RAI Italian Radio and Television, Rome: Circa 1971

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: RAI Italian Radio and Television, Rome 1971

Frequency: 6.010MHz

RX location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna

Notes: RAI, Italian Radio and Television from Rome, had an interval signal that was described as a mechanically generated chirping canary, mechanical nightingale and even an Italian Sparrow. The station broadcast on a number of different frequencies in English (my QSL has them on 6.010 MHz), however in this recording, that was made circa 1971, the station identification is given in Italian.

RAI - Bollettino del Mare (Maritime Weather Forecast): 1997

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andrea Borgnino, who shares this studio recording from RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana) of their maritime weather forecast. This recording was originally made in 1997:

Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) final shortwave broadcast: September 30, 2007

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andrea Borgnino, who shares the following off-air recording clips of the final shortwave broadcasts from Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI): 

15380 kHz 6:30 pm UTC 30 September 2007 - Program for North America in Italian:

15380 kHz 18:40 UTC 30 September 2007 - Announcement of short wave broadcasts ending.

RAI - Bollettino del Mare (Maritime Weather Forecast): 1977

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andrea Borgnino, who shares this studio recording from RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana) of their maritime weather forecast. This recording was originally made in 1977:

Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), English: June 24, 2004

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Benjamin Bilyeu, who shares the following recording and notes:

A recording I made of RAI (Italy) broadcast 0054 UTC 24 June 2004 on 11.800 Mhz--when they still broadcast to North America. I recorded this broadcast using a Sony dual cassette deck connected to the line out jacks of my Grundig Satellit 800 receiver with 50 foot outdoor longwire antenna.

Radio Argentina Exterior: January 20, 2013

For your listening pleasure: 35 minutes of Radio Argentina Exterior. This broadcast was recorded on January 20, 2014 around 9:45 UTC on 15,345 kHz. 

In this recording, you'll hear ten plus minutes of various RAI interval signals before their Chinese language service begins. 

Click here to download the recording as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below: