During a business trip to the Middle East, I have noted an increasing discussion in the local Arab press about 'autonomous regions' in Iraq as the Federal Government is being finalized through the elections to be held next week. During this discussion, it is apparent that both the Kurds (in the North) and the Shias(in the South) are moving positively within the Federal Government structure to have 'autonomous regions' similar to the way the Kurds governed themselves during the final years of Sadaam's rule. If so, this could bode well for SW radio, in that the region is large enough to prevent FM or MW stations from dominating completely in the autonomous regions. I would expect that the Kurd's broadcasting that has been ongoing to both Turkey and Iran to continue, and I would think that there would be similar activities going on in the South between Iraq and Iran--which is also ongoing as we speak. It is an interesting concept, and the current policy of the Sunni population to Federalism in Iraq will be interesting to watch to see if it changes as the 'wealther' parts of the country become more and more autonomous.
Incidentally, really good DX right now would be the low powered FM station from Baghdad....Anyone hear it? v/r Dan Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is coming out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
