Radio users?

In the latter half of the 1980s, some may remember that there was this shortwave radio station called "Network" which would appear every night on the 19m and 31m bands, broadcasting from Seychelles. They came on the air every evening at 8.30p IST and used to play mainstream western (English) pop music on request, have news, sports and current affairs segments as well, all packaged into an hour. I think they were part of the Christian FEBA network but used a very youth-oriented approach with no mention of anything religious. I recollect tuning into the station on the 31m band. They had a Bangalore PO Box to which we could write letters or send postcards. I recollect winning a lemon-yellow t-shirt after participating in some contest that they ran (can't remember the details). I wonder if anyone on this forum used to listen to them back then.

I managed to find this rare recording of their last ever broadcast on 11 Feb 1990, with RJ Vinoo Peppin. The music tracks are edited out to avoid copyright strikes, but the rest is all there (including the call-sign). Interesting to note that they had a dedicated person assigned to playing the records on Technics SL1200 Mk2 turntables. Good old times.

 
Thanks Ruebensm for reviving old shortwave memories. Some of them which made my college days and early working days happier in the ‘70s and early ,’80s were: Radio Kuwait 19 m & 25 m English program from 1030 pm to 130 am; Radio Australia on 13 m band (Philips Skipper 4 band had 13 m band) at 230 pm; VOA on various bands and of course Radio Ceylon on 25 and 31 m bands , with Eric Fernando at his best belting out Tom Jones , Englebert, Beatles and others. AIR had a number of programmes on MW, at 830pm and 930pm. Yes as sung by the famous lady “ Those were the days my friend I thought they would never end”. But they did.
 
Received a query about SLBC transmissions on shortwave (I suspect they have discontinued), whether Srilanka FM stations can be picked up in South India and how to listen to SLBC today.

I don't have a working shortwave radio at present so cannot tell. However, if you have an external antenna and happen to live on a hill or in a high-rise apartment, some SLBC FM stations can be picked up in Trivandrum (not sure about the other locations). Here are their FM frequencies and transmitter sites:
  1. Akkaraipattu, Ampara District (Thirayi Sevaya): Haputale 102.1 MHz
  2. Anuradhapura (Rajarata Sevaya): Anuradhapura 90.1 MHz, Karaghatenna 107.3 MHz
  3. Batticaloa (Pirai FM in Tamil): Karaghatenna 102.3 MHz
  4. Jaffna (Palali Sevaya / YAL FM): Jaffna 90.1 MHz, Palali 102.1 MHz in Tamil and Sinhala (see also Sports Service)
  5. Kandy (Kandurata Sevaya): Hanthana 90.1 MHz, Radella/Nuwara Eliya 107.3 MHz, Hunasgiriya 107.5 MHz
  6. Kurunegala (Wayamba Handa): Karaghatenna 90.1 MHz
  7. Matara (Ruhunu Sevaya): Haputale 107.5 MHz, Deniyaya 107.3 MHz 5 kW
Not that this list is really helpful from a DX perspective, but it will help you identify the transmitter site if you are able to receive SLBC programming.

If you are not really worried about how you receive SLBC but just want to listen to the programming, they have a channel in English, operating on the TuneIn radio App (and can also be listened to, online)

(english programming can be heard on the SLBC Radio Sri Lanka channel)
 
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