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Loggings => Shortwave Broadcast => Topic started by: Ron - Calif. on April 26, 2016, 1157 UTC
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SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC - Voice of the Nation.
Tuned in at 0507 to find them on the air past their normal
cut off time of 0500; started out very poorly and slowly
improved by the time they suddenly went off the air at
0759. Some of the highlights of April 26 reception:
0533-0658: DJ in Pijin playing mostly pop USA hit songs
(Commodores with "Nightshift," etc.).
0658: Full ID with frequencies ("SIBC, Radio Happy Isles,
Voice of the Nation"); calliope music; into the news and
weather in English till 0715. Honiara sunset at 0712 UT.
0715-0730: Weekly program in English.
0730-0745: Pop USA hit songs (Starship with "Nothing's
Gonna Stop Us Now," etc.); 0733 SIBC schedule for today.
0745: Health program in Pijin with info about health
issues for new babies; intro and closing song in English
("Eat healthy, stay healthy"); followed by Solomon Airlines
flight schedule ("Are you flying Solomon Airlines today? . . .
International flights: Flight 701, 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
from Brisbane to Honiara . . . Domestic flights . . .") and
suddenly off at 0759.
Always nice to catch SIBC running well past their normal
cut off time! My audio of flight info at https://goo.gl/DLpio1
Ron, listening in San Francisco at Ocean Beach, Calif.