via satellite over Europe (7 in total, the last time
>> I checked).
> The ones I know of on 13E / 19E / 28E are: Paris Jazz, Jazz Radio Berlin,
> Swiss Jazz. There's UK Jazz FM of course (don't like that much!) plus a
> Nederlands Jazz FM if I remember correctly. Can you remember what else is
> out there?
OK. Let's see:
- On astra 19.2, you've got two: Paris Jazz and TSF Jazz.
- The same for hotbird: Jazz Radio Berlin (I do like this one) and Swiss
Jazz.
- On Astra 2, there's Jazz FM UK
- There's RIFF on worldspace (which is pretty good too).
- And on 1W, there's jazz radio Bulgaria (it's on the Eastern-European beam of
the thor 3; so reception in the UK might be quite difficult, but reception
with a 80 cm dish is possible here in Belgium).
Next to that; there's also a Hungarian "jazz FM" on the eastern-European
beam of Amos 1 (at 4W). But that one is impossible to receive in our
regions.
So; that's actually 8 in total! ;-)
> - Martin.
Mike Terry
http://www.radiohc.org/Distributions/hist-eng.html its rather political and
anti-US as you would expect but they do play good music as well.
Radio Havana Cuba, the first Cuban international shortwave radio station,
was officially inaugurated on May 1, 1961. Born as an alternative to
international news agencies and stations that distort the image of the
island's revolutionary process, since its founding, Radio Havana Cuba has
been an authentic Cuban voice devoted to broadcasting the island's social,
economy and political panorama.
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invasion in April of that year, perpetrated by US-trained mercenaries. That
US aggression was repelled by the Cuban people in less than 72 hours.
In view of international news agencies' silence on US-backed aggressions, on
April 16th, 1961 speaking at the funeral of the victims of US bombings on
Cuban airports, Cuban President Fidel Castro said: "Do they really believe
they will be able to hide it from the world? ... No, Cuba already has a
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Beloved Leader
> Any station playing Jazz etc etc.
Voice of Russia.
Warpcore
decent broadcasts. You might inquire of them via email whether they have or
plan to have jazz brodcasts - can't hurt <S>.
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Mike Terry
be able to find recordings on the net.
Mike
Beloved Leader
> The VOA Jazz Hour with Willis Conover was superb,...
Gratuitous link to an article about jazz in Washington DC in the
fifties in which Willis Conover is mentioned:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archives/cover/2003/cover0808.html
>>
The group's high profile was also in part due to the presence of
Conover, who agreed to "present" THE Orchestra. Conover's show, on
WMAL AM, had made jazz converts of countless listeners; he had
impeccable taste, employed artful segues of classic and modern jazz,
and didn't affect any pseudo-hip slang. And he seduced his audience
with an ultra-mellifluous, made-for-radio voice—a mesmerizing
blend of professor, raconteur, and elocution teacher. The late poet
Joseph Brodsky, who heard Conover's Voice of America broadcasts as a
youngster in Russia, hailed it as "the richest-in-the-world bass
baritone of Willis Conover."
<<
Martin
> OK. Let's see:
> - On astra 19.2, you've got two: Paris Jazz and TSF Jazz.
Thanks for TSF. I'd forgotten to copy this into the Jazz category on the
Dreambox.
> - The same for hotbird: Jazz Radio Berlin (I do like this one) and Swiss
> Jazz.
> - On Astra 2, there's Jazz FM UK
> - There's RIFF on worldspace (which is pretty good too).
No Worldspace receiver here, yet...
> - And on 1W, there's jazz radio Bulgaria (it's on the Eastern-European
> beam of the thor 3; so reception in the UK might be quite difficult, but
> reception
> with a 80 cm dish is possible here in Belgium).
Yep, can't quite pull in that transponder with my 1 metre dish in the UK.
> Next to that; there's also a Hungarian "jazz FM" on the eastern-European
> beam of Amos 1 (at 4W). But that one is impossible to receive in our
> regions.
Just found two more, though they sound a bit dodgy:
1. On Astra 19.2E, the Canalsatellite France transponder that offers Paris
Jazz and TSF (12.207V 27500 3/4) also has a channel labelled "MCITY".
Selecting this channel gives a choice of audio tracks, one of which is
"Smooth Jazz".
2. On Hotbird 13.0E, the AbSat transponder at 12692H 27500 3/4 has a channel
called "Jazzy Love Radio".
Just had a quick listen to these. So far they're certainly not in the same
league as Jazz Radio Berlin. Both are automatic stations with no human
presenter. Too close to elevator-music at times; so I'm off to "Rock
Antenne" for something to wake me up again... Ah, ZZ Top!
Cheers,
- Martin.
Mark Bradley
bring up myself. I recently purchased a short wave radio and,
strictly in the novice stage, to a degree (as in taking a break from
the Royals on AM) enjoy noodleing around with it of a summer evening
outdoors. One finds some good classical music coming out of places
like Germany and Russia but I hadn't had much luck finding jazz. I'll
definetly check out these aforementioned recommendations.
As a basic guide there is a great book that lists ALL short wave
stations and the times they're on among other valuable short wave
info, called "Passport To World Band Radio," Edition 2003, that I
highly recommend. AllDirect.com has it for only about 12 bucks or so,
and of course it's probably available most everwhere else too.
Nick Hopton
<pan.2003.08.29....@compaqnet.nospam.be>, Kristoff Bonne
<kristof...@compaqnet.nospam.be> wrote.
[...]
>- And on 1W, there's jazz radio Bulgaria (it's on the Eastern-European beam of
>the thor 3; so reception in the UK might be quite difficult, but reception
>with a 80 cm dish is possible here in Belgium).
[...]
I've just tried to find Jazz Radio Bulgaria using an 80-cm dish in
Reading, England, but, as you suspected, without success. Only just,
though, the 'lock' indicator flashes occasionally when I try to find
this TP.
Regards,
Nick.
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Nick Hopton
<mike...@ukrivals.net> wrote.
>The VOA Jazz Hour with Willis Conover was superb, he is dead now but you may
>be able to find recordings on the net.
[...]
Agreed, about 'The Jazz Hour'. What about that 'kerlump!' on the drums
that started 'Take the A-train'? Did it belong there or was it grafted
on from a recording of the same piece by Brubeck?
You'll remember 'Music USA' too, I guess? Introduced by 'Coral Reef', by
Les Brown.
Blue
Blue
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Nick Hopton
<xx...@xxxxx.xxx> wrote.
[...]
>> I've just tried to find Jazz Radio Bulgaria using an 80-cm dish in
>> Reading, England, but, as you suspected, without success. Only just,
>> though, the 'lock' indicator flashes occasionally when I try to find
>> this TP.
[...]
>Are we talking shortwave or satellite here ?
[...]
European satellite, I'm afraid. Sorry, this thread seems to have found
its way into some groups where it's not relevant.
Kristoff Bonne
Op Di, 09 Sep 2003 15:49:41 +0100, schreef Nick Hopton:
> [...]
>>> I've just tried to find Jazz Radio Bulgaria using an 80-cm dish in
>>> Reading, England, but, as you suspected, without success. Only just,
>>> though, the 'lock' indicator flashes occasionally when I try to find
>>> this TP.
>>Are we talking shortwave or satellite here ?
> European satellite, I'm afraid. Sorry, this thread seems to have found
> its way into some groups where it's not relevant.
Well, I wonder why the OP cross-posted this into alt.radio.digital ?
But, anycase, it's still about jazz, isn't it ;-)
Anycase, the 1 line summary: if you're really interested in jazz; a
satellite-dish will be of more help then a SW-radio.
> Regards,
> Nick.