WORLD OF RADIO #1181, produced May 7, 2003 by Glenn Hauser *After two months, RFPI Costa Rica reactivated second frequency, 15039, so again audible in daytime, including WOR scheduled Fri 1930, Sat 1730, Sun 1830, Tue 1900; last repeats delayed one hour to one sesquihour for logistical reasons *Updated for May via http://www.worldofradio.com : DX Programs, and Nets To You *I put too much time daily into updating Monitoring Reminders Calendar also at website *R. Continental, Argentina, heard on 10490, SSB? *Peruvian news from Bjoern Malm, Ecuador: R. Imperio, Chiclayo was on 4389.92, went to 4757.32 for three days, then back to previous frequency *CARACOL back on SW 5958.10, via La Voz de los Centauros, Villavicencio, Colombia *Alcaravan Radio, Puerto Lleras, Colombia on 6009.72, a.k.a. La Voz de tu Conciencia, which plans to license 5910 as alternate and test 48-72 hours in about a month, for English to North America at night; we hope for anything secular, like Latin American news, in the absence of HCJB *R. France International still heard on 2m hamband, 0100-0200 on 144.3 MHz, due south from Venezuela; an unsolved mystery for three years *R. Habana Cuba found on another new frequency for English at 2030- 2130, 9505, not suitable for Europe *New head of Radio-TV Marti, Pedro Roig, suggests using aircraft closer to Cuba than the balloon for TV Marti; our modest proposal in DXLD 3-078: broadcast on all 12 VHF channels at once via satellite *Despite intoleance of gays in Latin America, there is homosexual radio in Mexico, a weekly show on W-FM, one of the major stations, also in Guadalajara a 24 hour GDL Gay Radio on internet; and R. 13 will carry a `Closet` show on 1290 *Status of WRNO New Orleans; FCC allows it to use 500 watt transmitter while new owners try to purchase 50 kW transmitter *Voice of America was investigated by Sen. Joe McCarthy; 5 MB file of hearings on this now released: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_senate_committee_prints&docid=f:83869.wais http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_senate_committee_prints&docid=f:83869.pdf Andy Sennitt plans to go into it at Media Network *Liberal talk-radio network already exists in the US: i.e. America Radio Network, with full lineup including Mike Malloy; http://www.ieamericaradio.com has webstream, also on Sirius 145-Left *WBEE, 1570, south side of Chicago, giving up jazz format for lack of advertising; to be sold and turned into all-gospel *WLIB, 1190, New York`s plan to increase coverage after purchasing co-channel WOWO Ft. Wayne and reducing its power: denied by FCC due to filing technicality; nor can another 1190, WGKA in Georgia *Latest KNLS Alaska frequency change April 28-July 27, English: 0800 on 11765, 1300 on 11870 *Hearing Alaska on MW in the lower 48: article by Craig Healy in Rhode Island, http://www.am-dx.com also in DXLD 3-079: check the grayline for a path from Anchorage to you at sunrise this summer: 550 590 650 700 750 1080 are the [6] frequencies. Peak times, e.g.: Providence, June 14 at 4:50 am EDT; Pittsburgh June 14 5:30 am; Chicago June 14 5 am CDT; Denver June 7 5:15 am MDT; Los Angeles May 14 5:30 am PDT *Via a variety of platorms this is the 1181st World of Radio: woradio at yahoo.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA *Thanks this week for financial support go to: Alan Bosch *American Forces Network finally active on SW from Iceland: 13855-USB may be 24 hours *OXT, Danish coastal station, also on 13855 with ice floes fax broadcasts from long before AFN showed up, at 1218, 1308, 1803; also uses 9360, 5850, 17510 at other times *Keflavik site for AFN confirmed by Trish Huizinga, OIC, patricia.huizinga@naskef.navy.mil *Clandestine schedules via Norway; greater detail in DXLD 3-079: V. of Mezopotamia; R. Afghanistan [not clandestine], R. Anternational; V. of Komala; V. of Eritrean People; R. Sedoye Yaran; V. of Reform, for Saudi Arabia; V.of Ethiopia, in English *V. of Croatia heard with expanded Englisha at 0200-0220/0225 on 9925; now plans 24 hour expansion to diaspora as of May 15, V. of the Homeland, on SW, MW, satellite, itnernet, in Croatian, English, Spanish; we heard Spanish at 0230 on 9925 *Call to Prayer stations in UK use 454-455 MHz band from mosques, instead of loud hailers from the roof; such as 454.7 scrambled; and 454.275; is this done in the US? We never hear a Call to Prayer over the air, but then in Enid there isn`t even a synagogue, let alone a mosque *V. of Nigeria again on 11770 despite heavy interference, 1728-1958* in variety of languages, ending with French; VOA clash after 1900 *Counter QSL from FEBA: will no longer verify since does not have own transmiters, a rather lame excuse *FEBA heard on 11690 via Rwanda until 1757* *Scheme to get radios into North Korea via helium balloons, promoted by a pastor, but not just to provide Christian radio, which would be ``replacing one dictator with another`` *R. Station Pacific ocean, Vladivostok, planned special SW broadcast May 7-8-9 only at 0615-0700 on 11760; hopes to get financial backing from fishing companies to continue; no QSL *SLBC, Sri Lanka, tested on 7302.5, then on 7300 parallel others *R. Pakistan may replace other 0800-1104 frequency 21465 with 15095; 15095 also may replace 9400 at 1700-1900, all to Europe *How will Iraq`s media be rebuilt? Independent Media Institute is concerned about choice of Grace Digital Media as production house for US government TV broadcasts, since it is fundamentalist Christian `rabidly pro-Israel`; BBG says no problem *Info Radio to Afghanistan on 8700 was never airborne, since no Doppler shift measured; but Info Radio to Iraq on 4500 does have a 4 Hz Doppler effect, indicating 500 km/h, now flying 20 minutes on a steady course *R. Bopeshawa, Worker Communist Party clandestine for Iraq, plans to reactivate on 5000 and 7000 daily at 1100-1200, 0500-0600; frequencies presumably rounded *Baghdad blogger is back: http://dear_raed.blogspot.com *Al-Quds Radio, clandestine from Syria on 702 at 0500-1400 may soon be silenced, as Syria pressured to clean up its act *V. of Liberty, clandesine for Lebanon, moved to 11645 at 1600-1700, via Samara, Russia *Bob Cooper predicts a bang-up summer for sproadic E *Propagation outlook from Boulder May 6: flux range 100-155 *Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 1181 ###