HOME presents... SELECTED ENGLISH LANGUAGE DX\SWL\MEDIA PROGRAMS ON SHORTWAVE Plus a few selected Mailbags and other goodies! January 4, 2009 Compiled by Glenn Hauser For latest updates on WORLD OF RADIO times and other gh projects, see the WORLD OF RADIO Anomaly Alert page. NOTE: DXing with Cumbre listings have mostly been eliminated due to inaccurate website WHR schedules; any confirmed on B-08 frequencies will be added later. UT SATURDAY MRC 0000-0030 WBCQ Area 51: WORLD OF RADIO. 5110-CUSB [irregular] 0030-0100 WBCQ Area 51: INTERNATIONAL RADIO REPORT. 5110-CUSB [irregular] 0035-0042v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 5900 7400 0100-0200 WBCQ: ALLAN WEINER WORLDWIDE. 7415 5110-CUSB 0145-0200 Argentina: DXERS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. 11711v 0230-0300 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 0335-0342v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 5900 7400 0430-0500 WHRI: DXing with CUMBRE. 7315 [unconfirmed?] 0510-0529 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 5975-UK 6110-Canada 9770-France 15325 17810 [exc last Sat] 0705-0800 WWCR: INTO TOMORROW. 5070 [also Sun 0605] 0755-0810 HCJB Australia: DX PARTYLINE. 11750 [or 0800-] 0810-0900 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9570 0900-0930 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 0910-0929 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 15590 11815 9825 9625 [exc last Sat] 1130-1145 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1210-1229 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 17585-UAE 9695 9625 6120-Canada [exc last Sat] 1210-1300 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9650-Canada 1230-1245 HCJB Australia: DX PARTYLINE. 15400 1310-1400 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9770 9570 1320-1339 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 9875 [exc last Sat] 1350-1405v Turkey: DX CORNER. 12035 11735 [2-weekly from Jan 10] 1410-1429 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 21560-France 11780-UK 9875 11705-Canada & direct echoing [exc last Sat] 1530-1600 WHRI: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 11785 1610-1700 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9515 1730-1800 WWCR: WORLD OF RADIO. 12160 1810-1900 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 7275 1900-2100 WBCQ: QSO WITH TED RANDALL. 9330-CUSB 1900-0800v WA0RCR: GATEWAY AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLETTER. 1860-AM 1950-2005v Turkey: DX CORNER. 6050 [2-weekly from Jan 10] 2018-2033 Ukraine: WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 7510 2055/2122v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 11760 13680 2150-2205v Turkey: DX CORNER. 7180 [2-weekly from Jan 10] 2200-2219 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 13640 [exc last Sat] 2210-2230 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 3955-UK 2218-2235v Ukraine: THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 5830 2223-2234v Spain: RADIO WAVES. 6125 2320-2335v Turkey: DX CORNER. 5960 [2-weekly from Jan 10] 2337-2352v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 9550 UT SUNDAY MRC 0000-0019 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 5920-UK 6145-Canada 13650 17810 [exc last Sat] 0000-0100 WBCQ: RADIO TIMTRON WORLDWIDE. 7415 0000-0800v WA0RCR: GATEWAY AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLETTER. 1860-AM [starts before 1900 UT Saturday] 0015-0030 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 0023-0034v Spain: RADIO WAVES. 6055 0118-0133 Ukraine: WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 7440 0137-0152v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. North America 6140 6000 0200-0400 WBCQ: QSO WITH TED RANDALL. 7415 0210-0300 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9580 0230-0300 WHRA: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 5850 0240-0300 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9560-Canada 0245-0300 WWCR: ASK WWCR. 5070 0315-0330 WWCR: DX PARTYLINE. 5070 0330-0400 WWCR: WORLD OF RADIO. 5070 0337-0352v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 6140 6000 0418-0425v Turkey: DX CORNER. 6020 7240 7325-Canada [2-weekly from Jan 11] 0418-0433 Ukraine: WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 7440 0500-0515 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 0537-0552v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 11760 9550 6220 6140 6060 6000 0600-0800 WRMI: QSO WITH TED RANDALL. 9955 0605-0800 WWCR: INTO TOMORROW. 5070 [also Sat 0705] 0618-0633 Ukraine: THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 7440 0730-0800 WWCR: WORLD OF RADIO. 3215 0738-0745v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 5900 7400 0800-0900 South African Radio League: AMATEUR RADIO MIRROR INTERNATIONAL. 17860 7205 7082-LSB 0900-0930 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 0912-0936 New Zealand: Mediawatch. 9765 [unconfirmed] 0930-1000 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 1018-1033 Ukraine: THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 9950 1045-1100 WWCR: ASK WWCR. 5070 1130-1145 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1130-1200 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 15260 1200-1230 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 1200-1230 AWR Wertachtal: WAVESCAN. 15495 1218-1233 Ukraine: THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 9950 1238-1245v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 11700 15700 1500-1530 KSDA: WAVESCAN. 12105 1500-1600 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 9635-China 11975-China 1530-1600 AWR Wertachtal: WAVESCAN. 11675 1545-1600 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1600-1630 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 11690 9585 1605-1705 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 9610 1630-1700 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 11980 1800-1900 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 7185-China 11875-Vatican 11805 13650 15365 17790 1900-2100 WBCQ: QSO WITH TED RANDALL. 9330-CUSB 2100-2200 WBCQ: THIS WEEK IN AMATEUR RADIO INTERNATIONAL. 7415 2130-2200 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 9625 2230-2300 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 15320 UT MONDAY MRC 0000-0100 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 9880-China 0005-0105 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 9755 0100-0200 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 5840-Sweden 6165-Turkey 7255-UK 0730-0755 New Zealand: MAILBOX. 9765 [2-weekly; hiatus until Jan 26] 0930-1000 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 1130-1155 New Zealand: MAILBOX. 13660 [2-weekly; hiatus until Jan 26] 1330-1355 New Zealand: MAILBOX. 6170 [2-weekly; hiatus until Jan 26] 1345-1400 WWCR: ASK WWCR. 15825 [first & fifth, if any] 1600-1615 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1630-1655 New Zealand: MAILBOX. 6170 [2-weekly; hiatus until Jan 26] 1905-2005 South African Radio League: AMATEUR RADIO MIRROR INTERNATIONAL. 3215 1930-1940v Spain: RADIO WAVES. 9605 9690 2000-2030 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 7415 [archive editions] 2300-2330 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 7415 [temporary?] UT TUESDAY MRC 0030-0040v Spain: RADIO WAVES. 6055 0330-0357 New Zealand: MAILBOX. 15720 [2-weekly; hiatus until Jan 27] 0615-0630 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1200-1230 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1230-1300 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 1630-1700 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 2000-2030 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 7415 [archive editions] 2055-2122v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 11760 13680 2337-2352v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 9550 UT WEDNESDAY MRC 0137-0152v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 6140 6000 0337-0352v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 6140 6000 0537-0552v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 11760 9550 6220 6140 6060 6000 0600-0630 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 0630-0700 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1230-1300 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1630-1645 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1745-1800 Argentina: DXERS SPECIAL. 15345v 9690? 1823-1845 Polish Radio: MULTIMEDIA. 6015-Germany 7345-France 2000-2030 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 7415 [new or archive editions] 2200-2230 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 15420-CUSB UT THURSDAY MRC 0145-0200 Argentina: DXERS SPECIAL. 11711v 0200-0215 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 0630-0700 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1030-1100 Australia: MEDIA REPORT. 15415 9590 9580 1315-1330 HCJB Australia: DX PARTYLINE. 15540 1323-1345 Polish Radio: MULTIMEDIA. 9450-Germany 7325-Germany [not on sked but confirmed 11/27 by W. Bueschel] 1530-1600 Australia: MEDIA REPORT. 11660 9590 9475 7240 6080 5995 1530-1600 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 2000-2030 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 7415 [new or archive editions] UT FRIDAY MRC 0030-0100 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 7415 0200-0230 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 0900-0930 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1145-1200 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1645-1700 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 7385 1745-1800 Argentina: DXERS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. 15345v 9690? 2000-2030 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 7415 [archive editions] 2030-2100 Nexus/IBA/IRRS/IPAR: WORLD OF RADIO. 7290-Slovakia 2035-2100 New Zealand: MAILBOX. 11725 [2-weekly; hiatus until Jan 30] 2129-2158 WWCR: WORLD OF RADIO. 15825 2240-2247v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 6200 7400 ============================================================== NOTES CLSB: Compatible lower sideband, sideband plus reduced carrier. CUSB: Compatible upper sideband, sideband plus reduced carrier. LSB: Lower sideband, no carrier. v: start time, duration, or both may vary. This compilation does not include DRM transmissions. PROGRAM AND STATION SCHEDULES SOURCES T8WH, WHRA, WHRI: Latest schedules check from whr.org The doofus who does the schedule isn`t clear about the difference between UT and local days. Some airings may not actually exist, so beware. WBCQ: RADIO TIMTRON WORLDWIDE and ALLAN WEINER WORLDWIDE may be used as filler material at random times if a scheduled program does not arrive or has been canceled. If a WBCQ transmitter is down, programming may be moved temporarily to another frequency: 5110- CUSB, 7415, 9330-CLSB, 15420-CUSB. WRMI: Updated October 16. WWCR: Listings are from their Dec 5, 2008 program guide. All other programs are based on schedules published on the various station`s web sites or from DX Listening Digest. GLENN HAUSER PROGRAM LINKS WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA (latest edition is 07-03, July 29, available on the Current Audio page [see below] and from dxing.com): Latest schedules, including non-shortwave airings: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Internet on demand, see Our Current Audio page for availability: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA program summaries (Pre-2002 and 2002 are indexes to individual program pages): Pre-2002 [copy and paste]: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wormid.html 2002: 2002 2003: 2003 2004: 2004 2005: 2005 2006: 2006 2007: 2007 2008: not yet aggregated onto such a page MUNDO RADIAL: http://www.worldofradio.com/espanol.html MUNDO RADIAL has come to an end with the Nov-Dec 2007 edition, but text and audio archives remain. WORLD OF RADIO BY TELEPHONE: usually available from Sunday mornings via Laser Box, 1-206-333-5096. Toll charges apply outside Seattle. Thank you, Joybubbles, and RIP. WORLD OF RADIO podcasts now available, tnx to WORLD RADIO NETWORK, via http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OTHER PROGRAMS INFO AND LINKS [Host(s) and/or producer(s) or major contributor(s) name(s), if known, are in brackets *: program is no longer on the air or on hiatus but still maintains a web site. %: on demand from station or program website, at least for a week following. AMATEUR RADIO MIRROR INTERNATIONAL: http://www.sarl.org.za/public/ARMI/ARMI.asp *%...AND THE GATEPOST featuring DX MIX AND TIPS, DX CORNER [Sandor Laczko, Mike Mitchell]: Budapest Real Audio is at http://real1.radio.hu/nemzeti.htm Select the date, then the transmission. DX CORNER begins at about :22 on late Friday\early UT Saturday; ...AND THE GATEPOST takes up all of the transmission on late Sunday\early UT Monday roughly once a month, but not on a regular schedule (there can be four to six weeks between editions. Times given on their web site are local (UT +1 during winter, UT +2 summer). SW schedules on shows are likely to be outdated; beware! [English broadcasts cancelled as of 7/1/07; archives apparently gone but this entry retained for historical purposes] %ASK WWCR [Brady Murray & Jason Cooper]: Two editions per month are produced and repeated as necessary. http://www.wwcr.com/wwcr_ask_wwcr_program.html *COMMUNICATIONS WORLD (VOA) [Kim Elliott]: Scripts archived at http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/index.php?s=CW Dr. Elliott`s main page http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/ DX CORNER (Turkey): confirmed still 2-weekly in April 2008; has been heard as early as :18 into transmission, ending as late as :35, but typically 7 minutes long. DX tips of uncertain provenance. %DXING WITH CUMBRE [Marie Lamb]: Any given airing will not necessarily be the latest edition. http://www.cumbredx.org DXing with Cumbre is available on demand in streaming audio format at: http://cs3.ralabs.com/streams/ (the last five most recent programs only?) DXERS UNLIMITED [Arnie Coro, CO2KK]: Main page (which hasn`t been updated since May 2002) and pre-mid 2002 scripts: http://www.radiohc.org/dxers/ Another site with scripts, from various dates during 2002-7, with a lot of gaps: http://www.dxers-unlimited.dxer.info/ New scripts are usually posted to several DX lists. %DX PARTYLINE [Allen Graham]: http://www.hcjb.org/mass_media/dx_partyline/dx_partyline.html %DX PARTYLINE, %MAILBOX, %WORLDWIDE FRIENDSHIP: Include identical New Zealand DX League Report. %DX PROGRAM (Bulgaria) [DX editor Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF; Rumen Pankov, assistant-editor in charge of broadcast tips]: http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_English/Theme_DX_Programme/default.htm Some weeks scripts may be replaced by summaries only. GATEWAY AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLETTER. 12+ hours of ham radio news, with repeats, Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning from near St. Louis MO. Details: http://www.rrsta.com/wa0rcr/sched.html *HAM RADIO AND MORE [Len Winkler]: http://www.tapr.org/hrm %INTERNATIONAL RADIO REPORT [Janice and Steve Karlock]: NoW on WBCQ, originally CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal Sundays 1530 winter, 1430 summer; CKUT live streaming at rtsp://real.cam.org/live/clit.ra Program web site http://mediajct.homeip.net/radioreport/ WBCQ 5110 streaming: http://johnlightning.com:8024 %MAILBOX [Adrian Sainsbury & Myra Oh; New Zealand DX League segment]: http://www.rnzi.com/audio/mailbox.ram %MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG [Ian Jones]: http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/emissions/1450.shtml *MEDIA NETWORK (Radio Netherlands) [Jonathan Marks, original program host; web Andy Sennitt]: http://www.medianetwork.nl %MEDIA REPORT [Richard Aedy]: Includes scripts. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/default.htm *MEDIASCAN (Radio Sweden) [George Wood]: http://www.mediascan.org/ No longer attempts to publish news; adds occasional items. *%MEDIA ZONE [Ian Jones]: [website gone as of 4/13/08 check] http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/emissions/1473.shtml MOSCOW MAILBAG [rotates among Ol`ga Troshina, Yuri Reshetnikov and Eugene Nikitenko]: http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&rt=130 [no longer listed in this schedule] %MULTIMEDIA: archived for many weeks: http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/news/archiwum.aspx?s=0&k=149 OFF THE HOOK: http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ %QSO WITH TED RANDALL: interviews with hams or radio people. http://www.tedrandall.com RADIO WAVES [Spain]: Usually consists of a couple of ``radio songs`` with an occasional mention of some aspect of shortwave listening; never any DX news. %THE SHORTWAVE REPORT [Dan Roberts]: Not on shortwave but on KZYX&Z, 88.3, 90.7, 91.5 MHz, Mendocino County, California, Saturdays 0030 winter, Fridays 2330 summer, http://www.kzyx.org on WHUS, 91.7 MHz, Storrs, Connecticut, Saturdays 2130 winter, 2030 summer, http://whus.org and on KRFP, 92.5 MHz, Moscow, Idaho, Sundays 1430 UT winter, 1330 summer (WORLD OF RADIO is scheduled preceding http://www.radiofreemoscow.com/ Program originates in northern California. Program audio page http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml ``The Shortwave Report is a 30 minute review of news stories recorded from a shortwave radio,`` tho some of them sound like webcasts. And always the same three or four stations, really in a rut. %THIS WEEK IN AMATEUR RADIO INTERNATIONAL [MP3 40 MB files]: http://www.twiar.org/ Podcast page: http://www.twiar.org/twiaripodcast.xml *TOM AND DARRYL: http://www.tomanddarryl.org/ No longer on WBCQ, but maybe still on satellite. Website not updated since 8/07. %WAVESCAN: http://english.awr.org/wavescan/ Program now originates in Singapore. The above web site is for the old version, and it says nothing about its current incarnation. THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL: Radio Ukraine webcast at rtsp://real.nrcu.gov.ua:7554/encoder/rui.rm or http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=308 but the second link of higher quality seemingly no longer works. New edition once a month, repeated other weeks; but previous month`s show airs on alternating consecutive broadcasts. %WORLD INTERACTIVE: http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/wi/index.html %WORLDWIDE FRIENDSHIP (Edward Kim, Kim So-yeon): DX news from Victor Goonetilleke in Sri Lanka 1st week, New Zealand DX League 2nd and 4th weeks, listener guest participation 3rd. http://rki.kbs.co.kr/english/program/program_we.htm OTHER DX PROGRAM GUIDES The British DX Club publishes a DX Programme Guide, including satellite transmissions. [Euro-centric] http://www.users.waitrose.com/~bdxc/dxprog.htm Worldwide DX Club list of SWL/Media Programmes in English, German and Spanish. http://www.wwdxc.de/swl.pdf [updated A-08] LATEST DX PROGRAM AUDIO LINX [English] http://www.rfprograms.com/ PROGRAMAS DX AUDIO LINX [Portuguese] http://www.amantesdoradio.he.com.br/programas_dx.htm PROGRAMAS DX AUDIO LINX [Spanish] http://es.geocities.com/programasdx/ ###