Reception of the former pirate FM station from France

 Radio Dio, FM station from Saint-Étienne, France has very interesting format and history. Here what Wikipedia page (created by Chris Henniker as a translation of the French language version of Wikipedia entry and henceforth edited by other users) tells about this broadcaster:

"Radio Dio is an independent radio station, broadcasting to the French city of Saint-Étienne and its outskirts. Its slogan is "Free, Wild, and Impertinent". Its mission is to speak to 'have-nots' and to promote the local, national and international independent scene. In spite of its emphasis on rock'n'roll, Radio Dio broadcasts a great diversity of current musical styles, including reggae, electro, and some blues and metal. Its logo is a cat because in Radio Dio, the cat ate the rat.

Dio broadcasts on the Internet and on FM frequency 89.5 MHz, in Saint-Etienne and its near surroundings. Having previously been a pirate station, Radio Dio was officially created in 1981, as part of the liberalization of the FM band. The station has three paid employees. It takes part in the diffusion and the discovery of talents, and particularly buildings.

It remains one of the few French radios not to broadcast adverts. Radio Dio is a founding member of the Ferarock national collective (of which it has always formed a part); a member of the Office and the commission d'Ecoute. It is also member of the collective d'associations ligériennes, the Slug, which manages the SMAC, Salle of the Current music of St Etienne, the Wire, which was inaugurated at the end of January 2008."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Dio

Radio Dio has been received in Kyiv on 23rd of May 2021 from 09.07 till 09.12 UTC on the frequency of 89.5 MHz. RDS PI decoded: F857:

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

Station's website: http://radiodio.org/

Email confirmation from LifeStyle 74 Radio

 Ron Myers has confirmed my reception of the French radio station LifeStyle 74 Radio on 88.8 MHz during sporadic propagation in May this year and wrote about some interesting details on the station. Transmitter located at Crozet, France, adjacent to Geneva, Switzerland, ERP is 2.5 kW. Thank you very much, Ron!

Station's website: www.radio74.org

QSL from NHK World

 Thank you very much for the nice QSL-card!

QSL from Radio Waves International

 QSL from Radio Waves International (via Channel 292). Many thanks to Peter Hills and Philippe for the detailed QSL-letter and many souvenirs.

Es catches 13.05.2021 and UNID on 87.8 MHz

16:53	88.60	MHz	F	RFM	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
16:54	89.40	MHz	F	Virgin Radio	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
16:55	89.60	MHz	F	Virgin Radio	Clermont-Ferrand	2	kW	2087	km	266	°
16:55	90.00	MHz	F	ARL	Marmande/Birac-sur-Trec	1	kW	2343	km	266	°
16:56	89.40	MHz	F	Skyrock	Marmande/Dargaoul	1	kW	2361	km	266	°
16:57	87.70	MHz	F	France Culture (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
16:57	88.80	MHz	F	LifeStyle 74 (tent.)	Annemasse	0.5	kW	1855	km	265	°
16:57	92.00	MHz	F	Radio Scoop	Lyon/Mont Cindre 2 (tent.)	10	kW	1959	km	265	°
16:58	88.90	MHz	F	Mouv' (tent.)	Dijon	1	kW	1885	km	269	°
16:59	88.70	MHz	F	Chérie FM	Gray	1	kW	1837	km	269	°
16:59	89.80	MHz	F	Skyrock	Gray (tent.)	1	kW	1837	km	269	°
16:59	91.00	MHz	SUI	RTS La Première	Sorens/Gibloux	1	kW	1764	km	266	°
16:59	91.20	MHz	SUI	RTS La Première	La Dôle (Gingins) (tent.)	19	kW	1839	km	266	°
17:00	89.20	MHz	F	Radio Scoop	Bourg-en-Bresse/Bellevue	1	kW	1918	km	266	°
17:00	89.20	MHz	F	Rire et Chansons (tent.)	Brive-la-Gaillarde	1	kW	2223	km	266	°
17:00	92.00	MHz	F	CFM Radio	Casteljaloux	1	kW	2362	km	265	°
17:01	88.70	MHz	F	France Culture	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:01	91.60	MHz	F	France Inter	Theys 1 (tent.)	0.1	kW	1900	km	262	°
17:02	88.10	MHz	F	France Inter (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:02	91.40	MHz	I	Radio Maria	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:05	89.50	MHz	F	France Culture	Limoges (tent.)	160	kW	2230	km	268	°
17:05	92.20	MHz	F	Fun Radio	Limoges (tent.)	2	kW	2210	km	268	°
17:06	90.80	MHz	F	France Musique	Guéret (tent.)	10	kW	2150	km	269	°
17:06	91.00	MHz	F	Beur FM (tent.)	Limoges	2	kW	2210	km	268	°
17:10	87.80	MHz	F	Mouv'	Lyon/Fourvière (tent.)	4	kW	1960	km	265	°
17:12	91.90	MHz	F	France Musique	Aurillac/Labastide (tent.)	7	kW	2200	km	265	°
17:13	89.10	MHz	F	France Culture (tent.)	Saint-Etienne (tent.)	2	kW	2010	km	264	°
17:13	90.00	MHz	F	Activ Radio	Saint-Etienne	2	kW	2010	km	264	°
17:13	90.90	MHz	F	Radio Ondaine	Firminy	2	kW	2020	km	264	°
17:14	88.10	MHz	F	Radio Espérance	Vienne	1	kW	1970	km	264	°
17:14	89.30	MHz	F	NRJ	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:15	91.30	MHz	F	Radio Scoop	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:17	88.20	MHz	F	France Culture	Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (tent.)	10	kW	2160	km	267	°
17:18	88.80	MHz	F	France Culture	Lyon/Mont Pilat (tent.)	160	kW	1990	km	264	°
17:18	89.30	MHz	F	France Culture	Le Puy-en-Velay (tent.).)	10	kW	2070	km	264	°
17:20	90.50	MHz	F	France Culture	Chambéry/Mont du Chat (tent.)	8	kW	1900	km	264	°
17:21	90.40	MHz	F	France Inter	Clermont-Ferrand (tent.)	40	kW	2090	km	267	°
17:21	90.70	MHz	F	RFM	Figeac/Pic de Saint-Bressou (tent.)	1	kW	2210	km	265	°
17:23	87.70	MHz	F	Nostalgie	Clermont-Ferrand	1	kW	2090	km	267	°
17:24	89.50	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
17:24	91.70	MHz	BEL	VRT Radio 1 (tent.)	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
17:25	87.80	MHz	PIR	UNID Zender Glaubedran	---------	-	kW	----	km	---	°
17:25	89.90	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara	Genk	20	kW	1750	km	282	°
17:25	92.10	MHz	HOL	100% NL (tent.)	Hulsberg/Emmaberg	10	kW	1730	km	281	°

Unidentified station has been received on 87.8 MHz during brief final hop from Belgium and The Netherlands, at 17.25 UTC. Detected RDS PI code is: 5396! This code is being used by Jonica Radio and some other Italians, however Jonica is not broadcasting on 87.8 MHz, and there are no stations with such PI on this frequency at all, according to the FMList database. I can't identify the recorded song neither, but it is not typical for Italian broadcasters, in my opinion. Possibly a pirate?

Signal of this UNID has faded-in synchronously with signals from Genk and Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (Belgium), also 100% NL (tentative) from Hulsberg was audible at the same time on 92.1 MHz. So, if this is a Dutch pirate, the most probable location of him is somwhere in Limburg!

 

Any help with identification is very appreciated.

UPDATE: the UNID on 87.8 MHz is identified as a free radio station Zender Glaubedran. Many thanks to Jelmer! I would never IDed this one without his help.

All other stations were identified by ID jingles, RDS, playlists, podcasts, parallel frequencies or parallel web streams. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

Es catches 28.07.2020 - 29.07.2020

28.07.2020

07:58	67.19	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Kudymkar	17	kW	1810	km	49	°

29.07.2020

15:00	88.10	MHz	S	Retro FM	Ängelholm/Vegeholm/Vattentornet	1	kW	1330	km	306	°
15:02	88.10	MHz	F	RCF	?	?	kW	?	km	?	°
15:03	89.00	MHz	F	France Inter	?	?	kW	?	km	?	°
15:54	88.50	MHz	F	France Culture	?	?	kW	?	km	?	°
15:54	88.70	MHz	F	France Culture	?	?	kW	?	km	?	°

All the stations were identified by ID jingles, RDS, playlists, podcasts, parallel frequencies or parallel web streams. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

Es catches 26.07.2020

06:37	87.70	MHz	F	Champagne FM	Châlons-en-Champagne	1	kW	1870	km	275	°
06:37	88.00	MHz	D	SR 1	Göttelborner Höhe	100	kW	1680	km	275	°
06:38	88.20	MHz	F	Radio Classique	Lille/La Pilaterie (tent.)	1	kW	1920	km	282	°
06:38	91.30	MHz	D	SR 2 Kultur	Göttelborner Höhe	100	kW	1680	km	275	°
06:39	88.80	MHz	D	SWR2 (Baden-Württemberg)	Heidelberg/Königstuhl	100	kW	1550	km	274	°
06:47	88.60	MHz	HOL	BNR Nieuwsradio	Mierlo	26	kW	1740	km	284	°
06:50	91.80	MHz	I	RTL 102.5	Mango (tent.)	32	kW	1780	km	258	°
06:52	87.50	MHz	I	Radio Subasio	Milano (tent.)	12	kW	1670	km	259	°
06:52	90.50	MHz	I	Radio Deejay	Bagnolo Piemonte (tent.)	25	kW	1840	km	259	°
06:52	90.60	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	Milano (tent.)	32	kW	1670	km	259	°
06:52	91.00	MHz	I	m2o	Milano (tent.)	50	kW	1670	km	259	°
06:52	91.40	MHz	I	Radiofreccia	Milano (tent.)	?	kW	1670	km	259	°
06:55	89.50	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
06:56	87.80	MHz	F	France Inter	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
06:57	88.70	MHz	F	France Musique	Lille/Bouvigny le Mont (tent.)	130	kW	1960	km	281	°
06:59	88.30	MHz	F	France Culture	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
06:59	89.10	MHz	I	Radio Gold (Alessandria)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
06:59	89.80	MHz	I	China FM	Milano (tent.)	50	kW	1670	km	259	°
06:59	91.40	MHz	I	Radio Nostalgia (Piemonte)	Mirabello Monferrato	10	kW	1740	km	258	°
07:00	89.50	MHz	I	R101	Brescia/Monte Maddalena	40	kW	1590	km	258	°
07:03	87.90	MHz	BEL	Nostalgie	Nivelles	0.2	kW	1840	km	281	°
07:03	92.10	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	Torino/Eremo (tent.)	200	kW	1790	km	259	°
07:05	90.70	MHz	I	RTL 102.5	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:06	90.10	MHz	BEL	Radio 700	Elsenborn/Herzebösch	1	kW	1710	km	280	°
07:07	91.90	MHz	I	Radio Nostalgia (Piemonte)	Magnano/Frazione Broglina	7.9	kW	1750	km	261	°
07:08	90.80	MHz	BEL	RTBF Classic 21	Profondeville/Rivière	10	kW	1810	km	280	°
07:12	91.70	MHz	F	Champagne FM	Romilly-sur-Seine	1	kW	1930	km	274	°
07:13	90.20	MHz	F	Skyrock	Bar-le-Duc	1	kW	1820	km	274	°
07:16	87.60	MHz	F	Lor'FM	Morhange	0.5	kW	1720	km	274	°
07:17	90.70	MHz	F	Nostalgie	Troyes (tent.)	1	kW	1910	km	274	°
07:17	91.00	MHz	F	Fun Radio	Sens/Bois de Chamonat	1	kW	1970	km	274	°
07:17	92.10	MHz	F	Rire et Chansons	Troyes/Ferme du Mont Bel-Air	1	kW	1910	km	274	°
07:22	92.20	MHz	F	NRJ	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:23	89.20	MHz	F	NRJ	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:39	88.60	MHz	F	M Radio	Chaumont	1	kW	1850	km	272	°
07:39	88.80	MHz	F	Évasion FM	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:39	90.00	MHz	F	Nostalgie	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire	1	kW	2040	km	272	°
07:39	91.40	MHz	F	France Musique	Troyes/les Riceys (tent.)	63	kW	1900	km	272	°
07:39	92.00	MHz	F	Skyrock	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:40	89.00	MHz	F	RFI Paris	Paris	10	kW	2020	km	276	°
07:40	90.40	MHz	F	Nostalgie	Paris (tent.)	10	kW	2020	km	276	°
07:40	90.90	MHz	F	Chante France	Paris (tent.)	4	kW	2020	km	276	°
07:41	88.50	MHz	F	France Culture	Bourges (tent.)	79	kW	2050	km	271	°
07:42	87.80	MHz	F	France Bleu Bourgogne	Troyes/les Riceys	63	kW	1900	km	272	°
07:42	90.30	MHz	F	France Musique	Sarrebourg/le Donon (tent.)	7.9	kW	1690	km	272	°
07:43	88.20	MHz	F	Cerise FM	Mulhouse	1	kW	1710	km	269	°
07:43	91.70	MHz	F	France Musique	Paris (tent.)	8	kW	2020	km	276	°
07:44	89.40	MHz	F	France Musique	Épinal/Bois de la Vierge (tent.)	10	kW	1750	km	271	°
07:45	90.20	MHz	F	TSF Jazz (tent.)	Nevers	1	kW	2030	km	270	°
07:45	90.40	MHz	F	France Culture	Chaumont-Langres (tent.)	16	kW	1840	km	271	°
07:47	91.10	MHz	F	France Musique	Noirt (tent.))	200	kW	2290	km	270	°
07:48	90.50	MHz	F	Skyrock	Tours/les Rochettes (tent.)	2	kW	2180	km	273	°
07:48	91.80	MHz	F	France Musique	Bourges (tent.)	79	kW	2050	km	271	°
07:49	92.00	MHz	F	Forum (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:50	87.70	MHz	F	Skyrock	Cosne-sur-Loire (tent.)	0.5	kW	2020	km	271	°
07:50	90.80	MHz	F	France Musique	Guéret (tent.)	10	kW	2150	km	269	°
07:50	91.60	MHz	F	RCF (tent.)	Clermont-Ferrand (tent.)	1	kW	2090	km	267	°
07:51	88.00	MHz	F	Skyrock	Colmar/Ingersheim	1	kW	1690	km	270	°
07:52	88.70	MHz	F	Chérie FM	Gray/les Capucines	1	kW	1840	km	269	°
07:53	91.60	MHz	F	France Musique	Mulhouse/Belvédère (tent.)	100	kW	1700	km	269	°
07:55	89.00	MHz	F	France Culture	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:55	89.10	MHz	F	Beur FM (tent.)	Bourges 2/château d'eau	1	kW	2080	km	271	°
07:55	89.80	MHz	F	France Culture	Argenton-sur-Creuse (tent.)	5	kW	2150	km	270	°
07:55	92.20	MHz	F	Fun Radio	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:56	89.40	MHz	F	Sweet FM	Blois/Alain-Gerbault	1	kW	2130	km	273	°
07:57	88.10	MHz	F	Skyrock	Dole/Mont Roland	1	kW	1860	km	268	°
07:57	89.80	MHz	F	Skyrock	Gray/les Capucines (tent.)	1	kW	1840	km	269	°
07:57	90.90	MHz	F	Radio Antenne Portugaise (tent.)	Tours/Ballan-Miré	2	kW	2190	km	273	°
07:58	88.60	MHz	F	France Culture	Mulhouse/Belvédère (tent.)	100	kW	1700	km	269	°
07:58	89.50	MHz	F	France Culture	Limoges/les Cars (tent.)	160	kW	2230	km	268	°
07:58	89.90	MHz	F	Radio Espérance	Le Creusot/Meusoy	1	kW	1950	km	268	°
07:58	92.20	MHz	F	France Musique	Tours/Chissay (tent.)	8	kW	2160	km	273	°
07:59	88.10	MHz	F	France Inter	Autun/Bois du Roi (tent.)	8	kW	1960	km	269	°
07:59	88.30	MHz	D	SWR1 Baden-Württemberg (tent.)	Raichberg	40	kW	1570	km	270	°
07:59	88.90	MHz	F	Mouv'	Dijon/TDF la Trouhaude	1	kW	1880	km	269	°
07:59	90.40	MHz	D	SWR2 (Baden-Württemberg)	Witthoh (Tuttlingen)	40	kW	1590	km	269	°
07:59	90.70	MHz	F	Fun Radio	Dijon/En Chaumont	1	kW	1880	km	270	°
07:59	91.20	MHz	F	Fun Radio	Guéret (tent.)	0.5	kW	2150	km	269	°
07:59	91.30	MHz	F	Fréquence Amitié Vesoul	Vesoul/la Demie	1	kW	1790	km	269	°
08:00	87.90	MHz	F	Virgin Radio	Dijon/Chenôve (tent.)	1	kW	1880	km	269	°
08:00	88.00	MHz	F	RCF	Vesoul/la Demie (tent.)	1	kW	1790	km	269	°
08:00	91.80	MHz	F	Rire et Chansons	Dijon/Chenôve (tent.)	0.5	kW	1880	km	269	°
08:01	89.10	MHz	F	Europe 1	Gien/les Briquemeaux	1	kW	2040	km	272	°
08:01	91.70	MHz	BEL	VRT Radio 1	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
08:02	90.30	MHz	F	France Culture	Arnay-le-Duc/Forêt Tardet (tent.)	2.5	kW	1910	km	269	°
08:03	89.20	MHz	D	SWR1 Baden-Württemberg	Blauen	8.4	kW	1670	km	269	°
08:03	89.80	MHz	D	SWR1 Baden-Württemberg	Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (tent.)	5	kW	1650	km	269	°
08:03	90.60	MHz	SUI	Radio SRF 1	Bettingen/St. Chrischona (tent.)	33	kW	1680	km	268	°
08:03	92.10	MHz	SUI	Radio 24	Buchberg/Honegg	1	kW	1620	km	267	°
08:04	92.00	MHz	F	Radio FG (tent.)	Besançon	0.1	kW	1810	km	268	°
08:06	91.90	MHz	F	Radio Scoop	Roanne/Sainte-Agathe	1	kW	2010	km	266	°
08:07	87.60	MHz	F	RCF	Besançon/Fort de Planoise (tent.)	1	kW	1820	km	268	°
08:07	89.30	MHz	F	France Culture	Besançon/Montfaucon (tent.)	10	kW	1810	km	268	°
08:07	92.10	MHz	F	Logos FM	Moulins/Faisanderie	1	kW	2040	km	268	°
08:08	89.00	MHz	F	Nostalgie	Moulins	1	kW	2030	km	268	°
08:09	87.70	MHz	F	Nostalgie (tent.)	Clermont-Ferrand	1	kW	2090	km	267	°
08:11	87.90	MHz	SUI	SWR1 Baden-Württemberg	Sankt Chrischona	5	kW	1680	km	268	°
08:11	88.80	MHz	F	Radio FG	Clermont-Ferrand	1	kW	2090	km	267	°
08:12	91.70	MHz	F	France Bleu Périgord	Limoges/les Cars	100	kW	2230	km	268	°
08:13	91.50	MHz	F	France Musique	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
08:13	91.50	MHz	F	Oüi FM	Roanne/Sainte-Agathe	1	kW	2010	km	266	°
08:14	91.90	MHz	?	NRJ	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
08:15	92.00	MHz	F	France Musique	Rouen/Grand-Couronne (tent.)	100	kW	2100	km	278	°
08:16	88.00	MHz	F	Chérie FM	Villefranche-sur-Saône/Pommiers	1	kW	1960	km	266	°
08:16	89.20	MHz	F	Radio Scoop	Bourg-en-Bresse/Bellevue	1	kW	1920	km	266	°
08:17	90.90	MHz	F	Fun Radio	Villefranche-sur-Saône/Pommiers B	1	kW	1960	km	266	°
08:19	89.90	MHz	D	SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz	Weinbiet	25	kW	1600	km	275	°
08:22	89.70	MHz	F	France Musique	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
08:24	88.80	MHz	F	France Culture	Lyon/Mont Pilat (tent.)	160	kW	1990	km	264	°
08:24	89.10	MHz	F	France Culture	Saint-Etienne/le Guizay (tent.)	2	kW	2010	km	264	°
08:24	90.70	MHz	F	RFM	Figeac/Pic de Saint-Bressou (tent.)	1	kW	2210	km	265	°
08:25	89.60	MHz	F	France Musique	Gex/Montrond (tent.)	25	kW	1850	km	266	°
08:28	87.60	MHz	F	Fun Radio	Orléans/Ingré TDF	2	kW	2080	km	274	°
08:42	94.00	MHz	F	France Musique (tent.)	Vittel/Thuillières (tent.)	8	kW	1780	km	272	°
08:42	95.00	MHz	F	France Musique (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
08:42	97.00	MHz	F	France Musique (tent.)	Le Mans/Mayet (tent.)	130	kW	2200	km	274	°
08:43	93.40	MHz	F	Jazz Radio	Bourges/les Goulevents	1	kW	2080	km	271	°
08:43	94.90	MHz	F	France Inter	Bourges (tent.)	79	kW	2050	km	271	°
08:44	92.60	MHz	F	France Inter	Le Mans/Mayet (tent.)	130	kW	2200	km	274	°
08:44	93.00	MHz	F	France Inter	Limoges/les Cars (tent.)	160	kW	2230	km	268	°
08:44	93.30	MHz	F	France Musique (tent.)	Chaumont-Langres/Chalindrey	16	kW	1840	km	271	°
08:51	66.44	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Saratov	Perelyub	17	kW	1380	km	75	°
08:51	67.04	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
08:51	68.48	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Saratov	Yershov	17	kW	1250	km	78	°
08:51	71.09	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Saratov	Saratov	6	kW	1090	km	77	°
08:52	70.16	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Saratov	Balashov	17	kW	890	km	76	°
08:53	66.62	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
08:57	68.84	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°

All the stations were identified by ID jingles, RDS, playlists, podcasts, parallel frequencies or parallel web streams. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole