Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: VLR-6
Date of recording: December 03, 1972
Starting time: 14:00
Frequency: 6.15 MHz
Your location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Notes: Nightly sign off of VLR-6 announcement by Mary Adams, followed by the then-national anthem
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following short recording of VOA’s Hausa language service recorded on February 26, 2022 in McGrath, Alaska on 11,900 kHz at 20:58 UTC. This recording was made with a Tecsun PL-880, DXE preamp and two tunable HF loop antennas.
Paul notes: “Hausa language gets lopped off for an English sign-off message and Yankee Doodle Dandy followed by a carrier cut 1 minute 20 seconds later.”
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who submits this final sign-off of Radio St. Helena on 1548 kHz and notes:
Closedown begins with the last few seconds of love is everywhere by caught in the act (1995).
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, for the following recording of Radio St. Helena's final sign-off on FM. This was recorded at 1600 local on December 21, 2012 on 96 MHz FM.
Many thanks to Anthony Messina, for this recording of the Voice of Korea sign off on 15.180 MHz using his Grundig Satellite 750 with External Solarcon in Haddon Heights, NJ USA. Anthony comments:
"Recorded using a panasonic tape recorder to do it the old fashioned way. At the end I mention exactly what time I recorded this."
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Frank, for sharing this final French language broadcast of Radio Exterior de España. Frank writes:
This is the final French language shortwave transmission to Europe by Spanish Radio REE, recorded in Europe at 1800 UTC on 9665 kHz, October 14th, 2014
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Frank, for sharing this final Spanish language broadcast of Radio Exterior de España. Frank writes:
This is the recording of the last and final shortwave English language transmission of the Spanish Radio - Radio Exterior de Espana, broadcast to Europe. Frequency: 9665 kHz, time: 1900 GMT, date: 14 October 2014 (On October 15th 2014 there was no signal of the station at the same time on 9665 kHz). Although the station was to stream live programming in English on its website, for the moment only podcasts are available and there is no stream availability for English programmes.
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