ZD8VR Volcano Radio: May 5, 1979

Image source: Gary Deacon

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording and notes:

ZD8VR Volcano Radio 1602 AM Closedown 5 May 1979/AFRTS Accession Island Sign Off

Gary Deacon recorded [this audio]. It has end of jazz show, sign off announcement, station ID and incomplete GSTQ by local gender neutral band.

Receiver and antenna: 1950's Siera domestic valve receiver and 20 metre longwire antenna.

Recording by Gary Deacon

Click here for Gary’s full post.

Radio Clube de Mozambique (Lorenzo Marques Radio): January 1, 1965

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording and notes:

Portuguese language recording of the sign off. The national anthem was probably played before or after the announcement of I don’t know.

Broadcaster: Radio Clube de Mozambique (Lorenzo Marques Radio)

Date of recording: 1/1/1965

Starting time: 22:00

Final sign off of BFBS Malta: March 31, 1979

Final farewell from the crew of BFBS Malta in 1979. L-R Standing Peter Attrill (Snr Engineer), Paul Zammit (Labourer), Hector Frendo (Chief Clerk), Tony Farrugia (Technician), Richard Astbury (Station Controller), John Crabtree (Programme Organiser), Terry Magri (Technician), Les Austin (Librarian); Sitting are; Judy Edmonds (Volunteer), Eileen Curmi (Typist), Isabel Darmenia (Assistant Librarian), Diane Clark and Linda Miller (Volunteers). Source: Source: RAF LUQA REMEMBERED

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording (believed to be an FM off-air recording) and notes:

Recorded by John Bruno, Richard Astbury was the last announcer to speak from Floriana, followed by the Evening Hymn and Last Post, an instrumental version of L-Innu Malti and a church choir sings God Save The Queen, accompanied by a Church Organ and a Military Band. The final program was the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, won by the host nation Israel. The studios of BFBS Malta are still around as of 2018 as for the Malta Environment and Planning Authority. This occurred on the final Saturday of March in the seventies because of the withdrawal of British troops ordered by President Anton Buttigieg.

Radio St. Helena, The final hour (sign-off) with Tony Leo: December 25, 2012

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who submits this final sign-off of Radio St. Helena on 1548 kHz and notes:

Closedown begins with the last few seconds of love is everywhere by caught in the act (1995).

Radio St. Helena 96 MHz FM: final sign-off, December 21, 2012

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, for the following recording of Radio St. Helena's final sign-off on FM.  This was recorded at 1600 local on December 21, 2012 on 96 MHz FM.

Radio St. Helena jingle: circa 1981

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, for the following Radio St. Helena clip and notes:

“Operating 1548”, a song about Radio St. Helena composed and performed by Bettie Crowie and others."

This recording was made with a tape recorder on the AM/mediumwave band: