Monday, September 9, 2013

Radio Złote Przeboje

Radio Złote Przeboje ("Golden Oldies Radio") is heard nationwide on over two dozen frequencies from their base in Warsaw, Poland.  They went on the air in 1997 and originally played hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s but eventually started adding contemporary songs to the playlist.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Radio Norway International

Radio Norway International is a division of NRK ("Norsk rikskringkasting" aka Norwegian Broadcasting Company) the government-owned radio and television entity based in Oslo.  If I'm reading this Google-translated site correctly, Radio Norway International began broadcasting on shortwave in 1938 and ceased in 2003.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Hills AM

Hills AM went on the air in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1993.  In 2011 they changed their name to Otago Access Radio and started broadcasting on 105.4 FM as well as 1575 AM.

Friday, September 6, 2013

2ZA


2ZA began broadcasting at 927 AM from Palmerston North, New Zealand in October, 1938.  They began simulcasting their signal on 97.8 FM in the 1990s and eventually ceased broadcasting on the AM band altogether.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Radio Barneveld

Radio Barneveld is a local radio station in Barneveld, Netherlands.  In 2008 they switched dial positions from 107.6 FM to 93.5 FM.
Barneveld is known nationally for its poultry farming and egg production which explains the Barnevelder chicken in the station logo.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Radio 538


Radio 538 (pronounced as "five three eight") went on the air in 1992 from Bussum, Netherlands.  Their Top-40/Dance format is broadcast up and down the 102 FM band depending on the region of the country.  The 538 name comes from the mediumwave frequency of the influential offshore station Radio Veronica.  Radio 538 is currently based in the town of Hilversum aka "Media City." Hilversum is the home of many radio and television outlets including international public broadcaster Radio Netherlands.  Some old radio sets even had a Hilversum setting on their dial.  (Click it bigger.)




I heard this song for the first time about a year ago.  Except for the ending which meanders a bit, I think it's just about a perfect pop song.  Why this wasn't a hit in America is beyond me although I imagine that DJs probably couldn't pronounce "Trijntje Oosterhuis."  I'm posting it here because it was performed live in a Radio 538 studio.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Radio Calypso

Radio Calypso "Malta's Better Music Mix" ceased broadcasting in 2004 according to this website.  They were based in Victoria, on the Maltese island of Gozo, in the Mediterranean Sea.  102.3 FM currently carries a Catholic format as "Radio Maria."

Monday, September 2, 2013

Eldoradio

Eldoradio is a hit music station based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Radio Japan?

I'm not sure that this decal is actually from the Radio Japan or what the "Corner" is all about.  Do you?

UPDATE:  See comment.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Radio Vallebelbo

Radio Vallebelbo is located on nine different frequencies in northwestern Italy and based in Santo Stefano Belbo.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Radio Una Voce Vicina

Radio Una Voce Vicina is a Religious station in Carlentini, Italy.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Radio Punto Zero

Radio Punto Zero went on the air in August, 1977, making it the longest-running station in Trieste, Italy.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Radio Margherita







Radio Margherita (Radio Daisy) is a nationwide network based in Palermo, Italy.  They play music from the 1960s to the present day, exclusively by Italian artists.  Radio Margherita is heard in almost every region of the country but their translators are concentrated in southern Italy.  They can be found on over 30 dial positions in Sicily alone.  The station slogan is "Italian Music Throughout Italy."

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Radio Dei Navigli

Radio Dei Navigli is an internet-only station based in Milan, Italy.  They began in the early 1980s under the name Delta Radio Barona and broadcast at 100.4 FM.  Navigli is a district in Milan known for its dining, nightlife and a series of ancient canals that run through the area.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Radio Adige

Radio Adige went on the air in Verona, Italy in 1976.  They play "great Italian and international music, from current hits to the greatest hits of the '60s" as well as news, sports and cultural programming.  Radio Adige (Radio South Tyrol) broadcasts on four different frequencies in the area around Verona which is in northern Italy.  "Qualcosa di più" translates to "Something more."

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Modena RadioCity

Modena RadioCity broadcasts on multiple frequencies from Modena, Italy in the north/central part of the country.
Before moving to nearby Maranello in the 1940s, Modena was the home to the Ferrari automotive company.  One of their models, the 360 Modena, was named after the town and one of the color choices of Ferrari is Modena Yellow (which looks suspiciously similar to the yellow on this sticker.)

Saturday, August 24, 2013

4CRM


107.5 FM 4CRM launched on December 11, 1993 from Mackay, Queensland, Australia.  The community station plays a wide variety of music from the 1960s to today including Rock, Country, Soul, Blues and Jazz as well as specialty and countdown shows.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Flirt FM

Flirt FM 101.3 is the campus radio station at the National University of Ireland in Galway.  They went on the air in 1995 and are run by around 150 volunteers and two paid staff members.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

99ers Radio

99ers "The One and Only Funky-Funky Station" broadcasts at 100 FM in Bandung, Indonesia and at 99.9 FM in Jakarta.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Radio Győr

Not much information can be found about this station other than that they broadcast from the city of Győr in northwest Hungary.  This Wikipedia Magyar article on Radio 1 claims that the 96.4 frequency in Győr was terminated because "the license expired, withdrawn their application."