This is a brilliant compendium! I heard these as a kid in the 1970s as my father waited for the approaching time and propagation. My favorite was West Germany, and so glad to now know the tweets of the bird were Italy. Thanks much from an radio engineer in Virginia USA.
Those RAI "birds" were quite peculiar. Especially because I read somewhere these are actually sounds made by a machine and not a recording of real birds.
So many good memories of these stations. On school nights I would put my ear phones on so my folks would not know I was staying up late to cruise the world. My trusty Eico 718 did a decent job. Now I am old and a Ham with over 200 countries confirmed . However still doesn't match the thrill of those days.. I wish there were more stations on the air now. I also would stay up and listen to AFRTS and it's daily Vietnam reports. I lay there wondering when I would end up there. Crazy times.
Unbased as they were following the likes of radio free Europe which then adovoacged for fkn shock therapy and that's how u got modern e europe. Drunks drug addicts barbarism and dis unity to the the ruling class. The ussr and East collapsed with Krustachev to Goebachev and its captlsim and the help of the cia.
It's funny in the background of the British Jingle you can hear Radio Moscow trying to hijack the Airwaves. My dad used to do stuff with radio in the Nederlands and he remembers when Radio Moscow would try and hijack the Airwaves and so they would have the theme of Radio Moscow blasting through on the feedback.
Wonderful stuff. With state censorship so prevalent again these days, perhaps governments should consider returning to shortwave broadcasting once more..?
I have a suggestion why you can't do the opening of the interval signal of the radios of all the countries of the world during the cold war most can be from the 50's to the 80's It's a good idea for your next video at least you can release it next week
Unlike the US, European radio required stations to have a formal identity code played on air on a certain schedule to make finding stations easier on an analog radio. Such things weren't common on US radio, where instead broadcasters would make up individual and stylized "jingles."
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the 20th century is actually sooo melancholic, thank you for this important and interesting historical material
Am a Cold War nerd, so, thanks for the upload.
My favorite is Soviet Union, Sweden and East Germany. Ah, I miss the good old days of shortwave radio.
This is a brilliant compendium! I heard these as a kid in the 1970s as my father waited for the approaching time and propagation. My favorite was West Germany, and so glad to now know the tweets of the bird were Italy. Thanks much from an radio engineer in Virginia USA.
Those RAI "birds" were quite peculiar. Especially because I read somewhere these are actually sounds made by a machine and not a recording of real birds.
So many good memories of these stations. On school nights I would put my ear phones on so my folks would not know I was staying up late to cruise the world. My trusty Eico 718 did a decent job. Now I am old and a Ham with over 200 countries confirmed . However still doesn't match the thrill of those days.. I wish there were more stations on the air now. I also would stay up and listen to AFRTS and it's daily Vietnam reports. I lay there wondering when I would end up there. Crazy times.
Here in Estonia, people used to tune in to YLE to break the USSR censorship. Cool stuff!
Unbased as they were following the likes of radio free Europe which then adovoacged for fkn shock therapy and that's how u got modern e europe. Drunks drug addicts barbarism and dis unity to the the ruling class. The ussr and East collapsed with Krustachev to Goebachev and its captlsim and the help of the cia.
_THANK YOU SO MUCH!_ I really wanted a compilation of interval signals, I love them so much, thank you :).
I never heard the Vatican radio ident before. It's absolutely lovely. Laudate Iesus Christus!
still in air
0:21 UK
0:57 Ireland
1:10 Iceland
1:22 Norway
1:57 Sweden
2:34 Finland
2:55 Denmark
3:16 West Germany
3:29 East Germany
3:47 Austria
4:13 Switzerland
4:28 the Netherlands
4:47 Luxembourg
4:56 Belgium
5:18 France
5:30 Monaco
6:11 Andorra
6:44 Spain
7:14 Portugal
7:55 Italia
8:15 Holy See
8:39 Malta
9:20 Greece
9:47 Türkiye
10:23 Republic of Cyprus
10:42 Bulgaria
11:10 Jugoslavia
11:19 Albania
12:01 Rumani
12:22 Hungary
12:58 Czechoslovakia
13:10 Poland
13:21 URSS
I love how the USSRs tune is heard on the background of the uks
i want to help you but RUclips does not allow me to
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Loved the USSR one, rhis one is also great!
Thanks for the lovely memories. Gods, I miss the cold war.
interesting how Italy is just birds, then "RAI - RadioTelevisione Italiana."
They still do the bird sound before regional news on *Radio3
@@LetsFixTechnologyAt least they kept that tradition.
It's funny in the background of the British Jingle you can hear Radio Moscow trying to hijack the Airwaves. My dad used to do stuff with radio in the Nederlands and he remembers when Radio Moscow would try and hijack the Airwaves and so they would have the theme of Radio Moscow blasting through on the feedback.
United Kingdom: 🧐🔔
Ireland: ☺😄
Iceland: 😊😁
Norway: 😌😌
Sweden: 🤫😄
Finland: 🤭🤭
Denmark: 🙂😄
West Germany: 😉😉
East Germany: 😪😴
Austria: 😐😮
Switzerland: 🌃😴
Netherlands: 😕😕
Luxembourg: 😐😐
Belgium: 😐🤔
France: 😐😐
Monaco: 😶😶
Andorra: 😁😄
Spain: 🙂😮
Portugal: 😊😊
Italy: 🐦🐦
Vatican City: 😇😇
Malta: 🏖🏝
Greece: 😶🤔
Turkey: 🙂😳
Cyprus: 😊🤭
Bulgaria: 😄😄
Yugoslavia: 😶😐
Albania: 😮😮
Romania: 😐😯
Hungary: 📯🎻
Czechoslovakia: 🤔😑
Poland: 😯😥
Soviet Union: 😳🥲
おぉー！廃墟からの復活、東ドイツの国歌！
国破れたりとも国歌は偉大なり。
Nice old memories
Wonderful stuff. With state censorship so prevalent again these days, perhaps governments should consider returning to shortwave broadcasting once more..?
4:27 this sounds like something that Imaginary Soundscapes would generate
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🗣️🔥 BBC 😳👃🏿 LONDON 🇬🇧
The Vatican's sounds like Bach
Can you do Cold war asian radio interval signals next?
Someday..!
I have a suggestion why you can't do the opening of the interval signal of the radios of all the countries of the world during the cold war most can be from the 50's to the 80's It's a good idea for your next video at least you can release it next week
Radio Vatican 🎉
What were these used for
For Identifications mostly
But also to inform other stations that this frequency is in use
Unlike the US, European radio required stations to have a formal identity code played on air on a certain schedule to make finding stations easier on an analog radio. Such things weren't common on US radio, where instead broadcasters would make up individual and stylized "jingles."
@@johnroscoe2406 weird since I've been living in Europe my whole life and it's my first time hearing of this
@@super---. Yeah that is weird. Good thing I'm not wrong nor making this up then.
@@super---.Yes, these are from the 70s and 80s. London Calling is used in a Clash song.
Reminds me of stereotypical music across Europe
That's precisely why those stations used those pieces.
Another one of these?
Anyways love the USSR!
Soviet
Finland sounds like c418