"THE AMazing AM
"
AM RADIO DAYS IN
NORWAY
AM BROADCASTING
STATIONS MONITORED IN NORWAY 1945-1993.
Editors:
KJELL ARNE OLSEN
SVENN MARTINSEN
DX-LISTENERS' CLUB NORWAY(c)
Files for download
1.htm format
British Isles
Ireland International Waters
2. Excel format
British Isles Ireland
International Waters
Original Preface(Original data
file "READ ME" updated and corrected)
Edition
closed on May 1st, 1994 with a few additional corrections since then.
Welcome to
"The AMazing AM(AM Radio Days in Norway 1945-1993)"!
This is
the 3rd edition of an enormous collection of Long-and Medium Frequency
Broadcasting Stations monitored in Norway.
It first
appeared in 1974 with Arvid Frsland and Svenn Martinsen as editors. A new
edition emerged in 1979 with the same persons in charge, while the current
edition has been worked on since the middle of the 1980s, with a special
intense period since 1990.
The task
has been particularly difficult this time.
Both editors
have been very busy in their daily work.
We have
also witnessed a vast amount of changes during the last years, within ex-USSR, East Europe,
Germany etc., and it has been quite a challenge to stay in touch with all those
changes.
A lot of
work has also been put into the fields of Ireland, UK, International Waters,
Holland, incl. the land based pirates there, Military stations etc.
Then, the
collecting and editing of notes for the separate countries and parts of the
world have taken much time. In the end, one Apple Macintosh(and a 50 MHz 486 PC
for the final formatting) computer at each of the editors did a great
difference. We have used one of the better spreadsheet programs (Microsoft
Excel 5.0 for Windows/4.0 for the Mac), and we are able to supply data in these
and other data formats for DOS/Windows and the Macintosh. The basic listing of
material has been done by Kjell Arne, while the finishing work for the
European, African, Asian, North American, and Caribbean parts has been done by
Svenn. The finishing work for Latin
America, and the lay-out for the whole publication was done by Kjell Arne.
The data
version may be used for historical reference, but might also be used as
platform for your own country lists, personal log lists, and lists of several
types.
Please note, however, that any new
lists produced from this licensed product, have to be authorised by the editors
of The AMazing AM before work can start.
You are however, without further
notice, authorised to make changes in the listings, by correcting them, or
adding information to them.
The editors would be glad to be
notified of important corrections and additions.
Comments to the listings.
All in
all, we have followed a traditional way of listing the stations.
The first column is the logged frequency.
The second column has some
Codes:
1000 v
Station was varying in frequency
1000 a
Station's approximate frequency
1000 #
Station has closed.
1000 x
Station's old frequency
1000 n
Station's new frequency
1000 h
Station logged on harmonic of fundamental frequency
1000 s
Station's spurious frequency
1000 d
Logging via daytime propagation
The third column is for station call letters.
The fourth column is for station name.
There are
different ways of listing the name. Both the method of listing all known names
in this column and listing older names after an "ex" in the notes
after each section are used. The first method is especially suitable for
transmitters with several identifications. =, and () means both same as...
and b) for station transmitter site.
There are different ways of listing the site. In all cases, we have tried to
come as near as possible to the actual geographical spot of transmitter and
towers/wire. However, for USA and Canada, the traditional city/town of license
is maintained. For these areas, the site may be indicated in the comments
column.
For The
United Kingdom, the closest known name to the site has been used in some cases,
as several of IBA/RA/BBC sites are quite difficult to find on maps, and the
original IBA contracting areas were quite approximate. E.g. 1530
Huddersfield&Halifax.Transmitter in the Kirklees area, site name Vicars
Lot. On the
other
hand, the famous BBC site names are all used.
For
Ireland, even actual house is used in some cases. E.g. John Thewlis, Joe Jackson.
For e.g.
Germany, ex-USSR and Spain, the site is indicated after an - of actual city.
E.g. 810 Berlin-Charlottenburg. If more is known, the comments will contain
this information, e.g.Savignyplatz in this particular case.
The fifth column is for state/county of a particular
country. Not used much, but covered for ex-USSR, Mexico, the USA, Canada, and
South America.
The sixth column is for country, mainly according to
ITU abbreviations.
The seventh column is for a number indicating a note/comment.
The large eighth column is for the year listings between
1945-1992. An x will indicate a logging of the station on the channel in
question that year.
The right and last columns deal with FFN, first from Norway,
the first known logging of the station, firstly person's signature, and then
date.
The notes/comments are for comments on
loggins/station or any related topic. These follow each section, and the
numbers here correspond with column seven in the main listing.
1993 listings indicating new stations
or stations on new channels are in a separate file. Some offshoot lists, plus
1922-1944 listings for some areas, will become available during the next year
or so. Write for details. Lists of Long and Medium Wave Beacons, plus Utility
Medium Wave are also in the making.
Signatures:
AB Arnstein Bue, Trondheim
AF Arvid Frsland,
Bergen/Mandal/Brnnysund/Lakselv/Farsund
AH Arnfinn Higrd, Madla
AHO Arvid Husdal, Orkanger
AH Aslak Hakedal, Grovane
AL Asbjrn Lie, Haugesund
AM Arnfinn Mong, Egersund
AMY Arnold Myhre, Slagen
AOF AF and OF, Lakselv
AS Arnfinn Stre, Orkanger
ASK Arild Skalmeraas, Rissa
A Alf rdal, Gursky
BE Bernt Erfjord,
Kvinesdal/Kristiansand
BH Bjarne Mjelde, Berlevg
BR TN, KM, Brnnysund
DL Dag Leraand, Buvika
DLF Dag Leraand, Finnmark
LA150 Tore
Eikeri, Oslo
LA232 Leiv
Hov, Hundorp
DX632
Nyb, Hardbakke
EA Edmund Austigard, rdal i
Ryfylke
EE Ellmann Ellingsen,
Hamar/Oslo
EG TW, PI, RM, Egersund
FNL TN, AF, RM, Bergen
GS Geir Stokkeland, Vestnes
GSA GS at these Arctic QTHs: Hopen, Bjrnya,
Jan Mayen
GSF GS in Finnmark
HAH Harry Hgberg, Hamar/snes
HA Hans Anton lien, Eggedal/Oslo
HB Henning Bergseth, Haslum
IK Ingolf Kapelrud, Trondheim
IS Ivar Stormo, sen/Trondheim/Spikkestad
ISS IS, Sula
JA Jan Alvestad,
Borhaug/Sola/Sandnes
JAM Jan Alvestad, Mong
JAX Jan Alvestad, mobile QTHs (mainly
Mre og Romsdal)
JGG Jarl Georg Grov, Hauge i Dalane
JH Jens Harald Aamodt, Hauge i Dalane
JPV Jon Peder Vestad, Molde
JS Jarle Synnevg, Oslo
JSV John Svendsen, Eidsvoll/Lrenskog/Vestby
KAO Kjell Arne Olsen, Brumunddal/Oslo
KAOF KAO, Kirkenes/Lakselv
KAOM KAO, Molde/Bud/Rekdalstranda
KHO Knut Hongr, Oslo
KL Kjell Larsen, Kotsy
KM Kai Mauseth, Stjrdal/Bardufoss/Oslo
KMV KM, Vads
KOH Knut Olav Hande, Jar
KRH Kjetil R Hauge, Lrdal
LAX BH, KM, OF, AF, TN, Lakselv
MAG2 GS, Magerya
MF Magne Frde, Bremanger/Flor
MS Morten Selnes, Trondheim
NS Njl Skr, rdal i Ryfylke
OE Ole Eikrem, Kristiansund
OF Ole Forr,
Hundorp/Lakselv/Bardufoss
OJS Odd Jrgen Sagdahl,
Rissa/Trondheim
ON Olav Nordli, Follebu
OT Oddleiv Tungland, Mandal
OU Ottar Ullestad, rdal i
Ryfylke
PH Petter Haugan, Levanger
PI Per Ingebretsen, Oslo
PIM PI, Mong
PIX PI, mobile QTHs (mainly Mre og
Romsdal)
PIX2 PI, mobile QTH Nordland?
PKB Per Kristian Bjnnes, Trondheim
RB Reidar B, Stavanger/Oslo
RH Rune Hland, Egersund
RIP AB, IS, OJS, Rissa
RL Rolf Lvstrm, Hamar/Oslo
RM Rolf Mong,
Trondheim/Bergen/Egersund/Mong
RTO Rolf Torvik, Trondheim
RW Runar Wiersdalen
SAH Svein Arvid Hjortland
SEL PI, OF, SM, yvind Rmo, Selvik
SJH Svein Jakob Hollerud,
Hildre/Eggedal
SJL SJH, Lakselv
SJS SJH, Sula
SM Svenn Martinsen,
Stend/Stabekk/Tveit/Bud/Solsvik
SOP Svein Olav Pedersen, Vanse
SOS2 AB, IS, OJS, Rissa
SULA PI, TN, PH, Sula
TBV Tore B Vik, Mysen
TF Torbjrn Frantsen, Hamnvik
THO Roar Thomassen, Kristiansund
TJB Tore Johnny Brtveit, Flaktveit
TK T Krger, Hemnesberget
TN Tore Nilsen, Hamar/Brnnysund/Tolga
TOR Rolf Torvik,
Grimstad/Kristiansund/Trondheim
TW Torgeir Woxen, Nttery/Oslo/Kjeller/Srumsand
TWM TW, Mong
TWX TW, mobile QTHs (mainly Mre og
Romsdal)
TWX2 TW, mobile QTH Nordland?
WINDX AF,
PI, BH, Kongsfjord
F ystein Friland,
Bergen/Erdal
K yvind Kolobekken,
Hundorp/Oslo
S ivind Stenberg, Oslo
RC rdal Radio Club
About the Editors:
Kjell Arne
Olsen:
Kjell Arne is 56 years of
age, started DXing in 1975, but is no longer active. He is now living in
Kjeller outside Oslo. Kjell Arne works for the Hedmark county public transport
authority with ticketing and information systems.
Svenn is 65 years of age. He is now living on Sotra island,
to the west of Bergen, and is running the radio stations Radio Northern Star,
and The Ferry
through Northern Star Media Services AS.
Here is
Svenn's self-presentation when writing reception reports 20 years ago in 1994:
My listening equipment also
consists of a Hammarlund SP-600 JX-21 radio, made in the USA in the late 50s,
plus a Drake SPR-4 radio for longwave, made in the USA in the early 70s, both
being of the best there is for long distance reception. 2 different antennas of
the long-wire type are utilized, 175 metres to the southwest for the British
Isles and the Iberian Peninsula, plus 600 metres to the Southeast for Eastern
Europe. Besides, a Sony reel-to-reel tape recorder and a Sony cassette recorder
is used.
Let me tell you a little about
myself. I am a member of the Arctic Radio Club for AM listening, a joint
Swedish/Norwegian/Finnish project. I am 43 years of age, and I started in this
wonderful hobby in 1964, listening to Radio Luxembourg and the British offshore
stations. Listening to distant radio stations is called dx-ing, and here where
I am living, in the little village of Solsvik, right to the west of Bergen, is
a particularly favourable position. As you well know, on the lower bands, radio
waves, are greatly helped in their propagation by salt
water, and on FM you need an open location.
I am a Church of Norway
Priest, and my Ministry is in Fjell, meaning"The Rock". The
municipality of Fjell has about 16000 inhabitants, and we live to the northwest
in this municipality, on Sotra island, about 30 kms from the centre of the city
of Bergen, Norways second largest city with 210000 inhabitants, well known for
musicians and composers like Ole Bull, Edvard Grieg and Harald Sverud, the
spring music festival Festspillene, but also for attractions like Flibanen
Funicular and the old King Hall of Hkonshallen. The entire county of Hordaland,part of Bjrgvin Diocese, has nature varying from flat,
windy(as here!) areas at the seafront, to higher mountains inland.
If you look us up on a map, you
will find Bergen on about 60 degrees N and 5 degrees E. I live happily here,
with my wife and 3 kids. From our house, situated on a hill above the village,
we are able to see the burning off of gas on clear days in the Troll oil and
gas field, to the northwest, and to the west the open, and often rough North
Sea, with the outer archipelago. On the horizon occasionally large tankers
going to the Sture and Mongstad oil terminals. Right off the shore are also 2-3 fish farms. To our South and South East sectors
a vast open area of mostly stony, wet terrain. 5 kms away to the nearby
industrial center of gotnes is CCB, Coast Center Base, with occasional visits
by rigs and supply vessels. At the
moment we have the Ross Isle here. CCB has its own local VHF service. Here is
also the mast of a local radio transmitter, the Decca chain longwave rig for
this area.
Quite often, the helicopter
routes of Helikopter Service, Braathens and Mrefly pass over our house to and
from the North Sea oil fields. In the South the mountains of Kvinnherad may be
seen, and to the north of Gulen, in Southern Sogn. To the East we can see the
lights from Bergen at night, and in the daytime we can see the highest mountain
of the Bergen area, the Gulfjellet, plus nearer mountains with the Bergen
Radio(coast radio station) VHF mast at Rundemanen,(Bergen Radios MF
transmitters plus one of Rogalands are at Mary, just to the North) plus the
NRK FM and TV mast at Ulriken. The best NRK output are the regional programs of
NRK Hordaland(radio) and Vestlandsrevyen(TV). From
this same mast
the signals of our new television channel TV2, plus 3 local radio
channels are also broadcast. TV2 has its main center and studios in Bergen. The
most popular local stations are Puddefjord Radio, 104,1/106,1/107,8 , with a varied format of older and newer music, Radio
1FM, 105,8/106,7/107,1 FM, of the same company broadcasting the current hits.
Our local radio station here, Radio Sotra, 104,5/105,5 is also no.3 in Bergen,with a format of everything! On Asky, now connected to Bergen by means of
a large bridge, the masts of the closed NRK AM transmitters on 890, 20000
watts,(Closed 1978) and 1115 kHz, 1000 watts (Closed 1966) still stands as they
were left.
We also have a local
television station,TV-Bergen/Bergen BY-TV. Also
mentioned might be Kystradioen,KYST
FM,("coast")105,8/106,7/107,1 FM STEREO, a Christian station with a heavy accent on news from
the 5 municipalities around Bergen. I worked myself there as a presenter
1991-1993 part-time and did an Oldies/Contemporary Gospel show on Thursday
mornings, using PAMS jingles(licensed!) from the 60s and had great fun. This is broadcast
from the same complex and studios where Radio 1FM and Puddefjord Radio are
housed.
I have heard over 500 North
American AM stations, and also many from the Caribbean, Central and South
America,this mostly when I lived in Bud, northwest of
Molde. I have also been quite active in the fields of offshore
radio, and British and Irish broadcasting. Here, I mostly concentrate on European
listening.
My best verified beacon
loggings are these: LF6N Statfjord C 615, 2 watts, GA,Grinna(Trndelag
coast) 289,6 4 watts ALW Alwyn North 327 10 watts, LF5D Hod 561 10 watts, SDV
MSV Stadive 597,5 20 watts, SB Sumburgh head lighthouse 291,9 20 watts, LFSQ
West Vanguard 561 25 watts, SB Sindbad Saxon 579,5 25 watts ,OQ Frigg QP 367 25
watts, DRL High Seas Driller 597,5 35 watts, RG2 Rowan Gorilla 897 40 watts,NC
Ninian Central 284 40 watts, SS Scatsa Ness 315,5 40 watts, HL Hellodden 258,5
50 watts, RTV Rotvr 365 50 watts,(near Evenes airport in Troms) CML Clonmel,
Co Tipperary 387 50 watts, GAR Garristown Co Dublin 407 50 watts, IOF Isle of
Flotta, Orkney Isl.,357 50 watts, KK Kulusk Greenland 283 200 watts, SAL Sal
airport 274 1000 watts. (Cape Verde
Islands) The indicated ones are via daytime propagation!
My favourite verified AM
broadcast loggings would be KHLO Hilo, Hawaii on 850, 1 kW, KPHX Phoenix,
Arizona on 1480, 500 watts and KFQC Davenport, Iowa on 1580, 500 watts
(nominal) from North America, and from Ireland and Britain: Radio Dublin 2 Inchicore 1250 40 watts,
Radio Caroline Dublin 1330a with 75 watts, Alternative Radio West from
Ballina, Co Mayo on 1130 150 watts, BBC Hereford&Worcester 738 and 819,
both 37 watts, BBC R Wigan&Leigh 1296 50 watts, Radio Jackie Worcester Park
65 watts on 1323, plus BBC Radio Bedfordshire from Bedford on 1161 with 80
watts. The tiniest transmitter heard are from Iceland:
The Navy Broadcasting Service from Hfn, 1400, with 10 watts! Tiniest from Norway:
NRK Mo i Rana 1121, 40 watts. I was a great admirer of the offshore stations
Radio London 1127, Radio England 1322, Britain Radio
845, and the Irish pirate Radio Nova 846/819/738.
In addition to Kystradioen, I have
worked part-time for the NRK. I am now working behind the scenes for a new
station.
Credits/Sources:
Olle Alm,
Harnsand, Sweden.
Airwaves
no.2
AIRSPEC
News
Ken Baird,
Sorn, Scotland.
Robin
Banks, Gloucester, England.
Eddie
Caffrey, Drogheda, Ireland.
Paul
Cotter, Clontarf, Co Dublin, Ireland.
Paul
Davidson, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Distance
UKVK,
DX-Kuuntelija/DX-Clusive/Sunspot,
Finland.
DX-Monitor
IRCA, USA.
DX-News
Norway.
DX-News
NRC, USA.
Chris
Edwards, Offshore Echo's, London, England.
Bernt
Erfjord, Kristiansand, Norway
Frekvensnytt,
Finland.
Peter
Gibney, Dublin 8, Ireland
Chris
King, Ely, UK.
Joseph
King, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Hans Knot,
Groningen, Holland.
Miles
T.Johnston, Lurgan, N.Ireland.
Medium
Wave News, UK.
Medium
Wave Horizons Norway 1970-1993.
Rolf Mong,
Egersund, Norway.
Monitor
magazine, Benfleet, Essex.
Tommy
Murphy, Ballina. Ireland.
MV-EKO
Sweden 1960-1993.
Bjrn
Olsson, Ume, Sweden.
Dave
Reddy, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Gerry O'
Reilly, Kilnaleck, Ireland.
Lars
Rydn. Beijing, China. P.R.
Shorty,
Norway
Sporen,
Norway
Geir
Stokkeland, Vestnes, Norway.
Karl Erik
Stridh, Hgans, Sverige
Chris
Tully, Clacton on Sea, UK
Derek
Taylor, Preston, UK.
John
Thewlis, Dublin 3, Ireland.
US
National Archives, Washington D.C.
Steve
Whitt, Buxhall, UK.
Steve
Wordniecki, Horsham,UK.
World
Radio TV Handbook.
Keith
York, Tullamore, Ireland.
Many inquries went out in letter
form and phone calls to correspondents. Here is an excerpt of the letter to the
Editor of Medium Wave News, Steve Whitt in early 1994.
In tribute to the late Norwegian
DX-er Per Ingebretsen
and these great radio stations
heard in Norway:
Thanks for the memories!
1142/1143
AFN Bremerhaven
773 Radio
390, International Waters
1520/1169
Radio Caroline North, International Waters
1320/845
Britain Radio, International Waters
845/1320
Radio England, International Waters
1127/1137
Radio London, International Waters
602/606
Radio Nord, International Waters
1562/557
Radio Veronica, International Waters
891/846/819/738
Radio Nova, Dublin
927/891/981
R Star Country, Brogan mountains
1476 First
Gold/The Gold AM Guildford
930
CJON/CJYQ St.Johns
800 CKLW
Windsor
960 CFAC
Calgary
1410
CFUN/CKVN Vancouver
950 CHER
Sydney
1050 CHUM
Toronto
1320 CKEC
New Glasgow
770 WABC
New York
570 WMCA
New York
1130 WNEW
New York
1190 WBMJ
San Juan
1000
WCFL/WLUP/WMVP Chicago
1390 WEGP
Presque Isle
1510
WMEX/WITS Boston
1410 WPOP
Hartford
560 WQAM
Miami
920 KDHL
Faribault
980 KFWB
Los Angeles
1090 KING
Seattle
1170 KJNP
North Pole
560 KMON
Great Falls
1000 KOMO
Seattle
Also to these great radio
personalities heard in Norway:
Thanks for the memories you made:
"Daffy"Don
Allen, CFAR Flin Flon, Radio Caroline South/North, Manx Radio, Radio Noordzee
Internationaal, BBC Radio Merseyside, Sunshine Radio Dublin, Royal County
Radio, ERI Cork, Radio West Mullingar, CCR Cavan, Radio Star Country, Radio 3
Tullamore.
Simon
Bates, BBC Radio 1FM, Atlantic 252.
Boom Boom
Brannigan, Swinging Radio England.
John
Clarke, Radio Nova Dublin, 2FM Dublin, Millenium 88 Dublin.
Larry
Dean, Swinging Radio England.
The late
Paul Kay, BFBS Kenya, Wonderful Radio London, Radio Luxembourg.
Paul
May,Radio Noordzee Internationaal, Laser 558.
Cousin
Brucie, Bruce Morrow, WABC/WNBC New York.
Emperor
Rosko, Radio Luxembourg, Radio Caroline South, Virgin 12-15.
Keith
Skues, BFBS Kenya, BFBS Germany, BFBS Kuwait, Radio Caroline South, Wonderful
Radio London, BBC Radio 1/2, Radio Hallam, Classic Gold.
Johnnie
Walker, Swinging Radio England, Radio Caroline South. KSAN San Francisco, BBC
GLR, BBC Radio 5.
General Sources: