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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1202: RFPI: Wed 0730, 1330 on 7445 [nominal times, often late; live streaming is suspended; see COSTA RICA] WWCR: Wed 0930 on 9475 WRN ONDEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also for CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]: Check http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO 1202 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1202h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1202h.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1202.html WORLD OF RADIO 1201 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1202.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1202.rm FIRST AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1203: Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7415, 17495-CUSB Thu 0130 on WINB 9320 [we hope] Thu 2030 on WWCR 15825 Sat 0130 on RFPI 7445 WORLD OF RADIO ON RADIO STUDIO X, ITALY Vi ricordiamo che World of Radio è diffuso pure in Italia attraverso i trasmettitori di Radio Studio X, il sabato notte alle 0100 ora locale e la domenica alle 2100 sempre ora locale. Confermato da Massimiliano Marchi e ascoltata proprio questa sera da Dario Monferini e Giampiero Bernardini (Roberto Scaglione, http://www.bclnews.it via DXLD) 1584 & UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL I visit your web site often; I don`t understand why RTTY stations are never listed. The site hard core dx, I also visit and receive emails. On world wide shortwave station. I have even listed some RTTY station and how to decode them and have asked for some help on them. That`s hard core DXing in my words. I have QSL cards from around the world. Ritty station are a hell of a lot harder to decode than sending in a reception report --- that is hard core DXing. Why don`t you list any station? The radio is full of noises. When I listed some of the stations --- I have found some great ones --- I got no reply on the ones I needed help on. This doesn`t make sense. Are the stations that hard to decode? One more thing --- your military frequencies need to be updated. The work you do on the Digest is helpful, but I think that ritty station and everything else should be reported. My saying --- if it comes across my beam, then I am going to listen. Take care (Chris Corley, location unknown, Oct 12) No apologies for DX LISTENING DIGEST dealing primarily with voice modes, and in that category, predominantly broadcasting, reflecting the interests of the editor. By all means, DX RTTY if you like; there are places dealing with that, such as WUN. It`s true a lot of the material in hard-core-dx is not `hard-core` by your definition, or taking the term literally, but that is not my responsibility (gh, DXLD) Thanks for the information, it is the most since I`ve taken up this new hobby. Take care (Chris) ** ARGENTINA. Me preguntas si he notado Radio Baluarte en 6215 kHz últimamente. Parece que haya estado fuera el servicio(?) durante un período pero esta noche de nuevo tuve una señal en 6215.08 kHz, probablemente Baluarte, a las 0200 UT. A la misma vez estuvo transmitiendo una estación no identificada en 6226.12 kHz, no sé qué idioma. 73s de (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, Oct 13, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Muchas gracias por las explicaciones, Björn. Noto que Radio Baluarte está muy irregular últimamente en sus operaciones en onda corta. Por allí leí que esto obedece a algunos problemas financieros. Chequeé días anteriores los 6215 khz en busca de lo que pudiese haber quedado en la frecuencia luego del cierre de la emisora de Puerto Iguazú, pero no encontré nada. Saludos (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Oct 14, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. ARDS Radiated Pattern [5050v] Hi Glenn, I'd like to mention that, apparently the ARDS antenna system is radiating most of its 400+ watts towards the Coral Sea, so that would probably mean a likely DX Target in the US as well. This will change in time; the radiated ERP will increase to 1 kW once the antenna is modified to provide more adequate coverage in its service area in the Northern Territory. So, if DXers can hear ARDS, now's the time to send them a QSL report, before the antenna is modified. Details: Email: nhulun@ards.com.au Website: http://www.ards.com.au Radio Service Manager: Dale Chesson 73 (Tim Gaynor, Dxerscalling Australia, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. SBS SLAMMED FOR SCREENING 'VIETNAM PROPAGANDA' http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/14/1065917412917.html 73 (Kim Elliott, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELGIUM [and non]. RADIO WORLD - SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2003 Yes, dear friends, it is that time of the year again, the time of new winter schedules for international broadcasters. A few days ago we received the tentative schedule of our shortwave service from October 26 until March 27 next year. As usual most of our transmissions will be aired one hour later, and there will inevitably be some frequency changes as well. Let`s begin with the first real new updated edition of `Flanders Today`, which starts at 1830 UT. This will be broadcast to Europe from Krasnodar in Russia on 7330 kHz and from Juelich in Germany to South Eastern Europe and the Middle East on 5910 kHz. We are back on the air at 2030 on 7330 from Krasnodar for listeners in Europe and at 2200 from Bonaire to the Americas on 11730. The second transmission for America is at 0500 on 9590, also from Bonaire, thanks to our friends of Radio Netherlands. At 1130 we broadcast to Asia from Irkutsk in Siberia at an angle of 152 , and no longer from Petropavlovsk Kamchatky. This will make our programme better audible in India, but what the consequences will be for our many Japanese friends remains to be seen. And finally, we transmit Flanders Today at 1230 on mediumwave 1512 and in DAB (digital audio broadcasting). Apart from the transmissions from Bonaire, the other broadcasts of Flanders Today are also on mediumwave 1512 kHz, which should guarantee good reception in neighbouring countries and up to 1,000 km from Brussels during the dark hours at 1830 and 2030 (via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Melhorou muito a recepção do sinal da Rádio Globo, do Rio de Janeiro (RJ), pela freqüência de 11805 kHz, no Sul do Brasil, em diversos horários. Em 11 de outubro, foi possível monitorar, em Porto Alegre (RS), a emissora por vários momentos e o sinal era como se fosse local. Às 1400, foi ao ar o programa Manhã da Globo, sob o comando de Loureiro Neto. Repórteres acompanhavam a visita do casal real da Noruega ao Rio de Janeiro (RJ) e informavam sobre o mau tempo na Cidade Maravilhosa! BRASIL. Ao que tudo indica, a Rádio Canção Nova pretende veicular duas programações distintas, em 9675 e 9685 kHz, em alguns horários. Pelo menos foi o que o colunista pode acompanhar, em 11 de outubro, por volta de 1900. Na primeira freqüência, estava sendo irradiada a programação normal de Cachoeira Paulista (SP). Já em 9685 kHz, que é uma freqüência da Gazeta, de São Paulo (SP), a apresentadora informava, a todo momento, que ``você está fazendo a diferença pela Rádio Canção Nova da Grande São Paulo``. Insistentemente, convidava os ouvintes para visitar a Casa de Evangelização, localizada no bairro paulistano da Bela Vista. Também informava os horários de trens e ônibus, para o ouvinte chegar até lá. BRASIL. Uma lista com endereços clássicos e eletrônicos de emissoras do estado de São Paulo pode ser acessada em http://www.aesp.com.br/telefone.asp. A dica é do Francisco Jackson, de São Gonçalo (RJ). BRASIL. A Rádio Difusora, de Poços de Caldas (MG), foi ouvida, em Porto Alegre (RS), em 12 de outubro, às 0315, em 4945 kHz, levando ao ar programação musical. Em dado momento, veiculou identificação da ``Difusora FM``. BRASIL. O programa Natureza Viva está de volta nas ondas da Rádio Nacional da Amazônia. É irradiado, nos domingos, entre 1200 e 1400, em 6180 e 11780 kHz. O programa leva às populações rurais e ribeirinhas da Amazônia, notícias e entrevistas sobre conservação do Meio Ambiente, desenvolvimento sustentável e questões do gênero, na apresentação de Mara Régia. As informações são de Paulo Roberto e Souza, de Tefé (AM). (Célio Romais, @tividade DX Oct 13 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. CONGRESSO PODE MUDAR "A VOZ DO BRASIL" -- 09/10/2003 Brasília - Toma corpo no Congresso a idéia de modificar o estatal e compulsório tradicional programa de rádio "A Voz do Brasil", transmitido de segunda a sexta, às 19h, com uma hora de duração. Alguns congressistas pretendem que os 30 minutos reservados para a Câmara e para o Senado sejam transformados em "spots" de um e meio a três minutos, para serem transmitidos ao longo do dia pelas cerca de 3.000 emissoras de rádio do país. "A Voz do Brasil é um instrumento fundamental para o bom exercício do mandato parlamentar. Novas fórmulas que melhorem e modernizem o programa devem ser procurados, mas nunca a sua extinção", diz o presidente da Câmara, João Paulo Cunha. O presidente do Senado, José Sarney (PMDB-AP), acha necessário "primeiro ver as consequências técnicas e de audiência" para fazer uma mudança. Ele acredita que o programa já foi "modernizado" nos últimos anos. Criada nos anos 30 pelo então presidente Getúlio Vargas, "A Voz do Brasil" é o mais antigo programa em rádios brasileiras. Além dos 30 minutos sobre o Congresso, há 25 minutos de informações sobre o Poder Executivo, quatro minutos sobre o Supremo Tribunal Federal e um sobre Tribunal de Contas da União. O maior obstáculo para a mudança é técnico. Hoje, como a transmissão é no mesmo horário, rádios do interior captam o sinal de uma emissora concorrente e retransmitem o programa. Distribuir spots para todas as rádios seria quase impossível. Na comunicação do governo, calcula-se que, no máximo, 700 das cerca de 3.000 estações de rádio teriam capacitação técnica para captar os "spots" via internet (SRDXC News - Ultimas Noticias - 06 a 12/10/2003 - nº 190 via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. The International Radio Report has been uploaded onto our archive site: MAIN PAGE http://members.fortunecity.com/crazyaboutradio TEXT ONLY SUMMARIES http://members.fortunecity.com/crazyaboutradio/all.html Join special guest (CIDX member) Janice Laws, who talks about radio listening in Southeast Asia. Happy listening! (Ricky Leong, swprograms via DXLD) That was a very interesting program. Janice is obviously a very intelligent lady with a great radio voice. I also learned that Bill Westenhaver and I share the same birthday but for his sake I hope not the same birthdate. ~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-., (Joe Buch, ibid.) -*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^ Wow, there really was INTERNATIONAL RADIO news on the show this week. Janice should be on every week (Steve Coletti, ibid.) ** CHINA. CHINA PULLS PLUG ON LIVE BROADCAST OF MANNED SPACE LAUNCH The government mouthpiece People's Daily website reported the decision. "China's CCTV has announced its original plan of live broadcast has been dropped," the website said Tuesday. The Lanzhou Morning Post in northwest China's Gansu province meanwhile reported that the decision to not show the launch live was "to guarantee the success of the first manned space flight." Another CCTV employee indicated the government's habit of closely guarding the coverage of important events with a high level of secrecy was at play. "It's for the sake of secrecy," the employee told AFP. China is expected to launch Shenzhou V from Wednesday to Friday, but it has yet to reveal an exact launch date or identify the astronaut or astronauts chosen in another sign of the government's culture of secrecy (AFP via Joe Buch, swprograms via DXLD) Launch confirmed ** COSTA RICA. JUST AFTER GETTING OFF THE GROUND, RFPI LOSES LIVE STREAMING 10/14/2003 --- RFPI station manager, James Latham, reported that RFPI online live streaming was terminated this morning at the request of the head of the wireless service provider in Costa Rica. The reason, which was never explicitly given, was possibly service disruption reported by other of the provider's customers, though the station may not be the source. RFPI presently uses a microwave beam across a valley as a connection to the service provider. In the next month the station plans to use a cable connection from their recently procured downtown San José office to perform live streaming. RFPI regrets this recent unforeseen turn of events, hoping that listeners will be understanding and patient. Stay tuned for future developments (Franklin Seiberling, IA, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Radio Rebelde en 9600 kHz, con el programa "A esta hora", escuchada el 11/10, a las 0607 UT. Modulación bajísima. Luego a las 0700 compartía el mismo canal con Radio Reloj. SINPO 5/5. Ese mismo día la frecuencia en inglés estaba en 9580 y 9550 kHz (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Yesterday RHC was missing from 11760 in English at 2030, but today, UT Oct 13, they were on, in Spanish. I think English was on 9505 (Chris Hambly, Victoria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS [non]. Had another look at the Sonnet Radio Europe website Oct 14: will be testing on SW from the VT Merlin transmitter in Norway at 1900-2000 UT Friday Dec 12 with 400 kW, and Dec 26 with 500 kW. Will include an overall summary of programs Sonnet Radio will be broadcasting daily from Feb, 1900-0100 UT, including DX Zone Sun 2305- 2400. Provisional schedule and frequency TBA at http://www.rtidigital.com/index3.htm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (presumed, exact station unclear). 5009.7 kHz, from 2223 to 2301 UT, SINPO 33333, with phone in show moderated by OM in Spanish, brief jingle at 2230; later at 2247 with music, including Spanish male vocal "Ode to Joy" at 2258, then OM with mention of "República Dominicana," and "Radio Pueblo" and "Radio Nacional," then into "Enfoque" with an item on sports (Drake SW 8 with sloper antenna, Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, Oct 13? DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. Agora não há mais desculpa! Finalmente o sinal da Rádio Cairo, em português, está audível em grande parte do país, pela freqüência de 11790 kHz, a partir de 2215. No Sul do Brasil, então, nem se fala: pode ser sintonizado em um receptor robusto analógico, com a antena telescópica apenas! Desde Jacutinga (RS), Oséias Fantinelli informa que na programação da emissora, há espaços para filatelia, turismo, ecologia e muita música. Desde o Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Sarmento Campos informa que monitorou o sinal da emissora em 11 de outubro. O único inconveniente é que, a partir de 2300, a Rádio Cairo sofre com as interferências propositais chinesas, disparadas em freqüência vizinha, em cima da Rádio Ásia Livre! Detalhe: até música sertaneja brasileira a Rádio Cairo leva ao ar! (Célio Romais, @tividade DX Oct 13 via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. Radio Ethiopia heard October 10th on 9561.5, 1635-1645 Stand by Me, lady in English followed by talk by man, off at 1654 recheck, fair strength but needed to use USB to separate from 9560 (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth, UK, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Re Tigrayan Solidarity, 3-180: According to Mr K. Hashimoto's notes in CRW143 and my own research of previous DTK schedules, published in DXLD 3-173, Solidarity was not to appear via DTK anyway. The 9820 1630-1659 Tue/Fri seems to fit Radio Xoriyo instead. Solidarity indeed moved to 12120 via TDP in A03 (Silvain Domen, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. 7125, RTV Guinea, Conakry, Oct 13 from 2310 UT to 2400 sign-off, SINPO 43333, OM with variable singing and talking in an unknown language over soft regional string instrument until 2346, then YL talking, mention of "Africa #1" (as a source of news item?), more strings, then into regional pop with electronic keyboard and bass, a female vocal; at 2349 an OM in French, then African choral music with electronic keyboard and strings in 6/8 time, OM ID as "Radio Télévision du Guinée," at 2357, into a brassy anthem, then off promptly at 2400. Generally good, strong QRN from DW sign-on with IS on 7130 from 2357 (Drake SW 8 with sloper antenna, Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HUNGARY. Winter B-03 schedule of Radio Budapest: English to Eu 1600-1628 Sun 6025 9585* || *ex 11680 B-02 2000-2028 Daily 3975* 6025 || *ex 7135 B-02 2200-2228 Daily 6025 English to SoAf 2200-2228 Daily 11965* || *ex 11885 B-02 English to NoAm 0200-0228 Daily 9835 0330-0358 Daily 9835 German to Eu 1300-1358 Sun 6025 11925 1500-1558 Sun 6025 9735 1800-1858 Sun 3975 6025 1830-1858 Mon-Sat 3975 6025 2030-2058 Mon-Sat 3975 6025 French to Eu 1700-1728 Daily 3975 6025 2100-2128 Daily 6025 9655* || *ex 9800 B-02 Hungarian to Eu 0500-1158 Sun 6025 (Kossuth R) 0500-1658 Mon-Sat 6025 (Kossuth R) 1200-1258 Sun 6025 1400-1458 Sun 6025 1900-1958 Daily 3975 6025 2300-2358 Daily 6025 Hungarian to NoAm 0100-0158 Daily 9835 0230-0328 Daily 9835 2200-2258 Daily 9825 Hungarian to SoAf 2000-2058 Daily 11785* || *ex 11895 B-02 Hungarian to SoAm 2300-2358 Daily 9580 12010* || *ex 11990 B-02 0000-0058 Mon 9580 12010* || *ex 11990 B-02 Hungarian to AUS 1200-1258 Daily 21560 1900-1958 Daily 11925* || *ex 6130 B-02 Italian to Eu 1730-1758 Daily 6025 7105* || *ex 9655 B-02 2130-2158 Daily 6025 7215 Russian to Eu 0400-0428 Daily 3975 6025 1630-1658 Sun 6025 7180* || *ex 7135 B-02 1800-1828 Mon-Sat 3975* 6025 || *ex 7130 B-02 2030-2058 Sun 3975* 6025 || *ex 7130 B-02 Spanish to Eu&SoAm 0430-0458 Daily 3975 6025 2230-2258 Daily 6025 7160* || *ex 7215 B-02 (Observer, Bulgaria, Oct 14, via DXLD) ** INDIA. How to Listen All India Radio in USA Hi, Can you tell me how to listen All India Radio in USA. What is the frequency and if a SONY SW35 Worldband Radio is good enough (Muneesh Bajpai, Oct 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Muneesh, Hearing India in the USA on SW is often difficult, because it is on the opposite side of the north pole, which due to the fluctuating auroral zone is an obstacle to radio signals which are easily heard at a similar distance over a non-polar route, e.g., Australia across the equator. If you are near the east or west coast you have a better shot than from the central part of the USA. Oh, I guess you are in Memphis, per your address. You have a slight advantage over my location in Oklahoma. Here is one version of AIR`s current schedule (in English only). As you can see none of the broadcasts are intended for us. You might lobby the powers that be in India to get busy and set up some relay transmissions from the numerous closer SW transmitters available for hire in the Western Hemisphere, or even in Europe. 0000-0045 As 9705, 9950, 11620, 13605 1000-1100 As, Oc 13695, 15020, 15260, 15410, 17510, 17800, 17895 1330-1500 As 9690, 13710 1745-1945 Eu, Af 7410, 9445, 9950, 11620, 11935, 13605, 15075, 15155, 17670 2045-2230 Eu, Oc 7410, 9445, 9575, 9910, 9950, 11620, 11715 2245-2400 As 9705, 9950, 11620, 13605 (from http://www.primetimeshortwave.com) You will probably have best results with the last two broadcasts (UT = 5 hours ahead of CDT), with 11620 and 13605 the most often reported frequencies. I sometimes hear the 1330 broadcast. If you are interested in looking up broadcasts in Hindi or other languages, try this: http://www.addx.de/Hfpdat/plaene.php Since signals from India are often weak it would be advantageous to have an above-average receiver, and an external antenna. Note that most stations revamp their SW schedules as of the last Sunday in October, (in addition to our time change), so frequencies in use and interference clashes may suddenly change. And don`t forget that due to the unfavorable propagation route there can be great variations in reception from one day to the next, so if you don`t succeed at first, keep trying. Regards, (Glenn Hauser, to Maneesh, via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. COPPS: INTERNET IN JEOPARDY FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, says the Internet is at risk. In a speech before the New America Foundation, he stated, "Entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the network's chokepoints and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them. The Internet was designed to prevent government or a corporation or anyone else from controlling it. But this original vision of the Internet may soon be lost. In its place a warped view that open networks should be replaced by closed networks and that accessibility can be superceded by a new power to discriminate is emerging." At issue are upcoming decisions at the FCC that will determine how much control companies will have over Internet access and their ability to discriminate against users, data, websites, or technologies. In the dial-up world, current protections require these companies to treat everyone equally. Copps said the agency faces "scenarios wherein those with bottleneck control will be able to discriminate against both users and content providers that they don't have commercial relationships with, don't share the same politics with, or just don't want to offer access to for any reason at all." (Radio World Date posted: 2003-10-13 via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. FROM SATELLITES TO THE INTERNET, COMMUNITY RADIO COMES OF AGE http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=43903 (via Mike Terry, DXLD) ** IRAN. En reciente correo-e de La Voz de la República Islámica de Irán, se me informa de que los estudios sobre el futuro de las ondas cortas persas se retomará en la primavera de 2004. Sin embargo, no es nada definitivo ni irreversible. Como en todos los países del mundo, de vez en cuando debe hacerse un balance de gestión. Claro está, siempre hay que estar alertas. Como decimos por acá: con un ojo cerrado y el otro abierto (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. UNID, 5660: Heard a station on this frequency last night 14/10/03 at 0346 UT; unable to ID due to heavy bubble jammer. Went off abruptly at 0400 UT as did the jammer just after. Any Ideas please.(Ray Browell, UK, Kenwood R-5000, Inverted L, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Voice of Mojahed (Roberto Scaglione, ibid.) Ray- You can try for //'s around 4640, 5325, 7750, and 8280 (Hans Johnson, ibid.) ** IRAQ. CPA INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR BROADCAST LICENCES http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/iraq031001.html#licences (Media Network 13-10-03 via DXLD) ** IRAQ: SURVEY REVEALS IRAQIS' FAVOURITE PRESS, RADIO AND TV STATIONS | Excerpt from report by London-based newspaper Al-Zaman on 14 October Al-Zaman newspaper is way ahead in terms of readers who trust its reports and views. It also came top as regards the number of Iraqis who prefer reading it in comparison with other Iraqi newspapers. Al-Zaman came first in a survey conducted by the Iraq Centre for Studies and Strategic Research. The full results of the survey will be published next week. The next paper came seven percentage points behind Al-Zaman, while other Iraqi and Arab papers suffered from low readerships in a sample of 1,620 individuals. Of the individuals polled, only 24 said they buy Al-Hayat while readers of Al-Sharq al- Awsat numbered 27. Meanwhile, the readers of Al-Zaman numbered 191. The survey revealed that 40 per cent of Iraqis watch the Iraqi Media Network [IMN] and of those, 50 per cent believe that it is credible. Meanwhile, 95 per cent of Iraqis watch nine Iraqi (?pan-Arab) satellite channels, of which Al-Jazeera received 14 per cent with regard to viewing and credibility, followed by Al-Arabiyah. [Sentence as published] Meanwhile, the percentage of those watching Iranian television reached 75 per cent. The survey revealed that 62 per cent of those included in the survey listen to the radio, 17 per cent of whom listen to the BBC, followed by the IMN while Kuwait Radio scored only one per cent. [Passage omitted] Source: Al-Zaman, London, in Arabic 14 Oct 03 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** IRELAND. CHRIS CARY SURFACES! --- The man behind the very successful and innovative land based pirate Radio Nova is on the radio scene again: The Australian venture [??] has been aborted. A more positive direction has been chosen. We have applied for one of the new Dublin City/County licences. Format : Hits, Favourites and Comedy (with the integration of a Radio Training Academy to bring on new talent). I think this may be a better direction for me. This time it should be a level playing field - as we now understand why we were never seriously in contention for the National Licence! The fierce competition in Dublin will be something to be reckoned with. But a challenge is always a positive thing. Maybe the Radio Nova audience has grown up and matured, but maybe we can give them back what they had in the '80s. Only this time, legally. It's now in the lap of the Gods. Chris and Sybil. 11.10.2003 http://members3.boardhost.com/spangles/msg/2615.html (Posted by Chris Cary on October 11, 2003, 8:29 am via Mike Terry, DXLD) ** ITALY [non]. Re 3-180: RAI B03. Except for the Sunday sports programs, the other programs don't seem to change UT. No meaningful change of frequencies. This means following relays might be used. 0130-0230 6110 11765 via Ascension. 1000-1100 11920 via Singapore. 1700-1800 15320 via Ascension (Silvain Domen, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LATVIA. UNITED KINGDOM/LATVIA [non] Laser Radio UK Ltd. changed the name of its relay service via Latvia 9290 kHz to Euronet Radio, the website of this service is http://www.euronetradio.com ||| LaserRadio.net is now Euronet Radio You can hear Euronet Radio every Saturday on 9290 kHz shortwave starting at 10h00 until 15h00 UT. During this broadcast you can hear a relay of the Dutch based Alternative music station Radio Seagull. Euronet Radio is a private commercial radio station which provides relay broadcast facilities to various organisations. ||| (via Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, Oct 14, DXLD) Radio Seagull heard on 9290 October 11th 1000 sign on to 1045 tune out; sign on with Santana's All the Love of the Universe, psych folk tracks and English DJ, excellent strength and no interference (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth, UK, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LEBANON [non]. Hi, here's my report about Almashreqya Radio / Eastern Radio -Tentative- from Israel to Lebanon and Syria on 756 kHz. During my vacation in Alexandria, a coastal city on the Northern Coast of Egypt, I managed to pick up that station after some time. They sign on at 0430 UT with Beethoven's symphony (destiny) then ID followed by a very famous song of the famous Egyptian singer OM KALTHOUM which says "good morning to all of you --- the singing bird woke us up". It's a very common song in the Middle East. Followed by program schedule. While being in Alexandria I heard a couple of programs, one called club of Almashreqya (club of the Eastern Radio) reading some letters from Lebanese listeners --- as the station claims --- talking about their relatives being arrested by the Lebanese Government because they criticize the existence of Syrian troops in Lebanon!! Another program called Readings, with some readings of articles from the internet and Arabic newspapers, reading an article written by a Saudi writer about the Ba'ath party in Syria and Iraq; around 0900 UT they have the news. Signing off around 1300 UT, giving out the MW frequency of 756 and FM frequency of 99.9 MHz and a stream audio web for the station but I can't get it right. Maybe someone could help here; they say you can hear a live audio stream of our station on that site http://www.alkarmel.org (tentative URL) --- I tried it but I reckon it's not the right URL. All the best from Cairo. Another report about Al-Quds radio on 702 coming soon :) Best 73s de (Tarek Zeidan - Mr. DXer ;-) Cairo, Egypt, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOLDOVA. 5960, Radio Pridnestrovye. Confirming Kai Ludwig's report in DXLD that they are now on Monday to Friday, heard Monday October 13th English 1600-1620 then in German 1620-1640 and on Tuesday October 14th English 1600-1620, French 1620-1640. Fair strength but need to use USB to avoid splatter from 5955 (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth, UK, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5040.6, R. Myanmar (presumed), 14 Oct, 1120.Talk by woman in language (news?) with short instrumental music break at 1131, then into more continuous music at 1133. Hum on transmitter, occasional RTTY-like bursts, but overall very good signal. Local sunrise (Brett Saylor, PA, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) Radio Myanmar heard on 5985.8 1550 to 1600 off, light orchestral music, closing announcements by lady in English, fair strength, best on USB (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth, UK, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS. RADIO LONDON FROM REM ISLAND? Ruud Poeze, who holds seven mediumwave licences in the Netherlands, has revealed that he wants to purchase REM Island, the artificial platform in the North Sea that is no longer required for marine and meteorological surveys. Speaking on the Dutch media programme Antenne 2, Poeze said that a couple of mediumwave transmitters could be operated from REM Island, one of which would almost certainly be used for the English-language station Radio London, which has so far made only a few test transmissions on 1008 kHz from the Flevo transmitter site. Poeze believes that the station could operate with lower power from REM Island, thus substantially reducing running costs. For Radlon Media, the company behind Radio London, this would have the advantage of being a true offshore station, albeit within Dutch territorial waters (© Radio Netherlands Media Network 14 October 2003 via DXLD) As the original story explained, REM was originally in INTERNATIONAL WATERS, until Netherlands extended its limits slightly (gh, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. Late UT Oct 13, RNZI website http://www.rnzi.com had been revised to say: Haere Mai. Welcome! Update on the RNZI Transmitter - The RNZI short- wave transmitter has been off-air since Saturday 30 August. Spare parts are still awaited from overseas and we are unable to say when we will be operational again (via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. RADIO BRIDGE BETWEEN RACES LOSES ITS LINCHPIN 27.09.2003 By RENEE KIRIONA One of New Zealand's only [sic] radio programmes known for bridging the gaps between Maori and Pakeha will run its last show tomorrow. Whenua, produced by Radio New Zealand, made its last cut when crew and supporters gathered in RNZ's Auckland studio yesterday. The one-hour, magazine-style current affairs show has run for eight years but came to an end because of the retirement of one of its presenters, veteran Maori broadcaster Henare Te Ua, 71... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3525751&thesection=news&thesubsection=general (via Jilly Dybka, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. TVNZ, RNZ SHOULD MOVE OUT OF BIG CITIES, ANDERTON SAYS 26 September 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2672062a6160,00.html Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton says TVNZ and Radio New Zealand should shift out of Auckland and Wellington and set up headquarters in the regions. He told a regional development conference in Timaru today they were missing what was going on in the regions. "New Zealand's news media do our regions a disservice. "If you look at our television channels, they don't have reporters in most of our regional centres," he said. "Even in Auckland and Wellington, all the reporters and news executives live in the same suburbs and eat in the same cafes." That was why they never really understood what the regions went through when hospitals, post offices and banks were closing, he said. "It is as if, for most major New Zealand media, the only things that happen outside the main centres are crimes and disasters." Mr Anderton said TVNZ and RNZ could keep news bureaux in Auckland and Wellington. "But the head offices should be in the regions. TVNZ should be in Whangarei or Timaru. Radio New Zealand in Palmerston North or Dunedin." (via Jilly Dybka, DXLD) ** NIGERIA. VON has a daily one hour special transmission during the All African Games in Abuja: 1705-1802 on 11770. Instead of Arabic, that does not really end at 1700 however. There's a switch to the regular English service for time announcement and ID at 1700, than back into music, definitely from the Arabic service, and than into English at 1705. At 1800 English ID and announcement of the schedule of the French service (in English), then into VONsoir. --- Bit strange but I guess they're not used to complex (live) switching procedures like this. The switch from 17800 to 15120 at ~1100 is quite variable from 1055 to long after 1100 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany http://africa.coolfreepage.com/africalist Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. LISTEN ON-LINE WITH WINDOWS MEDIA --- Now you can listen to KOSU on-line with your Windows Media Player. You have two options. You can listen either with high speed broadband or slower speed dialup. You will get the best results with the Windows Media 9 player. It is available from our website as well. Of course we will continue to offer streaming via the RealAudio player (KOSU newsletter Oct 14 via DXLD) ** OMAN. I am so lucky that I got an orange QSL card from Radio Sultanate of Oman in this Spring. I sent a reception report on this station's English broadcast dated March 8 by email on March 9 and received a reply on March 30! Very nice! (Eric Zhou, Yangzhou, China, Oct 14, dxing.info via DXLD) Illustrated: http://www.dxing.info/community/viewtopic.php?t=116 ** PERU. 6536, RADIO LA PODEROSA. Mencionan que para los Comunicados e informes sobre la calidad de la señal (debe tratarse a los oyentes locales por que poco responden a los oyentes internacionales) pueden dirigir sus cartas a: RADIO LA PODEROSA, Calle Ayabaca S/n, Barrio La Via, Huancabamba, Piura, Perú. Cabe anotar que también mencionan que ya no trabajan en la Calle Unión 409, anterior QTH de RD Huancabamba (Rafael Rodríguez, Colombia, Oct 14, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Informe de Recepción, OCTUBRE 12, 2003 - 6535.9 Radiodifusora La Poderosa, 2144 UTC, SINPO : 33313, Idioma : Castellano. El locutor (Sr. Federico Ibáñez) mencionó en forma airada que "Radiodifusora La Poderosa NO es Radiodifusora Huancabamba!!!", mencionó que "Radiodifusora Huancabamba ya NO EXISTE...!!!" exigió que "NO NOS CONFUNDAN !!" mencionó asimismo que transmite "...desde la Calle Ayabaca..." y que transmiten "...tanto en F.M. como en Onda Corta Internacional..." Comentario: Debo mencionarles que el Sr. Federico Ibáñez fué administrador de Radiodifusora Huancabamba según: http://www.hard-core- dx.com/nordicdx/andes/peru/info/difhuancabamba.html http://galeon.hispavista.com/red-api/noticias.htm a lo mejor está en una etapa de posicionar a la empresa (Radiodifusora La Poderosa) con un nuevo nombre y asi, posiblemente obtener nuevos clientes... DXSPACEMASTER (Alfredo Cañote, Perú, ibid.) ** SLOVAKIA. Radio Slovakia International Time And Frequency Schedule Slovakia Today - Winter 2003-2004 (from October 26, 2003 to March 28, 2004) [ENGLISH only] UTC Region Freq.(kHz) 0100-0130 North America 5930 Central America 7230 [oh, oh, transregional to hamband] South America 9440 0700-0730 Australia, Oceania 13715 Australia, Oceania 15460 Australia, Oceania 17550 1730-1800 Western Europe 5915 Western Europe 6055 Western Europe 7345 1930-2000 Western Europe 5915 Western Europe 6055 Western Europe 7345 (via Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, GRDXC via DXLD) ** SOMALIA. PUNTLAND GOVERNMENT CLOSES DOWN FM RADIO STATION | Text of report by Somali Holy Koran Radio on 13 October The Ministry of Information of the Puntland Regional administration today closed down a radio station based in Garoowe - Puntland's administrative HQ. We got this report from Muhammad Sa'id Karshe Kashawito, one of our Boosaaso-based reporters. [Kashawito] Reports from Garoowe say an FM station in Garoowe has been closed down. Reasons behind this move is not clear, however, the station's director Jamal Farah told journalists that the stations was closed following misunderstanding between himself and the Ministry of Information. Last week, 11 Radio Gaalkacyo staffers left the Gaalkacyo-based radio station. This was said to have been caused by bitter rivalry over leadership at the radio station. According to sources, the closure of the Garoowe radio station is related to the rivalry at Radio Gaalkacyo. Source: Holy Kor`an Radio, Mogadishu, in Somali 1700 gmt 13 Oct 03 (via BBCM via DXLD) Oh, oh. I wonder where this leaves Sam Voron? (gh, DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. Winter B-03 schedule for Swiss Radio International: to Near East and Africa: 0600-0800 Fr/Ge/It/En 9885 JUL 100 kW / 160 deg 13790 JUL 100 kW / 200 deg 17665 SOT 500 kW / 165 deg 0830-1030 En/It/Ge/Fr 21770 SOT 500 kW / 165 deg 1630-1830 It/Ar/En/Fr 9755 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg 11810 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg || ex 13790 B-02 15555 SOT 500 kW / 140 deg 1830-2130 It/Ar/En/Ge/Fr 9820 JUL 100 kW / 200 deg || ex 9755 B-02 11920 SOT 500 kW / 165 deg || ex 13660 B-02 13660 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg || ex 15485 B-02 17660 GUF 500 kW / 115 deg to South America: 2200-2400 Fr/Ge/It/En 9885 SOT 500 kW / 230 deg 11660 GUF 500 kW / 175 deg 73! (Observer, Bulgaria, Oct 14, via DXLD) ** TUNISIA. 7190 - Radiodiffusion Television Tunisienne, Sfax - 245 dias Recebido cartão QSL (muito bom!!!!) e carta confirmatória. V/S: Mondher Guirat QTH: ONT Cité Ennassim I - Bourjel - BP 399 / 1080 Tunis, Tunisia E-mail: Ont@ati.tn Obs: Não é possivel seguir-se fielmente o que o WRTH e o Passport podem estar afirmando sobre como emissoras internacionais consideram os informes de recepção recebidos. Vejam: RTT, Tunis. Diz o PWBR2003: "Replies irregularly and slowly to correspondence in French or Arabic. $1 helpful". O informe de recepção não foi enviado em FF ou AA, e sim em inglês, e não enviei 1 dolar. Já o WRTH2003 diz: "Verification by letter. Reports in English or French...". Meu 110º pais ITU confirmado (Sigo a tradicional lista ITU, e não algumas listas alternativas). (Rudolf Walter Grimm, São Bernardo do Campo-SP, @tividade DX Oct 13 via DXLD) ** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Emirates Radio, 13675, 0338 GMT, English, 333, Oct 12th. YL and OM with items and updates from the Middle East. //12005 (Stewart MacKenzie, CA, WDX6AA "World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Meet" ASWLC - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC/ SCADS - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) We had a report some weeks ago that English was heard at 0300 instead of 0330; I was wondering if this was a mistake (gh, DXLD) ** U K. 'LOST' RADIO GEMS ARE FOUND BY LISTENERS By Chris Hastings and Susan Bisset http://www.telegraph.co.uk 12/10/2003 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/12/nradio12.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/12/ixhome.html Classic radio shows that the BBC feared were lost for ever have been saved and are to be broadcast for the first time in almost 40 years after listeners handed over home recordings of the programmes. More than 50 hours of broadcasts, including an entire Kenneth Williams comedy series - the Kenneth Williams Playhouse - and a missing episode of The Archers, are among the rediscovered gems. A live performance by the Beatles, which was broadcast only once in 1963, has also been recovered. Until recently, it was assumed that the programmes had been lost because the BBC's archive department had not kept copies of the original broadcasts. An appeal to listeners to hand over their recordings has, however, unearthed a treasure trove of tapes, some dating back to 1960. The home-made versions, mostly recorded on reel-to-reel tape machines, are being transferred onto CD. BBC officials say that the intention is to rebroadcast many of the shows over the coming months. Other previously lost recordings which could receive their first airing in at least three decades include a concert by the Rolling Stones, the comedy series I'm Ken and He's Bill starring Peter Cleall, Derek Seaton and Patricia Hayes, and the comedy sketch Radio Five which starred the Monty Python actor Eric Idle. The BBC has also recovered a lost episode of The Archers from 1975, which features the debut of Brian Aldridge, one of the soap's most enduring characters. Other more bizarre finds include a piano recital by Gregory Peck, the Hollywood film star, and an early example of a radio documentary-drama from 1961 on the Zeppelin raids on London during the First World War. Although many of the 300 submitted tapes duplicate the BBC's archive or are not of sufficient quality to be put on air, a significant number are good enough to be copied, stored and broadcast. Jonathan Dann, an archivist at the BBC, said: "We are extremely pleased with the response from listeners. People have been very organised with their home taping. They gave each episode of their favourite show a tape of its own and properly labelled them. In some cases we have been able to reclaim entire series we thought had been lost for good. "By using computer software we can improve the quality of the tapes by removing hissing, clicks and crackling." This is the second time that the BBC has asked its audience to help to find lost programmes. An earlier appeal in 2001 was considered a success, partly because it uncovered missing episodes of Hancock's Half Hour and Dad's Army. The second appeal has yielded even more shows. The BBC's success in tracking down lost comedy programmes was welcomed by comedians, who said that it would give today's listeners a further insight into the achievements of some past masters. Ken Rock, the president of the British Society of Comedy Writers, said: "I am delighted that these classic comedies have been found because so many others have been wiped and destroyed. The fact that people have held onto them for so long is testament to the quality of the shows. "I think that the Kenneth Williams shows will be popular with students because he was so ahead of his time with his radio work, which was very different to how he was in the Carry On films." A selection of the finds will be highlighted in a programme entitled Radio's Lost Property which will be broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday, November 1 at 8 pm. The BBC plans to broadcast other retrieved programmes on Radio 4 and its new comedy and drama network, Radio 7 (via Mike Terry, DXLD) ** U K. Here's quite an interesting article on what might happen to radio by 2013. Big US research company Forrester were recently pushing the idea of Tivo-like PVRs for radio so that looks like on thing that's gonna happen soon... http://www.tomski.com/mrdamian/archive/000268.html Anyone else got any predictions? (Mike Terry, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. RADIO LONDON - NOW THE SECRET CAN BE 'TOLLED'! 13 October 2003 14:44 The Radio London Webmasters, Chris and Mary Payne, have keep a secret for ten months, but now they can finally reveal some wonderful news. In the USA in September, an amazing event took place which forged a link between the wartime crew of the USS Density and the ship's later identity as the mv Galaxy, home of Radio London between 1964 and 1967. The Caroline bell is of course, so well known that it has become the station's logo. The Radio London bell from the mv Galaxy, however, has rarely been mentioned - but every ship has a bell! Thanks to an incredible series of events, which began with a single e-mail message received by the Radio London Webmasters in December 2002, the Galaxy bell, which has resided in the Netherlands for all these years, has been returned to the USA. Ron Buninga, the son of the Galaxy's much- admired Captain, Bill Buninga, travelled from Holland to present it to the surviving members of the original USS Density crew. The amazing story unfolds in our special Radio London fifty- photograph, twelve-page supplement. http://www.radiolondon.co.uk -- Mary Payne, Director. RADIO LONDON Ltd http://www.radiolondon.co.uk (via Mike Terry, DXLD) If you want to laugh, go to the above on the Radio London website and page halfway down. Pic of some old pirates! http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/otherwaves/itlapd03/itlapdpirates3.html 73's (Andy Cadier, BDXC-UK via DXLD) ** U K. SOUTH WEST LONDON'S ORIGINAL PIRATE RADIO STATION RETURNS Media release from 107.8 Radio Jackie Date: Tuesday 14th October 2003 Embargo: For immediate release Radio Jackie, South West London's original pirate radio station returns to the airwaves this Sunday (19th October) at 12 noon. For the first time since February 4th 1985 listeners across South West London and North Surrey will be able to hear Radio Jackie - The Sound of South West London. The difference is that the station has finally achieved its ambition of having a licence to broadcast! In March this year the original management team behind Radio Jackie purchased the loss-making Thames Radio and began the task of revamping the whole operation in order to prepare for a re-launch this autumn. The first task was to locate new premises in which to house the station's studios and offices. The object was to find a place that was easily accessible for the general public arriving by car, train or bus in a highly visible location. That task was completed in June with the purchase of the old Post Office in Tolworth Broadway - right opposite the landmark Tolworth Tower. Three and a half months later and the work is almost complete on re- fitting and equipping the derelict former main post office. Following the on-air re-launch at midday on Sunday Radio Jackie will be holding an Open Day at its new studios and offices on Monday 20th October to provide an opportunity for listeners and staff, past and present, to join in the celebration of the station's return to the airwaves. For more information please contact: Peter Stremes, Managing Director Office: 020 8288 1300 Mobile: 07710 041662 E-mail: peter.stremes @ radiojackie.com (via Mike Terry, DXLD) The inaugural Radio Jackie broadcast was in March 1969 from a studio in Sutton and lasted for just 30 minutes! Within a short while Radio Jackie was on air every Sunday giving a growing band of listeners their first taste of truly local radio. As new London wide radio stations were licensed in the early seventies Radio Jackie stayed true to the ideal of local radio based in South West London. Community events and charity fund raising were a key part of the station's output. Sutton Eye Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital for Children in Carshalton and the Royal Marsden Hospital were all beneficiaries of Radio Jackie on-air fundraising efforts. In 1983 Radio Jackie launched a full 24 hour a day service. Kingston and Sutton Councils passed motions supporting Radio Jackie's bid to be licensed to serve South West London. In 1984 a petition, calling for the station to be given a licence, was signed by over 55,000 people and supported by many local councillors and the MP for Mitcham and Morden. Independent surveys at the time showed that Radio Jackie was one of the most popular radio stations in South West London. As the station's campaign for a radio licence grew so the regional and national media took notice. BBC tv, Channel 4 and ITV all covered the campaign for the station to be awarded a licence to serve South West London. Sadly Radio Jackie was forced to close in February 1985 following a series of much publicised raids by the radio regulatory authorities. Hundreds of people filled the Radio Jackie studios and offices in Worcester Park for the emotional final programme. The station vowed then to continue campaigning for a local radio licence for South West London. However, the opportunity to return legally didn't arise until 1996 but Radio Jackie's hopes of a return to the airwaves of South West London were dashed when the licence was awarded to another applicant --- Thames Radio. So it looked as if Radio Jackie would become simply a piece of British broadcasting history until Thames 107.8 was put up for sale in February 2003 and the original management team behind Radio Jackie re-formed to purchase the loss-making station. Since March the station's output has been completely revamped to include live local presentation around the clock and the inclusion of local news every hour. In July the station moved to new studios in Tolworth. On Sunday 19th October 2003 the station will re-launch as Radio Jackie - the Sound of South West London. YOU CAN LISTEN TO RADIO JACKIE 24 HOURS A DAY ON 107.8Mhz IN SOUTH WEST LONDON OR FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD VIA http://www.radiojackie.com (via Linda Stark, BDXC-UK via DXLD) If anyone would like to view Tony Boreham`s pictures of the Thames 107.8 offices bearing the Radio Jackie logo click on http://homepage.ntlworld.com/waffler/dia.htm Let`s hope Jackie innovates on 107.8 and does not turn into yet another ILR clone (Keith Knight, Oct 13, BDXC-UK via DXLD) I like stories with happy endings, especially when the good guys win. Radio Jackie was technically a pirate station, but was more professional and more popular in its listening area than some of the big stations. The only reason it didn't get the SW London community licence originally was bloody mindedness on the part of the Radio Authority, which was no doubt leaned on not to be seen to reward illegal broadcasting. Well, the people who ran Thames Radio ran it into the ground, attracted virtually no listeners, and deserved what they got - absolutely nothing. The Radio Jackie crew came along and rescued it, and within a few weeks there was a dramatic improvement in the station's programming and listening figures. These people are making radio programmes because they love radio, not to line some guy's wallet. If you want to find the real spirit of radio in London, don't go to Broadcasting House, go to 110 Tolworth Broadway! I'll be updating our feature story later this week, and again after the event (Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog Oct 14 via DXLD) ** U S A. MEDIA WATCHDOG IFJ ACCUSES US OVER JOURNALISTS' DEATHS IN IRAQ | Text of International Federation of Journalists press release on 14 October The International Federation of Journalists, the world's largest journalists' group, today issued a detailed report on the Iraq war and called for a "global campaign to expose the secrecy, deceit and arrogance of the United States authorities" surrounding the killing of up to seven journalists during and after the war. The IFJ report, "Denial of Justice on the Road to Baghdad", examines the safety of journalists during the conflict and focuses on four separate incidents in which journalists were killed or are still missing, presumed dead. "These incidents have caused outrage within journalism worldwide," said IFJ President Christopher Warren. "It is shocking that after six months the families, friends and colleagues of the victims still await credible explanations about how and why they died." The report, prepared by IFJ General Secretary Aidan White, accuses the United States of "flagrant disregard" for the safety of journalists by not instructing military commanders and soldiers in the field to avoid hitting media targets. In particular, the IFJ says the US should come clean over: - The US tank attack on the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, the home to more than 150 media staff, in which two journalists, Jose Couso, a cameraman for Telecinco in Spain, and Taras Protsyuk, working for Reuters, were killed; - The shooting-up of an ITN camera crew involving US ground and airborne forces near Basra, in which reporter Terry Lloyd was killed. His two colleagues, Fred Nerac and Hussein Osman, are still missing, presumed dead; - A US airborne missile attack on the Baghdad office of the Al-Jazeera television in which reporter Tareq Ayoub was killed; and - The shooting by US troops in broad daylight of award-winning Reuters cameraman Mazen Dana, who was reporting from a prison in Baghdad weeks after the war was officially over. "In all of these cases the United States has either failed to report or has failed to publish the results of its own investigations," said Aidan White. "It has exonerated itself from any responsibility and has passed over the lies and deceit of its own people in response to eyewitness testimony that challenges official US accounts of events. It is a most profound denial of justice." The IFJ report was launched just a day after a meeting in Madrid of Spanish journalists' leaders, media organizations and the family of Jose Couso, one of the Palestine Hotel victims, endorsed the proposal for a global campaign involving media, journalists, human rights groups and international legal experts. "We are not looking for scapegoats," said Aidan White. "In most cases we know the individuals who pulled the trigger. But we must challenge those who are responsible for the culture of neglect and arrogance that puts media staff in harm's way when they are reporting from a war zone." In theory, says the IFJ, existing rules should protect journalists and media staff. "But they do not work. We need clear and explicit laws that will strengthen protection for media staff and ensure that every killing of a journalist in a war zone is subject to full and independent investigation," said White. "Recently, the UN Security Council strengthened protection for humanitarian workers, the same should be done for media staff." The report welcomes the establishment of the International News Safety Institute, a global coalition of media groups, which aims to improve levels of training and safety for journalists reporting from conflict areas. There are also calls for more action to protect freelance journalists, who are among the most vulnerable people reporting from a war zone, and warnings about the threat that "embedded" journalism poses to objective reporting. "The Iraq war was by any stretch the most extensive and expensive media campaign in recent history. It was also the most dangerous," says the report. The IFJ has written to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan calling on him to urge the United States to end its secrecy over the deaths of media personnel and to support demands for the independent investigation of the killings of journalists and media staff during the war. "The injustice in Iraq must not be allowed to pass," said White. "A war fought in the name of democracy should not trample over the rights of people to know the truth." Source: International Federation of journalists press release, Brussels, in English 14 Oct 03 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** U S A. EDITORIAL ANALYSIS: SEINFIELD AND SAWA - US INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY | Text of editorial analysis by Chris McWhinnie of BBC Monitoring Media Services "Hostility towards America has reached shocking levels," the Bush- appointed United States Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World panel stated in its a new report this week. "What is required is not merely tactical adaptation but strategic, and radical, transformation", the report said. The committee of 13 appointees is led by Edward P. Djerejian, an Arab specialist and former ambassador and White House spokesman. The panel spent several months examining US efforts to promote its views to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims. It found that the State Department spent about 600 million dollars last year on advocating US policy and 540 million dollars more for the Voice of America and other external broadcasting. In contrast it found that just 25 million dollars was actually spent on practical outreach schemes in the entire Arab and Muslim world. Djerejian, in a recent interview pointed to the power of Arab satellite TV and to the absence of American perspectives there. He said he was struck during a recent visit to Cairo when he saw a panel discussion on Al-Arabiya television about the "Americanization", a pejorative word for corruption, the New York Times reported. The result may be pressure to increase the amount of spending on international public diplomacy - to Cold War proportions. The group's major recommendations are to create a new White House director of public diplomacy, to build centres of learning in the Middle East, to translate more Western works into Arabic and to encourage and fund scholarships and fellowships. An upgraded US presence on the internet in Arabic is also suggested. "The United States today lacks the capabilities in public diplomacy to meet the national security threat emanating from political instability, economic deprivation and extremism", the report said and panel members added that this would also benefit Israel. The report recommends hiring at least 600 Arabic speakers, including 300 capable of appearing on debate shows. Currently there are only five, Djerejian said. Even apparently harmless illustration of American culture can cause problems, the report said. "In Damascus, we were surprised to find 'Seinfeld' aired twice daily," the report said. But a Syrian teacher appealed for help in explaining American family life to her students, wondering if 'Friends' showed a typical family. The report concluded that most of America's image problem in the Arab world was to do with US policies. One of the current tools of outreach is the US external Arabic Radio Sawa, which appears to have become something of a success. The US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) web site announced on 25 September that the government-funded station, is the leading international broadcaster in all Middle Eastern countries surveyed. It also said the station was scoring highly as a reliable source of news across the social classes. The survey was actually only conducted in five countries in July and August this year. The station having been on-air for just over a year, less in some countries. Amongst the over -15s, Radio Sawa has an average listenership of around 32 per cent. This splits as follows: Egypt 10.6 per cent; Jordan, 30.4 per cent; Kuwait, 39.5 per cent; Qatar, 40.8 per cent and United Arab Emirates (UAE), 36.6 per cent. In the target age range 15-29 the figures peak at Almost 10 per cent in the UAE, but just 21 per cent in Egypt. The evidence from the report suggests that there is a positive benefit for America from Radio Sawa. When asked, Sawa listeners had a more positive view of the United States than the general population: 12 per cent more. Presently Radio Sawa airs in five versions around the clock: to Egypt- Levant, The Gulf, Iraq, Morocco and Jordan/West Bank. A new version for Sudan is expected later this year. About the same time, a new US-government funded TV station will start in Arabic. Under the working title Middle East Television Network, the station is also under the auspices of the BBG. The editorial output will be from Fairfax, Virginia, just outside Washington DC and will start as Ramadan ends in December, the French news agency AFP reported. There are cultural gaps and political exchanges between the Muslim world and the United States evident in the media scene alone. The political consequences of gap of understanding and intolerance in the post-911 world are clear. The recent curbs in Iraq by the Governing Council to limit the operations of the Arab Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya satellite TV channels it accused of "encouraging terrorism", was unlikely to be seen in the Arab world as part of any productive dialogue. The mere exposure of the Arab world to American popular culture means it can be seen as pervasive, persuasive or dismissed as mere evidence of decadence. The task of presenting America's view more coherently may well see recommendations followed which result in the granting of further funding for still better-targeted TV and radio initiatives. Source: BBC Monitoring research 9 Oct 03 (via DXLD) ** U S A. STRUGGLE BROUGHT TO AIRWAVES --- FORMER RESIDENT COVERING CONFERENCE. By Kevin Kilbane, of The News-Sentinel The 50,000-watt power of radio station WOWO, 1190-AM, used to make Fort Wayne a familiar name to radio listeners in the eastern United States. Now the Summit City is the talk of Asia -- more specifically, Burma -- as former Fort Wayne resident Chan Aye tells the story of this weekend's democracy in Burma conference on Voice of America. . . http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/7004424.htm (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Oct 13 via Jilly Dybka, DXLD) ** U S A. Can't imagine I can tell you something re SW you don't know, but I will say you should find a way to announce this. I have heard Kim A Elliott via the VOA on the internet, parallel to whenever he is on Main Street on SW. This is a great discovery because with fall I can hear none of the VOA frequencies listed, except for the 0637 = which really isn't my life style. If there's any secret, it is to click on "News Now" of which "Main Street" is a part or continuation. Have not found the way (if possible) to hear it on demand. Have also tried to get a print out and get even the announcer's words that KAE was about to be "heard", but NOT his copy! (Your print out is helpful and so is Wavescan's - almost never hear them!) Keep it coming! - (Howard Box, TN, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Main Street, and most other VOA programs, are available on demand, but in the case of MS, only for 24 hours or so until another one replaces it, so to catch Kim on the UT Sunday show, you need to do it before the UT Monday show is uploaded, not sure at what habitual hour. Go to http://www.voanews.com/Webcasts/index.cfm and click on Main Street, whereupon the latest starts playing contrary to instructions (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. During WORLD OF RADIO on WBCQ, 7415, UT Mon Oct 13 at 0415, I was also barely able to detect a very weak signal in parallel on 5105 (not 5104). Maybe next week they`ll power up? Must also be a drawback for the touted new show Area 51 earlier on Sunday evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Glenn: Don`t know if this is eligible as a contribution or not, but here it comes. Around 0400Z on 10/13, I came across an Atlanta Falcon football game in USB on 5446.52. Caught an Armed Forces Network ID at 0415. Signal was weak, S1-3/R2-4, and there was QRM (a steady one/second beep like a time station, but with no voice info) just above it. And the audio pitch seemed to vary very slightly. About 0028 a repeated CW signal appeared, too fast for me to copy; (FAF/Metz appears in Klingfuss right at 5446.5.) This AFRTS freq does not turn up in my 2003 Klingenfuss or in the EiBi frequency list (Alan Bosch, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This frequency has been around for a few months since the last shakeup, Key West per: http://www.npr.org/worldwide/shortwave.html (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Received yesterday a verification for WWRB Morrison, TN 12172 via rev. Turner, the host for ``the AV 1611-hour``, who replied my reception report after 6 weeks with a nice personal letter, saying my report was the first overseas report he had received (he had received some from Mexico and Canada before). The letter ended with some passages from the Bible in Swedish!! Enclosed with the letter was a big US stamp block. It seems like the only way to get WWRB verified is to write to the different program makers. A direct report to the station will not result as Dave Franz doesn`t seem to like us DX-ers according to the WWRB web site, where he writes under Q&A: ``A hobby listener can be likened to a trophy hunter; they listen to a station for a short period of time, send in to the station a reception report, request a QSL card (proof of reception card,) and are rarely heard from again, unless the station makes a radical change to its QSL card design or hosts a reception report contest, offering station related paraphernalia such as pennants. The hobbyist is only interested in getting something nifty from his efforts and pays little, if any, attention to the programming, other than the writing of a brief transcript, required to prove reception. Also like a trophy hunter`s guns, hobby listeners usually posses powerful receiving equipment to pick up even the weakest signals, so shortwave stations often attempt to pass hobbyist reception reports off as proof of world coverage (Beware!)`` 73 de (Lennart Weirell, Västerås, Sweden, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Since local midnight was an inconvenient time to listen to Harry Helms on the Art Bell show, I was planning on demanding it later from the http://www.coastocoastam.com website --- indeed one may click on a link to hear the latest show, but then --- you get a prompt to pay subscription $$$$ for the privilege! Back to public radio for me, but I am sorry to have missed Harry`s appearance (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. THE NEW 1690 AM FROM BERWYN Hello Glen[n], This station puts in a decent signal in Downstate Illinois also. I tuned it in this morning at Urbana using two inexpensive Chinese made receivers and had good reception, though with some fading at local sunrise. As noted in your World of Radio report on this, the play list is varied and eclectic for being an oldies station- during the time I listened they played Frank Sinatra's "Lover Come Back" and the Viscounts' "Harlem Nocturne", two songs that are just not normally heard in this format. Better still, they had Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards hosting, doing a series of Lujack's ruminations between sets. Lujack commented on his rocky history with Clear Channel, including how they fired him in 2001. If he wasn't drunk as he did this, he should have been, as he rambled on in a manner more reminiscent of Col.Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now" than anything he ever did while doing "Animal Stories" on the old WLS. Anyway, he barely held back on the profanity to describe his feelings for Clear Channel giving him the ax then, and detailed his state of constant unemployment until now. He also mentioned Clear Channel's goal to rule the world, including his own efforts to now insinuate himself into the management of the corporation so he could have a say in things once they take over. He also repeated the rumor current in the company that Clear Channel possessed nuclear weapons. He commented in a later rumination about the shortcomings of the format- he said that the music he plays is "mostly from dead people" and that this made for a lack of opportunity in getting payola. All in all, very entertaining in an odd way really (Curtis Sadowski, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) You can listen to them any time you want as they do stream their signal. Website: http://www.realoldies1690.com Personally, they're not my taste in oldies; but they admittedly are not like most oldies or adult standard stations either (Mike Pietruk, Oct 13, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. The KTNS-1060 test that was scheduled for 10/10 has been rescheduled for 10/18 (Saturday) from midnight to 1 am PDT (3 am-4 am 10/19/03 EDT). KTNS's format is MOYL, and some Morse IDs will be played. KTNS would especially like to hear from those in the East that hear their test! You can send reception reports to: Mr. Larry W. Gamble General Manager KTNS-AM 40356 Oak Park Way Oakhurst, CA 9364 or email mtkaat@sierratel.com or see their web page at http://www.ktnsradio.com (Lynn Hollerman, LA, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This time they got the times and zones right, which would be 0700-0800 UT Oct 18 (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 1520: Has the Buffalo station reverted back to its old call WKBW? I have heard them IDing this way several times tonight. I grew up listening to them and first heard Elvis on the old George "Hound Dog" Lorenz - "The Hounds Around" - show in 1956. I can remember the Tom Shannon Show on it as well (Larry Fravel, Shinnston, WV, Oct 12, NRC-AM via DXLD) Nah - you'll hear a quickie "WWKB Buffalo" legal at the top-hour --- seems channel 7, which holds the WKBW calls, didn't want to share its toys. But WKBW-TV couldn't stop WWKB radio from using all manner of old "WKBW" jingles, and they sure do use 'em. s (Scott Fybush, ibid.) Thanks. I thought I was hearing things. When you hear that call for 18 years (WKBW) it kind of sticks with you. I grew up just outside of Buffalo in East Aurora, New York. Its claim to fame, among others, is that it's the original home of Fisher Price Toys. Then Quaker bought them out in the late 60's or early 70's (Larry Fravel, ibid.) ** U S A. In NEW YORK, the rumors are flying again about a sale of the New York City schools' radio and TV stations, WNYE (91.5) and WNYE-TV (Channel 25) - and this time it appears they're pretty close to fruition. It's no secret at all that public radio WNYC (820/93.9) covets WNYE's FM facility, with an eye towards expanding its lineup of talk programming on one FM signal while doing classical music fulltime on the other, and that the WNET public television empire seeks to add channel 25 to its existing combo of WNET (Channel 13) and WLIW (Channel 21) - but the New York Times' Joyce Purnick reported last week that with the elimination of the city's Board of Education, the decision about selling the stations now rests with the city's Economic Development Corporation, which has apparently arranged no-bid deals to transfer the two signals to WNYC and WNET (Scott Fybush, NY, NE Radio Watch Oct 13 via DXLD) ** U S A. KNTV-11 San José has filed an application to move to Mt. San Bruno, just south of the San Francisco city limits (where three SF UHF stations and many of the city's FMs are). They plan to move KNTV-DT (ch. 12) as well. The site will *not* provide a city-grade signal across all of San José -- indeed, according to my calculations it won't even provide city- grade at the "reference coordinates" in the center of the city, let alone the southern extents. NBC argues that antenna-pointing issues make a San Bruno or Mt. Sutro location necessary for the success of KNTV-DT. (the city-grade regulations for DTV are MUCH looser; KNTV-DT *will* provide a city- grade signal across all of San José.) Oh, and because the stations are on adjacent channels, if KNTV-DT moves to San Bruno then the analog transmitter has to as well... They claim precedent in a permit to move WSWS-66 to a site that covers less than all of their city of license (Opelika, Alabama) with a city-grade signal. We'll see what the Commission has to say... -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66, Oct 12, WTFDA via DXL D) ** U S A. PBS `X' channel is a hidden gem DIGITAL TV BROADCAST OPENS ACCESS TO SCHEDULE X http://tvbarn.com/2003/2003Oct10pbs.html Since 1998, KCPT has been broadcasting in digital TV. Until recently, that meant nothing to the 96 percent of viewers who don't own digital TV receivers. But now, I've discovered a hidden feature of KCPT's digi-cast -- and anyone with a Time Warner Cable set-top box can enjoy it. Here's how. Go to Channel 1402, way up there in Time Warner's high definition tier. What you'll see is an alternative lineup of PBS shows, including some that will never see the light of day on KCPT. Though most viewers don't realize it, public TV stations have much more freedom than commercial TV stations in setting their schedules. When NBC feeds "Friends" to its affiliates on Thursday nights, it expects every NBC station in the country to air the show right then and there. But KCPT can tape many programs ahead of time and show them days or even weeks later. Or not at all. They have their reasons -- some good, some pretty weak -- but that's another column. Channel 1402 is a PBS feed known as Schedule X. If all the public TV stations adhered to a single national network schedule, this would be it. Weekdays, Schedule X airs many of the same kids' programs seen on Channel 19, but in a different order. At night, the "NewsHour" airs on Schedule X at 6 p.m., same as on Channel 19 -- but it also re-airs at 11 p.m. nightly. "Charlie Rose" comes on at 10 p.m., undelayed by the "BBC World News." Then there's "Independent Lens," merely the greatest showcase of independent film on TV today. It's nowhere to be seen on KCPT, despite my public bellyaching in the past (or maybe because of it). Schedule X to the rescue. "Independent Lens," which launches its second season tonight, can be seen 9 p.m. Tuesdays on Channel 1402, re-airing at 1 a.m. (By the way, anyone capable of viewing KTWU, Topeka's PBS station, can also see "Independent Lens" at 1 a.m., because KTWU airs Schedule X overnights.) Channel 1402 is one of three channels KCPT pipes out over its digital signal. This "multicasting" ability is one of the lesser-known advantages of the new digital TV standard, and hopefully more stations will try it. For bandwidth reasons, the multicast goes away whenever KCPT is airing a high-def PBS program, though that isn't often. For space reasons, we can't print Channel 1402's schedule; write me and I'll tell you how to find listings on the Web. And sorry, Comcast customers, but your provider isn't carrying the Schedule X channel. I'm at (816) 234-4790 and TVBarn.com (Kansas City Star Oct 13 via Current via DXLD) No doubt same situation applies in many other cities (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Re Tall Structure List: Mr. Vásquez I found your list quite interesting, and, in large measure, very accurate. I have two corrections for you, which I noted because we happen to be working on a project for the Coast Guard affecting one of them and I happen to have visited the site of the other a few years ago in connection with another project for the State of Wyoming. They are both Loran sites: LORSTA Gillette (44 00 11.305 X 105 37 23.895 NAD-83) is 700 feet in height AGL, without base, base insulator, or obstruction lighting, and is the tallest structure I am aware of in the State of Wyoming. LORSTA Port Clarence (65 14 40.372 X 166 53 11.996 NAD-83) is 1350 feet in height AGL without base, base insulator, or obstruction lighting, and is the tallest structure I am aware of in the State of Alaska. LORSTA Port Clarence is currently being studied with a view toward refurbishment or replacement, and if the latter will be dismantled (Benj. F. Dawson III, P.E. Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers, LLC 9500 Greenwood Avenue North Seattle, WA 98103 USA; 206 783 9151; 206 789 9834 Facsimile, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. GO AHEAD AND RUN THAT PIRATE STATION!! THIS IS NOT A COMMENTARY, just a bit of news........... I spoke to the FCC Division of Investigations and Hearing today, regarding the pirate radio station that is now running in my 'neighborhood' on 103.9. They gave me the address for where to send a type-written letter, describing in full detail what I know about the illegal radio station and why it is offending me. The agent that talked to me said that just because I am aware of a 'pirate' radio station operating but is not particularly bothering me or the fact that they have received no other complaints from other persons or broadcasters, does not constitute an urgency on their part to act. !!! I was led to believe that the available field staff is now reduced to the point that they have to decide what is a real threat to licensed broadcasters or the public at large. I was told that if I want to pursue it for some reason, to send the letter in. It would take at least 20 days to process (not investigate, just process), then they would make some phone calls to appropriate people to find out if said illegal radio station is a real threat. They will not send a 'search van' out without warranted reason to find and shut them down. Interesting. As long you don't tick off any of the big boys (broadcasters), go ahead and run that pirate station, if you've ever wanted to. This station identifies as 'High Country Radio', operates on 103.9, is running at least a couple hundred watts, mono, music is mostly top 40/alternative. They always use a 'bogus' yahoo.com email address to let them know what you think about their programming. I call it 'bogus' because I`ve tried sending to it three separate times and it always bounces. The station owner must have quite a library of old- time radio soaps, as that`s what he runs in the evening - Superman, The Hornet, some wartime radio programs - stuff that runs 30 minutes and the station owner actually runs this stuff by the clock. He starts it at the top of the hour or bottom. Last weekend he signed on at 9:30 am MDT, sign off at midnight, Saturday/Sunday. Saturday he hardly talked at all during music sets --- pretty much all prerecorded announcements. On Sunday, he talked a lot during music sets and intros to radio programs. He sounds like he's been in radio.) FWIW.......... (Jim Thomas, wdx0fbu, Milliken, Colorado, Oct 14, WTFDA via DXLD) Old radio programming is available cheaply and in bulk via MP3 cds available at the Bay. I recently bought a collection of 19,000 shows for about $150. Larger collections are available even cheaper now. Just do an Ebay search on "MP3 OTR", and then hit the most expensive items listed button and these superb collections will pop up (Curtis Sadowski, IL, ibid.) OK, anyone have a 5 mega-watt transmitter and 2,000 foot tower lying around? I'm preparing the QSL cards now! In all seriousness that is ridiculous. Perhaps a nearby 103.7/103.9/104.1 might be interested in your report? (Jason Koralja, Surf City, NJ, ibid.) There is a pirate in this area broadcasting on 97.1. The antenna heading is SSE of here which puts it in Somers or Ellington, CT. One day I was listening as they were playing 70s and 80s music when they gave a yahoo email address, so I sent them an email telling them where I was located and asking for their location. I got a reply but no location. Their calls are WMUF (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) ** U S A. IF BILL CLINTON WERE AN ADDICT, HERE'S HOW RUSH MIGHT SPIN IT --- By Bill McClellan St Louis Post 10/14 http://tinyurl.com/qrvc Somewhere in a parallel universe, where we are the same people but things have happened in slightly differently ways, Rush Limbaugh greets his loyal listeners this morning. "Lots to talk about today. You all know already that Bill Clinton, our former president, has admitted an addiction to prescription drugs. "It's interesting to see the way the liberal media are playing this. I'm looking at a copy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Saturday, October 11th, edition - the day after the big announcement. Well, the story is on Page 2, and right next to his photograph, in large boldface print, is the following quote: 'I take full responsibility for this problem.' "That's interesting, folks, because if you look at his actual statement - not what the liberal media say he said, but what he really said - you get a different take on it. First, he says he's got back problems. So he's blaming it on that. Then he says he had surgery, but the surgery wasn't successful. So he's blaming it on the doctors. Then he says the pain medication was addictive. So he's blaming it on the pharmaceutical companies. Folks, he blames it on everybody but himself! But as long as he puts in that obligatory line about taking responsibility, that's what the liberal media are going to grab: Clinton takes full responsibility! "Here's another interesting thing in his statement. I love this one. He says a lot of athletes have admitted drug problems and have been treated like heroes. Huh? Can you name one athlete who admitted a drug problem and was then treated like a hero? How about Darryl Strawberry? Maybe liberals thought Strawberry was a hero, but I don't think most of us felt that way. And then Clinton says, 'I refuse to let anyone think I'm doing something heroic here.' "You want to know what that's about? He's telling his friends in the liberal media how he wants this thing played. He wants to be called a hero for admitting his problem. That's why liberals confuse so many people. They mean the opposite of what they say. "And I'm telling you folks, the liberal media are going to do it. He's going to be a hero. I can already see the spin on this: Clinton accepts responsibility! Doesn't blame others! "I know you don't believe me - 'Rush, not even the liberal media can pull that one off!' - but just watch. I'm telling you. Just watch. He was whimpering, 'I want to tell you about this because you're like family to me.' If there are any liberals out there listening, I'd like to ask you this: Weren't you people like family six weeks ago? How about six months ago? Two years ago? But he didn't feel the need to tell you then, did he? So why now? You think it could be because he's been caught? Because his high-priced attorney has told him he'd better act remorseful? "Speaking of getting caught, have any of you read about those tapes and e-mails the cops have? Heh, heh, heh. You won't read them in the mainstream press, or hear about them on the Clinton News Network, but they're a hoot. He sounds like he's auditioning for a part in the next Cheech and Chong movie. He calls money "cabbage," and he refers to his favorite pills as "blue babes." It's always interesting to hear the way somebody talks when he thinks nobody is listening. "I know what liberals are going to say: 'This is a time for compassion.' Let me be very clear about this, folks. I have compassion. But my compassion is for all the people who believed in the guy. He was their shining star. He could do no wrong. But you know something? I probably don't have to worry. Because his followers are going to still believe in him. That's the thing about liberals! You can't convince them! You can show them the facts. You can say, 'Look, here is what he really said, and here is what he really did,' but they don't want to know the truth. That's the big difference between them and us. Liberals are afraid of the truth." (via Tom Roche, DXLD) LIMBAUGH'S CONFESSION MAY NOT TURN LISTENERS AWAY BY LISA ANDERSON AND RAOUL MOWATT, Chicago Tribune http://tinyurl.com/qycx (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. Hola Glenn, Saludos desde Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA. Tendencia en Radio Táchira a cierres inusuales no antes de las 0300 UT, quizás por la audiencia neogranadina del espacio "Música y costumbres de Colombia", domingos (lunes universales) a partir de la 0100 UT. Captada el 13/10, hasta las 0404. SINPO 4/4. 4830 kHz, YVOB (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. El más reciente programa de Radio Enlance mostró la otra cara de la realidad venezolana y de la revolución de los medios alternativos en la patria de Bolívar. A través de una interesante entrevista a Marielba Franco y Gabriela Fuentes, se reveló al mundo la hipocresía de aquellos para los cuales la libertad de expresión sólo existe para los grandes monopolios de la información. El caso de la estación comunitaria, Catia TV, es un vivo ejemplo. Hasta hoy, ni siquiera la OEA se ha pronunciado. ¡Felicitaciones a Jaime y Alfonso! 73's y buen DX (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. EDITORIAL ANALYSIS: VENEZUELA'S POLITICIZED MEDIA | Text of editorial analysis by Chris McWhinnie of BBC Monitoring Media Services On 3 October the authorities in Venezuela seized broadcasting equipment from the 24-hour television news channel, Globovisión, known for its criticism of President Hugo Chávez. They said Globovisión didn't have licences for the equipment, despite repeated warnings. This didn't take the station off the air, but by removing outside broadcast microwave link equipment it made links to reports from the street impossible. The TV station's director, Alberto Federico Ravell, said the measure was the first step towards shutting down the channel. But Information Minister Jesse Chacón said that inspectors had moved in because Globovisión had been broadcasting on illegal frequencies. The US embassy in Caracas issued a statement saying "We see as unacceptable any action by a government to coerce or silence any media for expressing opposition to government policies," a communiqué said. The US State Department made a similar statement. Globovisión can apply for the return of the confiscated equipment, and a decision must be taken within 90 days. "We consider this an illegal and irregular seizure," said Mr Ravell. But Minister Chacón countered: "There is no move to take Globovisión off the air." Globovisión is one the television stations which President Chávez has called the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", because of their attacks on his administration. The stations concerned, Venevisión, RCTV, Globovisión and Televén have previously been threatened with the revocation of broadcasting licences. The stations openly oppose the president. In the days leading up to the April 2002 coup, the stations replaced regular programming with relentless anti-Chávez speeches, interrupted only for commercials calling on viewers to take to the streets: "Not one step backward. Out! Leave now!" The ads were sponsored by the oil industry, but the stations carried them free, as "public service announcements." Oil is big business in Venezuela and these private TV stations are owned by wealthy families and there are some substantial financial stakes in the oil as well as media industry. The four channels have supported Coordinadora Democrática - organized political opposition - for publicity against the Chávez government. The main employer's association, Fedecamaras, also used these stations during the 2002 coup, a two-month strike earlier in 2003 and as part of an effort to force a referendum to oust the president. The head of the Organization of American States (OAS), César Gaviria, who recently tried to ease tension between the president and the opposition, urged the government to ensure press freedoms were not infringed. Chávez reponded: "Globovisión have been acting like criminals. . . . They started calling the OAS, calling for help, and the poor souls in other countries let themselves get manipulated and act like imbeciles without knowing what is really going on." Watchdogs have indeed criticized both sides in these troubles: the behaviour of the privately-owned media and the president. The president does have the state media at his disposal: a large number of official transmissions have taken place on radio and TV, shunting scheduled programming off the air for hours. This was however pitched against the average of 700 pro-strike advertisements each day on the private TV channels. When Chávez was returned to power a few days after the coup, there was a news blackout by the private channels, which was later put down to a concern for the safety of reporters on the streets - they ran cartoons and movies instead. The official threats to close the Venezuelan private TV channels has been condemned by a number of international non-governmental organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders. They saw legitimate threats to freedom of the press, but some commentators would also welcome a more balanced media with greater impartiality and balance in reporting. The latest move against Globovisión was followed hours later by two individuals on a motorcycle throwing a hand grenade at the headquarters of the state telecommunications regulation agency, Conatel. It was Conatel technicians who had earlier seized Globovisión's transmission dishes. And so the cycle of violence and intimidation in the entwined but polarized Venezuelan media and political scene continues. Source: BBC Monitoring research 9 Oct 03 (via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. The Polisario Front station, National Radio of the SADR, was noted on 3 parallel frequencies yesterday evening (12 Oct) at 2350 UT. Local music plus ID heard on 7460, 1550 and 700 kHz - very strong on 7460 and 1550 kHz but 700 kHz a lot weaker here (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030+ / K9AY, Oct 13, BDXC-UK via DXLD) Polisario Front's new outlet on 700 kHz (Tindouf too?) is being noted most evenings while 1550 kHz Tindouf & 7460v kHz Rabuni are normally active. This new ch was logged on 10 OCT 2219 utc with an S+35 dB QSA via my elevated K9AY at the SW coast place, and was again parallel to 1550 kHz, which was being jammed that evening, but not 7460.3 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal (13/10-2003), Ydun`s MW News via DXLD) The Polisario Front station of the SADR [Sahara] has been heard on 7460 after 0600 with a very much stronger frequency the last two days - booming in today [Oct.14] with a discussion in Arabic at 0630 (Noel R. Green [Blackpool, NW England], Oct 14, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA (ZANZIBAR), 11733 kHz, Radio Tanzania (presumed), from 1757 UT Oct 13 in presumed Swahili, very muddy, but definite English news by OM from 1800 with item on Zanzibar (or Zambia), poor, very muddy signal (Drake SW 8 with sloper antenna, Roger Chambers, Utica, New York, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Varying? Usually measured on 11734.1 (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 1700 unID 0114 Oct 14. Spanish station here, seemed to loop SW but can't be sure due to slop from local KDDZ-1690. Did not seem to be there after 0200. Did not seem to be religious (WJCC) - maybe XEM 2 x 850? [Mexicali] (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 4-foot box loop. Corazón DX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 3-180, 4025.13: Laser Hot Hits, heard on 4025, Sept 13 at 2137, poor \\ 6219 (ZE =? Zdenek Elias, Czech Republic?, Radio Without Licence, Oct World DX Club Contact via DXLD) But would they be playing LA music in the nightmiddle? (gh) UNIDENTIFIED ¿A qué hora cierra emisiones Radio Horizonte? El pasado 12/10, a partir de las 0318 UT, en los 5019.91, capté una estación bastante fuerte. Emitía música en español; merengue, salsa, techno, tema reciente de Celia Cruz y Enrique Iglesias con "Bailamos". Ni una sola identificación en casi una hora de monitoraje. Fuera del aire abruptamente a las 0425. No creo que sea Radio Horizonte. ¿Qué opinan los colegas? SINPO 3/3 (Adán González, Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Does anyone know what the weak Latin Spanish speaker is on 9800 as heard Oct 14 at 1000 past 1100? Is it Cuba - one of the Rebelde irregular outlets? - or has Martí moved down. Cuban jamming was still heard on 9805. 73s, (Noel R. Green [Blackpool, NW England], Oct 14, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 21590: fire-and-brimstone preacher, quite strong Oct 13 before and after 1500 when conditions were very good; thought it might be DTK with a new Overcomer relay at a rare moment when Bro. Stair himself was not speaking, but WWCR 9475 was missing so no parallelization possible. Forced myself to listen closely at hourtop, but no ID break and no ID. Next day, Oct 14, conditions were much worse and barely audible, but seemed to be on as early as 1400, and not \\ 9475. Seems DTK (and Merlin?) have used this frequency for various clients in past, but nothing in current HFCC, Eibi fits; a precursor for B-03? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ David Coursey, Executive Editor of Ziff Davis' ZDNet "AnchorDesk" has written an article on BPL. -------------- Monday, Oct. 13, 2003 BROADBAND FROM THE ELECTRIC COMPANY? NO THANKS Electric power companies have figured out a way to offer broadband Internet access over their power lines. That might seem like a good thing, but I don't think it is. Here's why. . . http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/AnchorDesk/4520-7297_16-5089730.html?tag=adts (via Pete Costello, DXLD) Wall Street Journal: "PROFITING FROM THE BROADBAND REVOLUTION" Just out today -- a special report on broadband Internet. Haven't read it in detail, but it looks like there should be some interesting content. The "Editor's Note" has the tease "It makes the Internet like air". See http://online.wsj.com/page/0,,2_1041,00.html You have to be a subscriber to see the series; might be worth a look if you're in a local library (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Oct 13, swprograms via DXLD) DRM +++ DRM SOFTWARE Forgive me if this is old news, but I see that DRM receiving software is now available from the DRM website. It costs 60 euro and takes a more powerful computer than mine to run it. Has anyone actually tried using this? Details are at http://www.drmrx.org/ (Stephen Howie, Stafford, U.K., BDXC-UK Section Editor, HF Logbook, via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ DX TV via EME (Moonbounce) propagation A report on Tony Mann's and Ian Roberts' recent EME experiments http://www.geocities.com/toddemslie/moonbounce_DXTV.html This should answer most questions regarding what has been done, along with reception and analysis techniques (Curtis Sadowski, IL, WTFDA via DXLD) Geomagnetic activity ranged from quiet to minor storm levels. The geomagnetic field was mildly disturbed for the first half of the period due to high speed coronal hole flow. Occasional active periods occurred with very isolated minor storm periods observed at higher latitudes. The latter half of the period was quiet with just very isolated unsettled levels observed. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 15 OCTOBER - 10 NOVEMBER Solar activity is expected to range from very low to low levels with a chance of isolated M-class events. There are no regions on the visible disk at this time that appear capable of anything other than a very isolated low C-class flare. Old active Region 464 is due to return to visible disk early in the period and may have the potential to elevate the solar activity levels. No greater than 10 MeV proton events at geosynchronous orbit are expected during the period. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 16 – 26 October, 3 – 4 November, and again on 10 November. The geomagnetic field is expected to range from quiet to major storm levels during the period. The large recurrent coronal hole is due to return early in the period and is expected to produce occasional major storm levels. Effects from this large coronal hole will likely persist through 24 October. Isolated active periods are expected on 28 October through 4 November. Isolated minor to major storm periods are possible on 09 – 10 November due to a high speed coronal hole stream. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2003 Oct 14 2211 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # Product description and SEC contact on the Web # http://www.sec.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2003 Oct 14 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2003 Oct 15 100 40 6 2003 Oct 16 100 30 5 2003 Oct 17 105 30 5 2003 Oct 18 105 20 4 2003 Oct 19 110 20 4 2003 Oct 20 110 20 4 2003 Oct 21 115 20 4 2003 Oct 22 120 20 4 2003 Oct 23 125 15 3 2003 Oct 24 130 10 3 2003 Oct 25 130 10 3 2003 Oct 26 125 15 3 2003 Oct 27 125 15 3 2003 Oct 28 120 20 4 2003 Oct 29 115 15 3 2003 Oct 30 110 15 3 2003 Oct 31 110 10 3 2003 Nov 01 115 15 3 2003 Nov 02 120 15 3 2003 Nov 03 125 20 4 2003 Nov 04 125 12 3 2003 Nov 05 125 10 3 2003 Nov 06 130 10 3 2003 Nov 07 130 10 3 2003 Nov 08 125 10 3 2003 Nov 09 120 30 5 2003 Nov 10 115 30 5 (http://www.sec.noaa.gov/radio via WORLD OF RADIO 1203, DXLD) ###