HOME presents... SELECTED ENGLISH LANGUAGE DX\SWL\MEDIA PROGRAMS ON SHORTWAVE Plus a few selected Mailbags and other goodies! May 4, 2008 Compiled by Glenn Hauser For latest updates on WORLD OF RADIO times and other gh projects, see the WORLD OF RADIO Anomaly Alert page. CHANGES MADE SINCE LAST EDITIONS. Projected dates for 2-weekly shows from Turkey, New Zealand always updated. WWCR updated May 1. Added Gateway Amateur Radio Newsletter April 13. International Radio Report on WBCQ 5110 moved from Friday to Monday 2230. WHRI updated May 4. UT SATURDAY MRC 0000-0100 WBCQ: ALLAN WEINER WORLDWIDE. 17495-CUSB 7415 5110-CUSB 0235-0242v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 9700 11700 0245-0300 Argentina: DXERS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. 11710 0430-0500v WHRI: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 7315 [unconfirmed] 0510-0529 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 5975-UK 6110-Canada 11970-France 15325 17810 0605-0700 WWCR: INTO TOMORROW. 5070 [also Sun] 0800-0815 HCJB Australia: DX PARTYLINE. 11750 0800-0830 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 0810-0900 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9570 0910-0929 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 15590 11815 9825 9625 1030-1045 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1210-1229 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 17585-UAE 9695 9625 6120-Canada 1210-1300 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9650-Canada 1250-1305v Turkey: DX CORNER. 15450 13685 [2-weekly from May 17] 1300-1315 HCJB Australia: DX PARTYLINE. 15540 1310-1400 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9770 9570 1320-1339 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 11985 1410-1429 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 21560-France 13630-UK 11985 11705-Canada 1430-1500 WHRI: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 11785 1610-1700 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9515 1630-1700 WWCR: WORLD OF RADIO. 12160 [missing in May?] 1800-0700v WA0RCR: GATEWAY AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLETTER. 1860-AM 1810-1900 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 7275 1830-1900 WHRI: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 11785 1850-1905v Turkey: DX CORNER. 9785 [2-weekly from May 17] 1918-1933 Ukraine: WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 7490 1930-2000v WHRI: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 9495 2050-2105v Turkey: DX CORNER. 7170 [2-weekly from May 17] 2055/2122v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 9505 11760 2110-2130 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 3955-UK 2110-2134 New Zealand: Mediawatch 15720 2118-2135v Ukraine: THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 7510 2123-2134v Spain: RADIO WAVES. 9840 2200-2219 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 13640 2220-2235v Turkey: DX CORNER. 6195 [2-weekly from May 17] 2300-2400 WBCQ: RADIO TIMTRON WORLDWIDE. 7415 2315-2330 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 2337-2352v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 9550 UT SUNDAY MRC 0000-0019 Japan: WORLD INTERACTIVE. 5960-UK 6145-Canada 13650 17810 0000-0700v WA0RCR: GATEWAY AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLETTER. 1860-AM [starts before 1800 UT Saturday] 0018-0033 Ukraine: WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 7440 0023-0034v Spain: RADIO WAVES. 6055 0130-0200v WHRI: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 7315 0137-0152v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. North America 6180 6000 0145-0200 WWCR: ASK WWCR. 5070 0210-0300 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9580 0215-0230 WWCR: DX PARTYLINE. 5070 0230-0300 WWCR: WORLD OF RADIO. 5070 0230-0300 WHRA: DXING WITH CUMBRE 5850 0240-0300 Korea: WORLD WIDE FRIENDSHIP. 9650-Canada 0318-0325v Turkey: DX CORNER. 5975 7265 7325-Canada [2-weekly from May 18] 0318-0333 Ukraine: WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 7440 0337-0352v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 6180 6000 0400-0415 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 0400-0500 WBCQ: TOM & DARRYL. 7415 [unconfirmed] 0500-0530v KWHR: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 11565 0505-0700 WWCR: INTO TOMORROW. 5070 [also Sat] 0518-0533 Ukraine: THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 9945 0537-0552v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 11760 9550 6300 6180 6060 6000 0630-0700 WWCR: WORLD OF RADIO. 3215 0638-0645v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 7200 9400 0800-0830 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 0800-0900 South African Radio League: AMATEUR RADIO MIRROR INTERNATIONAL. 17570 7205 7082-LSB 0818-0833 Ukraine: THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 11550 0830-0900 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 0945-1000 WWCR: ASK WWCR. 5070 1000-1030 WHRI: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 7385 1012-1036 New Zealand: Mediawatch. 7145 1018-1033 Ukraine: THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL. 11550 1030-1045 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1030-1100 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 11780 1100-1130 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 1130-1200 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 15540 1138-1145v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 15700 11700 1200-1230 AWR Wertachtal: WAVESCAN. 15435 1330-1400 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 15275 1430-1500v WHRI: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 11785 [confirmed 3/9/08] 1500-1530 KSDA: WAVESCAN. 11720 1500-1530v KWHR: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 9930 1500-1600 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 11675-China 17720-China 1505-1605 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 9515 1515-1545 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1530-1600 AWR Wertachtal: WAVESCAN. 15525 1600-1630 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 11720 11805 1605-1705 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 9515 1630-1700 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 6155 1730-1800 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 9980 1800-1900 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 9530-China 11765-UK 13730?-Vatican 17735 17810-UK 2000-2100 WBCQ: THIS WEEK IN AMATEUR RADIO INTERNATIONAL. 7415 2000-2100 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 11765-Sweden 13650-UK 15235 17735 2130-2200 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 11850 2230-2300 KSDA Guam: WAVESCAN. 15320 2305-2405 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 6100 UT MONDAY MRC 0000-0100 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 11700-China 0100-0200 RCI: MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG. 9620-Turkey 0230-0300v WHRA: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 5850 0330-0400v WHRI: DXING WITH CUMBRE. 7315 0300-0330v WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 9330-CLSB [irregular] 0415-0445v WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 7415 0730-0855 New Zealand: MAILBOX [2-weekly from May 12] 7145 0830-0900 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 1130-1155 New Zealand: MAILBOX [2-weekly from May 12] 9655 1330-1355 New Zealand: MAILBOX [2-weekly from May 12] 6170 1500-1515 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1630-1655 New Zealand: MAILBOX [2-weekly from May 12] 7145 1900-2000 South African Radio League: AMATEUR RADIO MIRROR INTERNATIONAL. 3215 2030-2040v Spain: RADIO WAVES. 9665 11625 2230-2300 WBCQ: INTERNATIONAL RADIO REPORT. 5110v-CUSB UT TUESDAY MRC 0030-0040v Spain: RADIO WAVES. 6055 0330-0357 New Zealand: MAILBOX [2-weekly from May 13] 15720 0530-0600 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 1100-1130 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1130-1200 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 1245-1300 WWCR: ASK WWCR. 15825 [Fifth Tuesday, if any] 1530-1600 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1730-1750 Polish Radio: MULTIMEDIA. 7265-Germany 7140-Germany 2055-2122v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 9505 11760 2337-2352v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 9550 UT WEDNESDAY MRC 0137-0152v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 6180 6000 0337-0352v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 6180 6000 0537-0552v Havana: DXERS UNLIMITED. 11760 9550 6300 6180 6060 6000 1130-1205 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1530-1545 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1845-1900 Argentina: DXERS SPECIAL. 15345v 9690 2300-2330 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 17495-CUSB [to resume 15420?] 2300-2400 WBCQ: OFF THE HOOK. 7415 UT THURSDAY MRC 0245-0300 Argentina: DXERS SPECIAL. 11710 0530-0600 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1030-1100 Australia: MEDIA REPORT. 15415 9590 9580 1230-1250 Polish Radio: MULTIMEDIA. 9525-Germany, 7330-Germany 1530-1600 Australia: MEDIA REPORT. 11660 9590 9475 7240 6080 5995 1430-1500 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 2200-2230 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 2330-2400 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 7415 UT FRIDAY MRC 0800-0830 WRMI: WORLD OF RADIO. 9955 1045-1100 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 9955 1545-1600 WRMI: DX PARTYLINE. 7385 1845-1900 Argentina: DXERS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. 15345v 9690 2035-2100 New Zealand: MAILBOX. 11725 [2-weekly from May 16] 2030-2100 WWCR: WORLD OF RADIO. 15825 2100-2130 WBCQ: PIRATESWEEK. 5110v-CUSB 2140-2147v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 5900 9700 2230-2300 WBCQ: WORLD OF RADIO. 5110v-CUSB 2230-2300 WRMI: WAVESCAN. 9955 2335-2342v Bulgaria: DX PROGRAM. 9700 11700 ============================================================== NOTES CLSB: Compatible lower sideband, sideband plus reduced carrier. CUSB: Compatible upper sideband, sideband plus reduced carrier. LSB: Lower sideband, no carrier. v: start time, duration, or both may vary. This compilation does not include DRM transmissions. PROGRAM AND STATION SCHEDULES SOURCES KWHR, WHRA, WHRI: Latest schedules check from whr.org May 4. The doofus who does the schedule isn`t clear about the difference between UT and local days. Some airings may not actually exist, so beware. WBCQ: RADIO TIMTRON WORLDWIDE and ALLAN WEINER WORLDWIDE may be used as filler material at random times if a scheduled program does not arrive or has been canceled. If a WBCQ transmitter is down, programming may be moved temporarily to another frequency: 5110- CUSB, 7415, 9330-CLSB, 17495-CUSB. WRMI: Updated April 1. WWCR: Listings are from their May 1, 2008 program guide. All other programs are based on schedules published on the various station`s web sites or from DX Listening Digest. GLENN HAUSER PROGRAM LINKS WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA (latest edition is 07-03, July 29, available on the Current Audio page [see below] and from dxing.com): Latest schedules, including non-shortwave airings: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Internet on demand, see Our Current Audio page for availability: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA program summaries (Pre-2002 and 2002 are indexes to individual program pages): Pre-2002 [copy and paste]: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wormid.html 2002: 2002 2003: 2003 2004: 2004 2005: 2005 2006: 2006 2007: 2007 2008: not yet aggregated onto such a page MUNDO RADIAL: http://www.worldofradio.com/espanol.html MUNDO RADIAL has come to an end with the Nov-Dec 2007 edition, but text and audio archives remain. WORLD OF RADIO ON RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL WEBCAST. Fridays at 2000 UT, Mondays 1800 UT, each repeated 4-hourly five times. Times may vary. Webcast at: http://mp3server.taifun.ch:8004/listen.pls WORLD OF RADIO BY TELEPHONE: usually available from Sunday mornings via Laser Box, 1-206-333-5096. Toll charges apply outside Seattle. Thank you, Joybubbles, and RIP. WORLD OF RADIO podcasts now available, tnx to WORLD RADIO NETWORK, via http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OTHER PROGRAMS INFO AND LINKS [Host(s) and/or producer(s) or major contributor(s) name(s), if known, are in brackets *: program is no longer on the air or on hiatus but still maintains a web site. %: on demand from station or program website, at least for a week following. AMATEUR RADIO MIRROR INTERNATIONAL: http://www.sarl.org.za/public/ARMI/ARMI.asp *%...AND THE GATEPOST featuring DX MIX AND TIPS, DX CORNER [Sandor Laczko, Mike Mitchell]: Budapest Real Audio is at http://real1.radio.hu/nemzeti.htm Select the date, then the transmission. DX CORNER begins at about :22 on late Friday\early UT Saturday; ...AND THE GATEPOST takes up all of the transmission on late Sunday\early UT Monday roughly once a month, but not on a regular schedule (there can be four to six weeks between editions. Times given on their web site are local (UT +1 during winter, UT +2 summer). SW schedules on shows are likely to be outdated; beware! [English broadcasts cancelled as of 7/1/07; archives apparently gone but this entry retained for historical purposes] %ASK WWCR [Brady Murray & Jason Cooper]: Two editions per month are produced and repeated as necessary. http://www.wwcr.com/wwcr_ask_wwcr_program.html *COMMUNICATIONS WORLD (VOA) [Kim Elliott]: Scripts archived at http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/index.php?s=CW Dr. Elliott`s main page http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/ DX CORNER (Turkey): confirmed still 2-weekly in April 2008; has been heard as early as :18 into transmission, ending as late as :35, but typically 7 minutes long. DXING WITH CUMBRE [Marie Lamb]: Any given airing will not necessarily be the latest edition. http://www.cumbredx.org DXing with Cumbre is available on demand in streaming audio format at: http://cs3.ralabs.com/streams/ (the last five most recent programs only?) DXERS UNLIMITED [Arnie Coro, CO2KK]: Main page (which hasn`t been updated since May 2002) and pre-mid 2002 scripts: http://www.radiohc.org/dxers/ Another site with scripts, from various dates during 2002-7, with a lot of gaps: http://www.dxers-unlimited.dxer.info/ %DX PARTYLINE [Allen Graham]: http://www.hcjb.org/mass_media/dx_partyline/dx_partyline.html %DX PARTYLINE, %MAILBOX, %WORLDWIDE FRIENDSHIP: Include identical New Zealand DX League Report. %DX PROGRAM (Bulgaria) [DX editor Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF; Rumen Pankov, assistant-editor in charge of broadcast tips]: http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_English/Theme_DX_Programme/default.htm Some weeks scripts may be replaced by summaries only. GATEWAY AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLETTER. 12+ hours of ham radio news, with repeats, Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning from near St. Louis MO. Details: http://www.rrsta.com/wa0rcr/sched.html *HAM RADIO AND MORE [Len Winkler]: http://www.tapr.org/hrm %INTERNATIONAL RADIO REPORT [Janice and Steve Karlock]: NoW on WBCQ, originally CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal Sundays 1530 winter, 1430 summer; CKUT live streaming at rtsp://real.cam.org/live/clit.ra Program web site http://mediajct.homeip.net/radioreport/ WBCQ 5110 streaming: http://johnlightning.com:8024 %MAILBOX [Adrian Sainsbury & Myra Oh; New Zealand DX League segment]: http://www.rnzi.com/audio/mailbox.ram %MAPLE LEAF MAILBAG [Ian Jones]: http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/emissions/1450.shtml *MEDIA NETWORK (Radio Netherlands) [Jonathan Marks, original program host; web Andy Sennitt]: http://www.medianetwork.nl %MEDIA REPORT [Richard Aedy]: Includes scripts. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/default.htm *MEDIASCAN (Radio Sweden) [George Wood]: http://www.mediascan.org/ No longer attempts to publish news; adds occasional items. *%MEDIA ZONE [Ian Jones]: [website gone as of 4/13/08 check] http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/emissions/1473.shtml MOSCOW MAILBAG [rotates among Ol`ga Troshina, Yuri Reshetnikov and Eugene Nikitenko]: http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&rt=130 [no longer listed in this schedule] %MULTIMEDIA: [click ``Multimedia Show``]: http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/gb/ OFF THE HOOK: http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ RADIO WAVES [Spain]: Usually consists of a couple of ``radio songs`` with an occasional mention of some aspect of shortwave listening; never any DX news. %THE SHORTWAVE REPORT [Dan Roberts]: Not on shortwave but on KZYX&Z, 88.3, 90.7, 91.5 MHz, Mendocino County, California, Saturdays 0030 winter, Fridays 2330 summer, http://www.kzyx.org on WHUS, 91.7 MHz, Storrs, Connecticut, Saturdays 2130 winter, 2030 summer, http://whus.org and on KRFP, 92.5 MHz, Moscow, Idaho, Sundays 1430 UT winter, 1330 summer (WORLD OF RADIO is scheduled preceding http://www.radiofreemoscow.com/ Program originates in northern California. Program audio page http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml ``The Shortwave Report is a 30 minute review of news stories recorded from a shortwave radio,`` tho some of them sound like webcasts. And always the same three or four stations, really in a rut. %THIS WEEK IN AMATEUR RADIO INTERNATIONAL [MP3 40 MB files]: http://www.twiar.org/ Podcast page: http://www.twiar.org/twiaripodcast.xml TOM AND DARRYL: http://www.tomanddarryl.org/ %WAVESCAN: http://english.awr.org/wavescan/ Program now originates in Singapore. The above web site is for the old version, and it says nothing about its current incarnation. THE WHOLE WORLD ON THE RADIO DIAL: Radio Ukraine webcast at rtsp://real.nrcu.gov.ua:7554/encoder/rui.rm or http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=308 but the second link of higher quality seemingly no longer works. New edition once a month, repeated other weeks; but previous month`s show airs on alternating consecutive broadcasts. %WORLD INTERACTIVE: http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/wi/index.html %WORLDWIDE FRIENDSHIP (Edward Kim, Kim So-yeon): DX news from Victor Goonetilleke in Sri Lanka 1st week, New Zealand DX League 2nd and 4th weeks, listener guest participation 3rd. http://rki.kbs.co.kr/english/program/program_we.htm OTHER DX PROGRAM GUIDES The British DX Club publishes a DX Programme Guide, including satellite transmissions. [Euro-centric] http://www.users.waitrose.com/~bdxc/dxprog.htm Worldwide DX Club list of SWL/Media Programmes in English, German and Spanish. http://www.wwdxc.de/swl.pdf [updated A-08] LATEST DX PROGRAM AUDIO LINX [English] http://www.rfprograms.com/ PROGRAMAS DX AUDIO LINX [Portuguese] http://www.amantesdoradio.he.com.br/programas_dx.htm PROGRAMAS DX AUDIO LINX [Spanish] http://es.geocities.com/programasdx/ ###