CONTINENT OF MEDIA 06-05, May 2006, produced June 7, 2006 [with DX Listening Digest issues where you may read more] *COM 06-05, supplementing World of Radio, about media around the American continent, not necessarily shortwave *Made possible by Universal Radio, Reynoldsburg OH, for quality amateur and shortwave equipment, http://www.universal-radio.com and http://www.dxing.com or phone toll free for a catalog, 1-800-431-3939 *Far-north Canadian Forces Station, Alert, and its radio activity: see http://jproc.ca/rrp/alert.html [6-083] *Quebec broadcasters complain they have to broadcast too much music in French [6-079] *Canadian and Hawaiian TV and FM stations broadcasting via translators in Cortez, Colorado [6-084] *Is time running out for IBOC/HD radio? Lack of public and industry interest [6-082, 6-083] *CPB studying impact of IBOC interference [6-069] *Prospects for DRM on 26 MHz for local service; but subject to skip interference [6-076, 6-074, 6-085] *Tip for Rational Living, From Those Wonderful Folks Who Brought You The Inquisition http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ATHEISM/inquisition.html *Standard disclaimer *XM pulls FM modulators; they put out too much signal, interfering with real stations [6-082] *Complaints regarding Broadband over Power Lines have been transferred from the FCC`s Office of Engineering and Technology to the Commission`s Enforcement Bureau [6-082] *RF ID chips coming to cattle, but need to have greater range than on non-living stationary cargo [6-077] *Public tours at VOA have been changed to downplay the role and history of shortwave *Broadcasting Board of Governors rejects expensive review of its operations by consultant, since it was critical of management, and refuses to make it public [6-080] *``VOICE OF AMERICA: A HISTORY``, by Alan Heil, now available as talking book from National Library Service, order number is RC58786 [6-083] *Connecticut Public Radio dumps classical music for talk [6-083] *Classical music is not in decline, from the standpoint of performances and recordings, says NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/arts/music/28kozi.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print [6-083] *Old favorites dumped by WVXU move to WMKV near Cincinnati, station by and for seniors; WMKV webcasts, including theater organ music, barbershop harmony [6-074, 6-076] *One-watt FM station in Philadelphia, WPEB, sold for $70,000; location, location, location [6-071, 6-072] *National Geographic Bee validated wrong answer claiming that Montevideo, latitude 35, is subtropical [6-079] *Concluding COM 06-05, later known as World of Radio Extra 69 ###