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Author Topic: BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 12070 AM 2130 UTC 21 JUN 2026  (Read 1254 times)

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Very good reception, 12070 best here
On 9460, 9510, also

2130 BBC YL explaining broadcast
2131 BBC YL talking with base employee about weather
2132 "Walking On A Dream" Empire of the Sun
2133 YL reading notes from friends/relatives of base workers
2134 UK citizens giving (recorded?) greetings
2135 "....down to one bottle of merlot."
2136 "Time to Grow" Mr B
2137 Base worker talking to BBC YL
2139 Unid Reggae tune
2141 More recorded greetings
2142 YL talking about Antartica, sky colors
2144 "....didn't have a dart board."
2145 "Two More Years" Bloc Party
2146 More recorded greetings, surprised nothing mentioned about World Cup yet
2149 Family reads poem they wrote
2150 YL gives history of Brits in Antartica
2153 "Tom Paine's Bones" The Trials of Cato
2154 More recorded greetings
2156 "Hazy Shade of Winter" The Bangles
2159 YL with ID over music
2200 Off
« Last Edit: June 22, 2026, 1728 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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