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RADIO MERLIN INTERNATIONAL RAIDED BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES

RADIO MERLIN INTERNATIONAL RAIDED BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES
Radio Merlin International was last Saturday's Europirate relay transmitted on WRMI.
Two days ago, Merlin was raided by UK authorities and all equipment confiscated, including the operator's computers.
If you sent Radio Merlin a reception report and received an eQSL, please let us know.
If you haven't received an eQSL, we're unsure if or when you'll receive it. We ask for your patience as this situation continues to develop.

TWO HOURS OF TEXAS RADIO SHORTWAVE SATURDAY ON WRMI BEGINNING AT 8 P.M. ET ON 5950 KHZ

TWO HOURS OF TEXAS RADIO SHORTWAVE SATURDAY ON WRMI BEGINNING AT 8 P.M. ET ON 5950 KHZ
Texas Radio Shortwave has two programs Friday: UK pirate station Cruisin’ Radio at 8 p.m. and TRSW Prime: Austin City Limits Live at 9 p.m. (These times are 0000 UTC and 0100 UTC respectively on September 19.)
Cruisin Radio is an Internet station of some years standing, founded and run by Arthur Burton, a pirate of many decades experience going back to the 1970s when he started on Radio Jackie and later Sun Radio London. He was on Nova Italy, appeared on the shipborne R. Caroline in the '80s. Cruisin Radio thrives on quality in both music and presentation and is on the net 24/7 and on Shortwave at times.
eQSLs from Cruisin’ Radio will come directly from the station at cruisin_radio@yahoo.com. TRSW won’t issue eQSLs for this program.
Austin City Limits Live features artists — like Los Lonely Boys, Jackie Venson, and Alabama Shakes — that have appeared on the long-running P B S television program. eQSLs are available for correct, detailed reception reports covering at last 20 minutes of the program to texasradiosw@gmail.com.
TRSW’s Europirate relays continue next Saturday with Offshore History Radio (The Netherlands). Stations to be relayed on WRMI in the following weeks are:
October 2-3 = Radio Monique International (The Netherlands) *
October 9-10 = Radio Blackstone International (The Netherlands)
October 16-17 = Charleston International Radio (Germany) *
October 23-24 = KR1 (The Netherlands)
October 30-31 = Cupid Radio (UK) *
November 6-7 = Radio Pamela (UK)
November 13-14 = Radio Jingle Bells (Germany)
November 20-21 = Free Radio Service-Holland (The Netherlands) *
November 27-28 = The Vault (Somewhere in Europe).
December 4-5 = Atlantic 2000 International (France) *
*Returning content provider with new programming.

WRMI RELAYS EUROPEAN PIRATE STATION RADIO MERLIN INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON 5950 KHZ

WRMI RELAYS EUROPEAN PIRATE STATION RADIO MERLIN INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON 5950 KHZ
The broadcast is at 0000 UTC on September 12.
Radio Merlin was part of Texas Radio Shortwaves Series 1 Europirate relays and was asked to produce a new program.
Reception reports must be sent directly to the station at radiomerlin@blueyonder.co.uk. TRSW won’t issue an eQSL for the broadcast.
Stations to be relayed on WRMI in the coming weeks are:
September 18-19 = Crusin’ Radio (UK)
September 25-26 = Offshore History Radio (The Netherlands)
October 2-3 = Radio Monique International (The Netherlands) *
October 9-10 = Radio Blackstone International (The Netherlands)
October 16-17 = Charleston International Radio (Germany) *
October 23-24 = KR1 (The Netherlands)
October 30-31 = Cupid Radio (UK) *
November 6-7 = Radio Pamela (UK)
November 13-14 = Radio Jingle Bells (Germany)
November 20-21 = Free Radio Service-Holland (The Netherlands) *
November 27-28 = The Vault (Somewhere in Europe).
December 4-5 = Atlantic 2000 International (France) *
*Returning content provider with new programming.

TWO HOURS OF TEXAS RADIO SHORTWAVE TONIGHT ON WRMI BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT UTC (8 P.M. ET) ON 5950 KHZ

TWO HOURS OF TEXAS RADIO SHORTWAVE TONIGHT ON WRMI BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT UTC (8 P.M. ET) ON 5950 KHZ
Texas Radio Shortwave kicks off September with two programs tonight: European pirate station Radio Clash at 8 p.m. and TRSW Prime: Austin City Limits Live at 9 p.m. (Those times are 0000 UTC and 0100 UTC, respectively.)
Series 2 of TRSW’s Europirate relays begins with Radio Clash, broadcasting from somewhere in Europe. eQSLs for the program will come directly from Radio Clash at radioclashqsl@gmail.com
Austin City Limits Live features artists like Los Lonely Boys, Jackie Venson, and Alabama Shakes that have appeared on the long-running PBS program. eQSLs are available for correct, detailed reception reports covering at last 20 minutes of the program to texasradiosw@gmail.com.

DUTCH PIRATE RADIO MONIQUE INTERNATIONAL WANTS NAm LISTENERS TO BE PART OF ITS PROGRAM TO BE RELAYED ON WRMI

DUTCH PIRATE RADIO MONIQUE INTERNATIONAL WANTS NAm LISTENERS TO BE PART OF ITS PROGRAM TO BE RELAYED ON WRMI
The first program will be broadcast live on Saturday, September 4, at 1500 UTC and recorded for a later rebroadcast via WRMI. Radio Monique will use a frequency somewhere between 6240 and 6340 kHz, usually around 6285 kHz.
Check the Texas Radio Shortwave Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/texasradiosw) on September 4 for Radio Monique International’s frequency.
Listeners are asked to email or message Radio Monique with questions, comments, and music requests. As many emails and messages as possible will be read over the air, along with music dedications.
The recorded program will then air on WRMI, 5950 kHz, at 0000 UTC on October 3.
North American listeners can tune in using these European remote Software Defined Receivers:
Weston, UK - http://websdr.uk:8060/
NW Ireland - http://irelandnorthwest.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/ or http://irelandnorthwest2.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/
University of Twente, NL - http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/.
The UK and Ireland sites have a limited number of listening slots but may provide a better signal. The University of Twente receiver’s signal sometimes isn’t as good as the others but can handle hundreds of listeners simultaneously.
For the more adventurous, here’s a site providing access to remote SDRs worldwide: http://rx.linkfanel.net/. Select the one with the best reception.
There are several ways to communicate with Radio Monique during and after the broadcast:
1. Join the European pirate chat: http://freeradiochat.blogspot.com/.../chat-for-free-radio... (IMPORTANT: Guests MUST change their ID/Name by left-clicking on it in the righthand column, normally it's the ID on top of the list; otherwise, you could be banned.)
2. Send an email to radiomoniqueradio@hotmail.nl
3. Reply to the top post on Radio Monique’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/radiomonique.international/ (IMPORTANT: Make certain to choose All Comments and refresh the page regularly to see posts as they are added.)
Tune in and have some fun with Radio Monique.

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