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Does anyone know what this station is that I was hearing on 972 kHz? (video)

gar hi

gar hi

I was listing to 970 and there was splatter from another station but it wasn't from anything 960 or 980, so I switched over to the 9 kHz mode.

This station was on 972 and playing familiar very soft pop songs and in between songs, they were speaking English but with some kind of accent.

Here's a sample of what I heard. The station came in strongest when the radio was facing NW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACcMnEqHho4

Any help would be appreciated.
 
Australia and New Zealand stations would make sense considering your location. There are 3 Australian stations listed as active on the frequency with the strongest one (2MW - Murwillunbah) using 10kW transmitter.

The New Zealand station from Wellington also runs 10 kW.

You could also be hearing something from Asia, but most likely they would not be running English language programming:

South Korea - KBS Radio 1 - 1,500 kW
India - 300 kW
Indonesia - 50 kW
 
Because of the direction of the signal, I think I can rule out New Zealand or Australia.

I can also rule out Indonesia because I found their live stream soon after and it was not in English with no music.

But after Googling some about KBS, it seems they have broadcasts in English. I wish I found this live stream late last night.

Could this be what I was hearing?

"KBS World Radio station mostly time play International, Country, Rock, Folk etc music. KBS World Radio live broadcasting from Korea. They also play 24hours various kind of music genres. Live Match tune KBS World Radio, football guests, analytic s, reviews and news. KBS World Radio together with good music."

http://www.liveonlineradio.net/korea/kbs-world-radio.htm
 
Doesn't sound like a DU accent. But then, it's not easy to really tell the accent without a clearer sound from the recording. It might be a DU accent, it's just hard for me to hear it....

Nice catch, whatever it is.

Which direction is the PR-D5 facing? E-W? NW-SE? NE-SW? That might help us figure out who you were hearing.

EDIT TO ADD:
By looking at Asiawaves, R. Rhema in NZ is 5 kw, and there is a 50 kw station in Indonesia that has some English programming (2 or 3 short blocks at different hours). A station in NE NSW Australia runs about 5 kw (2MW, Murwillumbah -- next to the coast). It has a lot of talk shows apparently, but maybe they also play some music.

Asiawaves:
http://www.asiawaves.net/mediumwave-950.htm#mediumwave-972
 
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The radio was facing NW-SE when the signal was strongest, the same direction where 774 from Japan also comes in best.
 
You answered my question before I added my edit. :)

According to Asiawaves, the South Korean station broadcasts to NE China -- "KBS Ethnic Korean Service." 1500 Kw, though.

From your bearing, it's possible it's them. They'd be loud enough. And not all websites are 100% accurate...
 
Thanks for the link!

Indonesia would be a great catch but again, the direction of the signal would suggest it was not them.
 
Listening to your recording, it sounds like the announcer is talking with some sort of Asian accent so my guess would be South Korea. Plus, that’s the strongest of all the possible 972 Asian MW stations with 1,500 KW. Nice catch!
 
It sounded like an Asian accent to me too, the more I listen to the recording. I also heard them mention something about a 'Chinese accent' near the end of the video. And Boombox said they broadcast to China.

Thanks all of you for the help so far!

I think I will wait for some more input before confirming the catch and changing the title of my video.
 
hawaiigar said:
But after Googling some about KBS, it seems they have broadcasts in English. I wish I found this live stream late last night.

Could this be what I was hearing?

"KBS World Radio station mostly time play International, Country, Rock, Folk etc music. KBS World Radio live broadcasting from Korea. They also play 24hours various kind of music genres. Live Match tune KBS World Radio, football guests, analytic s, reviews and news. KBS World Radio together with good music."

http://www.liveonlineradio.net/korea/kbs-world-radio.htm
Click to expand...

KBS World Radio does not use the 972 frequency for its broadcasts. Their schedule is here: http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/about/about_time.htm

The 972 frequency is used by KBS Hanminjok 1 Radio. They seem to have transmissions to China and Japan, but I can't find any mentions of them having an English language broadcasts. They do however get out very well, which is quite understandable considering their transmitting power.
 
It's possible the radio could have picked up Indonesia, the Philippines (if Radyo Pilipinas has English on MW -- not sure of that one; I have heard some English mixed with some Tagalog on their SW broadcasts), or even Oz if the big mountains behind Hawaiigar are messing with the local radio reception.

Here in my location the valley messes with bearings sometimes. Sometimes I get California and Minnesota on the same bearing -- when they should be completely opposite. It may be due to the terrain. Some stronger signals may get past the hills better than others, regardless of their true bearing. Not being an expert on radio prop I'm just making a guess.

Either way, it's an interesting radio MW mystery!
 
Yeah, I have listened to it a few times and there is no mistaking that it is definitely foreign. To me it has to be something Asian. Just listen to the way the guy talks and says, “just talk about general things, chit-chat.” The way he says “chit-chat” and how the other guy he is talking to keeps saying, “ohhh!” makes me think it is from South Korea, but I could be wrong.
 
I did more searching today about KBS radio South Korea and I couldn't find any mention of English broadcasts on the powerful one from Dangjin on 972 kHz.

Then again, things on the internet aren't always updated. So I don't know what to think.
 
HLCA-972, Dangjin Korea. They've been heard out here countless times, always in Korean.
 
Tonight was good for the stations on the 9 kHz mode.

There was one on 783 that sounded Asian.

972 was there again but non-English this time. That sounded Asian too. (774 which I assume was the one from Akita, Japan was strong at the time too and had a broadcast in English)

I heard something on 882 which was very strong and I thought I had a great catch and only did it hit me a little later that it was really 880 from Honolulu.
 
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Can you tell the Asian languages apart?

Japanese sounds different from Chinese, obviously. But sometimes Korean is hard to pick out from either one.

IN Japanese they say "-mashta" at the end of words (it's a polite form of a verb ending). In Korean you'll hear "-mnida" the same way (like in Japanese, it's a polite form of a verb ending). I've heard several "-amnidas" at the end of domestic Korean and SW Korean broadcasts.

It's hard to describe Malay or Tagalog.

Nice to see you are hearing Asia on your PR-D5.

Thanks for posting the catches.
 
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