**BOLIVIA. 4716.68, Radio Yura, 0050-0115, March 17, Spanish talk. Wide variety of Spanish pops/ballads. Rustic local music. Weak. (Brian Alexander, PA) **CYPRUS. 9760, Cyprus BC Corp, Limassol, *2215-2245*, March 16 sign on with Greek music. Greek opening announcements. Radio-drama. Greek folk music. Sign off with Greek music. Very good at sign on but slowly deteriorated to a weak signal by sign off. // 7210-mixing with a somewhat stronger China Radio Int. // 6180-weak under Brazil. Fri, Sat, Sun only. (Brian Alexander, PA) **ETHIOPIA. 5950, Voice of Tigrey Revolution, Mekele, 0350-0420, March 17, tune-in to Horn of Africa music. Amharic talk at 0401. Surprisingly stronger than co-channel Radio Taiwan Int.via Okeechobee, Florida. Weaker on // 6170. (Brian Alexander, PA) **ISRAEL. 5000, Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv, 2130-2220, March 17, Hebrew talk. Local pop music. Ballads. Canned announcements. Barely audible but improving. // 6973-but with a slight delay. Tnx to tip from Roland Schulze & Anker Petersen. (Brian Alexander, PA) **LIBYA. 21695, Voice of Africa, 1515-1600*, March 17, noted back on the air after being off the past several days. English programming with local pop music. IDs. Program at 1521 about local geography. News at 1528. Readings from the Green Book at 1536. Good. Strong. Weak // 17725. But by sign off 17725 was strong and 21695 was weak. (Brian Alexander, PA) **MADAGASCAR. 5010, RTV Malagasy, 2345-0045+, March 16-17, Irregular lately. Wide variety of local pop music, local ballads, and Euro-pop music. Remakes of US pop music. Very little talk. Fair. Suppressed carrier USB. (Brian Alexander, PA) **ZIMBABWE (non). 12035 NF, SW Radio Africa, 1800-1840, March 17, via U.K? English talk about upcoming Zimbabwe elections. IDs. Gave contact information. Afro-pop music. "The Hidden Story" program at 1814 about Zimbabwe politics. Strong. Very good signal. Announced they are currently testing on 12035 daily at 1800-1900 and will be moving from 7125 to 12035 for the 1700-1900 time period starting March 30.Tnx to tip from David Pringle-Wood in DXLD. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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