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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1203: RFPI: Wed 0100, 0730, 1330 on 7445 [nominal times, often late] 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 1203 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1203h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1203h.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1203.html WORLD OF RADIO 1203 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1203.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1203.rm FIRST AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1204: Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7415, 17495-CUSB Thu 0130 on WINB 9320 Thu 2030 on WWCR 15825 Sat 0130 on RFPI 7445 UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL Glenn, Thank you for mentioning my website updates in "DX Listening Digest" recently. Your good work for DXers is always appreciated (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA) THORD KNUTSSON Estimados amigos: Estoy totalmene consternado con la noticia --- durante los últimos 11 meses coordinábamos todo lo del w.r.t.h. (sección Perú) y de pronto esto... mi más sentido pésame (Alfredo Cañote, dxspacemaster, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Me uno a las expresiones de condolencias con mi profunda tristeza por el lamentable fallecimiento del colega Thord Knutsson, con quien me uniera una larga y valiosa amistad en torno a una fructífera tarea en común: la edición anual del WRTH. Recordaré a Thord como a uno de los más cultos investigadores de la radiocomunicación y el DX y a su contribución, con mi humilde y permanente reconocimiento. Que en paz descance (Rubén Guillermo Margenet, Argentina, ibid.) No puedo creer lo que ha pasado. Con Thord teniamos un contacto regular desde hace unos cuantos años y a traves del mismo pude conocer a un gran tipo, con un profundo cariño por nuestra America Latina. (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** AFGHANISTAN. TRYING TO QSL BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN Some time ago I made several searches in the net for a possible address for (then 7000 kHz) Information Radio in Bagram, Afghanistan. On some web pages I found a possible routing address as APO AE 09354. Well, on June 10th a reception report using address "Information Radio, Bagram Air Base, APO AE 09354, USA" was sent. Today, 21st October I got my envelope returned, unopened. Numerous marks, some handwritten, some rubber stamped on it, some illegible. "Army Postal Service, APO AE 09098/Aug 12, 2003" "RTS" "ANK" "Returned for better address" "Return to sender" "Missent 180" "...Force Postal Service/5 Sep, 2003". Can't find out if the envelope ever actually reached Bagram. I guess I should have mentioned the Army unit operating the station. Well, better luck next time :). At the same time I also sent a tentative reception report to Information Radio, Kandahar for my reception in Aug, 2002 on 6100. Still on its way, maybe bouncing back within a few days. Possibly someone reading this has some connections to the US military and could provide a decent address for these stations (snail or e). Many thanks (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, Oct 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. CATHOLIC CHURCH ON NEED FOR RADIO ECCLESIA TO REACH NATIONWIDE | Excerpt from report by Angolan Radio Ecclesia text web site on 15 October [Note: I will forego putting an acute on every Ecclésia since as someone pointed out previously, the word can be considered Latin rather than Portuguese. Imagine there is one on Rádio, tho --- gh] A year and a half after the end of the war, the Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome and Principe (CEAST) has published a Pastoral Message on the theme of "Education for Democracy". [Passage omitted] The expansion of Radio Ecclesia CEAST also put out a note on the expansion of the Catholic Church's radio station in Angola, Radio Ecclesia. CEAST stressed that "the Church has the right to use the resources afforded by modern technology such as the radio, press and television." Radio Ecclesia was returned to the Catholic Church in 1993 "with its shortwave, mediumwave and FM", after a hiatus of 18 years. CEAST noted, however, that only the region of Luanda has access to these transmissions. The operation to extend Ecclesia to the dioceses has been suspended, allegedly because bureaucratic conditions were not complied with, in particular the allocation of frequencies by Inacom [Angolan National Communications Institute]. The bishops have said that these frequencies have now been allocated, so the Conference is now waiting for permission for Ecclesia to become "the Catholic radio station of Angola", and not the "Catholic radio station of Luanda" alone. To this end, the bishops have called on Catholics to pray "for obstacles of all kinds, even political ones, not to prevent Radio Ecclesia's transmisssions from reaching all our dioceses". It was in line with the above that they decided to make 8 December the National Day of Radio Ecclesia, in remembrance of the date of the radio station's creation in 1954. The bishops also called on the faithful to add in their prayers one for "Radio Ecclesia's transmissions to reach all dioceses in Angola as soon as possible". [Passage omitted] Source: Radio Ecclesia text web site, Luanda, in Portuguese 15 Oct 03 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. Para Horacio Nigro, re 3040: Hola Horacio y amigos de la Lista! En relación a tu escucha de dias pasados, en 3040 kHz, podría tratarse, presumo, de alguna de estas emisoras "truchas" de onda media del Gran Buenos Aires: 1520 R. METROPOLITANA, (Ciudadela) 1520* AM FORTALEZA, (Ezeiza) 1520* AM REVERENDO AQUILES ACOSTA, (San Justo) 73 (Arnaldo Slaen, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. (PIRATA), 6192.70, 20/10 0246, Rádio Bosques, música pop variada (incluindo uma brasileira, tipo dance), identificação às 0300 por locutor "Radiodifusión Argentina Libre... Radio Bosques". 24432 (SCM) (Samuel Cássio Martins, @tividade DX via DXLD) ** BELARUS. 4982.0 USB, Minsk Utility Station, 0425-0515, Oct 13, Belarusian announcements, until 0500 relay of R Stalica with local pop songs and ID, but at 0500 relay BR 1 with news heard // 6040 6080 and 6115. That night 5134 was off the air. 35444 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) Please note that the program source that is being carried on this and the other military frequencies from Belarus is chosen "randomly". The signal is picked up from the air and can be any of the many stations that are available in the Minsk region on FM (or cable), either state-run or private stations. Apart from Radyjo Stalica (a channel of the national Belaruskaje Radyjo), many other stations have been observed being carried (Bernd Trutenau in Dxplorer via DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** BELGIUM [and non]. Re 3-185, RVi B-03 at 1130 to EAs: it`s 9945, 150 degrees from Irkutsk (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here is the B-03 schedule of R Vlaanderen Internationaal in a more handy style, retyped from the large .XLS format file: English: 0800-0825 5985 SKN 250 kW / 180 deg to WeEu 1512 WOL 300 kW / omni-dir 1130-1155 9945 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SoAs !!! 1230-1255 1512 WOL 25 kW / omni-dir 1830-1855 5910 JUL 100 kW / 115 deg to SoEaEu/ME 7330 ARM 200 kW / 284 deg to NoWeEu 13790 SAC 250 kW / 180 deg to SoWeEu [sic?, Sackville at 180 deg?, in A-03 was Skelton-UK 180 ] 1512 WOL 300 kW / omni-dir 2030-2055 7330 ARM 200 kW / 284 deg to NoWeEu 1512 WOL 300 kW / omni-dir 2200-2225 11730 BON 250 kW / 350 deg to NoAmEa 0500-0525 9590 BON 250 kW / 320 deg to NoAmWe French: 1800-1815 7330 ARM 200 kW / 284 deg to NoWeEu 1512 WOL 300 kW / omni-dir 2015-2030 7330 ARM 100 kW / 284 deg to NoWeEu 1512 WOL 300 kW / omni-dir German: 1815-1830 7330 ARM 200 kW / 284 deg to NoWeEu 1512 WOL 300 kW / omni-dir 2000-2015 7330 ARM 200 kW / 284 deg to NoWeEu 1512 WOL 300 kW / omni-dir 0430-0600 D/E/D 9590 BON 250/320 NoAmWe 0600-0630 D 17730 MEY 250/355 CeAf 0600-0830 D 5965 JUL 100/130 Eu 0600-0900 D 13690 MSK 250/248 Eu 0800-0900 E/D 5985 SKN 250/180 Eu 1130-1230 E/D 9945 IRK 250/152 SoAs !!! 1200-1230 D 13690 RMP 250/168 Eu 15160 MSK 250/248 Eu 17690 TAC 200/131 SoAs 21630 MEY 250/355 CeAf 1800-2200 F/G/D/G/F/E/D 7330 ARM 200/284 Eu 1800-2000 D/E/D 13790 SAC?250/180 Eu 1900-2000 D 15325 DHA 250/225 CeAf 1830-2000 E/D 5910 JUL 100/115 Eu 2100-2200 D 5960 SKN 250/165 Eu 2200-2330 E/D 11730 BON 250/350 NoAmEa Saturdays only: 1900-2100 D 5985 JUL 100/ND Eu Sundays only: 1100-1200 D 21630 MEY 250/355 CeAf 1400-1700 D 13690 ARM 200/284 Eu 15325 SKN 250/175 Eu Wolvertem 1512 kHz: 0600-0700 RNW 300 kW 0700-0800 D 300 kW 0800-0825 E 300 kW \\ 5985 Eu 0830-0900 DAB 25 kW 0900-1200 R1 25 kW 1200-1230 D 25 kW \\ 9945 for SoAs 1230-1300 E 25 kW 1300-1500 DAB 25 kW 1500-1700 DW 25 kW 1700-1800 R1 300 kW 1800-1815 F 300 kW \\ 7330 Eu 1815-1830 G 300 kW \\ 7330 Eu 1830-1900 E 300 kW \\ 7330 Eu 1900-2000 D 300 kW \\ 7330 Eu 2000-2015 G 300 kW \\ 7330 Eu 2015-2030 F 300 kW \\ 7330 Eu 2030-2100 E 300 kW \\ 7330 Eu 2100-2200 D 300 kW \\ 7330 Eu 2200-2300 RNW 300 kW (new time at the hour[top] !!) D RVi Dutch, E RVi English, F RVi French, G RVi German, R1 VRT R 1, DAB VRT DAB Klassiek (???), DW Deutsche Welle relay, RNW R Nederland Wereldomroep relay. Wolvertem, omni-directional. MW 300 kW - 1512 kHz : 0600-0825, 1700-2300 UT MW 25 kW - 1512 kHz : 0830-1700 UT (RVI .xls file via Andreas Volk, Germany, ADDX, BC-DX Oct 8 via Wolfgang Buschel, Oct 21, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. O presidente Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada foi apeado do poder e teve que fugir para os Estados Unidos. Quem tem um receptor de ondas curtas, teve o privilégio de acompanhar todo o desenrolar dos acontecimentos, em diversos dias. Foi o caso do colega radioescuta uruguaio Manrique Beceiro. Ele ficou por dentro de tudo pela Rádio Pio Doce, que emite em 5955 kHz, desde a localizada de Llallagua, Siglo Veinte. Sempre por volta de 2200, o sinal era regular em Montevidéu. A mesma emissora foi monitorada no Rio de Janeiro (RJ), por Sarmento Campos, e pelo colunista, em Porto Alegre (RS). Aliás, sinal excelente no Sul do Brasil! Em 17 de outubro, pude acompanhar todo o processo de deposição do mandatário boliviano via ondas curtas, seja pela Rádio Pio Doce, que estava em cadeia com outras emissoras, seja pela Rádio Fides, em 6155 kHz. Às 0335 universais de 18 de outubro, a Fides permanecia no ar, já com comentários sobre o novo presidente do país. A ancoragem, nos estúdios da Fides, era feita pelo Padre Eduardo, com muita propriedade e sensibilidade jornalística! (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. A título de recapitulação, a programação que a Rádio Baré Onda Tropical, de Manaus (AM), emite pela freqüência de 4895 kHz, é gerenciada pela agência de publicidade Proclip, conforme Paulo Roberto e Souza, de Tefé (AM). Está no ar entre 2000 e 1100. A direção postal é a seguinte: Avenida Carvalho Leal, 250, Cachoeirinha, CEP: 69065- 000, Manaus (AM). E-mail: proclip@argo.com.br BRASIL - Para ouvir a verdadeira música de raiz brasileira, a dica é a sintonia do programa Varandas e Quintais, levado ao ar, nos domingos, pela Rádio Aparecida, de Aparecida (SP). Entre 1700 e 2100, o apresentador Praianinho executa antigos sucessos de duplas como Tibagy e Miltinho, Tonico e Tinoco, Cascatinha e Lhana, Lourenço e Lourival, entre outras. Confira em 5035, 6135, 9630 e 11855 kHz. BRASIL - O programa Gaúcha Repórter, da Rádio Gaúcha, de Porto Alegre (RS), está completando 20 anos no ar. No dia 30 de outubro, será emitido diretamente da Câmara de Vereadores, durante solenidade de homenagem. O programa é comandado por Lasier Martins desde 1986, entre 1700 e 1900. Em ondas curtas, pode ser ouvido em 6020 e 11915 kHz. As informações foram publicadas no sítio http://www.coletiva.net (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Caros amigos, Recebi hoje o seguinte QSL, graças a dica dada pelo amigo Marcelo Herondino, de Florianópolis-SC: 5980 - Rádio Guarujá, Florianópolis-SC - 20 dias. Recebida carta pessoal, carta QSL full data, adesivos, belo cartão postal mostrando a Av. Beira-Mar e folder com a nova programação da emissora. V/S: Carlos Alberto Silva, Executivo de Contas. QTH: A/C Carlos Alberto Silva, R. Guarujá AM, R. Nunes Machado, 94 - 10º andar, Centro, Florianópolis- SC, 88010-460. Vejam só que interessante, o Sr. Carlos Alberto menciona o seguinte na sua simpática missiva: "O nome Guarujá é um nome de origem Tupi Guarani e foi uma homenagem a praia do Guarujá no litoral paulista em razão da grande penetração de uma emissora local em nossa capital nos anos 40." Um forte 73! (Caio Fernandes Lopes, Itajubá-MG, radioescutas via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Caro Glenn, O Horário de Verão para o Centro e Sul do Brasil começa a 0000 hora (local) ou 0300 UT deste domingo 19 de Outubro e segue até 15 de Fevereiro de 2004. Os Estados que a partir de domingo terão UT -2: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul e Distrito Federal. 73 (Samuel Cassio, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. 1060 AM, St. Nicolas delayed again because owner claims FCC objects to use of 1060 kHz. Please see: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2003/db2003-515.htm Cheers, (Ricky Leong, QC, Oct 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 5075, Voice of Pujiang, Shanghai, 1300, Oct 08, back here in Chinese with winterschedule heard // 3280 and 4950 (Roland Schulze, Philippines, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) It has not been reported heard on 4950 and 5075 since Feb 2002! (DSWCI Ed) ** CHINA. 6185.0, CHBC verified with QSL card, which is No.20 in 2003 for my follow up report. They require 1$, 100 Japanese yen, or 10 yuan. V/s: Qiao Xiaoli. It’s better to send to QTH: Fen Jing Xing Cun 3-4-304, Changshu, Jiangsu 21550, P. R. of China than to P. O. Box 251, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P. R. of China (Masato Ishii, Shibata-shi, Japan, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** CONGO. Rep., 5985, Direction Générale de Télédiffusion du Congo verified with self-made QSL and letter. V/s: Jean Médard Bokatola. QTH: Direction Générale de Télédiffusion du Congo, Technique des Réseaux et de la Qualité des Services, B. P. 2912, Brazzaville, Republic du Congo. Cf. DX-Window No. 216 (Masato Ishii, Shibata-shi, Japan, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** COSTA RICA. October 14th Update --- Radio For Peace International has continued to meet with the University for Peace in an attempt to negotiate a solution to the situation. RFPI has continued to honor the agreement it signed with the University who requested that RFPI should not make any further public statements while the talks are in progress. For this reason, we continue to be limited in what we are able to say until the 31st of October when the agreed negotiation period ends. We do not yet know what will happen after 31st October when the talks end if no agreement is reached but we are prepared for many possibilities. With your support, RFPI has successfully continued all operations as normal throughout this crisis and will continue to do so. RFPI wishes to take this opportunity to thank all listeners and supporters for their crucial dedication and commitment to an ongoing campaign of letter writing, petition sending and raising awareness in countless ways about this issue with their local media. Continuing international attention on events here at RFPI is vital for the survival of the only progressive voice on short wave, YOUR global community radio station!!!! Thank you!!! Keep checking the web site for more information. We will update you more thoroughly as soon as we are able (http://www.rfpi.org via DXLD) [Rfpi-announce] URGENT FROM RFPI Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:42:12 -0700 (PDT) Dear Friends and Supporters, This is an urgent request to our friends of peace and freedom of speech around the world!!! Please dedicate a few minutes of your time to assist us in our struggle against the attempt by the University for Peace to force Radio for Peace International to leave its entirely owned building and transmitter facilities built by your donations so many years ago. October 31st, the date on which the talks will end, is fast approaching. Currently the University for Peace has yet to undertake its financial responsibility for the relocation of the Radio Station to a new site. Radio for Peace International cannot sustain the costs of such a move. The University for Peace action will therefore close us down. The ongoing letter-writing campaign to Secretary General Koffi Annan at the United Nations by supporters and listeners is a crucial part of our struggle and it has been very effective. We must keep international and government attention on events here. Radio for Peace International now more than ever needs your help by printing out the letter below addressed to the President of Costa Rica, Dr. Abel Pacheco, signing it and sending via fax, mail or as email attachment to RFPI. This letter needs to faxed or emailed to us here in Costa Rica within the next few days and RFPI will deliver all the letters together directly to the President through a mutual friend. The Costa Rican government must be informed of the concern of people around the world about this travesty of justice that is taking place on Costa Rican soil. Costa Rica a country with a proud tradition of peace and demilitarization, cannot allow a peace organization (the University for Peace) to forcibly eject from its building another peace organization (Radio for Peace International) and thereby effectively silence it. For more information on the crisis being faced by Radio for Peace International and what you can do to help, please go to our web site on http://www.rfpi.org and the listener-supported web site on http://www.saverfpi.org Q: How/where do I send the letter? Please fax your signed letters as soon as possible to 011 506 249 1095 or send them as an attachment to info@rfpi.org These letters will be collected and delivered within this week to the President of Costa Rica. Letter to Dr. Abel Pacheco, President of Costa Rica Dr. Abel Pacheco de la Espriella President of Costa Rica Dear Dr. Pacheco: I am writing to express my support for Radio for Peace International, a unique short wave radio station dedicated to peace that has been broadcasting from Costa Rican soil to all continents of the world for the last 16 years. As you know, the station was invited by the University for Peace and the government of Costa Rica to establish itself on the campus of the University. For all this time its message has complemented the great Costa Rican traditions of peace, democracy and demilitarization. Radio for Peace International has a worldwide reputation and recently has been nominated for the third time for the Nobel Peace Prize by former Under Secretary of the United Nations, Robert Muller. I am very concerned to hear that the actions of the University for Peace may result in silencing this important radio station by forcing it to move without fair compensation and relocation costs from its building and transmitting facilities built by listener donations in 1992. Radio for Peace International cannot and should not be expected to cover such costs. The negotiation period between the two organizations ends on October 31, 2003. I respectfully urge you to mediate between the two parties to ensure that a mutually satisfactory outcome can be reached as soon as possible. The very last thing that any of us want is a serious situation of international proportions where Radio for Peace is forced to go to the highest courts in Costa Rica and internationally against a fellow peace organization. This would be extremely damaging to the peace movement around the world and is against the interests of all parties involved, including Costa Rica. Thank you for your attention to this very serious international dispute taking place in Costa Rica. Respectfully, (Please sign your name, state/province and country.) (RFPI-Announce & -Vista mailing lists Oct 20 via Joe Bernard, DXLD) ** CZECH REPUBLIC. DRM TESTS IN CZECHIA START OCT 21 DRM tests on medium waves from the Czech Republic Date: OCT 21 - NOV 4, 2003; Time: 0700-1400 UT (0800-1500 during winter time); Frequency: 774 kHz; Power: 2 kW; Transmitter: Hradec Králové / Stezery; Program: one of the Czech Radio domestic programs (Karel Honzik, the Czech Republic (Czechia), MW-DX via DXLD) ** DENMARK. The Director of Radio Broadcasting at Danmarks Radio, Mr Leif Loensmann, seems to have asked the Ministry of Culture for permission to close down the shortwave broadcasts of R. Denmark by the end of this year in order to save money. The station does not intend to broadcast to Danes living permanently abroad, because they pay no annual fee to the station. The number of Danes temporarily listening to R Denmark from other countries during business trips or holidays is considered too small to justify further shortwave broadcasts. By this decision Denmark will be amongst those few developed countries in the world who no longer serve listeners abroad via shortwave (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Denmark, Oct 17, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) Apparently, the DSWCI letter in April to the Minister of Culture and two meetings at Radio Denmark with Mr. Loensmann and his secretary this summer where Stig Hartvig Nielsen and I argued for continued shortwave broadcasting and recommended cheaper alternatives, all were in vain! (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) So the last chance to hear R. Denmark on SW and get their QSL-card seems to be during the coming two months. You can download their schedule for Oct 26 - Dec 31 2003 at http://www.dr.dk/rdk - look for Sendeplan / Schedule (DSWCI Ed) ** DEUTSCHES REICH [non]. ARYAN NATIONS PLOTS A COMEBACK AT IDAHO CAMPOUT -- BUT CRITICS SAY CIVIL SUIT MADE RACIST GROUP IRRELEVANT By Kari Huus, MSNBC FARRAGUT STATE PARK, Idaho, June 22 --- Amid a stand of pines in the Idaho panhandle, Richard Butler sits slightly hunched in a camp chair, a large swastika affixed to the wall of the campground bathrooms behind him. He is surrounded by a loyal coterie of men, some in full Nazi uniform, others in skinhead garb. At 85, the founder of the Idaho-based Aryan Nations is frail, but still influential in racist circles, and extremely tenacious. ``What you`re seeing today is the prelude to the awakening of the white race,`` he says. But others say it`s more like the death rattle for the umbrella organization of white-supremacy groups... http://www.msnbc.com/news/927968.asp (via Jilly Dybka, TN, and Artie Bigley, OH, Oct 21, DXLD) This is an old story, I think we had at the time, tho maybe not the identical report. Mentions Hal Turner, and his SW broadcasts [thanks to WBCQ]. Includes illustrations of the Aryans (gh, DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. Re 12120, Tigrayan Solidarity closing: I heard their Sunday broadcast 1700-1800 here on Sep 07 and 21, but not on Oct 19 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. 5925, Voice of Democratic Eritrea, via Juelich, 1410-1459*, Oct 18, long talks and story reading in Tigrinya, a few songs from the Horn of Africa, but no longer programmes in Arabic! (Cf. DX-Window no. 229.) 55444 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** FRANCE. Conférence de rentrée le 14 octobre pour Radio France Internationale dont la grille, en raison d'une audience partagée entre le Nord et le Sud, connaît davantage "une transformation continue" qu'une évolution radicale, indique Jean-Paul Cluzel, le président de RFI. Soulignant que "RFI s'exprime dans la diversité", Jérôme Bouvier, directeur de la rédaction en français de RFI, a rappelé que "l'un des bonheurs de cette radio est de dire `bonjour` au monde en 20 langues différentes". Et de renchérir: "RFI porte un regard français sur le monde et n'est pas une France Info version export. "Parmi les nouveautés, sont notamment annoncés: le magazine d'actualité mensuel "Le monde selon", présenté par Jérôme Bouvier ou les émissions de société "Priorité santé " (lundi au vendredi, 10 h 10), qui met l'accent sur la prévention, et Parlez moi d'elles (samedi, 15 h 40). Interrogé sur le développement de la station à l'international, le pdg de RFI Jean-Paul Cluzel s'est réjoui que cette année soit marquée par des ouvertures de relais à Bagdad en Irak, à Ajloun en Jordanie, et prochainement à Bassorah au nord de l'Irak. Il a par ailleurs fait valoir "la stratégie de complémentarité et de sécurisation de ses moyens de diffusion", les ondes courtes restant utilisées en Afrique et au Moyen-Orient, ainsi qu'en Europe balkanique, caucasienne, en Iran, Afghanistan et Chine. RFI a en revanche "allégé" sa diffusion en ondes courtes sur l'Amérique du Nord, l'Amérique latine, l'Europe centrale et l'Europe du Nord, ces territoires n'ayant plus besoin d'être politiquement sécurisés, estime-t-il. Le budget annuel de la station s'élève à 130 millions d'euros, financé à 58 % par le ministère des Affaires étrangères et à 42 % par le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Qualifiant ce montant de "bon budget", Jean-Paul Cluzel a fait valoir que, "pour la première fois depuis quelque temps, le quai d'Orsay (NDR : siège du ministère des Affaires Etrangères) avait augmenté de manière significative sa contribution de 1,5 %". Le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication a augmenté la sienne de 2 %, ce qui constitue "une égalité de traitement entre Radio France et RFI que l'on n'avait pas vu depuis des années" (Satellifax - 15 octobre 2003) NDR: j'ai laissé les heures telles que mentionnées dans l'article. A priori, ce sont des heures en TU... (informations issues de http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jm.aubier via DXLD) ** GUAM. ANOTHER TRIP TO KTWR RADIO AND WORD ABOUT FEMA I went back over to KTWR Radio mostly trying to track down a friend. When I got there the place looked really deserted. As I started to leave I passed a familiar car. It was one of the engineers I was with a few days before. He had the night shift and was about to bring the station on the air. As like last February I was invited into the back room where the transmitters were. They have at least `4 of em. These are all built by Harris company. I found out they are over 20 years old. The first transmitter was warmed up and came on at 0722 UT on 15205 kHz. It was beamed toward Thailand/Singapore. I heard mentioned that they have had comments of reception in Africa. The announcers like last time were no place to be seen, and when I asked, they mentioned they were in Australia. As we chatted we were noticing a comment being mentioned on the air from their studios that the program Renewal was being replaced by Simple Truth. And a time change of 0740 UT. As we were talking, he showed me the night`s schedules and the 2nd transmitter was getting warmed up. It too was a Harris and it was built in 1984. It came on line at 0742 UT on 15330 kHz. There was a frequency counter close to where we were chatting and it showed exactly 15330. It was pretty neat to watch and again I took lots of pics with my digital camera. Unfortunately there was another schedule that was to come on around 1400 UT but was [un]certain of the time or frequency. In the time I was there I had the chance to see inside the cabinets of the water cooled transmitter. I also had a chance to see where all the RF left the building for the big towers across the field. One footnote, and it may seem a little strange as there was one extra transmitter built in the room and it was a heck of a lot smaller in size than the others. Believe it or not, it was built by HCJB radio in a place in Ohio [Elkhart, IN --- gh]. It had a single computer monitor and lots of dials on it. Never saw it fired up though. I have taken a lot of pictures of this site and if I can down load em to disc I will forward some of em to the group along with Pics of AWR, and the old site of the now gone Radio Baragada [sic]. Another little footnote: in the local Newspaper Guam Island Daily News there was an article about FEMA. As most of you know, the Super Typhoon that struck this place was last year in December. In the news article they mentioned that FEMA has agreed to pay 100% of the damages to the island. I am going to sea next Friday and hope to pass on more logs soon. 73's from Guam Island (Larry Fields, n6hpx/du1, Oct 20, swl at qth.net via DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. 4845, R. K`ekchí, 2352-0001, Oct 15-16, Christian songs in "corrido" style, man in Vernacular and Spanish. Audio is extremely low, barely audible although carrier strength is good, thus the "O" rating of 1. 45551 (Élmer Escoto, Honduras, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** HONG KONG. This just in from the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club: (George Maroti, Oct 21, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Dear George, Thank you for your e-mail. We will be broadcasting the weather reports twice daily from 4th November to 7th November. However, this year we will be trying to broadcast the information from the club so we may have some problems but hope not. The schedule has not been finalised yet but I will let you know the timings and frequency when they are fixed. Best regards, Ailsa 2003 China Coast Race Week: http://www.chinacoastraceweek.com Ailsa Angus, Sailing Manager, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (via Maroti, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) By ``broadcasting from the club`` I suppose they mean the 3940v transmitter of RTHK will not be used, but instead something in a marine band? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Islam uses a lunar calendar --- that is, each month begins with the sighting of the new moon. Because the lunar calendar is about 11 days shorter than the solar calendar used elsewhere, Islamic holidays "move" each year. In 2003 Ramadan begins on Oct. 27; in 2004 it will begin on Oct. 15. Ramadan ends with the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which in 2003 occurs on November 26. Literally the "Festival of Breaking the Fast," Eid al-Fitr is one of the two most important Islamic celebrations (the other occurs after the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca). At Eid al-Fitr people dress in their finest clothes, adorn their homes with lights and decorations, give treats to children, and enjoy visits with friends and family. During Ramadan, many broadcasters in Islamic countries extend their broadcasting schedules. Many operate 24 hours a day. This often makes reception possible during Ramadan when at other times it may not be possible. [source?] (via Fabrizio Magrone, Play-DX via DXLD) Ringrazio Fabrizio per averci ricordato questo annuale appuntamento con le emittenti Arabe, che in tale periodo operano con programmi speciali o 24 ore su 24 come per esempio la Mauritania su 4845 kHz. (Dario Monferini, ibid.) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non]. The Ross Revenge is open again to visitors on Saturday, 1st November. If you'd like to join us on board, please call Vaughn on 07890 279049, evenings and weekends only please! The shop will be open in the mess-room to buy Caroline merchandise, including the new Rock Flashback triple CD box set from Disky, so come to the Ross Revenge in Rochester and have a great day! If you are in the area, the paddle steamer 'Kingswear Castle' is available for river trips that pass the Ross Revenge. These trips are not organised by Radio Caroline, but full details are available by calling 01634 827648. http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/news.htm (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK via DXLD) see also ISRAEL! ** IRAN [non]. 7480, R Payam-e Doost, via Maiac, Moldova, *1800-1845*, Oct 12, Opening announcement in Farsi, ID 1801, conversations, interludes of instrumental music, 1837 Iranian orchestral music and song, 1842 Great falls address, 45444. 7460, R Payam-e Doost, via Maiac, Moldova, 0240-0315*, Oct 14, Farsi announcement, two ID's, instrumental music, conversation about Iran, religious talk, 0308 instrumental music and ID, two frequencies mentioned, address: P.O. Box 765, Great Falls, Virginia, USA; Telephone no.; classical music and announcement "...Baha'i... Payam-e Doost", 55555 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** IRELAND. NO LUCK OF THE IRISH: SOLAS AM CAN`T FIND A SITE ON WHICH TO BUILD ITS TOWER AFTER 2 YEARS OF TRYING Dublin, Oct 5 (CRU) --- Solas AM, the ecumenical Christian station authorized several years ago to serve Dublin, has just about exhausted all its possibilities of finding a location that will accept its radio tower so that it can begin broadcasting. This past summer, Solas AM`s director David Heffernan thought that he had finally found a place on which to build the tower, on the grounds of a motherhouse of a religious order. ``In June our planning application for a 200-ft mast was refused in spite of the fact that there were no objections from the public and there were friendly noises from the planners at consultation stage. We appealed the decision to the the Appeals Board who will give their decision on November 3rd. If the appeals board find in our favour it`s full steam ahead. If not, it`s time for our board to make some tough choices.`` Radiowaves News, the Irish broadcasting journal, reported the matter in its July issue: ``Religious station Solas AM, who were awarded a medium wave [AM] licence to broadcast to Dublin City and County in April 2001, have had an application for a 62-metre mast to be sited in Orlagh, Old Court Road, Rathfarnham in south Dublin turned down by the local County Council. The station`s backers are planning to appeal the decision. Solas AM have suffered a serious of blows in their attempts to get on air. These include a public row with RTÉ [Ireland`s public radio and television networks –ed.] last year over use of their facilities at the national broadcaster`s Beaumont site. Solas claimed that there had been an agreement in place but RTÉ denied this. Solas AM have since been in discussions with the BCI about the possibility of obtaining an FM licence as an alternative.`` In the meantime, Solas AM is considering the option of FM. The government broadcasting regulatory agency, the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI), has made available four FM frequencies in the Dublin area and invited ``expressions of interest.`` Some 61 applicants expressed interest, three of them proposing Christian radio stations. One of those was Solas. ``Based on past conversations with the BCI, it seems unlikely they will give one of these to Solas,`` said Mr. Heffernan. ``The view seems to be that `religious radio` is such a tiny minority interest that it does not warrant taking up a valuable FM frequency and were it not for a surplus of AM frequencies that no one wants, we would not have got any licence.`` ``Nevertheless the BCI are obliged by their own due process to ask again who wants one of these new FM frequencies and then to evaluate the `Expressions of Interest` and decide what kind of licences to offer, likely to be format or type specific,`` he continued. ``The best we could hope for would be for one of those frequencies to be assigned for `religious radio` for which we could compete (again) in due course. I say `religious radio` because the multi-faith agenda strong in UK [England] is increasing in Ireland so they wouldn`t want to be seen to licence just one narrow religious world view...Christian Radio. This in spite of Ireland having the highest weekly mass attendance in Europe.`` Meanwhile, the Solas group continues to train young people who are interested in working in Christian radio. At the same time, it is working with groups in five Irish cities who are trying to start local Christian radio stations on FM frequencies. Relying on faith and with zero funds, Mr. Heffernan purchased lumber necessary to construct a small studio. ``YWAM [Youth with a Mission] Kerigma Teams are running their first 6 month DTS course for young Catholics, using my house as their base. I will be teaching them Christian Radio once a week and hope to secure a temporary licence for them to broadcast on for Easter 2004.`` He said that Internet Christian radio in Ireland is a real possibility once the young people are trained. ``Soon our YWAM students will have a little training studio and I believe they will be instrumental in God`s hands in expanding the vision for Christian Radio in Ireland. Cork, Galway, Dundalk, Carlow and Athlone all have real potential to get an FM licence to start their own Christian Radio Stations. Some of them already have some experience of Christian Radio and here they are in the only country in Europe without Christian Radio to learn about,`` said Mr. Heffernan (Catholic Radio Update Oct 13 via DXLD) ** ISRAEL. ISRAELI SETTLER RADIO STATION OFF AIR http://tinyurl.com/rr28 (Newsday via Artie Bigley, OH, Oct 20, DXLD) ISRAELI SETTLER RADIO STATION STOPS TRANSMISSIONS By PETER ENAV, Associated Press Writer, APws 10/20 1515 JERUSALEM (AP) -- Channel Seven, a pirate Israeli settler radio station, stopped transmissions Monday after its senior personnel were convicted in a Jerusalem court of broadcasting illegally from Israeli territorial waters and the West Bank. Channel Seven has become a signpost in the ideological conflict splitting Israelis, an unlicensed radio station representing the views of settlers and their hardline backers, enjoying protection of sympathetic politicians, rebuffing efforts of opponents to close the pirate channel. Its broadcasts were heard all over Israel on AM and FM, through relay transmitters. Its main message was rejection of compromise for peace with the Palestinians. On Monday, the Jerusalem magistrate's court convicted 10 managers and employees of Channel Seven of illegal transmissions from 1995 to 1998, a Justice Ministry official said. Founded in 1988, the radio station claimed to broadcast from a ship outside Israel's territorial waters, but for years has ignored the legal restrictions, maintaining studios and transmitters in a West Bank settlement as well as on a ship the court found was inside Israeli waters. Channel Seven news editor Hagi Segal, one of those convicted Monday, said that unless Israel's parliament passed a special law permitting the station to continue broadcasting, the decision to stop its transmissions was final. "I'm not optimistic that a such law will be passed," Segal said. "If it isn't, we're done. We've reached the end of the road." However, he said, they are considering appealing the verdict, and hardline patrons in Israel's government were expected to take up the station's cause. The station, closely linked to the Council of Jewish Settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the main advocacy group for the 220,000 settlers, sustained itself through advertising and contributions. After the assassination of moderate Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by an ultra-nationalist Jew in November 1995, Israeli peace groups and others called for the station to be closed, claiming its broadcasts had helped to create an atmosphere of political intolerance. In addition to Segal, those convicted by the Jerusalem court Monday include directors Yaacov Katz and Yoel Zur, and broadcasters Adir Zik, Gideon Sharon and David Shapira. All are subject to prison terms of up to three years. Sentencing is set for November 18. In recent years, Israel has been hit by a flood of pirate radio stations, some sponsored by Orthodox Jewish groups and others by commercial enterprises. Attempts by authorities to close them down have been ineffective, though some of the pirate transmissions have interfered with control tower communications at Israel's international airport. On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet affirmed a proposal that would make it illegal to advertise on pirate radio stations, an attempt to counter the phenomenon by economic sanctions. Opponents of the measure charged that it was aimed at Channel Seven (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ARUTZ-7 RADIO OFF-AIR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 10:56 Oct 20, '03 / 24 Tishrei 5764 In light of today's court ruling convicting ten Arutz-7 directors and staff members of broadcasting without a license, Arutz-7 stopped its radio broadcasts at 5 PM this afternoon. It issued the following message to its "precious and loyal listening public:" "To the precious and loyal listening public of Arutz-7, may G-d bless you from Zion. "For some 15 years, Arutz-7 has broadcast Torah lessons and love of the People and the Land, with the participation of the leaders of Israel. The broadcasts accompanied and aided in the development of Torah in Israel and settlement of the Land. "Following the decision of the Likud Government of yesterday to prevent advertising on non-licensed stations, and following today's court decision, the management of Arutz-7 has decided to stop all broadcasts on the radio, beginning at 5 PM this evening (10 AM Eastern Standard Time). "The broadcasts will continue as usual on the internet http://www.IsraelNN.com or http://www.a7.org and by phone - 057-777- 777 [from abroad: +97257-777-777]. "Peace upon all." This afternoon's ruling by the Jerusalem Magistrates Court convicted ten Arutz-7 directors and staff members of broadcasting without a license. The trial, which began over four and a half years ago, resulted in a flat-out conviction of the ten for having broadcasted from within the territorial waters of Israel, using transmitters within Israel without proper licensing, and similar charges. Arutz-7 Executive Director Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh), convicted of issuing false affidavits regarding the distance of the ship from shore, said when the trial started that the State Prosecution operated under a double standard: "It never indicted Abie Nathan for broadcasting from the sea - but a week after he sank his ship, all the troubles for Arutz-7 started." Today's ruling by Justice Yoram Noam stated that the defendants had violated broadcast and telegraph laws. Yoel Tzur, one of the convicts, speaking from the courtroom shortly after the verdict was announced, said that the first stage is to study the ruling, and that "we will make every effort to continue Arutz-7's broadcasts." The sentences - a maximum of three-year jail terms and three-million shekel fines - will be handed down next month. The Arutz-7 personnel who face these punishments are: * Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed, Rabbi of Beit El since its inception in 1977, Dean of Yeshivat Beit El and Beit El Yeshiva Center Institutions, leading member of the Yesha Council of Rabbis, and co- founder of Arutz-7; * His wife Shulamit Melamed, long-time educational counselor at Tzviya Girls High School, co-founder of Arutz-7, and programming director and station manager; * Yaakov Katz, known as Ketzaleh, indefatigable Executive-Director of Arutz-7 and Beit El Yeshiva Center Institutions, wounded as an IDF officer during the Yom Kippur War and bound to a wheelchair for months afterwards, founding member of the community of Beit El; * Yoel Tzur, Director of Arutz-7, IDF battalion commander in reserves, founding member of the community of Beit El, lost his wife and son in terrorist attack in 1996; * Haggai Segal, Arutz-7 News Director, activist on behalf of the Jewish population in Yesha and author of several books on the history of modern settlement in Yesha; * Adir Zik, veteran fiery nationalist broadcaster; * Gidi Sharon, veteran music broadcaster, considered one of those responsible for the revival of Sephardic (Jewish-Mideastern) music in Israel; * David Shapira, broadcaster and director of Arutz-7's French department; * Ya'ir Meir, engineer; and * Sha'ul Avni, captain of Arutz-7's Eretz HaTzvi ship. http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=51382 (via Mike Terry, DXLD) OPERATORS OF ARUTZ SHEVA CONVICTED OF PIRATE TRANSMISSIONS Last Update: 20/10/2003 18:10 By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service A group of managers and employees of the Arutz Sheva settler radio station were convicted Monday in the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court of engaging in pirate transmissions. The station ended its broadcasts at around 5 P.M., shortly after the conviction was handed down. The group was convicted of transmitting from a boat within Israeli territorial waters and from locations in the West Bank without the required government permits. Among those convicted were Arutz Sheva directors Yaakov Katz and Yoel Zur, head of the news department Hagai Segal, and broadcasters Adir Zik, Gideon Sharon and David Shapira. Sentencing is scheduled for November 18. The court also convicted a prominent settler rabbi, Zalman Melamed, who served on the station's board of directors, as well as his wife, Shulamit Melamed, who worked as a studio manager. Also convicted were engineer Yair Meir, who provided technical assistance to the radio station, and Shaul Avni, the captain of the boat from where transmissions were made. The Yesha Council of Settlements released a statement expressing "deep sorrow over the fact that a group of idealistic citizens... have found themselves defined as criminals." http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/351858.html (via Mike Terry, DXLD) HENDEL: WE`LL WORK HARD TO OVERTURN ANTI-ARUTZ-7 LEGISLATION http://www.israelnn.com/print.php3?what=news&id=51323 The Cabinet approved today proposed legislation granting the police broad authorities in the fight against pirate radio stations. Spearheaded by the Shinui party ministers, who claim that the stations endanger air traffic, the bill would impose stiff fines and even imprisonment for those who advertise on the unlicensed stations. Justice Minister Tommy Lapid said that the goal was to end financial support for the stations. "We will not allow right-wing and hareidi elements to use this public resource [airwaves] and make a mockery of the law," he said. Lapid said at today's Cabinet meeting today that whoever objects to this bill will have "blood on his hands" if there is an air accident. Housing Minister Effie Eitam (NRP) said that Lapid was resorting to "verbal terrorism," and said that the entire purpose of the legislation was to destroy Arutz-7. He, together with Ministers Zevulun Orlev (NRP), Avigdor Lieberman (National Union), and the Likud's Uzi Landau and Yisrael Katz, voted against the proposal. Arutz-7 broadcasts have not, in fact, been accused of disturbing air traffic radio messages. Minister Eitam told Arutz-7 today, "We voted against the proposed legislation because it is just a ruse to close down Arutz-7. The timing, the extremist formulation, and the fact that they are doing nothing to take care of Arutz-7 shows it's just a way of closing down the voice of a very large listening public." Deputy Education Minister Tzvi Hendel (National Union), who has been a staunch activist on behalf of legislation to legalize Arutz-7 in the past, blames the Likud ministers for "chickening out and not objecting to this demagogic bill, whose only goal is to silence a very large and important public." The Knesset passed a law legalizing Arutz-7 in 1999, but the law was challenged in court by several left-wing MKs. The Court then issued a restraining order freezing the law's implementation, and in March 2002, it delivered an almost unprecedented ruling and overturned the Knesset law. It was reported that Prime Minister and Minister Ehud Olmert of the Likud said today that they would try to advance parallel legislation on behalf of legalizing Arutz-7. Hendel, however, said that he does not believe that these efforts will bear fruit. "There is a woman in the Justice Ministry," Hendel said today, "named Didi Lachman-Messer, who, every time there is a new Justice Minister, tries in every which way to get a law passed against Arutz-7... We'll have to work hard, but I will make sure to get the necessary majority in the Knesset - including from among the Likud MKs - to defeat the law. As the youth sang yesterday during the Simchat Torah dancing, 'the eternal nation is not afraid of a long road.'" (via Mike Terry, DXLD) ARUTZ 7 SETTLER RADIO COMPLAINS OF "REPRESSION" AGAINST IT Excerpt from commentary in English by David Wilder headlined "The voice of sanity", published by Israeli settlers' radio Arutz 7 e-mail newsletter on 20 October There are a multitude of subjects to write about: Three soldiers shot down in cold blood last night; tens of thousands visiting Hebron during the Succot holidays; the "Geneva Accords." But today I think there is one subject which tops the list. Yesterday the Israeli cabinet, voting 11 to five, refused to append [as published] a suggested law outlawing all advertising on so-called "pirate radio stations", including Arutz 7. Lawbreakers could be fined up to 100,000 thousand shekels and/or jailed for one year. Early this afternoon a Jerusalem Magistrate Court convicted directors and broadcasters of the Arutz 7 radio station of illegal broadcasting. [Passage omitted, including details previously reported of those convicted] For the past 10 years - no, since 1948, but more recently, since the middle of the 1980s, Israel has been involved in a "hot war" for survival. The last decade, the "Oslo Era", has witnessed the deaths of over 1,100 Israelis. The past three years, the beginning of the Oslo War, has seen almost 900 victims. During this time the only reliable media outlet, the only radio station which broadcast the total, uncensored, truth, was Arutz 7. Virtually all of Israel's political leadership, including many left-wing politicians, voiced their opinions on this station. When Kol Yisrael - the mislabelled "Voice of Israel," actually Kol-Smol Yisrael, "The Left Voice of Israel", was using every technique possible to batter Bibi Netanyahu during the 1996 elections, Arutz 7 stood to Netanyahu's right, offering an alternative to the vile left-wing propaganda. So too during Ariel Sharon's campaign. All people who access the Arutz 7 internet site or receive their daily email news updates know and understand the vital importance of Arutz 7 in getting the truth out, around the world - in multiple languages. This, despite numerous attempts by the left to prevent broadcasts and to close down the station. Today, temporarily, they have succeeded. Arutz 7's management has decided to stop all radio broadcasts, from five o'clock this afternoon. However, internet broadcasts will continue. [Passage omitted] Unprecedented legal manoeuvring has prevented the legalization of Arutz 7. Israeli law forbids private radio stations from broadcasting. A law attempting to resolve problems dealing with Arutz 7 and other religious radio stations was struck down by the Supreme Court. Despite the huge costs involved, Arutz 7 broadcast from a ship located outside the legal territorial borders of Israel. However, after a five-year trial, a court today ruled that the station is illegal. For 15 years Arutz 7 has been the voice of sanity in Israel. Their broadcasts have included Torah, current events and love of Eretz Yisrael. This is, undoubtedly, the reason why the government and the left have worked so hard to bring it down. It won't surprise me if soon, the Knesset passes a bill outlawing love of Eretz Yisrael. For anyone who cherishes this land is at odds with the government, which still believes that dividing the land is the solution to all our problems. It is clear that the tremendous opposition to Arutz 7's continued existence is due to the immense support the station has around the world, and also, to its magnificent success. Had Arutz 7 been a small, inconsequential radio station, no one would have lifted a hand against it. The fact that Arutz 7 is so influential attests to the attempts made to shut it down. I hope and pray that public uproar, in Israel and around the world, will reach such proportions that will force the reopening of the station. Arutz 7 is the Israeli voice of sanity. The repression of Arutz 7 can only be described as total insanity. Sanity will win out. With blessings from Hebron. Source: Arutz 7 radio e-mail news, Bet El (West Bank), in English 20 Oct 03 (via BBCM via DXLD) With all the hectic events of the past few days here in Israel, I took a few moments to reflect on what happened, and what might happen, here next. If you would like to bear with me for a few moments, this is my personal opinion of what I think will happen next. First of all, I don't think that Arutz 7 will stay off the air for long - I would say no longer than one, two weeks at most. They have lots of advertisers, and contracts to fulfill, so unless they want to pay thousands of dollars in compensation, they will be back on the air soon. Yes, they ARE broadcasting through the Internet, but this won't be enough for the advertisers, as most of their "clients" are religious, or Ultra Orthodox, many of who do not own, or have access to a computer. I think this is a well planned publicity stunt, aimed at drumming up public support for the station. Reactions are already beginning to flow in, and these are being published on the Hebrew papers Internet sites (sorry, can't copy them here!). Most are asking for Arutz 7 to be legalised, and a special "Arutz 7 Law" to be introduced in the Knesset. As there is a right wing / religious party majority in the Kneset, there is a good chance that such a bill could pass, if brought before it. The other reason why I think Arutz 7 made such an abrupt departure yesterday, is that there might of been another attempt to board the "Eretz Hatzvi" on the open seas. For this reason, they didn't want to give the authorities any good excuses to board them, and confiscate any equipment. What I can't understand though is the part of the conviction that states that Arutz 7 broadcast within Israeli National waters between 1995-1998. This of course is correct, they DID, but with full permission of all the authorities involved. Them being, the Transport Ministry and the Israeli Navy. All Israeli offshore radio stations broadcast within Israeli National waters. But Arutz 7 did make two fatal mistakes. They broadcast live programmes from their studios at Bet El, when they declared that the studios were only for recording, and they placed relay stations all around the country, and by so doing, they made themselves a landbased pirate station like anyone else. It was so obvious that there were such relay stations, because their FM signals could be received all over the country. But back to the future (Hmm, good name for a film - no ?). I think, that after all the dust falls into place in a few days time, there will be an attempt to place Arutz 7 into some sort of framework that will please everyone. The interesting thing could be, that if something like that DOES happen, then there might be room for another station that broadcast from the sea once ..... Thanks for bearing with me (Mike Brand, Israel, via Mike Terry, Oct 21, DXLD) Is this the first time since 1958 that there haven't been any broadcasts from an offshore radio station? There has always been some sort of offshore radio station on the air between 1958 until now. 1958-1962 The Scandinavian stations 1960-1974 Veronica (CNBC + Uilenspiegel too ) 1964-1968 The British stations 1968 Veronica continues to broadcast 1970 Hauraki [New Zealand] 1970-1974 The Dutch stations 1973-1993 Voice of Peace 1988-2003 Arutz 7 (Arutz 7 closed down by a court today) 1994-1995 The Israeli stations So this is it? The end of offshore radio? (Mike Brand, RadioAnoraksUk@yahoogroups.com via Mike Terry, DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. Radio Japón no salió por los 11895 kHz, a las 0500 UT, el 19/10. Me perdí el Buzón de Radio Japón. 73's y buen DX (Adán González, Venezuela, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 4235, unID, 1640-1655 Oct 13, Arabic, announcement and Arab music. No ID recognized. Heard in Aleppo, northern Syria. 44444 (Bjarke Vestesen, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) One possibility: reactivated Voice of Kurdistan Toilers, heard until April this year on 4235-4245 with Arabic 1600-1700 (DSWCI Ed) ** LEBANON [non]. Re 'Eastern Radio`, 756: The email address of "Eastern Radio" is radio @ carmelnews.org The website http://www.carmelnews.org calls the station "Radio Machreq": "Machreq" is a French spelling (which might support links with Lebanon which is traditionally "francophone"), in English that would be "Radio Mashreq". Al Mashreq is the Arabic word for the East Mediterranean region which in English is also known as "The Levant" (a loanword from French). It would probably be more "proper" to translate Radio Mashreq as "Radio Levant" in English (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, Oct 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA [non]. Winter B-03 schedule of LJB in Arabic: 1000-1100 21695 1100-1230 17695 21485 21675 1230-1400 21675 21695 1400-1500 21675 1600-1700 15220 15615 1700-1800 15220 15615 15660 17880 1800-1900 11635 11715 11860 15615 1900-2030 11635 11715 2030-2130 11635 73! (Observer Bulgaria, Oct 20 via DXLD) Presumably all via FRANCE ** MALTA [non]. VOM SERV.ITALIANO SCHEDA DEFINITIVA Cari amici, vi prego scusare l'errore del precedente messaggio datato19 ottobre e causato da un errore nella battitura del testo (conteneva l'indicazione anche del programma in lingua araba). Scheda definitiva dei programmi in lingua italiana della VOM.(MALTA) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VOM - programmi in lingua italiana - dal 26 Ottobre 2003 al 27 Marzo 2004 ...................................................................... da Lunedì a Sabato : 17:00 - 17:30 ut - freq. 6185 KHz Domenica : 08:00 - 09:00 ut - freq. 9630 KHz ------------------------------------------------- Inviare i Rapporti di Ascolto a : VOM -servizio italiano- P.O. Box 143- Valletta (Malta) ********************************* Cordiali saluti! Alfredo Gallerati - (IK7 JGI) - VOM DX Editor "Onde Radio" on line: http://www.vomradio.com Voice of The Mediterranean Malta - mailto: alfredogallerati @ virgilio.it (via DXLD) ** MAURITANIA. 4845 expected 24h during Ramadan: see INTERNATIONAL ** MEXICO. Checked XERMX wandering blobmitter once again the morning of Oct 21, first at 1302, found on 10008 or so, edging WWV, and 1305 around 9992. Busy listening to Sounds Like Canada on another receiver, so not rechecked until 1345 when it was on 9960, soon to be blasted by WEWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NAMIBIA. 6175, NBC-1, Windhoek, 2040-2059, Oct 08, Vernacular talk by men in unID language 24232. Splashes from Croatia 6165, but heard // 6060 (23221) having QRM from 6055 and 6065 (Sweden). At *2059 VOA signed on on 6060 and RFI on 6175, so the feast was over! (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. Este domingo 19/10, Radio Nederland brilló por su ausencia en los 9895 kHz, a todas las horas: 2230, 2330, 0045, 0120 UT. ¿Qué pasó? (Adán González, Venezuela, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. Hi Glenn; Even though RNZI Website states Mailbox 0330 Tuesdays UT, I heard Mailbox last night, Monday UT starting at 0328 on 17675 kHz. I am glad to have them back. I really enjoy Wayne Mowat's "In touch with NZ" program. 73 (Mick Delmage, Alberta, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Later:] Mailbox from RNZI is on again tonight at approx. 0334 UT on 17675 kHz. The same show as I mentioned that was on last night at 0328 UT. 73 (Mick Delmabe, AB, UT Oct 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non non]. Haere Mai. Welcome! Update on the RNZI Transmitter - The RNZI transmitter is back on air after a major lightning strike caused considerable damage to it at the beginning of September. As a temporary measure RNZI has leased time with Radio Australia until Tuesday 21 October (http://www.rnzi.com Oct 21 via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. LISTENERS TUNING OUT Radio New Zealand`s National Radio and Concert FM have lost listeners. A nationwide audience survey conducted by Research International from late last May to early July shows National Radio dropped from 503,000 listeners aged 15 and older in an average week in 2002 to 494,700 listeners in an average week this year. Concert FM listeners declined from 150,000 last year to 137,400 this year. The survey, designed to measure the company`s compliance with Radio NZ charter obligations, showed that one in five New Zealanders, more than half a million people, aged 15 and older, tune in to National Radio or Concert FM in an average week (Otago Daily Times 17 September via Steven Greenyer, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** PERU. Quito, 20/Oct/2003, 9:03. Hello Glenn! You know that Radio Naylamp, Lambayeque lately has been on 4335v kHz. Over the years I have been wondering if Radio Naylamp really has a shortwave outlet. Could be some kind of "mixing product" but I cannot figure out what it is. Naylamp has the same type of problem both on SW and MW: drifting around quite a bit on the 2 bands. I have never heard Naylamp giving an ID for shortwave. This morning I heard Radio Naylamp on two frequencies: 1575v and 4626v kHz. Today I´m sending a recording from this morning of Radio Naylamp 4626v kHz to SWB. If you want you can use it! 73ss de (Bjorn Malm, Quito, Ecuador - SWB América Latina, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. Re: UNIDENTIFIED, 3-185: Hola amigos! Ayer 19 de octubre capté en 6108.2 kHz una radio peruana, la cual no se identificó desde las 1400 hasta las 0038 UT. Pasé todo el domingo escuchando esta nueva emisora y no se identificaron, ni mencionó el teléfono y menos el lugar de transmision. Solo hubo música folklórica peruana y "hits" latinos... acá en Chaclacayo llegaba con un SINPO de 44424. Agradeceré a los amigos trabajar juntos, como siempre, para logar el objetivo común de identificar esta nueva radio. Muchas gracias. Lo mejor para ustedes... siempre (Alfredo Benjamín Cañote, Spacemaster, Perú, Oct 20, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Ayer estuve chequeando esta frecuencia entre las 2300 y las 0030 UT pero no llegaba nada. Lo siento, Alfredo y Björn. 73's (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, ibid.) Quito 21/Oct/2003 10:26; Amigos DXistas Alfredo y Arnaldo, Saludos desde "la mitad del mundo"! Controlé la frecuencia de 6108.24 kHz a noche y también esta mañana pero nada. Radio Integración, El Alto (Bolivia) reactivada por lo que ha pasado en Bolivia últimamente? 73ss de (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador - SWB América Latina, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, Spacemaster heard it all day and seems certain it`s Peruvian (gh, DXLD) ** PERU. Hola amigos, Recibí un correo de Antonio Campos, director de Radio Los Andes, el cual reenvío. A los colegas de la lista: De: Virgen de la Alta Gracia Prelatura Asunto: Nuevo horario en onda corta Apreciado amigo, recibe un saludo desde el norte peruano. En esta oportunidad te comunico que hemos determinado cambiar nuestro servicio Radiofónico, en los horarios de 6.00 am hasta las 8.00 am, de 12.30 m hasta las 2.30 pm, y a las 6.00 pm hasta la 8.00 pm. El motivo es que en esta última década los receptores que salen no tienen para onda corta, por tanto el mercado de oyentes es muy bajo. Localmente estamos Saliendo en AM y FM. Asimismo tenemos un periódico local. A propósito, ¿a qué te dedicás? Conozco la hermosa ciudad de Bogotá; allí he vivido medio año estudiando Comunicación. Que dios te acompañe. Atte. Antonio campos, Director de Radio Los Andes (via RRR, Conexión Digital via DXLD) I suppose this is the one on 5030; and if on UT -5 the schedule would now be: 1100-1300, 1730-1930, 2300-0100 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Gracias Rafael! Radio Los Andes está llegando bien en los 5030 khz, en las noches locales. 73's (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Conexión Digital) ** PERU. 4955, Radio Cultural Amauta, 1038-1045+ Oct 21. Initially noted Huaynos music until about 1040, then a man in Spanish comments. Mentioned "Perú" often as well as "Amauta". Signal was fair (Bolland, Chuck, Clewiston, Florida, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. INTERRUMPEN EMISION DE PROGRAMA RADIAL DE FUJIMORI El programa radial del prófugo ex presidente de Perú Alberto Fujimori, "La Hora del Chino", tuvo que ser suspendido en la ciudad amazónica de Iquitos debido al enérgico rechazo expresado por pobladores y dirigentes populares. Radio Universal de Iquitos venía anunciando el programa, que se emite desde Lima los sábados en la mañana, pero se vio obligada a sacarlo del aire "por merecer el repudio ciudadano", según comunicó la emisora. La población de Iquitos, 1.010 kilómetros al noreste de Lima, representó la oposición más tenaz a Fujimori, quien abandonó Perú en noviembre del 2000 tras una década en el poder, huyendo de un escándalo de corrupción que provocó la caída de su gobierno (extraido de Boletin Patagonico via Arnaldo Slaen, Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 9619.1, PBS, Marulas, Valenzuela, 0150, Oct 07, mostly relay DZRM with `Radio Magazin`. The transmitter has big problems again and some days signs on much later and is heard only *0700v-0930* (Roland Schulze, Philippines, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Hola Glenn, Saludos desde Catia La Mar, VENEZUELA. - "Madrugonazo" en Radio Rumania Internacional. La directiva de la emisora ha hecho un recorte en las emisiones en español y tan sólo restan tres con el nuevo horario, a partir de finales de octubre. ¿Hasta cuándo vamos a tener que aguantar las arbitrarias decisiones algunos directivos de estaciones de onda corta? Nos hemos enterado de la mala noticia este domingo 19 de octubre (Adán González, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Aviso de La Voz de Rosia -- A N U N C I O ¡Atención! Destacamos de nuestra programación. Estimados oyentes españoles: "La Voz de Rusia" amplia su radiodifusión para España. A partir del 26 de octubre, además de la diaria emisión que sale en onda corta de las 2130 a las 2200 UT en las bandas de 41 y 49 metros, ustedes podrán escuchar dos horas de emisiones en onda media de la 0100 a las 0300 UT en la banda de 497 metros. Estimado visitante de la página en español de "La Voz de Rusia": Nos gustaría conocer lo que piensa de los materiales publicados en nuestra página. ¿Qué sugiere para hacerla más interesante? Su opinión puede expresarla escribiendo a letters@v... [truncated] Copyright © 2002 THE VOICE OF RUSSIA (via Juan Ignacio, Oct 18, via Pedro Sedano, Noticias DX via DXLD) How cryptic, with meters! That would be 603 kHz, where WRTH 2003 lists not a single Russian transmitter in Europe, tho there is a high-power in France, and medium power RNE in Spain itself. So where will this be relayed from??? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Según información de Martín Estévez la frecuencia será 603 kHz. Radio 5 Todo Noticias en Sevilla emite por esa frecuencia con 50 kW (José Bueno, EA7-0641-AER, Córdoba - España, Noticias DX via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. The Voice of Russia has posted their B03 program guide for October 26, 2003-March 27, 2004 at http://www.vor.ru/ep.html The frequencies have also been posted: To Africa [this still shows March 30-October 25 2003 but I give it here in case they forgot to change the dates; all others show October 26, 2003-March 27, 2004.] 1700-1800 9830 1800-1900 11510 9830 1900-2000 11510 7335 To Asia 0800-1000 1251 1500-1600 11500 9900** 7350 7315* 7260 6205 972 1600-1700 7260 4975 4965 4940 972 1800-1800 5945 5910 1269 648 1800-1900 5910 1251 *from October 26, 2003-March 6, 2004 **from March 7 to March 27, 2004 [these two are the only examples of frequency changes during the period] To Europe 0400-0600 1548 603 0600-1000 1323 603 1600-1800 1494 1800-1900 7290 6175* 5950* 1494* [*Sat-Sun] 1900-2000 7360 7290 6235 6175 2000-2100 7360 7290 6235 6145 2100-2200 7360 7290 6235 To North America 0200-0300 15595 15445 9765 7180 6155 0300-0400 15595 15445 7350 7180 6155 0400-0500 15595 15445 12010 7350 7240 7180 7125 0500-0600 15595 15445 12010 7240 7180 7125 To The Middle East 0200-0300 5995 1600-1700 9830 6005 4975 4965 4940 972 1700-1800 648 1800-1900 1251 To Australia and New Zealand 0600-0800 21790 0800-0900 21790 17665 17525 17495 0900-1000 17665 17525 17495 (via John Norfolk, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Severe reductions in choice of frequencies for Europe from 1800-2200 UT, almost No MF at all !!, (in the Evening). Cutbacks during the Day as well. New North America Frequencies also 'posted' (Ken Fletcher, UK, 2020 UT = 2120 UT+1 20th October 2003, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Russian International Radio (RIR), a joint program service of The Voice of Russia and the commercial Russkoye Radio for Russian listeners abroad, has now its own sub-page on the Voice of Russia website: http://www.vor.ru/RMR/rmr_main.html (in Russian). The address for RIR is the same as for Voice of Russia: Pyatnitskaya 25, 115326 Moscow. Email: rir @ vor.ru (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, Oct 21, Cumbredx mailing listvia DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA [non]. Re || BELGIUM [non], TDP: a new one has a link at the Whose page, with a map of Sa`udi Arabia, but it is not yet registered if you click on it: http://www.tajdeed.net || Although this link is currently ending on the startpage of the 123-reg provider, the domain "tajeed.net" is indeed registered, to the UK- based Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDLR); their primary website is http://www.cdlr.net 73s, (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, Oct 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sponsors the CDLR Islamic Board if you click on English (gh, DXLD) ** SEALAND. Glenn, Just to correct an historical inaccuracy in the Sealand item in DXLD 3-184: || Re: SEALAND FACTFILE - ROY Bates moved Into the derelict fort on Christmas Eve 1966 with wife Joan and his children. He set up a pirate radio station, Radio Essex.........|| Sealand (Roughs Tower) has never been used by a broadcast station. Roy Bates' Radio Essex broadcast from the Knock John Fort in the Thames Estuary. After it was fined in November 1966 for broadcasting inside territorial waters it changed its name to Britain's Better Music Station and carried on broadcasting until Christmas Day 1966 when it finally closed. The station equipment was taken to Roughs Tower (Sealand) after the closure but never broadcast from there. Keep up the good work - much appreciated! (Alan Pennington, UK, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SINGAPORE. 6150, News Radio 93.8, Singapore, *2300-2335, 1000-1100* and *1400-1600*, Oct 19 and 20, news in English by Michelle Martin, frequent clear ID's: ``News Radio 938``, local weather and traffic info, Rugby World Cup England-South Africa, pop songs, ads, e.g. : ``Carlsberg – the leading beer of the World!``. It signed off in mid- song at 1600, but probably continued on FM for 24 hours! Relay of `98.7 FM` also heard. SINPO up to 44444, but best in LSB due to QRM from ORF 6155. At *1100-1400* it relays Radio Singapore Int. (RSI) // 9600. 9600, RSI, Singapore, *1100-1400*, Oct 19 and 20, English news, interviews, pop music, 23333 // 6150 (G. Victor A. Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, and Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** U K. Do you know where I can find a schedule for short-wave radio broadcasts receivable in the US? I am looking for Alistair Cooke's Letters from America. Thank you (Kathleen Ligon, Reference Librarian, Verona Library, NJ, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Kathleen, You can eventually find the information in the complex site http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice Please note that there will be major seasonal changes in shortwave times and frequencies this coming Sunday -- in addition to our own change from DST to standard time. One site for general info on SW schedules is http://www.primetimeshortwave.com I have the November issue of BBC On Air magazine, and look up Letter from America on the Americas stream, here converted to EST: There are only three times shown, and none of them are when a shortwave frequency is in use! Sat 4:15 am, Sat 1:45 pm, Mon 4:32 am. Americans are expected to listen on the internet, where the program may also be heard on-demand. There is a complete BBCWS frequency schedule for the upcoming season under UK in my publication: http://worldofradio.com/dxld3178.txt Regards, (Glenn Hauser, to Verona, via DXLD) ** U K. THE AMERICAS: BBC WINS BIGGER SHARE OF US LISTENERS By Tim Burt, Media Editor, in London, Financial Times; Oct 21, 2003 http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1066565235836 The BBC has seen a sharp rise in its US radio audience following the Iraq war and new "carriage arrangements" with American public service stations. The publicly funded British broadcaster enjoyed a 21 per cent rise in US listeners to a weekly average 4.7m, according to figures compiled by Arbitron, the US radio ratings organisation. Mark Byford, director of the World Service and Global News at the BBC, said the increase reflected a growing US hunger for international news and analysis. "It shows real appetite for the World Service output, with people seeking a wider view and depth of analysis," he said. In the past two years the US audience for the BBC World Service has risen 40 per cent. Mr Byford said the growth had been helped by the transfer of radio services from shortwave transmission to public broadcasting stations across the country. The latest figures, for the second quarter of the year, showed the number of US public radio stations carrying the BBC rising from 265 to 387. Officials said there had been no drop-off in the audience at the end of the Iraq war. BBC spending on the World Service rose from -L-204.6m ($344m, EUR294m) to -L-215.8m in the financial year ending March 31, with global distribution reaching some 150m listeners globally. Mr Byford said the corporation was continuing the search for a television partner to distribute its BBC World news channel in the US. The BBC, which distributes its BBC America entertainment channel via the Discovery network, has been seeking an outlet for the news channel for several years. But a deal has been constrained by existing agreements on programme rights with Discovery. Mr Byford declined to comment on the corporation's likely partner for BBC World. He also refused to discuss the possible impact on US audiences of the controversy surrounding BBC coverage of intelligence dossiers on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. BBC executives have been questioned on the coverage of those dossiers during the Hutton inquiry into the death of David Kelly, a government scientist who apparently committed suicide after being named as the source for BBC reports accusing the government of exaggerating the case for war (Financial Times via Mike Cooper, Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. Latest word on KIMF [Piñón NM] is that the station is still being constructed and should be finished in late spring 2004 (from James Planck). 73 (Sean, G4UCJ, Gilbert, WRTH, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** U S A. Hi Glenn, I will be a guest on VOA's Talk to America this Friday (1706-1800 UT) to talk about VOA English schedule changes starting this weekend. VOA News Now will be reduced from 24 to 19 hours per day, dropping 0700-1200 UT. The major impact will be that VNN will no longer be available early evenings in East Asia. And the cut will eliminate the morning broadcast to the Americas, 1000-1100 UT. 73 (Kim Elliott, VOA, Oct 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yeah, who wants to work in the middle of the night? Rather like RFA, even tho it`s prime time in the target. This also misses the morning audience in Eurafrica. Will there be music or anything repeated on the webstream, or silent too for 5 hours? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Announcements on VOA's "Main Street" program this week say the program will begin airing on weekends only beginning on Saturday, November 1. New airtimes on Saturdays and Sundays will be 0033, 0433, 0633, 1233, 1633 and 2233 UT (Mike Cooper, DX LISTENING DIGEST, Oct 21) ** U S A. FOR 'NEW EUROPE,' THE SILENT TREATMENT By Josh Muravchik, Tuesday, October 21, 2003; Page A25 The next time the United States needs the "new Europe," we may find it has grown old. This is the likely result of a plan by the Office of Management and Budget to abolish broadcasting by Radio Free Europe and Voice of America in the languages of Central and Eastern Europe. "New Europe" was Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's term for a group of nations many times older than the United States. What was new was their freedom. Having emerged recently from under the "evil empire," these states understood President Bush's determination to confront the "axis of evil." And they were eager to stand fast with America, a valued friend in their own fight for freedom. While France and Germany -- the flaccid and ungrateful "old Europe" -- threw obstacles in the path of the U.S. war against terror, the Baltics and former Soviet "satellites" declared their support. Beyond rhetoric, they contributed what military elements they could in Afghanistan and Iraq. Although this support is heartwarming, all is not well in the new Europe. The OMB says our broadcasts are no longer needed because democracy has taken hold there. But in truth, democracy's roots are still shallow in that region. Press freedom is not secure. In Romania, for example, journalists have been fined for publishing embarrassing disclosures about politicians, even though the court acknowledged the disclosures to be true. The other side of this coin: Much journalism in the region is sensationalist, and standards of professionalism are weak. Radio Free Europe and Voice of America, which retain large audiences, are immune to intimidation, while setting a model of responsible reportage. The reasons for keeping them in operation, however, go beyond concern for democracy. They also rest on our own direct interests. Opinion surveys show that the same anti-Americanism so vivid in French and German policy is on the rise in the new Europe. It is strong enough that politicians such as Czech President Vaclav Klaus make hay by taking potshots at U.S. policy, a mild echo of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's unseemly tactic. The broadcasting of Radio Free Europe and Voice of America helps to counter this trend, presenting reportage that while not slanted toward the United States is also not tilted against it, as is so much European journalism. In addition, Voice of America presents official U.S. views on issues. These broadcasts are perhaps the most powerful way of "showing the flag" to a large slice of the region's citizens and most of its political leadership. Abolishing them would send a signal of slackening American interest, which would play into the hands of anti-American leaders in Paris and Bonn who have been warning these states to choose between close ties to the United States and full integration into Europe. With world public opinion having turned sharply against the United States, the need for effective public diplomacy is urgent. Yet we are doing less of it than at any time since before World War II, thanks largely to the Office of Management and Budget, which is often more vigilant about the national pocketbook than about the national interest. Every congressional body that deals with foreign policy has affirmed the value of the imperiled broadcasts, but so far budget hawks have prevailed. Now the Senate Appropriations Committee has endorsed $5.5 million of the $8.9 million authorized, but this could still be killed on the floor or in conference with the House, which appropriated nothing. In any case, it is not enough. Broadcasting and other forms of public diplomacy are essential complements to our military efforts in the war on terrorism, so that the United States can regain a measure of international support. Could there be a worse moment to slash it further and kiss off the few friends who have been standing staunchly with us? The writer is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. (c) 2003 The Washington Post Company (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A. ANTI-U.S. ATTITUDE PERILOUS, PACHIOS SAYS By GREGORY D. KESICH, Portland Press Herald Writer Copyright © 2003 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. Portland lawyer Harold Pachios visited the Arab and Muslim world as part of a government research team. He says the anti-American sentiment is creating a crisis in the nation's foreign relations. A young Syrian journalist says he does not believe anything he hears from the American government. A Turkish government official says America has treated his country with disrespect since the end of the Cold War. Nine Egyptian college students in a focus group agree on one point: No Jews died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, which they believe was really a secret American government plot... ... To repair its image, Pachios believes this country should invest in its own Arabic language news and entertainment service and develop a reputation of providing credible news, not propaganda. The network would replace the Cold War relic Voice of America, which still broadcasts news programming on little-used short wave radio frequencies... http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/031020pachios.shtml (Portland [ME] Press Herald Oct 20 via Jilly Dybka, DXLD) ** U S A. CRISIS SEEN IN WAMU SPENDING Originally published in Current, Oct. 20, 2003, By Dan Odenwald When WAMU Executive Director Susan Clampitt went on the Kojo Nnamdi Show Oct. 9 to ask for pledges, she probably didn't expect a call like the one she received from Forbes Maner, former president of the station's community advisory council. Maner voiced a growing concern among former and present employees and volunteers that the ordinarily robust public radio station was overspending its way into financial crisis. Clampitt was making the case that WAMU's finances are healthy, that it's focused on the bottom line and that she has a "fire in her belly" for good management. That didn't ring true to Maner, a corporate attorney, who called the live call-in pledge break to discuss some financial trends he's noticed since Clampitt joined the station in 2000... http://www.current.org/radio/radio0319wamu.html (Current via DXLD) WAMU's latest annual report shows losses of $877,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $1.3 million in fiscal 2002 (see page 19 of PDF file posted on the station's website). http://www.wamu.org/about/WAMU_annual_report_02.pdf (via Current, DXLD) STATIC REMAINS AFTER WAMU STAFF MEETING --- By Jennifer Frey, Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, October 21, 2003; Page C01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56526-2003Oct20?language=printer WAMU Executive Director Susan Clampitt called a full staff meeting yesterday afternoon, where she discussed the success of the public radio station's fundraising, then, at the urging of staffers, stayed for an airing of concerns regarding its financial status, as well as complaints with management. Clampitt did not return calls to her office, home and cell phone, but Ruth Thompson, WAMU's senior director for marketing and communications, called the meeting "the start of a long-term dialogue." "It was a very candid discussion, and it went on for a very long time," Thompson said. "Many, many people spoke up. . . . The one answer I guess you could say came out was: 'We hear you, loud and clear.' " According to descriptions of the meeting from several staffers, including reporter Jim Rosenberg and talk-show host Diane Rehm, Clampitt discussed efforts to raise funds in areas such as underwriting and foundation grants. One staff member who took notes said she also spoke about the change in format, the need for investment, the need for more of a corporate structure and the high quality of the station's programming. Clampitt also told them she was disappointed that staff members had "gone out of the family" with their concerns. Rehm and others were quoted in yesterday's editions of The Washington Post expressing concerns about the station's financial picture -- WAMU has been running large operating deficits the past three years and has nearly exhausted its cash assets -- and the low morale that Rehm said was a result of mismanagement. In the article, Clampitt attributed the criticism to those "resistant to change" and said the deficits are temporary. Later in the meeting, Rehm countered that she had taken her concerns to Clampitt and officials at American University, which oversees the station, to no avail long before speaking to The Post. Several staffers said they welcomed the opportunity to voice their questions and concerns at the meeting but came away with little in the way of answers or resolution. "I'm looking forward to a day when my colleagues and I can do our jobs as broadcast journalists and feel confident about the leadership of this station," Rosenberg said in an interview. "And I did not leave the meeting feeling that way." Clampitt ended her initial remarks by stating that her office door was open and that anyone who wished to discuss the issues could make an appointment to see her. She was immediately asked by a staff member -- supported by others -- that a fuller airing of grievances be held. "She's about to walk out of the community room and one of my producers said, 'Aren't we going to have a chance to ask you questions?' " Rehm said. "'Aren't we going to have a chance to discuss things?' And then it began." The meeting went on for about 90 minutes, as Clampitt and other members of management fielded questions primarily about the station's finances but also about personnel issues, personal grievances and past management behavior. Program Director Mark McDonald was confronted by staffers who felt demeaned and insulted by a quote he gave to The Post -- "I can say that the newsroom staff now works harder, have more demanding and interesting assignments, do breaking news and can be heard on our air more than once a week. . . . I'm delighted to say that they have risen to the challenge, but some reluctantly." The staff members said that suggested they had to be forced to work hard and had not done so before this administration. McDonald was apologetic, Rosenberg said, and addressed the issue in a forthright manner that satisfied him. Still, Rosenberg, Rehm and five staffers who spoke anonymously about the meeting all said they did not feel that the discussion had narrowed the gap between staff and management. Instead, one staffer said, it only seemed to highlight how wide a gulf exists. "I think that there has been a massive loss of trust and faith between staff and management, and now the public has become aware of that," said Rehm, "and I don't know how that's going to be reconciled." Thompson took issue with Rehm's remarks. "I wouldn't characterize it that way," she said. "I would say that there is work to be done. And to make a judgment, in the public media, that it can't be restored is very damning to the place where she's worked for 30 years." Also attending the meeting was David Taylor, chief of staff for American University President Benjamin Ladner, who has yet to publicly address the situation. Several staffers said Taylor's presence seemed to be the key: "I think the ball's kind of in the university's court," one said, "and it's up to what Taylor takes back to the university administrators." In an interview, Taylor described the meeting as constructive but not an easy one to attend. "This was a first step," Taylor said, "and I think it was a good, constructive first step. The next step, obviously, is to be determined. Obviously, comments are taken seriously, they are listened to seriously, and . . . and I am conveying what I have heard to appropriate persons." (c) 2003 The Washington Post Company (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A. COLLEGE CHOOSES PUBLIC TV AS BUYER FOR STATION IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. The fundraising arm of its pubTV station got a community college district's blessing Oct. 15 to buy KOCE for $32 million. It beat out several religious broadcasters that started out in August with bigger bids. . . http://www.current.org/ptv/ptv0319koce.html (via Current, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. U.S. X-BAND AT A GLANCE, OCTOBER 2003 COMPILED BY TONY KING, GREYTOWN, NEW ZEALAND 1610 CJWI Montreal QUE FF Caribbean music. 1620 WBUB Atmore AL Yet to be heard in US WDND South Bend IN ESPN Radio 1620 KOZN Bellevue NE ESPN Sport . ``The Zone`` WTAW College Station TX `Newstalk 16-20 WTAW` CBS Nx KBLI Blackfoot ID SS ``Radio Fiesta`` KYIZ Renton WA Urban/R & B; hip hop KSMH West Sacramento, CA Rel. ``Catholic Radio KSMH`` KFHX Fountain Hills AZ Variety. Pre 70`s Mx. ``KFHX Fountain Hills, Arizona`` WDHP Frederikstad, US Virgins BBC WS to 0900. ID at :59 1630 KCJJ Iowa City IA Hot AC /Classic Rock KKWY Fox Farm WY C&W AP nx `` K-W-Y`` KNAX Ft Worth/Dallas TX SS. Radio Vida/ Radio Dos Mil Dos. EE ID :58 WTEL Augusta GA `Newstalk 1630 WTEL` x WRDW [vice versa! gh] 1640 WKSH Sussex WI Disney KDZR Lake Oswego OR Disney KDIA Vallejo CA Talk/religious/life issues WTNI Biloxi MS ``Talk Radio 1640 WTNI Biloxi`` ABC News on hr. ID KMKZ Enid OK Due on Sept. Chisholm Trail B`cstg. Format ? KBJA Sandy UT SS/Radio Unica EE ID on hour 1650 WHKT Portsmouth VA ``AM1650 WHKT Portsmouth, Radio Disney`` KDNZ Cedar Falls IA Talk/ Sport ``The Talk Station`` //KCNZ KWHN Fort Smith AR `Newstalk 1650 KWHN` [transmitter in OK] KBJD Denver CO Talk. ``KNUS-2`` KFOX Torrance CA Korean/ EE ID on hour 1660 KTIQ Merced CA Sporting News Network ``The Ticket`` WWRU Elizabeth NJ PP & SS Radio Unica/R. Portugal. 10kw . WCNZ Marco Is FL `Newsradio 1660` AP nx. WQSN Kalamazoo MI Sports/talk ESPN KRZX Waco TX ``Newstalk KRZX`` (off 0600 UT) KQWB West Fargo ND Standards ``Star 1660 is KQWB AM` CNN news KXOL Brigham City UT ``Oldies Radio`` (60`s rock) KXTR Kansas City KS `Classical 1660` WGIT Canovanas PRico SS oldies ``El Gigante`` 1670 WRNC Warner Robins GA Urban Gospel ``1670 The Light`` WTDY Madison WI Sports/Talk. ``Talk Radio 1670`` KHPY Moreno Valley, CA Radio Catolica SS (nites) s/off 0800 UT. EE s/off. KNRO Redding CA ``Redding`s ESPN Radio 1670 KNRO` 1680 WTTM Princeton NJ Ethnic - South Asian WLAA Winter Garden FL SS ``Alma Latina`` x WTIR WDSS Ada MI Disney x WJNZ KAVT Fresno CA Disney/SS KTFH Seattle WA ``The Bridge, AM 16-80 KTFH Seattle` Ethnic off 0 KRJO Monroe LA Gospel. ``Rejoice 1680`` 1690 KDDZ Arvada CO Disney KFSG Roseville CA SS rel. and Asian. EE ID on hr WPTX Lexington Park ``Newstalk 1690 WPTX`` CNN News 1700 WJCC Miami Springs FL SS/Rel/``Radio Luz`` WEUV Huntsville AL Black Gospel. 1kw KTBK Sherman TX Sporting News Radio ``Sports Radio 1310 KTCK.`` KBGG Des Moines IA `The new AM 1700 KBGG``. CNN KQXX Brownsville TX `Oldies Radio 1700 AM` (Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. Ref a report that this one was back on --- 11735v, R. Oriental is off 11735 and hasn't been heard in a number of years (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Oct 20, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** VANUATU. 7260.0, R. Vanuatu, 0654-0755 fade out, Oct 15 and 20, Bislama female announcer, 0700 usual flute (?) separating language sections, into presumed news, same flute noted 0713, 0718, one of their better days, clear channel, 23232 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal and Martien Groot, Holland(G. Victor A. Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, and Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD)) ** VIETNAM. 5035, Dai Tieng Noi Vietnam, Xuam Mai, 2208-2258*, Oct 13 and 19, H'Mong announcement, ethnic H'Mong songs, 2258 closing announcement. Off the air until *2325-2400* when the station returned. 34333 // 6165 was covered here by Croatia (Anker Petersen, Denmark(G. Victor A. Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, and Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) 6020.0, Voice of Vietnam -4, Son Tai, 1535-1600, Oct 14, Vietnamese but did not quite sound as staccato as usual, minority language listed here, to 1600 presumed s/off just before RFI Dhabbaya appeared here, 23332 (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 7460, Polisario Front, Rabuni, Algeria, 0752- 0900*, Oct 17, Arabic (or Berber ?) talks, songs, national anthem 0859; parallel to 1550 kHz only (and without jamming); 55444. Reception of their SW outlet became a lot better as of late both mornings & evenings. The new 700 MW outlet hasn't been noted for a few days' time, which is to regret as there was no jamming at all --- yet, and reception was particularly good (armchair like!) on the south as experienced about a week and a half ago (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) 7460 also noted very strong in Denmark 1800-2400*, Oct 19 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 21 via DXLD) ** YEMEN. 9780, R San'a, 1800-1900, Oct 18, YL ended her programme playing an English song and full postal address and e-mail followed by world news by OM (Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. The Voice of Tanzania, sin interferencias en los 11734.12 kHz, SINPO 2/2, este 19/10, a las 2030 UC. Fuera del aire a las 2059. Completamente sola, algo muy raro (Adán González, Venezuela, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Finally a glimmer of hope re BPL? http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/34486 (Harry L. Helms W7HLH Las Vegas, NV DM26, NRC AM via DXLD) Viz.: BPL GETS LESS STATIC --- CALIFORNIA TRIALS POWER-LINE BROADBAND A variant of broadband over power-lines that doesn't cause interference has PG&E hopeful that they're on the right track. BPL trials being conducted by California Pacific Gas and Electric are promising to kill two birds with one stone. The service, developed by Corridor Systems, offers potential speeds of 216 Mbps, when many competing services are developing systems that are only a fraction as fast. The service does use Wi-Fi to get the bandwidth from medium voltage power grids to the end user's computer, so real-world speeds may be potentially less. Interference pundits should be pleased as well, as the technology's emissions occur within the unlicensed 5 GHz ISM band, dodging the interference concerns inherent in similar technologies. TelecomWeb has the latest on Corridor's BPL plans. Posted 10-17 09:30 See: alternatives bandwidth followed by a lot of discussion, illustrated (via gh, DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ RADIOPLUS Good news everyone. Gerry Thomas has got the RadioPlus Website back up! New URL is http://www.dxtools.com (slightly different) Below is part of announcement at his website. "Please note that our website address has at least temporarily changed from dx-tools.com to dxtools.com (i.e., no hyphen). This change was due to the fact that Radio Plus+ was, like 40,000 other websites, scammed by webhost Featureprice.com. Featureprice went out of business in the summer of 2003 leaving us without a host and without a means of transferring our domain names to another host. We apologize to all those DXers who have tried to reach dx-tools.com in the past few months." Please note new email address: radioplus@bellsouth.net 73 (via Russ K3PI Johnson, Oct 20, NRC-AM via DXLD) ###