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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1154: WWCR: Wed 1030 9475 RFPI: Wed 0100, 0700 on 7445, 15039 WJIE: M-F 1300, daily 0400; Sun 0630, Mon 0700, Tue 0630 or 0700, 7490 ONDEMAND http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/worldofradio.html (Download) http://www.k4cc.net/wor1154.rm (Stream) http://www.k4cc.net/wor1154.ram (Summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1154.html UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL: See TAIWAN ** AFGHANISTAN. AFGHAN RADIO AND TV CHIEF CALLS FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT The head of Afghan radio and TV has appealed for more international aid to rebuild services. Speaking in Tokyo, where he is attending an international broadcasting conference, Mohammad Eshaq said broadcasts need to reach more people. He said both equipment and skilled personnel are needed. The following is an excerpt from a report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo: Tokyo, 5 November: An Afghan broadcaster appealed [on] Tuesday [5 November] for more assistance in rebuilding radio and television broadcasting in war-ravaged Afghanistan, saying it is crucial to boosting reconstruction efforts throughout the nation. "In all these efforts for peace, unity and nation-building, radio and television will play a very important role because most of our people cannot read and write," said Mohammad Eshaq, general director of the Radio-Television of Afghanistan (RTA). In remarks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel the day before the start of the 39th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), Eshaq appealed for support for Afghanistan's broadcasting industry, especially radio. Given the lost and damaged radio and TV facilities and the loss of experienced manpower due to emigration and war, Eshaq said Afghanistan needs assistance in administration, as well as the technical and production areas. Eshaq, one of two RTA representatives to the assembly and related events, said that, although Afghan broadcasting has considerably improved, it is still hindered by poverty and lack of electricity in many towns and villages. "There is a big need" to reach not only the Afghan capital of Kabul but the entire country, he said. The reality, however, is that the five hours of TV broadcasting and 18 hours of radio broadcasting every day reach only 20 per cent of the 20 million population, he said. The Taleban regime banned television and music broadcast on radio in 1996. Television airing resumed in November last year, and RTA, one of the original ABU members that stopped attending assemblies in 1992, returned to the union in April this year. ABU Secretary-General David Astley echoed RTA's appeal, saying that rebuilding transmission infrastructure and modernizing equipment is a "major priority" and that RTA is still in dire need of aid despite help already received from several ABU member broadcasters, including Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK). In light of the threat of opposing factions to Afghanistan's peace and security, Astley said, "Radio and television can play an important role in disseminating information that can help resolve the differences between these factions. But RTA must be given the tools to facilitate this." In addition to lack of usable and modern media equipment, Eshaq said they are short of skilled media personnel. "We cannot expect a lot of appreciation" from the public, Eshaq said, given the poor technical qualities, but expressed hope that the return of skilled Afghans who left the country would herald a brighter future for broadcasting in Afghanistan. The three-day ABU assembly will gather representatives from various broadcasting organizations in countries and territories mainly in the Asia-Pacific region, where they will discuss a wide range of broadcasting issues, including Afghanistan... Source: Kyodo News Service, Tokyo, in English 1101 gmt 5 Nov 02 (via BBCM via DXLD) AFGHANS AT BROADCASTING CONFERENCE FOR FIRST TIME IN DECADE More than 400 delegates from broadcasting organizations in 39 countries will attend a three-day meeting starting Wednesday in Tokyo to discuss issues facing the broadcasting industry, including cooperation in the areas of news and technology. The General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union convenes every year in a member country, with Japan hosting the event for the first time in eight years. "Amid drastic changes in the global environment, the information and telecommunications industry is facing a turning point," said ABU President Katsuji Ebisawa at a news conference prior to the event. Delegates will have opportunities to fully discuss the role of broadcasting, he added. Representatives of Radio-Television of Afghanistan will return to the conference this year after an absence of 10 years. The Taliban regime restricted and banned broadcasting in Afghanistan. The assembly is scheduled to discuss how member organizations can assist the reconstruction of Afghanistan's TV infrastructure as a great deal of the country's broadcasting equipment was destroyed during the U.S.-led campaign against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. As well as the discussions, the conference will include the presentation of awards for the year's best TV and radio programs and a concert. (The Japan Times: Nov. 6, 2002 (C) All rights reserved via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** ANGOLA. Radio Nacional de Angola escuchada el 03/11 a las 0435 UT en los 4950, en portugués. Un locutor presentaba canciones estilo "sukus" y las alternaba con comentarios. SINPO 2/2. La señal llegaba mejor porque Cima 100 no estaba en el aire en 4960 (Saludos desde Catia La Mar, en VENEZUELA, Adán González, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTIGUA & BARBUDA. We had this in DXLD 2-171, but not direct BBC APOLOGISES TO THE PM 11/02/2002 The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Thursday apologised in Open Court to Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Lester Bird for a libel that was broadcast on the BBC`s Today Programme on Radio 4, BBC World Service and published on the BBC`s Americas site on the Internet on 5 and 6 July this year. According to a media release from the Antigua & Barbuda London High Commission, the apology was made in the High Court in London before Justice Gray. The BBC accepted that its reports were inaccurate. The reports had suggested that Prime Minister Bird had expropriated sums of money in excess of $200 million from Antigua & Barbuda`s health care fund, spending it on parties, presents, foreign trips and cosmetic surgery for friends and colleagues. But as was pointed out by counsel for Prime Minister Bird in his statement in court, As the BBC unreservedly accepts, the (Medical Benefits) Inquiry did not find that Mr. Bird has misappropriated any sums from his country`s health care system whether to spend on parties, presents or foreign trips for friends and colleagues or on anything else. Nor did the Commission of Inquiry make any finding that he was guilty of any such conduct. Indeed, no allegation to this or any similar effect was made in the course of that Inquiry`s investigations. In addition, the broadcast on the BBC`s Today Programme on Radio 4 suggested that Mr. Bird had been involved in gunrunning and drug trafficking. In its apology, the BBC unreservedly accepted that the Prime Minister was not guilty of any such conduct. It also withdrew its statement that he had been involved in gunrunning or drug trafficking. Stated counsel for the claimant, The BBC also withdraws its statement that Mr. Bird has been involved in gun-running or drug trafficking. Contrary to what was said on the Today programme, the British or American authorities have never accused him of being involved inn such activities. He continued, Not least of Mr. Bird`s concerns has been the poor image that these groundless allegations may have created of his country and the damage that may have been done to its increasingly popular and important tourist industry. In response, the BBC`s solicitor stated, On behalf of the BBC I confirm everything my Learned Friend Mr. Shields (PM Bird`s counsel) has said. The BBC regrets the broadcasts of which Mr. Bird complains and offers its apology to Mr. Bird. It sincerely hopes that through the making and reporting of this statement the record will have been set straight. The BBC has agreed to pay damages, believed to be £100,000, to the prime minister and to pay his legal costs. It also broadcast an apology on BBC Radio 4 at 7.00 am and on the BBC World Service at 12 noon and 1.00 pm GMT yesterday (Friday 1 November). Commenting on the BBC apology, Antigua & Barbudas High Commissioner to London, Sir Ronald Sanders said, Justice has been done. The BBC made a false allegation and has now apologized, recognising that it made a grave error. Further the payment of damages and legal costs to the Prime Minister is very appropriate given the magnitude of the slur on Mr. Bird. The High Commissioner added, The BBC has enhanced its reputation by the apology. While it caused great hurt to Prime Minister Bird by its false reports, it has shown that, as a serious broadcaster, it is willing to apologise when it has made a genuine mistake. This can only enhance its credibility with the global audience to which it directs its programmes. © Copyright [Antigua] Sun Printing & Publishing 2002 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 15345.00, e v e n frequency. RAE Buenos Aires. Co- channel RTM Moroccan station left??? Clear channel. 1930 Italian. Previously had always suffered by a 400 Hertz heterodyne. At same time booming in BBC from ASC 15105 & 15400 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RAE, Buenos Aires, on 15344.9, Oct 15 at 2058, IS, IDs, time pips, multi-lingual IDs, into German; very good, SIO 444 (Tony Rogers, Birmingham, BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) On 15344.92, Sept 30 at 2200, IS, pips, then multi-lingual ID in Spanish, French, English, German, Italian, Arabic. Then programs in Spanish, Sio 444 (Alan Pennington, Berks., BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** ARMENIA. 9960, Voice of Armenia, Yerevan, from 2014 UT November 2. In French; IS and anthem and into German at 2020; IS and anthem and into English at 2040. At the end of broadcast, a schedule as follows. English Service of Voice of Armenia 0810 to 0840 UTC on 4810 and 15270 kHz 2040 to 2100 UTC on 4810 and 11625 kHz Also a satellite transmission listed, I did not get the details. Curiously, 9960 kHz was unannounced, though generally this is the most reliable frequency from 2000 to 2100, with 20 minutes each of French, German, and English (Roger Chambers, NY, ODXA via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. Radio Austria Internacional posee el siguiente esquema en español, vigente desde el 27/10/02 al 29/03/03: 2030-2100 5945, 6155 Europa y África 0030-0100 13730 América Latina 0130-0200 9870 América Latina QTH: Radio Austria Internacional, A-1040 Viena, Austria. E-mail: roi.hispano@o... [truncated] (Marcelo Cornachioni, Argentina, Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. AUTRICHE -- La station Radio Afrika Internationale a annoncé une modification prochaine dans sa grille de programmation. Il y aura notamment une séparation plus distincte entre les diverses langues. Actuellement, la programmation est un mélange de français, anglais, allemand, kirundi et autres langues africaines (Radio Afrika Internationale - 29 octobre 2002 -- les informations sont issues de http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jm.aubier via DXLD) ** BELARUS`. On 3355.0, Minsk, utility station at 2153 Oct 8. ``Ape Man`` -- The Kinks, ID ``Belaruskoya Radio``, long 3-minute anthem to 2200. Best on USB or LSB, not AM; SIO 344 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, Berks., BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** BELARUS`. 3346, R Mayak in DSB 1811 Nov 5 with news read by woman and man, Poem by young boy on phone-ins. Signal S5 on LSB only. 34333 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BENIN. 7210.2, 0603 Oct 2, ORTB, Cotonou, local music, fade out after some minutes (Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo, Genova, Italy, BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 7210.26, R. Benin, Cotonou, 2130 Oct 1, African music, French announcements including ``Ici au Cotonou``, SIO 333 (Dave Kenny, Reading, UK, BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 7210.26, ORTB Benin, 2232 Oct 14, reggae tune, pop music, best in USB, French, SIO 242 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, England, BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. José Luis García, from Radio Camargo, sent me this article about the 27th station anniversary. Greetings, Arnaldo Slaen 1975 - 2002 --- 27 años transmitiendo la Voz de los Cintis Radio Emisoras Camargo HISTORIA El 9 de Noviembre de 1975 a Hrs. 18:45, salía al éter la primera emisora cinteña que empezaba a emitir su señal en los 90 Mts. De Onda Corta y en los 3390 Kilociclos. Instalada a iniciativa privada. Radio Camargo empezaba a operar en la ciudad de Camargo Capital de la Provincia Nor Cinti del Departamento De Chuquisaca Bolivia. De La mano de Don PABLO GARCIA B. Mas Conocido Como Don Paulino Sale desde el Valle Cinteño para todo el mundo la primera señal de RADIO EMISORAS CAMARGO. Varios fueron los esfuerzos y pruebas previas que se realizaron antes de la primera emisión oficial de CP 175 RADIO CAMARGO. Bajo responsabilidad privada esta emisora se fue constituyendo en el orgullo de los cinteños por contar con una voz de alcance nacional e internacional. Ya una Vez puesta en marcha el plan contado con algunos elementos necesarios técnicos se iniciaron los tramites legales ante la Dirección General de Telecomunicaciones para conseguir la autorización legal Del funcionamiento de la radio . En la sede del gobierno (LA PAZ) durante el periodo del General Hugo Banzer Suárez(+) se concede la licencia de funcionamiento y utilización del especto electromagnético. La colaboración de destacadas personalidades políticas sociales y religiosas permitieron conseguir la resolución ministerial que autoriza la legalidad de Radio Camargo y que llegaba a ser conocida como ``La Voz Del Valle Cinteño`` Una Vez con emisores oficiales, fueron muchas las personas que llegaron hasta Radio Camargo para prestar su cooperación en el perfeccionamiento de la programación que empezaba a ganar popularidad en el ámbito nacional e internacional. Los reportes de sintonía atestiguaban la potencia de la Emisora. De 1978 a 1982 fueron los mejores años de radio cinteña. Porque después llegaría una cadencia muy grande en la estructura humana y técnica de la emisora. En 1985 RADIO EMISORAS CAMARGO se ve obligada a suspender sus emisiones debido a las siguientes causas: Imposibilidad de pagar la renovación de la licencia de funcionamiento. Falta de mantenimiento al equipo técnico a la carencia de recursos económicos. Los ingresos de Radio Camargo solo llegaban a cubrir el 50% de los gastos de operación y mantenimiento ninguna institución publica o privada quiere hacerse cargo de Radio Camargo. Durante 6 meses cesaron las transmisiones de Radio Camargo debido a los factores citados anteriormente. El 2 de mayo de 1986 nuevamente Radio Camargo sale al éter gracias a un convenio institucional con la parroquia de la ciudad, conseguido a orientación agrícola, planificación familiar vocacional y otros. A partir de lo acontecido hasta nuestros días, Radio Camargo se viene desenvolviendo enfrentando una serie de problemas de carácter técnico y económico, sin embargo el amor al terruño y el orgullo de ser Cinteño hace de Don Pablo García un Hombre luchador por dar a Cinti un Medio de Comunicación tan Importante como es Radio Camargo. Es importante destacar el apoyo y participación en la radio de personas que formaron parte en su momento de la emisora, personas que supieron ponerle el hombro a RADIO EMISORAS CAMARGO, tales como el Prof. Oscar Alvarado, Dn. Roberto Leyton, Dr. Jose Maria Rivera, Don Toto Tavera(+), Don Afonso Viaña, Oscar Poope, Daniel Saloma, German Avila, Judith y Lilian Arancibia, Julio Entranbasaguas, Edgar Davila, Jesús Nacho) García, Humberto Leyton, Héctor Godoy, Gonzalo Valdivieso, Carmen Rosa de Rivera , Mercedes Álvarez, Andrés Calderón y muchos otros amigos querendones de sus radio y de su tierra Camargo. CARACTERISTICAS Transmisor: Ghate de 1000 W. [Gates??] Frecuencia: 3390 Khz. Banda de 90 Metros Onda Corta. 100 Mhz. Frecuencia Modulada Distintivo: CP175 ``La Voz del Valle Cinteño`` Equipo de Apoyo: 2 Consolas de de Audio, 2 Tocadiscos, 5 Micrófonos, 2 Casseteras, Dos reporteras, un transmisor y radiorreceptores de largo alcance, 1 computadora. Infraestructura: Una Planta de Transmisión, 1 estudio de emisión, 1 estudio de grabación, 1 sala de prensa. Personal: 8 Personas: 1 Gerente, 1 Director, 2 reporteros – locutores, 1 Operador y 1 técnico. Emisión: Lunes a viernes 6:30 am a 19:00 (FM) 18:00 a 22:00 (AM) Sábados: 7:00 am a 18:00 (FM) Domingos: 9:00 am a 14:00 pm Financiamiento: Basado en la venta de los espacios radiales y l difusión de comunicados y avisos. Ademas de un porcentaje mínimo de difusión publicitaria. ACTUALIDAD Actualmente RADIO EMISORAS CAMARGO la Voz del valle cinteño Transmite en los 3390 Kz onda corta de 90 Mts. y en los 100 Mhz de Frecuencia Modulada Estéreo. Actualmente la dirección esta bajo cargo de Eduardo Ortega, Quien apoyado de un gran equipo de personas vienen trabajando en la emisora de una manera increíblemente desinteresada, ya que debido a la economía de la zona, no perciben un sueldo estable. ANIVERSARIO Este 9 de noviembre del 2002, Radio Camargo cumple 27 años de vida, frente a una realidad poco alentadora, puesto que cada vez la situación económica viene empeorando, dicho esto ya que en ocasiones no se llega ni siquiera a cubrir el costo de operación, pero gracias a ese amor, a esa pasión por la radio de Don Pablo, quien pese a haber sufrido un terrible accidente automovilístico en este año, sigue luchando y poniendo el hombro para hacer posible que Radio Camargo, siga transmitiendo y cumpliendo muchos años más. FELICIDADEDES RADIO CAMARGO WEB: http://www.radiocamargo.cjb.net (via José Luis García via Arnaldo Slaen via Gayle Van Horn, NC, DXLD) ** CANADA. Here is an advance PR piece I came across from the CBC regarding the soon-to-debut program "The Current". http://www3.cbc.ca/sections/newsitem_redux.asp?ID=2477 (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, swprograms Nov 4 via DXLD) I'm still not sure why they have taken this approach, since the format they had before seemed to work well! I assume that the RCI relay will join the new show in progress one half hour in? SF (Sandy Finlayson, ibid.) This what we're guessing; RCI has made no announcements regarding what they're going to do with that hour. The morning changes and others just put in place and to come are in response to a perception that CBC Radio One caters to a white over-50 crowd to the near exclusion of other age and ethnic demographics. Management says the new format will appeal to Canada as it is today, not what it was 30 years ago. Face it --- we're getting older and pretty soon no one will want us... unless we develop a great deal of flexibility in our tastes. :-) Anyone care to start an organization for "Boomer Power"??? (John Figliozzi, NY, swprograms via DXLD) Starts Nov 18 (gh, DXLD) ** CANARY ISLANDS. Ik heb een nieuwe file online geplaatst. http://dxing.hypermart.net/DXSounds/FGLPChurch.rm (Guido Schotmans, Belgium, Nov 1, BDXC via DXLD) ``Kak Tebya Lid`` presumably in Korean, and some talk in Korean. Nice to hear it so well (gh, DXLD) ** CHINA. 19520 HARMONIC. CRI, Beijing. EE service for the Pacific, 2 x 9760, weak at 1224, 2/11 (Craig Seager, Australia, Nov ADXN via DXLD) ** CHINA. Funny anecdote about `Ying Lian`, who seems to sign off everything from CRI (for the last 15 years I have been DXing anyway). I have read that this is the standard name used for all English correspondence. Certainly, I have never received any correspondence from any other `person`. Without knowing exactly which Chinese characters are being used, `Ying Lian` can be the words meaning `English practise` (Edwin Lowe, Revesby NSW, Nov ADXN via DXLD) ** C I S. FOREIGN RELAYS ON SW THROUGH FACILITIES IN THE CIS as of B- 02 October 27: http://www2.starcat.ne.jp/~ndxc/relay.htm includes lots of hotlinks to websites and audio; and check http://www2.starcat.ne.jp/~ndxc/ which also has lots of other useful info, some of it in English (gh, DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. Mission statement of La Voz de tu Conciencia from their QSL certificate (also in Spanish): In such a violent country like Colombia there is also hope; there is a signal that focuses on bringing peace and a message of reconciliation to all Colombians and friends in all the world; this is the Short Wave radio station. The beginning of the 6060 khz was during the middle of the year 2002; now it is found on 6010 Khz. We have the firm conviction of breaking the established patterns and bringing a different message in the area of Short Wave with life-giving programs such as : the Truth about the Truth, Peaceforce, Order your House, and other programs made by a dedicated work group located in Bogotá and Puerto Lleras (via gh, DXLD) ** CONGO DR. I got this information from the Hirondelle Organisation from Switzerland. Seems the new transmitters have been taken in use this week. Hello, Radio Okapi is on SW since 5 days, 24h/day on 6,030, 9,550 and 11,690 MHz. Best regards, Dario Baroni (via Jarmo Patala, Finland, Oct 31, dxing.info via DXLD) I got this email from Georges Schleger schleger@un.org the head of technical service of Radio Okapi: ``Hello Jan, Thank you for your report. We are now on this frequencies: 6,030 - 9,550 - 11,690 MHz with 10 kW. Temporarily we have transmitted on 6,300 for a short period. Antenna is 3 el. beam pointed to 80 degres (east) from Kinshasa for 3 frequencies. It will be great if you can provide a report audio like this: 6h00 : QRM/QRN and S meter 52,54. or 59 ! 12h00 18h00 00h00 for three frequencies. I know your equipment. it's good, specially your beverage !!! I'm in charge for Radio Okapi technical project but not for the QSL card. About it, please contact Hirondelle Foundation. Sincerely yours/73's Georges/VE2EK Georges Schleger, Communications Officer, Head of Technical Services of Radio Okapi MONUC`` Do you perhaps know where to send a snailmail report to Hirdondelle foundation? Best regards (Jan Edh, Hudiksvall, Sweden (DX-ing in Fredriksfors) Nov 4, dxing.info via DXLD I haven't seen any direct (Congo) address for Hirondelle, so maybe it's best to try their Swiss address as given at http://www.hirondelle.org Fondation Hirondelle 3, rue Traversiere CH 1018 - Lausanne Switzerland Good luck, 73 (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, ibid.) I received today a paper QSL and a leaflet from Switzerland just in five days for my e-mail reception, address as Jari gave. 73 (Jarmo Patala, Finland, Nov 4, dxing.info via DXLD) ** CUBA. Guy fired for playing rap critical of government: DESPIDEN A DIRECTOR DE PROGRAMA RADIAL QUE SACÓ AL AIRE MÚSICA CENSURADA NUEVA GERONA,1 de noviembre - (Carlos Serpa Maceira, UPECI / http://www.cubanet.org ) - La dirección de la emisora estatal cubana Radio Caribe, ubicada en el municipio Isla de la Juventud, en la provincia La Habana, despidió de su empleo al director del segmento musical ¡Qué Programa! porque sacó al aire música rap prohibida por el Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión, entidad estatal que controla todas las transmisiones. Carlos Ramón Casallanas Calafell, director de ``Qué Programa``, un segmento musical de gran audiencia en este municipio, especialmente entre los jóvenes, fue despedido por difundir en la sección Discotequeando la pieza de rap cubano titulada ``Respuesta a la tiza``, que contesta a otro rap llamado ``La Tiza``, en el cual se critican algunos de los problemas que afronta la sociedad cubana. ``La subdirección de programaciones de Radio Caribe me informó que dicho rap estaba prohibido por presentar problemas de `desviación ideológica`, pero no me mostraron el documento o la circular emitida por el Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión (al respecto)``, declaró a la UPECI el señor Casallanas, a quien le informaron que esa pieza musical estaba censurada cuando le cerraron el contrato de trabajo. Residentes de Nueva Gerona coincidieron en que es una injusticia retirarle el contrato a Casallanas por difundir una pieza musical prohibida por el gobierno. Un movimiento de músicos populares dedicados al rap ha tomado fuerza principalmente en barriadas de la capital cubana, aunque también hay agrupaciones que radican en otras provincias y practican ese género. Esta información ha sido transmitida por teléfono, ya que el gobierno de Cuba no permite al ciudadano cubano acceso privado a Internet. CubaNet no reclama exclusividad de sus colaboradores, y autoriza la reproducción de este material, siempre que se le reconozca como fuente. 73`s (via Oscar, Miami, DXLD) ** CUBA. 19200 HARMONIC. R. Rebelde, Havana. Fair 1220 with ID, Spanish programming, 2 x 9600, also heard, 2/11 (Craig Seager, Australia, Nov ADXN via DXLD) ** DENMARK [non]. WORLD MUSIC RADIO PLANS TO RETURN IN 2003 According to the Web site of World Music Radio (WMR) http://www.wmr.dk the station "is planning to resume operation during 2003." WMR first went on the air on shortwave in 1967 from The Netherlands, and broadcast without a licence until August 1973. Later, Stichting World Music Radio was established as a legal Dutch foundation, and between 1976 and 1989 WMR purchased airtime on a number of European shortwave stations including Radio Andorra, Radio Milano International and Radio Dublin. WMR moved its headquarters to Denmark, and came back on the air between May 31st and August 24th 1997 from the Meyerton shortwave site in South Africa (© Radio Netherlands Media Network 4 Nov 2002 via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. HCJB- Off Air? Hello Everyone, I have been following the news reports today and heard of the volcano activity in Quito and surrounding areas. At 0100 UT Tuesday, I checked 9745 and found the lack of HCJB along with 21455 (not sure if that's 24 hours). Hopefully, they will be back soon (Chris Campbell, Nov 4, swl via DXLD) Don't worry; while it's serious, HCJB is not down for the count at this moment. I am glad to report that 9745 was coming in loud and clear at 0148 UT. Whatever's happening, they're on the air at this writing, thank goodness. The HCJB website reports that the city has had a light coating of ash, there are health warnings due to the ash, and the airport has been closed indefinitely. There is a state of emergency in the affected zones. However, HCJB's Spanish staff has been on duty to keep the local populace informed, and staff members in general have been cleaning up ash, which luckily was light in Quito. I think the interruption you heard was due to power problems. The HCJB website mentions, "News director Ralph Kurtenbach added that engineers were forced to use the diesel generators in Pifo on Sunday when electricity coming from the power plant at Papallacta was interrupted. Later in the day power was restored, and engineers are working to determine what caused the problem with the Papallacta line." The full story is available at: http://www.hcjb.org/index.php?section=region&id=40 73, (Marie Lamb, NY, Nov 4, swl via DXLD) Surely God will spare HCJB. The portion about HCJB itself: (gh, DXLD) HCJB World Radio staff members are cleaning up after a thin film of ash covered the compound in Quito, says Station General Manager John Beck. Most of the workers at the radio station stayed home today as ash continues to fall across the city. ``Our Spanish news staff is doing its usual great job of keeping people informed,`` he said. Essential personnel are at work, and emergency plans to deal with the situation are in effect. While the ashfall in Quito was light, engineer Tim Zook measured three-eighths of an inch at HCJB World Radio`s international transmitter site east of the city in Pifo. The ash may have affected the site`s antennas, causing arcing on the arrays in use, he said. As the on-call engineer, Zook worked into the evening on Sunday. ``By reducing the power (to the arrays) we can have less of those trip- offs,`` he said. Missionaries are praying for wind to knock the heavy ash off the antennas before it causes damage. Additional eruptions today are expected to send further ashfalls across the area. News Director Ralph Kurtenbach added that engineers were forced to use the diesel generators in Pifo on Sunday when electricity coming from the power plant at Papallacta was interrupted. Later in the day the power was restored, and engineers are working to determine what caused the problem with the Papallacta line. When asked about the Pifo facility`s pure water supply, Zook said it is covered. But he expressed concern about the catch basin upstream that feeds not only the mission`s facilities, but also the town of Pifo. Source: (Reuters/AP/HCJB World Radio) (HCJB website above via DXLD) BTW, I saw something in Kirche u. Rundfunk pdf, which I could not get to copy, about HCJB setting up a second hydro station besides Papallacta. With them about to move to Santa Elena far away on the coast, one wonders why (gh, DXLD) ** EGYPT. 11720 disturbed Arabic, I guess Radio Cairo here. 0600-1400 ABS 250 kW two lobes at 106 and 286 degrees, ?two transmitters? (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany, Oct 27, BC-DX via DXLD) The distorted signal in Arabic on 11720 is Cairo - it's been there all summer. Audio is better on some days than others. I think this tx was formerly operating on 11980 in B-01 (Noel R. Green-UK, BC-DX Oct 28 via DXLD) EGITO - Nunca o sinal da Rádio Cairo, em espanhol, esteve tão audível, na América do Sul, como nos últimos tempos. O motivo é a utilização de novas freqüências na faixa de 25 metros: 11790 e 11680 kHz. Na primeira freqüência, o sinal é bom no Sul do Brasil, conforme Paulo Jorge Ferreira, de Bagé (RS). Já a segunda freqüência chega bem em Rosário, Argentina, de acordo com Rubén Margenet (Célio Romais, @tividade DX Nov 3 via DXLD) 9475 kHz, Radio Cairo with an exceptionally strong CLEAR AND NOT MUFFLED signal at 0220 UT, November 3rd. (They must have run out of cotton). (Roger Chambers, NY, ODXA via DXLD) Sometimes happens ** EGYPT [and non]. Middle East: SEVERAL ARAB STATES REPORTEDLY AGREE NOT TO BROADCAST CONTROVERSIAL DRAMA SERIES Excerpt from report from Cairo: "Arab states reportedly retract plans to broadcast Egyptian series 'Horseman Without A Horse' owing to US pressure" by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat web site on 3 November Well-informed Arab sources yesterday told Al-Sharq al-Awsat that a number of Arab countries have decided to respond to an official request the US State Department made last week not to broadcast the drama series "Horseman Without a Horse" on their government-owned television stations as was previously planned for next week with the start of the holy [fasting] month of Ramadan. The sources said these states have chosen not to broadcast the series after an Israeli-US media campaign against it out of a desire not create tensions in their ties with the US administration at present. They added that at least six Arab states (which they refused to identify) have decided not to go ahead with broadcasting the television series. The sources noted that these states have formally asked the US State Department not to announce their decision yet or disclose their identity so as not to offend the feelings of their local public and to avoid portraying the decision not to broadcast as a government response to US pressure in this regard. In addition to the public television stations in Egypt and Iraq, Al- Manar Television station, which is affiliated with Lebanon's Hezbollah, and Dream TV, a private Egyptian television channel owned by well-known Egyptian businessman Ahmad Bahjat, have announced their intention to broadcast "Horseman Without a Horse", which tells the epic of a popular Egyptian hero, Hafiz Najib. The drama series' writers, poet Muhammad Baghdadi and actor Muhammad Subhi, have based its scenario on a book that tells the truth of the protocols of the Elders of Zion, which show Jews ways to achieve media and economic domination of the world... A US diplomat in Cairo admitted the failure of the US embassy's efforts to talk to officials at the Egyptian Information and Foreign Ministries into intervening with the Egyptian television corporation and a privately-owned satellite station to prevent them from showing the series next week as is planned. The diplomat, who asked Al-Sharq al-Awsat not to name him, said that Washington hoped Egypt would respond to its request due to their excellent bilateral ties and in order to avoid any negative repercussions that may be caused by the decision to broadcast. He added that Egyptian officials dealt with him in what he described as a condescending manner with complete disregard to the efforts of the US State Department and the objections of the Israeli lobby in the United States. Egyptian Information Minister Safwat al-Sharif was the first Arab information minister to announce his rejection of the propaganda campaign Israeli and US circles are launching against the series. He affirmed that the series will be aired on Egyptian television on its set date. The Arab League yesterday joined the campaign to defend "Horseman Without a Horse" against US and Israeli intervention and attempts to extract a decision to prohibit broadcasting it. In the first Arab League official comment on developments regarding the series and the US State Department's request not to show it, Councillor Hisham Yusuf, official spokesman for the Arab League, said the decision on whether or not to broadcast the series belongs to the Arab states, who alone have the right and sovereignty to make the appropriate decision, adding that such a decision would be unrelated to a US or any other reason. In exclusive statements to Al-Sharq al-Awsat, the Arab League spokesman said: We are confident that Egyptian drama series cannot engage in issues of anti-Semitism or in attacks on Jews, especially since Arabs are Semites too. He considered the accusation of anti-Semitism as completely nonexistent for Arab peoples. He added that he does not think any television series that is broadcast would offend the Jewish faith in any manner. The Popular Egyptian Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People issued a statement in Cairo expressing solidarity with actor Muhammad Subhi against the intense attack by Jewish and American organizations demanding that the series not be broadcast. The series is expected to attract large audiences when it is broadcast next week due to the intensive media campaign launched by Israel and its supporters in the Jewish lobby in Washington. This campaign is considered the most violent one ever launched by Israeli circles against a television production broadcast by Egyptian television since the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty was signed in 1969. Source: Al-Sharq al-Awsat web site, London, in Arabic 3 Nov 02 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** FRANCE. FRANÇA - Quem conseguiu o QSL da Rádio França Internacional faz tempo se contende com ele mesmo. É que a emissora não mais responde aos informes. Segundo os funcionários dos programas em português, os informes devem ser enviados diretamente para um tal de Departamento de Ondas Decamétricas. Leônidas dos Santos Nascimento, de São João Evangelista(MG), mandou cartas para lá, mas as recebeu de volta com a informação de que não existe o endereço indicado. Dá pra acreditar? (Célio Romais, @tividade DX Nov 3 via DXLD) ** GUADELOUPE. Bogdan referred to this a few days back - is anyone else noticing that Guadeloupe seems much easier to log this season? I'm hearing French with great regularity on 640, even with antennas that don't favor the Caribbean. Has there been any mention of a power increase? If you haven't heard Guadeloupe, and you don't have a local on 640, give a listen (Rick Kenneally, Wilton, CT, Nov 4, NRC-AM via DXLD) I've definitely noticed the consistently stronger signal from 640 R. Guadeloupe, and wondered if it was more than prevailing conditions. I know all RFO facilities were upgraded a few years ago, including a power increase to 20 kW for all AM outlets. I would guess that Guadeloupe is running with at least 50 kW these days. Then again, long term conditions may also play a role. I can remember when Cuba used to be dominant on a majority of frequencies below 1100 kHz, when 700 Jamaica was no big deal, and when Colombia on 650, 690, 700, 760, 770, and 1000 used to be more regular (Bruce Conti - Nashua NH, ibid.) I've certainly noticed this. I had them on my target list for several years, and checked 640 regularly when Caribbean signals were good... until this year, not a hint of them. Then, on April 19 of this year, they popped up with an excellent signal and were heard here for more than four hours. Since then I've heard them at least half a dozen times, sometimes dominating the frequency. WRTH lists them as running 40 kW. I wonder if their antenna is a DA... if so, maybe it went out of whack earlier this year. [Later:] Speak of the devil! They're blasting in here right now (2215 EST), completely dominating 640... FF talk and occasional music. I also noticed presumed Haiti with FF talk on 840 (Barry McLarnon, Ottawa, Ont., ibid.) They must have rebuilt the station. I remember in PR both in the 70's and the 80's and early 90's, this station was a really hard catch, even on the SE coast. I al3ways thought they had a really short tower with a bad ground. I sailed completely around the island once in '80, and never saw what seemed to be a large tower (David Gleason, Palm Springs CA, ibid.) Is the station 24/7 in French? I have heard Cuba on 640. This might be possible. Thanks. 73s, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) Nothing but Cuba all night here in the West Florida Republic. Thanks for tips. One of these days...I've not heard Guadeloupe since I left PA, over 20 years ago (Gerry Bishop Mostlyniceville, FL, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** HAITI. Dear Glenn: Mission Network News reported the following about a radio distribution plan. I hope this information is useful to you and the WOR listeners. (Haiti) -- "Voodoo is Haiti's only hope" as reported by the Associated Press that encapsulates much of the feeling there. At a time of deepening poverty and despair, many in Haiti see only one way out. Men For Missions' Wayne King is determined to fight the occult's influence with the Gospel. "It's been going on for 200 years and it has been renewed with fervor as the time has been approaching for re-dedication of that country. So, if we can saturate that country with the Gospel before the end of the year 2004, we can be a factor in reaching that country for Jesus Christ." King explains how. "We're doing that through solar-powered radios that are fix-tuned to Christian radio station 4VEH. So, our goal is to distribute a quarter of a million solar-powered radios to the people of a country that 70-percent are illiterate. So, if they are going to hear the Good News, it will have to be through the spoken word." (via Bruce Atchison, Alberta, Nov 5, DXLD) Another hope: rationalism, but who will tell them? (gh, DXLD) ** HAWAII. 690 KORL HI, Honolulu, received a beautiful full color framable certificate in 8 days for taped report. Around the border are a series of palm trees and the Radio Disney AM 690 logo in the middle. Really n ice! Also enclosed AM 690 Radio Disney sticker. V/S: Mahlon Moore -PD. Address: 1833 Kalakaua Ave, 5th Fl, Honolulu HI 96815 (Pat Martin, OR, Nov ADXN via DXLD) ** INDIA. Observed since few days - and reported in Newsgroups also: 9950 kHz AIR Delhi 250 kW, produces four spurious signals on 9850 fair, - and strong on 9900, 10000, and 10050 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SPUR 10050 in parallel to 9950 AIR (2214) Max S3 while 9950 is with S9+20 (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA/PAKISTAN. Un fenómeno interesante de propagación en la noche de viernes a sábado del 01/11 al 02/11, permitió que se escucharan las siguientes emisoras: AIR Ranchi en 4960, AIR Delhi en 4860, AIR Jaipur en 4910, AIR Shrinigar en 4950 y Kashimr Pakistán en 4790, además de otras dos no identificadas en 4840 y 5015. El fenómeno se mantuvo por más de media hora desde la 0100 UT. Las señales más fuertes (SINPO 4/4): 4910 y 4860 kHz (Saludos desde Catia La Mar, en VENEZUELA, Adán González, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. No signal of RRI Jakarta on any of these, 9525, 11785, 15125/15150 (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At English 2000 time? ** INTERNATIONAL. A new congressional bill to prevent Internet jamming --- the practice by some countries of restricting access to the Internet --- could run into technological and jurisdictional problems, industry specialists said. The Global Internet Freedom Act would lay out a "robust global Internet freedom policy" to counter Internet blocking by "repressive regimes," according to the text of the House bill, and establish an Office of Global Freedom within the International Broadcasting Bureau.... http://www.washtimes.com/world/20021104-35524738.htm [Moony] 73 (via Kim Elliott, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL. Today is Awal Ramadan, the beginning of the Muslim fasting month. From today until Idil Fitri on Dec 7, domestic radio stations in Muslim communities worldwide will extend their sign off times, and in certain cases also push forward their sign on times (if they are not already on 24/7 which many of them are!). This is a good time to look for otherwise rare stations in certain countries. 73s (Richard Lam, SINGAPORE, Nov 5, Cumbre DX via DXLD) You have perhaps noticed that we have belatedly started filing such multi-country items under INTERNATIONAL. No vacuum or waters involved. And I misspoke on WOR 1154 in mentioning the opening date for Ramadan (gh, DXLD) MUSLIMS PREPARE FOR HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN, By Zamira Eshanova This week, Muslims around the world mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, the most significant Islamic holiday. Muslims believe that Ramadan -- the ninth month of the Islamic year, as determined by the lunar calendar -- represents the time when the Koran was sent down from heaven as "a guidance unto men, a declaration of direction, and a means of salvation." During this month, Muslims observe the fast of Ramadan and other Islamic traditions.... http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2002/11/05112002174804.asp (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** IRAN, Updated B-02 schedule for VOIROI/IRIB with corrections by editors: ALBANIAN 0630-0727 15235 17680 1830-1927 7165 9610 2030-2127 6100 9740 15084v ARABIC 0230-0627 9895 0330-1527 13770 0330-1627 15125 15545 1230-1627 13820 1530-1927 7285 1630-1927 3985 6025 6065 6200 1730-1927 9935 2030-2127 3985 6025 6065 6200 7295 9935 2130-2227 3985 6065 6200 7285 9935 11710 2230-0127 3985 6065 6200 7285 11710 0130-0327 6065 6200 7285 ARABIC* 0330-0427 7250 9505 1930-2027 3985 6025 6065 6200 7285 9935 ARABIC# 0330-0527 6145 7100 9535 ARMENIAN 0300-0327 7295 0930-0957 13740 15260 1630-1727 6185 7230 AZERI 0100-0327 6150 ||||| Nov.6-Dec.6 RAMADAN 0330-0527 11720 1430-1657 6220 BENGALI 0030-0127 5905 6005 6085 1430-1527 6090 9545 11850 15415 BOSNIAN 0530-0627 15084v 15235 17680 1730-1827 7295 11660 2130-2227 7235 9710 15084v CHINESE 1200-1257 9895 11670 13645 15150 2330-0027 7130 7325 9635 DARI 0300-0627 9885 0830-1157 11860 1200-1457 5965 ENGLISH 0030-0127 6135 9580 0130-0227 6135 9580 ||||| new transmission 1030-1127 15375 15385 15480 21470 21730 ||| retimed, ex 1100-1227 1530-1627 7195 9610 11835 1930-2027 6110 7320 11695 15140 2130-2227 9780 11740 GERMAN 0730-0827 15084v 21770 1730-1827 6110 9500 15084v FRENCH 0630-0727 17590 21645 21770 1830-1927 6180 9565 9755 15084v 2330-0027 6135 9740 HAUSA 0600-0657 17810 21810 1830-1927 7335 9775 HEBREW 0230-0257 6010 6135 ||||| retimed, ex 0300-0327 0700-0727 21745 ||||| new transmission 1900-1927 6140 7120 7315 HINDI 0230-0257 15165 17635 1500-1527 7195 11640 11840 13745 ITALIAN 0630-0727 15084v 17560 17605 1200-1257 15084 15275 1930-1957 7295 9615 JAPANESE 1300-1327 9510 9770 2100-2127 6125 7180 KAZAKH 0130-0227 9855 9880 1300-1357 11745 13755 15410 MALAY 1730-1827 9805 11875 ||||| new transmission 1230-1327 15200 15585 17560 PASHTO 0230-0327 6095 9525 9605 0730-0827 15440 1230-1327 9630 9790 11870 13720 1430-1527 7270 1630-1727 6005 6015 7195 PERSIAN 0830-1157 15084v ||||| irr 1630-1727 15084v 1930-2027 15084v 2230-2327 15084v ||||| irr RUSSIAN 0300-0327 702 6040 7135 0500-0557 12025 15530 21480 21610 ||| new transmission 1430-1627 1449 7165 7325 9575 9735 ||| retimed, ex 1400-1457 1700-1757 6035 7170 ||| retimed, ex 1530-1627 1800-1857 6035 7305 ||| retimed, ex 1730-1827 1930-2027 702 7100 7205 SPANISH 0030-0127 6015 9650 9570 0130-0227 6175 9650 9570 0230-0327 5960 0530-0627 15320 17590 2030-2127 7130 9750 SWAHILI 0330-0427 13640 15260 1130-1227 17630 21550 1730-1827 9595 11750 TAJIK 0000-0057 3945 ||||| Nov. 6-Dec. 6 RAMADAN 0100-0227 5950 1600-1727 5955 TURKISH 0200-0257 7145 ||||| Nov. 6-Dec. 6 RAMADAN 0430-0557 15260 15365 1600-1727 7125 9735 [see RUSSIA for 7125 clash] URDU 0130-0227 6010 6190 7210 1330-1457 11640 11950 13595 1530-1727 7270 UZBEK 0230-0257 5950 1500-1557 5955 * VOICE OF ISLAMIC PALESTINIAN REVOLUTION # VOICE OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTION OF IRAQ (Ivo and Angel! Observer, Bulgaria, via DXLD) ** IRAN. On the `bubble` jammer previously logged on 9530 --- there are three such jammer beacons, presumably Iranian, on 9530, 97945 and 11930 (sometimes on 15260 instead of 9745). These were first noted back in 1997 (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. The station on 5290.4 is Voice of Mojahedin // 9260 kHz. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5290 was Krasnoyarsk; time? (gh, DXLD) ** IRAQ [non]. "The Voice of the Iraqi People" from Saudi Arabia heard again today around 2000 UT: best on 11710.04 kHz, in \\ thiny 9563, and poor 9570[ex 9568]. (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. IRRS featuring United Nations Radio news broadcast on 6280 from 2100 UT. SINPO 45343 (Silvain Domen, Belgium, 4 Nov, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6280, IRRS 2049-2203 Nov 4, about one hour test on this new frequency in English and Italian with many IDs. Signal strong from S 7 to 9+20, with fading and with not a so good modulation. I sent them a report that they confirmed in 5 minutes. They say that they are going on air with 100 kw but the transmitter is not in Italy. Where? E-mail: reports@nexus.org Ciao (Giampiero Bernardini, Avvenire Milano, Italy, Cumbre DX via DXLD) IRRS are in effect challenging us to find out where they are transmitting from. There must be some DXers out there with beam antennas who could at least get an approximate direxional fix on the transmission. Three of them in different locations around Europe could triangulate this. There could be other clues by listening closely to the transmission. Why not? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I listened to IRRS testing with 100 kW unit (QTH unknown) on 6280 kHz in 4 Nov 2002 2100-2200. Receiver was Grundig Satellit 650 with a whip antenna in an apartment in the middle of town. Signal strength was fair, static local noise on the frequency was severe. Ironically, 75 meters band was very clean at the moment in my QTH. QRM was generously provided by a over the horizon radar (woodpecker) on 6298 kHz median frequency. In spite of all this, the signal was mostly readable, though during fade-outs it disappeared completely under the noise floor. SINPO 33243 Mr. Alfredo E. Cotroneo, CEO, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association, answered promptly to my email-report reports@nexus.org with an amused reply: "Thank You very much Jari. We'll try to do better in the future (Jari Lehtinen, Lahti, Finland, dxing.info via DXLD) Heard here, too. My receiver gave the frequency as 6280.2 and the signal was good, S9 and over at times. No QRM at all noted here. The audio was not the best, a little distorted and "tight", but I guess that was the thing they tested. Sounded like AM to me, both sidebands and a carrier. Sign-off at 2204 (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, ibid.) 6280.25 IRRS relaying UN Radio. Start about 2057 Nov 4 with continuous ID reel with ID, address then `signing on`. Program till 2120 consisted of UN radio news then SRI Merry go Round [! --gh]. Signal about S5-7 with occasional QRM from a FSK source. 33333 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ITALY. Radio GAP: "I'm sorry to be unable, at the moment, to give you the answer [dates, times, fqys, stns--JB]. We'll know that after testing the equipment in Florence, next Nov 4th. Anyway, all useful informations for the Internet people are and will be available on our website." http://www.radiogap.net (Jerry Berg, DX-plorer via DXLD) Implying site of 6280 was a 100 kW in Firenze? Seems unlikely (gh, DXLD) SITE? Radio GAP with special programs in various languages for the European Social Forum in Florence (Italy) will be heard via IRRS- Shortwave on 6,280 kHz (100 kW to Europe) from 2100-2200 UT on Nov. 6, 7, 8 and 9. Reception reports directly to R. GAP at the address mentioned on the air or via reports@nexus.org This broadcast will be in parallel via our streaming audio service at http://mp3.nexus.org (Controneo IRRS Cumbre DX Nov 5 via DXLD) ** JAPAN. See AFGHANISTAN ** KOREA NORTH. Voice of Korea (North Korea) just announced in this afternoon's transmission that it will be changing its frequencies as of November 4th. Here's the new schedule as announced: To North-East Asia 0100 to 0200 UTC and 0300 to 0400 UTC on 7140, 9345, 6195 kHz To Europe 1300 to 1400, 1500 to 1600, 1900 to 2000, 2100 to 2200 UTC on 11335 and 7505 kHz To North America (reception was pretty bad at this point, so I'm going to have to double check this info) 1300 to 1400, 1500 to 1600 on ?11710? and ?9235? kHz (Ian Morrison, Primetime Shortwave via DXLD) They never announce the entire English schedule at one time, but split it up into two or three parts on as many transmissions (gh, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. En mi último correo-e [DXLD 2-169] cometí un error con una de las frecuencias de Radio Pyongyang a partir del 4/11. La frecuencia correcta es 6520 y no 6250 kHz (Saludos desde Catia La Mar, en VENEZUELA, Adán González, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. On Nov. 2nd 2002 at 1710-1800 UT, VOA was heard on a new frequency of 1593 kHz in Pashto. I first supposed that this is the planned VOA Kabul outlet. But Arto Mujunen of IBB tells me that this broadcast is coming from Kuwait. They have activated the ex-Germany frequency from this site (Jari Korhonen, FIN-82500 Kitee, Nov 5, dxing.info via DXLD) This is the single 1593 listing at IBB Monitoring as of Nov 5; not Pashto but Farsi per them; neat trick, an azimuth of 999 degrees... 1593 1500 2030 VOA M1 FARS KWT C 999 The 1500s are getting pretty crowded in Kuwait... (gh, DXLD) 1566.0, *1600-2002* 28/10 KWT? Radio Mesopotamia (Twin Rivers Radio), ID "Idha'at Wadi al-Rafidayn", Arabic popular music, news, Arabic. Note: station didn't stop txs with a start of Radio Sawa [1548]. (Robert Petraitis, Lithuania, Ydun`s MW news via DXLD) ** LIBERIA. Glenn, 5470 Radio Veritas 2123-2137 11/03 English. Religious program promos with music. Canned ID "Radio Veritas, Your.. (inaudible)..station" also mention of Archdiocese, date and local time (9:30 PM). Program titled, "Time for Peace". Fluctuating signal strength, fair to poor. Thanx to tip via Jerry Berg (Scott R Barbour Jr, NH) You mean 11/4 - Monday? LIBERIA. 5469.96, R. Veritas, heard from 2210 Nov 2 with Afropop and hi-life style music, much talkover by man announcer, definite "R. Veritas, your . . ." at 2220. Building to around 2230, then leveled off. ID 2255, TC for 5 minutes to 11, seeming religious message (but very low audio), 2201 [sic, must mean 2301] closing announcement and off without NA. Music audio was better than voice, and signal was better in LSB than USB, though some ute QRM on the low side. Poor-fair signal overall (Jerry Berg, MA, DX-plorer via DXLD) Not even a carrier here Nov 5 in the 2200-2300 period (gh, OK, DXLD) ** MEXICO. Is it true that the once mighty XERF is now only 15 kW? It is according to the list I found at http://www.sct.gob.mx/concesiones/comunicaciones/Infraestructura_Radio-22-03-02_AM.pdf (Mike Westfall, N6KUY, WDX6O, Los Alamos, New Mexico (DM65uv) http://www.gentoo.net/mike Corazón DX via DXLD) The March 2001 edition of "Directorio de Medios Audio-Visuales, by Medios Publicitarios Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V., (Mexico's equivalent of Standard Rates and Data Service) shows XERF with 15,000 watts. Joe Gragg, at the WTFDA convention in Yukon, Oklahoma, told of his experiences as a consulting engineer for several Mexican stations and indicated since the government took over XERF, it hasn't spent the money necessary to maintain the previous power potential of its stations. XERF is no longer the money maker it used to be in the old "Border Baby" mail order days, when XEG-1050, XELO-800 (now XEROK), XERB-1090 Rosarita Beach, XEMO-860, XENT-1140 (Nuevo Laredo) [?? XEMR- 1140 Monterrey? --gh], and I'm probably forgetting one or two more, broadcast in English to entice gullible listeners into buying quack medicine, religious artifacts and other stuff via mail order. In my trip to the Rio Grande Valley late in October, the XERF signal was not strong. High on the dial, its groundwave would not compare, even at higher power, to stations in the 540-800 range, but the night signal has been nowhere near what it was in the '50s and '60s. Thanks, by the way, for the URL address, which gives a different format than I've previously had for the SCT material. A quick scan of the information shows that much of it remains out of date, unfortunately, in comparison to actual operations. Many Coahuila frequency changes that have been in operation for at least a year remain unreflected in the SCT list. XEPQ-730 is shown on 710; XEYJ-940 is shown on 950; etc. The list does show the XEITE call for Mexico City on 830 and has caught up with XEID's move to 990. Hopefully, somewhere there's a source that can be found to keep us more up-to-date on the many moves that are being made in Mexico (John Callarman, Krum, Texas, ibid.) Also XETX 540 is still shown as 1010... I take it from the URL that the list was published in March, 2002. (Mike Westfall, N6KUY, WDX6O Los Alamos, New Mexico (DM65uv), ibid.) ** MONACO [non]. Hello Glenn, In dxld2172 there is a mention of the R. Monte Carlo LW/MW station at Roumoules in Provence, France, about 100 km west of Monaco. I have some recent photos of it on my site: http://www.qsl.net/oz3yi/Roumoules.html Unfortunately, it is in Danish only. There's also a map showing its exact location near the Sainte Croix (artificial) lake - look for R.M.C, south of Roumoules and north of Ste. Croix. More info about Radio Monte Carlo is at http://www.rmcstory.fr.fm/ - click on 'Antennes' to see photos from all of its sites. 73, (Erik Køie, København, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. Médi-1 seems to be commuting between 9575 and 9595. Today again on 9595. 73 (Olle Alm, Sweden, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALESTINE [non}. 9935, IRIB Kamalabad, scheduled 1730-2130 UT. Seemingly another channel for Arab service, in \\ : ARABIC (VOICE OF ISLAMIC PALESTINIAN REVOLUTION) 1930-2027 3985 6025 6065 6200 11905[QRM UZB German], all these heard in \\ . [0330-0427 7250 9505 the morning service] (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. Hola amigo, He visto el siguiente logging en tu log: 10354.3 R. Willkamayu que es muy interesante! Nunca antes he oido sobre esta emisora. Puedes contarme más sobre la emisora, para que publicar en el website dxing.info? (Mika Makelainen, via Spacemaster, Conexión Digital) Es una emisora peruana con programacion basada en música e información local e internacional.... El esquema clásico, muy temprano huaynos, noticiero matinal, música no folklórica, noticias, música folklórica, mensajes, etc. Lo mismo de las demás emisoras... || Dónde funciona, qué tipo de programación, identidad segura etc? Radio Willkamayu, Avenida Infancia 527, CUSCO; (84) 24-6391. ESPERO LOS DATOS SEAN UTILES... 73s (ALFREDO CAÑOTE, Perú to Mika, ibid.) Hola Alfredo, Gracias por la información! La emisora es muy interesante - espero que muchos DXistas en Europa van a tratar a captar esta emisora. Sabes hasta cuando ha transmitido en onda corta? Es verdaderamente una transmisión normal y legal - o solamente el 11. harmónico del transmisor de la frecuencia de 940? 73 (Mika to Alfredo, ibid.) Con respecto a esta radio... Me he comunicado a las 2230 UT con el Sr. Tello, gerente de la radio; me dijo que las transmisiones tienen una potencia de 20 w., Están en modo de prueba, asimismo me avisará cuando ya cuente con una dirección electronica. Le llegué a sugerir que saque una, ya que para muchos es muy práctico este medio y para el de mayor utilidad, así, indirectamente construye su área de cobertura. Ojo que ayer en el diálogo que tuve me indicó que la señal sale desde las 1000 UT. Y hoy la capté desde las 1020. Así que si puedes captarla en la noche, tienes una alternativa. Espero que todos ustedes lleguen a captarla. 73's (Alfredo Cañote, Perú, Nov 4-5, Conexión Digital via DXLD) RADIO WILLKAMAYU FROM PERU TESTING ON 10354 KHZ Peruvian station Radio Willkamayu from Cusco is testing on 10354.2v kHz. Transmitter power is only 20 watts, says station manager Julio C. Tello A. The station was first logged on shortwave by Alfredo Benjamin Cañote B. near Lima in Perú on October 30 and November 2 after 1100 UT, and later already after 1000. OBX7L, Radio Willkamayu also broadcasts on 940 kHz. Willkamayu is a Quechua name referring to a sacred river of the Incas, better known by its Spanish name Vilcanota- Urubamba. Radio Willkamayu programming consists of huaynos and other folk music as well as news and mensajes, announcements of the audience. The station is located in the old center of Cusco, in the same neighborhood as for example Radio La Hora. Radio Willkamayu can be reached by writing to Avenida Infancia 527, Wanchaq, Cusco, Peru, tel. +51-84-246391 (DXing.info, November 3, 2002, updated November 5 via DXLD) ** PUERTO RICO. The station info in DXLD 2-164, very first item has a transposition in the callsign, which really belongs to 820 in Fort Worth: 550 WBAP Ponce, 24h... Should be WPAB (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. RRI, 9624.85, 0653 Oct 5, talk, ID, English, then multi- lingual announcements, sign-off at 0656; Tiganeshti transmitter off- channel, poor modulation (Tony Rogers, Birmingham, BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 9624.86, unID at 0505 Sept 28, Spanish, all Spanish and English rock and pop vocals, announcements in between, decent level, tho fady and rough modulation, ads at 0530, Fides [Bolivia] listed, but I`m not sure (Jerry Berg, MA, BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) See DXLD 2-170 where Fides was definitely on 9624.75 and closing at 0257*; also 2-171. Would be quite a coincidence if both Fides and RRI were on the same off-frequency to almost two decimal places (gh, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. I get the impression that "something" has changed at Yakutsk on 7200. Unless there is a change in propagation characteristics from last B-01, I find the signal stronger and much more consistent around 0700. 7345 is very variable, but I cannot now hear it until Slovakia goes off c0827. Today - Nov.5th - I found empty carriers on 5940 7320 and 9530 around 0755. Propagation characteristics appeared to indicate these were from Magadan. If this station on 6150, could it be a re-activation of their fourth transmitter [I think last heard on 9600 around two years ago?] But Yakutsk 7200 was peaking to S7 to 9 same time and parallel 9720. There is now splash from D. Welle 7195 - why does that one need to move 5 kHz higher in winter as compared to summer? I cannot hear anything from Arkhangel`sk 6160 - only CKZN - and 6085 / 6030 are hopeless here at 0700 - I have been elsewhere around 0130!!! 73's (Noel Green, England, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6160 Arkhangel`sk has less modulation than ever. Now only a strong carrier with some pieces of scratchy programme in the background (Olle Alm, Sweden, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, there is a R Rossii on 6030.2 kHz. I will try to check the sign off time. The R Rossii I heard before the change to B-02 was on 6150.2; is that a coincidence? No R Rossii on 6150 audible here now. BTW, 585 kHz seems to be off. 7345 very weak. Strange to notice 5290 totally quiet. There is something on 5290.4 kHz, maybe one of the ME clandestines. [Later:] The 6030.2, R. Rossii signed off at 1605, so most probably Perm. The station on 5290.4 is Voice of Mojahedin // 9260 kHz. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5290 was Krasnoyarsk ** RUSSIA. VOR WS in Russian, updated to Nov. 1, which may or may not differ much from previous versions in full here: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=rusdx (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA/IRAN. The most terrible collision observed at my location on 7125 kHz around 1600-1730 UT: Voice of Russia in German language from Ekaterin`burg, Russia, selected for this channel, but also IRIB Kamalabad, Iran super power signal co-channel on top [Turkish, see IRAN schedule above]. Underneath VOR should move from 7125 to 7320 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SINGAPORE. With winter here again, Singapore`s domestic service in English shows up well here in the UK on 6150. Listen from sign-on 2300 (suffers co-channel QRM from China) and again up until sing-off at 1600 for best reception (Tony Rogers, Birmingham, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. RADIO SWEDEN--Coming up on Radio Sweden: Thursday: In our new series "Nordic Lights" (which replaces "Nordic Report" now that our partner Radio Finland has closed its English service) is the co-op obsolete or more important in the age of the European Union? Friday: Our weekly review Saturday: "Sweden Today" presents a Nobel Prize special Sunday: In "Sounds Nordic" Cosi Fan Tutti at the Folkopera, Frederik Kempe, and Sahline This edition [of MesiaScan] is a bit abbreviated, as Radio Sweden is hosting the annual meeting of CIBAR, the Conference of International Broadcasters' Audience Research Services, this week. Hopefully we'll some a few interesting things to pass along next time. Have you checked out the new look on our website? http://RadioSweden.org (George Wood, SCDX/MediaScan Nov 5 via DXLD) ** SYRIA. 12085, (the real one, not the clandestine) is back after a few days absence with "more buzz, less talk". (Olle Alm, Sweden, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Syria seems to carry Hebrew 1600-1830 and Russian 1830-1900 on both 783 and 1125 kHz (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. Hi, Glen[n]: Attached is latest CBS/RTI schedule. And I suggest CBS to compile one single file containing all services to download. See what they respond in English page. Thanks your compiling such a wonderful newsletter !! (Miller Liu, Taiwan, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CBS RADIO TAIPIE INTERNATIONAL -- latest schedule as follows: Updated : Oct 15, 2002 NOTICE ONE: CBS IS AUTHORIZED TO SHIFT FREQ WITHIN THE SAME METERBAND TO AVOID CHINA HEAVY JAMMING WITH CNR 1/2 PROGRAMS OR CHINESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC. IT APPLIES TO VARIETY, NEWS, MAINLAND NETWORKS. SEE ALT CH. NOTICE TWO: DUE TO NOT A ITU MEMBER, CBS BROADCASTING SEASONS WILL BE MORE THAN ONE MONTH LATER THAN ALL ITU MEMBER STATIONS. THIS DELAY CAN AVOID CO-CHANNEL OR ADJACENT CHANNEL JAMMING/INTERFERENCE. VARIETY NETWORK ONE (in CHINESE) 2200-0200, 0400-1700 (local Mo-Fr 0600-1000 stop tx [meaning silent period for maintenance, siesta?]) 603 0400-1600(0400-1000 Sa Su) C CHN C TWN 927 1000-1500 C CHN S TWN 1098 1300-1700 C CHN S TWN 6065 0800-1430(0800-0900 Sa Su) C&S CHN alt ch 6085 6140 6280 6150 2230-0000 C CHN 7415 0900-1700(0900-1000 Sa Su) N CHN alt ch 7425 11615 1100-1400 N CHN alt ch 11735 11645 0000-0200 0400-1400(0600-1000 Sa Su) C CHN alt ch 11625 11640 11855 1400-1700 N CHN alt ch 11640 11665 0900-1700(0900-1000 Sa Su) N CHN alt ch 15060 15130 11730 0400-0900(Sa Su) N CHN alt ch 11765 11970 11885 2230-0200 N CHN alt ch 11865 11970 11985 11985 0400-0600 N CHN alt ch 11970 15260 0400-0800(0600-0800 Sa Su) N CHN alt ch 15060 15130 15245 2230-0200 N CHN alt ch 15330 15345 15265 1500-1700 SEAs 15330 0400-0900(Sa Su) C CHN alt ch 15190 15430 0400-0600 C CHN alt ch 15190 Note: 927 kHz is for occasional baseball live broadcast from 0900Z to end. VARIETY NETWORK TWO: (repeat programs of VARIETY NETWORK ONE) 0200-0300 11875 PHL 0400-0600 11795 alt 11775 CHN 0900-1100 9280 CHN 1300-1500 7445 927 SEAs NEWS NETWORK (in CHINESE) 2200-1700 603 2200-0000 N&C CHN C TWN 747 2300-0000 1000-1200 CHN C TWN 1008 2200-0000 0400-0500 0700-1700 CHN C TWN 1422 2300-0500 0900-1500 S CHN S TWN 1521 1200-1700 N CHN S TWN 1557 0300-0800 C&N CHN 6150 2300-0000 C CHN 7105 0900-1700 C&N CHN alt ch 7310 7365 9610 1100-1200 AUS NZL 9685 0900-1400 C&N CHN alt ch 9630 9640 9650 9685 2230-0100 C CHN alt ch 9640 9650 9670 9680 0700-1700 C&S CHN alt ch 9700 9735 9635 2300-0000 SEAs 9735 0700-1200 S CHN alt ch 9680 9700 9795 1200-1700 S CHN alt ch 9680 9700 11635 2200-0000 SEAs 11885 2300-0000 N CHN alt ch 11865 11970 11985 11905 0100-0500 N CHN alt ch 11900 15290 0200-0500 SEAs alt ch 15105 15215 0300-0800 N CHN alt ch 15175 15235 15245 2300-0000 N CHN alt ch 15330 15345 15395 0900-1300 N CHN alt ch 15525 15645 5950# 2200-0000 ENAm 15440# 2200-0000 WNAm Note: # via WYFR Florida 1422kHz is for occasional baseball live broadcast from 0900Z to end. Mainland NETWORK ("Date with Taipei" features program) 0600-1000 11795 alt 11775 1400-1800 7395 6060 alt 7515 6145 2300-0300 9660 alt 9680 DIALECT NETWORK (in Amoy Hakka Cantonese Mongolian Tibetan) Amoy (mainly spoken in Taiwan, Fujian) 0000-0100a 15440 11875 WNAm SEAs [15440=WFYR -gh] 0100-0200b 11875 SEAs 0500-0600b 1008 1422 CHN 0600-0700a 15580 9680 1422 1008 S CHN TWN SEAs NAm [9680=WYFR] 0700-0900cd 1206 1422 TWN S CHN 0700-0800b 15580 SEAs 0800-0900a 11715 TWN PHL 0900-1000b 1206 CHN TWN 1000-1100a 1206 11605 15465 AS CHN 1300-1400b 11635 15465 SEAs 2100-2200b 5950 ENAm [WYFR] Hakka (mainly spoken in Taiwan E. Guangdong, S. Fujian) 0000-0100a 5950 ENAm [WYFR] 0300-0400b 15270 SEAs 0900-1000b 15465 SEAs 1000-1100b 6105 6145 CHN TWN 1100-1200a 11635 15465 SEAs 1300-1400b 1206 15175 SEAs CHN TWN 1400-1500a 11915 6145 6105 1206 SEAs CHN TWN 1700-1800a 11875 EAf SEAs Cantonese (spoken in Hong Kong, Guangdong) 0100-0200a 5950 15440 NAm [both WYFR ---gh] 7520 15290 Eu SEAs 0200-0300b 15610 SEAs 0300-0400a 11740 CAm SAm [WYFR] 0500-0600b 5950 9680 NAm [both WYFR] 15320 15580 SEAs 1000-1100a 11715 15270 11635 15525 SEAs AUS NZL 1100-1200b 15270 1206 SEAs CHN TWN 1200-1300a 11915 6145 6105 1206 SEAs CHN 1300-1400b 11915 6145 6105 SEAs CHN 4) Mongolian 1000-1100 11985 Mongolia Tibetan 1300-1400 9415 Tibet Nepal Note: a-PROGRAM A b-PROGRAM B INTERNATIONAL NETWORK: English 0200-0300a 11740 9680 5950 NAm CAm [both WYFR] 15320 SEAs b 15465 NEAs 0300-0400b 5950 9680 NAm [both WYFR] 11875 15320 SEAs 0700-0800a 5950 WNAm [WYFR] 1100-1200a 11985 N CHN b 7445 SEAs 1200-1300a 9610 7130 NEAs AUS NZL 1400-1500a 15265 SEAs 1600-1700a 11550 INDIA S CHN 1700-1800b 11550 INDIA S CHN 1800-1900b 3955 Eu [Skelton] 2200-2300a 15600 Eu [WYFR? Not audible 11/5] French 0700-0800 9355 EUR [WYFR] 1900-2000 3955 EUR [Skelton] 2000-2100 9955 9355 5950 EUR NAf NAm [9355, 5950 WYFR] 2200-2300 7315 WAf Spanish 0200-0300 15215 11825 WSAm [one or both WYFR?] 0400-0500 11740 CAm [WYFR] 0600-0700 5950 WNAm [WYFR] 2000-2100 11665 EUR 2100-2200 9955 EUR 2300-0000 11720 9690 ESAm [one or both WYFR?] Japanese 0100-0200a 15310 JPN 0800-0900b 11605 JPN 1100-1200a 7130 11605 JPN 1300-1400b 7130 11605 JPN German 0600-0700 9355 EUR 1800-1900 9955 EUR 1900-2000 6180 EUR 2100-2200 9355 EUR Russian 0900-1000 11985 E CIS 1300-1400 11745 W CIS 1700-1800 9955 W CIS 0400-0500 7355 E CIS Indonesian 0800-0900a 15580 INS 1000-1100a 11550 11520 INS 1100-1200b 11550 11520 INS 1200-1300b 927 7445 11635 SEAs 1400-1500a 11875 SEAs 1500-1600b 1422 S TWN 0400-0600ba 927 S TWN Korean 0300-0400 15465 Korea 1200-1300 9415 Korea 1400-1500 9415 Korea Thai 0600-0700a 15270 THA 1400-1500a 15465 11635 THA 1500-1600b 7445 927 747 THA 2200-2400a 927 7445 THA 2300-2400b 585 7445 THA Vietnamese 0900-1000 15270 VNM 1500-1600 11915 VNM 2200-2300 9635 VNM Burmese 1200-1300 15580 MMR 1500-1600 9465 MMR Arabic 1600-1700 11890 NAf ME 1800-1900 11890 NAf ME Chinese 0100-0200 17845 SAm 0400-0500 5950# 9680# 15320 15270 SEAs Am #WYFR 0900-1000 11715 11605 11635 11520 15525 SEAs AUS NZL 1200-1300 15465 15270 11605 SEAs NEAs 1900-2000 9955 15600 EUR RUS 2200-2300 3965@ WEu @Skelton Note: a-PROGRAM A b-PROGRAM B c-PROGRAM C d-PROGRAM D Stations relayed via CBS Taiwan: WYFR (Your Family Radio): B02 CHINESE 1200-1600 1900-0200 1557 1000-1300 1098 1200-1500 747 2100-0000 1102-1602 6300 9280 CANTONESE 0800-0900 1557 ENGLISH 0200-0300 (23567) 0900-1200 1600-1900 1557 0900-1200 1521 0100-0200 15060 1300-1500 11550 1500-1700 6280 Hindi 0000-0100 15060 1500-1600 11550 Russian 1500-1700 9955 AWR-KSDA: B02 Vietnamese 0100-0200 15445(Sat) 1400-1500 15550 R. AUSTRALIA: B02 INDONESIAN 0500-0530 11745 (?) 0800-0830 11550 (?) 0900-0930 11550 2130-2330 11550 VIETNAMESE 2330-0030 15110 WSHB-KHBI: B02 ENGLISH 1000-1100 11780 RADIO FREE ASIA A02 VIETNAMESE 1400-1500 9930 Clandestine station in Taiwan : VOICE OF CHINA: CHINESE 2230-2330 7270 0800-0900 11940 STAR STAR BROADCASTING STATION: 11430 Star Star Channel 1 15388 Star Star Channel 2 9725 Star Star Channel 3 8300 Star Star Channel 4 13750 Star Star Channel 5 (Miller Liu, Taiwan, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. Glenn, Further to the comments in DXLD 2-172 about the merits of BBC World Service vs. BBC World television: I share the appreciation of the strengths of radio, but will happily watch BBC World ahead of some of its satellite television rivals. But since arriving in the US a couple of months ago, I have been surprised to discover just how awful the "BBC America" channel is. I specifically asked for it as part of my home cable TV package (admittedly without having ever watched it) on the basis that it would offer a selection of the BBC's better programming, including news and current affairs. That was a mistake. The obsession with lifestyle-cum-home renovation programs is something to behold. A four hour block of 'Changing Rooms' is beyond the pale surely. And while shows such as 'Keeping up appearances' and 'Absolutely Fabulous' have won deserved acclaim, back-to-back repeats of repeats is too much for even a diehard fan of the Beeb. The cable bringing in BBC America isn't a complete loss however, as I can listen to the BBC World Service in all its broadband glory and leave the television offering switched off in the corner. Cheers (Matt Francis, DC, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A EAST. QSL report: WWCR 5070 kHz, Tennessee - no rp - card showing globe and station ID - station schedule, card asking if I'm going to hell and showing a plane crashing into a mountain - nothing else. I had been expecting some weird stuff, given the program I reported had gone on about Karl Marx being a Jesuit, a bit much for a Catholic boy like me - almost a year to the day (I think maybe two days off) since I sent the report (David Stevens, Australia, Nov ADXN via DXLD) AND NOW THEY HAVE YOUR ADDRESS, DAVID!!!!!! -ADXN Ed The Aussies for some reason can`t get enough of America, so they have split us into two radio countries along the Mississippi, I think (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. It seemed like old times Sunday on the new VOA "Americana" lifestyle / culture magazine show, "Main Street". Kim will be doing a weekly segment on -- surprise! -- communications and broadcasting; he played a short recording of YLE Finland's last shortwave broadcast, highlighted the trends of European international broadcasters abandoning foreign languages, and commented on the fact that, had WOR 710 in NYC been broadcasting in IBOC digital mode the night the all- points bulletin went out regarding the DC-area snipers, the Kentucky trucker (Ron Lantz) might never had heard WLW in Cincinnati. Sunday's edition of Main Street can be consumed in streaming audio at http://www.voanews.com/mediastore/ms11-03.ram, or downloaded at http://www.voanews.com/mediastore/ms11-03.mp3 [Kim starts about 15 minutes into show --- gh] The main website for the program is http://www.voanews.com/MainStreet/index.cfm In a genre where we tend to discuss the shutdown of services more often than their startup, it is great to hear a knowledgeable broadcasting pundit return to the airwaves on a regular basis. Welcome back, Kim! (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Nov 3, swprograms via DXLD) ** U S A. Ventana a Cuba was missing last Sunday night because the label on the tape was marked "Sunday" rather than "Monday," as in UTC Monday. The VOA Spanish evening transmission recently changed to 0100- 0200 UTC from 2300-2400 UTC, when UTC and Eastern-time days were the same. These things happen. There might be a make-good of the past weekend's program on Saturday night/UTC Sunday. 73 (Kim Elliott, VOA, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. New VOA MW frequency to Afghanistan, 1593: see KUWAIT ** U S A. Wanted to hear Ken Berryhill`s show on WRVU, scheduled Tue 1900-2000 UT, but Nov 5 no connexion, so I looked at their website and found this link: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Ewillr/cb/sos/ Save Our Streams, and a long list of community/college stations opposing Sen. Helms` latest anti-democratic moves. The list on the right side is of stations which have quit streaming, but the list on the left may be those contemplating it. I must admit that few on either list are ones I regularly listen to, probably because most of them have freeform music formats, which don`t appeal to me. I want programs of substance on specific topics, or playing specific types of music, at predictable times (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. BROADCAST MUSEUM AIRS PLAN TO MOVE November 5, 2002 BY ROBERT FEDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Chicago's world class shrine to broadcasting is on the move. After 10 years as a city tenant in the Chicago Cultural Center, the Museum of Broadcast Communications has announced plans to double in size and relocate to a new facility at 9 W. Kinzie in the spring of 2004. With financing from a $10 million capital campaign by the museum, the four-story parking garage at the southwest corner of Kinzie and State will be renovated and expanded to accommodate 30,000 square feet of space for exhibits, archives, programs and offices as well as indoor public parking. In making the announcement Monday, Bruce DuMont, president and founder of the museum, said the new River North location--adjacent to Marina City and the House of Blues Hotel--will be a boon to tourism. "The additional space will allow us to display many more items in our collection, increase our archive accessibility for the numerous school groups who visit and provide us the opportunity to house many more of the larger, more popular traveling exhibits that attract visitors not only from the Chicago metro area, but neighboring states as well," DuMont said. As one of only three such museums in the country, the institution celebrates the history of broadcasting in the United States, with special emphasis on Chicago's rich radio and television heritage. It's also home to the Radio Hall of Fame and to a treasure trove of more than 85,000 hours of historic radio and television tapes. The museum first opened in 1987 at River City in the South Loop. It moved to the city-owned Chicago Cultural Center at Washington and Michigan under a 10-year lease in 1992. An extension of the lease was negotiated earlier this year. 'LETTERMAN' SIMULCAST ON WCKG WCKG-FM (105.9) and 14 other Infinity Broadcasting radio stations nationwide will simulcast CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman" at 10:35 p.m. Monday through Friday, starting next week. "We feel this is a great opportunity for David Letterman's millions of fans to listen to the show while they're driving in their cars or away from their homes," said John Sykes, chairman and chief executive of Infinity Broadcasting. "Plus, FM radio will be an amazing new platform to showcase the music of Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra." Infinity Broadcasting and CBS are units of Viacom Inc. A similar arrangement has been in place for six years with Sunday night simulcasts of CBS' "60 Minutes" on WBBM-AM (780) and other Infinity Broadcasting outlets. For WCKG, the Letterman move is likely to prompt a reassessment of the station's overall programming at night and a return to all-talk (except on weekends). Since Infinity Broadcasting pulled the plug on Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia last August, WCKG has been struggling to maintain the lead-in from Steve Dahl's afternoon show with various forms of active rock music. (Chicago Sun Times Nov 5 via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A. INFINITY STATIONS TRADE PROMO TIME FOR LETTERMAN SHOW As Viacom prepares to rollout a radio simulcast of the Late Show with David Letterman next Monday (11\11) on 15 of its radio stations (see Breaking News 11/01/02), the inner-workings of the deal are coming to light. Infinity Radio Chairman/CEO John Sykes said he came up with the idea one night this past August. "I always watch Letterman," Sykes told the New York Times. "This night I was in another room and Dave was interviewing Al Pacino. I was just listening, and I though to myself that Dave would be great on radio." After talking with CBS-TV President Leslie Moonves and Rob Burnett, the head of Letterman`s production company, a six-month trial was agreed upon. Letterman insisted on one thing --- that the show would not be changed in any way. "He insisted that they not change the show in any way, no editing, and they couldn`t use it more than once," Burnett told the Times. And, instead of charging stations to carry the show, Letterman`s company instead asked the stations to greatly increase the amount of promotional announcements they will air about the program. "We`re in it for the promotion," Burnett added. He estimates the value of the additional promotion at several million dollars. "We feel this is a great opportunity for David Letterman`s millions of fans to listen to the show while they`re driving in their cars or away from their homes," Sykes said in an official company statement. "Plus, FM radio will be an amazing new platform to showcase the music of Paul Shaffer and the CBS orchestra. We`re also very excited to be working with Leslie Moonves and CBS in bringing this great television talent to radio, where we`re confident he will attract a whole new fan base." (From FMQB Nov.5 http://www.fmqb.com/site/breakingnews_main.htm via Brock Whaley, Atlanta, DXLD) What a novel idea 'LETTERMAN' RADIO SIMULCAST WON'T BE AIRING LOCALLY Staff report November 05, 2002 Beginning Monday, "The Late Show With David Letterman" will be simulcast on the radio in 15 cities, but not in Indianapolis. Infinity Broadcasting, which announced plans to put the show on the radio, said it will be adding more stations. There are no Infinity stations here, however. Scott Blumenthal, general manager of WISH (Channel 8), which airs Letterman's show at 11:35 weeknights, said bringing Letterman's show to the radio has positive and negative aspects. "If people are going to listen to the radio instead of watch television, it sort of defeats the purpose," Blumenthal said. "But in terms of making him available to those people who might not be sitting in front of a television set, and helping to promote him and his sense of humor and the value of that show, then it's a good thing." (IndyStar via Brock Whaley, DXLD) ** U S A. JEWISH RADIO PROGRAM CHANGE IN NYC Nachum Segal's evening radio program with Jewish programming in the NYC area has moved to a new radio station: WSNR - 620 AM The time is still 7-9 PM [EST] Mon-Thurs and a live webcast is still available at: http://www.nachumradio.com (Daniel Rosenzweig, NY, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Long article on past and present programming of Kansas radio stations, including public: On the radio, by Mike Dendurent, Wires Editor, Nov 3, 2002 As long as I can remember, I’ve been a big fan of radio. Like any kid, when I was growing up I had many TV shows that I loved. But my interest in television has waned, especially in recent years, even though the number of channels has grown and now there’s TV for almost any taste. I think that’s because I always seem to be working on some project or other at home, and TV requires too much down-time — time spent just sitting in front of the set. One of the beauties of radio is that you can listen while doing other things — driving, puttering around the house or yard, even reading. As a young boy in Wamego in the 1950s and early ’60s, I was aware of AM radio stations KEWI in Topeka (``K-E-W-I four-teen-forty``) and ``W(pause)HB`` in Kansas City being played at restaurants or the city swimming pool, but less aware of the great rock’n’roll they carried... http://www.themercury.com/stories/article.7924.shtml (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. Received the following from the WUN group. Sheldon Harvey -- - mwj116@psu.edu wrote: Subject: [WUN] EXPERIMENTAL AM STATION IN VIRGINIA, USA Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 19:02:34 -0500 Experimental AM station WS2XTR will be testing this week (11/4 through 11/8) during daylight hours on 1680 kHz from Evergreen Hills, VA to test a new low-profile antenna design. The station will be operating during daylight hours only, between approximately 8:30 AM and 5:15 PM EST, with 250 watts. The transmitted signal will be a sinusoidal tone with a periodic voice identification announcement. Reception reports are appreciated and can be sent to ws2xtr@star-h.com or to: WS2XTR Star-H Corporation, 119 S. Burrowes St, Suite 601 State College, PA 16801. Verified reception reports will be acknowledged with a QSL card. For more information, visit http://www.star-h.com and follow the link to Products...Low Profile MF Broadcast Antenna (Mike Jacobs, N3MJ, Antenna and RF Engineering Laboratory, Penn State University State College, PA, WUN mailing list WUN@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wun via Sheldon Harvey, DXLD) ** U S A. RADIO INTRIGUE, by Don Schimmel Report #034 11/01/2002 Mount Weather, Virginia - This is one of many U.S. Government relocation sites constructed during the cold war period. Mt. Weather is situated in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains approximately 80 miles from Washington, DC and about 28 miles from Winchester, VA. It lies off of Route 601. Years ago it was considered secret but it became public knowledge when a TWA flight crashed in the nearby area. Now there is a sign on Route 50 indicating that Mt. Weather is located on Route 601 which now also bears the name, Mt. Weather Road. This particular site was originally intended for use by the President, Supreme Court justices, Cabinet secretaries, and other government officials. In the event of an attack against America, the above individuals are to go to their respective designated pick-up point in Washington, DC and would be taken by helicopter to the Mt. Weather relocation site. Over a period of several decades, Beacon identification publications mistakenly listed Beacon XPZ on 265 kHz as being located in Winchester, VA. In 1990, fellow SWLer and beacon aficionado, Perry F. Crabill, Jr., who lives in the Winchester area, did not believe that Winchester was the correct location for the beacon based on signal strength. Perry discovered that the coordinates given for the beacon turned out to be for the old Post Office building in downtown Winchester. There definitely was no beacon at that location. This result gave him a hunch and he went to Clarke County, VA and found the beacon to be on the Mt. Weather property. He determined the correct coordinates for beacon XPZ to be 39-02-46 N and 77-52-40 W. The chopper pad can be seen from Route 601 as well as the beacon antenna which is adjacent to the pad. This relocation site is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Facilities include computer centers, communications installations, medical clinic, cafeteria, sleeping quarters and a television studio for handling any necessary public announcements. Food and water are stored plus other supplies. FEMA callsigns are in the WGY(digits) series. There are two FEMA stations in Washington, DC those being the Communications Branch WGY911 and FEMA Headquarters WGY900. The Mt. Weather callsign is WGY912 and is listed merely as "FEMA Special Facility". FEMA is one of the members in the Shared Resources (SHARES) HF Radio Program. This was set up within the National Communications System and was designed to establish a National HF Radio Communications Network for communications during national emergencies. The network utilizes the combined HF radio assets of the Federal Government members and others on a shared basis. Control of the network is provided by the National Coordinating Center, callsign KGD34, which is located in Arlington, VA. For two views of the Mt. Weather site click here: http://www.dxing.com/images.mtwx.jpg For additional details regarding the SHARES program go to http://www.ncs.gov/n3/shares For background information on FEMA communications go to http://www.fema.gov (from http://www.dxing.com/intrigue.htm Nov 5 via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. 5 Nov 02, Dear Glenn: Last night (5 Nov UT) I heard AFN on 10320 kHz USB at 0200 from presumed Sicily with "Monday Night Football." Reception was good. // to 6458.5. Haven't heard this frequency in months. None of the other AFN frequencies were heard. Cheers, (Bill Wilkins, Springfield, MO, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Updated B-02 schedule of AWR's "Wavescan" on Sundays: 0030-0100 6035 DHA to SAs 1600-1630 11560 SDA to SAs 6055 DHA to SAs 15495 SDA to SAs 0100-0130 9835 MOS to ME 17630 SDA to SAs 0400-0430 9650 MEY to EAf 1630-1700 9850 MOS to Eu 0430-0500 12080 MEY to EAf 9890 DHA to SAs 15160 DHA to CAs 11980 SDA to SAs 0500-0530 6015 MEY to EAf 1730-1800 9385 SDA to ME 0600-0630 15345 MEY to CAf 1800-1830 5960 MEY to CAf 0830-0900 9660 MOS to Eu 6095 MEY to EAf 17820 MOS to WAf 1830-1900 11985 MEY to EAf 1000-1030 11705 SDA to SEAs 2000-2030 7160 SDA to NWAs 1030-1100 11900 SDA to NEAs 11700 SDA to NWAs 1300-1330 17870 DHA to CAs 2030-2100 5955 RSO to Eu 1330-1400 11755 SDA to NEAs 15295 MEY to CAf 15385 DHA to SAs 2100-2130 9660 MOS to WAf 15660 SDA to SEAs 2130-2200 11960 SDA to NEAs 11980 SDA to NEAs 73 from (Ivo and Angel! Observer, Bulgaria, via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. 6155, Banda Oriental, Sarandi del Yi, 0221+, November 3, Spanish transmission. Local folk music. Announcement by female with electronic mail ann.: "reitero nuestro correo electrónico: norasan@adinet.com.uy --- a vuelta de correo les enviaremos una atención (a gift) de Banda Oriental"; other ID as: "los invitamos a compartir nuestro encuentro con la música típica, a través de Banda Oriental", after, more music. 45444 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentine, Cumbre DX via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. Fuera del aire desde hace más de una semana, YVTO 5000 kHz, Observatorio Naval Cajigal, la emisora horaria oficial de Venezuela. Bastante irregular desde hace tiempo (Saludos desde Catia La Mar, en VENEZUELA, Adán González, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2915.96 at 2220 Oct 1, unID Arabic harmonic, Libya? Discussion/phone-in. Arabic song, then clock chimes at 2230, SIO 232 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, Berks., BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 2 x 1458, I suppose (gh, DXLD) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TIP FOR RATIONAL LIVING -- Don`t Vote Republican (gh) ###