CONTINENT OF MEDIA 02-01, produced January 22, 2002
        by Glenn Hauser

*COM 02-01, the first for year 2002; intention to produce more or
 less monthly, but longer since the last one. Thanks for patience.
*COM sponsored exclusively on SW by Radio for Peace International;
 and on the Internet by DXing.com that is, Universal Radio,
 offering quality amateur and shortwave radio equipment since 1942.
 For info or a catalog call 1-800-431-3939 or visit them on the web
 at http://www.universal-radio.com or http://www.rffun.com
*HF Apex broadcasting stations in the US, 1939y on 26+ MHz AM:
 http://members.aol.com/jeff560/1939apex.html
*If you miss any URLs check these summaries at http://www.worldofradio.com
*Sounds of the Far East Network: http://jg3.com/fen/fenra.html
 including Tokyo Calling: http://jg3.com/fen/tokyocalling.shtml
*What happened to XERB-1090 and Wolfman Jack?
 http://www.440.com/mex.html and http://www.440.com/namesj.html#_wjack
 http://www.nab.org/Radio/awards/default.asp
*Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, inventor of radio, not Marconi
 http://sask.cbc.ca/toonies/fezzlast.html
*CFYZ, airport info station in Toronto, has live drivetime shows,
 seems increased power
*Chicago lakefront gets HAR station AM-1650
*Plans for multi-transmiter low-power AM, Auburn Community Radio, WA
*WCBS switchboard can`t find radio station, nor chief engineer
*Joint radio-TV call stations make original radio a poor relation
*FCC a joke, allowing daytimer AMs like WLBA to operate all-night
*Broadcast TV a waste of spectrum, says FCC Chairman Powell
*WBBM DT channel 3 on the air in Chicago; coverage and interference
 problems
*East Coast State of Mind Rules TV News, to disadvantage of West
 Coast [and ignoring Central as usual]
*FCC decision allows states to seek new area codes exclusively for
 cell phones and pagers
*Cuba considers internet a high-risk medium; savvy surfers steal
 passwords to use it after hours
*El Salvador TV website updated, with logos to help TVDX IDs:
 http://www.geocities.com/hmolina.geo/tv.htm
*Check out our growing schedule of Shows We Like, mainly webcast, at
 http://www.worldofradio.com/calendar.html
*Lots of good original programming at Boulder`s community station
 KGNU, including Musica Mundi, UT Thu 0200-0400; http://www.kgnu.org
*Tip For Rational Living from Epicurus, thanks to
 http://www.positiveatheism.org
*Seeking out hidden audio URLs -- that would be UXing...
*Glenn Hauser, concluding COM 02-01                   ###