3200, SWAZILAND, TWR Manzini, 0308-0326, Feb 1, listed Ndebele/English. Various
announcers w/ religous sounding talk; mx bridges; choral music from 0318-0325
followed by brief announcer & IS/ID loop in EG; fair. (Barbour-NH)
3396, ZIMBABWE, ZBC Gweru, 0327-0342, Jan 30, vernacular. Various announcers w/
brief talk between pop & choral-like mx selections; poor-fair. (Barbour-NH)
[Also] 0204-0232, Jan 31, vernacular. M announcer w/ brief talk between
Afropops thru BoH; one inspirational tune w/ many Hallelujah's; "Zim-bab-we"
shout out in passing; fair. (Barbour-NH)
3925, JAPAN, R. Nikkei Tokyo-Nagara, 0938-0945, Jan 31, Japanese. Familiar
format of classical mx; brief announcer between selections; poor. (Barbour-NH)
4800, MEXICO, presumed XERTA Mexico City, 0238, Jan 31, Spanish. M announcer w/
talk between religous sounding mx; very poor & very noisy. (Barbour-NH)
5990, BRAZIL, R. Senado Brasilia, 1002-1021, Jan 31, Portuguese. Various
announcers w/ talk over & between mx bits; passing mentions of Brazil; ballads;
taking listener phone-calls just before t/out; fair-good. (Barbour-NH)
9575, MOROCCO, presumed R. Mediterranee Int'l Nador, 2038-2101, Feb 2;
French/English. Mx program w/ M announcer in FF between selections; some in EE;
others in FF; Rod Stewart tune & bad cover of Christopher Cross' "Ride Like the
Wind" (not that the original is much better); presumed ID at ToH into news;
poor-fair w/ 9580-Gabon splash. (Barbour-NH)
9580, GABON, Afrique #1 Moyabi, 2101-2132, Feb 2, French/English. M announcer
w/ nx; field reports & ID zingers; mx prg at 2110 w/ announcer sandwiched
between James Brown & Otis Redding bits; prg featured live recording of female
singer (never caught her first name, last name sounded like Jackson) who when
speaking to the audience between songs; used F-bombs as both nouns, verbs &
adjectives! Not offended, just surprised as I've never heard anything like that
in the 10 years I've been listening to SW; fair tho deteriorating by BoH.
(Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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