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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1224: Tue 0400 on SIUE Web Radio http://www.siue.edu/WEBRADIO/ Wed 1030 on WWCR 9475 Mon 0430 on WSUI 910, http://wsui.uiowa.edu 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 1224 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1224h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1224h.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1224.html WORLD OF RADIO 1224 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1224.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1224.rm ** ALASKA [and non]. Second 100 kW transmitter is boxed and waiting in Dallas for us to make one half of the last payment, in order to ship it on. Hope to have it on air by fall 2004 with second antenna. Later, third antenna in Madagascar will help us reach SW China and European part of Russia, which Alaska can`t reach now. And sound like local station in 30 Arabic speaking capitals. We met the president of Madagascar in Washington DC who invited us to pursue further talks about coming to his country to build one or two antennas. Making another trip to Madagascar in March to finalize land issue where we would build. Excited about putting together Arabic speaking staff at international office in Franklin TN. Have Russian, Chinese and English staff there already and websites to match. From Madagascar can cover most of Af, ME, blanket India, Indonesia --- and South America. Maybe Spanish and Portuguese in future. Why not NAm? Have had reports from every state, but focus on countries our missionaries have not been able to enter (Andy Baker, VP of WCBC = KNLS, interviewed by Jeff White at SWL WinterFest, PA, on Voice of the NASB, UT March 21 0330 on WRMI 7385, notes by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. THE BAD LUCK KEEPS ON COMING: 12 KNOM TRANSLATOR APPLICATIONS DISMISSED BY FCC Washington, Mar 16 (CRU) --- If KNOM Nome did not have enough headaches, the same day the news broke about the allegation of sexual abuse of a minor on the part of its founder, the station learned that all 11 of its applications for translators were dismissed by the FCC. According to general manager Tom Busch, the FCC refused to grant waiver and permit satellite delivery of the KNOM signal to the translators, rather than have them pick the signal off the air, which is impossible in western Alaska. Mr. Busch told Catholic Radio Update that the FCC has granted such a waiver in the past, but for some reason did not do so this time. KNOM plans an appeal. The Diocese of Fairbanks station is seeking the 11 translators in areas where the signal of its 780 AM station was once heard but no longer is so because of power line and cable television signal leakage pollution. The translators would have been in Nulato, Ruby, Holy Cross, Aniak, St Marys, Little Diomede, Tununak, Toksook Bay, Newtok, Shismaref, and Kaltag. Presumably the Chefornak and Nightmute translators will also be dismissed. The translators stretch from the Yukon Valley up to the northern Seward Peninsula. There, in Shismaref, KNOM reported in a recent station bulletin, the Nome Static, that ``electrical interference has blocked the village`s 589 Inupiat Eskimo from hearing KNOM. On a barrier island that is eroding, they especially depend upon KNOM`s weather forecasts. This village, which desperately wants to hear KNOM, is primarily Lutheran.`` Holy Cross (pop. 232), Kaltag (223), Nulato (345) and Ruby (195) used to hear KNOM in the days of long-wire antennas; power lines have ended that reception, as they have in Tununak (323), Toksook Bay (549), Nightmute (224) Newtok (326) and Chefornak (419) which ``are Catholic, extremely traditional Yupik Eskimo villages which easily heard KNOM in the days before electricity.`` The most interesting village is on the island Little Diomede (pop. 128) in the middle of the Bering Strait between the U.S. and Russia. ``A Catholic village of Inupiat Eskimos, this is the most rugged and remote village in Alaska, located at the base of a mountain which juts out of the Bering Strait alongside the International Date Line. The village is only 140 miles from Nome, but the mountain blocks our signal, rendering it very weak.`` According to the Nome Static, Father Joseph Hemmer, a Franciscan in Kaltag, first thought about starting a network of repeaters for KNOM- FM 96.1 FM in Nome. Consulting engineer Jack Mullaney did the work of engineering studies and application filing pro bono for KNOM. KNOM estimated that each will cost $5,000 to construct and the network would cost about $30,000 to $40,000 a year to operate, and pose quite a challenge to maintain because of the logistics involved. In western Alaska there are only short stretches of roads around towns, but the roads do not interconnect, and airplane travel is the only reliable form of long-distance travel (Mike Dorner, Catholic Radio Update March 22 via DXLD) ** ALBANIA. Albania is a small mountainous country on the western edge of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. This country is a little over 200 miles long and a little less than 100 miles wide. That`s roughly 320 km by 160. That gives a total area of 11,000 square miles or 176 thousand square kilometres. The largest city in Albania is Tirana which is also their capital and it is located almost in the centre of their country. The total population of Albania is around four million and the national language is Albanian which is spoken with two major dialects, Gheg in the north and Tosk in the south. They celebrate the date of their independence as November 28, 1912. Their national flag is red with a black two-headed eagle. Interestingly, the name for Albania in their own language is Shqiperi, which means the ``Land of the Eagle``. The first settlers in Albania were the Illyrians, an Indo-European people who moved in from the east about 1,000 BC. Throughout the centuries since that time, many different ethnic peoples have swept through the area, leaving their mark on the historical and cultural development of the country and the language. These days, about half a million tourists visit Albania every year. Construction on the first radio facility in Albania began in the year 1938 and it was established to serve three different purposes; local entertainment and information, international broadcasting, and international radio communication. On mediumwave, this new station was listed for 1384 kHz, and on shortwave it was on the air with broadcast programming and international communication in Morse Code under the callsign ZAA. The new ZAA was a 3 kW facility located on the edge of Tirana in Albania and it was first heard in Australia with test broadcasts on February 1, 1939. The test programming was noted on 6090 kHz in the 49 metre band and announcements were given in five languages; Albanian, English, French, German, Italian. Frequent identification was given as ``Radio Experimental, Tirana, Albania.`` Several different channels in the 31 41 & 49 metre bands were also noted around that era. Station ZAA was also heard on the air with communications in Morse Code with station IAC in Italy. The new shortwave broadcasting station ZAA in Albania was heard periodically over the next few months with regular programming, but in July it was noted closing with the Italian National Anthem. During the Italian occupation, the original Albanian callsign was retained. However, with the changing events in continental Europe, we find that the last logging of this station during this era was reported in an Australian radio magazine for September 1940. In February 1946, the broadcasting service from shortwave station ZAA was again heard in Australia and New Zealand. Three years later again, new studios and offices were built for the national radio service in downtown Tirana. During the era of Chinese friendship, Radio Tirana was noted on relay to the United States via Radio Peking, usually on two channels in parallel, and Radio Peking was heard in Europe via a high powered mediumwave station in Albania. During this same era, two new highpowered shortwave stations were also built for Radio Tirana. In addition, Radio Tirana has been on the air from five different regional locations throughout their country. These days though, their shortwave facilities are consolidated at just two locations, Cerrik & Shijak, and they can be heard worldwide quite readily. In 1992, Trans World Radio took out a relay of their programming over the high powered mediumwave station at Filake (fee-LAH-kay) and this was followed shortly afterwards with the usage of their shortwave facilities also. The first known QSLs from Radio Tirana were carbon copy letters, though in the 1960s cards were printed that feature peasant art. These days, colorful QSL cards are available from Radio Tirana in Albania. Thanks Ariel and well done with all those difficult Albania names! You`re listening to Wavescan (Adrian Michael Peterson, AWR Wavescan March 21 via John Norfolk, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. Just noted R. France Internationale on R. Australia`s old frequency of 9580 in English at 1400; R. Australia suffers more QRM on 9590 than it did on 9580, here at least (Zeke Russell, Williams AZ, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4900 --- Radio Comunitária Glenn, como vai ? Esta emissora certamente não é oficial, mas sim uma emissora comunitária, autorizada a transmitir com baixa potência para sua região. Não é comum estas emissoras em ondas curtas no Brasil , normalmente estas emissoras transmitem em FM. Penso até ser uma clandestina. Mas poderemos ter novos detalhes. 4900 kHz, 21/03, 2155-2208 Radio Comunidade das Gerais, emissora transmitindo do Norte do Estado de Minas Gerais. Programação de música sertaneja. Locutor citou o nome Radio Comunidade das Gerais e encerrando as transmissões como "Boa Noite prá você de todo o Norte de Minas, a você que tá aí sintonizado, está é a Rádio Comunidade, estamos no ar em 5010 kHz, a única emissora de 60 metros que funciona no Norte de Minas, na zona rural. Boa Noite gente querida". Apesar de anuniciarem 5010 kHz a emissora foi recebida em 4900 kHz com modução muito ruim e bastante interferida por clandestinos. Acredito que seja uma emissora não oficial, se diz transmitindo da zona rural, provavelmente uma emissora comunitária como o próprio nome sugere. Encerrou suas transmissões às 2208 UT (1908 local). 73 (Samuel Cássio Martins, São Carlos SP, receptor Sony 7600GR, longwire 25 metros, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. Obviously it is worth to look through the new RCI schedule more carefully. There are cut-backs nobody mentioned so far; I cannot help but feeling that RCI tried to let them slip through without anybody noticing. Specifically English 2200-2229 and French 2230-2259 have been cancelled, leaving French 1900-1959 and English 2000-2059 as only remaining RCI transmissions to Europe. Three transmitter sites will be no longer in use by RCI anymore: Flevo since the 1900-1959 French release is no longer beamed to Africa (this leaves RNW as only broadcaster having AM transmissions from Flevo if the new RNW schedule will not include whatever surprise), Tbilisskaya and Al-Dhabbaya since the same applies to the 2000-2059 English release. The reshufflings in the site usage for the remaining transmissions are too numerous for being caught at a glance (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 21, DX LISENING DIGEST) RCI`s new Portuguese service will be transmitted by RN`s satellite for Brazilian stations to relay; see NETHERLANDS (gh) ** CANADA. CHANGES TO INTERNATIONAL RADIO REPORT After 16+ years on the air, the International Radio Report on CKUT-FM Radio McGill, 90.3 MHz. in Montreal, is undergoing some major changes. This morning`s programme (March 21) was Bill Westenhaver's last regular appearance on the show. He has decided that it is time to move on to other things. Bill has been with the show since it began back in November 1987. He will be making one additional guest appearance in two weeks on the second of our two annual CKUT Funding Drive shows. In addition, I have also decided to gradually phase myself out of the programme. Over the next month or so, I will be appearing on the show together with our two new regular hosts, Janice and Steve. They have asked that I stay with the programme as Executive Producer. Janice and Steve plan to basically retain the format of the show, but will also be adding their own personal touch to the broadcast, featuring more special features, personal interviews, etc. They also plan on branching out into other unique areas of the field of radio. I will be appearing on the show from time to time, doing special reports, features, etc. I will also be the regular substitute host for the programme, appearing when Janice, Steve, or both are unable to appear. Both Bill and I appreciate the support of the loyal listenership we have developed over the years. International Radio Report isn't going away. It's simply changing. We sincerely hope that everyone will give Janice and Steve the same support and respect that we have received for over 16 years. We wish them all the best in the future. On a side note, Ricky Leong, who has been recording and archiving the International Radio Report for us, will continue to maintain the archive site for the programme at: http://members.fortunecity.com/crazyaboutradio (Sheldon Harvey, QC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Re: ``TV program about radio next month, Rise and Fall of the Big Eight: Documentary on CKLW 800 kHz Windsor, leading rock station of mid-west way back when: History Television [Canadian cable satellite network] on April 7, 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. presumably ET [April 8, 0000 and 0500 UT]`` History Television is also available on (certain) analog and (all) digital cable channels (Ricky Leong, QC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. If you're at all interested in radio and TV history around Lake Ontario, set aside a few hours and check out Bill Dulmage's new and improved site at http://www.billdulmage.com Bill's site has moved to a new, ad-free home and is greatly expanded, with lots of neat tower pictures, jock lineups, surveys and even some audio bits. Don't miss it! (Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch March 22 via DXLD) ** CHILE. Voz Cristiana made considerable reduxions to its own programming output via transmitters here last year, for financial or equipment reasons? Now, it`s availablized to relay other stations for the first time. From the complete A-04 BBC schedule below, we find one entry designated ``so`` for Santiago, Brazilian (Portuguese) at 1900- 2030 on 17605. BTW, I think that`s a new transmission at a rather early hour, also on two other frequencies. Perhaps there will be other stations and BBC services popping up from Santiago. Another one already is below under INTERNATIONAL, Merlin, presumably RTI Taiwan: 1200-1500 17625 CHINA RADIO CHL/Santiago (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Another program I`ve been checking out on, I believe, China National Radio at 1300-1400 is a mostly English program called ``China Business Radio``. Altho there are some business related stories, it is by and large a cultural program with music, educational and social topics. Even heard them reading the book ``Tuesdays with Morrie`` one morning. There`s an English-speaking host and a co-host who does some translating into Chinese, but it`s mostly in English. I hear them on 6085 (ex-6090), 7140, 7150 and 7315 (Zeke Russell, Williams AZ, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CLIPPERTON ISLAND. It looks like the April DXpedition to Clipperton Island has once again been postponed until 2005. Reports indicate that weather may have played a factor in the decision, but the delay will give the organizers time to gather more operators for the trip. If you are interested in joining the team going to Clipperton in 2005, please contact Dave, K4SV, via E-mail at: K4SV2 @ Charter.net (KB8NW, OPDX March 22, BARF-80 via John Norfolk, DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 1819.85 harmonic, Ondas [del] Porvenir, Samacá, 1000 to 1055 15 March, nonstop LA standards. "...Radio sesenta uno... Colombia..." by OM, only announcement (Bob Wilkner, NRD 535D - Icom R75 - Pómpano Beach, Florida, U S, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? this is listed in WRTH 2004 on 1450 as HJTT; if the frequency reported be correct and it`s really a harmonic, the only likely fundamental would be 910, but then why would they say ``61`` in the ID? Bob sent a correxion to this item, but it appeared to be identical to the original (gh, DXLD) ** EGYPT. R. Cairo, English for A-04 reduced to only two daily transmissions, tentatively: 1215-1430 [sic; was to -1330] on 17670 India/Asia; 2300-0030 on 11725 to NAm (Bob Padula, Radio EDXP, HCJB DX Partyline March 20 and DXing With Cumbre March 20, notes by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is contrary to the tentative A-04 schedule in DXLD 4-048 which showed all the usual English broadcasts; time will tell shortly which be correct (gh) BP goes ballistic whenever I quote him in any way or even link to a publicly-accessible website where his material is there for anyone to read! He somehow feels that whenever I quote or refer to his info, it harms EDXP, which is a restricted organization I have chosen to abandon due to the proprietor`s apparent obsessive problems, after tolerating him, off and on, for quite some years now. He`s such a control freak, he even wants to prevent people from quoting DX programs. However, I feel I have a perfect right to quote whatever I may hear on DX Partyline or any worldwide shortwave broadcast anyone may freely listen to! Nevertheless, BP feels it`s perfectly OK for him to quote in EDXP from publicly-accessible sites such as dxing.info. Go figure! I have no desire to prolong this dispute, and wish we could get along as we did for many years prior, but the latest I`ve heard from him is an e-mail I have never opened, subject: ``Please get lost!``. Well, I am not ready to get lost. Perhaps BP would be more satisfied if I omitted his name and EDXP from items I quote, just mentioning the DX program or other public source, tho that is contrary to my own principles of giving full attribution. I already avoid him as much as possible, but occasionally there is an interesting tidbit. Could you imagine my trying to, or even wanting to prevent people from quoting what they hear on WORLD OF RADIO? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EL SALVADOR. 17834.85, R. Imperial, 1705-1803 Mar 20. Religious talk, apparently for the full hour, per spot checks. Program ended at 1757, followed by ID at 1758: "Transmitiendo desde ...América, para todo el pueblo cristiano en diferentes países... en los 17835 de onda corta y en los 810 de amplitud modulada, Radio Imperial". First time I've heard them mention SW frequency; after the ID, they went into the familiar upbeat religious music format that they have in the eves; tuned out at 1805. Considerably stronger than usual, and without the usual transmitter drift, so it would seem some upgrading has been done (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** FRANCE. I'm listening to a strong signal of Radio France Info on 4671.00 (AM). An harmonic, or? Best 73 (Giampaolo Galassi, Italy, Icom R75, K9AY, March 20, hard-core-dx via DXLD) 1557 x 3 (Roberto Scaglione and Martin Elbe, ibid.) ** FRANCE [and non]. Just noted R. France Internationale on R. Australia`s old frequency of 9580 in English at 1400; R. Australia suffers more QRM on 9590 than it did on 9580, here at least (Zeke Russell, Williams AZ, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. FM news from Berlin: RBB's Radio Multikulti will be put on 96.3 effective March 29 at 6 AM. The previous Radio Multikulti frequency 106.8 will remain in use for one month; afterwards it will be put on tender together with a batch of vacant low power frequencies in Brandenburg. 96.3 is the old SFB 3 frequency, last used by Radio 3, an ex-ORB program from Potsdam-Babelsberg that ceased broadcasting on Dec 1st 2003 at 00:05 CET. Excerpts of a speech by the editor-in-chief and the very last news on Radio 3: http://www.radioeins.de/_/meta//sendungen/apparat/040228_a2.ram (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4698.71, Radio Amistad, San Pedro La Laguna presumed the one struggling with transmitter, poor modulation 1140-1210 19 March (Bob Wilkner, NRD 535D - Icom R75 - Pómpano Beach, Florida, U S, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4698.7v, R. Amistad (presumed), Heard in both the mornings and evenings the last week. I haven't checked, but wouldn't doubt if its 24 hours. Horribly undermodulated and almost inaudible, but a respectable strength. Have heard what sounds like a mix of LA music styles, and occasional short canned announcements. Difficult to be certain because of the low audio level. Has been drifting around 4698.7-.8. Would be easy if the modulation was up (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, 20 March, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. 4052.5, R. Verdad: Sunday, the 7th of March was the station`s 4th anniversary. A ribbon cutting ceremony started off the festivities as a new storage building, amphitheater, and pastoral home was dedicated. There was also a parade and special dinner. Included in the special anniversary program was an English greeting to Brett Saylor and yours truly. At one point the audio disappeared temporarily. It wasn't certain, but it seemed the announcer at the time accidentally disconnected the audio feed as he wasn't familiar with the particular studio he was operating from!! Also, the station left the air for a period of time. According to the station managers daughter and secretary, there was "an instant electrical failure", "the room was locked, and nobody knew who had the keys at the time"!! It must've been an interesting anniversary celebration. A nice yellow/ green pennant arrived here recently. They're running around 800 watts now. Last June 6th the antenna was struck by lightning blowing out part of the transmitter. They were still able to stay on the air with 280 watts. They've received reports from at least 39 countries and 26 US states. They're hoping the Guatemalan government grants them an AM or FM license. If you decide to send them a report for a QSL, don't forget to include return postage (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, 20 March, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** HAWAII. KWHR will apparently start relaying R. Taiwan International in A-04, as in the INTERNATIONAL, Merlin schedule below: 0900-1000 11565 CHINA RADIO HWA/Naalehu-HI 1100-1300 11565 CHINA RADIO HWA/Naalehu-HI (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. SUPRATIK SANATANI'S DX PAGE http://www.geocities.com/supratiksanatani Dear Glenn, I have put up a DX site with logs and DX news from this region apart from my personal experience after returning to active DX after a decade, notes about my DX friends and my DX past. You may freely use any material from these pages which you find useful. The page on my experience in online DX buying from India would of use to a number of DXers from India. Hope you like them. 73s de (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. I`ve only heard Voice of Indonesia with the good signal on 15150 at 2000 once, around the beginning of the year. Other than that, it`s been pretty tough to catch. I`m convinced those good signals were a transmitting error. It`s too bad they don`t beam to us; theirs is a good program (Zeke Russell, Williams AZ, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Indonesia, 15150 kHz at 2030 UT in English with "Mailbag" answering listeners letters and reception reports with a promise of QSL cards. At 2042 gave ID and address to end the show and then into a program "This is Jakarta" about the city's booming motorcycle population. Played some local pop music to sign-off announcement at 2059. SIO 343 Mar 21/04. Collins HF-2050 with KLM 7-30 MHz Log Periodic. 73 (Mick Delmage, AB, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 4870v, RRI Wamena not noted for several weeks, so apparently silent (John Wilkins, CO, March 21, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL. Every season the Merlin schedule features some "special" entries. Here are some for A04. Station/time sort. [Channel One would probably be Radio Pedar, the new Iranian clandestine; China Radio is apparently R. Taiwan International, since Okeechobee is involved, but some new sites for it, notably Santiago, where Voz Cristiana has been opened up to relay other stations, even BBC as noted above. NASB is certainly DRM -- are any of the others? LDS Church is not known to have been a SW broadcaster before, unless this is the BYU Radio DRM item which was on the B-03 schedule. Nothing known here about Leading the Way and Project Airwaves, probably evangelical and/or surrogate services. I assume this Radio For Peace is not the same one as in Costa Rica! Not all of these may appear promptly on March 28. It would have been even more helpful to have the languages, azimuths and/or target zones --- Glenn Hauser] 1730-1830 17735 CHANNEL ONE G/Rampisham (Mo-Fr) 0000-0100 13645 CHINA RADIO USA/Okeechobee-FL 0400-0600 5965 CHINA RADIO AFS/Meyerton 0900-1000 11565 CHINA RADIO HWA/Naalehu-HI 1100-1300 11565 CHINA RADIO HWA/Naalehu-HI 1100-1300 11750 CHINA RADIO SNG/Kranji 1300-1500 13640 CHINA RADIO USA/Okeechobee-FL 1200-1500 17625 CHINA RADIO CHL/Santiago 1500-1900 6100 CHINA RADIO AFS/Meyerton 1700-1900 13700 CHINA RADIO USA/Okeechobee-FL 2000-2200 5990 CHINA RADIO SNG/Kranji 2200-2300 11720 CHINA RADIO CHL Santiago 1000-1200 17675 LDS CHURCH ASC/Ascension (Su) 1000-1200 21520 LDS CHURCH ASC/Ascension (Su) 1700-1730 15495 LEADING THE WAY G/Rampisham (Sa/Tu/Fr/Su) 1230-1300 9565 NASB VARIOUS G/Rampisham (Su) 0100-1300 13730 PROJECT AIRWAVES SNG/Kranji 0030-0200 9845 RADIO FOR PEACE G/Rampisham 0100-0200 9575 RADIO FOR PEACE G/Rampisham 0200-0400 6125 RADIO FOR PEACE UAE/Dhabbaya 0600-0800 17780 RADIO FOR PEACE G/Rampisham 0800-1100 15170 RADIO FOR PEACE UAE/Dhabbaya 1100-1200 15360 RADIO FOR PEACE G/Rampisham 1400-1500 17720 RADIO FOR PEACE G/Rampisham 1400-1700 15500 RADIO FOR PEACE G/Rampisham 1500-1600 17895 RADIO FOR PEACE G/Rampisham 1600-1700 17855 RADIO FOR PEACE G/Rampisham 1700-1830 9815 RADIO FOR PEACE UAE/Dhabbaya (Merlin list via Wolfgang Bueschel, Silvain Domen, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. Some A04 "specials" via DTK (1=Sun ...) Radio Rhino International 17870 1500 1530 3456 JUL 100 AWH Radio Reveil Paroles De Vie 15675 1830 1859 5 JUL 100 RRP Democratic Voice Of Burma 9435 2330 0030 1234567 JUL 100 DVB Voice Of Oromo Liberation 15670 1700 1759 1346 JUL 100 SBO Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo)-Voice Of The Ogadeni People 15670 1630 1659 36 JUL 100 DTK Voice Of Ethiopian Salvation (tentative, also via TDP) 15670 1600 1659 15 JUL 100 DTK Voice Of Democratic Path To Ethiopian Unity 21550 0700 0759 1 JUL 100 DTK 15565 1830 1929 4 JUL 100 DTK Voice Of Democratic Eritrea 5925 1400 1459 7 JUL 100 DTK 15670 1700 1759 25 JUL 100 DTK New Horizon Radio-Chan Troi Moi 17595 1330 1430 1234567 JUL 100 NHS (from DTK list, via Andreas Volk-D & Wolfgang Bueschel, compiled by Silvain Domen, Belgium, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. SUMMER SCHEDULE FOR BIBLE VOICE BROADCASTING All our Shortwave Programs are available for Internet Listening at: http://www.biblevoice.org Select Listen/ Select Language and/or the Broadcaster Name Reception Reports: mail @ biblevoice.org – or mail : P O Box 220, Leeds LS26 OWW U.K. MIDDLE EAST #1 15.680 khz 100 KW from Juelich English/Russian/Hebrew WAS 9.860 1545-1615 Monday 1545-1715 Tuesday 1545-1615 -1700-1800 Wednesday 1545-1645 Thursday 1545-1615 1700-1800 Friday 1545-1800 Sat 1515-1800 Sun #2 13.710 khz 250 kw from Wertachtal Arabic/English WAS 9.470 1800-1845 Thursday 1800-1915 Friday/Sunday 1800-1915 Saturday # 3 15.460 MHZ 250 KW from Krasnodar Arabic (S Arabia) WAS 15.460 0500-0530 M-T 0500-0545 F #4 17.595 khz 125 KW from Wertachtal Arabic (Egypt) WAS 15.350 0845-1015 UT Friday # 5 15.235 khz 100 KW from Juelich English/Arabic WAS 11.650 1615-1730 Monday/Wednesday/Friday Arabic 1700-1730 Tuesday/Thursday Arabic 1700-1800 Sat/Sun English #6 17.860 mhz 250 from Wooferton Arabic (Yemen) WAS 15.365 1700-1730 M 1700-1715 T-F #7 13.810 mhz 100 from Juelich Arabic (From April 7-May 23/04) NEW 0600-0630 Wednesday - Sunday EAST AFRICA Amharic /Tigrinya 13.810 khz 100 KW from Juelich WAS 13.810 1630-1730 Monday-Friday 1630-1700 Sat/Sun CENTRAL AFRICA/NIGERIA 100 KW from Juelich English 9.425 mhz WAS 7.295 1915-1945 Friday 1900-2000 Sat Sun WEST AFRICA/LIBERIA 12.050 mhz. 125 kw Wertachtal English WAS 7.295 1945-2015 Friday INDIA # 1 7485 mhz 250 KW from Tashkent Hindi/English WAS 7485 1400-1500 Thursday 1400-1500 Friday/Saturday 1430-1530 Sunday [what about #2?] # 3 9.605 mhz 250 KW from DB Hindi WAS 6.175 0030-0100 Daily # 4 7.210 mhz 250 KW from DB Bengali/English WAS 7.105 0030-0100 UT Daily 0015-0100 Monday-Friday English 0030-0100 Saturday/Sunday Bengali # 5 17.510 mhz 100 KW from Juelich English/Hindi/Urdu WAS 12.005 1530-1600 Daily Tuesdays Urdu 1500-1600 IRAN 11.965 mhz 100 kw from Juelich Farsi/English WAS 7.210 1800-1900 Sat/Sunday EAST EUROPE/RUSSIA 5.970 mhz 100 KW from Juelich English/Russian Was 6.015 1815-1830 Mon-Friday 1800-1900 Sat 1800-1930 Sun WEST EUROPE/UK English 5.905 mhz 100 KW from Juelich WAS 5.975 0715-0745 W-F 0700-0815 Sat/Sun CHINA English/Vietnamese/Cantonese/Japanese 12.065 mhz 100 kw from Khabarovsk WAS 5945 Mandarin Wednesday 1215, Friday to 1250* (1235-1250 Japanese) 1200-1245 Monday-Friday 1130-1230 Saturday/Sunday SE ASIA VIETNAM Vietnamese/English 5945 mhz 250 KW from Komsomolsk on Amur WAS 5945 1430-1500 Saturday (Source: - from Bible Voice) (via Mukesh Kumar, Muzaffarpur, INDIA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. RADIO BROADCASTER TAKES ON SATELLITE RIVALS --- Thu Mar 18, 2004 By Paul Bond LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Unhappy at the prospect of losing listeners to satellite radio, a company owning 105 broadcast radio stations has begun an ad campaign attacking the fledgling subscriber- based industry. Entercom Communications Corp. started running its anti-satellite radio ads March 10 in the 19 markets it serves nationwide. Several ads are highlighting what Entercom says are flaws in both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, in particular the expense. At least one ad also suggests that customers face losing money should either satellite radio company fold. And, an Entercom executive said on the condition of anonymity, the company will make the radio commercials "available to anyone else that wants to use them." The executive said the ads are designed to counter what he calls misleading marketing efforts that exaggerate the benefits of XM and Sirius. "Satellite radio is a service that has hyped itself extensively; just one of those companies has eight or nine PR agencies," he said. Not quite, executives at both XM and Sirius said. "We don't even have eight or nine PR employees, let alone agencies," a Sirius executive said. One Entercom spot features the audio of a conversation among four people: "You know how your cell phone drops calls? Well, my satellite radio cut in and out just like my cell phone," one woman says. "I'd be drivin' along, and it'd be there, and then it wouldn't be there, and then it would be there." "Remember when cable TV came out?" one man asks. "Then the price went up, then it went up again. I bet satellite radio's gonna be just like that." An announcer ends the spot by telling listeners that "every month, tens of thousands of people who have it cancel." Continued ... © Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved (via Mike Terry, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. PIRATE RADIO 40TH ANNIVERSARY Yet another anniversary almost upon us, folks! Some of us are even old enough to remember the pirate ships, too, even if we did not drive to Frinton and flash our car lights at them four miles out to sea. Oh what bliss it was in that dawn, etc., etc. Herewith my jottings on the subject from today's Sunday Times. Radio Waves: Paul Donovan: Pirate's choice --- March 21, 2004 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2101-1041237,00.html RADIO WAVES for 21 March 2004 There is a a rising trio of DJs called Haunted House - a reference not to any ghostly apparition, because these guys are definitely black, but to the music they play. Every Tuesday night you can hear them on Kiss 100, across most of Britain on digital radio and Freeview and in London on FM. They are making a name for themselves, like Radio 1's Trevor Nelson and the three-man Dreem Teem (one of whom, Spoony, is also now Mr Golf on Five Live and even has personalised balls). But not so long ago all these people were broadcasting illegally. They were pirates, just as Kiss itself was once a pirate station. Forty years ago next week, another group of young men embarked on a similarly illicit adventure. They, in contrast, were white and middle-class - people like Tony Blackburn, a doctor's son who went to Millfield, and C.N. Henty-Dodd, better known as Simon Dee, and a future Tory MP called Roger Gale. They set up their equipment not in a council estate but on a ship anchored four miles off the Essex coast in international waters. It was called Radio Caroline, two words guaranteed to evoke the same misty-eyed nostalgia as Biba and flower power. Caroline was the first of Britain's offshore pirate radio stations in ships and abandoned wartime forts. They unleashed a tidal wave of all- day pop on an unsuspecting but welcoming nation - the young bit of it, anyway - and paved the way for the creation of Radio 1. The first record ever played on Caroline on March 29, 1964 was the Rolling Stones's Not Fade Away, which turned out to be an appropriate choice: over the past 40 years the signal of the pirates has faded in and out, changed colour and direction, but never faded away. Radio Caroline began at Easter because its founder, Ronan O'Rahilly, was following a family tradition of resistance to authority and monopoly. His grandfather had been one of the leaders of the Easter rebellion, shot by the English in Dublin in 1916. There has always been a dark underbelly to pirate radio, both black and white: the owner of Radio City, based on a fort on Shivering Sands off Whitstable, was shot dead in a business row in 1966, precipitating a murder trial and the acceleration of the bill that eventually drove the pirates off the air. Radio Caroline (and Johnnie Walker, now on Radio 2) was the only one to defy the law and stayed on air, on and off, until 1990. It is still in existence, being now a satellite station going out on Sky and the internet. The anniversary is being marked next month by a week-long tribute on BBC Essex, whose three medium-wave frequencies will be called "Pirate BBC Essex" for the occasion. Former North Sea pirates including Keith Skues and Pete Brady are heading for Harwich, with I hope the answer to a niggling question. Were or are there any lady pirates? The only one I can think of to have once carried a cutlass was Ranking Miss P, sister-in-law of Bob Marley. She used to sing jingles on her brother's (long gone) London pirate station, later went to Radio 1, and is now on BBC London on Thursdays. Are women more inclined to be law-abiding, or is it that they know instinctively that there are better uses for a human thigh than to be reduced to a bone, crossed with another, and placed beneath a skull? (via Paul Donovan, uk-radio-listeners via Paul David, Mike Terry, DXLD) ** ISRAEL. A-04 Kol Israel deletes all broadcasts in English to Asia and Australia (Bob Padula, Radio EDXP, HCJB DX Partyline March 20, and DXing with Cumbre March 20, notes by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not so, per the KI schedule just in from Alokesh Gupta and should be in full in next issue. It shows the 0500-0515 broadcast on 17600 to Central America and Australia [soon shifting to 0400 for Israeli DST]; In local time: 07:00-07:15 Central America/Aus 17,600 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR [non]. Sedaye Kashmir (alternate) Signing on with feeble to moderate signals on 9890 at 0530 UT here in Indian afternoon. Sign on is with Kashmiri folk music and then ID as "Yeh Radio Sedaye Kashmir hai". Programming in Urdu follows till 0610 when the programming switches to Kashmiri till sign off at 0630 UT. This is clearly an AIR operation and sounds so very much like the Urdu service of All India Radio. Programming is light with light hearted talk with jokes on depression, etc. Hindi and Pakistani music and 7 minutes of discussion about the present state of affairs. There is a soft Islamic bias and mentions "Allah ho Akbar", etc. The programming is soft and lacks the virulence of other clandestine stations. Generally reconcilliatory and recognizes the easing of tensions between the neighbours. But urges the Pakistani public to rise against the oppression of the ruling clique, albeit in a soft manner. The Kashmiri part is mostly soft discussion without much music. There must be an early morning and a late night transmission too. 14th March 2004 (Supratik Sanatani`s DX page via DXLD) ** LAOS. I`ve been hearing National Radio on 7145 in English 1330-1400 UT. This week the signal conditions improve during the course of the broadcast; the signal got quite loud at the end of this morning`s program, which ended abruptly, but heard national anthem at sign-off a few days ago (Zeke Russell, Williams AZ, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LATVIA. Today European Music Radio [9290] has been heard with signal S9 to S9 +10 db at 1415 with rock songs, talks by speaker giving address, etc. A song celebration at 1427, SINPO 42433 on QRG due to QRM from unknown signal on 9287. But in tune off by +2 kHz using wide passband filter the signal is OK and clear. Using ICOM R75 and 16 m inverted dipole (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Mar 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. See ALASKA ** MALAYSIA. RTM - VOICE OF MALAYSIA A'04 UPDATED 12-FEB-2004 (March 28 to Oct. 31, 2004) Slew in all cases = 0 Freq Start Stop Ciraf Z Loc Power Azi Ant Days Lang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3385 2200 1500 54 MIR 10 0 751 1234567 Local 4845 0000 2400 54 KAJ 100 0 926 1234567 Tamil 4895 2200 0100 54NE STA 10 0 751 1234567 Local 4895 0800 1500 54NE STA 10 0 751 1234567 Local 4970 2100 1800 54 TUA 10 0 751 1234567 Local 5005 2200 1500 54 SIB 10 0 751 1234567 Local 5030 2200 2400 54NE STA 10 0 751 1234567 Local 5965 0000 2400 54 KAJ 100 0 926 1234567 Malay 5980 2200 1500 54NE TUA 10 0 751 1234567 Local 6025 0200 1700 54NW KAJ 100 0 926 1234567 Local 6050 2200 1500 54 SIB 10 0 751 1234567 Local 6060 0400 1500 54 MIR 10 0 751 1234567 Local 6100 1300 1530 49 KAJ 100 343 805 1234567 Thai/Bur 6175 0300 0830 54 KAJ 100 0 926 1234567 English 6175 1000 1900 54 KAJ 100 0 926 1234567 Indo/malay 7130 0400 0600 54NE STA 10 0 751 1234567 Local 7270 0800 1500 54 STA 100 45 216 1234567 Local 7295 0000 2400 54NW KAJ 100 0 926 1234567 English 9750 0300 0830 54SE KAJ 100 150 145 1234567 English 9750 1000 1900 54SE KAJ 100 150 145 1234567 Indo/malay 11885 1030 1230 44N,45NW KAJ 100 25 218 1234567 Chinese 15295 0300 1230 55,58-60 KAJ 250 133 218 1234567 English 15295 1530 1900 39 KAJ 250 295 218 1234567 Arabic [site abbrs. gleaned from WRTH 2004: KAJ = Kajang = Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia; MIR = Miri, Sarawak; STA = Stapok = Kuching, Sarawak; TUA = Tuaran = Kota Kinabalu, Sabah; SIB = Sibu, Sarawak. Note that some of these had been reported inactive, notably 4845. Note also the expanded span for English on 15295 toward Australia ---gh] Regds, (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, DXLD) ** MEXICO [non]. Mexican Broadcasts in CA --- Mexican Consulate adds new radio program The Mexican Consulate in San Bernardino [CA] is offering a new radio program the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. The 30-minute program, "The Consulate and the Community," airs at 7 p.m. on KCAL 1410 AM in San Bernardino. Consul Carlos Giralt Cabrales will provide information about consular services, community activities and other events involving his office. The consulate offers three other radio programs: "Talks Among Countrymen," at 7 p.m. Mondays on KDIF 1440 AM in Riverside; "Among Countrymen," at 10 a.m. the first Monday of the month on KAEH 100.9 FM, in San Bernardino; and "Talking with the Consul of Mexico," at 9 a.m. the first Wednesday of the month on KWRN 1550 AM in Victorville. DailyBulletin.com, (909) 483-9340, March 20, 2004 [UT -8 currently, UT -7 from April 4] Note: officially, there is no Mexican Consulate in San Bernardino, CA. Instead, Mexico has a so-called "consular office" there. Its address is: 293 North D Street, San Bernardino, CA 92401. Tel: (909)889-9836 -37 Fax: (909)889-8285. Email: conmex @ gte.com (Sergei Sosedkin, IL, March 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also NETHERLANDS ** NETHERLANDS [and non]. NEW RADIO NETHERLANDS TECHNICAL SCHEDULE The full technical schedule for the A04 broadcasting season, commencing on Sunday 28 March, is now available on our Web site. It includes DRM transmissions and programmes of other broadcasters relayed via Radio Netherlands transmitters. A special note for North American listeners to our English service: For the first week, when the US and Canada are still on winter time, you can still listen to our morning transmission at 1200 UT. Click here for the new schedule http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/schedule_a04.html # posted by Andy @ 10:19 UT Mar 22 (Media Network blog via DXLD) Viz.: ``Radio Netherlands Tentative Schedule valid 28th March - 31st October 2004 Subject to last-minute changes Arrangements for coverage of the funeral of Princess Juliana on Tuesday 30 March will be advised later NB: There will be temporary changes to some Dutch transmissions during these international sporting events: Tour de France, Olympic Games and European Football Championships. Details will be published at the appropriate times.`` Rather than repro here, which would involve a lot of reformatting, let`s follow up some loose ends about the unfortunately minor English portion previously published: 1000-1100: the Bonaire frequency is 9785, 230 degrees to Au/NZ 1100-1200: ENAm 11675 is confirmed as Bonaire. Note that for the Week of Confusion, March 28 to April 3, this broadcast will be at 1200-1300 but already on new 11675-Bonaire, ex-5965 Sackville 1400-1600 is still the time of the Asian English broadcast, not just one hour as previously given. The Madagascar frequencies, which might still have a chance of reaching WNAm, tho not nearly so well as the 12080 and 15595 channels in B-03, are 9890 and 11835. 1800-2100 11655 switches from Madagascar to Flevo, not so good for us; first two hours to EAf 142 , last hour WAf 191 [degrees, invisible?] 1900-2100 daily to WAf, 17810 is Bonaire, 80 1900-2100 Sat/Sun, NAm gets three different Bonaire frequencies, making for a total of FOUR 250 kW transmitters there now, a surprise to me if correct. 17735 350 to ENAm; 15315 320 CNAm; 17660 285 WNAm. Oh, oh, 285 from Bonaire barely crosses southern Mexico and runs south even of Hawaii. I`ll best this one is really Sackville, where 285 crosses just above San Francisco! The AWR relay to Carib & Florida on 6165 moves forward an hour to 2200-2400, presumably still all in Spanish, tho the color-coding of the RN schedule site makes it impossible to tell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [and non]. NOTAS DE LA REDACCIÓN DE RADIO-ENLACE La desaparición de Radio México Internacional de la onda corta será el tema que ampliamente abordaremos en Radio-Enlace el viernes 2 y domingo 4 de abril. Las nuevas emisiones en portugués de Radio Canadá Internacional (ver informe anterior de Glenn Hauser) serán retransmitidas a través de los canales satelitales de Radio Nederland para su redifusión por emisoras afiliadas. Además nuestra emisora retransmitirá diariamente dos emisiones de RCI en español. Mayor información sobre esta noticia y los cambios que introduciremos en el esquema de emisiones de Radio Nederland, les serán ofrecidos dentro del programa de contacto con el oyente CARTAS@RN del próximo domingo 21 y miércoles 24 de marzo. En la próxima edición de Radio-Enlace (viernes 26 y domingo 28) ofreceremos un programa especial sobre la Libertad de Prensa (Radio Enlace March 19 via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. Hi Adrian: We still have snow here; so I assume you still have a tight grip on summer there. :-) Is Mediawatch returning to the RNZI schedule with the schedule changes wrought by the clock changes? If so, I have it running at 2106 UT Sat. and 1012 UT Sun. Can you confirm either or both of these? Thanks. John (Figliozzi to Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI, via DXLD) We have a late summer here! You have Media watch correct! Adrian (Sainsbury via Figliozzi, DXLD) I just listened to Mediawatch ondemand, from the limited National Radio archive, which turned out not to be very interesting this week, not having been able to find Spectrum, the special about the early years of RNZI on SW, which I tried to listen to at 1530 UT Mon March 22, on 9870, as it was fading into the noise. Maybe RNZI will put it up later as part of RNZI Talk? Or is that show ever archived, like its alternate, Mailbox is? Meanwhile, there is one more chance to hear it on the air after this issue is published, UT Tue March 23 0330 on 17675, should propagation coöperate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {It did not; but show is at rnzi.com for 1 week!} ** SOMALIA. 6961 kHz, 1800 UT, 242, R. Shabele, the new Somali radio station, vernacular talk by lady. Heard well in the SSB mode even though AM broadcast. Not heard since 10th March. Are they shifting? or is it a part of the test? (Supratik Sanatani`s DX page, Kolkata, India, March 14?, via DXLD) Well, they shifted to 6960; Chris? ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. The Overcomer Ministry A04 as scheduled on DTK. All via Juelich, except where indicated. 0400-0500 9770 1100-1200 6110 (Sun) 1101-1200 9485 11950 13650 13820 15235 15265 17590 17735 21590 21760 1300-1400 6110-Wertachtal 1300-1559 13810 1400-1459 17550 1400-1559 6110 21590 2000-2100 9755 2201-2259 6045-Wertachtal 6055 9480 9490 9695 9730 9745 11600 11935 11950 12020 (DTK schedules via Andreas Volk & Wolfgang Bueschel, via Silvain Domen, Belgium, DXLD) ** SWEDEN [and non]. R. SWEDEN SCHEDULE: 28 MARCH TO 31 OCTOBER 2004 Arabic 1600-1615 EU/AF (sa) 13580 English 0130-0200 NAM/AS 6010rci 9435 0230-0300 NAM 6010rci 1230-1300 AU/AS/NAM 13580 15240 15735 1330-1400 ME/AU/NAM 15240 15735 1730-1800 EU 1179 6065(mo-sa) 1930-2000 EU 1179 6065 2130-2200 EU/AS 1179 6065 9925 Estonian 1430-1445 eEU (mo-fr) 6065 1630-1645 eEU (mo-fr) 5840 1700-1730*eEU 1179 6065 German 1645-1700 EU 1179 1830-1930 EU (mo-sa:-1900) 1179 6065 Kurdish 1630-1700 ME (su+mo) 13580(su:-1645) Latvian 1615-1630 eEU 1179 6065(mo-fr) 1645-1700 eEU (mo-fr) 5840 1700-1730*eEU 1179 6065 Romani 1700-1730 EU (sa) 1179 6065 1930-2000 eEU (sa) 5840 Russian 1200-1230 eEU 15225 1300-1330 eEU 12075 1400-1430 eEU 12065 1700-1730 eEU 5840 1830-1900 eEU 5840 1900-1930 EU 1179 1930-2000 eEU (su-fr) 5840 Swedish 0000-0030 SAM 9490 0100-0130 NAM/AS/AU 6010rci 9435ma 0200-0230 NAM 6010rci 0300-0330 SAM 9490 1200-1230 AS/AU/NAM 15240 15735 1300-1330 AU/AS 15240 15735 1400-1430 ME/AU/NAM 15240 15735 1500-1530 eEU 9410 1630-1700 EU 6065 1800-1830 EU/AF/ME 1179 6065 11600 13800 1900-1930 EU/AF 6065(mo-sa) 11595 2100-2130 EU/AS 1179 6065 9925 2200-2230 EU 1179 Swedish P1 0330-0600 EU 1179 0330-0500 ME 9435 0400-0605 EU (mo-fr) 6065 9435(-0500) 9490(0500-) 0600-0700 EU (mo-sa) 9490 17505(sa) 0700-0800 EU 9490 17505 0800-0900 EU (su) 9490 17505 1445-1600 EU/ME/NAM 1179 6065 13580(1545-) 15240(-1500) 15735(1545-) 1600-1615 EU/ME 1179 6065(sa-su) 13580(su-fr) 15735(mo-fr) 1615-1630 EU/ME 6065(sa-su) 13580(su+mo) 2000-2100 EU/SAM 1179 6065 9390 Swedish P4 1000-1030 EU/AF/AS (mo-fr:-1010) 9490 15735 21810 1030-1100 AS/SAM (mo-fr:-1040) 15735 18960 1100-1130 NAM (mo-fr:-1110) 15240 1700-1800 EU (su) 6065 * = Estonian/Latvian programme ma = Madagascar rci = Sackville [Spreadsheet via Wolfgang Bueschel, retyped into text format by Alan Roe, DX LISTENING DIGST] Romani I guess means Roma = Gypsy; new? ** SWITZERLAND. SRG will fire 26 employees of Swissinfo, their branch that used to be and actually still is the SRI radio station. This is the result of a loss of 15 millions CHF state subsidies for the Swissinfo/SRI operation. SRG press release: http://www.srg.ch/de/home/de_textarchiv_150304.html (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 21, DX LISENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. R. Thailand, A-04 English to Asia, Pacific: 1230-1300 9855; 1400-1430 9830 (Bob Padula, Radio EDXP, HCJB DX Partyline March 20, and DXing with Cumbre March 20, notes by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E. DUBAI RADIO & TV SHORT WAVE SCHEDULE A'04 Target Time UT - (Local) Frequency (KHz) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- N. America 0230-0400 - (0630-0800) 12005 N. America 0230-0400 - (0630-0800) 13675 N. America 0230-0400 - (0630-0800) 15400 S.E. Asia - Australia 0415-0600 - (0815-1000) 15435 S.E. Asia - Australia 0415-0600 - (0815-1000) 17830 S.E. Asia - Australia 0415-0600 - (0815-1000) 21700 N. Africa-S. America 1030-1200 - (1430-1600) 15370 N. Africa-S. America 1200-2100 - (1600-0100) 13630 Europe 0615-1645 - (1015-2045) 21605 Europe 1700-2100 - (2100-0100) 11950 Europe 0615-2100 - (1015-0100) 13675 Europe 0615-2100 - (1015-0100) 15395 Languages on S.W. Transmission --- On all operating frequencies, Dubai Radio broadcasts in the following languages, as per following table: Time (UT) LANGUAGE TARGET ------------------------------------------- 0200 - 0330 ARABIC N. America 0330 - 0400 ENGLISH N. America 0400 - 0530 ARABIC S. E. Asia - Far East - Australia 0530 - 0600 ENGLISH S. E. Asia - Far East - Australia 0600 - 1030 ARABIC Europe 1030 - 1100 ENGLISH Europe - N. Africa 1000 - 1330 ARABIC Europe - N. Africa 1330 - 1400 ENGLISH Europe - N. Africa 1400 - 1600 ARABIC Europe - N. Africa 1600 - 1635 ENGLISH Europe - N. Africa 1635 - 2100 ARABIC Europe - N. Africa Regds, (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, DXLD) ** U K. BBC A-04 --- Hello Glenn, Here is the BBC A-04 schedule from the BBC On Air printed pamphlet converted to Prime Time Shortwave format. [English only] 0000-0100 Af 7545 0200-0300 Af 9750 0330-0500 Af 3255, 6005, 6190, 7120, 7160, 12035, 15420 0500-0530 Af 6005, 6190, 7160, 11765, 11940, 15420, 17640, 17885 0530-0600 Af 6005, 6190, 7160, 11765, 11940, 15420, 17640 0600-0630 Af 6005, 6190, 7160, 11765, 11940, 17640, 17885 Sa-Su 0630-0700 Af 6005, 6190, 7160, 11765, 11940, 15400, 17640, 17885 Sa-Su 0700-0720 Af 6005, 6190, 11765, 11940, 15400, 17885 Sa-Su 0720-0800 Af 6190, 11765, 11940, 15400, 17885 Sa-Su 0800-1000 Af 6190, 11940, 15400, 17830, 17885, 21470 1000-1100 Af 6190, 11940, 15400 Sa-Su, 17830 Sa-Su, 17885, 21470 1100-1130 Af 6190, 11940, 15400, 17830, 17885, 21470 1130-1300 Af 6190, 11940, 17830, 17885, 21470 1300-1400 Af 6190, 11940, 15420, 17830, 17885, 21470 1400-1500 Af 6190, 11940, 17830, 17885, 21470, 21660 1500-1530 Af 6190, 11860, 11940, 15400, 15420, 17830, 21470, 21490, 21660 1530-1630 Af 6190, 11940, 15400, 17830, 21470, 21660 1630-1700 Af 6190, 11860 Sa-Su. 11940, 15400, 15420, 17830, 21470, 21490 Sa-Su, 21660 1700-1745 Af 3255, 6005, 6190, 9630, 15400, 15420, 17830, 21470 1745-1830 Af 3255, 6190, 15400, 15420, 17830, 21470 1830-1900 Af 3255, 6005, 6190, 9630, 15400, 15420, 17830, 21470 1900-2100 Af 3255, 6005, 6190, 9630, 12095, 15400, 17830 2100-2200 Af 3255, 6005, 6190, 15400, 17830 2200-2300 Af 15400, 17830 0000-0030 As 3915, 5970, 6195, 9410, 9740, 11945 0000-0030 As 11995, 15280, 15310, 15360, 17655, 17790 0030-0100 As 5970, 6195, 9410, 9740, 11955, 15280, 15310, 15360, 17655, 17790 0100-0200 As 6195, 9410, 11955, 15280, 15310, 15360, 17790 0200-0300 As 9410, 11955, 15280, 15310, 15360, 17790 0300-0500 As 12095, 15280, 15310, 15360, 17760, 17790, 21660 0500-0530 As 11955, 15280, 15310, 15360, 17760, 17790, 21660 0530-0900 As 11955, 15310, 15360, 17760, 17790, 21660 0900-1030 As 6195, 9605, 9740, 15310, 15360, 17760, 17790, 21660 1030-1400 As 6195, 9740, 15310, 17760, 17790 1400-1500 As 6195, 7105, 9740, 15310, 17790 1500-1600 As 5975, 6195, 7105, 9740, 15310, 17790 1600-1700 As 3915, 5975, 6195, 7160, 9410, 15310, 17790 1700-1800 As 3915, 5975, 7160, 9510, 15310 1800-1830 As 5975, 9510 2100-2200 As 5965, 6110, 6195 2200-2300 As 5965, 6195, 7105, 9605, 9740, 11955 2300-2330 As 3915, 5965, 6195, 9605, 9740, 11945, 11955, 15280 2330-2400 As 3915, 5965, 6035, 6195, 9605, 9740, 11945, 11955, 15280 0300-0400 Eu 6195, 9410 0400-0600 Eu 6195, 9410, 12095 0600-0800 Eu 9410, 12095, 15485 0800-1600 Eu 12095, 15485 1600-1700 Eu 9410, 12095, 15485 1700-1800 Eu 6195, 9410, 12095, 15485 1800-2200 Eu 6195, 9410 2200-2300 Eu 6195 0000-0300 LA 5975, 9825, 11835, 12095 0300-0500 LA 5975, 11835 0900-1000 LA 15190 1000-1100 LA 6195, 15190 Sa-Su 1100-1130 LA 6195, 15190, 17790 1130-1400 LA 6195, 15190 1400-1700 LA 15190 2100-2400 LA 5975, 12095 2115-2130 LA 11675, 15390 [Caribbean service] 2130-2145 LA, Tu, F 11680 [Calling the Falkland Islands --- note, version below says 11720, probably one of many contradixions --- gh] 0200-0300 ME 6195, 9410, 11760 0300-0400 ME 9410, 11760, 12095, 15575 0400-0500 ME 9410, 11760, 15575 0500-0600 ME 9410, 11760, 15565, 15575 0600-0700 ME 15565, 15575 0700-0730 ME 11760, 15565, 15575 0730-0800 ME 11760, 15565, 15575 Sa-Su 0800-0900 ME 11760, 15565, 15575 Sa-Su, 17640 0900-1400 ME 11760, 15565, 15575, 17640 1400-1500 ME 15565, 15575, 17640 1500-1600 ME 15565 1600-1800 ME 12095, 15565 1800-1900 ME 12095, 15310 1900-2000 ME 15310 (Dan Sampson, WI, 3/21, Prime Time Shortwave, http://www.primetimeshortwave.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) A-04 Schedule: UK - BBC WS [daily, u.o.s.] Albanian [to EU] 0530-0600 9885cy 11845ra 13650cy 1230-1315 s...... 12010sk 13755cy 1315-1345 12010sk 13755cy 1700-1730 6050cy 11960wo 13650sk 2000-2015 .mtwtf. 6050cy 7205ra 9670sk Arabic [to ME/AF] 0000-0200 9915cy 13660cy 0000-0300 7140sk 9915cy(0200-) 0200-1200 13660cy 0300-0445 9915sk 0300-0600 11740cy 15250om 0300-2400 7140cy 0400-0600 7325ra 0445-0600 9915sk 9915wo 0600-0730 9915sk 0600-0900 11680cy 15185cy 0600-1630 15180ra 0730-1200 17610sk 0900-1130 17555au 0900-1630 11820cy 15555cy 1200-1630 17585wo 1200-2400 13660sk 1630-1800 11820cy 15180cy 1630-2100 6030om 11680ra 1800-1900 9915cy 1800-2400 9915cy 2100-2400 6030om 11680sk Azeri [to AS] 1700-1730 5875cy 9570cy 11665bi BBC English [to AF] [i.e. language lessons under this title] 0705-0720 6005as 1730-1745 3390me 7230me 9525me 1915-1930 15105as 17885as BBC English [to Albania] 1730-1745 .m.w... 6050cy 11960wo 13650sk BBC English [to eAS] 1030-1100 9605ya 11945na 15285sn 21660na BBC English [to sAS] 1445-1500 .mtwtfs 6140om 7205na 15245om BBC English [to AF (French)] 1230-1245 15105wo 17780as 21640as BBC English [to AF (Hausa)] 1330-1345 15105as 21640as BBC English [to AS] 0030-0100 9580sn 17655na 0430-0445 6010cy 9815ra 1130-1145 7135sn 11920na 1530-1545 11685sn 15540sn BBC English [to Romania] 0530-0545 s.....s 9875cy BBC English [to AF (Somali)] 1400-1415 .mtw... 11860se 15420se 21490cy BBC English [to AF (Swahili)] 0245-0300 9610se BBC English [to Ukraine] 1630-1700 9530cy 11735ra 13670ra Bengali [to sAS] 0030-0100 6065om 9790na 11850sn 1330-1400 7225na 9865ta 11835sn 1630-1700 5990sn 7205na 9605na Brazilian [to SAM] 1900-2030 15285an 17605so 17630an 2130-2200 9870as 11965an 15390as 2230-2300 9870as 11965an 15390as Burmese [to seAS] 0000-0030 6065na 9580om 11850sn 1345-1430 7135sn 9540sn 11945sn 15395cy Croatian [to seEU] 0500-0505 .mtwtf. 9610ra 11845cy 1100-1110 .mtwtf. 11895bi 15325cy Dari [to ME] 0030-0100 7165cy 9875cy 0130-0200 7165cy 9875cy 17615na 0230-0300 7165cy 9740cy 9875ra 11965cy 0830-0900 15420om 17870cy 0930-1000 15420om 17870cy 1030-1100 15420om 17870cy 1400-1500 6195sk 13610na 17870cy 1600-1615 9915cy 13760na English [to eAF] 0300-0400 6005as 9750se 0300-0500 3255me 6190me 12035cy 0329-0600 15420se 0500-0529 17885se 0500-0700 17640cy 0500-1700 6190me 11940me 0529-0800 17885se(m-f: -0559) 0800-1400 17885se 21470se(-1300) 1300-1900 15420se(-1400) 21470as 1400-1600 21660cy 1500-1530 11860se 15420se 21490me 1615-1630 s.....s 15420se 11860se 21490me 1630-1700 15420se 1700-1746 6005se 9630se 1700-1900 15420me 1700-2200 3255me 6190me 1830-2100 6005se 9630se 1900-2100 12095as 2100-2200 6005se English [to wAF] 0300-0700 7120me(-0400) 7160as 0400-0705 6005as 7120me(-0500) 0500-0700 11765me 15400as(0629-) 0700-1000 11765as(-0800) 15400as 0800-1000 17830as 1000-1100 s.....s 15400as 17830as 1100-2100 15400as(-1130) 17830as 1500-2300 15400as 17830se(2100-) English [to Americas] 0000-0300 9825as 11835ok 12095sk 0000-0400 5975an 0300-0500 11835de 11955sa(-0400) 0400-0500 5975an 0900-1000 15190as 1000-1100 6195an 1000-1130 s.....s 15190as 1100-1130 s.....s 6195an 15190an 1100-1130 17790as 1130-1200 6195an 1130-1700 15190an (mo-fr: -1200) 1200-1230 s.....s 6195an 1230-1400 6195an 1230-1700 .mtwtf. 15190an 1230-1700 .mtwtf. 15190an 2100-2130 5975an (mo-fr: 2130-) 2100-2400 9800sa(2300-) 12095as English [to eAS] 0000-0030 3915sn 11945ya 17655na 0000-0200 6195sn 9740sn(-0100) 0000-0530 15280na 15360sn(-0300) 0300-0500 15360na 17760na 21660na 0500-0800 21660sn 0500-0900 11955na 15360sn 0500-1000 17760sn 0800-1030 21660na 0900-1030 smtwtf. 9605ya 0900-1030 15360na 0900-1100 smtwtf. 6195na 6195sn 0900-1600 smtwtf. 9740sn 1000-1100 ......s 6195na 6195sn 1000-1400 17760na 1000-1600 ......s 9740sn 1100-1700 6195sn 1400-1600 11750na 1600-1800 3915sn 7160sn 2100-2200 3915sn 6195na 11945ya 2100-2400 5965na 2200-2300 7105om 11955sn 2200-2400 6195sn 9740sn 2300-2400 3915sn 11945ya 11955na 15280na 2330-2400 9580km English [to sAS] 0000-0100 smtwtf. 5970om 9410cy 11955na 15310na 17790sn 0000-0200 9410cy 0100-0300 11955om 15310na 17790sn 0300-0600 15310om 21830cy(-0500) 0300-0700 17790na 0600-1800 15310na 0700-1600 5975sn(1500-) 17790om 1600-1800 9510sn 17790cy(-1700) 1600-1830 5975na 9510na English [to Carib] 1100-1130 .mtwtf. 6195an 15190an 1200-1230 .mtwtf. 6195an 15190an 2100-2130 .mtwtf. 5975an 2115-2130 .mtwtf. 11675an 15390gr English [to EU] 0300-0600 9410ra 0400-0600 6195ra 6195sk 0400-0800 9410sk 0600-1200 12095ra 0700-1700 12095wo(1200-) 15485sk 1600-1700 9410cy 1700-1900 6195sk 1700-2200 6195ra 9410cy 1900-2300 6195cy English [to Falklands] 2130-2145 ..t..f. 11720ra [above version has 11680] English [to the MEF] 0233-0300 s...... 5875ra 7230ra 11845wo 0300-0400 12095cy 0300-0500 11760cy 15575om 0305-0330 s...... 5875ra 7230ra 11845wo 0333-0400 s.....s 9585ra 11845wo 13745ra 15115cy 0400-0600 12095wo 0405-0430 s.....s 9585ra 11845wo 13745ra 15115wo 0500-0600 11760om 0500-0730 15565cy(-0700) 15575cy 0700-1800 11760om(-1400) 15565ra 0730-0900 s.....s 15575cy 0800-1500 17640ra 17640sk 0900-1500 15575cy 1600-1900 12095wo 1800-2000 15310na English [NEWS to EU/AS] [why is this listed separately???] 0000-0100 ......s 5970om 9410cy 15310na 17790sn 0200-0300 6195ra 9410cy 9410sk 9750se 11760cy 0300-0400 6195ra 9410ra 9410sk 0900-1000 ......s 6195na 6195sn 9740sn 0900-1030 ......s 9605ya Farsi [to ME] 0230-0300 7105cy 9670ra 11855om 0300-0430 9565ra 11855cy 13645cy 0930-1030 12030cy 21515sk 1030-1130 .....f. 12030cy 21515sk 1600-1700 6195sk 11875cy 1600-2000 6090om 13610na 15380sn French [to AF] 0430-0500 6035as 7105as 17885se 0600-0629 7105as 9610as 13740ra 15405cy 0700-0729 15105as 17695me 1200-1230 15105wo 17780as 21640as 1800-1830 7230me 15105as 15180cy 17885as 21630as Hausa [to wAF] 0529-0600 6135as 7105as 9610as 1345-1415 15105as 17810as 21640as 1930-2000 11855as 15105as 17885as Hindi [to sAS] 0100-0130 6065om 7320cy 11750om 13745ta 15510na 0230-0300 11685om 15405na 17615na 17710ir 1400-1445 6140om 7205na 9865ta 11920sn 15245om 1445-1500 s...... 6140om 7205na 15245om 1700-1730 6065na 7205sn 7235om 9605na Indonesian [to seAS] 1100-1130 7135sn 9510sn 11920na 1300-1345 6030om 6035na 7135sn 9540sn 11945sn 2200-2300 3915sn 6080sn 9730sn 11685na Kazakh [to cAS] 1300-1330 .mtwtf. 15535ra 17720ra Mandarin [to China] 1100-1300 11945na 15285sn 21660na 1100-1530 7330vl 9605ya 1300-1530 6090km 7105sn 15285na 2200-2300 7160na 9610na 11945ya 2200-2330 9580km 11980om 13790na Nepali [to sAS] 1500-1530 7430ta 11685sn 15540sn Pashto [ to AS] 0100-0130 7165cy 9875cy 17615na 0200-0230 7165cy 9875cy 17615na 0300-0330 7165cy 9875ra 11965cy 0900-0930 15420om 17870cy 1000-1030 15420om 17870cy 1100-1130 15420om 17870cy 1500-1600 6195sk 13610na 15340cy 1615-1700 9915cy 13760na Portuguese [to AF] [see also Brazilian] 0430-0500 3390me 6135me 7205me 2030-2100 3390me 6135me 7205me 2030-2100 11855as 13745ra 15105sk Romanian [to seEU] 0500-0530 9875cy(mo-fr:-0515) 1100-1130 11680cy 1500-1530 9555cy 1800-1830 6050cy Russian [to Russia/cAS] 0200-0230 9510ra 9670om 13745cy 0230-0233 5875ra 7230ra 11845wo 0230-0330 .mtwtfs 9510ra 9585wo 13745cy 0233-0300 .mtwtf. 5875ra 7230ra 11845wo 0233-0305 ......s 5875ra 7230ra 11845wo 0300-0305 smtwtf. 5875ra 7230ra 11845wo 0305-0330 .mtwtfs 5875ra 7230ra 11845wo 0330-0333 9585ra 11845wo 13745ra 0330-0333 .mtwtfs 15115cy 0333-0400 .mtwtf. 11845wo 15115cy 0333-0430 .mtwtf. 9585ra 13745ra 0400-0405 s.....s 9585ra 13745ra 0400-0405 11845wo 15115wo 0405-0500 .mtwtf. 11845wo 15115wo 0430-0500 .mtwtf. 9585ra 13745ra 1630-1633 s.....s 9615cy 11950cy 12090mo 1630-1900 11845cy 17705ra(-1800) 1630-1930 9635cy 13745ra 15225ra 1633-1700 s.....s 9615cy 11950cy(sa) 12090mo 1800-1930 7325cy 15215ra(-1900) 1900-1930 5875cy 11845ra 1930-2000 .mtwtfs 5875cy 7325cy(sa) 9635cy 11845ra 13745ra 15225ra Serbian [to seEU] 0400-0415 6130ra 7210ra 9780wo 0445-0500 7185bi 9610cy 11795cy 1030-1045 11680bi 13650ra 15325cy 1600-1630 5875cy 9780sk 11675sk Sinhala [to sAS] 1515-1545 6140om 9680sn Somali [to eAF] 1100-1130 17850cy 21765cy 1400-1415 ....tf. 11860se 15420se 21490cy 1415-1500 11860se 15420se 21490cy 1800-1830 6005se 9630se 15450wo Spanish [to C+SAM] 0000-0115 5875ra 5875sk 6110an 6110as 9525as 11765as 0115-0130 ..twtfs 5875ra 5875sk 6110an 6110as 9525as 11765as 0300-0345 5995de 6110an 7325ra 7325sk 9515de 0345-0400 ..twtfs 5995de 6110an 7325ra 7325sk 9515de 1100-1130 .mtwtf. 6110gr 6130de 9670an 15220as 1300-1330 .mtwtf. 6130de 9670de 15325gr Swahili [to eAF] 0300-0329 6050me 9610se 11865ra 0400-0430 7185as 9565me 17885se 1530-1615 11860se 15420se 21490me 1615-1630 .mtwtf. 11860se 15420se 21490me 1746-1800 6005se 7230me 9630se Tajik [to cAS] 1500-1530 11945cy 13740cy Tamil [to sAS] 1545-1615 6140om 7205na 9680sn Thai [to seAS] 1235-1300 7135sn 9540sn 15325cy 2330-2400 6065om 7160sn 7185cy Turkish [to seEU] 0400-0430 .mtwtf. 6010cy 9815ra 0800-0900 s...... 9410cy 11780bi 1500-1600 5875cy 7115cy 11680sk 13645ra 1930-2000 .mtwtf. 6050cy 11720ra Ukrainian [to Ukraine] 0400-0500 .mtwtf. 9560cy 9895ra 11770wo 1400-1430 9585cy 11835cy 13645ra 1600-1630 9530cy 11735ra 13670ra Urdu [to sAS] 0130-0200 6065om 7320cy 11750om 15510na 1500-1545 7205na 1500-1600 5965om 9510sn 11845cy 1730-1800 6065na 7205sn 7235om 9605na Uzbek [to cAS] 1600-1630 9615cy 11950cy 12090mo 1630-1700 .mtwtf. 9615cy 11950cy 12090mo Vietnamese [to seAS] 1430-1500 5990sn 7135sn 11945sn 2300-2400 6080sn 7105na 11685sn DRM Test programmes [to EU (*=to NAM)] 0400-0600 5875ra 1000-1500 7320ra 1100-1500 9410ra 1500-1700 9770ra 2200-2400* 7320ra Transmitters: an = Antigua as = Ascension au = Austria bi = Biblis cy = Cyprus de = Delano gr = Greenville ir = Irkutsk la = Lampertheim km = Kimjae me = Meyerton mo = Moscow na = Nakhon Sawan ok = Okeechobee om = A'Seela, Oman ra = Rampisham sa = Sackville se = Seychelles sk = Skelton sn = Singapore so = Santiago [NEW: see Brazilian] ta = Tashkent vl = Vladivostok wo = Woofferton ya = Yamata [via Wolfgang Bueschel, Re-arranged from spreadsheet by Alan Roe, DX LISTENING DIGEST] ** U S A. VOA Music Time in Africa --- They just can't seem to get it right on the English to Africa service. For the second week in a row, we heard a "Business English" course at 1730 UT instead of the first of the two scheduled editions of "Music Time in Africa." Then, at 1930 UT today, we got the first edition (instead of the scheduled second) and were treated to Rita Rochelle telling us at 1958 UT to tune in at 1930 UT for the second edition. I long for the days when Georges Colinet was on for almost two hours a day (Mike Cooper, Mar 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Glenn: Not all Voice of NASB programs will be produced by a member station. We ran the VOR program because it was an interview about SW and NASB. The next three weekends, starting March 20/21, we will have three specials about the SWL Winterfest, with interviews recorded there, some in cooperation with HCJB. The March 20/21 program will have Richard Cuff, Michael Murray, Tracy Wood, Sheldon Harvey and Andy Baker (KNLS). The March 27/28 program will tentatively have Allen Graham, Alan Heil (ex-VOA), Dan Robinson (VOA). The April 3/4 program will tentatively feature Adrian Peterson, Allan Weiner, Larry Magne, Gary McAvin (WMLK) and Frans Vossen. Please note that as of April 10, the analog edition of Voice of NASB will be on at 0230 UT (instead of 0330) on 7385. The DRM edition switches from 1330 to 1230 UT as of March 28. There will be another special Voice of NASB produced by AWR on April 17/18. It will be a re-broadcast of an old Radio Monitors International DX program from AWR from many years ago. A special AWR QSL card will be issued for reports on that one (Jeff White, WRMI/NASB March 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As noted under ALASKA, we already heard the first WinterFest show on NASB UT Mar 21; perhaps they will be availablized in mp3 at http://www.wrmi.net/pages/714011/index.htm The Viva Miami shows there about the Fest are from last year, not this year (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Tuning around at 1435 Mon March 22, I paused on 9840 as the program on WHRI was discussing reception problems. It`s one of their far-right shows, apparently live, named ``Power``? Don in Wisconsin called in to say that all he was getting on 9840 was a big hum, and he and the host went on to speculate that they were being jammed, ``a distinct possibility``. Bull. The signal was loud and clear here as it usually is. If the show is so loose with the facts about its own outlets, how can one possibly trust them for political advice? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. From the FCC`s one-week window in January for AM applications: In Monticello, Maine, Allan Weiner wants to go full-time on WREM, moving it from 710 to 780 with 5 kW day and adding 60 watts at night. And here's some good news: David Brudnoy returns to the air tonight at WBZ (1030), where he's been off the air since last September. We couldn't be happier to welcome him back! And the region's biggest application comes last: Clear Channel wants to move WWVA (1170) from Wheeling, West Virginia to Stow, Ohio, where it will become a Cleveland-market station with 50 kW by day and 27 kW by night. That application will compete with one from WRTK (1540 Niles OH) to move to the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood and run 300 watts, daytime-only, on 1180; it'll also require WCUE (1150 Cuyahoga Falls) to move or go off the air --- and will no doubt provoke a protest in Wheeling, where WWVA cut back considerably on its local news staffing last year. (We'd expect sister station WBBD 1400 in Wheeling to take on some of WWVA's programming and perhaps even the call letters when and if this move happens.) (Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch March 22 via DXLD) ** U S A. GRAND JURY INDICTS CITY WORKER IN RACIAL SLUR CASE By Kimball Perry, Post staff reporter A city of Cincinnati worker accused of using his city radio to interrupt police and fire broadcasts with racial slurs has been indicted. A Hamilton County grand jury indicted William Westerkamp, 32, of Mount Healthy, for disrupting public service and unauthorized use of property, charges carrying a maximum sentence of 2½ years in prison. Westerkamp is a Cincinnati telecommunications worker accused of using the police and fire radio assigned to him to spew racial comments for 45 minutes on Feb. 22. . . http://www.cincypost.com/2004/03/17/indict031704.html (via Artie Bigley, OH, March 19, DXLD) ** U S A. FUNKY MONDAY http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8854~2020315,00.html The federal government's lopsided attack on radio free brattleboro is a curious attempt to fit Washington's regulatory square peg into Brattleboro's community-based round hole. On Monday morning, a squadron of well-dressed, well-briefed U.S. attorneys launched the government's legal assault on Brattleboro's community radio station in federal court, demanding the station obtain a license -- which is it technically ineligible to do -- or shut down. U.S. attorneys from Burlington demanded the names of the station's directors (there are none, it is run by consensus, they were informed) and cross-examined with Court TV fervor rfb's Larry Bloch, who made an eloquent and well-stated defense of what the station believes is its mandate to broadcast. Rfb, via its pro bono lawyers James Maxwell and Larry Hildes, is arguing that the U.S. government through its regulatory agency, the Federal Communications Commission, has abrogated its responsibility to regulate the airways in the public interest. Corporate, profit-making concerns have eclipsed this mandate, rfb argues. Therefore, the people of Brattleboro have the authority to "license" their own community radio station. The people have done this three-fold. The town selectboard has passed a resolution supporting the station; more than 3,000 people, two- thirds of them Brattleboro residents, signed petitions supporting the station's existence; and on March 2 Brattleboro voters gave rfb their endorsement by a two-to-one margin. This constitutes the station's mandate, rfb argued valiantly on Monday. As this was playing out in federal court, on 107.9 FM, meanwhile, it was Funky Friday. Funky Friday -- a soulful blend of R&B classics and current pop and urban tunes -- is, as the name suggests, rfb's Friday night program. On Friday evenings when the DJ is in town -- and apparently on some Monday mornings, too -- listeners lucky enough to be within the few square miles that comprise Brattleboro, Vermont, can tune in to two blissfully commercial free hours of the ancestors of popular American music -- blues, R&B and jazz pioneers who can be heard only sporadically on non-mainstream stations. Funky Friday is only one of a week's worth of volunteer-run programs that have nothing to do with revenue or money or the repetitious, mind-numbing assault that is big FM commercial radio. From Brattle Rousers on Wednesdays, to Community Access Hour on Sundays to Keep it Alive and Ian's Bookshelf on Thursdays, rfb's programming is about what Brattleboro wants, and what Brattleboro residents have the right to hear. If that concept is so threatening to Washington that it chooses to expend considerable time and resources to try to shut this station down, then the citizens of this entire country would do well to pay attention to what's playing in Brattleboro. There's more that's funky here than Fridays (Brattleboro VT Reformer March 16 via Artie Bigley, DXLD) rfb WINS REPRIEVE; JUDGE DENIES FCC'S SHUT-DOWN REQUEST http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8860~2020319,00.html By DANIEL BARLOW, Reformer Staff Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - BRATTLEBORO -- The town's unlicensed radio station escaped shutdown Monday when a U.S. District Court judge denied the U.S. government's request for a preliminary injunction. After more than two hours of testimony, Judge J. Garvan Murtha denied the Federal Communication Commission's request for a preliminary injunction against radio free brattleboro and ordered both sides back to court at the end of April. Had the preliminary injunction been awarded, the 10-watt radio station which broadcasts at 107.9 FM would have been ordered off the air. Murtha did not rule on a motion to consolidate two cases -- rfb filed a motion to stop the FCC from seizing its recording equipment four days before the commission filed its motion last month -- as the lawyers for the unlicensed station had hoped. He signaled that he would likely make a decision on that issue before the parties return to court next month. David Kirby, a U.S. Attorney from Burlington representing the FCC, argued that rfb was broadcasting illegally because it does not have a license, and maintained the broadcasts cause "irreparable harm" to the government. Local attorney James Maxwell and Larry Hildes, an attorney from Washington state with the National Lawyers Guild Center for Democratic Communications, argued that the FCC had lost the public trust by favoring large media corporations over community radio and that the station's shutdown would cause "irreparable harm" to the Brattleboro community. Because no license is available to 10-watt stations, the people of Brattleboro represent the station's "authority to operate," the station's lawyers maintained. "The U.S. government gains nothing by shutting this station down," said Hildes. "The township of Brattleboro will lose a great deal." The FCC has plans to offer 10-watt licenses after the 100-watt applications that are currently pending are awarded, Kirby countered. However, under federal law, stations that have broadcast without a license are ineligible to ever be granted a license. Monday's face-off in court was the first stage of a legal battle between the FCC and the volunteer-run station, which has been under threat of shutdown since last summer. The station has gathered signatures of more than 2,000 Brattleboro residents and received a resolution of support from the Brattleboro Selectboard. Also, earlier this month the town's voters showed support for the station with a 1,519-780 vote in favor of a ballot question on rfb. During Monday's hearing Kirby cross-examined Larry Bloch, a co-founder of rfb, who has been named in the court case. Kirby's questioning centered around Bloch's understanding of the Telecommunications Act of 1934 -- the law which created the FCC and set guidelines for broadcast -- and why rfb never applied for a license or license waiver or ceased broadcast when it was announced that low-power FM licenses were being considered. Maxwell and Hildes objected twice during Kirby's questioning of Bloch -- once when Kirby asked Bloch to name the other station members listed on the groups' nonprofit status forms and again when he asked for the name of the station's engineer who has tested its broadcast levels. Bloch admitted that his signature is on the lease for the station's room at the Brooks House on Main Street and that his name appeared on legal forms that were filed to achieve the station's nonprofit status. But he reiterated that he is not the controller or owner of the station and that the group makes decisions as a collective. "There is no hierarchy," said Bloch. When pressed again concerning his name of the filing documents for nonprofit status, Bloch replied, "I think I'm the president." Regarding questions about the station's engineer, Maxwell argued that Bloch was not qualified to answer questions regarding the station's broadcast power. Maxwell asked Bloch about the history of rfb, its genesis in the community, the organization's structure, the shutdown threats from the FCC and the campaign for community support undertaken in the past year. Pat DeAngelo, a member of the Brattleboro Selectboard and a vocal supporter of rfb, was called as a second witness to describe the resolution the board passed in December supporting the station and community radio. Early in the proceedings, Hildes objected to the FCC's characterization of rfb as "pirate radio," saying that a pirate is "someone that steals something from someone else" and the airwaves are public property. Later, Bloch said the term more appropriately applies to the FCC which in the mid-1970s stopped licensing small stations and "denied thousands of communities access to their own voices." Murtha set an April 30 deadline for both sides to file additional information in the case, and a May 21 deadline for rebuttals. The judge is seeking additional information from both sides. From the lawyers representing the FCC, Murtha said he wants a clarification on the FCC's timeline to accept applications for 10-watt radio stations, information on the commission's history of awarding license waivers. On the Web: http://www.rfb.fm and http://www.fcc.gov (via Artie Bigley, March 17, DXLD) RULING GIVES RADIO STATION MORE TIME - MAR. 15, 2004 By BRENDAN McKENNA Southern Vermont Bureau BRATTLEBORO - A local unlicensed radio station was given a new lease on broadcasting by a federal judge Monday. U.S. District Judge Garvan Murtha, a Brattleboro resident, did not grant a request by federal prosecutors to bar radio free brattleboro from broadcasting. The decision gives lawyers for the government and the station until May 21 to submit legal arguments and responses. The delay gives the controversial low-power station at least two months to operate. . . http://www.rutlandherald.com/04/SouthernVermont/Story/80632.html (via Art Blair, Mike Terry, DXLD) ** U S A. MILLINOCKET RADIO STATION COULD BE SILENCED By Anthony Saucier, Of the NEWS Staff e-mail Anthony MILLINOCKET - Without the promise of a sale or long-term lease, the only radio station in the area could be forced to close its doors in June. Transmitting from the Katahdin Region since the mid-1960s, WSYY broadcasts country music and sports events on 1240 AM and 94.9 FM, which can be heard from Houlton to Orono. Since June 1 of last year, WSYY has been operating a radio tower on Hammond Ridge in nearby Township 1 Range 8 without a lease, according to Jim Talbot, president of Katahdin Communications Inc., the company that owns WSYY. . . http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/articles/419025_031604millinocketradiost_asaucier.cfm (Bangor, Maine, News March 16 via Art Blair, CA, DXLD) ** URUGUAY. If anyone wants to log Uruguay, I`m hearing maritime station CWA in CW mode, afternoons on 17230 and 12750. I realize that your program doesn`t usually get into utilities, but it is a good way to log otherwise unattainable countries (Zeke Russell, Williams AZ, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. ANALYSIS: VENEZUELA'S WAR OF THE AIRWAVES | Text of editorial analysis by Charlotte Eimer of BBC Monitoring on 22 March 2004 Nowhere is the polarization of Venezuelan society more apparent than in the media, which is dominated by anti-government independent networks. Violent attacks on journalists are commonplace, as are government threats to close down the TV stations it accuses of broadcasting "war propaganda". Watchdogs have criticized the behaviour of both the private sector and President Hugo Chávez. Between 27 February and 3 March there were 25 attacks on reporters, photographers, cameramen and their assistants during opposition protests against delays in the process to call a referendum on the president's rule, say independent media groups. But Information and Communications Minister Jesse Chacón says some networks are guilty of inciting violence and racial hatred. He wants to promote a "more objective, less militant" media industry. The minister has announced plans to submit a report to the UN and Organization of American States to establish which groups are conducting what he calls terrorist media campaigns. The Chávez-dominated National Assembly is also debating whether to introduce emergency regulations to correct what the government considers to be the pro-opposition bias of a number of channels. And three privately-owned TV stations have been ordered to pay two million dollars in taxes for allegedly donating free advertising to the opposition strikers who tried to bring President Chávez down last year. Marcel Granier, owner of the popular RCTV network, described the move as a "grotesque" crackdown on freedom of speech. President as TV presenter The opposition is equally critical of the president's use of the little-watched state media. Mr Chávez is renowned for regularly commandeering the airwaves - including the private networks - at peak time to broadcast government statements. He also hosts a weekly radio and TV show called "Hello, President" from locations throughout Venezuela. [and via Cuba on SW!!] One year ago the National Assembly granted approval for new broadcasting regulations. These measures were designed - according to the government - to control propaganda without violating freedom of speech. The opposition says the regulations are tantamount to censorship. NGOs agree that clauses such as one demanding the respectful portrayal of government officials are indeed a threat to press freedom. The regulations, however, have had little effect on the state-owned channel, Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). Opposition supporters have nicknamed VTV the Discovery Chávez, saying it runs nothing but government propaganda. But Mr Chávez regularly names the channel as a rare example of a successful station broadcasting balanced reporting. Government sympathizers accuse the private media of leading the fight against the "Bolivarian revolution" in the absence of a credible political opposition. They also see the hand of powerful media moguls behind the short-lived coup attempt on 11 April 2002. When Mr Chávez was returned to power by popular demand just days later, the subsequent news blackout was put down to safety concerns for reporters on the streets. But Chávez supporters are not convinced. Many Venezuelans would welcome non-political controls on all sectors of the media to ensure greater impartiality and balance. The public have come to understand only too well the dangers of distortion. During an edition of "Hello, President" in February 2003 Mr Chávez used the slot to warn the international community - and Colombia, Spain and the US in particular - to stop meddling in Venezuelan affairs. The following day bombs went off at the Spanish and Colombian embassies, while the US embassy was closed for 24 hours following security threats. The opposition said the president's broadcast incited the attacks. Coup-plotters? Venezuela's four main independent TV networks are owned by high- profile businessmen. Mr Chávez refers to these tycoons - whose channels promoted an eight- week general strike at the end of 2002 - as the "four horsemen of the apocalypse". Gustavo Cisneros, owner of Venevisión TV and numerous joint ventures with multinationals such as Coca-Cola, has been dubbed the Rupert Murdoch of Latin America. Mr Chávez regularly singles him out as a "coup-plotter" and a "fascist". Marcel Granier, owner of Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), is highly critical of the Chávez administration. During the strike he admitted that when the president first came to power, many of the independent channels favoured him. "But little by little", Mr Granier told Union Radio, "anti-democratic actions, actions violating the rule of law, attacks on journalists and attacks against the media have created the current situation in which the majority, not all, of the Venezuelan media are very concerned by the systematic and repeated violation of human rights." The national press is also overwhelmingly dominated by the opposition. The two main broadsheets - El Nacional and El Universal - regularly publish strongly-worded editorial attacks on the Chávez government. Government fights back At the moment privately-owned channels dominate the airwaves in Venezuela, with state-owned VTV claiming an audience share of less than two per cent. Between them, Mr Granier and Mr Cisneros control more than 60 per cent of the market. To correct this imbalance, the government is set to invest 56m dollars in the state-owned channel over the next 18 months. At the same time 32 radio stations are also being launched on previously vacant FM frequencies. But this is not the only media initiative the government is backing. Throughout the nation, a small but growing chain of community radio stations is springing up to counter reporting by the private networks which portray Mr Chávez as an unstable dictator. Although these local stations say they are independent, Mr Chávez has already earmarked 2.6m dollars for them, along with promises of technical assistance and advertising from state-owned companies. Source: BBC Monitoring research 22 Mar 04 (via DXLD) ** VIETNAM. VOV in A-04 has a new evening service to Af/ME via Skelton, 2030-2300 on 11775 in English, French and Vietnamese (Bob Padula, Radio EDXP, HCJB DX Partyline March 20, and DXing with Cumbre March 20, notes by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non] The other foreign relay for VOV besides Sackville-6175 is 9725. Should be 1700-1900 via Moosbrunn and from 1900 via Skelton, the latter one apparently on extended schedule now (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Been hearing a very weak signal most days on 15183.6 and wondered if it might be the elusive Paraguayan (Zeke Russell, Williams AZ, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Times? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ HFCC DUBAI PHOTO CAPTIONS A few picture captions, all from the Hector 2 section http://www.hfcc.org/dubai/photo2/ --- 131-3198 Teresa Abreu of Radio Portugal and husband 3200 Thais & Jeff 132-3202 Anatoly Titov from the Russian GFC (General Frequency Center?) 3210 Gérald Théoret - RCI 3211 Kathy Otto - SENTECH (I think) 3212 Oldrich Cip (far right) with wife on his left 3214 Vladislav Cip (Oldrich's son) & girlfriend Hanna 3222 Hai Pham from ITU 3223 Bassil Zoubi of Arab State Broadcasting Union 3224 Bernd Friedewald (center) 3227 James Briggs & Andy Rook of VT Merlin 3228 Arto Mujunen of IBB-Helsinki (former asst. sec-gen of EDXC) 3244 Ludo Maes - TDP More soon (Jeff White, WRMI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ FACTS AND MYTHS ABOUT IBOC-DAB The broadcast industry continues to spread lies about the alleged ``advantages`` that the system being pushed by the Federal Communications Commission, the National Association of Broadcasters and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, IBOC-DAB (In-Band, On- Channel Digital Audio Broadcasting) has over analog radio. Here are the REAL FACTS concerning IBOC-DAB. http://www.qsl.net/n0uih/IBOCMythsandFacts/ (Eric Bueneman, N0UIH, MO, IRCA via DXLD) BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RADIO INVENTOR POPOV MARKED IN RUSSIA Wednesday, March 17, 2004 The 145th birth anniversary of radio inventor Alexander Popov is being marked in the Urals town of Krasnoturjinsk, where the great man was born, Itar-Tass reports on Tuesday from Yekaterinburg. Students of the local institute's radio department held a scientific conference devoted to the anniversary, while an excursion to the Popov House Museum was arranged for local schoolchildren, officials of the Krasnoturjinsk Department of Culture told Itar-Tass on Tuesday. The log house, where Popov had lived, was built in the 19th century. Furniture of those days, household utensils, and even Popov-made radio-receivers are now on view there. The graves of the radio inventor"s parents are in the town of Karpinsk (formerly Blagoslovsk), which is near to Kransoturjinsk. Popov"s father was dean of a local church. These places began to be visited by numerous tourists at the end of the nineties, when work was started to restore the abandoned church. Students of the Radio Department of the Urals Polytechnical Institute are taking care of the monument to Popov in centre of Yekaterinburg. They come there every spring to wash the monument and to polish the bronze statue of their great fellow-countryman. Source: agencies http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200403/17/eng20040317_137746.shtml (via Mike Terry, DXLD) UNA PÁGINA "RADIOGÉNICA" "The World At A Twirl". Ese fue el título del famoso manual para radioaficionados que publicara en 1956 el DXista norteamericano Ken Boord. Era en la época de los receptores a los que había que girar el botón dial. "Twirl" significa "giro" o "vuelta rápida". Naturalmente se refería Boord al sueño del radioaficionado, el de transportarse mentalmente el radioescucha a cualquier país del mundo tan solo girando el botón del dial. Ahora en la época de los receptores digitales podría haberse llamado el libro "The World At Your Fingertips", o sea "El mundo al alcance de /los dedos/ de la mano". Los receptores digitales indican en forma numérica la frecuencia, los de antaño, analógicos, llevaban en muchos casos diales donde se indicaba la ubicación de las principales emisoras, tanto en la onda media como en la onda corta. En cualquier caso, los diseñadores del capítulo dedicado a la radio en el sitio de la web titulado "Infoamérica" parecen haber tenido en mente el dial de los viejos radios analógicos de antaño. Véan por ejemplo http://www.infoamerica.org/radio_eu/radio.htm o bien http://www.infoamerica.org/dia_digital/rcn_co.htm y disfruten... Enhorabuena por el lanzamiento de este "dial digital en pruebas". Como radioaficionado de la vieja guardia a mi me ha gustado mucho la idea. Es muy "radiogénica". (Henrik Klemetz, Suecia, Marzo 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL +++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi Glenn, hope all is well with you. Just wanted to check in with a few things. As always, I appreciate your efforts and look forward to your programs. Take care (Zeke Russell, Williams AZ, March 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Zeke contributed this and all his items in this issue on a single postcard; see AUSTRALIA, CHINA, FRANCE, INDONESIA, LAOS, URUGUAY, UNIDENTIFIED. Hmm, a lot fewer U.T.`s since I moved this sexion to the bottom (gh) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ SIDC WEEKLY BULLETIN :Issued: 2004 Mar 22 1148 UTC :Product: documentation at http://sidc.oma.be/products/bul #--------------------------------------------------------------------# # SIDC Weekly bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic activity # #--------------------------------------------------------------------# WEEK 168 from 2004 Mar 15 SOLAR ACTIVITY: --------------- March 15 and March 16, only a few wrinkles imposed on the background X-radiation were visible on X-ray data of GOES. March 17, the activity was pushed to a higher level by sunspot groups 82 and 84 (NOAA 0574, 0576). On March 18, sunspot group 82 produced an M1.6 flare and sunspot group 87 (NOAA 0578) generated an M1.5 flare from behind the east-limb. No accompanying CME’s were detected. This week, 4 CME’s were clearly visible in LASCO-imagery. The first 3 were thrown out into space in the NW direction. The first CME on March 16 founds its origin in a small prominence eruption; the second one could not be linked to a flare or prominence. The third was linked to a type II radio outburst coming from sunspot region 79 (NOAA 0572). The fourth CME emitted in the SW direction was linked to a C-flare. During the beginning of the week, the large coronal hole making the weather the week before started its end phase. Begin March 18, the hole was totally out of view in EIT 284. The density (SOHO/CELIAS data) increased again and the solar wind speed reached that day the low value of 400 km/s. A minimum of 300 km/s was reached March 19. On the last EIT 284 image of March 19 (just before the CCD bakeout) a small recursive coronal hole was visible. The hole has pushed the solar wind speed up to values slightly above 400 km/s. GEOMAGNETISM: ------------- None of the CME`s mentioned above was geoeffective. The large coronal hole of last week had a last convulsion on March 15 when NOAA reported a planetary index of 4 in the morning. The whole week we are experiencing quiet geomagnetic conditions except for one estimated K_p index of 4 on March 21, probably due to the small coronal hole visible on EIT 284 of March 19. Extrapolating the data of Wingst of 27 days ago, we can conclude that the influence will be small (active conditions). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY INDICES DATE RC 10CM Ak BKG M X 2004 Mar 15 051 101 018 B1.3 0 0 2004 Mar 16 066 110 014 B1.7 0 0 2004 Mar 17 073 110 008 B2.9 0 0 2004 Mar 18 104 115 014 B3.9 2 0 2004 Mar 19 111 112 010 B4.2 0 0 2004 Mar 20 088 114 016 B2.7 0 0 2004 Mar 21 072 111 013 B1.6 0 0 # RC : Sunspot index from Catania Observatory (Italy) # 10cm: 10.7 cm radioflux (DRAO, Canada) # Ak : Ak Index Wingst (Germany) # BKG : Background GOES X-ray level (NOAA, USA) # M,X : Number of X-ray flares in M and X class, see below (NOAA, USA) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICEABLE EVENTS DAY BEGIN MAX END LOC XRAY OP 10CM TYPE Cat NOAA NOTE 18 0508 0517 0527 S03E51 M1.6 2B CTM/1 82 0574 18 2226 2236 2240 N16E78 M1.5 1F 87 0578 #--------------------------------------------------------------------# # Solar Influences Data analysis Center - RWC Belgium # # Royal Observatory of Belgium # # Fax : 32 (0) 2 373 0 224 # # Tel.: 32 (0) 2 373 0 491 # # For more info, see http://sidc.oma.be (via Jim Moats, DXLD) ###