DX LISTENING DIGEST 5-090, May 30, 2005  
	Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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NEXT AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1275:
Tue 0600 WOR WPKN Bridgeport CT 89.5
             [also WPKM Montauk LINY 88.7] 
Tue 1600 WOR WBCQ after hours
Wed 0930 WOR WWCR 9985
Wed 1600 WOR WBCQ after hours
Mon 0330 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910 

MORE info including audio links: http://worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

WRN ON DEMAND:
http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also for CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL]:
WORLD OF RADIO 1275 (high version): 
(stream)   http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1275h.ram 
(download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1275h.rm 
WORLD OF RADIO 1275 (low version): 
(stream)   http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1275.ram
(download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1275.rm
(summary)  http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1275.html

WORLD OF RADIO 1275 in true shortwave sound of Alex`s mp3 
(stream)   http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_05-25-05.m3u
(download) http://www.dxprograms.net/worldofradio_05-25-05.mp3 

** AFGHANISTAN. DEUTSCHE WELLE: NOW ON FM IN THE GREATER KABUL AREA
http://www.german-news.de/news/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1170

RTA also makes use of new powerful transmitters in Afghanistan
Deutsche Welle is expanding the quality of its presence in 
Afghanistan:

DW-RADIO's services can now be received on FM in the national 
languages of Dari and Pashto in addition to Farsi, Urdu, English and 
German in the greater Kabul area.

Two powerful transmitters have been put into operation on almost 2,000 
meter high Mount Asmai in the Afghan capital city on the basis of a 
cooperation agreement concluded between Deutsche Welle and Radio 
Television Afghanistan (RTA) in late 2004. RTA is broadcasting its 
service from one of the two new transmitters as well.

In close cooperation with Afghan authorities, the German embassy in 
Kabul and the German Society for Technical Cooperation (Gesellschaft 
für technische Zusammenarbeit: GTZ) and with funding from the German 
Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany's international broadcaster was able 
to plan and implement the transmitters very rapidly.

"Dialogue with the Islamic world is a serious concern for us and our
partnership with RTA is a major contribution," stressed DW Director-
General, Erik Bettermann.

DW-RADIO programmes can now be heard by about three million listeners 
around the clock in a catchment area of roughly 30 kilometres around 
Kabul on the FM frequency 90.5 MHz. RTA broadcasts its programming on 
FM frequency 91.5 MHz.

Deutsche Welle has been a familiar presence in Afghanistan for more 
than 30 years. In addition to DW-RADIO (which also continues to be 
broadcast on shortwave) and the internet service DW-WORLD.DE, 
Germany's international television service, DW-TV, can be watched as 
well: a regional window distributed via satellite offers daily news 
and documentaries in the regional languages Dari and Pashto (via 
Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dxldyg via DXLD)

** ARGENTINA. "AM1710", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, opera ahora 
realmente en la frecuencia de 1710 kHz (ex 1700). Aun tiene una 
programación a la que se podría calificar de experimental, con mucha 
música e identificaciones aisladas. Lo curioso, es que la transmisión 
puede escucharse también en la frecuencia de onda corta de 5130 kHz 
(1710 x 3) con aceptable recepción. La página web de la emisora, aún 
en construcción, puede visitarse en http://www.am1700.com.ar 73's 
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, May 29, Noticias DX via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. 5049.8, ARDS, Humpty Doo. Improved strength of late, 
political discussion 1010, English, 28/5 (Craig Seager, NSW, June ADXN 
via DXLD) Can anyone hear this outside Australia now? (gh, DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. 4835, ABC Northern Territory, Alice Springs, 33233, 
Aboriginal/English. OM with news. Pop song by a YL vocalist. The T-
storm static that made LF terrible tonight is very evident here too, 
as is the "Squirter" Ocean Graphing Radar. It's slightly better on the 
Icom than on the Heathkit Mohican, the Grundig came in last place, 
needing the outboard pre-amp to eliminate some "Image" QRM. 0804 UT 
5/26/2005 PA (Phil KO6BB Atchley, Merced CA, swl at qth.net via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA [non]. PRESS RELEASE. The Australian Radio DX club inc. 
(Reg A0011728G), will be broadcasting a special fortieth anniversary 
transmission relay via Latvia. 18th June, 2005. 9290 kHz. 1000 UT.
The club was founded on the 19th June, 1965. For 1 hour duration, for 
Europe and the USA. Future broadcasts via other sites are planned.

Special QSL anniversary cards are available for correct reception 
reports sent by mail only. No email reports. Requirements are fifteen 
minutes of programme details. Reports to ARDXC, C/O John Wright, 29 
Milford Rd, Peakhurst NSW 2210, Australia. 2IRCs or 2 USD are needed 
for a reply. Details of the ARDXC and its flagship bulletin the 
Australian DX News will also be forwarded. Thank you (John Wright, 
Secretary, ARDXC via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. BANGLADESH BETAR SPECIAL BROADCAST ON 30TH MAY 2005
   Here the details : English Service, Bangladesh Betar.

Shahid President Ziaur Rahman: The architect of prosperous of 
Bangladesh: A special Composite Program.

Date : 30 May 2005  UTC : 1230-1300 (S&SE Asia) and UT 1815-1900 (Eu)
Freq: 7185 kHz.

Details :
01.  Intro : highlighting the contribution of Shahid President Ziaur 
Rahman in the War of Liberation in 1971 and his contribution to 
national development (to be written by the compiler).

02. Song : (Bangla) Tumi Bangladesher Surjodoy, Artist : Apel Mahmud, 
Lyric : Nahid Nazrul.

03. Discussion : Sahid Ziaur Rahman as I saw him : Participants: (a) 
Gias Kamal Chowdhury (Formar VOA journalist),  (b) Dr. Sadeq Khan.

04. Song : (Bangla) Tetulia Theke Tecnaf. Artist: M. A. Khaleq and 
others. Lyric: Nahid nazrul.

05. Talk : Shahid President Ziaur Rahaman: The Architect of 
prosperous-Bangladesh, By Prof. Emajuddinn Ahmed.

06. Song (Bangla) (a) Mather Chashi nam diyechhe. Artist: Samina 
Chowdhury, Lyric: Nahid Nazrul.  (b) Amra Santir Prithibi. Artist : 
Chorus, Lyric: Touhidur Rahman.

Compiler : Prof. Abu Taher Majumder, Narrators: (a) Shanawaz Ahmed (b) 
Taslima Pervin. Producer : Akramul Islam.  73's from (Ashik Eqbal 
Tokon, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, May 28, dxldyg via DXLD) Too late now; 
maybe archived? (gh, May 30, 2005 UT)

** BANGLADESH. Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication 
(BNNRC) is promoting ham and CB radio, setting up community radio 
stations. Also has some job openings. http://www.bnnrc.net 
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)

** BELGIUM. See RADIO PHILATELY below

** BELGIUM [non]. VB6015 is a new programme in Dutch transmitted via 
Juelich 6015 (100 kW) on Sundays 0900-1100 UT, starting 29 May. It is 
produced by Flaams Belang, a nationalist political party in Belgium. 
Website with contact info: http://www.vlaamsbelang.org

The transmissions are brokered by TDP and are exclusively in DRM. 
[Thanks to tip on A-DX mailing list]. (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, 
DXplorer May 27 via BCDX May 30 via DXLD)

Re 5-087: Here is a dissociation of Maeva FM from the planned Vlaams 
Belang transmissions on 6015:
http://erichofman.skynetblogs.be/

Says that they were given exclusive access to 6015 (sic anyway, since
T-Systems uses this frequency also for other customers, not to speak
about RNW Flevo; and what about this week`s Rampisham tests??), had
agreed that Jurgen Verstrepen as a person may temporarily use this
frequency but not Vlaams Belang as an organization. Some people say 
that these notes also mention a suspension of Maeva FM transmissions 
for the time being, but that's beyond what a German can make out of 
Dutch without actually knowing a single word of it.

There is already some publicity in Germany:
http://www.rtl.de/news/artikel/news/news_817810_640714.php
http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/content/2005/05/27/politik/755970.html
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, May 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[Later:] Apparently the Vlaams Belang transmission announced for today 
did not take place. On a quick check after 0900 there was no signal on 
6015. Others report that they did not hear anything either.

Looks like they were still not aware of a cancellation this morning:
http://www.drmrx.org/forum/showthread.php?s=74a5b69da27970276e99c46fdc
66869f&threadid=1089

Probably they even don't know by now that they were called off:
http://www.vlaamsbelang.org/index.php?p=47
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, May 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

BELGIAN RADIO MAEVA SUSPENDS SW BROADCASTS

The Belgian commercial station Radio Maeva has decided to suspend its 
Saturday shortwave broadcasts on 6015 kHz following the announcement 
that the right-wing political party Vlaams Belang was beginning its 
own DRM service on Sundays using the same frequency. However, 
according to reports today's broadcast by Vlaams Belang, scheduled at 
0900-1100 UT, did not take place.

According to Eric Hofmann of Maeva, writing in his Weblog, Maeva had 
reached a personal agreement with Jurgen Verstrepen, presenter of the 
programme "ZwartofWit" (Black or White) to use the frequency as long 
as Maeva was not using it, but that he would move to another frequency 
when Maeva started broadcasting daily. But Maeva was not aware that 
the programme was to be broadcast under the auspices of Vlaams Belang. 

Maeva says it does not want to be associated with Vlaams Belang, and 
is therefore suspending its own programmes on 6015 kHz. Next Thursday, 
there is a Maeva board meeting, and until then no further news is to 
be expected. Hofmann says Maeva will return to shortwave very soon. 
Time, frequency and partners are under consideration. When the station 
returns, details will be published on the website. 

Hoffman says he believes it's a waste of time asking the Germans to 
prohibit the broadcasts of Vlaams Belang, as they will simply switch 
to a transmitter in another country. In any case, he says, Vlaams 
Belang is not doing anything illegal, simply broadcasting political 
material that many people find distasteful. 
Maeva 6015 http://www.bigm6015.com/
 # posted by Andy @ 16:49 UT May 29 (Media Network blog via DXLD) 

VLAAMS BELANG WILL BROADCAST FROM THE UK, NOT GERMANY

The Weblog of Jurgen Verstrepen, host of the "ZwartofWit" programme 
that was scheduled to be aired in DRM mode yesterday via Juelich on 
6015 kHz, says that there was a change of plan. The broadcast did not 
go out, and will now launch next Sunday from Rampisham in the UK 
instead of Juelich. Verstrepen denies that the programme is a 
propaganda outlet for the extreme right, and says that an advance copy 
of the programme has been sent to the transmission provider in the UK 
so the content can be screened prior to broadcast. For that reason, it 
was decided at the last minute to delay the launch of the programme by 
one week. Verstrepen says the programme is a mixture of news, 
political analysis, music and entertainment.

# posted by Andy @ 09:25 UT May 30 (Media Network blog via DXLD) 

** BOLIVIA. La situación en Bolivia sigue siendo muy grave. Las 
versiones son diversas (y preocupantes) y como de costumbre, sacando 
la opción del real audio en Internet, que no está al alcance de todos, 
terminamos abrevando nuestra sed de novedades en los grandes medios 
orales, gráficos o televisivos.

Sin embargo, ahora, más que nunca, independientemente de las malas
condiciones de propagación que, por supuesto, limitan, la onda corta 
nos puede significar un soporte informativo muy interesante. Y más si 
las noticias vienen directamente del país de origen. Recomiendo 
intentar con las estaciones bolivianas en 49 metros: Illimani en 6025; 
Fides en 6155; Panamericana (irregular en 6105). Ah!! pueden intentar 
con Fides también en 9625. Otra opción es Radio Santa Cruz en 6135 y 
por qué no, Radio Juan XXIII en los 6054v. 73's (Arnaldo Slaen, 
Argentina, May 28, condig list via DXLD)

** BOLIVIA. Hello Glenn, a little late reaction to your DXLD 5-089 on 
Bolivia (Virgen de Remedios). I think you might be right presuming 
they are off now. In any case, I haven`t heard them either lately. Not 
even some weeks ago when signals still were propagating quite nicely 
from that part of the world. The person at the station who sent me my 
QSL told me in the mail that he(?) was about to leave Tupiza for 
Polonia for holiday and business. Could possibly be that the station 
is sponsored by the Catholic Church in Poland and the journey is some 
kind of fundraising. While he (=the director?) is away there are 
probably no transmissions. Well, just a guess... Best regards (Jan 
Edh, Hudiksvall, Sweden, DX-ing in Fredriksfors, May 30, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) 

** BRAZIL. A Rádio Inconfidência, de Belo Horizonte (MG), retomou o 
antigo formato e compromisso de programação: emitir músicas 
brasileiras. A informação é do jornal O Estado de Minas e foi 
publicada no sítio http://www.radiomineiro.com Em ondas curtas, possui 
excelente performance em 6010 kHz.

BRASIL – Ao que tudo indica, nos últimos dias, a freqüência de 5940 
kHz, da Rádio Guarujá Paulista, de Guarujá (SP), está fora do ar. Em 
seu lugar, no Sul do Brasil, quem aparece é a Radio Melodía, de 
Arequipa, no Perú (Célio Romais, Panorama, Conexión Digital May 28 via 
DXLD) 

** BRAZIL. A Radiobrás mantém um serviço de notícias, em inglês, em 
seu sítio na Internet, cujo link é: 
http://internacional.radiobras.gov.br/ingles 
É o que conta Douglas Kähler, em mensagem publicada na lista de 
discussão A-DX Liste. Desde São Bernardo do Campo (SP), Rudolf Grimm 
agrega que a estatal brasileira também disponibiliza alguns boletins 
de áudios, em inglês e espanhol. O link é: 
http://www.radiobras.gov.br/radioagencia 
(Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX May 29 via DXLD)

** BURMA [non]. DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA RADIO ADDS NEW FREQUENCY | 
Text of report by Burmese opposition radio Democratic Voice of Burma 
web site on 27 May 

Dear listeners. As the Democratic Voice of Burma [DVB] is planning to 
produce weekend TV programmes as well, DVB is adding a new radio 
frequency to its evening programme for better clarity and reception. 
The additional radio frequency for the evening broadcast is shortwave 
19 meter band at 15480 KHz and will begin transmission from Saturday, 
28 May. 

DVB has already test broadcasted from this new metre band for a while 
and discovered that the reception is much better than the existing 
frequencies. That is why DVB will be regularly broadcasting its 
evening programme from 19 metre band at 15480 KHz from 28 May onwards. 
DVB would also like to urge its patrons to listen to the programme 
from this new frequency. 

In addition, DVB will continue to broadcast its evening programmes 
unchanged from the usual frequencies at shortwave 16 and 49 meter 
bands. Source: Democratic Voice of Burma web site, Oslo, in Burmese 
1430 gmt 27 May 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) Site? Time? Presumably 1430ish. 
See also MYANMAR

** CANADA. Did anyone else note that RCI was missing from 15325 on 
Friday 5/27 during its usual 2000 UT hour from Sackville to Europe? I 
tuned in yesterday wanting to tape "SciTech File" while I was away and 
it hadn't come on-air by 2005 or so, and I had to leave the house so I 
just gave up. It IS on today, 5/28, and I'm taping SciTech File as I 
write this next door. Anyway, I was wondering if they eventually 
brought 15325 on the air Friday or if it was just off the whole hour. 
73, (Will Martin, MO, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. CKDM [730 Dauphin MB] is the one that truly amazes me. They 
should be 5 kW aimed entirely to the north. But they have been booming 
in here for several years. I think their DA is out of whack and 
sending the signal south instead of north (Patrick Griffith, 
Westminster, CO, May 30, NRC-AM via DXLD) 

I think we'd all be surprised if we actually knew with certainty how 
many Canadian DA's are out of whack or how many don't bother to use 
them at night. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL, ibid.)

** CANADA. An unusual travelers information station has gone silent. 
CFYZ (1280) at Toronto's Pearson International Airport was an unusual 
station, operating at relatively high power (400 watts) and offering 
live programming during drive times - but it was also relatively 
expensive for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to operate. 
Milkman UnLimited reports that the official word from the GTAA is that 
"service has been suspended pending exploration of alternatives," and 
that listeners are hearing a dead carrier on 1280 (Scott Fybush, NE 
Radio Watch May 30 via DXLD) See also NEWFOUNDLAND

** CUBA. RHC still on 12000 around 1255 UT May 28. But it was no 
problem here for HCJB on 12005 with DXPL. This and other RHC signals 
were much weaker than usual this morning: wonder if a brown-out or 
some propagational quirk. In an ideal world, one could monitor the 
TRUE power output of any world transmitter in real time (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And still 1200 May 30, checked after 1400

** CUBA [non]. Radio Martí hot, 530, at present. Rebelde a mist bound 
wraith far beneath. Rough bearings shoot to vicinity K/WEST. -Z.- Dx-
440 R-388 R-390 DX-394 Nova-Tech Action!! E-W wire, 150' 2X 32 out 
couplers, Diet Coke (r) (Paul Vincent Zecchino, xliado Gordo en Jefe
Baron of the Banned, Manasoviet Key, FL, 2307 UT Sat May 28, BT IRCA 
mailing list via DXLD)

R. Martí in my opinion is the biggest waste of my tax dollars there 
is. Considering that VOA has suffered cut backs the way they have, yet 
Martí seems to be going strong. Funny thing is this past week I 
noticed that Martí was running a baseball game between Boston Red Sox 
and NY Yanks and the jammers were turned off. To waste the time 
usually spent by radio and TV adverts, Martí kept playing this jingle 
over and over till the game was resumed. When the game was over, the 
jammers were turned back on. What a rip. Maybe I have missed the 
skinny on Radio Martí because I don't speak the language, but I just 
can't see its purpose if jammed. It sure screws up the shortwave band 
with the broad band jammers used by the Cubans (Bob Montgomery, 
Swprograms mailing list May 28 via DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. Hi all, Contrary to the schedule published on TDP 
site http://www.airtime.be Dejen Radio didn't sign off at 1800 today. 
It still continues at 1815. Frequency is 12120 kHz. 73, (Dmitry Mezin, 
Kazan/Russia, May 28, HCDX via DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. CLANDESTINA --- 15660, Tensae Ethiopia 
(presumible), Voice of Unity, via el centro retransmisor de Samara 
(TGP [? TDP?]), 1649-1700, Mayo 28, Vernacular, anuncios breves por OM 
con música tribal de fondo con permanente sonido de tambores, a 1652 
comentario por OM (muchas menciones a Ethiopia), sobre las 1659 se 
anuncia una dirección de correo electrónico, sonido de tambores y 
cierre de la transmisión, 34443 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Noticias DX 
via DXLD)

** FALKLAND ISLANDS [non]. Re 5-089, I should point out that this 
could very well be a case of Merlin vs Merlin (oops, VT vs VT), as the 
China-via-Chile relay is brokered by them, and they are no doubt 
involved in BBC frequency management as well. I don`t really know yet 
who will take ultimate responsibility for putting both stations on 
11720 at the same time --- Christian Vision, China Radio 
International, BBC WS or VT Merlin; buck-passing seems in order –-- 
but the easiest solution would be for the BBC to move this half-hour 
per week back below 11700 where it was in previous seasons (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. DRM tests on 702 --- I just came across this press release 
which suggests that there were DRM tests on 702 kHz during the Cannes 
festival. Did anybody notice? (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener - Nuernberg, 
Germany, http://www.biener-media.de May 24, EMWG yg via playdx yg via 
DXLD)

RFI LANCE UNE EXPÉRIMENTATION DE SA DIFFUSION EN DRM
Communiqué de presse, le 13/05/2005 --- RFI et la radio numérique

En partenariat avec TDF, RFI lance une expérimentation de sa diffusion
avec la technologie DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale). Celle-ci permettra
d'évaluer les conditions de réception des émissions en situation
d'utilisation normale. Ce test est effectué sur deux gammes d'ondes 
utilisées actuellement en analogique:

- les ondes courtes, à partir d'Issoudun, sur un émetteur de grande
puissance (500 kw) couvrant l'Afrique et l'Europe de l'Est. [WTFK???]
- Les ondes moyennes (702 kHz) sur la Côte d'Azur pendant le Festival 
de Cannes.

Une série de mesures seront effectuées sur ces zones afin d'optimiser 
le confort d'écoute. Cette expérimentation s'inscrit dans la réflexion 
globale engagée par RFI sur les nouvelles technologies de diffusion et 
sur les opportunités qu'elles peuvent offrir en termes de 
développement pour une radio internationale.
Plus d'infos sur http://www.drmfrance.com
http://www.rfi.fr/Fichiers/RFI/Communiques/cp_133.asp
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, May 24, EMWG yg via playdx yg via 
DXLD)

Ciao! la risposta al quesito sui tests DRM su 702 kHz ascoltati per 
alcuni giorni proviente dal gruppo yahoo emwg. Erano tests DRM di 
Radio France in occasione del Festival del Film di Cannes, dal TX di 
Monaco. Finito il Festival, sono finiti pure i TESTS (Dario Monferini, 
playdx yg via DXLD)

¿Howcum the very name Digital Radio Mondiale is pseudo- or semi-
French, but yet in the French language, the term for ``digital`` is 
``numérique``? (gh)

** GEORGIA. I am not hearing anything out of Georgia on 11805 at 0700 
--- and have not done so for at least two weeks. I haven't heard their 
transmissions in mid morning either, although propagation has been 
quite poor. 4540 is too low for any propagation, so I wonder if their 
equipment has failed completely or they just decided to switch it off? 
(Noel R. Green-UK, May 13, wwdxc BC-DX May 30 via DXLD)

You don't list any reception of GEO 11805 kHz, but I did hear it back 
on air again while you were away. I haven't tried any other service 
except the one starting at 0700 (Noel R. Green-UK, May 28, ibid.)

** GERMANY [non]. See AFGHANISTAN

** GUINEA. See UNIDENTIFIED below

** HONG KONG. NOW HEAR THIS --- Zach Coleman May 28-29, 2005 
 
English-language radio listeners are a hardy and rare breed in Hong 
Kong today. It's not for want of choice. Four of the city's 13 radio 
stations still broadcast primarily in English, though all but one are 
restricted to the AM dial, where they are overpowered by static in 
much of the SAR.

The English-language stations are kept alive largely by legal 
obligations imposed on the city's three radio broadcasters and their 
programming is a pale shadow of what it was pre-handover. Not 
surprisingly, none of the channels are to be found among the city's 
seven most popular stations, as tracked by Nielsen Media Research. 
What hope there is for a revival of English-language radio and any 
expansion into other European and Asian tongues lies with digital 
radio... http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Weekend/GE28Jp09.html
(Weekend Standard, via Kim Elliott, DXLD)

** INDIA. NGO`S GEAR UP FOR COMMUNITY RADIO BOOM --- Priyam Bhasin 

Sunday, May 29, 2005 (New Delhi): A studio started by an NGO in Delhi 
will soon be used to make community radio programmes for groups that 
come together over shared concerns. They would thus not have just 
government or private radio channels to listen to, but also their own 
voice on radio. The government approved the concept of community radio 
in December 2002, but the project could not take off without broadcast 
rights to NGOs or communities. . . 
http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=NGOs+gear+up+for+community+radio+boom&id=73688 
(via Alokesh Gupta, dx_india via DXLD)

** INDONESIA. Very strong reception of the Voice of Indonesia English 
broadcast this afternoon (2000 UT May 29) on 9525 kHz with just a 
trace of TWR Swaziland underneath. // 15149.8+kHz is there, not very 
strong and suffers from adjacent-channel interference 15155 kHz. 
[WYFR] 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, Collins HF-2050, Ant- 7-30 
MHz KLM Log Periodic, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Al-Iraqiyah TV --- I hope this doesn't bother 
anybody, considering how the E-Skip season is taking off. But as the 
VUD has a satellite column, some of you might be interested in the 
appearance of Al-Iraqiyah TV from Iraq on Intelsat Americas 5, 12146 
MHz V, SR 22000. Also new and of great interest is the Somali TV 
Network on the same satellite, 11874 MHz H, SR 22000. The latter is 
likely to scramble soon, so catch it while you can (Jacob Norlund, May 
28, WTFDA via DXLD) 

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. I've been a subscriber to Sirius Satellite 
Radio for about a year now. I chose it over XM not only because it has 
WRN, but it looks like Sirius' satellites, which travel in a geo-
synchronous figure-8 pattern, cover the US (or North America for that 
matter) better than XM's geo-stationary ones. Maybe a World of Radio 
listener that has both XM and Sirius can let us know if the different 
satellite patterns make that much of a difference as far as reception 
(Steve Cline, Indianapolis, IN, May 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. IRÃ – Após 15 meses de silêncio, o programa Onde Radio 
retorna ao mundo das ondas curtas. Produzido por Alfredo Galleratti e 
equipe da Associazione Radioamatori Italiani, o espaço, que fala sobre 
o mundo das ondas curtas, vai ao ar nas emissões em italiano da Voz da 
República Islâmica do Irã. Mais informações em: 
http://www.radioascolto.it (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX May 
29 via DXLD)

** ISRAEL. Glenn, heard Kol Israel on 15640 direct at 19 UT, Saturday. 
I thought they didn't broadcast on Saturday; the signal was good here 
in upstate NY. My radio is Sangean ATS909 silver, brand new production 
model when i say silver -- very shiny with the Sangean logo in blue 
(Daryl Rocker, MVSWLC, May 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Saturday is no problem for KI. The only day they take off is Yom 
Kippur, whenever that is. Hope the silver and blue help the ATS909 
pull in signals better (gh, DXLD)

** ISRAEL. ALL FOR PEACE HITS RADIO AIRWAVES 
Jerusalem Post 29 May 2005 By Greer Fay Cashman
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1117333096605&p=1077768895041

Thirty two years after Abie Nathan launched his Voice of Peace 
floating radio station, a similar endeavor has been mounted on dry 
land in Jerusalem.

All For Peace, Radio Without Borders, a joint Israeli-Palestinian
broadcasting enterprise that until recently could be heard only on the
station's Web site http://www.allforpeace.org is now on 107.2 FM 
radio.

Broadcasting in Hebrew, Arabic and English, All for Peace is a joint
initiative of Givat Haviva, the Jewish Arab Center for Peace and the 
Biladi organization. Co-directors are Shimon Malka and Maysa Baransi 
Siniora.

Talk show hosts are Mike Brand in English, Orly Noy in Hebrew and 
Adele Zumot in Arabic. The station broadcasts a mix of news and music
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)

** ITALY [non]. See IRAN

** KOREA SOUTH. KBS WORLD RADIO CONDUCTED WEBSITE USER SATISFACTION 
SURVEY:

KBS WORLD Radio and the KBS Broadcasting Culture Research Team would 
like to hear your opinions on ways to improve the Internet service of 
KBS WORLD Radio http://world.kbs.co.kr As users of the KBS WORLD Radio 
website, your suggestions will be a valuable source for the 
improvement of our Internet service. We guarantee anonymity to all 
survey respondents and will use the data solely for statistical 
purposes. We look forward to your sincere response. Survey 
participants will be entered in our lucky drawing for a chance to win 
a digital camera http://rki.kbs.co.kr/english/event/poll_2005/ 
(Source: KBS World Radio Website via MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMIN, 
BANGLADESH, May 28, DXLD) Why past tense? (gh)

** LATVIA. A detailed report (with photos) of the launch by Radio 
Caroline's John Patrick is available at 
http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/
(scroll down the Home Page for the link). The last paragraph says:

"From the Autumn the RTI Short wave service will also be transmitted 
from Riga and at a later stage will be upgraded to DRM standard 
allowing listeners in Europe to receive RTI in FM quality mono. At 
certain times in the day this service will be receivable in the United 
States and as far East as Japan." (Andy Sennitt, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) See also AUSTRALIA [non]

** LIBYA [non]. I could copy very little of [new Somali cland 15650 
May 27] due to a very strong signal coming from Libya via Issoudun on 
15660 (30 dB over 9 at times) and this one was splattering onto 15650. 
Maybe of interest was that Libya had Voice of Africa news in English 
at 1730 followed by French at 1737. 73s from (Noel R. Green (NW 
England), dxldyg via DXLD) 

** MONGOLIA. 12085 kHz, V. of Mongolia, Khonkhor, logged on 28 May 
0951-1045, Chinese, folks songs, IS 1000, English, schedule, news, 
Mongolian traditional tunes, IS, Mongolian 1030; 45433, but QRM de 
Syria (lowish audio/modulation) in Arabic prior to 1100 (Carlos 
Gonçalves, SW coast, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MYANMAR. SALES OF SHORT WAVE RADIOS GO UP IN BURMA 
    
In news-hungry Burma, sales of short-wave radios have gone up 50 
percent since deadly bomb blasts rocked the capital earlier this 
month, a local news journal reported Saturday. . .
http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=4674&z=153
(via Andy Sennitt, May 30, dxldyg via DXLD) See also BURMA [non]

Knowing the rudimentary research possibilities in Burma, I fear this 
figure of 50 percent is just a guess. Is Kumudra an opposition 
newspaper? I think we should be told (Jonathan Marks, 05.30.05 - 3:01 
pm, ibid.) 

Yes, according to the International Press Institute Kumudra is one of 
the many publications in Burma that have been banned at one time or 
another (Andy, 05.30.05 - 5:08 pm, ibid.)

** NEPAL. KATHMANDU ORDERS CLOSURE OF RADIO CENTRE
   AFP [SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2005 07:35:49 AM]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1125205.cms

KATHMANDU: Nepal's government has ordered the closure of a radio 
programme production centre in the latest crackdown on the media since 
the king assumed absolute power almost four months ago, the centre 
said Saturday.

"The Ministry of Information and Communications sent a letter to us 
Friday (telling) us to shut down our centre," said Gopal Guragain, 
managing director of the Communication Corner which operates with a 
team of 12 journalists. The ministry said the centre, which provides 
programming to 14 of the 50 private FM radio stations across the 
country, was operating illegally, Guragain said.

King Gyanendra ordered a halt to all radio bulletins, the main 
business of the Communication Corner, when he dismissed the government 
and seized power on February 1.

Since then the centre has been producing programming dealing with 
social issues such as health, community development and religion, 
according to Guragain, who insisted he would defy the closure order 
issued by the government, appointed by the king.

"We have done nothing wrong. We have not done anything illegal. We 
have been working as per the government's directives," he said. "We 
will not obey the government's 'close down' order and we will 
challenge (it) in the supreme court. Unlike the government, we believe 
in the rule of law. 

The (order) has made it clear that rule of law has ended in the 
country. "We will go to the supreme court on Monday and I am talking 
to my lawyers now," Guragain said.

It is the first time the government has ordered the closure of a unit 
of the Nepalese media since the re-establishment of democracy in the 
country in 1990.

The Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) criticised the 
government's order against the Communication Corner. "The order is a 
well-planned attack against the media. This is a crackdown on the 
Nepalese media by the government," FNJ secretary Balaram Baniya said. 
"It is an illegal and undemocratic move."

He said journalists would on Sunday stage a protest in the capital 
Kathmandu against the closure order. They were expected to be joined 
by hundreds of radio journalists who have lost their jobs since the 
ban on FM radio stations broadcasting news bulletins came into effect.

The FNJ said this month that at least six journalists remained in 
detention following the royal coup and noted that several newspapers 
had been shut down by the authorities or had closed due to financial 
problems. It said more than 2,000 reporters had lost their jobs since 
the royal crackdown.

The king repeated in a televised address late Friday that the royal 
takeover had been necessary to end an increasingly bloody Maoist 
revolt. The Maoist rebels have been fighting to overthrow the monarchy 
in Nepal since 1996 in a conflict that has claimed more than 11,000 
lives (via Alokesh Gupta, dxldyg via DXLD)

SCRIBES SLAM NEPAL CLOSURE OF RADIO CENTRE 
(AFP) 30 May 2005
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/May/subcontinent_May1155.xml&section=subcontinent&col=

KATHMANDU - Around 150 journalists marched in the Nepalese capital 
yesterday to protest the closure of a radio programme production 
centre in the latest crackdown on the media since the king seized 
power four months ago.

Riot police shadowed the journalists, some of whom were dressed in 
black, as they called on the government to "reinstate Press freedom" 
and to reopen the radio centre (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)

Here's the website of Communications Corner which was closed down - an
independent producer & distributor of radio programs:
http://www.comconnepal.com (Alokesh Gupta, dxldyg via DXLD)

Should that be http://www.comcornepal.com ? Neither works for me (gh)

A Google search reveals it to be http://www.comconnepal.com/
although currently one gets a "web site not responding" prompt.
Clicking ``cache`` on the Google search page loads the page as 
retrieved on May 29 at 0251 UT
http://72.14.207.104/searchq=cache:dNkCtcjfpiAJ:www.comconnepal.com/+Kathmandu+%22communications+corner%22&hl=en&start=4&ie=UTF-8
(John Norfolk, dxldyg via DXLD)

http://www.comconnepal.com is working fine --- no problem. Regds 
(Alokesh Gupta, India, 1925 UT May 31, ibid.)

** NEWFOUNDLAND. CKZN, 6160, same red/blue/green "exploding map of 
Nfld & Labrador" folding card that they have been using for some time, 
historical info about station inside, date/call/fqy/power (1 kW) veri 
statement on back, V/S Keith Durnford, Supervisor, Transmission, CBC 
St. John's. Also sent small CBC sticker and combination letter/sked. 
In 7 mos., no follow-up (Jerry Berg, MA, June ADXN via DXLD)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7120, Wantok R. Light 5/27 coming through very 
nicely now at 0758 tune in with a very pleasant music program with 
periodic woman announcements in English; brief ID heard at 0825.5. One 
song I recognized was "He Leadeth Me". Into recorded "Back to the 
Bible" program with man at 0830-0853. This was followed by woman in 
English and more praise songs at 0853.5. Clear ID and program
announcements by man English at 0901 and into "Focus on the Family" 
feature at 0902.

Latter included an excerpt from a Martin Luther King speech/sermon at 
0905. S3 level from tune in to past 0945 and still going --- very 
surprising after two nights of recording at 0900-1000 and 0830-1000 on 
5/24 and 5/26 respectively with barely audible signals. In fact, 5/26 
was basically unusable while 5/24 was just good enough to construct a 
"bare bones" log. The trick here on W. Coast seems to be listening 
earlier than typical PNG peak times. SINPO 34433, better than a 
typical log of CRN in Vanimo. Wellbrook loop was pointed right at PNG 
(Bruce W. Churchill, CA, DXplorer May 27 via BC-DX via DXLD)

Just back from the Dayton HamVention and one of the first messages I 
saw when I re-enabled my email subscriptions were the messages from 
Guy and Walt on this new PNG target. Thought I would prop up the 
eyelids and stay up rather than set the alarm and get up. Had the 
sound card program Spectran running and the radio set to 7121 and 
looking for a trace of carrier as I waited for them to fade in - 
wasn't sure of when they actually turned up the SW tx every night. Saw 
a faint trace of a carrier there around 0600 or so but very weak. Band 
very quiet with the antenna pointed west, no static crashes this 
evening. Quite a shock when they turned up the SW at 0728 as they were 
a true S9 plus a bit. That's on a ICOM 756PROIII - no preamp engaged 
so S9 is close to the traditional 50 uv level. No need to hunker down 
over the headphones on this one. The arrival angle must have favored 
the horizontal polarized beams - the 4-30 log and the 3 el 40m yagi 
are both fairly high (120 feet). The K9AY and the beverages didn't 
perform very well on this particular path.

Listened from 0728 to a bit past 0900, treated to lots of ids, some in 
pidgin, some with frequency 7120 mentioned. Some of the local ads for 
program sponsors helped to give it that local sound. The signal wasn't 
getting any better - when I shut things down around 0900 it was down 
to an S7 and hearing a few static crashes. But still a healthy signal 
and well above the almost nil background noise. I am in a rural 
setting here - the only noise issue being power line at times but it 
was very quiet this morning. I'm about 1000 km inland so no hope of 
any sea gain up here (Don VE6JY Moman, HCDX via SW Bulletin via DXLD)

Wantok Radio Light, 7120, heard fairly well at 0703 May 28 tune in, 
signal quickly building to good/excellent by 0740, religious programs 
and several IDs. Strongest signal on 41 meters at this time (Don 
Moman, near Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, ICOM 756PROIII, 4-30 MHz log 
periodic, HCDX via DXLD)

!Quite a feat for 1 kW to NVIS antenna. Do you attribute this to your 
antenna? (gh, DXLD) 

The signal last night was s9 plus 10 to 15 past 0800 and thru 0930 or
so; even better than the other night and still relatively little 
static QRN. Their KW is sure doing well. The good signal is likely 
just a combination of the good conditions and most importantly, being 
at the right skip distance and having an antenna with a lobe that 
matches the incoming wave angle. Of course the directional yagi or log 
really cuts down the static crashes coming from the south. A while 
later they were not the strongest on the band but still one of the 
better ones. 

Here's some more bits of audio from the May 26th 0728 to 0900 time 
frame recording. Glenn, the YL does mention 41 meters in one ID so at 
least one of them knows (Don Moman, AB, May 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Don and all, Wantok 7120 was heard here again around the same time 
with an S5 signal, but again, so noisy with the atmospheric 
conditions. Lightning in Eastern Oregon. Wantok seems to be quite 
common, which I am surprised for only 1 kW. But being on the coast, it 
is a water path. Most of the other PNG stations are common also. I 
remember back in the early 70s when Radio Mount Hagen was on (I 
believe from memory) 2450 kHz with 250 watts, they would come in here 
weakly. 73s, (Patrick Martin, Seaside  OR, HCDX via DXLD)

7120 OK for DXers, but what about its intended audience? As I pointed 
out before, there are loads of stations around the world already on 
7120. Why they picked this frequency for 24-hour use is beyond me. If 
WRL insist on using this band, where there is more likely to be a skip 
zone even with NVIS than on 2, 3, or 4 MHz, then they should move to a 
clear spot just below 7000, or above 7300, which is filling up fast, 
but checking thru HFCC, EiBi and NDXC, it appears the best candidate 
would be 7435, which is vacant on some lists, and occupied by two 
imaginary stations on another: Lubumbashi, Congo DR, and Krishna Loka, 
Russia. This does not take into account possible adjacent-channel
broadcast problems, or any utility stations which could monkey-wrench
the idea; Klingenfuss 2002 shows the only possible problem as Seoul
Meteo fax, HLL5 on 7433.5. WWCR used 7435 for a long time but had to
move off for some reason, probably some USG net. There are a few other
frequencies above 7300 with very limited usage, like one station for
only a few minutes a day, which might be accommodated. Besides, the
7100-7200 range is being occupied by hams, so WRL will have to move
anyway, sooner or later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Unidentified, 7120, 0955-1020 May 29. Noted broadcasting activity on 
this frequency as follows: At 0955 heard a woman talking. At 0957 a 
woman singing. From 1000 continuous talking from a woman. At 1019 some 
music heard again. At 1035 after woman had spoken for a while, 
instrumental music was presented. This could possibly be Wantok Radio 
Light as reported by others recently. The format of the program seemed 
to be similar to that heard from other South Pacific Stations. 
Sometimes I felt this might be an Indonesian station too, but none 
listed here that I could find? I could not distinguish the language 
since the signal of the station was very poor to threshold. Every once 
in awhile, an ARO came on frequency, calling CQ. Usually stations from 
the South Pacific area fade in rather strongly after sunrise, here in 
South Florida. As predicted, by 1040 there were a number of stations 
on this frequency and my unident got "lost in the crowd" (Chuck 
Bolland, Clewiston, Florida, NRD545 using AM/ECSS, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** PARAGUAY. 9737, Radio Nacional Paraguay, Asunción, 44434 Spanish. 
Instrumental Latin American music followed by a song with both YL and 
OM vocalists. OM announcer interviewing another OM, presumably via 
telephone (it had that telephone sound). Interview went through the 
top of the hour. 0702 Music with OM singers. Surprisingly good 
reception, first heard on the Mohican, frequency confirmed on the 
Grundig. Upon Rechecking at 0800 I heard a "Radio Nacional Paraguay" 
station ID by an OM announcer. 0645 UT 5/26/2005 PA (Phil KO6BB 
Atchley, Merced CA, swl at qth.net via DXLD)

** PERU. De punta a punta del dial --- Chequeo realizado desde Lima 
por el colega Héctor Álvaro Gutiérrez

 87.90 Radio Súper Estación
 88.30 Radio Telestéreo
 88.90 Radio Kebuena
 89.70 R.P.P.
 90.50 C.P.N.
 91.10 Radio San Borja
 91.50 Radio del Sur "estás escuchando Radio del Sur 91.5"
 91.90 Radio Okey
 92.50 Radio Studio 92
 93.10 Radio Ritmo
 93.70 Radio La Inolvidable
 94.30 Radio La Mega 94.3
 94.90 Radio A
 95.50 Radio Zeta
 96.10 Radio Miraflores
 96.70 Radio Corazón
 97.30 Radio Moda
 97.70 Radio María
 98.10 Radio 1160 Radio Noticias
 98.50 Radio Onda Digital (solo con antena dipolo FM)
 99.10 Radio Doble Nueve
 99.50 Radio Imperial 2
100.10 Radio Estéreo 100
100.70 Radio Brisas del Pacífico
101.10 Radio Panamericana
102.10 Radio Oxígeno
102.50 Radio Stéreo Villa (escuchada en 102.45, bloqueada x)
102.70 Radio Filarmonía 
103.30 Radio Unión
103.90 Radio Nacional 
104.30 Radio los Andes (días antes con otro nombre)
104.70 Radio Viva FM 
105.10 Radio Santa Rosa
105.50 Radio Fiesta
106.30 Radio Mar Plus
107.10 Radio Inca
107.70 Radio Planeta

Las emisoras fueron sintonizadas todas en Lima Sur con receptor Sony 
ICF-SW 7600G; para escuchar a radio onda digital se usó antena Dipolo 
FM aérea. Aún así a veces se debilita la señal o se va (fading). Debo 
anotar que las emisoras 87.90 MHz R. Superestación, 98.50 MHz R. Onda 
Digital, 100.70 MHz R. Brisas del Pacífico y Radio los Andes 104.30 
MHz están activos cerca a las 23 horas UT para adelante. Además son 
las frequencias que más cambian de nombre; es probable que algunas 
sean piratas? Otro detalle: el 13 de mayo se localiza e identifica en 
104.30 MHz Radio Huracán con formato música folk; días después el 17 
de mayo se cambia de nombre a Radio los Andes con el mismo formato 
folk (Conexión Digital May 28 via DXLD)

** PORTUGAL. On 27/5, the RDP e-mailed me the following changes on its 
A-05 schedule effective on 3rd May and 28th May: 3rd May ``An 
AHR4/4/1.0 curtain array beamed 300º to N. America entered in service 
but one beam remained unchanged, viz. for the broadcast Mon-Fri 2300-
0200 11630 kHz 100 kW remains at 310º; this new Thales antenna 
replaces the old log-periodics, which seemed to have been the 
preferred type for decades at RDP's CEOC-Centro Emissor de Onda Curta, 
formerly named CEU-Centro Emissor Ultramarino, i.e. when the station 
was called EN-Emissora Nacional de Radiodifusão. Whether this makes 
reception better in the target area remains to be seen since the this 
and other services are via old 100 kW units whose power isn't always 
the nominal. 28th May.`` Broadcasts to Eur Sats+Suns only, 11700 kHz 
1800-2000 dropped but use of 15555 kHz 100 kW 52º extended from 1400-
1800 to 1400-2000 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** PORTUGAL. Found some news on Ydun's Page, Denmark: the report was 
from a Portuguese DXer sent to a Braz. bulletin, and picked up by you, 
then subsequently quoted by Mrs. Ydun Ritz.
  ________________________________________________________

R. Nacional was not using 1035 & 783 kHz all these years since 1976!   
The old Rádio Club Português was nationalised after the military coup 
in April, '74, and the station outlets became RDP-3, which would 
remain as such from some years until this 3rd channel of the RDP was 
renamed R. Comercial, with its own administration within the RDP 
itself, surely because it was RDP's only commercial channel, until it 
was finally sold to privates (in '94, I believe), who kept the name R. 
Comercial. By that time, RCP* did exist as a mere local FM station 
near Lisboa, having nothing to do with the old RCP. As far as I can 
recall, RC was again sold, and it was this 2nd private owner who 
renamed the program via MW "R. Nacional" back in the late 90's --- 
until the R. Comercial group decided to use their only 2 active MW 
sites to air RCP-R.Club Português* (formerly an FM-only network), back 
in April last I think. RCP (FM+MW), RC (on FM only), Best Rock (local 
FM) and Cidade FM (formerly Rádio Cidade) are, along with TVI-
Televisão Independente --- and not to mention several paper 
publications --- all within the same media group, the "Grupo Media 
Capital." 

*) I suppose the other small local FM called RCP disappeared, or was 
bought, thence the possibility of using the old RCP name again.

Back in 1996 or '97, one of R. Comercial's plans was --- according to 
what an engineer said to me --- to reactivate their other 9 MW outlets 
(see WRTH '05, p. 324) because when the RDP sold R. Comercial, they 
kept working for some time within RDP's premises, but that stopped for 
RC did not build its own sites to install the transmitters, let alone 
the also planned refurbishing of the MW units bought from the RDP, 
which would have included a 100 kW transmitter at Canidelo (near 
Porto) (sorry, in WRTH '05, I mistakenly listed neighbouring 
"Miramar", which is in fact for RDP 720 kHz 10 kW) 783 kHz, a new 100 
kW at Porto Alto (NE of the capital) 1035 kHz and, I think, a 100 kW 
transmitter at Faro, Algarve's district & province capital, 558 kHz.

As a matter of fact, the MW sites near Porto are: Azurara (RDP, 
inactive, partly or totally dismantled; when used: 720 & 1062 kHz), 
near Vila do Conde, north of Porto, Canidelo (formerly Emissores do 
Norte Reunidos, also nationalised in 1974, then RDP site, currently 
RCP/RC 783) and Miramar (formerly RCP in the old days, now RDP --- it 
seems the RDP preferred to sell the Canidelo site instead of the 
Miramar one), both very close to each other and south of Porto.

Finally, the audio via 1035 kHz. It is indeed a lot better now than 
when they used to air the bl...dy pap under the name R. Nacional which 
in fact was nothing more than R. Comercial's ID on MW (Carlos 
Gonçalves, Portugal, May 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. RADIO RUSSIA BROADCASTS LAST "VOICE OF ISLAM" PROGRAMME 

The last "Voice of Islam" programme was broadcast on Radio Russia at 
1710 gmt on 27 May. According to presenter Andrey Khasanov, the 
programme is to be taken off air from June. He said: "From June of 
this year, our radio will be transferred to a new schedule and there 
will be changes. Our programme has been broadcast for 14 years. A long 
period, you will agree." He then announced the results of a 
competition launched last month and finally bade farewell to listeners 
for the last time. Duration about 13 minutes.  Source: Radio Russia, 
Moscow, in Russian 1710 gmt 27 May 05 (via BBCM via DXLD) v TATARSTAN

** RUSSIA. Voice of Russia: Program Previews late May-early June and 
into November --- Voice of Russia What`s New
http://www.vor.ru/English/Exclusives/what_new.html

PEOPLE OF UNCOMMON DESTINY (May 31 and June 1). The upcoming edition 
of ``PEOPLE OF UNCOMMON DESTINY`` will feature a prominent children`s 
doctor Leonid Roshal, who is well-known both in this country and 
abroad. The program will go on the air on Tuesday, May 31, at 1645 
and 1845 UTC and also on Wednesday, June 1, at 0345 UTC. Stay tuned. 
  
MOSCOW MAILBAG (May 30 – June 5). Joe Adamov – the regular host of 
this program, who has been around for more than 60 years with us, is 
currently vacationing. Sitting in for him will be Yuri Reshetnikov 
with a stack of letters to tackle. But we also have lots of questions 
arriving over the Internet. And those we deal with also. Any 
questions are welcome.

``Are there many credit card-holders in Russia? Is plastic money now 
in vogue in your country?`` ``How many foreign languages does Mr. 
Putin speak?`` ``I hear there`s popular support to change the name of 
your city of Volgograd back to Stalingrad. Is this true?`` ``How did 
the power outage affect Moscow?`` - these questions and more will be 
answered in this edition of Moscow Mailbag.
  
MUSICAL TALES (May 30- June 5). Many of the great composers quickly 
made it to the top after asserting themselves in the world of music 
while still young.  In this program of MUSICAL TALES we`ll recall a 
few debuts by Russian classics. You`ll hear popular compositions by 
Peter Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Dmitry Shostakovich, Georgy 
Sviridov and Rodion Shchedrin. 
  
OUR HOMELAND. In OUR HOMELAND, from May 23rd to November 6th, we`ll 
be rerunning all programs in the series, which first came out 
November 1st 2004 with stories of pre-revolutionary Russia. After the 
rerun, from November 7th, we`ll be telling you of Socialist and post-
Socialist history of our country. Please tune in to OUR HOMELAND 
weekly feature, which goes on the air on Monday at 08.30 and 19.30, 
Tuesday at 15.30, Wednesday at 04.30, 07.30 and 17.30, Thursday at 
02.30, 05.30, Friday at 07.30, 14.30 and Sunday at 01.30 and 19.30 
all times UT (via John Norfolk, May 30, dxldyg via DXLD)

** SLOVAKIA [non]. See LATVIA

** SOMALIA [non]. Re 15650: I tuned the frequency early (around 1725 
May 27) to check for any tones but there was no signal until c1729 
when a carrier appeared at fair strength. Music began on the half hour 
and then an announcement by a woman followed by a Koran recitation. 
However, I could copy very little of it due to a very strong signal 
coming from Libya via ISS on 15660 (30dB over 9 at times) and this one 
was splattering onto 15650 (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via 
DXLD) Nothing heard on 15650, 1730 May 28; 15660 no problem here (gh)

** SOUTH AMERICA [non?]. PIRATE: 6307.21, Radio Piraña Internacional, 
two very nice QSL with a big "piraña" drawing back the dates. I sent 
two receptions reports for the transmissions on July 18, 2004 & July 
24, 2004. The transmissions were with 15 watts!!!! and a dipole 
antenna. The station sent me a very friendly letter in Spanish and a 
CD with a video, an audio file and many station´s pictures. Delay 
approximate: 10 months V/S: Jorge R. Garcia, Director (Arnaldo Slaen, 
Argentina, HCDX via DXLD)

PIRATA: 6307.21, Radio Piraña Internacional envió dos bellas tarjetas 
QSL con datos completos con un dibujo de una gran piraña detras de los 
datos correspondientes al oyente, la fecha, la hora, la frecuencia, el 
SINPO, la potencia del transmisor y el No. de QSL. Los informes de 
recepción corresponden a sendas escuchas realizadas los dias 18 y 24 
de Julio de 2004. Las transmisiones se hicieron con apenas 15 
watts!!!!! y una antena dipolo. La emisora me envió una carta muy 
amistosa en idioma español, con muchas referencias y comentarios 
relativos a la estación. Además, para mi sorpresa, envió un CD con un 
bello video de la zona de transmisión de Radio Piraña Internacional, 
archivos de audio de la estación y una enorme cantidad de fotos de la 
radio. Demora aproximada: unos 10 meses. V/S: Jorge R. Garcia, 
Director (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, May 28, Noticias DX via DXLD)

** SPAIN [non]. LA ROSA DE TOKYO!!!! La Rosa de Tokyo, el programa de 
comunicaciones de LS11 Radio Provincia de La Plata en el cual colabora 
el GRA, se irradia en el horario habitual de las 13 a 14 LU de los 
domingos (1600-1700 UT).

ESTE DOMINGO 28 DE MAYO EMITIREMOS UN EXCELENTE TRABAJO REALIZADO POR 
RNE (ESPAÑA) SOBRE LAS RADIOS CLANDESTINAS DURANTE LA EPOCA DE FRANCO.

Es muy importante para quienes hacen La Rosa --- conocer la opinión de 
los escuchas. Sus mails con comentarios, críticas y sugerencias serán 
más que bienvenidos en estas direcciones electrónicas:

dxradio@argentina.com  sommaomar@argentina.com sommaomar@yahoo.com.ar

Ustedes pueden escuchar nuestro espacio en onda media, en los 1270 
kHz, con 50 kw o en Internet, haciendo "click" en 
http://www.radioprovincia.gba.gov.ar (Horacio A. Nigro, Uruguay, 
Conexión Digital May 28 via DXLD)

** SUDAN. R. Peace, Nuba Mountains, 5895, reported at 0230-0400, 1600-
1745 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, BCDX May 30 via DXLD)

** SWEDEN. I had to pester the station administration to update their 
website. They e-mailed me to say that they had updated it but the new 
info about forthcoming broadcast is not the first thing you see. 
Transmissions from SAQ Transmissions with the old Alexanderson 
Alternator SAQ will take place on Sunday 3rd July 2005 at 0815, 0915, 
1215 and 1315 UT. The frequency is as usual 17.2 kHz CW. 73 (Steve 
Whitt, UK, May 29, MWC via DXLD)

** SWEDEN. NEW SERIES OF DRM TESTS FROM HÖRBY, SWEDEN

A new series of tests in DRM mode from from Hörby in Sweden begins 
today. The power used is just 1 kW. Tests are scheduled as follows:

Monday 30 May –  Friday  3 June
Monday  6 June – Friday 10 June
Monday 13 June – Friday 17 June

0800–1200 UT on 5910 kHz LP Antenna (30º)  Directed towards Stockholm.
1630–1900 UT on 7430 kHz LP Antenna (205º) towards central Europe.
# posted by Andy @ 11:14 UT May 30 (Media Network blog via DXLD)

** SWITZERLAND. A Rádio Suíça Internacional já morreu como rádio, 
desde outubro passado. O que restou foi o sítio SwissInfo.Org que, 
agora, pode deixar de divulgar a Suíça para o exterior. Então, os 
funcionários que lá permaneceram, como é o caso do jornalista 
brasileiro Claudinê Gonçalves, resolveram criar um sítio que briga 
pela manutenção da organização. Quem já perdeu as emissões em ondas 
curtas pode ficar sem o sítio que faz a divulgação daquele país nos 
quatro cantos do planeta, inclusive com boletins de áudios em MP3. O 
Leônidas dos Santos Nascimento, de São João Evangelista (MG), conclama 
a todos a enviarem votos de apoio à manutenção da SwissInfo.Org 
acessando o sítio http://www.vivaswissinfo.org (Célio Romais, 
Panorama, @tividade DX May 29 via DXLD) Multilingual including English

** TAIWAN. 11940, TWBM - Trans World Broadcasting Ministry 
(tentative), May 28, 1329–1400*, Chinese programming, religious songs 
in Chinese, several mentions of ``Taiwan, China,`` sign-off 
announcement at 1350, at 1353 into instrumental music till sign-off. 
Poor-fair, best in LSB to get away from the splatter from 11945. Web-
site: http://www.twbm.com/english/index.htm  (Ron Howard, Monterey, 
CA, NRD545, with T2FD antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. Fu Hsing Broadcasting Station, 15250, May 6 0422-0507; SIO 
353, then down to 343. Mainly talk program, some music. ID at 0500 and 
0505 by female announcer in Chinese. QRM started at 0501 from unknown 
station on 15245 (JSWC DX Report on HCJB DX Partyline May 28, notes by 
gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TATARSTAN. Little time correction for SW transmissions of "Na Volne 
Tatarstana". Time: 0510-0600, 0710-0800, 0910-1000 (Winter) or -1 hr 
(Summer) (Sergey Kolesov, Kiev, Ukraine via Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, 
Rus-DX May 29 via DXLD)  WTFK? We must go searching for them? (gh)

** U K. LUDWIG OR BUST --- Next month, Radio 3 will play nothing but 
Beethoven for six days. But can anyone stomach that much of one man`s 
music? Stephen Moss takes up the challenge as he retraces the 
composer`s steps - and finds that Für Elise sounds better in Bonn. . .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1492581,00.html?gusrc=rss
(Guardian Unlimited, Thu, 26 May 7:18 PM PDT via Sheldon Harvey, DXLD)

BBC TO OFFER BEETHOVEN DOWNLOADS

Listeners will be able to download live performances of Beethoven's 
nine symphonies from next month, as part of BBC Radio 3's Beethoven 
Experience. All Beethoven symphonies, performed by the BBC 
Philharmonic in Manchester and conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, will be 
broadcast during the BBC's Beethoven season and then made available as 
mp3 files at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 The one-off project aims to 
gauge audiences' appetite for music downloads and their preferred 
content, and will inform the development of the BBC strategy for audio 
downloads and on demand content. 

"We hope this experiment brings more people into contact with 
Beethoven's work and encourages them to explore it further 
themselves," said Roger Wright, Controller, Radio 3. "Radio 3 is 
delighted to offer innovative ways of experiencing classical music."

Simon Nelson, Controller of BBC Radio and Music Interactive, 
explained: "Downloading technologies can transform the value we 
deliver to listeners and make our programmes more accessible for both 
new and existing audiences." 

The downloads will be available for one week after broadcast, with 
dates as follows: 

Symphonies 1 to 5 (broadcast in Afternoon Performance, 2.00-3.40pm): 
Nos. 1 and 3 on Monday 6 June and nos. 2, 4 and 5 on Tuesday 7 June;
Then symphonies 6 to 9: no.6 on Monday 27 June, no. 7 on Tuesday 28 
June, no. 8 on Wednesday 29 June and no. 9 on Thursday 30 June. 

Listeners should visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 for more details. 

The Beethoven season is the BBC's largest ever focus on a single 
creative artist, with output across BBC Radio, Television and 
Interactive. In an unprecedented event, Radio 3 will clear its 
schedule to broadcast The Beethoven Experience (5-10 June) – the 
complete works of Beethoven in one week – and BBC Television will 
mount its biggest retrospective devoted to the works of one composer, 
taking viewers on a journey through Beethoven's dramatic life and 
greatest music.
# posted by Andy @ 13:53 UT May 27 (Media Network blog via DXLD) 

** U K [non]. Maybe this is nothing new, but thanks to a very good 
signal via Thailand on 17760 I was listening to BBCWS Asian stream Sat 
May 28 at 1303 when news was already over and In Concert was underway, 
interview with and performances by a singer of early music. I had 
thought stupid ballgames were of such supreme importance that they 
would be on all BBC streams at this hour. // 9740 Singapore, but 15190 
Guiana French with Americas stream had play-by-play. On checking 
later, I found that Am stream was supposed to be Pick of the World, 
with no stupid ballgames until after 1400, so not sure if that was an 
unpublished schedule change, or POW was playing back some supreme 
sporting moment, as I could hardly have been expected to stay with it 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. BIG BEN SILENT FOR 90 MINUTES 
28 May 28, 2005 Hector Duarte Jr All Headline News Staff Reporter
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/2234632120

London, England (AHN) - Big Ben stopped ticking at 10:07 p.m. Friday 
and resumed shortly after, only to stop once again at 10:20 p.m. and 
remain idle for the next sesquihour.

Officials are still unclear why the clock stopped ticking, but 
speculate the halt could be weather related. A recent heat wave has 
swept England, causing temperatures in London to reach 90 degrees 
Saturday.

An engineer with The Palace of Westminster, speaking on condition of
anonymity, told the AP, he had been informed it was a minor glitch, 
which was corrected soon after.

This is not the first time Big Ben experiences problems. In 1962, snow
caused the clock to ring in the New Year ten minutes late. In 1976, a 
piece of its machinery broke and the clock stopped working; it also 
halted on April 30, 1997 and again three weeks later.

Big Ben is housed in St. Stephen's Tower on the bank of The Thames 
River. Completed in 1858, the tower stands 315 feet tall and survived 
German Luftwaffe bombing campaigns during the second World War, 
continuously marking time to within one sesquisecond of Greenwich Mean 
Time (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)

According to a story I heard recently, Big Ben is the name of the bell 
itself, not the clock, as is commonly believed (Daniel L. Srebnick, 
ibid.)

** U S A. EXTRA $7.7 MILLION ALLOCATED TO FUND US BROADCASTS TO 
MIDEAST --- Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives: 

May 27, 2005 

Dear Mr. Speaker: 

I am notifying the Congress of my intent to reallocate funds 
previously transferred from the Emergency Response Fund (ERF). 

To promote democracy and freedom, $7.7 million of ERF funds will be 
reallocated within the Broadcasting Board of Governors to support the 
operational costs of Arabic radio and television broadcasting to the 
Middle East. 

The details of this action are set forth in the enclosed letter from 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

Sincerely, GEORGE W. BUSH

# posted by Andy @ 12:11 UT May 30 (Media Network blog via DXLD)

** U S A [non]. Re NY Times, DXLD 5-082 May 18: `` Mr. Tomlinson has 
instead favored programming offered by a European business executive 
that includes newscasts produced by the Voice of America, which is 
restricted by law from broadcasting in English in most European 
countries. German regulators are considering the two options.``

Nonsense; VOA English was transmitted 54 years from Munich, Bavaria, 
Germany 1196/1197 kHz mediumwave site with a powerful signal of 
150/300 kW towards whole Central Europe and Balkans in 1951-2005y 
(Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9975, KVOH, La Voz de Restauración in Rancho Simi, CA, 0203-
0300* May 25, nice canned IDs with frequency and address in Los 
Angeles, program of easy vocals followed by preacher all in Spanish. 
Hadn't heard these guys in a while last time they were struggling late 
mornings/early afternoons in the 16 meter band. Good signal (Rich 
D'Angelo, PA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)

** U S A. SENATE BILL HOBBLES WEATHER SERVICE
   By NEIL JOHNSON May 28, 2005

TAMPA --- Now, even the weather is getting political. U.S. Sen. Bill 
Nelson, D-Tallahassee, charges that a Senate bill would bar the 
National Weather Service from providing basic forecasts to the public
and would distribute them only to private weather companies.

In a letter to President Bush, Nelson urged him to oppose the 
legislation.

The bill, filed April 14 by Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., would prevent 
the weather service from competing with commercial weather companies 
but would still allow it to issue alerts for threatening weather.

Fueling criticism of the measure is the recent disclosure that a 
weather company donated to Santorum's political action committee just 
before the bill was introduced.

Critics say the measure would cut off public access to information 
paid for with taxes.

``You could no longer call the weather office,'' said Dan Sobien, vice
president of the National Weather Service Employee Organization. 
``Weather radio would be off the air. There would be nothing but 
static except for warnings.''

The weather service and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, have not commented on the bill.

Sobien said weather service Web sites would go dark, the NOAA weather 
radio service could not carry marine forecasts, and meteorologists 
would not be able to talk to the public about local conditions.

A spokesman for Santorum could not be reached Friday, but the senator 
said at an April 28 news conference that the bill was intended to keep 
the weather service from competing with private companies.

He added that the main task of the weather service is to provide 
public alerts for emergency conditions such as tornadoes and severe 
weather, which the bill would require the agency to continue.

Now, if you want a forecast for your child's soccer game Sunday, you 
can check the local weather service's Web site, listen to weather 
radio or call the office in Ruskin.

You can also consult one of the many private weather companies 
offering forecasts, either for a fee or on Web sites supported by 
advertising.

Sobien said the bill would make those private companies the only place 
to get the forecast.

The bill calls for the weather service to continue gathering all the 
data it now does through satellites, weather stations, balloons and 
radar. It would then provide that information to private companies.

Two days before the bill was introduced, AccuWeather Inc. gave $2,000 
to Santorum's political action committee. The donation was disclosed 
in April's filing to the Federal Election Commission by Santorum's 
PAC, America's Foundation.

AccuWeather is one of the largest private firms and provides data to a
number of media outlets, including The Associated Press. It is one of 
14 private weather companies in Pennsylvania.

Santorum said the donation came during a fundraiser that happened to 
be scheduled just before the measure was filed. He said he has worked 
on the issue for three years.

Combined, AccuWeather Chief Executive Officer Joel Myers and his 
brother, Barry Myers, AccuWeather's executive vice president, have 
donated more than $11,000 to Santorum and the Republican Party since 
2003, according to FEC filings compiled by PoliticalMoneyLine, a 
campaign finance tracking group.

Barry Myers said it was ridiculous to think there was a connection 
between the bill and the ``modest'' donations.

The bill has been referred to the Senate Commerce Committee, but no 
hearing has been scheduled.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. 
This story can be found at:
http://tampatrib.com/nationworldnews/MGB0Q7XC99E.html
(via Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, DXLD)

** U S A. AM RADIO PLAYS VITAL ROLE --- LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PLAN TO USE 
THE STATIONS TO KEEP RESIDENTS INFORMED. Disaster workers learned from 
last year's storms  May 29, 2005  
 
By Gary Taylor | Sentinel Staff Writer Posted May 29, 2005 
http://tinyurl.com/7mmqb

It may be the computer age, but city and county governments across the 
nation are turning to an old reliable -- AM radio -- to reach their 
residents with important messages.

From offering warnings of emergency road closures to touting community 
events, low-power, government-operated radio stations are broadcasting 
around the clock to anyone who cares to listen.

And, soon, some may broadcast hurricane information, if necessary.

In Deltona, where a municipal station went on the air last fall, 
officials are even considering broadcasting City Commission meetings. 
Casselberry is just weeks away from going on the air, and Orlando soon 
will test a station.

"AM radio is as old as the hills, but this is a new idea for emergency 
management," said Bill Baker, president of Information Station 
Specialists, a Zeeland, Mich., company that builds, installs and 
obtains federal licensing for stations.

The stations have been around for years, Baker said, but there has 
been a surge in interest during the past couple of years. He credits 
that to the availability of Homeland Security dollars.

Increased interest in Florida, Baker said, is also being driven by 
last year's hurricanes.

The systems use 10-watt transmitters, which generally have a range of 
three to five miles, Baker said. A small city such as Casselberry can 
reach most of its residents with a centrally located transmitter. 
Counties and larger cities often use multiple, synchronized 
transmitters, Baker said.

Pinellas County, for instance, uses five fixed transmitters to reach 
everyone. It has had its system for about five years, Baker said.

Palm Beach County, on the other hand, has a portable system, allowing 
the city to move a transmitter into an area where broadcasts are 
needed, Baker said. Pinellas County also has one portable transmitter.

Most governments broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Baker 
said. Broadcasts can't be commercial in nature and music is 
prohibited, he said. However, cities and counties can advertise 
community events.

The primary listeners are people who are driving, Baker said.

Highway signs are often used to alert motorists to the availability of 
government stations. Lights on signs in Wellington flash when urgent 
information is being broadcast.

There are other types of localized radio systems, such as those used 
by theme parks or in road-construction areas. They are unlicensed and 
have a signal that carries only a few hundred feet.

At one time, those systems and the licensed government systems were 
limited to the ends of the AM radio dial. Today, they are spread 
throughout the AM band, but are strictly regulated to prevent 
interference with commercial stations, Baker said.

Deltona's system, at 1610 on the AM dial, went on the air last fall 
and is operated by the fire department, said John Fick, a 
communications supervisor. There are only a few areas of the city that 
the station doesn't reach, Fick said, and it also can be heard in 
parts of Orange City, he said.

Casselberry hopes to have its station -- it doesn't yet have an 
assigned frequency -- on the air before the height of the hurricane 
season, said city spokeswoman Susan Vernon-Devlin. The system is 
expected to cover the entire city and reach parts of Altamonte Springs 
and nearby unincorporated areas of Seminole County.

It will be run from the city's emergency operations center at the 
Casselberry Police Department and will be jointly operated by the 
police and fire departments, she said.

"Last year during the hurricanes, people didn't know what stations to 
listen to," Vernon-Devlin said. "Now they can listen to their own 
radio station. We really want to reach all of our citizens."

Casselberry plans to broadcast in both English and Spanish, she said.

"We're going to try to make it even," she said. "It will be for 
everyone."

Seminole County has looked into the government radio stations, but 
officials aren't convinced it is the best way to get information to 
residents and businesses, Public Safety Director Ken Roberts said.

County officials are concerned that people would not be listening to 
the radio when urgent information was being broadcast.

During the upcoming hurricane season, the county expects to contract 
with commercial and nonprofit stations, both AM and FM, to broadcast 
vital information (via Andy Sennitt, dxldyg via DXLD)

** U S A. MIAMI'S PUBLIC RADIO STATION TO LAUNCH 24-HOUR DIGITAL 
CLASSICAL CHANNEL --- By Enrique Fernández Miami Herald - 25 May 2005
http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=25554

Public radio station WLRN-FM is stepping in to fill South Florida's 
classical music void. Late this summer, the station will roll out a 
24-hour classical station, hearable only on digital radio. 

The station has been granted a temporary Federal Communications 
Commission license for a digitally formated station that will share 
the 91.3 frequency, said WLRN general manager John LaBonia. 

"We had put some money aside because we knew this technology was 
coming," LaBonia said. "At first, we didn't know what kind of 
programming, but when we saw there was no longer any classical music 
on the air, that's what we chose." 

In 2002, classical-format WTMI-FM (93.1) switched to dance music. 
Earlier this year, WKAT-AM (1360), which had briefly adopted the 
classical format, changed to talk. 

By the time the station begins broadcasting, the temporary license 
should be permanent, LaBonia said the FCC has told him. To listen, you 
must use a digital radio receiver, which will be available soon at 
$200 to $600, LaBonia said. "It's no different from the need to have 
an iPod or other new technology." 

The station will not carry local programming at first. "We're likely 
to contract with a service like Minnesota Public Radio Classical 24, 
but we're still negotiating," LaBonia said. 

Community reaction to the news was positive. "I'm delighted we're 
going to have classical music on the radio again," said Julian 
Kreeger, who runs the concert series Friends of Chamber Music and is a 
passionate advocate for classical music in South Florida. "But I would 
hope we can have something that is locally generated and has quality." 
Florida Grand Opera's Justin Moss lamented the end of the Metropolitan 
Opera broadcasts on WKAT-AM. "We're anxious to have a meeting with 
WLRN to learn what kind of opera and other vocal music they will 
have," he said. 

LaBonia said local programming would begin as soon as funds were 
raised. "Classical music is a tough format to raise funds with," he 
said. "But we can run this programming efficiently on a secondary 
channel." 

He believes there is a public there for classical music, in spite of 
the stations that gave it up. "We're public radio, we're not looking 
to make a profit," he said. 

Kreeger was more sanguine about the stations that failed: "The others 
failed because they made more money selling it. If you can call that a 
failure." Copyright ©2004 Miami Herald. All Rights Reserved (via 
Andante via Kim Elliott, DXLD)

** U S A. DXers were an integral part of radio in the very beginning. 
Virtually all stations in the 1920's through the 1950's highly 
regarded DXers as an important part of their audience. That has 
changed since the 1960's and 1970's when the stations concentrated 
more on the local audiences. Now, DXers are regarded as odd ducks by 
many stations (not all). There are still quite a few DXer friendly 
stations today, but not as many as there used to be, and most of these 
stations have technicians who are ham radio operators or DXers. I 
think the BPL and IBOC advocates ignoring or dismissing the DXers as 
not "with it" is a huge mistake. As appealing the word digital is in 
the current computer world context, it is not the silver bullet people 
seem to think it is. Finally, DXers, of all groups of radio 
enthusiasts, know more about the practical aspects of picking up 
distant signals and with interference than all of the technical 
academic matter printed about this subject. We are to radio and these 
issues like the canaries in cages were to miners who used to take with 
them into the mines to test the quality of the air (Bill Harms, 
Elkridge, Maryland, May 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

Bill, Keep in mind, to warn of foul air the canaries died. Would the 
analogy then suggest the demise of Dxing to signal the dangers of 
IBOC, etc.? How about this instead: Dxers are the lighthouses of 
radio, warning of the rocky shoals that lie ahead on the present 
course. Even if the ship ignores the warning and goes down, the 
lighthouse keeps shining bright (W. Curt Deegan, Boca Ratón, (South 
East) Florida, NRC-AM via DXLD) 

** U S A. IBOC from WTOP [1500 Washington DC] --- I am posting this 
without comment from me, but I would like to see your thoughts.  
They are right on cue every day.

http://69.36.166.108/iboc/01490-20050527-0555-WTOP-hash.jpg

[Later:] This is a graphic representation of IBOC from WTOP, 1500.
As you can see from the image, hybrid IBOC is obviously just added
noise to the band. The date and time are in the file name and are in
EDT. I started to record the clip at 0555. The hash starts just after
0600 (add five minutes from the bottom of the chart to 0555). (Bill
Harms, Elkridge, Maryland, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Bill: This appears to be a demodulated waveform. But with no 
further information, it's useless. How was it recorded? What equipment 
was used? Distance from the transmitter? (Tom Ray, WOR NYC, ibid.) 

I was tuned to 1490. This was showing WTOP appearing on 1490. This 
came right from my radio to my computer's sound card and was processed 
by an audio program. The receiver was an R8B and the bandwidth was 6 
kHz (Bill Harms, IRCA via DXLD)

** U S A. Another LPFM Takes to the Air --- 1945 ET, I'm hearing WXOJ-
LP Northampton, MA testing on 103.3. They are playing a variety of 
music including Spanish, folk, show tunes, instrumental and Billy 
Joel. They have half deflection of the meter on my Sony tuner and yes, 
they embrace stereo (somebody tell Bruce). Northampton is around 35 
miles north of here. Tower seems to be a couple of miles west of 
downtown, as far as I can tell on the FCC map (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT 
http://pages.cthome.net/fmdx May 30, WTFDA via DXLD)

** U S A. WCAA New York --- Univisión Radio convirtió el Viernes 27 de 
Mayo su estación radiofónica ``Latino Mix`` en una nueva emisora ``La 
Kalle`` dedicada exclusivamente al reggaetón. La estación emite por la 
frecuencia 105.9/92.7 F.M. y está dirigida fundamentalmente a la 
población entre los 18 y los 34 años. La Kalle, que es la expresión en 
``argot`` de ``la calle`` emitirá, además de reggaetón, hip-hop 
latino. En el comunicado de prensa facilitado por Univisión Radio, su 
Vicepresidente y jefe de operaciones Gary Stone declaró ``estamos 
entusiasmados con el lanzamiento de `La Kalle` con el fin de atender a 
los jóvenes hispanos del área neoyorquina. Nuestras investigaciones 
indican que hay una gran necesidad de emisoras radiofónicas dedicadas 
a este género musical``. http://www.eldiariolaprensa.com 
Via: (Dino Bloise, FL, USA, May 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WCAA : La Kalle 105.9/92.7 FM Nueva York

Univisión Radio, Friday 27 launched "La Kalle 105.9/92.7 FM," a new 
youth-targeted Spanish-language radio station that will cater to New 
York Hispanics in the highly sought-after 18-34 demographic. "We are 
excited to launch La Kalle to meet the needs of the younger Hispanics 
in the New York area," stated Gary Stone, Senior Vice President and 
Chief Operating Officer. "Our research demonstrated that there was a 
strong desire for a Reggaeton-formatted radio station and we have 
delivered."
http://www.ahorre.com/musica/music/internet_radio/musica_reggaeton_la_kalle_1059927_fm_nueva_york/index.html
(Dino Bloise, FL, dxldyg via DXLD)

** U S A. This is obviously about WNYZ-LP channel 6 in Queens, tho 
Doug Smith above thinks it is in Manhattan, as previously covered 
here: (gh)

ESTADOS UNIDOS --- INAUGURAN RADIO FM PARA LOS JÓVENES LATINOS

A partir del viernes 6 de mayo se encuentra en el aire la Número Uno 
87.7 FM en el dial, transmitiendo simultáneamente con el Canal 6 al 
igual que en el Internet.

La programación es dirigida especialmente para los latinos con 
música variada al igual que noticias, transmitiendo en vivo las 24 
horas al día.

Según una nota de prensa llegada a nuestra redacción, durante el día 
se podrá escuchar salsa, merengue, reggaeton, latin pop, latin rock, 
con temas dirigidos básicamente a la juventud entre las edades de 16 a 
28 años.

Como se sabe, Nueva York es la segunda ciudad con mayor población 
latina de la nación y la primera en el mercado de la televisión, 
haciendo que la 87.7 FM y TV6 abra expectativas entre las empresas que 
se dirigen al mercado latino.

La nueva emisora surge bajo la dirección de MetroStudios, con sede en 
el 204 Este de la calle 23, Nueva York, NY 10010. que trabaja con 
otros cinco canales LPTV, ofreciendo programas locales para la 
comunidad y alcanzando a más de 6.1 millones de hogares.

La emisora anuncia también que se dará oportunidad a los hispanos 
que tengan talento para ser DJs, que muestren condiciones y 
conocimientos de música variada y que hablen correctamente español. 
Estos podrán comunicarse con la emisora al (212) 576 1446. fuente: 
http://www.eldiariony.com (via Conexión Digital May 28 via DXLD)

** U S A. There have been a number of reports of mystery translators 
appearing in northeast Pennsylvania. Scott Fybush contacted WBRE-28 
and learned that a set of seven translators has been built at Waymart, 
PA by Florida Power and Light. FP&L is operating a windmill farm near 
Waymart, and the huge blades are generating multipath interference. 
The translators are located at 41-37-53N/75-25-31W and all run 3 kW, 
presumably ERP. The channels:

Xltr channel Primary  Network
25/          /WNEP-16 ABC
35/          /WYOU-22 CBS
47/          /WBRE-28 NBC
50/          /WSWB-38 WB
52/          /WVIA-44 PBS
54/          /WOLF-56 Fox
58/          /WQPX-64 Pax
(Doug Smith, June VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD)

** U S A. Channel 2 is flying all over the place, lots of audio/video 
mismatches. Perhaps someone can make some sense out of this:

2035: ABC 3 video/audio
2052: NBC 4 CCI
2101: ABC 2 video/audio
2101: UPN 2 video
2101: CBS 2 audio (still UPN video)
2106: NBC 2 video
2107: NBC 3 audio (had some kind of NBC on 2-5 at this point)
2108: ABC 2 video, CBS audio
2112: ABC 2 audio

As I'm finishing this (2129 EDT), 2 still has ABC video and CBS audio. 
Antenna has been facing southwest the whole time (Joe, KD8ATU, Grand 
Haven, MI - 42:59:40N 86:7:27W - EN62wx, WTFDA via DXLD)

Hi Joe, You're getting Texas in. That UPN is KBEJ. All the others are 
network affiliates in the region (Curtis Sadowski, IL, ibid.)

Well, KBEJ is the only UPN on 2, and I just ID'd KJRH Tulsa, so at 
least some of it was from Texas, but what about that CBS? Not seeing 
anything that matches up in that part of the country.

I have one thing to go on for an ID: audio from a news promo saying 
"Driving an SUV this weekend? A new safety warning at 10." going into 
JAG. I will call WBBM-TV Chicago to rule them out conclusively.
(Joe, KD8ATU, ibid.)

An update: I believe I have an ID on that CBS: K02EQ Paris, TX

Only 904 watts, which would explain why I never got any video out of 
it. It's a translator of KXII 12 Sherman, TX, which is a CBS 
affiliate. That's the only thing resembling a CBS 2 in that whole 
region, so that's got to be it. That, and I called the KXII newsroom 
and they said the promo I heard was theirs.

So, with that, I believe my logs from this opening are:
ABC 3: KIII
NBC 4: WOAI
ABC 2: KMID
UPN 2: KBEJ
CBS 2: K02EQ
NBC 2: KJRH
Distances were between 750 and 1220 miles (Joe, KD8ATU, Grand Haven, 
MI - 42:59:40N 86:7:27W - EN62wx, ibid.)

Hi Joe, I'm glad you worked it out. I'll admit the CBS on 2 had me 
confused. In my training as an accident investigator (that's what I 
was training for at Illinois State) taught me that when you're piecing 
together a puzzle, you'll always have one piece that doesn't fit.   
You've got to ignore that piece until everything else is in place, 
then you work it out --- which is exactly what you did. Last year I 
had a mystery CBS in on 2, but my reception came from further west. I 
never did figure that one out (Curtis Sadowski, IL, ibid.)

** VIETNAM. Dien Bien B.S. Recently monitoring in Japan, Dien Bien 
B.S. (ex-Lai Chau) has been received on 6442V kHz instead of old 6379V 
kHz. This station mostly operates 1200-1400, but rather instability 
(Kenji Takasaki, Mie pref., Japan, JRC NRD-515/535D/545, May 29, HCDX 
via DXLD) 

** VIETNAM [non]. According to the TDP online schedule, the TDP 
brokered "Radio Free Vietnam" transmissions (Mon-Fri 1230-1300) have 
moved to 11555 (via KWHR Hawaii, 100 kW). And World Harvest Radio 
schedule shows that also time should have changed: now 1130-1200. 73, 
(Mauno Ritola, Finland, DXplorer via BCDX via DXLD)

Indeed (though not yet shown in the TDP online schedule), confirmed by 
IBB RMS recordings which present Mandarin at 1230-1300 on 11555. 73s, 
(Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, ibid.)

And ILG shows WHR Vietnamese 11555 since Apr 3 Sun-Thu 1130-1200, Fri-
Sat 1330-1400 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. This is probably what finally caused 
Polisario to shift from 7460 to 7466: (gh)

7460 kHz 27/5. R. Free Asia, 2056-2105, Korean, Música sintonía, 
locutor, ID, música, comentarios, locutora, noticias, SINPO 44343 
(José Miguel Romero, EA5-1022, Sacañet (Castellón), España, HCDX via 
DXLD) 

** ZIMBABWE [non]. 15145, SWRA, May 28, 1628-1703, ID ``SW Radio 
Africa, Zimbabwe Independent Voice, still hanging in here,`` into 
``Weekend News Roundup,`` with Richard Allfrey and another announcer, 
lively phone interview with reporter in London (Violet Gonda) with 
Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi in Zimbabwe. Mohadi saying people 
should not complain about conditions in Zimbabwe to them in London but 
should complain to local journalists, but Ms. Gonda came back with the 
fact they cannot broadcast in Zimbabwe. Interesting and heated 
exchange. Fair-good, with no jamming. Also I see on their web site 
that the International Press Institute has awarded its 2005 Free Media 
Pioneer Award to SW Radio Africa (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, NRD545, 
with T2FD antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** ZIMBABWE. SWRA, I was sorry to read the following e-mail:

Dear Ron, Nice to hear from you and thanks for listening. Sadly 
Tuesday 31st May will be our last broadcast on shortwave. Due to the
jamming we have to broadcast on multiple frequencies and this hugely
increases our costs. We also no longer have the financial support as 
before.

As from 1st June we will be on MW in the early morning and the 
internet only - but our entire future remains very shakey. MW is only 
received over about half of Zimbabwe but we think our main audience 
will now be the 2m plus Zim exiles in South Africa, where our signal 
is clearly received.

Tomorrow will be a sad day for us all.

Keep well, Gerry Jackson, Station Manager  (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, 
NRD545, with T2FD antenna, May 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. GUINEA (?) BENIN (?) 700.4 kHz, R. Guinée (tentative), 
site?, audible on 27 May 1936-2000 when blocked by Monaco 702 kHz, 
French, talks, news 1945 (the WRTH does list news at this time), 35343 
until 2000. The Polisario Front 700 kHz was silent all Friday evening 
(and s/on much later on Saturday, but propagation or some other reason 
didn't allow me to try again this African station); thence the chance 
of picking up this other African station, which may not even be from 
Guinea: when they started the news, the speaker referred to the 
"Guinean Foreign Minister" several times, instead of saying the 
"Foreign Minister", which can mean it's some other country (?) - and 
Parakou, Benin, did use 702 kHz - but I was unable to check Conakry's 
7125 due to extremely heavy adjacent QRM. So, any guesses? (Carlos 
Gonçalves, SW coast, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 5000U, 24.5 2245, sounded like a Brasilian with some 
kind of magazine programme but that sounds not reasonable on this 
frequency and in USB. Probably some lost utility station (not any time 
signal or similar). QSA 3. JE (Jan Edh, SW Bulletin May 29, translated 
by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++

`Struth, I have no idea how you keep up with all that information you 
have! Regards (Johno Wright, Australia)

PUBLICATIONS
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CATHOLIC RADIO UPDATE #335 --- FINAL ISSUE

Commentary --- FAREWELL

This is the last issue of Catholic Radio Update. Last July 26, I wrote 
that I was shortly to end this newsletter, which is now in its sixth 
year. I said that I had additional responsibilities and neither had 
nor wanted to devote the many evening hours and most weekend hours to 
researching and writing the newsletter.

Immediately, I was contacted by Dr. Owen Phelps, director of 
communications for the Diocese of Rockford, a reader, who asked me to 
continue for a short period so that he could locate someone else who 
would want to take up the newsletter or start a new one. I agreed. Ten 
months have gone by, and despite Dr. Phelps’ efforts, no one has 
expressed serious interest. I am not surprised. 

At his request, I have repeatedly postponed terminating the newsletter 
so that he could continue his efforts, which are still underway. But 
the fact of the matter is, if no one has stepped forward in the last 
year, it is unlikely that anyone will. I am not surprised that no one 
wants to do a newsletter for Catholic radio. There is not much 
interest on the part of Catholic stations, which by and large, U.S. 
and foreign, are individualistic and parochial. Few are those who sent 
in news or answered my e-mails.

But this is not the time to go over this well worn trail again. This 
newsletter has survived in a period that saw many, the majority 
really, of secular radio websites close. It has outlasted many radio 
websites. Perhaps at this last hour someone will step forward. 
Perhaps.

I have corresponded with some interesting people during this time, and 
I value the acquaintances I made. I shall miss corresponding with 
them. In particular, I want to thank Dr. Hansjörg Biener, a Lutheran 
pastor, scholar, and writer and publisher of the German Christian 
newsletter Medien-Aktuell, who alone of all readers has sent me 
information tirelessly.  He did not have to do so, since he does the 
same as I do, except that it is an ecumenically oriented publication. 
Week after week Catholic Radio Update has included at least one item 
that he has sent me; most of this issue comes from him. There were 
many other items that I could not use because they are copyrighted. 
Thank you, Dr. Biener, and continued success. God bless you.

Farewell. —Michael Dorner, editor (via DXLD)

Very best wishes to you, Mike, on your ``retirement`` and my 
admiration for your dedication to what was apparently a thankless task 
(at least from those in Catholic media who should have been most 
thankful) (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

DRM
+++

Re 6155 DRM [from Austria]: should I lament too about the disturbance 
situation on the bc bands during my stay in Spain on May 14-28. Here 
are few observations:

5990 / 6095 / 6155 and their upper and lower adjacent channels are 
totally useless for AM reception, on one hop approx. 1200 km away from 
originating transmitter.

Especially the various outlets of IRSM Belgrade on 6100 kHz via 
transmitter in Bijeljina-Bosnia suffer much of the Junglinster [5990, 
6095, Luxembourg] DRM mode 'jamming'. (Wolfgang Büschel, touring 
Baleares Isls, Spain May 14-28, BCDX May 30 via DXLD) See also
BELGIUM; FRANCE; SWEDEN

RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++

NPR SHOP SELLS SHORTWAVE RADIOS

Have you noticed the little ads for "The NPR Shop" that often follow
the newscasts? I'm hearing ads on those for various Eton radios that 
include SW sets. I just now (3:05 PM CDT, 5/28/05) heard one for the 
S350 and yesterday heard one for the FR 200 wind-up set. The one for 
the S350 said it was "sensitive" and "retro"; hmmm... 73, (Will 
Martin, MO, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Yes, I have; they have been doing this for quite some time. Here`s 
their page of 9 SW radios currently for sale. Recognizing SW speaks 
well for NPR, even tho they are only on those difficult-to-hear AFRTS 
SSB frequencies. Glenn

http://shop.npr.org/catalog/Category.jhtml;jsessionid=UCO54NP12J24VLA5AJSSFFI?CATID=cat160017&TOPCATID=cat100001

SINGLE CHANNEL TV ANTENNAS

A good friend of mine works in the CATV industry. They have various 
must-carry local TV stations on their system. He mentioned they use 
Wade brand of antennas. How about 10db on Channel 2? There are also 
antennas for other single channels and a multiple channel model.
http://www.wade-antenna.com/cutchannel.htm
(Chuck Rippel, S. Chesapeake, VA, May 28, WTFDA via DXLD) 

I use the Ch 3 Eight foot yagi 5Y3S and it has helped quite a bit this 
year as a good indicator for E skip. I've got it mounted at 12 feet 
AGL. Even at that height I can still pull in WFSB weakly (at a 
distance of 100 miles). (Keith McGinnis, Hingham MA, ibid.)

Found this information on stacking dimensions:
http://www.tacocommunications.com/Stacking.htm
Keith: What kind of prices are we looking at? Commercial antennas are 
usually fairly expensive (Chuck Rippel, WA4HHG, S. Chesapeake, VA, 
ibid.)

Chuck, I paid $55 and change for my antenna thru Stark Electronics.
Here is a link showing all of their single channel antennas with 
prices http://www.starkelectronic.com/winp12.htm#TACO
(Keith McGinnis, ibid.)

I bought my ch. 3 Channel Master 10 element yagis from Rich [Wertman] 
for $35.00 each about 3 years ago. They were new in the box. He has 2 
more left, and an odd assortment of other single channel antennas also 
new in the box. You would have to contact him for current prices.
Stark seems pretty pricey, and I know the Taco commercial stuff is 
very expensive. Remember, this is stuff you put up on top of a tower 
on top of a mountain. Most of it is FOB only. The elements are made 
from 1/2" to 5/8" alloy & WELDED to the boom! Very heavy duty stuff 
(Guy in Lockport [NY] Falsetti, ibid.)

TV OFFSETS

Once again two notes: Re 5-087:

``As for offsets, those on channel 6 have nothing to do with offsets 
on channel 5. Five could be plus, six could be minus, no problem. 
Offsets are to lessen co-channel interference on the same channel 
among stations adjacent geographically. I suspect this subject is more 
OT than usual for this list, hi. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

[Later:] At least I think that`s the way it is with offsets; tho 
normally there is at least one blank channel between TV stations in 
the same city, so the matter has not arisen until LPTV stations 
started to be authorized on first-adjacent channels in the same city``

--- Your earlier version is correct. Offsets of TV stations are not
meant to ease adjacent channel constellations, since 10 kHz makes 
hardly any difference on signals with a bandwith of several MHz. Their 
actual reason are constellations where co-channel stations could 
interfere with each other, specifically under enhanced propagation 
conditions. With the offset the distant transmitter causes no flicker 
but only a less obtrusive fish-bone pattern (known as moiré in German, 
but apparently not in English?).

Speaking about TV sound on a radio: Perhaps you will remember some
reports about FM stations in the former USSR which are in fact nothing
but TV stations on the OIRT system channels 4 and 5, respectively 
(video on 85.25 and 93.25, audio 6.5 MHz above). I am not sure about 
the FM deviation in use, probably it's on the OIRT (as well as the 
CCIR) system 50 kHz, so not much less than on radio stations (CCIR 
band 75 kHz, OIRT stations in the FSU only 40 kHz). By the way, no 
pilot tone system on European TV audio, instead an independent second 
audio carrier (German Zweiträger system, also known as Zweiton and 
invented also in some OIRT system countries), or a digital 14 bit / 32 
kHz signal, companded to 10 bits, on a separate subcarrier (NICAM). 
Both systems are designed to carry either stereo audio or two 
independent mono channels (if so usually to offer also the English 
original of a movie; I am not aware of any SAP-like application in 
Europe). (Kai Ludwig, Germany, May 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

In the NTSC system, with offset 10 plus, 10 minus and zero, we don`t 
get moiré (herringbone) patterns, but `beat bars`, a series of 
horizontal bars, a lot more of them in 20 kHz separation than in 10; 
and so-called zero-separation often results in a large light/dark bar 
showing the two video frequencies are not actually precisely the same, 
or even a few bars across the screen (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

I should add that in Europe various figures for such offsets were 
introduced. On a rare list with such details I saw literally anything 
between 1 and more than 10 kHz (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) 

Re 5-087, ``GETTING WORKED UP ABOUT USE OF HEADSETS`` 
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsnutrition4272584may24,0,4855751,print.story?coll=ny-health-headlines

--- Just a few days ago the iPodMania became a topic in a German
railways discussion. Somebody argued that it would be irresponsible to
allow freight trains to run through passenger stations at high speed 
(in practice 90...100 kph) while passengers are present on the 
platform, many of them using MP3 players. The gist of all replies was 
that these guys should at least stay away from the tracks if they 
think they really have to deliberately impair their hearing, but not 
blame the railway companies for simply doing their business.

And isn't it sad that there is a need for such advice as given at the
end of the article? People not even get the idea to listen to the real
world out there anymore ... All the best, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, May 
28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

RADIO PHILATELY
+++++++++++++++

Belgium post will issue a stamp on '75 Years of Radio' on 20th June 
2005. Have a look at :
http://www.geocities.com/alokeshgupta/belgium_radio75.jpg
(Alokesh Gupta, dxldyg via DXLD)

Nice collection of radio stamps from European countries:
http://www.europeanstamps.net/imagedb2/themaselect.asp?id=654&srt=thema&name=Radio&page=1
Regds (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, radiostamps yg via DXLD)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++

A friend who up until a couple of years ago spent his entire career as 
air talent sent me this: "The radio business is a cruel and shallow 
money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, 
and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." -- Hunter 
S. Thompson (via Dennis Gibson, ABDX via DXLD) ###