[SW] 6765.1 & 8743.0 kHz - Bangkok Meteorological Radio - NEW INTERVAL SIGNAL & voices, Dec 26 2025

Описание: THEY REPLACED THE ICONIC MUSIC BOX WITH A RIP-OFF OF A SUPER MARIO MOD 🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸

Bangkok Meteorological Radio has been on air on shortwave for a couple decades, and its broadcasts were always characterized by an Interval Signal, which was a humble melody played on a music box. It remained unchanged at least since late 1990s, which is probably the oldest recording I've found of this station online.

It remained unchanged almost until the very end of 2025.

On December 26th, listeners at the University of Twente WebSDR's chatbox were reporting hearing new female voices that replaced previous, male-only, voice synthesizers. Moments later, a new interval melody was also noted.

The new melody turned out to be strikingly familiar to some listeners. Indeed, it was quickly identified as part of a soundtrack of 1990 Nintendo game Super Mario World - a track called Wandering The Plains.

That track can be listened to at:    • Super Mario World OST - Wandering The Plains   - isn't it familiar indeed?

So I dug deeper, and found a remix (?) of this composition made in 1995, called Donut Plains '95. This one appears to be part of a soundtrack for a Super Mario 64 ROM hack called B3313. Bingo! - the new Interval Signal of Bangkok Meteorological Radio matches the first 8 bars or 17 seconds of that remix! 😂

Compare them for yourself ➡️    • [Bonus Track] Donut Plains '95 (Original V...  

Received at 21:00 UTC December 26th, 2025 on both 6765.1 and 8743.0 kHz USB, using Airspy HF+ Discovery & 12x4.5m KAZ antenna beaming ~285deg. 6765.1 turned out a bit better, mostly thanks to a STANAG-4285 on nearly the same frequency skipping over me.

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