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Today's Topics:
1. EMR - 19th of October 2008 with Radio Jackie (Tom Taylor)
2. Radio Espionage James Bamford (Robert Wilkner)
3. ROU new 100 kW Continental tx at Saftica on the air ?
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Re: [dxld] ROU new 100 kW Continental tx at Saftica on the
air ? (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. Per? y Colombia. Concesi?n de emisoras en MW y SW 2008
(JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
6. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
7. Re: Magna application - downloaded OK (Chuck)
8. Logs for Al Muick 14/15 October (Albert Muick)
9. Logs from NH-USA, Oct 13-14 (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
10. Escuta (Antonio L. Garcia)
11. DX Listening Digest 8-113; WOR 1430 (Glenn Hauser)
12. I&B Ministry moots news bulletins in private FM radio in
India (sakthi vel)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:39:29 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] EMR - 19th of October 2008 with Radio Jackie
To: "Tom Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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EMR ? 19th of October 2008 with Radio Jackie
Time Programme Channel
1229 to 1259 utc - Paul Graham - 6140 khz
1300 to 1400 utc - The Radio Jackie History - 9290 khz
Part 2 with Colin King
The Radio Jackie book can be bought from www.jackiebooks.com
The price in the UK is ?10 + postage & packing.
Good Listening 73s Tom
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:10:43 -0400
From: Robert Wilkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Espionage James Bamford
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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James Bamford interesting set of books written on codes, H F radio
espionage... Controversial author
73s
Bob
October 11, 2008
Decades on the Trail of a Shadowy Agency
By SCOTT SHANE
WASHINGTON ? For 30 years, on a sometimes lonely hunt, James Bamford has
pursued that great white whale of American intelligence, the National
Security Agency. It has been a jarring ride at times.
He was threatened with prosecution in 1982 for revealing the secrets of
that mammoth eavesdropping agency in his pathbreaking first book, ?The
Puzzle Palace.?
By 2001, when he published a fat second volume on the subject, ?Body of
Secrets,? attitudes had changed and officials actually hosted a book
party on the agency?s sprawling campus at Fort Meade, Md. Code breakers
and linguists stood in line for four hours to have him sign the book ?
though many declined to give him their names for the inscription.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/books/11bamford.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:10:38 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] ROU new 100 kW Continental tx at Saftica on the air ?
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
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ROMANIA 9790 After month and more with sound only one "bou-u-u-u", finally
is rising good signal of RRI in Russian, noted on Oct 8 at 1350 UT on 9790
kHz and on Oct 10th at 0450 on 9555 kHz giving the details of contest with
(!) final date for taking part Sept 30th, 2008 under the title "Danube" /
Donau.
BTW on Sundays in last 10 minutes of their prgrs there is a DX prgr in
Russian.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 12)
Checked the schedule of the new 100 kW Continental tx unit at very old
Romanian SW site at Saftica [former Radio Espana Independiente site during
Franco dictatorship] too, tonight Oct 14th:
7210 kHz noted RRI in Ukrainian at 1500-1527 UT, powerful here in Germany
54444, and superb audio quality, never heard on this former limited 20/50 kW
units in the past.
Break between 15.27:10 and 15.28:25 UT.
6135 kHz noted RRI in Serbian at 1530-1557 UT, powerhouse S=9+10 dB on 6135
kHz.
9620 kHz transmitter is on the air at 1600 UT, powerful S=9+20 dB signal,
BUT NO audio feed of the Italian service.
So I guess 2nd step of shortwave modernization at Romanian sites Galbeni,
Saftica has been completed.
And Tiganesti 300 kW Continental site will follow soon, and will be ready on
Oct 26th, when B-08 winter schedule starts.
Google Earth imagery: Saftica site
ROU Saftica site, old Espana Independiente 20/50 kW
44?38'16.00"N 26?04'27.85"E
4 curtains in G.E. visible, and also additional revolving antenna like
Swedish Algon.
on Yahoo Maps
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=44.637778&lon=26.074403&z=17.2&r=0&src=yh>
on Microsoft Virtual Earth
<http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=44.637778&lon=26.074403&z=17&r=0&src=msl>
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=&q=44%C2%B038%2716.00%22N++26%C2%B004%2727.85%22E&ie=UTF8&ll=44.637628,26.074741&spn=0.005581,0.010171&t=h&z=17>
ITALIAN 1400-1426 7170*
AROMANIAN 1430-1456 7170*
UKRAINIAN 1500-1526 7210*
SERBIAN 1530-1556 6135*
ITALIAN 1600-1626 9620*
AROMANIAN 1630-1656 7135*
UKRAINIAN 1700-1726 6135*
SERBIAN 1730-1756 6105*
ITALIAN 1800-1826 7130* till Sep. 6.
1800-1826 5955* from Sep. 7
AROMANIAN 1830-1856 7130* till Sep. 6.
1830-1856 5955* from Sep. 7
UKRAINIAN 1900-1926 7205*
SERBIAN 1930-1956 6130*
At present RRI Tiganesti tx site is on refurbishing procedure.
RRI broadcasts still now on limited basis, mostly two 300 kW units on air in
\\, instead of four txs.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 14)
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:10:50 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] ROU new 100 kW Continental tx at Saftica on
the air ?
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
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> ITALIAN 1800-1826 7130* till Sep. 6. today Oct 14th on 7130 instead.
> 1800-1826 5955* from Sep. 7
> AROMANIAN 1830-1856 7130* till Sep. 6.
> 1830-1856 5955* from Sep. 7
All outlets are of S=9+20 dB level in EUR, except Ukrainian eastwards, which
is less on S=9 level.
At 1800 UT RRI in Italian still uses 7130 kHz tonight ... not registered
5955 which is FREE channel.
7130 and tiny co-channel St.P.Russia with CRI Farsi program underneath.
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel"
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:10 PM
Subject: [dxld] ROU new 100 kW Continental tx at Saftica on the air ?
> ROMANIA > ITALIAN 1400-1426 7170*
> AROMANIAN 1430-1456 7170*
> UKRAINIAN 1500-1526 7210*
> SERBIAN 1530-1556 6135*
> ITALIAN 1600-1626 9620*
> AROMANIAN 1630-1656 7135*
> UKRAINIAN 1700-1726 6135*
> SERBIAN 1730-1756 6105*
> ITALIAN 1800-1826 7130* till Sep. 6.
> 1800-1826 5955* from Sep. 7
> AROMANIAN 1830-1856 7130* till Sep. 6.
> 1830-1856 5955* from Sep. 7
> UKRAINIAN 1900-1926 7205*
> SERBIAN 1930-1956 6130*
>
> At present RRI Tiganesti tx site is on refurbishing procedure.
> RRI broadcasts still now on limited basis, mostly two 300 kW units on air
> in
> \\, instead of four txs.
> (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 14)
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:12:57 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Per? y Colombia. Concesi?n de emisoras en MW y SW 2008
To: Frecuencia DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Saludos cordiales.
Interesante listado con todas las emisoras de FM, MW y Onda Corta con
frecuencias, potencia, nombre de la concesionaria, direcci?n de la planta y los
estudios, de las Estaciones de Radiodifusi?n Sonora a Nivel Nacional del Per?:
http://www.mtc.gob.pe/portal/comunicacion/concesion/radiodifusion/sonora.pdf
PLAN TECNICO NACIONAL DE RADIODIFUSION SONORA EN AMPLITUD
MODULADA (Actualizado 19 DE JUNIO DE 2008)
Estaciones de Onda Media y Onda Corta de Colombia.
http://www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co/mincom/src/user_docs/espectro/PlanTecnicoAM.pdf
Jos? Miguel Romero
Burjassot (Valencia)
Espa?a
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:27:12 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
To: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
DSWCI-3627
QTH: Lugo
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600G
Antena de cable, 8 metros
ANTARTIDA, 15476, LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arc?ngel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza,
1901-1922, 14-10, locutor y locutora, identificaci?n en varios idiomas: "Desde
Base Esperanza, sector ant?rtico argentino, transmite LRA 36, Radio Nacional
Arc?ngel San Gabriel, de lunes a viernes desde las 15 a las 18 horas, 18 a 21
horas UTC", canciones, canci?n "Si se calla el cantor" de Horacio Guaran?,
comentario, por locutora, a las 1918 el tiempo, "temperatura 12 grados cinco
d?cimas bajo cero", "pron?stico". 24322. (M?ndez)
BRASIL
11804.8, Radio Globo, Rio de Janeiro, 1912-1925, 14-10, locutor, portugu?s,
comentario religioso. 23322. (M?ndez)
BURKINA, 5030, Radio Burkina, Ouagadougou, 1748-1755, 14-10, m?sica, locutor,
locutora, franc?s, comentarios. 35433. (M?ndez)
GUINEA ECUATORIAL
15190, Radio Africa, 1744-1802, 14-10, locutor, ingl?s, comentario religioso.
33333. (M?ndez)
6250, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Malabo,1845-1857, 14-10, locutor,
locutora, comentarios y noticias de Guinea Ecuatorial. 24322. (M?ndez)
INDIA, 5010, AIR, Thiruvanthapuram, 1737-1743*, 14-10, locutora, ingl?s,
noticias, cierre. 25322. (M?ndez)
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:36:27 +0100
From: "Chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Magna application - downloaded OK
To: "Matti Ponkamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Matti,
Those three buttons are to display the time period
when a certain Radio Station
is audible in your area or QTH. However, to get
this information to display, you
must first enter it into the "Fade in" and Fade
out" fields for the update form.
To see the update form, press the Insert key.
This will display a blank form.
To see the update form of a Radio Station already
having a record, highlight
a record and press the Enter key.
Once at the update form you will see six fields
(EIBI) or two fields (AOKI)
titled Fade in and Fade out. Enter the times when
the Radio Station is
audible at your QTH. For example, Radio Victoria
on 6019.20 is active
all day long (0001 to 2359), but I can only hear
it between 0800 to 0900 UTC.
Once you have those fields filled, you can click
on one of the buttons mentioned
above and a bar graph will appear on the time line
above to remind you
when the station is readable at your QTH the next
time you listen to it.
Some Radio Stations may be readable more than once
a day, so you have
three different time frames for the EIBI database.
The AOKI is still being
worked on, so there is only one time frame at this
time.
So experiment with a couple of records to see how
it works. You can
erase the times if they aren't true..
I hope this helps
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: Matti Ponkamo
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 13:58
Subject: Magna application - downloaded OK
Hi,
Just downloaded and set up the magna browser.
I find it very useful and I will most probably
test it when SWLing.
Thank you for the work you've done.
A couple of questions though:
When browsing the EiBi schedules by frequency
what are the blue, yellow and green buttons?
I cannot read the button text, as the text is
partly hidden "above" and "below" the button rim.
What are the functions attached to the buttons?
I did not fully understand the help text (as I am
not very good with my English language).
73 de Matti Ponkamo
OH1GPU
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (SRAL = The Finnish Radio Amateur
Association)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (SDXL = The Finnish Dxing
Association)
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:56:03 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick 14/15 October
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 100m longwire
Greetings all. Another paltry report, but the weekend-day is coming up!
4750 BANGLADESH Bangladesh Betar heard at 1600 GMT on 14 Oct. in
Bangladeshi with time pips, full ID, short newscast and then music program
of traditional and modern mx. Brief announcements by OM between songs.
Powerhouse S5 signal. I was very surprised as I had not heard them at this
strength before. Checked back at 1900 but they were starting to fade
already. Maybe propagation was good this day...
6025 IRAN, bloody IRIB with early s/on at 0020 on 15 Oct. in FR. They're
not supposed to be here until 0030. The signals pegged the meter, and it
was like I was right next to the tx'er. When this powerhouse signed on,
they blew out everything +/- 20kHz and flattened the weak signal on 6010
that I was hoping was Bahrain. The effects of this signal were devastating
and I initially thought I had a receiver failure. Hope to get another shot
at Bahrain in the next few days.
73s de Al
"Why not use the eye of Big Brother to keep watch for cigarette
flickers and coffee cup tossers? Once we've crossed the threshold of
monitoring the citizenry, does it really matter anymore what we're
monitoring for?"
- Anonymous
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:47:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, Oct 13-14
To: Cumbre DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DXLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
DXplorer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, HCDX
<[email protected]>, Gayle Van Horn <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>,
NASWAyg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Al Quaglieri
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave
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4699.4, BOLIVIA, R. San Miguel Riberalta, 0924-0943, Oct 13, Spanish. Music at
t/in; ad/promo string; brief ancr followed by ballads; poor-fair. (Barbour-NH)
4826.4, PERU, presumed R. Sicuani Sicuani, 0910-0921, Oct 13, Spanish. Ancr w/
SP talk & Quecha mx; poor under relentless CODAR. (Barbour-NH)
4950, ANGOLA, presumed R. Nacional Mulenvos, 0212-0233, Oct 13, Portuguese.
Continuos PT ballads thru BoH; no ID/ancments noted; poor-weak. (Barbour-NH)
5039.3, PERU, presumed R. Libertad Junin, *1030-1038, Oct 13, Spanish. Lengthy
ballad at s/on (NA?); s/on ancment followed by mx at 1035 then rapidly
deteriorating under band noise & local sunrise. (Barbour-NH)
9475, PHILLIPINES, presumed R. Nederlands Tinang, 2232-2303, Oct 13,
Indonesian. M & W ancr w/ Indo talk & pop-like mx bits; tentative ID in passing
at 2237; filler mx before pips (2+1) at ToH into presumed nx; v. poor-needed
ECCS USB to dig out usable audio. (Barbour-NH)
9550, RWANDA, FEBA Kigali, 1942-2002, Oct 14, Arabic. Ancrs w/ talk; banter;
ballad at 1953; siren SFX at 1957 into what sounded like a radio drama;
fair-good. (Barbour-NH)
11735, ZANZIBAR, RTZ Dole, 1914-1935, Oct 14, listed Swahili. Repetitive format
of W ancr w/ hilife mx bits; brief M & W over mx then more W ancr until local
mx at 1927 thru t/out; fair. (Barbour-NH)
13590, ZAMBIA, CVC Lusaka, 2003-2010, Oct 14, English. Promos w/ listener
testimonials; [EMAIL PROTECTED] url & S. Africa POB info; "One Way, One Africa"
zinger followed by 2 ancrs re Weekend Edition prg; the banter leads me to
believe the prg was a repeat from this past weekend; fair-good. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, NH-USA
R8,R75,CLR/DSP,MLB1,200'Bevs,60mDipole
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:26:56 -0300
From: "Antonio L. Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Escuta
To: "Santa Rita DX Clube" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]>,
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
600 0222-0238 15/10 Radio Ga?cha, Porto Alegre, BRAZIL, (PP), locutor com
informes sobre bolsa de valores; 11h26; outro locutor fala sobre condi??es do
tempo para a quarta-feira; 11h28; locutor l? manchetes de principais jornais do
pais; advs, prop. pol?tica; na sequ?ncia, rep?rteres falam, diretor do Rio de
Janeiro, sobre a sele??o brasileira e colombiana. 23222
Antonio Laurentino Garcia
Jo?o Pessoa - PB HI22nu
ICF SW7600GR RGP3
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:48:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 8-113; WOR 1430
To: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
DX Listening Digest 8-113 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8113.txt
CONTENTS:
WOR 1430 / ABKHAZIA / ALBANIA / ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS ham / ANTARCTICA /
ANTIGUA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA VMW / BAHAMAS / BANGLADESH / BARBADOS / BELARUS
/ BENIN / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / BULGARIA B08 / BURKINA FASO / CANADA CFS / CHAD /
CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / CONGO DR / CROATIA / CUBA / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / EGYPT
/ EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ETHIOPIA / EUROPE Pirate / GABON / GERMANY / GUADELOUPE /
INDIA / INDONESIA / IRAN / IRELAND / JAPAN +non B08 / KOREA NORTH non / KOREA
SOUTH / KYRGYZSTAN / LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS ham / LATVIA +non / LIBYA / MALAYSIA /
MALI / MAURITANIA / MOROCCO / MYANMAR / NEWFOUNDLAND +non / NEW ZEALAND DRM+ /
NIGERIA / NORTH AMERICA Pirate / OKLAHOMA Norman+non / PERU / ROMANIA / SAINT
HELENA / SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES / SAUDI ARABIA / SOUTH CAROLINA non /
SWEDEN +non / SWITZERLAND / SYRIA / TAIWAN / THAILAND / TRINIDAD & TOBAGO /
TURKEY / UKRAINE / USA non VOA / USA WHRA / USA WBCQ / USA WINB / USA WWRB /
USA WRNO / USA KMZQ/KBOI/KIRN /
USA WQFE310 / USA CBS / VANUATU / VATICAN / VENEZUELA / WESTERN SAHARA non /
YEMEN / UNIDENTIFIED 1512 / UNIDENTIFIED 11560 / UNIDENTIFIED 15600 /
UNIDENTIFIED 17450 / TESTIMONIALS / WORLD OF HOROLOGY / CONVENTIONS &
CONFERENCES / PUBLICATIONS / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING /
PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1430
Wed 0530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1130 WRMI 9955
Wed 2100 WBCQ 15420-CUSB
Thu 0530 WRMI 9955
Thu 1430 WRMI 9955
Thu 2330 WBCQ 7415
Fri 0100 WRMI 9955
Fri 0800 WRMI 9955
Fri 1930 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290
Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825
Fri 2300 WBCQ 5110-CUSB Area 51
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070
Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1515 WRMI 9955
Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415 [temporary, reconfirmed Oct 13]
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955
Tue 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 0530 WRMI 9955 [or new 1431]
Wed 1130 WRMI 9955 [or new 1431]
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
Regards, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:58:38 +0530 (IST)
From: sakthi vel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] I&B Ministry moots news bulletins in private FM radio
in India
To: dx india <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
I&B Ministry moots news bulletins in private FM radio
A long-standing demand of private FM radio players is set to be fulfilled by
the year-end. After Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended
news in private FM radio, albeit with some restrictions, the I&B Ministry has
now reportedly given its nod to 261 private FM channels to air news and current
affairs programmes produced by All India Radio (AIR).
Of course, the Ministry's proposal would require the signature of Information
and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who is currently admitted at
the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi following a cardiac
arrest. After the Minister signs it, the proposal would require Cabinet
clearance.
When exchange4media spoke to a cross-section of FM players and media players
about the latest development, they were obviously positive about it, though
most were not aware of such a proposal being made by the I&B Ministry.
Uday Chawla, Secretary General, Association for Radio Operators for India
(AROI), remarked, "Having news or sports as an intricate part of content will
immensely benefit the radio industry and listeners. The point of concern for
the Government is deciding the extent to which the news broadcast should be
allowed in this phase. In case Phase III gets delayed, we have requested the
Government to allow the broadcast of news, current affairs and specifically
sports in the interim."
'Value-addition to local content'
Reacting to the news, Tarun Katial, COO, Big FM, remarked, "We welcome this
development as it adds richness to the local content on the local channel and
would give a boost to the FM station. It would also create some kind of
differentiation in the market. We have also prepared ourselves to fulfill these
responsibilities and are planning to create infrastructural changes."
Vehrnon Ibrahim, National Programming Head, Radio One, said "After waiting for
seven years, I think it is a step forward, though not a step we would like, but
certainly a step in the right direction. I see this as an opener and not as a
final position. I am looking forward for this and I welcome it and we are
certainly prepared for news and current events. I suppose at some point of time
we will have a self regulatory body."
Nandan Srinath, COO, Radio Mirchi, commented, "From the listener point of view,
the product is certainly getting better. We at Mirchi are certainly ready and
prepared to carry news and current affairs and look forward to this soon. If
this allows greater stickiness of listenership and more audiences who are not
using radio at this point of time to come into the radio fold, then there is an
indirect bearing on the revenue stream."
Calling the move a step in the right direction, Harrish M Bhatia, COO, My FM,
Synergy Media Entertainment Ltd, opined, "Broadcast of news will increase the
listener base and lend more credibility, authenticity and trust to FM radio.
Listeners will start taking FM radio even more seriously once news and current
affairs are allowed on it."
Nisha Narayanan, Project Head, S FM, observed, "Diversification of content will
be the direct implication of the permission to broadcast news in private FM
stations. This will not only boost listnership, but also provide headway to
advertisers."
Though Kunal Jamuar, GM, Madison Media, didn't see any huge value or even
commercial implications coming to the industry, he added that "it will
certainly give consumers a differentiated content. I don't see any major
changes in terms of revenue".
Uday Chawla pointed out, "If you look at the TV industry, almost 15 per cent of
revenue accrues to news channels. Improvement in content translates to more
listenership, which translates to more revenue."
Tarun Nigam, Executive Director, India - North & Pakistan, Starcom Worldwide,
noted, "The green signal to private FM channels for broadcasting news is
reminiscent of the good old Akashvani days in the radio mode. Like TV has a
bouquet of channels, radio, too, can witness an upsurge of players, depending
on the license fees."
In contrast, Anita Nayyar, CEO, MPG, India, remarked, "Since the USP of private
FM is music, the broadcast of news would result in dilution of programming and
content. This is like the personification of AIR."
Is a regulatory body needed to monitor news?
Speaking on the need for a regulatory body, Chawla said, "AROI will welcome
permission for carrying news and sports content and has offered all cooperation
to the Government in this regard, including formation of a self-regulatory
content control mechanism."
Radio Mirchi's Srinath added, "Since news and current affairs content would
come from AIR, I don't see the need for a self-regulatory body. But over a
period of time, we might see a self-regulatory mechanism."
Nisha Narayanan pointed out, "The FM players will not emulate 24-hour news
channels, but to safeguard the interests of authentic news, a guideline should
be charted out and should be adhered to."
The onus of coherent news broadcast is now on the private FM players. This
proposal can be seen in the light of breaking clutter and pushing the
contingent of journalism in the hear-hear domain. The development certainly has
the private FM industry all excited. Watch this space for further developments.
(With additional inputs from Pallavi Goorha)
Also read:
FM players welcome Govt decision to demerge radio business
TRAI moots 26 pc FDI cap on FM radio; permission to broadcast news from select
sources
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