VOA (Tuesday March 31,1981)
Voice of America (shortwave) 9670khz. 0600 GMT.
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Other broadcasts on this topic-
https://archive.org/details/Pres.ReaganAssassinationAttempt1981
13 May 1965. LBJ speech on Vietnam to a group of American editorial cartoonists. Shortwave coverage from the Voice of America (VOA)
Excerpt from President Johnson's speech. Recorded off-air from the Voice of America (VOA) by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Transcript of speech-
http://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson/speeches/speech-5934
22 Oct. 1997
Shortwave from Libya as recorded in Australia.
Ian Holder: "I recorded this shortwave broadcast from Libya in 1997. I have no knowledge of the source of the broadcast but it may be from the main Libyan radio service. I found this while twisting the dial. There was no general commentary, just the voice of South African President Nelson Mandela on his arrival in Libya followed by music".
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Australia.
Other broadcasts on this topic-
Excerpt of shortwave broadcast [recorded off air in Australia] of the
Gemini mission into space in March 1965 with Guss Grissom and John Young.
Voice of America (VOA) announcer [in Special English]* describes landing and replays recording of takeoff.
* Special English- VOA has programs in “slow” English for people
learning the language.
Information-
http://www.astrobio.net/image-of-the-day/march-23-1965-launch-of-first-crewed-gemini-flight/
Radio Peking- statement on nuclear explosion to mark the 20th
Anniversary celebrations of the Communist Party of China. Broadcast 7.40pm (East Australian Time) Sunday, October 5, 1969.
Radio Peking recorded off air in Brisbane, Australia by Ian Holder
Death of Golda Meir
Israel Radio from Jerusalem (shortwave).
20.00- 20.30 GMT Saturday 9 Sept 1978
(Sunday Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Information on Golda Meir-
Live from Radio Moscow- October Anniversary Parade
(Friday 7 Nov. 1969) 07.00 GMT. 16 metres.
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
(Sound quality- fair)
Shortwave broadcast recorded off-air by
Ian Holder, Queensland, Australia.
King Hussein of Jordan's funeral (BBC World Service) (8 Feb1999)
Other broadcasts on this topic-
HONG KONG HANDOVER JUNE 1997
Daily coverage of the Hong Kong Handover between Britain and China in 1997.
The broadcasts are mainly from China Radio International (CRI) which was previously Radio Peking/Beijing.
Other broadcasts are from the BBC World Service and Radio Singapore International.
Intros and off-air recording by Ian Holder, Australia.
Information on the Hong Kong Handover-
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0630.html
Voice of America shortwave coverage of the landing of
an unmanned spacecraft (Viking 1) on Mars.
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.
Viking 1 (1976) information-
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/viking-1/
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sunset-at-the-viking-lander-1-site
Other broadcasts-
https://archive.org/details/@i_holder
Friday 23 August,1968. Radio Moscow transmission to Australia
31 metres 13-30 hrs GMT. Announcer, Boris Novikov (1925- 1997)
Twenty nine years after the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938,
followed by WW2, the Warsaw Pact countries led by Russia invaded the country.
This shortwave broadcast was recorded off-air in Australia by Ian Holder and gives the Russian view of the event. Less than two years after the fall of Communist Russia in 1991, the Republic of Czechoslovakia ceased to exit.
It was divided into two countries- Czech and Slovakia.
Other broadcasts on this topic-
https://archive.org/details/TheCzechCrisis1968
Russian Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) information-
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia
SPACE SHUTTLE (1st launch) (Ap12,1981)
Inaugural launch of the Space Shuttle.
Broadcast via shortwave on the
American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS).
Relay of the American Broadcasting Company radio commentary.
Sunday April 12, 1981. 11-50 GMT. 9700 khz.
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Space Shuttle information-
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2488.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle
Other broadcasts-
https://archive.org/details/@i_holder
Vatican Radio- Announcement of Pope’s death
2210 GMT 6 Aug 1978 (i.e. 7 Aug 1978 Eastern Standard Time,
Australia) 9615 KHZ
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Other broadcasts on this topic-
https://archive.org/details/DeathOfPopePaulV1Aug1978
Radio Peking- Death of Mao Zedong (9 September 1976)
The death of Chairman Mao at 82 in 1976 brought to an end
the Cultural Revolution which cost millions of lives.
Monitored from Radio Peking shortwave service.
Commentary in English and funeral music.
Recording made off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Other broadcasts-
Radio Moscow- News (15 Nov. 1982)
[07-00 GMT 13 metres. 21530 khz]
Radio Moscow- Brezhnev Memorial Service
[9-10 GMT – 10-05 GMT. 21530 khz]
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Other broadcasts on this topic-
Voice of Vietnam- Chinese Invasion of Vietnam-
18 Feb 1979. 20-30 GMT (i.e. 6-30 am Eastern Standard Time.
19 Feb 1979) 10-40 KHZ
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.
Other broadcasts-
On October 31st, 1968 US President Lyndon Johnson announced that all bombing of North Vietnam would cease as a result of North Vietnam coming to the conference table. In his televised speech President Johnson said, "I have now ordered that all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam cease as of 8 a.m., Washington time, Friday morning. I have reached this decision on the basis of the developments in the Paris talks. And I have reached it in the belief that this action can lead to progress toward a peaceful settlement of the Vietnamese war.
BBC shortwave broadcast recorded off-air
by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.
Other broadcasts-
Diana's coffin is borne through the streets of London on its way to Westminster Abbey (Source: Wikimedia - Public Domain Image)
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Scott Nelson, for sharing the following recording and notes:
BBC World Service on shortwave announcing the death of Princess Diana. Special news programming and commentary on this sad event.
Starting time: 0400
Frequency: 5.975
Receiver: Radio Shack DX-392 with built-in whip.
Location was Pierre, South Dakota
Brezhnev greets Gerald Ford upon his arrival at Vozdvizhenka for the Vladivostok Summit on 23 November 1974.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jack Widner, for the following recording. Jack notes:
R. Tashkent announcing the death of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev during the 1200 UTC English broadcast on 5985 kHz on November 11, 1982 (Brezhnev died Nov 10). After funeral music there was regular programming (approx. 8:09).
The Duke of Windsor in 1945
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Ian Holder for the following recording. Ian notes that this recording features the BBC World Service news bulletin which reports on the death of the Duke of Windsor.
This recording was made on May 28, 1972 around 13:00 GMT on 11.75 MHz:
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