[HCDX] Radio Tirana IS and other unusual audio clips

["Dave Kernick" <dak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All but the youngest of us will be remember the old Radio Tirana interval 
signal "With Pickaxe and Rifle" trumpeting through the ether in the 70's and 
80's, before it was replaced by the somewhat more melodic IS currently in 
use. The Interval Signals Online website has a recording of an interval 
signal which predates them both:
taped in 1969, it's 7/8 notes played on what sounds like a keyboard 
instrument, followed by a short orchestral intro and identification in 
French. Not quite as attention-grabbing as "With Pickaxe and Rifle" though!

This was contributed by Dutch radio enthusiast Rudy van Dalen, who also 
donated several other interesting clips from 1969, such as:
BELGIUM: RTB/BRT "Voice of Friendship" service to their African 
territories - then known as Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi. Hear ID's in 
French, Dutch and an African language, followed by their tom-tom interval 
signal.
DENMARK: Voice of Denmark (OZF), later Radio Denmark, signing-on their 
service in English and Danish to North America. Interval signal, chimes from 
Copenhagen Town Hall, followed by an announcement in English.

Rudy also contributed a couple of interesting clips from Antarctica, 
recorded in 1994:
US SECTOR: AFAN McMurdo with local ID's, a "Keep Antarctica Beautiful" 
message about recycling, and a weather forecast (snow).
ARGENTINE SECTOR: Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel (LRA36), with 
identification announcements in English and Spanish.

You can hear all the above, and more, on the Interval Signals Online website 
at www.intervalsignals.net

Regards,

Dave 


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