TEXAS RADIO SHORTWAVE ANNOUNCES PROGRAM CHANGE FOR OCTOBER 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TEXAS RADIO SHORTWAVE ANNOUNCES PROGRAM CHANGE FOR OCTOBER 2020

GULF OF MEXICO, October 2, 2020 - Texas Radio Shortwave, an American free radio station, today announced a program change for October 2020.

Texas Radio Shortwave will broadcast a tribute to Texas music legend Doug Sahm on October 17 instead of the previously announced Ladies of Texas Music Special.

The Doug Sahm Tribute will air on Channel 292 from Rohrbach, Germany with 10 kW of power. Frequencies and air times on October 17 are 9670 kHz at 0200 and 6070 kHz at 0900 UTC.

Listener Ron Melcher of Collegeville, Pennsylvania USA contributed the playlist and introduces the program.

The lineup on Channel 292 for the rest of 2020 has not changed: November 21 – anniversary rebroadcast of Texas Radio Shortwave’s inaugural program; December 19 - rebroadcast of the 2019 Pre-Christmas Music Special; and December 25 - the Texas Christmas Music Special.

Texas Radio Shortwave will send a limited-edition Doug Sahm electronic verification to listeners sending correct, detailed reception reports for the broadcast. The email address is texasradiosw@gmail.com.

Reception reports should include times, song titles, the text of announcements, a SINPO/SIO signal rating, information on the listener’s receiver and antenna, and comments on the program content. Listeners should mention if they use a remote software-defined radio (SDR) and the receiver’s location. Audio clips are welcomed.

Listeners worldwide may tune to Texas Radio Shortwave broadcasts using an SDR like the one at the University of Twente in The Netherlands. The URL is http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/.

Texas Radio Shortwave sails in international waters off the South Texas coast. Its programs are regularly broadcast in Europe and occasionally in North America.

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Please tune in on October 17 for our Doug Sahm tribute program on Channel 292. Second Mate -- and occasional frequency coordinator -- Mr. Bunny's particularly interested in reports from you and your listeners/readers on the 0200 broadcast on 9670 kHz.

Cap'n still hasn't decided who'll carry TRSW programs in 2021. Channel 292's 6070 kHz transmitter provides good European coverage but TRSW doesn't really have a presence in NAm. Channel 292 has a new directional antenna scheduled to come online in the new few months, which might mean better reception here. WRMI and WBCQ have available airtime and provide the best alternative for US and Canadian listeners.

Keep up the good work supporting the radio listening hobby.

73 and Arrgghh.

Always be yourself. Unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate.

Texas Radio Shortwave
Sailing into your ears from the Lone Star State

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