WORLD OF RADIO #1197, produced August 27, 2003 by Glenn Hauser

*World Music Radio, Denmark, receives license to broadcast on 5815
 and 15810; low power 400 watt tests soon; regular 10 kW from late
 November, 24/7, current chart music and oldies; later internet, FM,
 MW, satellite, DRM too; New QSL: P O Box 112, DK 8900 Randers,
 Denmark; http://www.wmr.dk
*History of WMR from 1967, via Netherlands, Andorra, Milano, Dublin,
 South Africa
*European Music Radio also coming back, via IRRS Italy, 5775, from
 Sun Aug 31 1900-2030, repeated within 7 days; thence on 3rd Sunday
 of each month from Sept. 21
*New T-Systems a.k.a. DTK Germany schedule shows a new service from
 Sept 3: AWH = Allerweltshaus, Cologne, Germany, an intercultural
 organization, Tue-Fri 1500-1530, Sat & Sun 1500-1559 on 17555 via
 Juelich, beamed southeast toward East Africa; in German only?
 http://www.allerweltshaus.de
*Strong spurs from RDP Portugal, 15525, heard on 15358.5 and 15691.5
 at 1600-1800; also from 13720 on 13554.1 and 13886 around 2000
*RTE Ireland resumed testing longwave 252 from August 20; and plans
 to launch regular service from Oct 1, for Irish in UK; also internet
 feed at http://www.rte.ie
*Clandestine radio symposium, Defence Electronics History Society, Fri
 Sept 12 9:30 am - 4:30 pm at Bournemouth University Talbot campus;
 registration fee of 16 pounds needed ASAP, by August 29; details at
 http://histru.bournemouth.ac.uk/CHiDE/Events/Symposium.htm
 http://histru.bournemouth.ac.uk/CHiDE/Events/Symposium_registration.htm
*R. Romania International is only using 6 of its 12 SW transmitters;
 $15 million designated to modernise national radio network, starting
 with two SW sites; new weekly show on Wednesdays for Romanian forces
 in Iraq, along with one already to Afghanistan
*R. Polonia only has two English SW broadcasts left at 1200 and 1700;
 including Multimedia Show, Tue 1730, Thu 1230
*R. Ukraine International not making it to North America on 12040,
 so changing from September to 9810; jamming QRM from 9805. Includes
 English hours at 0000 and 0300
*V. of Turkey plans frequency change, English to North America at
 0300, from 11655 to 9650, as of August 31
*Damascus, Syria, heard with program for Syrians in Jordan Valley
 occupied by Israelis, at 1330 on 13610, presumably in Arabic; also
 uses 13610 at 0500-1600 to North Africa; 1700 plus in external
 services; and 0100-0300 to North America -- presumably in Arabic;
 anyone hear it then?
*Another lengthy summary of the media in Iraq from BBC Monitoring,
 in DXLD 3-154; Simon Haselock new media commissioner; first
 independent music station, IQ-4, Radio Iraq on 104.1. New Iraq Radio
 on 657 is voice of Iraqi Media Network. R. Free Iraq on new 102.4
 in Baghdad; still no shortwave resuming from Iraq
*Mongolian Radio and TV website being transformed including English at
 http://mongol.net/vom/mnr2.htm with history and plans, including 
 Japanese aid for new 50 kW SW, and two new 10 kW in Altai and Murun
*Plans to airlift radios into North Korea via balloon thwarted at last
 minute by South Korea, to avoid offending NK as 6-power talks loom
*Very welcome reactivation, National Radio of Cambodia, on 11940v,
 at 2355 and 1200, in Cambodian only; presumed
*Frequency change already for new service for Montagnards in Vietnam,
 Degar Voice, 7115 to 7380, Tue/Thu/Sat 1300-1400 via Atamanovka,
 Russia; wonder where that is
*Standard disclaimer
*World of Radio 1197, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702, USA or woradio at
 yahoo.com
*Thanks this week for financial support go to Pete Bentley
*Radio Australia making programming changes Sept. 1, cancelling some,
 such as unique Blacktracker with Aboriginal music. See DXLD 3-154 at
 http://www.worldofradio.com -- and promises to keep own website up-
 to-date, http://www.abc.net.au/ra
*ARDS, 5050 in Northern Territory, subject of another story in The
 Australian. Now has name in local language, Yolgnu-matha, meaning
 town crier, ``Djawarrkmirr``. Special dialect required for teaching.
 Not getting support from governments, regarding it as an alarming
 free-lance intrusion into their spheres
*Could be more such stations, as law changed to allow up to 1 kW
 stations below 5 MHz, for domestic broadcasting only
*Plans for new Ugandan military station, perhaps on SW, less likely,
 as criticised for spending on this for officers, instead of ordinary
 soldiers` welfare; use R. Uganda instead
*Bjoern Malm`s recording of new Bolivian, R. Tacana, 4781v
*Bjoern Malm`s recording of reactivated Peruvian, R. Los Andes, 5030
*Another reactivated Peruvian is R. Naylamp, 4335v
*R. Amazonas, Venezuela, on air later than 0130, now until 0300, on
 4939.66
*Third website about RFPI: http://copyexchange.com/_wsn/page3.html
*Including exclusive report on situation at RFPI; guards no longer
 armed and sometimes open gate, but not always there. RFPI`s Institute
 for Progressive Communcations income lost due to lockdown; staff
 exhausted by having to be there 24 hours a day
*RFPI`s signal on 7445 was quite weak for a while due to a parts
 failure, but by August 25 increased to 15 kW which is half power;
 replacement part expected September 7
*R. Reloj, Costa Rica, starts new service for Nicaraguans resident in
 CR, on 730, La Radio Sin Fronteras; and revamped own format to
 emphasize the family
*R. Misiones Internacionales, Honduras on 5010, again heard on exactly
 2/3 of that on 3340, also in tropical broadcast band, probably not by
 accident; heard at 0400 and 0004
*R. Mil, Mexico City on 6010, not heard much lately, but now
 officially listed by HFCC, so other stations may avoid blocking
*R. Educacion, Mexico City, well heard at night on 6185, has Sintonia
 Libre media program, weekly first broadcast on Wednesdays, repeated
 nightly: UT Thu 0330, Fri 2330, Sun 0130, Mon 0330, 2330, Wed 0130
*Read all about the Mexican DX Meeting, two reports in Spanish in DXLD
 3-143, 3-144; and now one in English by Jeff White in 3-155
*CBC Radio 1 and 2 special programming Labour Day Mon Sept 1, best
 of summer and previewing new fall season
*Sony store in San Juan, Puerto Rico selling SW-77 for $300 vs $469 in
 mail-order catalogs
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, Aug 26; flux range 120-135-115 ###