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Signature tunes and interval signals from all over the world

From Deutsche Welle's CD "Signature tunes" booklet:

Signature tunes and interval signals are generally composed of relatively short but catchy sequences of notes, which are very easily recognizable. These melodies have two functions complementing one another - they are both signature tunes for a specific broadcaster as well as fillers. Thus, they serve as a musical means of identefication of a station, besides the spoken announcements.

Many broadcasting stations transmit their signature tunes at the begining and at the end of their programmes, and sometimes even in-between. Often, these tunes can be heard for minutes before a programme starts, making finding a station easier in the wide spectrum of frequencies and stations broadcaststing simultaneously. In addition, they can serve as an almost indispensable means for those listeners, whose receivers do not possess a digital frequency readout and who, therefore, have to actually search the bands for the station they want to listen to. Often based on traditional songs or compositions of famous composers, these tunes offfer a wide variety of sounds patterns exceeding the mere function as a simple means of recognition. In many cases, they were written for traditional instruments such as drums or shepherd's pipes or consists of bells of world-famous cathedrals. Their sound, rhythm and intonation make them a kind of musical picture of a country and its inhabitants, depicting geographical impressions of a country's expanse as well as people's emotions, letting sometimes shine through the whole range of temperament between happiness and melancholy. Some tunes are full of drama, fire and infectious rhytms, while other show more composure, complacency and solemnity.

Welcome to Real Sounds from the Past and Present Days !

You will find below some signature tunes, jingles and interval signals in Real Audio format for you nostalgie and pleasure. Good listening !

DX programs

"Austrian Short Wave Panorama" , Radio Austria International

"DX Corner" , Radio Japan

"DX Partyline" , HCJB

"Communications World" , Voice Of America

"Sweden Calling DXers" , Radio Sweden

Stations

Amur Radio , Blagoveschensk, 6060 khz, opening of evening block at 18.10 local time.

Bayerischer Rundfunk , interval signal presented in "DX Partyline" program for "Interval Signal Contest"

BFBS , shortwave relay to the Middle East during the Gulf War

BFBS , BBC special broadcast for the British Forces at the Middle East

Buryat Radio , Ulan Ude , 279 khz (//4795 khz)

China Radio International, former IS on "East is Red" song

Chita Radio , Chita, Russia, 4860 kHz

Chukot Radio , Anadyr' , Russia, 9600 kHz (via Magadan)

Cyprus Radio , maritime station

ELWA , Christian SW station from Monrovia, Liberia

European Christian Radio

FEBC , Khabarovsk, Russia, 9560 khz

Golos Rossii , Voice of Russia - Russian Service, former I.S.

HLAZ , FEBC-Korea, 1566 kHz, Opening of the Russian language broadcasts

Iran's Flag of Freedom Radio

KCBI

KGEI , San Francisco - samples in English, Spanish and Russian from 80ths

Khabarovsk , Russia , 7210 kHz

KNLS , former interval signal

KNLS , present interval signal

Kol Israel , Voice of Israel's I.S., ID & opening in Russian

Kyrgyz Radio , Bishkek

Lao National Radio , French broadcast opening via facility in U.S.S.R.

La Voz del C.I.D. , clandestine station on 9942 kHz , interval signal presented in "DX Partyline" progra for "Interval Signal Contest"

New Star Broadcasting Station , mistery Chinese language number station.
You can find more about this station on Hans van den Boogert's Radio China homepage.

Radio Ala , independent station (SW and MW), Moscow, 1992

Radio Ala , News jingle

Radio Aum Shinrikyo , via Radio Moscow World Service, 1992

Radio Australia , old jingle

Radio Baghdad , Russian Service

Radio Bangladesh

Radio Botswana , interval signal presented in "DX Partyline" progra for "Interval Signal Contest"

Radio DVR , first independent station at the Sovet Far East, they used slogan ID and announcements in English, Japanese, Chinese.

Radio Irina , Russia , anti-Vietnamese station

Radio Luxemburg

Radio Moscow World Service

Radio Moscou Internacional , Radio Moscow French Service