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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Radio Japan frequency test

Due to continuous inaudibility on 15215 kHz, Radio Japan Bengali service will test 7400 kHz from 1300-1345 UTC from 11th to 14th December 2009. Reception monitoring report, preferably with audio file, please be directly sent to R Japan Bengali service email id nhkworld@nhk.jp & bengali@intl.nhk.or.jp. Based on reception quality, R Japan will decide change of frequency.

Thanks,

Swopan Chakroborty

Kolkata, India

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

LIBYA Winter B-09 of LJBC Voice of Africa

LIBYA Winter B-09 of LJBC Voice of Africa:

Swahili
1200-1357 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1200-1357 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf

English
1400-1557 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1400-1557 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf

French
1600-1657 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
1600-1657 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1700-1757 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
1700-1757 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf

Hausa
1800-1857 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf
1800-1857 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1900-1957 on 11860 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf
1900-1957 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf

(Ivo Ivanov, DX MIX NEWS # 595)

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Alokesh Gupta

New Delhi, India.

Croatian Radio B09

CROATIA Winter B-09 schedule of Croatian Radio HS-1 in Croatian:

0558-0857 on 6165 DEA 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu/NoAf
0858-1427 on 7370 DEA 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu/NoAf
1428-2127 on 6165 DEA 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu/NoAf
2128-0557 on 3985vDEA 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu/NoAf

(Ivo Ivanov, DX MIX NEWS # 595)

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Alokesh Gupta

New Delhi, India.

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Radio Free Asia 2009

RFA B09
Daily Broadcast Frequencies
As of October 25, 2009
All times UTC

Burmese (4 hours daily)
0030-0130 13710, 13815, 15700
1230-1330 11795, 12105, 15700
1330-1400 9670, 11795, 13855
1400-1430 11795, 13855
1630-1730 7505

Cantonese (2 hours daily)
1400-1500 5810, 7280
2200-2300 9570, 11740, 11775

Khmer (2 hours daily)
1230-1330 13725, 15160
2230-2330 9355, 11850

Korean (5 hours daily)
1500-1700 1350, 5860, 7210, 9385
1700-1900 1350, 5860, 9385
2100-2200 1350, 7460, 9385, 12075

Lao (2 hours daily)
0000-0100 11830, 15535
1100-1200 9355, 15120

Mandarin (12 hours daily)
0300-0600 11980, 13710, 15150, 15665, 17615, 17880, 21540
0600-0700 11980, 13710, 15150, 15665, 17615, 17880
1500-1600 5810, 7445, 9440, 9905, 11945, 13725
1600-1700 5810, 7415, 7445, 9455, 9905, 11945, 13725
1700-1800 5810, 7415, 7445, 9355, 9455, 9905, 11945, 13670
1800-1900 5810, 7385, 7415, 7445, 9355, 9455, 9905, 11790, 11945,13670
1900-2000 1098, 5810, 5990, 6095, 7385, 9355, 9455, 9875, 9905, 11790, 11945
2000-2100 1098, 5810, 5990, 6095, 7355, 7495, 9355, 9455, 9875, 11900, 11945
2100-2200 1098, 5810, 6095, 7355, 7495, 9355, 9455, 9875, 11945, 13745
2300-0000 7540, 11775, 11975, 15265, 15430, 15550

Tibetan (10 hours daily)
0100-0300 7470, 9670, 11695, 15220, 17730
0600-0700 17515, 17715, 21500, 21695
1000-1100 9690, 15140, 17750
1100-1200 7470, 11540, 11590, 15375
1200-1400 7470, 11540, 11590, 13625, 15375
1500-1530 7530, 9410, 11500, 15145
1530-1600 7470, 7530, 11500, 15145
2200-2300 5820, 7470, 9835
2300-0000 6010, 7470, 7550, 9875

Uyghur (2 hours daily)
0100-0200 7480, 9480, 9645, 9690, 13605
1600-1700 7470, 7510, 11720, 11730

Vietnamese (2.5 hours daily)
0000-0030 5855, 11605, 11965, 15135
1400-1430 1503, 5855, 7515, 9990, 11605, 12130, 13865, 15195
1430-1500 5855, 7515, 9990, 11605, 12130, 13865, 15195
2300-2330 1359
2330-0000 1359, 5855, 11605, 11965, 15135

(Via AJ Janitschek, Radio Free Asia)

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Website of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra

Visit for informations & photos of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, the first radio Station of independent Bangladesh.

http://swadhinbangla-betar.org/index.html

English version: http://swadhinbangla-betar.org/english/index.html

Thanks,

Swopan Chakroborty

Kolkata, India

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Deutsche Welle's Urdu Service: Success Story with Your Contribution

Msg from Deutsche Welle Urdu Service

Dear Listener / User

The Urdu Service of Deutsche Welle, Germany's international radio and television station, is celebrating 45 years of its existence on Friday, Aug. 14.
Deutsche Welle started its Urdu broadcast on the same day 45 years ago in 1964.

Since then DW Urdu programmes have been reaching their countless listeners in South Asia and the rest of the world, for many years only by radio
and since many years also through internet. Today the Urdu Service of DW from the former German capital of Bonn is journalistically valued very
high by our traditional listeners and multimedia users from across the globe.

The Urdu team of Deutsche Welle wants to thank and acknowledge on this occasion the dedicated listeners and users who have contributed hugely
to the success of this 'Urdu broadcast from the heart of Europe' during the past so many years through their feedback.

We want to express our profound gratitude for hundreds of our listeners for their greetings on this occasion which they sent to us in their letters, phone calls, emails, voicemails and SMS messages. We also want to congratulate our Pakistani and Indian listeners home and abroad on the Independence days of Pakistan and India on Aug. 14^th and 15^th respectively.

We are sure, for a quick nostalgic journey through the 45 years of Urdu programme of DW, you will find the following multimedia presentation on the front page of our website really interesting:

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,659,00.html?id=659

Thank you once again for your contribution towards our long journey together and with the best wishes and hopes of an even longer and more successful journey in the years to come,

With best wishes and very warm regards
Urdu Programme
Deutsche Welle
Bonn, Germany

Regards,
Saira Hassan Shaikh
DEUTSCHE WELLE
Urdu Service

Tel.: + 49 228 429 4197
Fax: + 49 228 429 15 4197 / + 49 228 429 4729
Voice Box: + 49 228 429 16 4197

SMS: +92 302 855 8055
SMS: +91 987 388 4444

E-mail: saira.shaikh@dw-world.de
Website:http://www.dw-world.de/urdu
urdu@dw-world.de

Deutsche Welle Radio
Asien-Urdu Redaktion
Asia-Urdu Service
Kurt-Schumacher-Str.3
53113 Bonn, Germany

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

RAE Competition

RAE, the Foreign Service of the Argentine Public Radio, with the collaboration of the Radiolisteners Group of Argentina launches a contest for our audience in Argentina and in the world. The requirement is to send us two reception reports: one on our Spanish-language program and the other on any of the other languages broadcasts (English, French, German, Italia, Portuguese and Japanese).
The contest begins on August 3, 2009 and reception reports will have to cover any of our programs until 2359 hours of August 17, a date selected to pay homage to the most important national hero of Argentina, General San Martín. "The father of the country", as we call him, died on August 17, 1850.

Reception reports must be sent by e-mail to rae@radionacional.gov.ar or by traditional mail to RAE, PO Box 555, post code: C1000WAF, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Reports will be accepted until September 30, 2009. All participants will receive a QSL cards. Among all who take part in the contest, there will be a prize draw for two Argentine music CD compilations.

Tipaimukh controversy on BBC Bangla radio and online

dear all,

some of you might have listened to this earlier on radio... still, if you have missed it, click on the link below to listen to the audio as well as the text of my radio documentary on tipaimukh dam controversy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/indepth/story/2009/08/090805_tipaimukh_amitabha_july09.shtml

Amitabha Bhattasali
Correspondent
BBC World Service
Kolkata

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Fw: [dx_india] Mumbai on 4845

Right now (1454 UTC) on 4840 kHz.

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi, India
http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/

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Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 10:10 AM
Subject: [dx_india] Mumbai on 4845

Yesterday 1 Aug 2009 Saturday AIR Mumbai was noted on 4845 khz at 0230 UTC
instead of 4840.

Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio
Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India
Telefax: 91-40-2331 0287 Cell:94416 96043

www.qsl.net/vu2jos www.niar.org

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[dx_india] Mumbai on 4845

Yesterday 1 Aug 2009 Saturday AIR Mumbai was noted on 4845 khz at 0230 UTC instead of 4840.

Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio
Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India
Telefax: 91-40-2331 0287 Cell:94416 96043

www.qsl.net/vu2jos www.niar.org

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

[dx_india] Website of All India Radio Jhansi

Here's the URL for All India Radio, Jhansi website :

www.airjhansi.com

Thanks to Mr.Sunil Bhatia, Station Head, AIR Jhansi for this info.

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New Delhi, India

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[dx_india] In its 60th year, AIR Shillong 'skips' anchor Kyndiah

In its 60th year, AIR Shillong 'skips' anchor Kyndiah

OUR CORRESPONDENT
Shillong, July 29: His voice was a symbol of "breaking news" during
undivided Assam, but he was not remembered when the commemoration programme
of 60 years of broadcasting in the Northeast, organised by All India Radio,
Shillong, ended yesterday.
Former Union tribal affairs minister P.R. Kyndiah, 81, was the first
newsreader and compere of AIR Shillong, a fact which did not find mention
during the beginning and culmination of the 60th anniversary celebrations of
All India Radio.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Kyndiah expressed his disappointment over AIR not
recognising its old contributors. However, when contacted, the officials of
AIR Shillong said they could organise the culmination programme only in a
small way and did not have the intention to forget its old-timers.
The Shillong station of AIR began the yearlong commemoration programme on
July 1 last year to mark its 60th birth anniversary.
As part of the culmination of 60 years of broadcasting, a musical concert,
"All India Radio on the move" featuring songs by eminent radio artistes, was
held at the State Central Library yesterday.
Kyndiah recalled that 60 years ago in July 1948, he was appointed on
contract the first compere of AIR Shillong, which was part of the
Shillong-Guwahati station.
"My duty in the first instance was to be a newsreader in both Khasi and
Jaintia languages and also to compere programmes of talks on different
topics and also on music, both vocal and instrumental," Kyndiah recalled.
Since it was for the first time that AIR was known to the people of
Shillong, Kyndiah took upon the job not only as a newsreader and compere of
programmes, but primarily as a person assigned to hunt for talents of
musicians, both in traditional and modern.
The Shillong station of AIR was established in July 1948 in undivided Assam.
After Meghalaya came into being, a full-fledged station was established in
1977.
Kyndiah said his intense desire was to project the cultural wealth of the
Khasi and Jaintia people. He was initially paid a modest Rs 60 a month. It
was later increased to Rs 120 per month. "I was not drawn to the job merely
on monetary consideration but it coincided with my mission in life."
Kyndiah left the job only in 1962 when after he was elected a member to the
Shillong civic body.
"If my memory serves me right, I received Rs 180 per month before I resigned
from my job and on my resignation I was paid a few thousand rupees as
gratuity," he said.
The former Union minister's association with AIR Shillong for almost 14
years had brought him in contact with a number of talented music composers
and artistes of excellence.
Kyndiah recalled that reputed film director and an outstanding artiste from
Assam, Bhupen Hazarika also joined AIR Shillong as a programme assistant in
the 1950s.
"He had just returned from a university in USA and loved to sing Old Man
River, a spiritual song made famous by Paul Robeson, a noted singer of that
time. We got acquainted since then," Kyndiah said.
"I made efforts to see that musical talents are persuaded to come to the All
India Radio station for both broadcasting and recording. I must admit that
it was not an easy task to do that," Kyndiah said.
He does not regret for not getting any recognition. "As AIR is still a
powerful weapon of mass communication, it has to induct fresh ideas and
innovative programmes designed to catch the attention of the listeners in
the context of challenges from the FM channels."

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090730/jsp/northeast/story_11296565.jsp

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

[dx_india] Radio Asia 2010

Radio Asia 2010 Press ReleaseMEDIA RELEASE
Journey to the Digital Land: Addressing Diverse Radio Audiences and Markets

Radio broadcasters, communications academics and representatives of
developmental agencies will gather to exchange views at the annual RadioAsia
conference which is to be held for the first time in India in 2010.

RadioAsia 2010 will be held in New Delhi from 22-24 February 2010, and will
address pressing issues facing the resurgent radio broadcasting industry in
India and the wider Asian region.

RadioAsia - the only international radio programming event of its kind in
the region – is organised annually by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
(ABU), Asian Media Information and Communications Centre (AMIC) and
Singapore Exhibition Services (SES).

Over the years, this annual gathering of industry players has attracted a
great deal of attention from radio broadcasters and other players in the
radio industry across the world. Since its inception in 2005, eminent
international speakers have gathered in Singapore to share their experiences
in all spheres of the radio industry - public service, commercial and
community radio.

In order to include a wider range of radio broadcasters in the conference,
the organisers have now decided to rotate RadioAsia among different
countries in the region, with the 2010 event being the first outside of
Singapore.

With developments unfolding in India at a rapid pace, the organisers believe
that the timing of holding RadioAsia in India is opportune.

The rotation of the event between different countries will enable radio
broadcasters in those countries to participate and benefit from this
international radio industry event.

RadioAsia 2010 will comprise a half day workshop followed by a two day
conference where leading experts will deliver papers and presentations

Most of the speakers and participants will be drawn from across Asia, but
there will be many from the US and Europe as well.

For more information about RadioAsia2010 please visit
http://www.abu.org.my/RadioAsia2010/

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

[dx_india] Radio and TV Coverage in J&K

Radio and TV Coverage in J&K

28 July 2009, 16:46 IST
Under J&K Special Plan Phase-I approved in 1999, Doordarshan (DD) has set up
92 transmitter projects in Jammu & Kashmir. Terrestrial coverage has become
available to 95% population of the state. Further, all uncovered areas of
J&K along with rest of the country (except Andaman & Nicobar Islands) have
been provided with multi channel TV coverage through DD's free to air DTH
service "DD Direct Plus".

As part of Special Plan Phase-II for J&K approved in September, 2007, DD
have provided 10,000 DTH sets along with TV sets to Government of J&K for
uncovered areas. During the current financial year, an amount of Rs. 39.09
crore has been allocated, which includes an amount of Rs. 30.00 crore to be
provided as Grants in aid and an amount of Rs. 9.09 crore as Loan to Prasar
Bharati for improving Radio and television facility in J&K.

Under J&K Special Plan Phase-I, All India Radio (AIR) has also set up 10 new
transmitters and upgraded 2 transmitters in J&K. Similarly under J&K Special
Plan Phase-II, 11 number of DG Sets and 7 number of UPS have been approved
for AIR. During the financial year 2009-10, an amount of Rs. 100 crore has
been introduced for improvement of FM & TV coverage in J&K border areas.
This scheme includes setting up of three FM/TV High Power transmitters at
hilltops. In addition to this, Low Power Transmitters have also been
proposed in uncovered regions.

(Press Information Bureau, Govt of India)

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New Delhi.

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Monday, July 27, 2009

[dx_india] Uniwave Di-wave100 DRM receiver to cost $ 200 ?

RNZI Frequency Manager Adrian Sainsbury informs in the 27th July edition of
RNZI mailbox program that Uniwave Di-wave 100 DRM receiver is expected for
Europen launch by 2nd week of Sept'09 and the early production run will cost
approx USD 200.

- Di-wave 100 will go into production in early Sept'09.
- Official launch at IBC, Netherlands (11-15 Sept'09)
- Europen launch expected by 2nd week of Sept'09
- Early Prodn run will cost approx USD 200.

Download the RNZI Mailbox program here :
http://www.rnzi.com/audio/mailbox.mp3

As per an email received from Uniwave Marketing during early July'09 I was
informed that :

- Uniwave is finalizing prices and distribution network for India.
- Availability is expected by mid of september 2009 in India.
- First production lot will be limited quantity.

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Friday, July 24, 2009

[dx_india] Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) & All India Radio.

DRM & All India Radio.
By Joseph Martin C.J

Read the report here :

http://www.friendsofprasarbharati.org/drm.htm

For updated news on Prasar Bharati please visit :
http://www.friendsofprasarbharati.org/

Best Regards,
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[dx_india] Observations during Solar Eclipse from Denmark

Regarding the Total Solar Eclipse, I made the following observations here at my home in Skovlunde on July 22 (UTC):

INDIA 0030 0058 0110

Hyderabad 4800 S9+10 S9 S9
Bhopal 4810 S9+5 S9 S9
Mumbai 4840 S9+10 S9+10 S9+5
New Delhi 4860 S9+5 S5 faded out
Lucknow 4880 S9 S8 S7
Jaipur 4910 S9+10 S8 S8
Chennai 4920 S9+10 S9+5 S9+5
Srinagar 4950 S8 S5 S5 QRM Angola
Thiruvan... 5010 S9+5 S8 S8
Jeypore 5040 S9 S7 S6

No other AIR stations were audible.

OTHER STATIONS on clear channels:
0015 0050
Laos 4412 not heard not heard
" 7145 not heard not heard
Vietnam 5925 not heard not heard
" 5975 not heard not heard
Bhutan 6035 not heard not heard
Malaysia 7130 not heard not heard
Thailand 12095 not heard not heard.

Thus, I did not recognize any effects of the total Solar Eclipse, just normal fade outs because of the sunrise !

But as a matter of fact, the Indian stations well heard, all had their reflections points in the ionosphere towards Denmark far to the northwest of India, so these reflections seems not affected by the total solar eclipse. Unfortunately I was unable to hear any stations which reflection points happened to hit the eclipse zone.

Best 73,
Anker Petersen
Danish SW Clubs International

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

[dx_india] Radio Atmeeya Yatra via AIR

Radio Atmeeya Yatra via AIR

The Gospel For Asia program "Radio Atmeeya Yatra" via All India Radio was monitored by me during my recent trip to Kerala. It is broadcast in my mother tongue Malayalam by all AIR MW & SW stations in Kerala / Lakshadweep as follows:

Language: Malayalam
Time : Saturdays 5.00 to 5.15 pm IST (1130-1145 UTC)
Stations:

Alappuzha 576
Thrissur 630
Kozhikode 684
Thiruvanathapuram 1161, 5010
Kavaratti 1584

These are not listed in their web site www.ayasia.org

I have contacted them on the announced phone nos. and got info that these programs via AIR started about one year back.

They also informed of broadcast via AIR Kochi on 102.3 MHz every week..

From today, 22 July 2009, on Wednesdays, their new programs are scheduled via AIR Thiruvanthapuram/Alappuzha/ Kavaratti at 7.35 pm (1405 UTC) on 5010, 1161, 576 & 1584 kHz.

They also have daily broadcasts via TWR Sri Lanka on 882 kHz in Malayalam at 0030-0045 UTC and from Europe on SW in various languages.

Currently, several other Christian broadcasters like FEBA, TWR, and Joyce Meyers are also broadcasting via All India Radio on MW, SW & FM.

Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
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Monday, June 22, 2009

[FreebandDXer] WWRO Island Festival QSL via DX Adventure Radio Club (DA-RC)

Hello DXers. For your information, the triple WWRO Island Festival QSL card for DA-RC designed by 16DA101 Max at ON5UR is now available for viewing on the DA-RC website. Please visit http://www.delta-alfa.com/qsl-gallery/

This QSL card is avalaible via our club's event Manager 13DA007 Simon to confirm all DA-RC activities in the 2009 WWRO Island Festival. Standard contribution is required thanks.

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DX News from Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA, Huntington Beach, California, USA

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 15560 2257 English 433 June 21 YL and OM with comments on the riots in Iran. Comments on Iran wanting to shutdown contacts to outsiders Finance news by an OM 2258. Sports News by an OM 2259. ID 2300 followed by News Headlines by an OM. //11840[333]Shepparton. Mackenzie-CA.

CANADA Radio Canada Intl-RCI 17860 2242 Portuguese 333 June 21 YL and OM with comments. MacKenzie-CA.

CANADA China Radio Intl Relay-CRI 11840 2330 English 333 June 21 OM with weather Report, OM with events happening around the world.. MacKenzie-CA.

CHILE La Voz CVC 17680 2247 Spanish 444 June 21 Pop music vocals. MacKenzie-CA.

COSTA RICA Radio Exterior Espana-REE Relay 17850 2245 Spanish 333 June 21 Two OMs with comments. MacKenzie-CA.

ECUADOR HCJB Global 12040 2323 German 333 June 21 Choir vocal music. MacKenzie-Ca.

NEW ZEALAND Radio New Zealand-RNZI 15720 2253 English 333 June 21 OM with comments about murder mysteries in NZ. MacKenzie-CA.

UNITED STATES, Greenville Radio Marti 11930 2325 Spanish 333 June 21 OM ancr with vocal pop music.
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VOA Hindi, Craotian, and Greek would be eliminated in 2010 federal budget

VOA Hindi, Craotian, and Greek would be eliminated in 2010 federal budget. "The 2010 Budget proposal would eliminate VOA Hindi, Croatian, and Greek language broadcasts and close a finance office located in Paris. While the overall funding level for VOA is increasing from 2009, the administration says, funding related to these language services within VOA will be reduced from about $3 million to $1 million." Federal Eye, Washington Post, 7 May 2009. Would RFE/RL Croatian continue? Update: I've been reminded that RFE/RL dropped Croatian "years ago." Its Serbian and Montenegrin services continue.
"Cutting some VOA languages and closing a VOA finance ofice in Paris is a worthy start but not nearly as effective as ceasing the entire VOA operations and merging the many similar organiz[a]tions into a one more effective entity. VOA, Radio Marti, Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe, VOA-TV, and others have served a useful need but now are only competing organizations whose effecti[ve]ness has diminished. Much more effective would be an NPR like operation world-wide for Americans living overseas, much like BBC world service. And, let the rest of the world listen in if they want to know what America thinks. NPR and PRi could then and should be broadcast via the Internet, Satellite TV, local AM and FM facilities, and short-wave to all of the world. Portions of ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and others could and should also be included. But we do not need the bloated bureaucracy of the VOA or any of its bedfellows to continue." ghp60 comment to ibid. See previous post about same subject. Posted: 08 May 2009 Permalink

VOA Hindi, Craotian, and Greek would be eliminated in 2010 federal budget

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DR Congo: Radio France banned - [bangladx] Congo bans RFI via Alokesh Gupta

DR Congo: Radio France banned

Jerry Nguwa, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya

The DR Congo has banned French international radio broadcaster - Radio France International (RFI) from operating. The ban follows alleged continuous broadcast of 'provocative statements' against the government, Congolese officials say. It affects mainly the Oriental Province's Ituri.

The Congolese Intelligence Service carried out the operation following public complaint by the Congolese Minister for Communication who is also the government spokesman, Lambert Mende Omalanga.

The minister threatened to shut down RFI in the entire DRC if the French broadcaster continued to air what he called “provocative statements”. The minister claimed that some programmed aired on RFI alleged that the DRC cannot be ruled from Kinshasa, which poses serious security threat in the country.

The personal assistant to the minister confirmed the story and reiterated that if necessary, the Congolese government will shut down all foreign media that threatens national integrity.

Recently, Rwanda banned the BBC local service within its boundaries.

http://www.africanews.com/site/DR_Congo_Radio_France_banned/list_messages/24676

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GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ PLANNED TRANSMISSIONS, SUMMER AND AUTUMN 2009 via Alokesh Gupta - BanglaDX

There will hopefully be transmissions with the Alexanderson alternator
on 17200 kHz, CW (A1A) at the following dates and times during 2009:

1) Tuesday, May 19 2009 at 07:00 and 07:30 UTC.

There will be a transmission to celebrate the Japanese VLF-station Josami
Radio/JND when it will be nominated to Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) Milestone and also celebrate its start 80 years ago. The
radio station is now a museum.
No reports required and no QSL-cards are given.

2) Sunday, May 24 2009 at 10:55 UTC.

A transmission will take place to celebrate the First Swedish Coast Radio
Station and 100 years of Karlskrona Radio/SAA. The station is still working
on military frequencies.
No reports required and no QSL-cards are given.

3) Sunday, June 28 at 09:00 and 12:00 UTC.

The annual transmission on "Alexander Day". The station is open to visitors.
We are glad to receive reports and will exchange QSL-cards.

4) Saturday, October 24 at 09:00 UTC.

As last year we will transmit on United Nations Day.
No reports required and no QSL-cards are given.

5) Thursday, December 24, Christmas Eve at 08:00 UTC.

The Christmas transmission as before.
The stations is open to visitors.
We are glad to receive reports and will exchange QSL-cards.
We will start tuning up some 30 minutes before message.

Also read our web site: www.alexander.n.se

QSL-reports are, when indicated, kindly received via:

- E-mail to: info@alexander.n.se
- or fax to: +46-340-674195
- or via: SM bureau
- or direct by mail to: Alexander - Grimeton Veteranradios Vaenner,
Radiostationen, Grimeton 72 S-430 16 ROLFSTORP
SWEDEN

Yours
Lars Kalland SM6NM

(Ary Boender via udxf yg)

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Time for radio medium to demonstrate its muscle

6 May 2009, 0452 hrs IST, Ashish Khazanchi

While the viewership of TV, I assume would be giving way in part to internet

, radio on the other hand isn't really suffering the same fate. People
on the go are still tuning in to radio and across the world audiences still
have their favourite stations and RJs etc.

In fact, there is a fresh lease of life for radio on the digital medium as
well in the form of internet radio. There are newer challenges that need to
be addressed for the newer ways of delivery of radio. Amazingly, on the net,

it is possible now to actually double click on the 'radio spot' and go to
the brand's site for more information!

Radio does suffer from the 'tertiary medium' syndrome in most countries
including India. It is possible for a brave brand manager or an agency to
turn conventional wisdom on its head and use this medium to get a higher
share of voice and recall/ preference .

The problem is, radio is tough to do, there are no pretty pictures or
sashaying models to hide an ugly idea behind. 'Real men of genius' campaign
on the other hand has delivered as much for Bud Light as their television
campaigns. In a fraction of the cost as well, if I may add.

The crafting of the spoken word more than anything else is critical in a
medium like radio. It's a rare radio spot that sounds like the conversation
that we hear in normal life. Also does the radio spot only tell me a
cerebral idea or does it do something to me? Does it make me smile, laugh,
cry, or think? A good radio campaign like any other communication platform
must make me feel. Otherwise it's a banal print ad.

We certainly have moved some distance from the Sholay and Deewar radio spots

these days. The work coming out of some of the agencies in the country are
finger licking good. The majority of our work are still at a good joke
followed by the brand name stage. The crafting of radio spots coming from
London and even the US has changed completely over the years.

The Frankie and Louie radio campaign and the 'Real men of genius' campaigns
for Bud are specially note worthy. Starburst radios have been laugh out loud

funny. Some of the work done for the Samaritans still makes me reel after
all these years. From India, one of my favourite campaigns is the Happydent
series. The campaign done by Rediff YR for Colgate on pick-up lines was also

superb. Fevicol and WWF have all done some awe-inspiring work in the past.

I expect to see fresher approaches in radio this year. This part of the
globe had a massive breakthrough in Cannes last year with the 'fading
memories' radio last year. I expect it would have had an encouraging impact
for a lot of smaller brands who have traditionally not been among the big
winners there in the past. I have heard about some great work from
Australia, which I look forward to hearing at Cannes this year.

The slowdown could just be the opportunity that this medium has been waiting

for. In the years of excess, all the expensive media made merry and radio
remained the after-thought medium. This is the time for this medium to
demonstrate its muscle. It is inexpensive and unlike TV, there is no loo
break when the commercials come on.

Ashish Khazanchi is national creative director, Publicis Ambience and on the

jury panel of Radio Lions at Cannes 2009

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Brand-Equity/Time-for-radio-medium-to-demonstrate-its-muscle/articleshow/4489062.cms

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Czech Radio 7 – Radio Prague is announcing a contest for listeners via BanglaDX

Czech Radio 7 – Radio Prague is announcing a contest for listeners. Your task is to send us the answer to the following question:

What is the most interesting period or event from Czech history for you?
The author of the best submission will win a one-week holiday for two in Prague, other interesting responses will be rewarded with material prizes and commemorative items.
We will be announcing the best submissions in our broadcast and on our website www.radio.czon the weekend of June 27-28, 2009.
Please send your submissions in by June 12 to the following address:
Czech Radio 7 – Radio Prague
Vinohradská 12
120 99 Praha 2
Czech Republic
or to our email address cr@radio.cz.
The winner's prize, accommodation in the heart of Prague, will be provided by Hotel Ungelt.

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Monday, May 11, 2009

Glenn Hauser logs May 3-4-6, 2009

** CYPRUS. CyBC, 9760, surely the source of unannounced Greek folk music, Sunday May 3 from 2240 to abrupt cutoff without a word of goodbye at 2244:30. How rude! Reception was good. This is the Fri-Sat-Sun-only 2215-2244:30 transmission via BBC relay station; per EiBi, // are 7210 and 5930, not checked, but surely best here on 9760 anyway. If there were any announcements, they would be in Greek, as non-Turkish Cyprus misses a golden opportunity for outreach to the English-speaking world and its potential tourists (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA [and non]. As feared the day before, VOI has made another abrupt frequency change back to 11785, after many months on 9525 during the 1300 English hour. At least it`s close to 11785 rather than 11786v, but they have shot themselves in the foot since there is heavy QRM on 11785 during this hour, while 9525 was and is clear.

May 4 at 1302 I confirmed that 9525 was empty, so tuned to 11785 at 1309 and there it was, VOI detectable in English, ID at 1316 along with ``sound of dignity`` slogan. Heavy collision with at least two other stations, in Chinese, i.e. VOA via Thailand at 30 degrees also toward us, and heavy CNR-1 ChiCom jamming.

They must be totally out of touch in Jakarta about what is really happening on the available VOI channels, and this tends to confirm my assumption that the previous usage of 9525 when it was clear during the 1300 English hour, was nothing but pure luck; and of course it collided with CRI in Russian after 1400 in Malay.

Now the situation is reversed, as VOA and the ChiCom jamming quit at 1400, leaving VOI more or less clear on 11785 but there is still a weaker co-channel audible at 1422 check. Per Aoki this has to be BBCWS in Hindi at 14-15. The very strange thing about it is that on Sunday the site is Chita at 230 degrees, while the other six days of the week it`s Singapore at 315 degrees; why?

Of course Hmong Lao Radio via WHRI totally blox everything here on 11785 at 13-14 Saturdays and Sundays. Anyhow, goodbye to good reception in North America of VOI English, unless they wake up and go back to 9525. It is inconceivable that they would move to any other frequency on either band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9541.5, BBCWS mid-news ID without even straining to make it out, 1304 May 4, the best SIBC heard yet, but would prefer to hear something local from SI as there are a few other ways to hear BBC. If nothing else, they should play back some of their earlier local programming overnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. VOA Greenville already on with open carriers at 2250 tune-in May 3 on 6110 and 9825, prior to Spanish at 2300. I was checking these in follow-up to previous reports on nonsensical DentroCuban jamming in the middle of the night on 6110, and on a possible frequency change for Turkey at 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 17880 at 0559 May 4 in Chinese with that ``diamond`` commercial theme music, which became a pop hit several months ago. Same music heard previously at exactly same time on same frequency. I think it`s R. Free Asia via NMI rather than ChiCom CNR1 jamming. Does anyone recognize which station uses that music? And how does the RFA Mandarin ID go? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWRB spurs on 9317 and // 9453 resumed, May 3 at 2250 check with Brother Scare originating from 9385 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WEWN, 11530 in English is the transmitter putting out plus/minus 10 kHz dirty spurs, as noted May 4 at 1420. Unless more than one of them does that. Luckily, no broadcasters audible on 11520 or 11540 at the moment, so not too obvious until BFO onturned.

Meanwhile, WEWN, 11550 in Spanish had a lo het and music mix underneath, probably RTI Taiwan in Vietnamese as in Aoki, altho at 1330-1430 R. Azadi in Dari via Kuwait is also scheduled. Serves them right for the unnecessary QRM WEWN causes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

** INDONESIA. Looking for VOI on reactivated 11785, May 6 at 1300 in English, but could not unearth it below the barrage of at least two ChiCom echoing jammers starting with a 5+1 timesignal, and VOA Chinese. Tried for a few more minutes and again later in the hour but no trace of VOI, so either totally buried, not propagating or off the air today.

Meanwhile 9525 remained empty as VOI foolishly abandoned what had been a good clear frequency for them during the 1300 hour only. Tried 11785 again at 1400 when the radio war stopped, but now could hear nothing but weak Hindi from BBC Singapore, which is no doubt a big obstacle for Indonesia`s 1400 Malay broadcast when it is on 11785 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. VOA and NHKWNRJ aren`t the only SW stations with regular jazz shows: Wednesday May 6 at 1356 was hearing jazz drumming on fluttery 12065, which must be VOR as scheduled via Chita. Indeed their grid at http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&w=225&p=
confirms the Jazz Show is on at 1330 Wednesdays. Other times are: Wed 1930, 2230; Thu 0630, 1130; Fri 0230, 0830, 2030, 2230; Sun 1630; Mon 1030, 1630; Wed 0630. Has home-grown jazz improved since the Soviet era? Has anyone figured out a pattern to VOR program repeat times, or is it just random? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. The DentroCuban Jamming Command continues to interfere with WRMI 9955 even when it is in English and even when it is broadcasting a new WORLD OF RADIO for the first time, Wednesday May 6 at 0500 as I checked the last couple minutes at 0526. WRMI is often inaudible in the nightmiddle, but this time it had a fair signal plus jamming pulses rather than noisewall. WYFR 9680 and 9715 were meanwhile extremely strong. Yet DXers Unlimited doesn`t get jammed; Arnie obviously has no sense of fair play. BTW, if you listen to him in Spanish, he sounds a lot less ``friendly`` than he does in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WEWN`s dirty transmitters only 20 kHz apart, 11530 in English and 11550 in Spanish, May 6 at 1403 effectively block anything else from 11510 to 11570, as they produce mixing products on those two frequencies, and 11530 also has the spurs around 11520 and 11540 previously reported. The squealing sound could also be heard on 11510. Add to that the general receiver overload and desensitization. There are a number of IBB broadcasts in this range (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 15235 in Vietnamese, May 6 at 1351. What does PWBR `2009` say? Vatican Radio in unknown language to SE Asia, but in Winter season only --- here it is Summer. HFCC confirms it is in fact SMG beamed eastward in Vietnamese at 1315-1400. VR`s Vietnamese services reach us well in NAm, making us wonder just how direxional their antennas really are (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

DX News from BanglaDX Group via Alokesh Gupta

Collecton of photo's of BBC Indian Election Express

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbcworldservice/collections/72157617468302806/

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Radio Taiwan International has announced "Jade Mountain Competition".

Details at :
http://www.rti.org.tw/big5/2009Activity/2009jadevote/e_index.aspx

PRIZES:
Grand prize (2): digital camera
First prize (13): digital radio
Second prize (30): backpack with Jade Mountain logo
Third prize (50): T-shirt featuring the Formosan Black Bear
Consolation prize (100): heat-proof water bottle or cowboy hat with Jade
Mountain logo
Additional prize (3): a souvenir each for the three language services that
receive most entries

Mail to P.O. Box 123-199, Taipei, 11199, Taiwan
OR, RTI, PO Box 4914, New Delhi 110029, India.
Email to : rti@rti.org.tw

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VOA special b'cast on 100 days News coverage

VOA will extend its evening b'cast at 1600-1700 hrs ion English on 5th May
(Tuesday) on the 100 days of President Obama in office and can be heard on
6160 7575 9495 12150 kHz.

http://dxasia.info/news/archives

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Kolkata, India.

More changes from Vatican Radio

Effective 3rd May Vatican Radio uses 7335 kHz and 9650 kHz (ex-5915) at
0040-0200 hrs. Also 12070 kHz (ex-9310) is used at 0200-0320 hrs.

http://dxasia.info/news/20090504

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[bangladx] Radio Free Asia begins new QSL card series via Alokesh Gupta

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces a new QSL series celebrating musical
instruments of Asia. The first card in the series shows a two stringed
dutar.
The dutar is a traditional musical instrument which is plucked by Uyghurs
and either strummed or plucked by peoples of other nations. The dutar is
considered one of the most common and popular instruments of the
Turkmen people. The dutar pictured on this QSL belongs to one of RFA's
Uyghur broadcasters and continually provides much joy and entertainment.
The dutar is a pear-shaped lute characterized by its long neck and two
strings; some versions have 4-strings. The dutar is primarily found in
Central and South Asia. The dutar's name comes from the Persian word
for "two strings." At the hands of 15th century shepherds, the strings were
made from gut but with the coming of the Silk Road, the strings were then
made from twisted silk. Today, dutars use silk or nylon strings. This card
will be used to confirm all valid reception reports from May 1 - June 30,
2009.

Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and
information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely
news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated
in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to
North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo,
and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in
its editorial content. As mentioned on the front of the QSL card, as a
'surrogate' broadcaster RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of
its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA
broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts
comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free
Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at
www.rfa.org. RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception
reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and
quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by
mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report
submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only
from DX'ers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports
are also accepted by emails to qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet
access, reception reports can be mailed to: Reception Reports Radio Free
Asia 2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300 Washington DC 20036 United States of
America Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast
schedule and a station sticker.

(Via AJ Janitschek, RFA)

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Radio on DTH splits broadcasters via Alokesh Gupta of DX India

Nivedita Mookerji
Monday, May 4, 2009 3:48 IST

New Delhi: Should radio be a part of the direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting
bouquet? The question has the country's media industry sharply
divided.Though some DTH platforms offer radio (mainly state-owned All India
Radio and satellite radio WorldSpace), the government is yet to take a
decision on whether to allow such a service. One of the issues raised by
some media players is that FM radio licences are city or town specific, and
that offering FM stations on DTH could be a violation of government norms.
Replying to a consultation paper floated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India (Trai) on the matter, WorldSpace has said that carriage of radio
channels as part of DTH TV service is well-accepted in most parts of the
world, including the US, Europe and the Middle East. According to
WorldSpace, radio channels that are approved by the competent authorities to
offer national level services may be permitted to provide content to DTH
operators in India.
FM radio player Entertainment Network India Ltd (ENIL) wants radio on the
DTH platforms for greater reach. Unlike TV signals, radio requires lower
bandwidth. "So, there won't be much additional burden on carrier capacity
and on transponder bandwidth," ENIL has said.On the other hand, Radio
Mid-Day, another private FM radio player, has said that DTH service
providers "cannot provide our Mumbai radio stations to their customers
outside Mumbai." Also, any service by DTH "to provide our channels should be
after taking our prior consent and after paying requisite fee," it said.Dish
TV, the first DTH operator, has said that DTH operators should not be
allowed to provide radio channels as it may be a violation of the licensing
conditions and uplinking/ downlinking guidelines. If DTH operators are
allowed to offer radio stations, many government norms need to be reviewed
and changed, Dish TV has said.The Zee Turner Alliance, too, has opposed the
idea. "DTH platform owners should not be permitted to carry radio channels
as the licensing for the radio services is separate and distinct," it has
said. It has argued permitting radio channels on DTH would result in
infringing of territorial limits specified by the existing radio
licences.Other DTH service providers, including TataSky, Reliance Big TV,
and Sun Direct, have however, stand in favour.TataSky has stated that it is
a common practice in many other countries to offer radio on DTH and even on
cable. There is no conflict of business interest with an existing radio
system as DTH is a paid service, it has said.
Reliance has compared this scenario with the telecom sector. "Like in the
case of telecom service providers, which can provide mobile TV in addition
to traditional voice and data, DTH operators can carry TV signals containing
audio and video, and also audio signals of a radio channel," Reliance has
argued.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1252658

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"Wavescan" DX Program to Continue from New Location, and Bengali Schedules via BanglaDX

The final edition of AWR’s DX program "Wavescan" produced in Singapore is scheduled for broadcast on May 31, 2009, with the usual scheduled repeats during the first few days into June. Beginning in the first week of June, "Wavescan" will be written and produced in the United States for broadcast worldwide.
In the new arrangement, the scripts for "Wavescan" will be researched and written in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the program will be assembled and produced in the Miami, Florida, studios of shortwave station WRMI/Radio Miami International. QSL cards acknowledging the reception of "Wavescan" will be available from both WRMI and Adventist World Radio.
At the end of May, AWR’s Singapore office and studio will be transferred to nearby Batam Island, Indonesia. This move will achieve considerable cost savings for AWR.
Many long-time listeners will remember that the original AWR DX program, "Radio Monitors International," was produced in the Poona (Pune), India, studios of Adventist World Radio and broadcast on the domestic and international shortwave services of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Beginning in 1984, North American coverage was achieved through the services of Jeff White and his original Radio Earth/Radio Discovery service. "Radio Monitors International" became "Wavescan," and Radio Earth/Radio Discovery became Radio Miami International/WRMI.
The new presentations of "Wavescan" will be very similar to the earlier editions as produced in Singapore. Each edition will include a station profile on an important or a little-known shortwave station from a historical perspective. There will also be other features from the fascinating world of international radio broadcasting, as well as regular bulletins of DX news. It is intended that the regular DX bulletins from Japan, Bangladesh, Philippines and Australia will be included as usual in these new broadcasts of "Wavescan."
Other radio entities are welcome to re-broadcast "Wavescan," archive the programs on Internet websites, and reprint items and articles from the scripts and archive the scripts, with the usual attribution to AWR "Wavescan" and to Radio Miami International/WRMI.
As was announced in "Wavescan" earlier, the annual worldwide listener contest during the month of June will continue as planned. Listeners are invited to prepare a list and give details and photocopies of 5 QSLs from silent shortwave stations; to submit 3 reception reports on AWR transmissions; and, where possible, to submit 3 suitable radio cards to the “Wavescan” address in Indianapolis.
Adventist World Radio would like to express appreciation to AWR assistant program director Rhoen Catolico for his splendid work on the production of "Wavescan" during the past three years and to wish him every success with his endeavors as he returns to his homeland in the Philippines. We would also like to express our appreciation to Jeff White at WRMI for mutual co-operation in the areas of international radio broadcasting over the past quarter century, and we are grateful for this new relationship in the production and distribution of the program in his station in Miami.
Jeff White is currently the president of NASB, the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters USA, in addition to his management responsibilities at WRMI.
Adrian Peterson is DX editor for Adventist World Radio and a Board Member for NASB, the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters USA. The address is:
Adventist World Radio
Box 29235
Indianapolis, Indiana 46229 USA

(AWR News Release via Dr.Adrian Peterson, AWR International Relations Coordinator)

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Glenn Hauser logs May 1-2, 2009

** BIAFRA [non]. V. of Biafra International, 17520 via WHRI, routine weekly check Friday May 1 sometime during the 19-20 UT hour reconfirmed it is still airing there, sufficient reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHILE. CVC still running on 15410 in Portuguese, May 2 at 1344 check with SAH, two days after projected closedown of Brazilian service on SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Besides 7185 each morning in the Taiwan/China radio war, another persistent broadcaster in the 40m hamband is 7105, much weaker signal, but May 2 at 1315 I was hearing what resembled scat singing in Chinese(?), W&M alternating, 1319 announcement unseemed Chinese, and into vocal music ballad. Presumably this is PBS Nei Menggu, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, as in Aoki, 50 kW at 52 degrees favorable usward too.

Firedrake check May 2: at 1342 good on 13970 but no sign of it on 15600; at 1354 about equal on 9000 and 8400; at 1459 still going on 13970.

11615, the other kind of ChiCom jamming, heavily echoing programming presumably originating with the CNR1 network, at 1457 May 2. Victim is VOA Chinese via Saipan at 14-15 only, which was totally buried.

Perhaps it is about time for IBB to make a more aggressive response to ChiCom jamming, like jumping frequencies up or down 5-10 kHz without notice, where this can be done without affecting other stations. As it is, all IBB frequency usage and changes are immediately known to the enemy thru HFCC, making it a piece of cake to keep them blocked.

Or use spare IBB transmitter capacity to jam CRI broadcasts, making it clear that this is nothing but retaliation, not a US policy against China`s freedom, ha ha, of speech (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also NETHERLANDS

** CUBA. RHC on new 11770, May 1 at 2140 in Spanish; OK reception except het from Anguilla 11775. This replaces 11820 where it had been since April 13, colliding with Saudi Arabia which had already been using this frequency to Europe for sesquiyears (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR. HCJB enters yet another month announcing its own frequencies incorrectly; caught the morning Spanish broadcast May 2 just before 1500* on 11960 with automated ID at 1459:30 promoting Ecuador as a cacao-producer and still claiming to be on ``11690, 21455 y 11960`` despite 21455 having been canceled years ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 15255 with Qur`an, May 2 at 1502; I thought that would be handy for those prevented by the buzzy Saudis from clearhearing the muezzin on 15435. 15255 turns out to be R. Cairo`s Albanian service, also aimed usward, so I expect it was only a brief introduxion; there are lots of Moslems in Albania of course, thanks to the Ottoman legacy, but do the Orthodox get their due from Cairo? Fat chance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9650, CRI at 1300-1400 via Sackville in English, 250 kW aimed 240 degrees rather close to my azimuth, puts in a big reliable signal, but as I have been noticing ever since A-09 began, has considerable co-channel QRM from R. Netherlands in Dutch via Philippines, despite the latter supposedly aimed 200 degrees from Tinang. Serves the ChiCom right for all their deliberate blockage of Western broadcasts into China, to get creamed by this unintentional collision!

RN is registered only at 1300-1327 but I have previously noted this staying on until 1330, and May 2 it was strong enough to make out the content. After the Dutch NA until 1327, switched to English for 3 minutes of The State We`re In, as I heard mentioned World Press Freedom Day, the very topic shown in this week`s RN programme previewwes. And it cut off at 1330* sharp. This is not the first time IBB has failed to match the exact times it should be relaying RN, but hey, it`s two two additional sesquiminutes of well-deserved QRM to CRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 7330 in English, May 2 at 1309 introducing a classical music excerpt, with heavy QRM from RCI and CRI colliding on 7325. 7330 must be VOR in English to Asia via Vladivostok as scheduled 12-15 in
http://www.ruvr.ru/files/File/WORLD_SERVICE/09_FREQUENCY_SCHEDULE.doc
And the Saturday 1300+ show is Music and Musicians, per the handy 24-hour grid at http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&w=225&p=

This raises doubts about my previous log of English before 1300 on 7330, which I assumed to be Poland via Germany as it is also scheduled there. In fact I should retract that.

9850 with VOR news in English at 1403 May 2, beneath splash from ChiCom jamming on 9845; VOR 9850 was running about 1 second ahead of // 15605. The sites are respectively Chita and Moskva, per Aoki. So like in the VOA 17585/9760 case, at VOR too it takes longer to get the program to a nearby site than a faraway one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. Saut ul-Buzz, Riyadh, 15435, May 2 at 1501 with frying sound atop Arabic talk leading into Qur`aning. Should be // 15225, but too weak to unearth from CRI Sackville adjacent. However, those in need of a Qur`an fix could find one on 15255: see EGYPT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 17585 with open carrier, fair signal, May 2 at 1350. Finally at 1359 VOA sign-on and English news // 9760 but 17585 running one or two words behind 9760. Does that mean it is further from studios than Tinang? No! 17585 is in fact Greenville, 1400-1430 only in that wacky split hour, continued after 1430 from Udorn, Thailand site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WRMI, 9955, Saturday May 2 at 1455 with a Jesus show, listed as Zion Teacher, and mixed with DentroCuban jamming. Do the Cuban Commies have it in for Jesus and Zion? No, they are just totally incompetent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWCR, 15825, assisted by sporadic E to reach an adequate signal level, May 2 at 1500 with James Hickey, back from surgery, to cite Revelation III: 1, which is about the Seven Stars – Pleiades? Was strong enough to hear the squeal, one of the neglected legacies of WWCR`s former CE.

The Saturday 1630 airing of WORLD OF RADIO on 12160 started on time this week, or maybe even a bit early, as checked on webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Ted Randall has been wanting to interview me for a long time, so we finally got together on the phone April 29. We talked for almost a sesquihour, so with breaks added, that could occupy most of a 2-hour QSO with Ted Randall show. He says it will air first on Tuesday May 5 at 2100-2300 on WBCQ 7415, and probably repeat the following Thursday, as well as various other times, also on WRMI 9955 Sundays at 0500, and become available for download. Many thanks to Ted for his promotion of WORLD OF RADIO, which he says, more hams ought to know about (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Is anyone hearing DXing with Cumbre this A-09 season at any time on any WHRI/WHRA/T8WH frequency? You can probably find a bunch of times in the online schedules but that doesn`t mean they axually radiate on SW. I was reminded of this conundrum as I tuned by 11785 Saturday May 2 at 1457 and still heard a gospel huxter instead, in a time once occupied by DWC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

** BULGARIA. Just tuned in 9800 at 2229 May 2 to hear the Minute Waltz played on a wind instrument, weak signal off at 2230* without announcement. Since it`s an -00 frequency, the prime suspect is R. Bulgaria, and indeed nothing but it is scheduled there, at 2130-2230 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ISRAEL. 15785, weak mix of music and talk, fading out, modulation seems distorted, but carrier is stable, May 2 at 2146 and still there at 2201 presumably in Hebrew as nothing else known here but Galei Zahal, IDF station. HFCC ignores it; Aoki has it only at 07-16 with 5 kW non-direxional, so I`ll have to go with EiBi showing time as 06-24. Only other station at any time on 15785 is CRI via Xi`an not continuously between 0100 and 0700 in English, Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO [and non]. 15345, RTM, fair with Arabic music, May 2 at 2148, no sign of Argentina, altho Chile was VG on 15410; but RTM still on at 2201 with YL in Arabic news, and now a low het barely audible, BFO confirming two carriers on slightly different frequencies. Morocco still on at 2205, back to music, so suspended efforts to hear RAE at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA, non-buzzy 11820, again in the clear, May 2 at 2158 check with Qur`an, tnx to RHC`s move away May 1 to 11770 after we exposed their big mistake in ever going on 11820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. VOT, 9830, English to North America, Saturday May 2 at 2221 had Seref reading letters from listeners; did not sound like mere reception reports, but hard to make much of it due to severe co-channel RTTY QRM; yet it was indeed ``DX Corner`` as announced ending at 2226. I tried various bandwidths on two receivers, USB and LSB, stepping up to 3 kHz either side, and could not get rid of the RTTY which must be centered exactly on 9830.0.

Therefore VOT would be well advised to get off this frequency, which has been occupied by RTTY for ages, and should never have been chosen in the first place. At this time there was nothing on 9825 or 9835, so a 5 kHz shift should fix it. Per online listings, 9825 is clear during this hour, altho VOA starts Spanish at 2300 from Greenville and probably would be running open carrier long before then; I did not check. Portugal could run as late as 2300 on 9820, which would be a problem, altho not today, off earlier.

Nothing listed on 9835. If Radio República were to resume 9840 at 21-23 drawing Cuban jamming, that could be a problem, but no sign of that. Overall, the better choice would be for VOT to shift up to 9835, unless they want to look for an opening further afield (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15600, WYFR preaching in Spanish bothered by squealing, extremely distorted modulation, May 2 at 2149. At first I thought its own transmitter was defective, but then it became clear the QRM was from an external source, since it did not match WYFR modulation and worsened during WYFR fades. Same situation after 2200 when WYFR switched to French.

Right next to it at S9+20 on 15610 is WEWN, 250 kW at 40 degrees in English, and guess what --- matching spur on 15620 except it was not noticeable because it had nothing to beat against, until I turned on the BFO. So this is the WEWN transmitter we have recently complained about putting out plus/minus 10 kHz spurs, e.g. on 9330 and 9350 from ex-fundamental 9340, but the same problem goes back many years on many frequencies. Any station daring to broadcast only 10 kHz away from WEWN is asking for it. Catholix vs Protestants! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWCR, 13845, inbooming May 2 at 2154 evidently with HF sporadic E assistance, so strong that under DGS I could hear modulation from another WWCR transmitter bleeding thru, confirmed as // 7465 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###