[HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, Jan 30-Feb 2.

["Scott R. Barbour Jr." <srbjrswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

3200, SWAZILAND, TWR Manzini, 0308-0326, Feb 1, listed Ndebele/English. Various announcers w/ religous sounding talk; mx bridges; choral music from 0318-0325 followed by brief announcer & IS/ID loop in EG; fair. (Barbour-NH)

3396, ZIMBABWE, ZBC Gweru, 0327-0342, Jan 30, vernacular. Various announcers w/ brief talk between pop & choral-like mx selections; poor-fair. (Barbour-NH) [Also] 0204-0232, Jan 31, vernacular. M announcer w/ brief talk between Afropops thru BoH; one inspirational tune w/ many Hallelujah's; "Zim-bab-we" shout out in passing; fair. (Barbour-NH)

3925, JAPAN, R. Nikkei Tokyo-Nagara, 0938-0945, Jan 31, Japanese. Familiar format of classical mx; brief announcer between selections; poor. (Barbour-NH)

4800, MEXICO, presumed XERTA Mexico City, 0238, Jan 31, Spanish. M announcer w/ talk between religous sounding mx; very poor & very noisy. (Barbour-NH)

5990, BRAZIL, R. Senado Brasilia, 1002-1021, Jan 31, Portuguese. Various announcers w/ talk over & between mx bits; passing mentions of Brazil; ballads; taking listener phone-calls just before t/out; fair-good. (Barbour-NH)

9575, MOROCCO, presumed R. Mediterranee Int'l Nador, 2038-2101, Feb 2; French/English. Mx program w/ M announcer in FF between selections; some in EE; others in FF; Rod Stewart tune & bad cover of Christopher Cross' "Ride Like the Wind" (not that the original is much better); presumed ID at ToH into news; poor-fair w/ 9580-Gabon splash. (Barbour-NH)

9580, GABON, Afrique #1 Moyabi, 2101-2132, Feb 2, French/English. M announcer w/ nx; field reports & ID zingers; mx prg at 2110 w/ announcer sandwiched between James Brown & Otis Redding bits; prg featured live recording of female singer (never caught her first name, last name sounded like Jackson) who when speaking to the audience between songs; used F-bombs as both nouns, verbs & adjectives! Not offended, just surprised as I've never heard anything like that in the 10 years I've been listening to SW; fair tho deteriorating by BoH. (Barbour-NH)

Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole





      
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