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Thanks, Glenn NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1262: Wed 1030 WOR WWCR 9985 Wed 1700 WOR WBCQ after hours Mon 0430 WOR WSUI 910 http://wsui.uiowa.edu MORE info including audio links: http://worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WRN ONDEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also for CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] WORLD OF RADIO 1262 (high version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1262h.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1262h.rm WORLD OF RADIO 1262 (low version): (stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1262.ram (download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1262.rm (summary) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1262.html WORLD OF RADIO 1262 in the true shortwave sound of 7415: (stream) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_02-02-05.m3u (d`load) http://www.piratearchive.com/media/worldofradio_02-02-05.mp3 ** ALAND ISLANDS [and non]. Scandinavian letter Aa --- Dear Glenn, In DXLD you asked (under Finland): I should probably be filing these under Å acknowledging the islands as a separate radio, country, but should it be under A or after Z?? (gh) In Danish the letter Å can be written in two ways! Either as an Å (A with a little ring above) and this is placed at the very end our alphabet (after Z) - or it can be written as an Aa (double A) and it is placed right after A. For internet use, the latter may be best to use. However, as far as I know, the Aa version does not exist in the Swedish language, so the Å should be the most appropriate version, since we write about a station in the beautiful, Swedish speaking Åland Islands. In "Internet-English" Åland obviously is Aland, but to a Scandinavian a word pronounced "Aland" is not the same as "Åland" (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Feb 5, [not received until Feb 8] DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. Amendments to Applications for Pending Facilities: 1050, NEW, Chugiak – original application was for U1 1000/400. This amendment requests U1 1000/1000 1160, NEW, Chugiak --- original application was for U1 50000/580. This amendment requests U1 30000/400 Applications for New Stations: 840, NEW, Kenai, applies for U1 10000/1900 (Bill Hale, AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 7 via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. See ARGENTINA below ** ARGENTINA [and non]. 6060 kHz, 0005 UT Feb 6. Radio Nacional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Programa ``Mas Allá Del Horizonte``. (Espacio muy ameno e instructivo donde se difunden todas las actividades de la Base Antártica Base Esperanza de Argentina en lo científico y lo social desde su fundación hasta nuestros días). La base según lo señalado en el programa fue fundada en 1957, siendo la única base y aquí una particularidad muy interesante, donde residen familias, produciéndose casamientos e incluso nacimientos, contando la Argentina con el alto honor de contar con 8 argentinos nacidos en la Antártida. Un hecho significativo para los radio oyentes Diexistas, es la fundación de LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel (Santo Patrono de las Comunicaciones) operativa en la frecuencia de 15476 kHz. Existieron transmisiones desde esa estación más llamativas de lo habitual según recuerdo por ejemplo la realizada por el colectivo de LT22, Radio La Colifata del Hospital Neuropsiquiátrico Borda con la participación de personas que atraviesan difíciles situaciones de vida como La Raulito, a instancias de un grupo de aficionados al diexismo de Argentina, vinculados al Grupo Radioescucha Argentino y cuyos nombres sería bueno recordar en este momento pero no me es posible por lo que pido disculpas ya que sin lugar a dudas se merecen nuestra valoración y reconocimiento. QRK 4 (Gabriel Gómez, Uruguay, Noticias DX via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. February 6, 2005 --- The patients are running the microphone. "Health is not the absence of infirmity...Health is the dignity of being human." A live radio show produced by residents of a mental institution in Buenos Aires: http://www.lacolifata.org/ (news stories: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4120397.stm posted by Mo Nickels at 11:04 AM PST --- mp3 radio argentina mental health via http://www.metafilter.com via Andrea Lawendel, Italy, DXLD) Web site lists other stations relaying their program (aired on 100.1 MHz in Buenos Aires) 73s (Andy, DXLD) Viz.: CRAZY RADIO GIVES PATIENTS VOICE By Nicola Fell, BBC correspondent, Argentina Saturday afternoon in Buenos Aires: tucked away behind the towering, prison-like Jose Borda psychiatric hospital, a large group of people is gathering. Under the shade of a tree, a haphazard radio studio is being put together. This is Radio La Colifata, which in Buenos Aires slang means Crazy Radio - the first radio show in the world to broadcast live from a mental hospital. Julio César is one of the show's presenters. . . (via DXLD) This was dated Jan 31 at BBC. We recently had a very similar story if not same one (gh, DXLD) ** AZERBAIJAN [non]. ETHNIC AZERIS SET UP NEW TV CHANNEL TO BROADCAST FROM USA | Text of report by Azerbaijani TV station ANS on 8 February [Presenter] The Congress of World Azerbaijanis [CWA] is already making arrangements for Nowruz Holiday. A new TV channel will go on air in the USA on that day [21 March]. [Correspondent] A GunAzTV channel, i.e. Guney Azerbaijan TV [Southern Azerbaijan TV], will be headquartered in Chicago. The deputy chairman of the CWA, Ahmad Obali, said that a decision had been taken to set up an independent television channel after three years of talks. The TV to be broadcast by cable and satellite from March has already encountered major problems, Obali said. [Ahmad Obali] Under the contract, we are expected to make payments from 1 March. We have purchased the 24-hour channel. We have the right to broadcast round-the-clock, however, we have neither resources nor opportunities for that. [Correspondent] The new TV will be officially launched on Nowruz Holiday. Obali believes that the new TV channel will broadcast without fail for the first 14 months irrespective of personnel or financial problems. These two problems will be decisive in the future fate of GunAzTV. Having said this, Obali added that a broadcasting bureau had already been opened in Sweden. The CWA has also opened offices in Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, and Canada's Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. There are plans to open offices in Azerbaijan as well as in southern Azerbaijan [northern Iran]. GunAzTV is planning to broadcast in Europe, the Middle East and western China. Ahmad Obali is sure that the USA is the most suitable region for the new TV channel broadcasting. The transmission of the new TV channel will be regulated by the Chicago federal communications centre. Source: ANS TV, Baku, in Azeri 1700 gmt 8 Feb 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. While in Hong Kong in Jan I heard Bangladesh Betar at 1230 --- on 4808± // to 7185. 1230 is 2:30 AM here in Hawaii so I don't have a lot of chance to look for this again, but I see several have logged this lately. My request is that when checking out 7185, please check 4808± as a possible //, and let us all know. It seems 9550 is definitely not in use these days, Regards, (David Norcross, HI, Feb 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7185, Radio Bangladesh, *1229-1250 Jan 31, nice IS covering the Chinese station on channel followed by a woman announcer with English ID and sign on announcements. The news was followed by a commentary. After the commentary a program about significant developments in Bangladesh was next. Fair to good (Rich D'Angelo, FCDX-PA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** BELGIUM. RADIO FLANDERS INTERNATIONAL, SUS ÚLTIMOS DÍAS Por este medio quiero notificarles que la emisora de Bélgica, RVI (Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal) y también conocida como Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal, abandona el uso de las frecuencias en onda corta en marzo 31 de este año. Esto fue anunciado la semana pasada en unos de sus programas en inglés orientados hacia este hemisferio. Esto no era nuevo ya que desde el 2001 la gerencia de RVI decidió no invertir en sus propias facilidades y en vez concentrar en utilizar totalmente estaciones de relevo internacionales. Igual que Radio Suiza International, RVI desea dejar de conocerse como una emisora radial y desarrollarse más como una organización multi- medio y concentrarse en internet y satélites, manteniendo solamente su estación en AM (1512 kHz) en Bélgica. Dado a las poca oportunidades de poder escuchar estaciones desde este país en las bandas de onda corta los anunciadores de este programa invitaron a su radio audiencia a escucharlos aunque sea por última vez e invitaron a enviarles un reporte de recepción para lograr una QSL la cual según ellos será una de mucho valor en cualquier colección. Para esta parte del mundo pueden escucharlos en inglés en los 11730 kHz [vía Bonaire] todos los días a las 2200 UT y enviar sus reportes de recepción a: Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal, 1043 Brussels, Belgium (Alvin Mirabal, Onda Corta PR, Feb 8, condiglist via DXLD) On this week`s Radio World, Frans Vossen mentioned that there would only be six more editions of that program. He`s been playing some vintage clips of exotic radio stations, well worth capturing, via http://www.rvi.be/rvi_master/uk/radio_world/index.html (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BENIN. 5025: If you haven't got Radio Parakou in Benin in your logbook, maybe today Feb 7 is your good chance. Heard here from first tuned in at 1650, fine ID at 1710, in French. Many African songs. Radio Tashkent on and off. At 1850 fair signal on LSB, het on USB (Finn Krone, Denmark, HCDX via DXLD) ** BOTSWANA. 4930, VOA 0410-0425 Feb 1. News related to Iraq, sports, and business news by man in English. Broadcasting on new frequency. Good signal with rapid fading. Parallel 4960 from Sao Tome noted, slightly weaker. Although the two were less than 1 S unit apart, 4930 had stronger audio (Jim Evans, TN, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 3375.13, R. Municipal, São Gabriel da Cachoeira: Circa 1000 Jan 31 I noticed some QRM slowly building on Educadora-3375.08, weak but separable. It got stronger as Educadora weakened, and by 1030 it was fully dominant. It was all ZY vocals, and finally at 1038 they gave a quick ID as R. Municipal followed at 1040 by a full ID as R. Municipal, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, with calls and MW and SW frequencies. Several stingers noted during talk segments. Back to vocals, and pretty far gone by 1045. Worth watching Municipal for a better ID circa 1015-1030. WRTH 2005 shows Municipal as inactive. I tried again on Feb 2, same general pattern, all music, talking did not start until 1034, but poorer signals and Educadora did not fade out as quickly. Ditto Feb 4, stronger signals from both, QRMing each other. I think Municipal signs on at 1000 (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Fiquem atentos também à frequência de 5080 kHz; já há algum tempo vem transmitindo uma emissora com programação evangélica, péssima modulação. Local ignorado (Samuel Cássio, Brasil, Feb 6, radioescugtas via DXLD) Samuel e demais amigos, Por incrivel que pareça, capto por vezes por aqui em SBC um sinal espalhado da Guarujá 5980 de Florianópolis em 5080. Mas não sei se no horário sintonizado existe algum programa religioso na Guarujá. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, SP, ibid.) -900 kHz image (gh) ** BRAZIL. Venho acompanhado uma transmissão em 7842 kHz, pirata. Hoje dia 08/02/05 consegui acompanhar o ínicio da transmissões desta estação; por volta das 09hs UT comecei a sintonizar a emissora apenas com sinal de portadora. Por volta de 1020 começou a transmissão com SINPO 44343, onde faço uma cópia do que foi dito: "sinal musical; ZYT30 Rádio Diário da Manhã, transmitindo para todo Brasil em ondas curtas, vocês que nos sintonizam o nosso muito obrigado. Esta é a sua Rádio Diário da Manhã trasmitindo para todo o Brasil; apresentaremos hoje uma homenagem a Tchê Guevara. Esta é a sua Rádio Diário da Manhã transmitindo para todo o Brasil. Intervalo Musical. Esta é a sua Rádio Diário da Manhã que transmite para todo Brasil; estaremos apresentando agora a programação destinada em homenagem a Tchê Guevara." Enquanto digitava este texto para vocês, o cara da emissora falava sobre ajuste nos transmissores, tanques finais, etc; vi que pode ser algum rádioamador pois êle falava o famoso "olá olá" para teste de microfone. E falou a freqüência de transmissão em 7840 kHz. Envio para vocês a escuta feita; pode se escutar em Média player ou winamp (Anderson Assis de Oliveira, Itaúna/MG, radioescutas via DXLD) Quanto à suposta 'Diário da Manhã', existem 2 emissoras oficiais em SC com este nome: uma delas é a que se tornou CBN-Diário, que transmite em 740 kHz (Florianópolis) a programação como se percebe, da CBN. Voltei hoje cedo de Florianópolis e confirmo isto (sem contar que ouvimos por vezes a CBN-Diário aqui por SP no fundo da Trianon 740 SP). Só transmite em OM. As ondas curtas dela foram vendidas para a Marumby de Curitiba (9665 kHz) há 2 décadas. Outra emissora que tem o mesmo nome fica em Lages-SC e também só transmite em ondas médias. Não se conhece outra com este nome. Portanto, esta 'Diário da Manhã' que 'transmite' em 7842, mesmo dando anuncios para Lages, com toda absoluta certeza não é nada oficial. Já se conhecem de outrora outras transmissões similares aqui pelo Brasil, de pessoas transmitirem de dentro de suas casas. É tipo de transmissão já conhecida. Esta daqui se trata de transmissão pirata. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, SP, radioescutas via DXLD) ** CANADA. An obituary for Earle Fisher also appeared in the Montreal Gazette on January 31st. The text is pretty much the same as in the Globe and Mail, but the photo is available online (at least for a month after the publication date). Here's the URL: http://www.legacy.com/can-montreal/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=3108314 73- (Bill Westenhaver, QC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Re 6175: Thanks for the answer. At 0450, the music stopped and was replaced by Vietnamese music and voice until French began at 0530, and I moved on (Andy Ooms, AZ, Feb 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Making my usual check for XEPPM 6185, UT Feb 7 at 0640, I was distressed to find CRI via Sackville in English on 6190! This is supposed to be on 6115 at that hour, so I tuned down there, and sure enough, nothing on 6115; tuned down to 6000 (Cuba with jazz there and 6060), and by the time I got back up to 6115 at 0641, CRI was there, and off 6190! Apparently Sackville had just corrected the error (XEPPM held up for a few minutes until about 0650 when Brasil came on and overtook). What in the world is going on at RCI Montreal/Sackville? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The transmission problems from Sackville continued this morning. I tuned in at 8 AM eastern to listen to the CBC news on the usual frequencies only to discover silence. Switching to the CBC North Quebec frequency I was surprised to discover the RCI transmission there. After the news the usual RCI frequencies were announced and then the transmission switched abruptly to French. When I checked the usual RCI frequencies again they had found the usual transmission of The Current was on. The gremlins seem to have taken over in Sackville! (Sandy Finlayson, Philadelphia, PA, Feb 7, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) I was able to hear RCI on 6190 kHz last night at 0300, but there was nothing but continuous Canadian pop music. Not a bad thing, per se, except that there was supposed to be programming in Spanish (Ricky Leong, Montreal, ibid.) It really does make you wonder what is going on! (Sandy, ibid.) I was able to pick up "Sounds Like Canada" on all three frequencies this morning (9515, 13655, and 17820). However, I've been having difficulty with the Radio Korea International relay at 1200 UTC. Reception is quite variable. On some days, it's clear as a bell; on others, it barely comes in. And as far as I can tell, there's no correlation between RKI reception and how RCI will come in later that day (Ted Schuerzinger, ibid.) Hopefully you folks are contacting RCI, too, whenever you hear these gaffes. Perhaps Bill Westenhaver will pass along Sackville contact information so you can contact them as well. In general, it seems that Sackville experiences more input switching problems than most international broadcasters. Over the years, many of the hiccups we attributed to the BBC or RNW were actually due to Sackville errors (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.) What happened was that there was a major failure on Sunday in the Bell circuit which links Montréal and Sackville. I'm not sure just what time the failure took place, but from listener complaints it's obvious that the audio breakup was getting worse and worse through the end of "Sunday Edition," at 1659 UT, and the circuit was totally gone by 2000. Replacement equipment was flown out to Moncton (the closest airport) overnight, and repairs were taking place by noontime (local) today. The fill music, BTW, originated at Sackville. They're set up to do that, just for this sort of eventuality (Bill Westenhaver, RCI, Feb 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BUT NO BACKUP, like a dial-up phone line, or internet feed! (gh, DXLD) Don Guillermo, ¿Qué es esa interferencia que tapa la identificación de Radio Internacional de China? (Escuchar grabación) Se escucha muchas veces en todas las bandas, dicen que pueden ser radares norte- americanos para interceptar aviones con cargamentos de droga en esta parte de América del Sur. Saludos, (Jorge García. Barinas, Venezuela, Feb 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Don Jorge, A esa hora 15180 debe llevar la CBC en inglés, pero hubo grandes problemas entre Montreal y Sackville causando muchos errores el domingo, explicados en DXLD 5-023 y 5-024. Pienso que los sonidos extraños no sean más que parte de estos problemas, y no interferencia radar, pero ¿quién sabe? Parece que la primera vez los sonidos sobrepasan al audio chino, y la segunda vez durante una pausa (Glenn a Jorge, via DXLD) He attached a clip labeled as 2200 UT Feb 6 on 15180; we hear IS and ID of CRI in Chinese and Spanish, with brief interruptions for what sound like data bursts. RCI was supposed to be carrying CBC in English at that time, but with all the problems as above, they could easily have got the wrong feed on here too, and I suspect the extraneous noises were part of the transmission/feed problem, not external interference. However, the first burst overrode the CRI audio, while the second one came when the CRI audio paused (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Last night while listening to RCI in the 0100-0300 transmission, 6190 was coming in very well for a change --- for the most part. Not sure if anyone heard the annoying electronic "blurp" that occurred every 11 seconds. I tuned down the 49m band to RHC and BBC and did not find it there. I then tuned 9755 and 9810 (which both had good reception for a change here in Columbus Ohio) to find the same annoying electronic "blurp". Did anyone else experience this or know what it is? After a while, it reminded me of "the tell-tale heart" (Chris Campbell, Feb 8, swprograms via DXLD) I think that same electronic blurp was on the RKI relay this morning (Ted Schuerzinger, Feb 8, swprograms via DXLD) ** CANADA [non?]. It`s time! DXers have a chance to help set up a new SW station, by praying for it on Feb 8! Not clear which timezone God observes, so best to pick a time when it is Feb 8 both your local time and Universal, and I do mean Universal (or should it be Sidereal?). If enough prayers reach God on Feb 8 (other dates obviously don`t count), this will surely happen. Hmmm, is it one prayer per person? Results could be skewed if one person is allowed to pray for this more than once; and how about duration? Does a longer, flowery, prayer count for more than a short, perfunctory one? Not to mention the degree of sincerity, which God no doubt can evaluate. How about a single prayer session but including off-topic requests? There could be some believers opposed to this idea. Do prayers against this subtract from the prayers for it? God knows. He is surely in favor of democracy. Repeating a notice first republished here a couple of months ago: ``Tues. [Feb.] 8th. We would value your prayers as we work with Frank Drown of Unevangelized Field Mission in setting up a short wave radio station to reach First Nation peoples across Northern Ontario and Manitoba.`` http://www.galcom.org/prayerbulletin/december/prayerbulletin.html Now, this would not necessarily have to be from Canada itself, if they know anything about propagation, but a neighboring country, such as USA, or, if they don`t know about the auroral zone --- Greenland!!! Go to it, prayerful folx. Frank Drown has previously been involved in evangelizing headhunters in Ecuador, and there are some books and films involving his work. The First Nations should be a bit less hostile, tho in such an extreme environment, little goes to waste. The UFM website http://www.ufm.org now forwards to http://www.crossworld.org/ but Canada is not one of their ``current locations`` at http://www.crossworld.org/pages/location.htm Québec is on the list, but nothing about SW. Poking around a bit more, I don`t find anything about radio; it`s mainly about infiltrating various vulnerable countries with missionaries on the ground. (I meant to mention this in time on WOR, but missed it last week, and this week`s Feb 9 produxion will be too late. It would have been an ideal topic for DX Partyline, Christer Brunström`s Christian DX report this week, but they missed it too) (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I just wish they'd leave the First Nation folks alone! Miami Indian heritage here; you may know some in the Oklahoma area as many were relocated there from Indiana (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Despite the above, more and more Americans are emigrating to Canada. See TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING below ** CANADA. A-CHANNEL STATIONS TO BE REBRANDED AS CITY TV TORONTO - CHUM Television's recently acquired A-Channel stations in Calgary, Edmonton and Manitoba will be rebranded as Citytv stations for the 2005 Fall TV Season. Joining Citytv Vancouver and Toronto, the stations will provide a strong local voice to Alberta and Manitoba viewers. The Citytv format specializes in intensely local, urban-oriented, culturally-diverse television in CHUM's signature interactive style. Viewers will enjoy a unique combination of original programming, high energy news and a highly stylized presentation of acquisitions reflecting the Citytv roster of primetime movies and specials. For 50 years, CHUM has been creating powerful brands that inspire strong connections with radio and television audiences. CHUM's strength continues to be its attention to its viewers, its devout localism and its commitment to produce Canadian stories that reflect the lives of the communities it serves (source? via Sean Traverse, Feb 4, DXLD) ** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC [non]. 11785, 06/02 1830, French, R. Ndeke Luka, Bangui, música típica, ID, news about Rep. Democratica do Congo. 34333 (Alexis Maldonado, Sorocaba - SP, Brasil, radioescutas via DXLD) ** CHILE. Feb 7 at 1532 noted a high-pitched tone on 21500 and spreading beyond the usual bandwidth. Presumably Voz Cristiana tuning up for scheduled DRM test to México DF after 1600. Regular DRM buzz blasting away Feb 8 around 1500 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. CRI sent me "1st" prize in a contest (a silk tablecloth) (Wayne Bastow, Australia, Feb 8, ARDXC via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 02/05/05, 0730, 2740 kHz, 25232, R. Mundial, (second harmonic from 1370 kHz) Religious programming in Spanish (Alvin Mirabal, Puerto Rico, Icom IC-R71A, Fence antenna, HCDX via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 3219.8 harmonic, CARACOL, 2125-2315+ Jan 30, noted with fútbol match and later in studio commentary by two lively announcers in Spanish. Network ID. Weak at tune in but steadily improving. Presumed harmonic of 1610, Armonías de Occidente (Rich D'Angelo/FCDX- PA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 5910, La Voz de tu Conciencia, 0950-1025 Jan 31, man and woman with Spanish talk, mentions of Puerto Lleras and frequent TCs hosting a program of lively Latin rhythms. Poor to fair with intermittent ute QRM and // 6010 which was fair (Rich D'Angelo/FCDX- PA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 5910.46, Marfil Estereo, very nice signal at 0800-0900 Feb 5 (Sat) with mixed music and brief, varying Marfil Estéreo FM IDs after every song. The programming on 6010 was different at this time. I have also been checking this on weekday mornings when they carry a live "campesino" program that really has the sound of the "good old days" of HJ campo SW -- dogs barking, cows mooing, roosters crowing, fast talking, lots of trilled r's, HJ music. During the program I have also heard mention of SW, various countries where they have been heard, and at one point an invitation to send "reportes de sintonía" to info @ fuerzdepaz.com I believe this program is on at 0900-1100 Mon-Fri, and it is // 6010.13. I believe the channels carry separate progoramming after that. 5910 seems intermittent; at an 1118 check on Feb 3, 5910, which had been on earlier, had left the air; and 5910 was not heard at all on the morning of Feb 4 (but the campesino program was on 6010). (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 5910, LV de tu Conciencia, 1010-1033, Feb. 7, Spanish, Up-tempo music and ballads; talk over at songs end by 2 OM, barnyard sounds at 1017, ID at 1031. Good. // 6010-fair (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R75, 200' Beverage antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910v provides some nice music around 0700 when Brazil makes XEPPM 6185 unlistenable. Marfil is seemingly secular, but I am on my guard (Glenn Hauser, OK, Feb 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. Hector Arboleda Editor de Radio Marconi revista radial de Medellín, Colombia los invita a leer su "Farándula Radial 2004" Visitando : http://www.playdx.com/files/farandula.doc Hector Arboleda Editor of Radio Marconi magazine invite you to read his "Farandula Radial 2004" visiting : http://www.playdx.com/files/farandula.doc (Dario Monferini, http://www.playdx.com DX Listening Digest) Illustrated review of 2004 mostly about FM stations, CARACOL (gh, DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, 23.1 1600, Radio East Africa with religious programs from USA. Obviously the transmitter from Equatorial Guinea is up running again. 3 CB (Christer Brunström, Sweden, SW Bulletin Feb 6, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Note this was on a Sunday, using the different name Radio East Africa, than the other reports on weekdays, as Radio Africa 2 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. RADIO FANA WEB SITE FOUND, INCLUDES AUDIO ARCHIVE BBC Monitoring has found a Radio Fana web site at http://www.radiofana.com The site, which is mostly in English, includes an on-demand audio archive of their news bulletins and some other programmes. Radio Fana (Amharic for "torch" or "light") broadcasts around 80 hours of programming a week in Amharic, Afan Oromo, Afar and Somali on 1080 kHz mediumwave and 6210 and 6940 kHz shortwave. The station began broadcasting on 7th November 1994, at which time it was operated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF, the ruling coalition). According to information supplied by Radio Fana in late 1995, it is no longer owned by the EPRDF but is now "an autonomous radio station deriving its income from sponsorship by some non-governmental organizations". Source: BBC Monitoring research in English 8 Feb 05 (via DXLD) ** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio is strong in Denmark and clear right now at 1055 on 11690 in Finnish with Finnish pop songs. 35444. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Sat Feb 5, [not received until Feb 8] DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. EXPATRIATE FINNS URGE YLE NOT TO END RADIO FINLAND LW/MW BROADCASTS Finnish expatriate organisations today pleaded with the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) to end its plans to scrap the long and mediumwave Radio Finland broadcasts that can be heard abroad. The organisations submitted an appeal to Mika Lintilä, the chairman of the YLE Administrative Council, composed of MPs. For expatriates, the organisations said in a statement, the broadcasts constituted a significant link to Finland, both as an information channel and in the emotional sense. More than 15,000 Finns living in 25 countries took part in the appeal campaign organised by the Finland Society and the Finnish Expatriate Parliament. (Source: Virtual Finland) # posted by Andy @ 11:44 UT Feb 8 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 13820, Freie Volksmission Krefeld, Saturday 1630-1700 via DTK, Wertachtel 250 kw http://www.freie-volksmission.de/ I tuned in late on this one, 1637 Feb 5, and was surprised to find them with a very strong signal, in English, tho co-channel Martí and the jamming were equally strong. All preaching, and fairly easily understood notwithstanding the constant QRM. They gave a concluding announcement at 1656; no ID as such, but they invited listeners to write for info that they have in many languages. Address given (all English): Mission Center, P.O. Box 100707, D-47707 Krefeld, Germany, which is the address on the FVK website. This signal must have helped keep the jamming in check, because within a minute or two after 1657 (presumably when FVK signed off, tho I could not pinpoint that time exactly), the jamming became doubly intense (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** GERMANY. To World of Radio --- Dear Sir, Greetings from Rajshahi Bangladesh. Here is DX News. DW English Service's listeners mailbag program is going to celebrate its 100 weeks. DW's mailbag is the best mailbag show to the radio hobbyist around world. DW English Service will air a special program on 27 Feb 2005 to mark this occasion. Yours Sincerely (Md. Salahuddin Dolar, President, Global Radio Fan Club, Vill.+ P.O. Chuamuhani, P.S. Motihar Rajshahi 6000, Bangladesh, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. Applications for New Stations: 1170, NEW, Agaña, applies for U1 250/250 (Bill Hale, AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 7 via DXLD) ** GUYANA. GUYANA'S NCN RADIO TO BE BACK ON MEDIUMWAVE SOON The mediumwave transmissions of Guyana's National Communications Network (NCN) are due to restart shortly following repairs to damage caused by the recent floods. Vital equipment has been sent from the USA, and as soon as it's installed the transmissions on 560 kHz can resume. Broadcasts on FM 98.1 MHz have continued normally. In addition to damage to the mediumwave transmitter, Broadcasting House was covered by some three feet of water which forced engineers to shut down operations and relocate the studios and control rooms along with all the electrical points above flood level, and there was a similar situation at the TV station which was under two and a half feet of water. # posted by Andy @ 10:25 UT Feb 7 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** INDIA. 15135, AIR DS, 0335-0340 2/6, English news, YL. After listening to language for an hour or two, this came in as clear as you please. Then back to language, 35332 (some local QRN). // 11830 only noise, no het heard (David Norcross, Kahalu'u HI (Windward Oahu), DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Because RRI Korean announcer Lee-Youngju retired from Radio Republik Indonesia, RRI in Korean was stopped. Even though Korean language ID is heard at the beginning and ending of broadcasting. The Korean service is now replaced with the music program which can be received from 2100 to 2200 JST [1200-1300 UT, also audible in NAm] on 9525 (source: former RRI Korean announcer Lee- Youngju, from Sungchul Cho, South Korea, Feb 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) According to Mr. Sungchul Cho, Korea, Korean service of Radio Republik Indonesia (1200-1300 9525 kHz) has recently been stopped. Although the Korean language ID is heard at the beginning and end, all the programs are now replaced by music. The reason is that RRI Korean announcer Lee-Yougju retired from RRI and they cannot find a successor. BTW, Korean web site http://www.rri-online.com/modules.phs?name=SNL_Korean has not been updated since autumn 2003 (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525, V. of Indonesia, 2021-2100*, Feb. 7, English/Indo, Audible after co-channel TWR, Swaziland 2020* (Sat-Mon) with familiar RRI web info announcement. Music with breaks in audio around 2032 followed by whisper quiet talks re "investment in Indonesia" then continuous Indo pops/ballads. "From Jakarta you are listening to the VOI" IDs at 2031 and 2048 and sign-off announcements with frequencies and "Goodbye from VOI in Jakarta". IS at 2100*. Good music audio, poor vox (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R75, 200' Beverage antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. 17:15 Feb 07, 2005 (IsraelNN.com) Five unlicensed radio stations were discovered in the northern district, in the communities of Shfaram and Bir el-Maksor. Police and Communications Ministry inspectors worked together in tracking down and closing the stations. http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=76550 (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ITALY. Da giovedì 17 a domenica 27 febbraio, feriali ore 21, domenica ore 16, al Teatro Dehon a Bologna, la Compagnia Teatroaperto/ Teatro Dehon presenta: Lorenzo Spiri e Elisa Duca in "Cartoline da Pontecchio Marconi", con testo e regia di Guido Ferrarini Assistente alla regia Alessandro Fornari, Scene di Fabio Sottili, Assistente volontaria Sara Omiccioli, Costumi di Renata Fiorentini, Musiche di Piero Ferrarini, Video e luci di Marco Manfredi, Organizzazione di Tiziano Tommesani Interpreti Personaggi: LORENZO SPIRI Guglielmo Marconi ALDO SASSI Giuseppe Marconi (padre di Marconi) ELISA DUCA Annie Jameson Marconi (madre di Marconi) MARCO MARCONI Alfonso Marconi (fratello di Guglielmo) SEBASTIANO SPADA Antonio Marchi (famiglio) ANDREA ZACHEO Dottor Gardini (amico di famiglia) ALDO SASSI Professor Rosa (insegnante privato di Guglielmo) MARCO MARCONI Filippo Camperio (amico di Guglielmo) SEBASTIANO SPADA Giulio Camperio (amico di Guglielmo) ANDREA ZACHEO Nello Marchetti (ex telegrafista cieco) (da http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/premio_marconi via bclnews.it via DXLD) ** ITALY. ITALY'S BROADCASTER RAI TO BE PRIVATISED BY YEAR-END The state-owned radio and television broadcaster RAI will be privatised by the end of the year, Economy Minister Domenico Siniscalco said Tuesday in a parliamentary hearing. "The sale of a stake of RAI on the stock market should happen by the end of the year," Siniscalco said. The government committee CIPE has to set the guidelines of the operation, he said, adding that the privatization project would be presented to the committee in March. He added that the privatisation of RAI would help the current restructuring of the broadcaster and shield it from "political interference." The comments come after Italian media speculation that RAI's planned privatisation could be dropped. The government initially had planned the flotation in the first six months of 2005. The law reforming the audiovisual sector in Italy, approved in 2004, opens the way to a partial privatization of RAI, the sale of certain sections of RAI beginning in 2006, and the launch of multiple digital networks in 2007. # posted by Andy @ 16:30 UT Feb 8 (Media Network blog via DXLD) I tire of changing RAI to Rai; this is not an initialism, but an abbr. for Radiotelevisione Italiana. The A is not a separate word (gh, DXLD) ** JORDAN. Feb 5, 1445, 11690, 32233, R. Jordan, Qasr el Kharana. Female disc jockette with euro-pop music with words in French and English (strong RRTY interference on 11689) World news by female at 1500 in heavy accented English. Sign-off at 1550 (Alvin Mirabal, Puerto Rico, Icom IC-R71A, Fence antenna, HCDX via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN. CLANDESTINE, The Kurdish music station "Radio Roj" has been on variable 6312 (ex 6315, ex 6310) since at least 5 Feb. Noted during afternoons around 1400/1500 and also mornings around 0530. This station is much weaker than the Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan on 6335 (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, Feb 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN. IRAQ: VOICE OF IRAQI KURDISTAN OBSERVED ON NEW MEDIUMWAVE, SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES BBC Monitoring observed Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan opening on 1116 kHz mediumwave at 0300 gmt on 7 February 2005, in parallel with their shortwave broadcast on the new frequency of 6335 kHz [formerly 6340 kHz]. The station was known to be operating on shortwave and VHF/FM [91.5 and 93.3 MHz], but this is believed to be the first time observed on mediumwave. A bubble jammer started on the mediumwave frequency at 0322 gmt. Programming was in Kurdish, with identification announcements given variously as "Aira Dengi Kurdistana Iraqiya" [Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan] or "Aira Dengi Kurdistana" [Voice of Kurdistan]. This is believed to be the previously unidentified station observed by BBC Monitoring on this mediumwave frequency [1116 kHz] at 1330 gmt on 25 January 2005. Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan broadcasts programmes in Kurdish and Arabic in support of the Kurdistan Democratic Party [KDP], which has a web site at http://www.kdp.pp.se Source: BBC Monitoring research in English 7 Feb 05 (via DXLD) ** MALI. 4787.88, R. Mali: There was a pretty good size carrier here at 0750 Jan 31, but no audio. I stayed with it, and at 0759 they started playing a xylophone-style IS followed hy a brief announcement by a man, another by a woman, and more IS until off at 0880 [sic]. The audio was very weak, and I couldn't tell what language it was, but the IS matches Mali on the Kernick IS site (on the Kernick clip it's the melody after the NA, not before). (Jerry Berg, MA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** MEXICO. Hola Glenn, Acabo de salir de la inauguración de la conferencia, alli me enteré que el transmisor para las pruebas de DRM ya está en México, y esta en la aduana, esperan a sacarlo este día y más tarde instalarla y empezar con las pruebas, en la frecuencia que indicaste. Saludos -------- __@ ----- _`\<,_ ---- (*)/ (*) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (M.I. Hector Garcia Bojorge, 1955 UT Feb 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hola Hector, Es decir 25620, desde la planta de XEEP? Espero más informes tuyos desde la conferencia. 73, (Glenn to Héctor via DXLD) Así es, el transmisor será instalado en la planta de Radio Educación. Nos comentaron que la presentación de DRM se hará el miércoles. Allá en el hotel instalarán los receptores para escuchar estas pruebas (Héctor García Bojorge, ibid.) If not F2, possibly sporadic E opening could propagate 25620 (gh) ** NEPAL. NEWS PORTAL BACK, WITH DISCLAIMER Nepal's Kantipur Online news portal at http://www.kantipuronline.com which resumed publication on 8 February for the first time since King Gyanendra assumed full powers a week earlier, carried this disclaimer on its home page: "Notice: As most of our readers are aware, Nepal's communication links, including the internet, was down between 10 a.m. [0415 gmt] 1 February 2005 to the morning of 8 February. In the absence of outside connection, which was beyond our control, we were unable to update news during that period. Inconvenience is deeply regretted. In addition, we are also now under strict media guidelines which we are obliged to follow as we are based and operate from Nepal." Source: Kantipuronline.com web site, Kathmandu, in English 8 Feb 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** NEPAL [non]. BBC NEPALI SERVICE INCREASES AIRTIME The BBC has increased the length of its Nepali broadcast to 45 minutes due to the political situation in Nepal. The transmission is now at 1500-1545 (ex 1500-1530) on 7430 9600 and 11685 kHz. (Source: DXAsia) # posted by Andy @ 19:21 UT Feb 7 (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. JOB: BBC World Service Trust - Senior Trainer - Nigeria Senior Trainer, Production, Voices Project Nigeria, 12 month contract, Ref. 76822 The BBC World Service Trust needs a Senior Trainer in radio production for work on the Voices project in Nigeria. You will have substantial experience in radio journalism and production and preferably some training experience. You must be prepared to travel extensively around the country. Applications to be received by 15 February. Apply online by clicking here https://jobs.bbc.co.uk/jobportal/search/vacancy.aspx?no=76822 If you do not have Internet access please contact: BBC World Service Recruitment, Bush House, Strand, London WC2B 4PH. E-mail: wsrecruit @ bbc.co.uk Tel: 020 7836 7804. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Via / By / Excerpted / From / Tip from / Thanks to: http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2171.html (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, Feb 8, DXLD ** NORWAY [non?]. Norwegian pirate station Radio City "the station of the cars" is currently putting in a very good signal here on 3934.6 kHz (at 2250 UT Sunday) with a mix of oldies and old American radio commercials. The Contact address is c/o SRS in Sweden. Not sure if this is direct from Norway or being relayed, perhaps from the UK or Holland? 73s (Dave Kenny, Feb 6, BDXC-UK via DXLD) Not to be confused, dark paths permitting, with ZLXA (gh, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. Amendments to Applications Submitted: 1110, KEOR, Atoka, licensed for D3 5000/0, KEOR applied to move to Catoosa, OK with D4 1000/0, CH 1000 on 1120 kHz. This amendment requests D4 2000/0, CH 2000 on 1120 (Bill Hale, AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 7 via DXLD) That`s bound to mess up reception of KMOX in OK. As I recall, this large move from SE OK to NE OK was prompted by something going on in the DFW market, to clear the frequency there. Move from 1110 to 1120 may be required because of KFAB? Ground conductivity is much more favorable toward the N than across MO (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. KCSC/KBCW Programming Notes February, 2005 Kent Anderson Sunday, February 6 brought sad news for classical music lovers around the world, with the announcement of the death of Karl Haas, at age 91. Dr. Haas had hosted Adventures in Good Music since 1959, and it was aired here on KCSC since 1981. We will continue to air repeat broadcasts through the end of February, at which time we will dedicate the 11:00 a.m. hour to locally originated classical music from our own music library. As a long-running program with a legion of highly devoted fans, AIGM will certainly be missed. Karl Haas did much as any individual to further the cause of classical music, and we are all in his debt (via John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD) More under USA ** PERU. 4746.8, R. Huanta, 1045 Feb 7, Noted with fair signal. Heard ID by live announcer at 1049. Het created from signal on 4750, but fine by tuning down a couple of kHz. Nice Andean folk music. Typical fade down after 1100 (David Hodgson, TN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 3173, (Presumed ) R. Municipal, 0934-1003, Feb. 7, Spanish, Lite Spanish music and talks at length. Poor under static, no chance for ID (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R75, 200' Beverage antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PUERTO RICO. Applications from Existing Facilities Dismissed: 740, WI2XAC, Ponce, application for this synchronous station of WIAC San Juan with U1 500/100 has been dismissed (Bill Hale, AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 7 via DXLD) Why? ** QATAR. AL-JAZEERA EDITOR SAYS CHANNEL NOT FOR SALE | Excerpt from report in English by Qatari newspaper Gulf Times web site on 7 February The Al-Jazeera channel, the leading Arabic television service with over 35m viewers, is not up for sale, chief editor Ahmad Shaykh stated yesterday. The New York Times (NYT) had claimed in an article on 31 January that the Qatari government is accelerating plans to put Al-Jazeera on the market because of intense pressure from the US government. "The NYT report is inaccurate and, on the contrary, Al-Jazeera intends to mobilize funds through an initial public offer (IPO) in order to be financially self-reliant," Shaykh explained at a press conference. The Qatar government is partly funding Al-Jazeera, launched eight years ago, though the channel functions independently so far as editorial matters are concerned. "Right from day one of Al-Jazeera, it was decided that the channel would be independent and become a private institution in future," the chief editor recalled. Shaykh observed that this ideal has been re-emphasized at the appointment of a new board of directors for Al-Jazeera on 18 January, through an emiri decision. The board, with a term of one year, ought to submit a report to the Council of Ministers on the best means to turn the channel into a private shareholding company. The NYT had published, quoting a "Qatari official", that one of the tasks of the new board "is to explore the best way to sell it" and "Qatar hopes to find a buyer within a year". Al-Jazeera channel was ranked globally as the fifth most influential brand for 2004 in a survey conducted by brandchannel.com [Passage omitted] The Al-Jazeera chief editor announced that the channel will very soon have a new look and identity. "We will have a new newsroom, very strong colours and overall a very attractive and enhanced visual appeal," he explained. The channel will also expand geographically, by opening new bureaus in Central Asia, Latin America (in Brazil), Africa (in Addis Ababa and Nigeria). "We are seeing the honour from the brandchannel.com survey as a recognition of our balanced and credible coverage with integrity," Shaykh maintained. The Al-Jazeera chief editor claimed that the reports by the channel are accurate 99 per cent of the time and mistakes were corrected immediately. "We have had many scoops over the years attracting worldwide attention," he said, elaborating on the various achievements of the channel. [Passage omitted] Source: Gulf Times web site, Doha, in English 7 Feb 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** RWANDA [and non]. On 6055 kHz at 1830 Feb 7 I had 2 stations in French mixing with equal level and fading in and out almost like MW. Fortunately had different accents --- it isn't hard to distinguish a Chinese accent with an African accent. One talking about Rwanda (Rdif Rwandaise), the other IDing as Radio Chine Internationale at 1845 (Finn Krone, Denmark, HCDX via DXLD) ** SAMOA AMERICAN. Amendments to Applications Submitted: 648, WVUV, Leone, licensed for U1 10000/10000, WVUV has applied to move to 720 kHz with U1 5000/5000. This amendment changes the transmitter site coördinates [goodbye to a split; clash with HI] Applications for New Stations: 900, NEW, Leone --- applies for U1 5000/5000 (Bill Hale, AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 7 via DXLD) ** SEYCHELLES. PUBLIC BROADCASTER AVAILABLE FREE ONLINE BBC Monitoring has observed that public broadcaster Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation [SBC] is currently waiving the subscription fee for online feeds of SBC radio and television services available from their at web site at http://www.sbc.sc This is a time-limited promotional offer, although it is not clear when the offer will expire. SBC Radio broadcasts on 1368 kHz mediumwave at 0200-0930 and 1200-1800 gmt Monday-Friday, 0200-1800 gmt Saturday/ Sunday, and is available live online at those times. The web site also offers an extensive archive of on-demand audio files of SBC Radio news and other programmes. Music service Paradise FM broadcasts on 93.0, 93.6 and 100.8 MHz around the clock, and is streamed live online when SBC Radio is off the air. SBC Television typically broadcasts at 0200-0430 and 0800-2000 gmt Monday-Friday and 0200-2000 gmt Saturday/Sunday, however only the 1600 gmt news bulletin is available streamed live on the internet. Archived editions of this programme are available on demand. The web site also includes frequency information and daily programme guides for all SBC radio and television services, in addition to subscription information and contact details. The Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation came into existence as a public broadcasting service on 1 May 1992, superseding the government- run Radio Television Seychelles. Broadcasts are in the country's three national languages - Creole, English and French. Source: BBC Monitoring research in English 6 Feb 05 (via DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. Received a package from SRI today with a key ring, stickers and info on SRI and Switzerland. Also received a few QSLs some of which had the notations "Final Broadcast Month" or "Final Broadcast Week" or "Final Broadcast Day" (Wayne Bastow, Australia, Feb 8, ARDXC via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. Re Fu Hsing on SW! Hi Glenn, it's listed already in WRTH 2003 (in the country section), but don't remember seeing any loggings. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Seems to me that Wade-Giles name rings a bell from sesquidecades ago; anyone remember hearing it? (gh) ** TANGIER. Many thanks to Wolfgang Buschel for the 50's WRTH scans. What I could figure out from those and other sources, there were these independent broadcasters in Tanger in the 50's; Radio Africa group - Radio Africa Maghreb MW - Radio Africa Tanger MW - Radio Inter-Africa SW (R Eurafrica) Pan American Radio MW/SW Radio Tanger MW/SW Voice of Tanger (WTAN) SW --- This became later TWR. VOA Relay Tanger I'm not sure about IRCO (Intercontinental Radio Company SA) but I guess this commercial station was using the facilities of one of the above mentioned stations. As did other religious and not-so-religious stations, such as IBRA, DUX Radio etc. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TOGO. Togolese media behaviour - 1 --- At 1200 gmt Togolese state radio and television began relaying live the swearing in ceremony of the new president, Faure Eyadema, before the Constitutional Council. Amongst those present were the prime minister, government officials, and diplomatic corps. Eyadema was sworn in at 1210 gmt, and 1215 gmt Faure Eyadema greeted the government officials. He did not give any speech. Source: BBC Monitoring research in English 7 Feb 05 (via DXLD) See also TINY TRAP below ** TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Was chatting with a friend in Trinidad & Tobago. NOTICE: TTT TV is OFF now, so if anybody is trying for that double-hop there, forget it (it WAS on ch 2, no?) sincerely (Christopher S. Dunne Pembroke Pines, FL, Feb 7, WTFDA via DXLD) WRTH 2005 has National Broadcasting Network on Ch A2, 12/6 kW (gh, DXLD) ** TURKEY. Voice of Turkey P-mailed its twice-yearly Program Schedule, received Feb 7, the envelope bearing a genuine 80 Ydene Kurus stamp showing Artvin, and a genuine hand-cancel dated 25-1-05. It includes two versions of the Daily Programme Schedule, one labeled English I, 1st Term, and the other English II, 1st Term. Close inspexion reveals that the two are identical except for Tuesdays, when the latter carries LIVE FROM TURKEY instead of three other features. There is no further explanation in the folder, but presumably this still refers only to the 1930 broadcast, now on 6055 to Europe and out of the question for North America except by webcast, which is not explained in the folder either, but I find their player at http://www.trt.net.tr/wwwtrt/canli.aspx and listened to a bit of Hues & Colours; apparently with no archiving. Anyhow: DAILY: News, Press Review; then: MONDAY: Last Week, Hues & Colours of Anatolia, Music, Turkish Sports in Republican Era TUESDAY: A Stranger in Her Homeland, Music, Turkey a Paradise of Health Spas [except LIVE FROM TURKEY as above] WEDNESDAY: Review of the Foreign Media, Letter Box, Music, A Trip to Turkey THURSDAY: The Balkans, In the Wake of a Contest, Music, Turkey Through Their Eyes FRIDAY: The European Union / Magic of Nature [/ meaning alternating weeks], Music, The Travel Itinerary of Anatolia SATURDAY: Outlook, Once upon a Time Traveler / DX Corner [alternating]; Music, Pre-historic Addresses in Turkey SUNDAY; Basket of News, Music; Yesterday, Today, Forever English broadcasts [actually 50-55 minutes long]: Eu 0400-0500 6020, 1330-1430 15155, 1930-2030 6055, 2300-2400 7275 NAm 0400-0500 6020, 2300-2400 5960 Au 1330-1430 15195, 2130-2230 9525 As 0400-0500 7240, 1330-1430 15195, 2130-2230 9525 Af 0400-0500 7240 (via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. 4976, Radio Uganda, 0414-0455 Feb 3, 05 Good signal but diminishing; Male announcer with many mentions of "Uganda" --- news perhaps; soon followed by woman with 20 minute report --- commentary perhaps, again many mentions of Uganda; followed by music and a lively male announcer giving local time. Het began at 0429; signal inaudable by tune out. First timer for me, very nice (Konnie Rychalsky, Connecticut, DX-440 100 ft lw indoor, HCDX via DXLD) ** U A E. Today at 1600 UT I heard Radio Asia on 1557 kHz. Is this a move from 1575 or a new station. I had no trace of them on 1575 (Gert Nilsson, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, Feb 8, R71+R75 + beverages, dxing.info via DXLD) 100 kW, 24h in Malayalam per WRTH 2005 (gh) ** U K. BBC items: see NEPAL, NIGERIA ** U S A. Re Talk to America, with Kim Elliott & Jan Hoek, Feb 4: As for listening online versus downloads, for me IE and Netscape force downloads, while Mozilla allows listening online. But whatever the browser, you can "Copy Link Location" (or equivalent) to the RealOne Player, File, Open -- and paste the URL. That URL is http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/upload/050204_Intl_Broadcasting.rm 73 (Kim Elliott, Feb 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KTBN, Salt Lake City, weak but readable on 15010, Feb 7 at 1535, 2 x 7505, of which this is the second harmonic. After 1600, 15590 had the usual buzz above and below it: something wrong with this transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. PASTOR STEPHEN SUMRALL RESIGNS Posted: 02/07/2005 04:52 pm Last Updated: 02/07/2005 06:04 pm Story filed by NewsCenter16 Reporter Robert Borrelli http://www.wndu.com/news/022005/news_40155.php?PRINT_VERSION=1 South Bend, IN - There are big changes at one of the area's largest religious organizations. On Sunday, Pastor Stephen Sumrall told his congregation he's stepping down immediately. He's led Lesea Ministries and Lesea Global Feed the Hungry since his father, Dr. Lester Sumrall, died in 1996 of spinal meningitis. The one thing the late afternoon news release doesn't address is what brought on Stephen's resignation. Insiders tell NewsCenter 16 there's been friction between Stephen and his brother Peter since their father died nearly nine years ago. The news came as a shock to Pamela Egmer, who attends the church. "Steve said he was stepping down," said Egmer. Stephen's nephew David has been named Interim Pastor at Christian Center Cathedral of Praise. David is the son of Stephen's brother Peter. Peter is the CEO of Lesea Broadcasting and sits on the Board of Directors with Steve Sumrall and their cousin, David. In his Sunday sermon, Stephen led some church members to believe his resignation stems from a rift in the Sumrall family. "He was talking about when things aren't right he has to make a stand a Lesea's headquarters are a well-known landmark in South Bend and something about when two are against one, the one has to step-down," said Egmer. In stepping down from the Christian Center, Stephen may be headed to the Century Center. NewsCenter 16 has confirmed that a spin-off church has rented the Bendix Theatre for the next two Sundays with an expected attendance of 650 people. Creating the possibility of a rift in a congregation that reportedly gathered nearly 1,700 at a time. "No one really knows what's going to happen," said Egmer. "It's only an honest and intelligent question: why?" The Lesea news release does not address the future of four other pastors. Youth Minister John Ferguson says he was "not let go," and that "no one has been let go." Neither Ferguson nor Choir Pastor Stoney Ferguson would comment any further. While no one has said why Stephen resigned Lesea only says that he is "embarking on a new direction in his life and ministry." Lesea Broadcasting has a wide network of stations including seven television stations in the United States, World Harvest Television on Direct TV, five short-wave radio stations covering six continents, Middle East television based in Cyprus, which covers 15 countries, and Far East television. Lesea Tours, Making Healthy Choices, and Lesea Prayerline also operate under Lesea Broadcasting (via Ulis Fleming, DXLD) Sounds to me like just another corporation having its management/ ownership problems. Hmmm, wonder if money has anything to do with it? (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. MUSICIAN, BROADCASTER KARL HAAS DIES AT 91 Associated Press February 7, 2005, 10:15 AM http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw111311_20050207.htm DETROIT (AP) -- Karl Haas, who brought classical music to millions of daily listeners through his syndicated radio program, "Adventures in Good Music," has died, according to the station that produced his program. Haas was 91 when he died Sunday at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. A pianist, conductor and musicologist, Haas settled in Detroit after fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936. He taught piano and founded the Chamber Music Society of Detroit in 1944. Haas began doing radio commentary in the 1950s. "Adventures in Good Music," an hour-long program in which Haas blended music and talk aimed at casual listeners, debuted in 1959 on WJR-AM. WCLV-FM in Cleveland began producing the program and distributing it more widely in 1970, WCLV President Robert Conrad said Monday. The program eventually was syndicated to hundreds of stations in the United States, Australia, México and Panamá and was broadcast by Armed Forces Radio. Conrad said an Indiana farmer once told Haas he listened to the show every day on his tractor. Conrad said Haas delighted listeners with his vast knowledge of music and his penchant for punny program titles, such as "The Joy of Sax" and "Baroque and in Debt." Conrad said Haas often gave lectures and concerts. When he would walk out on stage, he would pause and then say, "Well, I've often wondered what you look like, too." "He had a wicked sense of humor," Conrad said. Haas stopped doing new shows two years ago, but the program still airs in reruns on about 100 stations in the United States and Australia, Conrad said. Conrad said WCLV will continue to distribute the show. "The material is timeless," Conrad said. Haas received many awards, including two George Foster Peabody Awards for excellence in broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Humanities Charles Frankel Award in 1991. In 1997, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and Museum in Chicago. Haas also served as president of the Interlochen Academy of Arts in Interlochen, Mich., from 1967 to 1971. Survivors include two sons, Jeffrey and Andrew; a daughter, Alyce; and two grandchildren. Haas's wife, Trudie, died in 1977 (via Ray T. Mahorney, WA4WGA, and via Mike Cooper, DXLD) OBITUARIES --- KARL HAAS, 91; RADIO HOST POPULARIZED CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH KNOWLEDGE AND HUMOR http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-haas8feb08,1,4539663,print.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) CLASSICAL RADIO PERSONALITY KARL HAAS, 91, DIES By Joe Holley, Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 8, 2005; Page B06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A6475-2005Feb7?language=printer (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) The AIGM program website http://www.wclv.com/skin/blurb.php?sectionId=183&contentId=24804 makes no mention of his death, but an accompanying page does with his photo and further link: http://www.wclv.com/skin/feature.php?sectionId=180 to an obit which reads very much like the ones above. Here`s the publicradiofan page listing all the AIGM webcasts http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/program.pl?programid=510 but which will probably start diminishing. See OKLAHOMA. KCSC, for one, is dropping AIGM since there is nothing new; they are already carrying a newer series, as excellent if not more so, EXPLORING MUSIC with Bill McLaughlin. Here`s the publicradiofan.com page listing all the webcasts of it, surprisingly few for now, but we bet a lot of stations replace AIGM with it before long; still, ten different stations, at six different times: http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/program.pl?programid=2842 Live Broadcasts UT: TuWThF 0100-0200 WETS [Real] (i) TuWThFSa 0100-0200 KSJE [WM] (i), KCSC [Real] (i), KXMS [Real] (i) TuWThFSa 0200-0300 WOSU-FM [WM][WM] (i) TuThFSa 0200-0300 WWNO [WM] (i) M 0400-0500 WETS [Real] (i) TuWThFSa 0400-0500 WLIU [MP3] (i) TuWThFSa 0600-0700 KBPS [Real] (i) MTuWThF 1700-1800 WNCH [MP3][WM] (i) MTuWThF 1805-1905 WMCE [WM] (i) (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KXMS??? Yes, Fine Arts Radio International in Joplin MO has resumed a webcast after a couple of years, but it`s lofi, 20 kbps, and when we checked at 0638 UT Feb 8, had crosstalk, almost like an off- air pickup on an AM frequency, some station with hard-sell commercials! Hope that clears up. Locally-originated programming is still heavily thematic, marking birthdays and holidays, national and international. Here`s the February playlist: http://www.mssu.edu/pages/kxms/February.htm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. SEEN AS MISFITS WITH PUBRADIO AUDIENCE, POP VULTURES GROUNDED Originally published in Current, Nov. 15, 2004 --- By Mike Janssen Prairie Home Productions' Pop Vultures has ended after only two months of weekly production, sunk by a perceived lack of appeal to public radio's middle-aged core audience. Prairie Home Companion auteur Garrison Keillor conceived of Pop Vultures as a vehicle for educating public radio listeners about the weird world of pop music. The half-hour show featured thirtyish rock journalist Kate Sullivan as host, chatting with a rotating cast of friends about all genres and manifestations of pop, from glam to hip- hop to Christian rock. . . http://www.current.org/music/music0421vultures.shtml (Current via DXLD) Never heard it nor heard of it (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. THEY'RE ALL EYES: VOLUNTEER READERS LET THE BLIND RELAX WITH A PAPER --- By Pam Mellskog Longmont Daily Times Call, CO Saturday, February 05, 2005 http://www.longmontfyi.com/region-story.asp?id=372 CAPTION: Volunteer reader Niki LeBoeuf-Little, 28, works Friday at the Radio Reading Service of the Rockies. "I had horrible stage fright when I started," said LeBoeuf-Little. RRSR's approximately 250 volunteers share local print media, via Secondary Audio Programming broadcasts on Rocky Mountain PBS television stations, with blind and visually impaired Coloradans. Times-Call/Hunter McRae BOULDER - At age 16, Kelsey Mulder cannot land her dream job in television meteorology. But every Wednesday afternoon, the Fairview High School student imagines herself as an anchorwoman as she volunteers to read newspaper copy at the Radio Reading Service of the Rockies. Mulder is just one voice in the service's pool of about 250 volunteers. Some read weekly, others sporadically. But all understand the organization's vision for nearly 181,000 blind and visually impaired Coloradans: to share local print media, the best source for detailed local news, via Secondary Audio Programming broadcasts on Rocky Mountain PBS television stations statewide. To tune in, Longmont-area listeners need to either get a special radio from the service or adjust their stereo TV or VCR to the SAP setting and tune to KRMA Channel 6 in Denver. Live streaming is also available at the RRSR Web site or via an information-on-demand telephone connection. Once tuned in, listeners will note that RRSR sounds different from other media because the reading is done mostly by amateurs. But that can be a novelty, not a liability, said Pam McDonald, RRSR development director. "There are all different kinds of accents (at RRSR)," she said. "Whereas when you listen to the professionals, they all have that Midwestern accent, which is no accent at all." Volunteers do not get much coaching, volunteer coordinator Kat Lindgren said. And the coaching they do get addresses protocol, not style. "It's important not to convey approval or disapproval of the content of an article," she said. About 95 percent of the 24-hour programming - articles, classifieds, grocery ads, obituaries and some shows - is recorded ahead of time by volunteers such as Mulder. Sitting alone in a small, sound-proof studio with a glass of water, the teenager reads government stories published in Erie, Lafayette and Louisville's weekly newspapers. A sampling of copy from approximately 100 Colorado newspapers gets on the air this way. Volunteers also read the area's daily newspapers, including the Daily Time-Call, live at the beginning of every day. That work can be more demanding, according to volunteer reader Niki LeBoeuf-Little, also a part-time RRSR employee. Besides being a "cold read" - an unrehearsed cruise through the news - live work allows no re-recording to erase tiny imperfections. Audible bloopers include everything from stumbling over Chinese names to rustling the flimsy paper to skipping words. "I had horrible stage fright when I started," said LeBoeuf-Little, a 28-year-old Boulder resident. Listeners will occasionally call to complain about hearing a reader taking a sip of water, RRSR director David Dawson said. Nevertheless, RRSR's readers - who have ranged in age from 11 to 83 - keep going. Besides reading news and ad copy free of charge, the service also airs various talk shows and excerpts from about 50 magazines. The readers are as diverse as the publications they pick. RRSR attracts students, retirees and everyone in between, including Sunniva Russell, an English expatriate and Boulder County physician. The Denver resident reads the Economist because of its British sensibility, she said. "It gives an outsider's world view versus an American's world view, and I quite like it," said Russell, 57. Without RRSR, all information and world views in print media would be lost on blind and visually impaired people. To bridge that information gap, Dawson - himself blind - established the nonprofit, volunteer- based service in 1990. He did so shortly after he moved to Colorado and discovered the state was one of only 10 without a print media reading service. Today, RRSR reports that its programming reaches between 25,000 and 30,000 Colorado listeners, and that number could grow as the service expands the Spanish programming it launched three years ago. Only about eight hours airs in Spanish weekly at RRSR. But that will soon include chapters of "Reading the Sky," a children's story by Newbery Award-winning author Avi, to be read Tuesdays and Thursdays, Feb. 15 through March 29. Whatever they read in whatever language, volunteers have learned the exact same lesson: to stop taking sight and printed materials for granted - especially since volunteering with a microphone still has some special status. "It's not the traditional help-the-humane-society (volunteerism), although that's good, too," said Mulder, a Boulder resident. "When I tell my friends what I do, they think it's really cool." For more information, visit http://www.rrsr.org or call 303-786-7777. (via BlindNews mailing list via Paul David, Wembley Park, UK, DXLD) [unrestricted] Listening page: http://www.rrsr.org/listening.php Schedules: http://www.rrsr.org/programschedule.php There are two separate streams, one based in Boulder (6) and another in the Springs (8), with a third to be added from Grand Junxion. I`ve picked a few things out to add to MONITORING REMINDERS CALENDAR: UT Sat 2130-2200 RRSR6 HOBBY RADIO [??? DX Program???] UT Sun 1600-1700 RRSR8 THE ECONOMIST UT Sun 1830-1930 RRSR8 COLORADO HISTORY UT Mon 1730-1830 RRSR8 THE ECONOMIST UT Mon 2300-2330 RRSR6 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC UT Tue 2300-2330 RRSR6 MOTHER JONES, UTNE READER UT Thu 0530-0630 RRSR6 THE ECONOMIST (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. FRANKEN'S AIR AMERICA BOUNCES BACK WITH BUSH WIN By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian and political provocateur Al Franken says the re-election of President Bush was bad for the country but good for his fledgling liberal radio network, Air America, as it strives to rebound from a rocky start. Much as conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh grew in popularity as he railed for eight years against Democrat Bill Clinton, Franken sees Bush as the perfect foil in his mission to amplify the voice of the political left on daytime talk radio. In an interview with Reuters ahead of this week's return of Air America to Los Angeles, the second largest U.S. city, Franken said he was as disappointed as any lefty by Bush's victory over Democratic challenger John Kerry. But in his view, Kerry's loss was Air America's gain. "Obviously, it's more fun to go after Bush's terrible ideas and programs than to defend Kerry's not-quite-exactly-what-we -want plans," said Franken, 53, whose New York-based show and the rest of Air America's lineup will begin airing on KTLK-AM in Los Angeles Thursday, the day after Bush's State of the Union address. By the end of the month, the network that began in just six cities on March 31, 2004, then nearly collapsed weeks later amid financial woes, will have spread to 50 stations nationwide, including outlets in 15 of the top 20 markets, among them New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, Boston, Atlanta and Philadelphia. It will even venture into Bush's home state of Texas with a launch on a Corpus Christi station later this month. The network's programming, which includes shows hosted by actress Janeane Garofalo and commentator Randi Rhodes, also airs on satellite radio and the Internet on http://www.airamericaradio.com With a new team of executives in charge and investors committing additional capital, Air America President Jon Sinton predicted the network could reach profitability by year's end. "We are as far as I can determine the fastest-growing network in the history of this industry," Sinton said, adding that its cumulative national audience ranges from 2.5 million to 3 million listeners per week. That pales in comparison to the 20 million so-called "ditto heads" who tune in weekly to hear Limbaugh on nearly 600 stations nationwide, but Sinton noted that the conservative commentator has a 15-year jump on Air America. The KTLK launch marks a key turning point after the network was unceremoniously dumped from another Los Angeles station last spring due to a cash crunch. Ironically, some of the network's biggest successes have come on stations owned by Clear Channel Communications Inc., the media giant seen by liberals as a tool of the right and whose subsidiary, Premiere Radio Networks, syndicates Limbaugh's show. But Sinton said it should come as no surprise "when businesses behave in ways that will enhance their bottom line." As one industry insider who spoke on condition of anonymity put it, "If Franken can deliver an audience, they'll run to Franken. They don't care about his politics." (RTna 02/02 2003 via Mike Cooper, DXLD) At least it got the IBOC off 1530! (Brock Whaley, GA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Are you sure it is definitely off WCKY? Have not seen anything specific about this (gh to Brock, DXLD) [Later:] I was sorry to hear of the changes with WSAI-1530 and hearing that WCKY is now back at 1530. But I believe the IBOC tests has stopped; 1520 has actually been listenable again (1530 shut off their IBOC noise generator when they switched to night pattern at KFBK`s sunset, 3 hours after EST normal sunset times). (Dave Schmidt, Scranton PA, Musings of the Members, NRC DX News Feb 7 via DXLD) [Later2:] Pointed the TRF, and the Palomar loop towards WCKY for the best signal. Also used the long wire. Earlier in the year, they would be well over semi-local WTTI Dalton, GA. 10 kW that is DA South during critical hours shooting my way. They were both mixing, but WCKY rose to the top 80% of the time. I still did not hear IBOC on 1520 or 1540. In fact, on 1520 I heard Greek from WXYB Florida. This is one of the stations that uses the old WFSO towers!!!!! 600 watts-DA. On 1540 I heard WOGR Charlotte with church announcements. So, I'm still not sure, but I will be in my car at 7:30 and 9:00 tonight, and will look for WCKY IBOC sidebands on a fairly good Saturn radio (Brock Whaley, GA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Later3:] Glenn, I'm not sure, and I wouldn't swear by it, but in casual tuning as of late it is not there, or, it is greatly reduced because the modulation is now speech. I check just prior to Atlanta sunset. Toronto on 1540 and the OKC/Buffalo mix can now be heard, whereas before, I had to null the IBOC hash. I'll also check out 1530 and let you know. It is not a sure thing, I can only go by my ears, but I don't hear it as of late. Regards, (Brock Whaley, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. In answer to Mike`s report [Mike Riordan, SLC UT, confronting KERI 1180 Wasco CA with evidence they were running day facilities at night], having been in the `been there, done that` status for many years in the broadcast engineering business, we can offer some insight. The station may indeed be having a problem. While I was away on vacation, I was in NC in the western part of the state. Just out of curiosity, I actually had a Superadio with me and was then trying to tune in WSAI 1360. I came upon a station on 1380 that was putting in a pretty decent signal and was shocked to hear it was WAMS, Wilmington DE. And being CE at the station, I knew something was wrong. I called the operator on duty, and he mentioned that the night pattern was not reading right; I said I realized that when I was hearing it in NC! I then instructed him to put it on day pattern but cut the power back to 1000 watts (it was similar to the day pattern, the night pattern was pulled in more off the back). He had mentioned also that they were getting complaints the station couldn`t be heard in Wilmington at night. Basically what had happened was a part failure in one of the four towers used in the night pattern which caused the signal to basically `flip`, pushing all the signal west instead of east. They operated for a few days on the day pattern at night, until I got back and made the repairs. I`ve also run into situations where station management insisted on staying on day power at night so they could broadcast a high school football game on Friday or Saturday night, and which point I made them sign a paper saying I was not responsible for them doing something illegal. And with many stations using `contract` engineers, it may be days or weeks before the engineer finds out about a problem. It`s just the nature of the business any more (Dave Schmidt, Scranton PA, Musings of the Members, NRC DX News Feb 7 via DXLD) ** U S A. The station now known as KMOS-6 was formerly a CBS affiliate until the mid-70s. This PBS affiliate's transmitter is not too far from Sedalia, MO (studios are in Warrensburg, almost a rimshot to Kansas City). They might have a case to move closer to Columbia/ Jefferson City, which doesn't even have a local PBS within 30 miles. (I know for a fact that KMOS-6 and KETC-9 were on TCI's Columbia cable system in the 90s --- the station is almost unwatchable via antenna "in town" and even in Rocheport is quite directional --- and mind you, I was on very high ground at the time, not more than ¼-mile away from a cliff overlooking the Missouri River!). KMOS was also on Capital Cable which served Boone County suburbs at that time.) KMOS-6 boasted of 73-mile radius coverage; apparently this is only in certain directions (Keith K. Smith, Lansing, MI, WTFDA via DXLD) Interesting TV situation (for a slow day!) KMOS-6, licensed to Sedalia, Missouri, is now using a new tower located near Tipton, Missouri. It was constructed when KMOS-DT 15 was activated. Tipton is east of Sedalia much closer to Columbia and Jefferson City which (as Keith mentioned) did not have a PBS affiliate. The studio is located in Warrensburg, Missouri which is the home of Central Missouri University -- licensee of KMOS. Warrensburg is closer to KCPT-19 in Kansas City than to the KMOS-6 transmitter now. KMOS-6 was originally KDRO-6 -- a CBS semi-satellite of KRCG-13 in Jefferson City. It was used by KRCG to block KCMO-5 the Kansas City CBS station. They gave it to Central Missouri State to save money and continue to block KCMO-TV. Although Sedalia is in the Kansas City DMA KMOS-6 was not carried on cable in the Kansas City area because it was not within 50 miles of Kansas City and must-carry rules did not apply. The cable systems there did not want to use another channel for a PBS station because it did not increase revenue. The call letters for channel 6 were changed to KMOS prior to the switch from CBS to PBS. As a CBS station, KMOS-6 operated from a short tower at reduced power as KRCG didn't need to put a good signal west due to KCMO-TV and KCRG covered the area to the east. They did, however, have a local news service for Sedalia and that was lost when the station switched to PBS. While at KCPT many years ago I worked with the now chief engineer at KMOS. I'll try to get a coverage map for channels 6 and 15. KMOS-DT 15 is seen here on occasion, KMOS-6 is rare (Dave Pomeroy, Topeka KS, Feb 6, WTFDA via DXLD) KRCG replaced KMOS with a LPTV relay: K11OJ on channel 11. 73, (Eric (N0UIH) Bueneman, St Louis, ibid.) Eric is right and as I recall the FCC required that as a condition for the sale. The switch from CBS would have caused many to lose CBS since the Kansas City CBS station was on channel 5 and hard to receive with a channel 6 transmitter nearby (Dave Pomeroy, KS, ibid.) ** U S A. For God's sakes, don't mention DuMont! The CINCINNATI ENQUIRER'S JOHN KIESEWETTER reports that a memo from Operations Dir. DARRYL PARKS to staffers at CLEAR CHANNEL Talk WLW- A/CINCINNATI instructs the hosts not to mention any local TV station other than CLEAR CHANNEL's own CBS affiliate WKRC-TV (LOCAL 12). KIESEWETTER quotes the memo as reading "(l)et's make this short and crystal clear. All mentions of competing television media to LOCAL 12 stops today." (allacess.com via Brock Whaley, DXLD) ** URUGUAY. 6010, 1444 UT 6 Feb, Emisora Ciudad de Montevideo (en paralelo a 1370 kHz). Programa dedicado a la difusión de Carnaval, con una selección de diferentes fragmentos de Murgas del presente año 2005. (Expresión típica del Carnaval desde los inicios del Siglo 20). 6140, 1448 UT 6 Feb, Radio Monte Carlo. Montevideo. Uruguay. (En paralelo a 930 kHz). Boletín Informativo. A las 1500 tras identificarse como CX20 Radio Monte Carlo, anunció su enlace con El Gran Circuito CORI, siglas que significan Cooperativa Radioemisoras del Interior. QRK 4 (Gabriel Gómez, Uruguay, Noticias DX via DXLD) 6140, trasmisor de R. Montecarlo, Montevideo reactivada, 1430 hasta 1800 aprox. con retrasmisión de la competencia ciclistica "Rutas de América" de CX12 R. Oriental, Montevideo (MW770), CX147, R. Cristal del Uruguay, Las Piedras, Canelones (MW1470), CX160 R. Continental, Pando, Canelones (MW1600). Trasmisión ruidosa, desagradable para oir, ya que aparentemente hay un zumbido de AC/ y el chirrido de la RF metiéndose en alguna etapa de audio (es mi impresión). Webcast en http://usa.ciudaddigital.com.uy/online/ "Rutas de America" se desarrolla desde el 5 al 13 de feb. RX: Kenwood R-600, ANT: randomwire 15m de longitud (Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, Feb 7, condiglist via DXLD) 6140 --- This is the R. Montecarlo, Montevideo outlet that has been reactivated, at least to carry development of the 34th Edition of "Rutas de América" bicycle tour of Uruguay, simulcasting NOT MW for Montecarlo but a CX12 R Oriental (MW770), CX147 R. Cristal, Las Piedras, Canelones, (MW 1470) and CX160 R Continental, Pando, also in Canelones, all parallel. Heard today Feb 7, 1430 -approx. 1800 with remote from Department of Paysandú. This event lasts all the Carnival week, fromSat Feb 5 to Sun 13. Noisy, ugly, (appears to me as AC hum with a mixture or radiofrequency QRM). Also webcasting at http://usa.ciudaddigital.com.uy/online/ The webcast starts 0930, according to info in this website (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also heard by Uruguayan SWL Gabriel Gómez at 1448, presumably on Feb 5. as Radio Monte Carlo, // MW 930) with news and ID at 1500 joining "El Gran Circuito CORI" (i.e: Cooperativa Radioemisoras del Interior). QRK 4 (Gómez-Uruguay in "Noticias DX" yg via Nigro-Uruguay, Feb 7) Better audio on Feb 8 (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Too bad all this is in the local daytime (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. Foulups at RCI relay: see CANADA ** ZIMBABWE. 3306.0, ZIMBABWE, ZBC Harare, 0338-0407, Jan 31, Shona/ Ndebele/..., 0338 Pop tune into announcements, mentions of Harare and Zimbabwe; 0343 tune with African rhythm, bells, drums, choral singing; 0352 announcer with mention of Radio Zimbabwe; 0354 mention of "MTV coming soon" and more music; 0400-drums and male/female announcers with news. Fair (John Beattie, CA, swl at qth.net via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 780, 5-023: Hi Glenn, Björn Malm in Quito has the time check as 2:55 (UT-4) hence thoughts of changes at Radio Coro? 73's (Barry Davies, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Barry, Now that I re-listen to it with ``dos`` in mind instead of ``ocho`` or ``once``, I must agree, it sounds more like 2:55. That is certainly more likely propagationally for you. I`ve been Googling around and can`t find any connexion between R. Coro and Luz. If only they had a website with a program schedule. Even less so Ecos del Torbes (which is supposedly not 24 hours). There are some networks (including one in the US) by that name, and if it were not connected with a local timecheck, I would suspect Coro or some other station was carrying a network/program by that name. Have you asked some Venezuelan DXers about this? 73, (Glenn to Barry, via DXLD) No (Barry to Glenn, ibid.) Otra cosa, talvez puede ayudar un diexista británico que captó una emisora en 780 llamada ``Radio Luz`` con la hora de 2:55 (según parece), a las 0655 TU, o sea la hora de Venezuela (también de República Dominicana y . . . ?). ¿Talvez pueda ser R. Coro con una cadena o programa de ese nombre? (Glenn to Jorge García Rangel, via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE TINY TRAP +++++++++++++ THE TYRANT OF TOGO DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK By David Blair, Africa Correspondent (Filed: 07/02/2005) After beggaring his people and basking in the plaudits of Paris for almost four decades, the last of West Africa's Francophone tyrants died at the weekend, bringing to an inglorious end an era of Machiavellian French statecraft. President Gnassingbé Eyadema of Togo, who gloried in France's "special relationship" with Africa, suffered a heart attack at the age of 69, hours before he was due to leave his tiny domain for Paris. . . http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/07/wtogo07.xml (the writer is not to be confused with RCI's David Blair) (via Bill Westenhaver, DXLD) At 21,925 square miles, per Time Almanac 2000, Togo is almost as big as West Virginia. Certainly one of Africa`s smaller countries, but definitely not tiny! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ DUBBING 16-INCH ETs Help! I have 3 old Electrical Transcription discs that are 16 inches in diameter that I need to transfer to CD. These are circa 1948 and have the vintage style grooves, I believe. Can you help me? (Rick Prins, rickprins @ chartermi.net DX LISTENING DIGEST) Perhaps one of the broadcasting museums could help you, such as the big ones in NY and LA which mainly have sound and video archives. Safely transporting the ETs there could be a problem (Glenn to Rick, via DXLD) SUPER RADIO III == MURDER WEAPON Re: Monk repeats coming up --- The program guide on my digital cable begs to differ. It shows the episode as coming up Monday night/Tuesday morning Feb 8 at 12:30 AM ET. Already have the timer set for it... s (Scott Fybush, NY, NRC-AM via DXLD) Don`t see how I could have misread the USA Network schedule when I checked it, but agreed, now rechecking that as well as zap2it and tvguide, all agree that the repeats are UT Tue Feb 8 at 0530, and another one Friday Feb 11 at 1700 UT. I was wondering why it did not show up here Monday morning. BTW, there is another radio-related angle to the story right at the beginning. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) YES, SAH! Bob Foxworth and John Callarman visited Gordon Nelson's famous Watertown, MA DX Lab a few years before I saw it. When I first visited in 1972, he was on Hardy Avenue with the "shack" in the attic of a two or three decker house. The altazimuth loop was the single most imposing object you saw when you entered the room. There were also 6 ft. racks loaded with Hewlett-Packard spectrum analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, a Rustrak stripchart recorder, broadcast- studio type reel-to-reel tape decks, and the tool he often used for precision frequency measurement: an '60s era HP counter with rows of Nixie tubes that slowly counted up each digit of frequency. It could take a minute or more to get a reading. He'd use a stable VFO to zero- beat a signal. Some of the VFO's output went to the counter. He got resolution to a tenth of a Hertz or better, quite remarkable for that time. Receivers in GPN's shack included R-390A, HQ-180A, SP-600, and a Rycom LF set. I was going to Northeastern University at the time. NU's radio club W1KBN had an impressive penthouse hamshack, but Nelson's set-up was even more impressive, especially for MW DX. The EBU list (and Nelson's own measurements) gave many precision frequency measurements for European, North African, and Middle Eastern stations. Ron Schatz, in Miami, got accurate frequency values for many Cubans and other Latin Americans. My article at http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/wa1ion_history.htm reminisces about the grand era of the NRC's Boston Publishing Committee in GPN's attic and how a bootleg "WOJX" 1200 broadcast introduced me to the club in the early '70s, over 10 years after I had started DXing (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, Billerica, MA, NRC-AM via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ Re: LONG-HAUL TRANSEQUATORIAL FM DX, CARIBBEAN TO SOUTHERN BRAZIL There have been some interesting 50MHz reports on http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/oldlook.html (DX Summit) this weekend. ``CAYMAN 99.9, 02/02 0211 CYM ZFZZ (Z99), George Town/Grand Cayman, mx caribenha, OM, EE, id: ``Z99`` 45333`` This one, especially, is getting dangerously close to Florida! Puerto Rico<=>Argentina has been worked on 144MHz on TE. Florida<=>S. America certainly seems possible. ``REPUBLICA DOMINICANA 96.5, 01/02 0043 DOM Metro FM, Santo Domingo, OM em conversa com ouvinte, EE`` Dominican Republic, in English?? (suspect a typo) (Doug Smith W9WI, TN, WTFDA via DXLD) In 1968-69 at peak of that particular solar cycle, lived on St Croix in USVI and with just a dipole on FM heard many (a dozen or more) Argentina, Brasil and Ecuador 88-108 stations. In 1980-81 and later 1988-1990 living in Turks and Caicos - Provo - which is slightly further north and 500 miles west of USVI, had a repeat and did hear 144 MHz/two meter TE from SA on several occasions but never worked it - only on six meters. There is a time of year period (15 April to 1 June or so) when if there is intense Es from eastern USA into Caribbean (Bahamas, Cayman, Cuba, Puerto Rico) around 5-9 PM eastern time, you will have a shot at TE + Es links - on TV and yes on FM. It is NOT out of the realm of possibility that someone in MA/CT/NY/NJ with single hop FM Es south will actually link into TE to the southern hemisphere within that time and calendar frame. I need not point out this would exceed the distance from Ireland/UK to NY state and be a new 88-108 MHz world's record (Bob Cooper in New Zealand, ibid.) FIRST PY2 LAND TEP CONTACT IN 2 METERS Hi friends, I would like to thank for who had response my communications about our TEP experiences and spread the news to other hams in the area and bulletins. In last week we finally did the TEP QSO in 2 meters, the first in PY2 land, with Ron 8P6JB and Andy 8P6RF portable in Barbados. The challenge was made these QSOs in one area of Brazil often called too north for TEP in 2 meters. For more information I invite to visit our updated Japy DX Group website: http://planeta.terra.com.br/noticias/jdxg Again thank you for all communications. I hope meet the Caribbean stations on the dial very soon. Best wishes (Flávio Archangelo, "Ark", PY2ZX, Feb 5, ODXA via DXLD) Amigos, na 'RadioWays' foi colocado um artigo que retrata bem a questão das recepções das emissoras de FM do Caribe aqui pelo sudeste/sul do Brasil. Experiências recentes do Flávio Archângelo + Luis Tresso em radioamadorismo (VHF) aqui por nossa região também se enquadram bem neste aspecto técnico. As pesquisas atualmente não mais se realizam em Florianópolis, Garopaba e arredores, e sim agora ocorrem com bons resultados pelos Estados do Paraná e São Paulo. Os nossos colegas da Argentina (GRA) também tem apresentado seus bons resultados neste segmento. Trata-se de um artigo desenvolvido na Austrália e que é de interesse de todos nos que andamos atrás das emissoras de FM da América Central. Acesso: http://www.radioways.cjb.net Na página de abertura, clicar no 'botton' 'Um excelente artigo que explica o fantástico fenómeno....". O artigo esta em pdf (Acrobat Reader) e está escrito em idioma inglês. Vejam no texto uma referência a possibilidade que de fato vivemos por aqui, e em especial o último gráfico. 73s, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, SP/Brasil, radioescutas via DXLD) HEADS UP - POOR PROPAGATION AHEAD... NW7US Propagation Bulletin 07 February 2005 Propagation today (07-II-2005) has turned poor on many HF circuits, due to a fast solar wind originating in a large coronal hole. This coronal hole is located in the northern hemisphere of the visible solar disk, and is in position to continue influencing Space Weather around the Earth through the 9th. Minor aurora at high latitudes, with possible short bursts at the higher range of the mid-latitudes, is possible through the 9th. The current IMF orientation is not favorable for strong aurora, and the dynamic pressure of the solar wind is not high. Even though the solar wind speed is over 600 km/s at the moment due to the high-speed wind from this coronal hole, there is only minor aurora (Au level is 8). This has elevated the Kp index to a current level of 6 (as of this bulletin, 0700 UTC 08-II-2005). For the later part of 07 February, the Kp has been at or above 4. This is causing a moderate depression of the critical frequencies that can be propagated via the ionosphere for a given radio signal path. So, if you normally communicate on 5 MHz, the critical frequency could be lowered to as low as 3 MHz. Signal levels will be weaker, due to the weakening of the ionosphere in general. I am forecasting the next 24 hours to continue being rough for short- skip propagation (i.e., state-wide). This is due to the weakening and lowering of the critical frequencies useful for short-skip propagation. Intra-state HF comms will be workable, though not optimal. I am further forecasting the next 48 hours to be variable in terms of reliable communications for state-wide and regional paths. There are returning sunspot groups that may bring a series of moderate flares. Any moderate to strong flare could trigger coronal mass ejections, causing geomagnetic storms such as we saw several weeks ago. : Propagation Editor for CQ, CQ VHF, Popular Communications : : Creator; live propagation center http://prop.hfradio.org/ : 73 de (Tomas, NW7US (AAR0JA/AAA0WA), dxldyg via DXLD) KN4LF DAILY LF/MF/HF RADIO PROPAGATION OUTLOOK UPDATE #2005-006A Issued Monday 02/07/2005 at 2200 UTC Per my previous outlook propagation conditions began degrading on Sunday 02/06/2005 thanks to high speed solar wind streams from geoeffective (Earth facing) coronal holes #143 and 144. We are currently experiencing a strong (K-7) geomagnetic storm at high latitudes and a minor (K-5) geomagnetic storm at mid latitudes. The storming should begin to subside on Tuesday-Wednesday 02/08-09/2005. Old Sunspot group #10720 now renumbered as #10732 has returned around the east limb of the Sun and is now located at N12E49 and contains a beta-gamma twisted magnetic signature capable of large M class solar flares. We also have a new sunspot group #10733 located at S09E78 which contains a beta-delta twisted magnetic signature capable of large M class and isolated X class solar flares. This is the group that I mentioned in my last propagation outlook that was visible on GONG imagery. Bottom line is that propagation wrecking renewed major solar flaring, dayside radio blackouts, coronal mass ejections, proton and geomagnetic storming is likely to occur through the rest of the forecast period. Propagation eReflector: http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/propagation KN4LF Daily Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm KN4LF Daily LF/MF/HF Radio Propagation Outlook: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm KN4LF HF/MF Radio Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm KN4LF Amateur & SWL Radio History: http://www.kn4lf.com/index.htm 73 & GUD DX, (Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF, Retired Space & Atmospheric Weather Forecaster, Plant City, FL, USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ SOME IN U.S. VOTING WITH THEIR FEET By Rick Lyman, The New York Times, Monday, February 7, 2005 VANCOUVER, British Columbia --- Christopher Key knows exactly what he would be giving up if he left Bellingham, Washington. "It's the sort of place Norman Rockwell would paint, where everyone watches out for everyone else and we have block parties every year," said Key, a 56- year-old Vietnam War veteran and former magazine editor who lists Francis Scott Key, who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner," among his ancestors. But leave it he intends to do, and as soon as he can. His house is on the market, and he is busily seeking work across the border in Canada. For him, the re-election of George W. Bush was the last straw. "I love the United States," he said as he stood on the Vancouver waterfront, staring toward the Coastal Range, which was lost in a gray shroud. "I fought for it in Vietnam. It's a wrenching decision to think about leaving. But America is turning into a country very different from the one I grew up believing in." . . . http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/06/news/refuge.html (via Gerald T. Pollard, NC, DXLD) Don`t overlook ``next pages`` ###