NHK Radio Japan shortwave ident theme

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Recorded and posted by John Barnes(7772399). Ident theme for Radio Japan (NHK) heard on the shortwave band prior to commencement of an international broadcast. (Received in Canberra, Australia, using a standard telescopic aerial )on 11830 Kilohertz. Signal strength is reasonable, but not strong. There is some noise and interference, but fading is only slight. The ident theme is a musical 'chimes' version of the Japanese classic song "Kojo No Tsuki" 荒城の月 (The moon over a ruined castle) OR (Castle ruins in the moonlight). Note - The Japanese characters may simply appear as squares or 'boxes' to some viewers. The 'chimes' ident tune commences at 4 minutes before the hour, and runs for a full 4 minutes (only 2 minutes 15 seconds on this video clip) followed by 3 time pips and the commencement of the programme. The introduction following the ident music (and time pips) is in Japanese, beginning with "Komban wa" (good evening), and includes a brief summary of the news. "NHK no kokusai hoso desu" means that this is an international (shortwave) broadcast from NHK (Radio Japan). NHK stands for "Nippon Hoso Kyokai" (Japan Broadcasting Corporation).日本放送協会. 日本 = Nihon or Nippon (Japan). (Nippon Seifu = Japanese Government). Note - Look for the "NHK JAPAN" sign that appears on the screen near the end of the video clip ! Footnote: The signal was received on a "Barnes" receiver, an old 1980's radio/cassette player made in Korea. The cassette player is broken, but the radio section still works. The HF(high frequency) shortwave tuner covers the range of 6 to 18 Megahertz. Not exactly hi-tech, but it DOES prove that even in 2007, you don't need the Internet or expensive satellite equipment to listen to broadcasts from Japan ! (That also applies to China and many other countries around the globe).

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: September 21, 2007 at 4:36 am
Author: 7772399

Length: 0:04:48
Rating: 5.00
Views: 9,015

Tags: NHK_shortwave Radio_Japan Japanese_music 11830Kilohertz Shortwave_Receiver Barnes_Receiver Barnes_7772399

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Video Comments:
ashita100 (Monday 1st of September 2008 04:13:27 PM)
wow how did u manage to do that
gccengineering1996 (Wednesday 30th of July 2008 07:45:56 PM)
I have a DX-392 and the cassette recorder does not work at all. BTW, What model number is that radio? Thats a nice economy receiver there.
18yellowroses (Monday 21st of July 2008 11:11:23 PM)
Great. I thought NHK only had a television program. Very nice.
funkg (Monday 14th of July 2008 03:28:18 PM)
that music is great what is it?
hirofan (Saturday 24th of May 2008 05:46:00 PM)
I use to listen to Radio Japan often. Their broadcasts are shorter now.
kookiecookster (Saturday 17th of May 2008 12:31:57 PM)
The Radio Japan ident tune is the ginchiest!
barneyblogster (Sunday 18th of May 2008 08:18:00 PM)
"ginchiest" meaning 'great', marvellous, nice, etc. A word created by Ed "Kookie" Burns.
kookiecookster (Thursday 29th of May 2008 02:27:45 PM)
You got it Bro.
diethylfluzappem (Wednesday 7th of May 2008 04:20:41 AM)
I most certainly WAS joking! "Number stations" are a load of codswhallop!
shortwavelistener (Sunday 4th of May 2008 12:28:50 AM)
'Nippon seifu wa ..' is heard just after a slight pause at the 3 minute 40 second mark.