CONTINENT OF MEDIA 03-02, produced Feb. 22, 2003 by Glenn Hauser *Continent of Media 03-02; just as I start recording, a train whistle goes by *COM is shortwave broadcast exclusively on Radio for Peace International http://www.rfpi.org *Available on the web thanks to http://www.DXing.com sponsored by Universal Radio, 1-800-431-3939 http://www.universal-radio.com *Recorded Feb. 22, little more than a month after the previous one *Check our website http://www.worldofradio.com for summaries of this program and previous editions in audio *COM is about media around the continent, not especially shortwave *KAIM, 870, Hawaii closed down a few months ago from Molokai, but is now back with low power from Oahu; future unclear [DXLD 3-017, 3-029] *New station planned in Alaska, KAGV-1110, relaying KAGV: http://www.vfcm.org/kagv.htm [DXLD 3-026] *Inuktitut needs official language status like English and French [DXLD 3-023] *About the Inuktitut language; http://www.tununiq.com/masters/iinuk.htm *Mount Royal transmitter site in Montreal subject of RF radiation concerns [3-022] *CJWI, 1610, Montreal has new address: 3733, Jarry Est, 2e etage, Montreal QC H1Z 2G1 and website http://www.cpam-radiounion.com *Job opening for Chief of Radio closing March 23; details at https://jobs.un.org/ *Radio stations in Haiti have big problems with government; Radio Metropole silences news for a day in protest; Radio Haiti-Inter goes off the air temporarily [DXLD 3-028, 3-029] *El Dorado for Latin American DXers has been revised: http://members01.chello.se/mwm/eldorado/index.html *R. Mil, 6010, Mexico City, reschedules Encuentro DX to avoid DRM QRM from Sackville and has new website: http://www.nrm.com.mx/estaciones/radiomil/DX.html *In the midst of COM 03-02, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; or woradio at yahoo.com *South Florida FM band full of pirates; why doesn`t FCC do anything? *Rants against FCC`s priorities, hypocrisy *Palm Beach Post story in great detail about pirates, even with frequencies! in DXLD 3-019, or http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/monday/local_news_e3d3edfde4a8113e1001.html *FCC sued over towers it permits killing huge quantities of migratory birds along the Gulf coast http://www.forestconservation.org/Litigation/gulflawsuit.pdf http://www.towerkill.com PCIA: http://www.pcia.com *FCC cancels experimental license WC2XZV operating in Antelope Valley, California as FM pirate on 104.7, http://www.1047.fm *FCC still renewing licenses of remote pickup and homing beacon transmitters in the expanded broadcast band *Dissident FCC Commissioner Michael Copps holding hearings on media concentration: Feb 27 in Richmond; UOW Seattle, Duke Durham in March [DXLD 3-021] *Bush budget gives no more money to CPB, despite heavy costs for DTV conversion *TV DXers looking forward to trying to DX lowband DTV stations this summer by sporadic E; seven known on air so far, list [DXLD 3-020] *Mike Cooper commentary on shortwave far more reliable than internet *Yet I do listen a lot on the internet; see my Monitoring Reminders http://www.worldofradio.com/calendar.html *KPBX Spokane has its own poet, Mondays at 1550 UT *Clear Channel gets a lot of bad press, so here`s something positive: providing public toilets for Pittsburgh http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20030216edtoilet0216p2.asp http://www.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20030212publicpot0212p2.asp *That`s COM 03-02; I`m Glenn Hauser ###