Logs, April 4 and results from 5 years of free radio listening

6268,0 . . 1831 . Mustang Radio, “Child in Time”, moved to 6305 at 1838, “Driver’s Seat”, weak at first, but up to 35442 by 1930
6284,9 . . 1918 . UNID, “Mission Impossible” theme, c/d 1922 without announcement. 25442
6305,0 . . 1922 . Horizon FM, ads for Tenerife businesses, ID, recent pop, 25442
6329,9 . . 1930 . Radio Zodiac, music and talk under very loud ute, ID via Iann’s chat, 22441
6285,0 . . 1946 . Radio Blackbeard, techno, ID, 25442
6305,2 . . 1951 . Radio Akai, country music and talk in Dutch, ID, techno, Dire Straits “So Far Away”, 23442
6915,0 . . 2025 . Premier Radio Int., Elvis tunes, moved to 6910 at 2026, 34442, up to 45443 by 2112 with “Whiskey in the Jar”, old recordings
6450,2 . . 2038 . Studio 52, pop, jingle ID, Dutch music, 24442
6210,0 . . 2102 . Shortwave Gold, pop, ID, decent signal but covered by very wide 6205, 32441
6950,0 . . 2108 . Radio Blackbeard, dance, ID, SMS, greetings, 34442
3905,0 . . 2222 . Skyline Int. Radio, Dutch music, ID, Bob Marley “No Woman, No Cry”, greetings, 35443

This past Tuesday saw yet another storm here and a "snow day" holiday (the brutal winter continues).  I took the day to update my list of stations heard/verified.  This was the first time that I had updated this list since December, 2012, so it was a big job.

Here are the results:

European SW free stations:    heard:  258       verified (QSL): 193

European MW free stations:   heard:   68       verified (QSL):   32

Total European free stations:   heard: 312       verified (QSL): 216

The SW and MW do not add up to the total, because I have heard many stations on both SW and MW.  As well, I have not included known relays or novelty shows in this total.  And stations which have changed their name, or use more than one name, have only been counted once.  Consequently, I am confident that these totals represent actual separate stations, and illustrates the incredible depth and diversity of the greatest free radio community on earth!