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and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License
published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
Today's Topics:
1. WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1234 (Michael Bethge (WWDXC))
2. 6310 kHz early Sunday morning transmission ([email protected])
3. La Rosa de Tokio para este fin de semana: la radio en la
provincia de Misiones ([email protected])
4. Marconi Radio International (MRI), test broadcast on Jan.3-4,
updated (Ivo Observer)
5. Fw: Reminder: MRI 30th anniversary special broadcasts. One
hour more on the air on 3 January 2016 (Manuel M?ndez)
6. Re: [dxld] Hobart Radio International on shortwave this
weekend (Glenn Hauser)
7. Glenn Hauser logs January 1-2-3, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 09:17:10 +0100
From: "Michael Bethge \(WWDXC\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"Fernando Luiz de Souza" <[email protected]>, "Faustino Prado
Moreira" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1234
Message-ID: <427688C0CFD049ACA37590E3425471A3@BETHGEZUHAUSE>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
The latest edition (2 January) of the WORLDWIDE DX CLUB "Top News",
compiled by Wolfgang Bueschel, has been posted:
http://topnews.wwdxc.de
Best regards,
Michael Bethge
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WORLDWIDE DX CLUB
Postfach 1214
D-61282 Bad Homburg
GERMANY
Fax: +49 6172 123117
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.wwdxc.de
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 10:06:29 +0100 (CET)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] 6310 kHz early Sunday morning transmission
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
Radio OZNRH will be on the air tomorrow Sunday January 3 at 0500-0800 UTC using
6310 kHz. Reception reports are welcome at: [email protected]
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 07:15:29 -0300 (ART)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] La Rosa de Tokio para este fin de semana: la radio en
la provincia de Misiones
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
La Rosa de Tokio es un programa dedicado a difundir el apasionante mundo de la
radio y del diexismo que se transmite semanalmente desde los estudios de LS11
Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires.
Este fin de semana dedicaremos nuestro programa a recorrer radiof?nicamente
la bell?sima provincia de Misiones, ubicada en el noreste de la Rep?blica
Argentina.
No se pierdan los archivos de audio historicos con los cuales se "ilustra"
cada programa.
La Rosa de Tokio puede ser escuchada los d?as s?bados de 12:00 a 13:00 Tiempo
Universal Coordinado (09:00 a 10:00 hora LU) por los 1270 Khz y en Internet por
http://www.amprovincia.com.ar
Adem?s, una extensa red de emisoras de frecuencia modulada de toda la Rep?blica
Argentina retransmite en forma semanal nuestro programa en diferentes d?as y
horarios.
La Rosa de Tokio tambi?n sale por onda corta gracias a las facilidades brindadas
por WRMI Radio Miami Internacional (http://www.wrmi.net
Tambi?n puede ser escuchada en cualquier momento entrando en la p?gina
ProgramasDX y haciendo "click" en http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm
Desde este v?nculo tambi?n podr?n acceder al archivo que recaba ediciones
anteriores del programa.
La Rosa de Tokio es producida y conducida por Omar Jos? Somma y Arnaldo Leonel
Slaen y cuenta con la colaboraci?n habitual de Rub?n Guillermo Margenet, desde
Rosario y Alejandro Daniel Alvarez, desde Neuquen.
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 11:56:11 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Marconi Radio International (MRI), test broadcast on
Jan.3-4, updated
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
ITALY Marconi Radio International (MRI), test broadcast on Jan.3-4,
updated:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/test-broadcasts-of-marconi-radio.html
--
73!
Ivo Ivanov
*QTH*: Sofia, Bulgaria
*Equipment*: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
*Web: *http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2016 13:45:12 +0100
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: "DX Listenig Digest" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Fw: Reminder: MRI 30th anniversary special broadcasts.
One hour more on the air on 3 January 2016
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Manuel M?ndez
------ Forwarded Message --------
From: Marconi Radio <[email protected]>
Date: 02/01/2016 12:44:50
Subject: Re: Reminder: MRI 30th anniversary special broadcasts. One hour more
on the air on 3 January 2016
To: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
Hallo Friends,
?
Just a remind for you that Marconi Radio International went for the first time
on air on 4th January 1986 and to celebrate this event has planned a special
30th anniversary broadcast on the following days and times: 3rd January 2016
from 07.00 to 16.00 UTC; 4th January 2026 from 13.00 to 16.00 UTC.
?
Please note that on ?3rd January 2016 MRI will be on the air one hour more than
originally planned as the transmission starts at 07.00 UTC. Our frequency
remains the same: 11390 kHz and power in the region of 30 watts.
?
To mark this milestone, we?ll broadcast a special programme in Italian with
details on the history of MRI and interviews with two well known DXers of
Italy: Dario Monferini and Roberto Scaglione.
?
Also our playlist will have something special as only songs with the word
"radio" in their title will be played (the playlist includes also some little
known tunes like ?Radio Tirana? by the Polish band Kult!.
But that is not all. In addition to our weekly DX programme in English "Italian
Shortwave Panorama" and "Studio DX", produced and presented by Roberto
Scaglione, we'll be airing two vintage MRI programmes: a DX Show in English of
25th December 1991 hosted by a female speaker, as well as the edition nr. 6 of
"Italian Wave", a programme aired during 1986, which featured new Italian bands
playing different kinds of rock music.
As usual MRI encourages reception reports from listeners. Audio clips
(mp3-file) of our broadcasts are welcome! We QSL 100% and of course a? special
30th anniversary QSL verification will be sent to acknowledge reports about
reception of above mentioned broadcasts.
Our e-mail address is: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] but please don?t forget to include
your postal address as some lucky listeners will also receive a printed QSL
card.
Last but not least, we need your help! If you use social networks, please post
an announcement on Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcasts.
You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our
potential audience.
?
We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about these two special 30th
anniversary broadcasts.
Best 73's
?
Marconi Radio International
---
El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electr?nico en busca de
virus.
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 17:04:58 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Hobart Radio International on shortwave
this weekend
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Rob,
Your time on WBCQ 5109.7-CUSB is 0430 UT Mondays, not Sundays (sometimes
pre-empted or delayed). 73, Glenn Hauser
--------------------------------------------
On Sat, 1/2/16, Hobart Radio International [email protected] [dxld]
<[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: [dxld] Hobart Radio International on shortwave this weekend
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Date: Saturday, January 2, 2016, 2:46 AM
The Buzz Variety Show with Pirate News &
Logs No.19
On today?s show we start with
the latest music from Coldplay and Enya, satire news, audio
from the Muppet Show ?Pigs in Space? and launch off the
plank into the world of pirate radio news and
logs.
We are on air this weekend
03/01/2016 (SW + FM):
MV Baltic 9485 11-11h30UTC
Sunday (Europe)
WRMI 9955
4h30-5h00UTC Sundays
(N.Am/S.Am/India)
WBCQ 5110 4h30-5h00UTC Sundays
(N.Am)
World FM 88.2MHz 3h30UTC
Thursdays (New Zealand)
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 03:38:38 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 1-2-3, 2016
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** ALBANIA. 7360, Jan 2 at 1951, VP S5 signal, sounds maybe Vietnamese? But
only thing scheduled is CRI French via C?rrik. Maybe they were in Cantonese or
Mandarin lesson at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Jan 2 at 1938, ``Good mornings`` from a couple of Ozzies,
S5 signal, unusual to hear RA at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BIAFRA [non]. 11599.98, Jan 2 at 1916, VP S5 signal with traces of
modulation, presumably R. Biafra via BULGARIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780.1, Jan 2 at 1929, JBA carrier, signature off-frequency of
RNB/RNA. So is it on the air all-day despite our once having caught it start at
*2100? With full 250 kW power, which inbooms at night, but barely propagating
this far beyond the Amazon in daytime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9455, Jan 2 at 1946, Firedragon music jamming very poor at S3; what I
can hear sounds like the familiar medley (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, Jan 2 at 0701, RHC is still on, playing classical music! A flute
concerto until cutoff at 0706* as I knew had to happen. Meanwhile, tried to //
it to 590 CMBF Radio Musical Nacional, but inaudible there. The other RHC
frequencies were also on for a few minutes past 0700 but dead air only on 6060,
6100, 6165 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9570, Jan 2 at 1941, dead air at S4. At first I wonder if it`s
Greenville warming up for Mart? to start at 2000 on 9565; but no need to shift,
and O yes, R. Cairo`s silent German service is scheduled during this hour,
onward to North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 7445, Jan 2 at 1948, religious music and 1950 Joseph in English
about how he moved to Australia and became a monk. Not Vatican as I first
thought, but BBCWS, 250 kW and 315 degrees USward at 17-20, poor at S5 but best
signal on 40m making it this early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6184.97, Jan 2 at 1915 on NRD-545, JBA carrier, presumably XEPPM on
its secret daytime schedule. Any modulation? Is it really listenable closer to
the DF in daytime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7254.925 approx., Jan 2 at 0709, VON in French. Not much else on
41m at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. More anomaly chex, almost a week past the latest ice storm power
outages: On caradio, Jan 1 circa 2345 UT:
90.5, KGVV Goltry is finally back on, // 88.7 KLVV
95.7, KXLS Lahoma/Enid finally back on, axually earlier today
98.1, WWLS-FM is still very weak
100.5, KATT is weak, ``Rock 100.5, The Cat``
107.1, KNID North Enid finally back on. I guess the Enid-area stations were off
because of powerlines down at remote sites west of city
Jan 2 circa 1830 UT midday on caradio:
1460, KZUE El Reno is STILL off (at 0055 UT Jan 3 check of OG&E Systemwatch,
only 270 outages remained in its entire service area, 170 of which were in El
Reno, the very lowest priority!)
98.1, WWLS-FM is finally up to very good full-power signal. At 2125, 98.1 WWLS
is still VG, and seems to have been running sports documentaries all day; but
101.9 KTST and 102.7 KJYO OKCs are weak again (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 96.9, Jan 2 at 2123 UT, I`m listening to KQOB, Enid-Crescent-OKC
for a few minutes of tolerable rock, to an ID as ``Fun 96-9 FM``, so no more
Bob. WTFDA Database already has new name, so maybe flipped some time ago? Maybe
call should change to, say, KQUF?
** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, K17JN-D Enid, the 3ABN 6-channel translator, has lost #3,
now black and unlabeled, tho the signal meter shows it`s still there,
unoccupied, as on various chex Jan 2. It had been called DD = Dare to Dream.
This is via the old Zenith STB. On my Sanyo TV with antenna plugged into it
directly, no 17-3 either, and furthermore 17-5, AFTV is without audio, ``wrong
CODEC`` error message --- and only on that subchannel, but it`s OK on the STB.
Strange are the ways of DTV. Suddenlink cable in Enid still ignores K17JN-D
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [and non]. Despite being wrong about everything, Brother
HySTAIRical is now claiming to be on 50 SW frequencies, per frequent
announcements, such as 0230 UT Jan 3 on WRMI 7570. He`s added a lot on WRMI,
see USA, but apparently expansion on other stations too, e.g. WHRI? Have not
investigated that yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 9699.97, Jan 2 at 1937, W&M conversation, off-frequency; I almost
thought it was Turkish, but wrong intonation and TRT not scheduled now;
instead, VOA Korean at 19-21, 38 degrees from Udorn and USward (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1806 monitoring: NOT confirmed Friday Jan 1
at 2130 on WRMI 15770 --- instead Brother Scare is still playing. I hope it`s a
mistake, as the non-9955 program grid still shows WOR and other programming at
21-22 daily; but in some other ways the grid does not seem to be up-to-date. BS
has been expanded on several other frequencies: see separate WRMI report.
WOR 1806 confirmed, whew, Friday Jan 1 at 2130.6 still on the other WRMI
frequency, 7570, very good, but last few seconds cut off for ID at 2159.5, then
back to BS. Next:
Sun 0415v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Several new frequencies for Brother Scare via WRMI: 15440 at S9+40,
13695 and 11565 very good too, Jan 3 at 1920, // 15770 still weak, confirmed as
WRMI by synchro with 11825, and at 1933, 9955 is back on in the daytime with BS
too!
Also 17530=WHRI bigsig. And also on 9370=WWRB, not so big. And 9980=WWCR bigsig
which is running a few seconds ahead of the WRMIs. Current WRMI frequency grid
shows these three new ones are all running at 12-20, corresponding to same
transmitters/antennas at night:
#11: 7570/13695/315 degrees;
#12: 5850/11565/315 degrees;
#13: 7730/15440/285 degrees
Now about the strange WRMI frequency 5956.20 and the absence of scheduled 5015
at 2300-1500 --- As I have been telling Jeff White:
Jeff, Still never heard anything on 5015! Nothing there at 0654 Jan 2. At
0659.5 Jan 2, 5956.20 is on again with the Zanotti WRMI ID. No doubt about it.
Before that, BS was // synchro with 5850. I wasn`t checking for 5950 at that
time which ends at 0500, right? I have no reason to believe 5956.2 is a spur
out of 5850 transmitter, since when I heard it before around sunrise, it was
long after 5850 was off. Today Jan 2 I did not wake up until 1433, and first
thing I checked was 5956.2 --- not heard, no carrier, tho it is getting late
into the daytime.
I suggest when you think the 5015 transmitter is on, you bring up a remote
receiver and see if you can hear it. If not, you might be able to hear it on
5956.2. To be absolutely sure that`s the source, you could interrupt the
programming with something unique.
I was monitoring again at 2300 Jan 2: 5850 did not cut on until 2303 with FG
Radio in progress, then // weaker 11580.
5015, no signal. 5956.20 was not on at 2301 either, but retune at 2305, now
it`s on, very poor signal and // 7570, someone other than BS at the moment on
TOM.
Another check at 0230 UT Jan 3: 5015 not on, and now can`t detect 5956.20
either, altho I can find the Bolivian carrier 5952.45 or so
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SOUTH CAROLINA [non]
** U S A. 7490.00, Fri Jan 1 at 2202, WBCQ is on-frequency, so no het from BBC
Thailand, as `Behavior Night` old records has started with ``Nobody`s
Sweetheart Now``; only fair signal and declining.
5109.70-CUSB, UT Sat Jan 2 at 0004, the Radio Free Dishnuts special via WBCQ
that Ray T. Mahorney asked me to publicize, to last three hours. Turns out he`s
exercising his free speech to denigrate the President over the Second
Amendment, all I can take by 0015; should be Radio Free Gunnuts? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, Jan 2 at 1926, WTWW-3 gospel huxter about Jews becoming
uncircumcised (?), interrupted by Ted with canned Bible Worldwide ID, pleading
for contacts. How do you spell B-I-B-L-E? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 790, Jan 2 at 1900 UT on caradio, C&W music past hourtop, 1902 UT ID
as KXXX, Colby KS, serving ``generations of farmers and ranchers``, 1903 UT
into Fox ``news``, deliberately delayed? CCI from talk underneath, SAH of ~8
Hz, presumably KFYO Lubbick TX. Getting past 800 KQCV OKC is the obstacle tho
only 2.5 kW. Doing better than usual now in daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540.08, Jan 1 at 2316 UT as I turn on the caradio, already tuned to
1540 from last session, big het with South Asian music, no doubt KGBC Galveston
TX as previously traced; 2320 UT, TexMex music gains from KEDA San Antonio; but
2343 UT, still the het on 1540.
This was reported in RadioDiscussions to be called ``Hum Tum Radio``
duplicating 106.1 FM. Searching on that name, I come up with hits in several
cities including Houston, so I go there to
http://www.humfmradio.com/
just Hum FM rather than Hum Tum. I`m wondering what ethnicity in particular
this is, among the dozens of major ones in South Asia. Probably obvious to the
S Asians. And is it multi-lingual, or uni-lingual, or mostly in English? We
find that Hum means we in Hindi, but beyond that they`re not saying.
``Welcome to HUM FM Radio Online! Listen to us on your radio dial on 106.1FM
and in high definition [sic] on 107.5-3 HD3. You may also listen via our online
audio stream and our mobile phone app.
Hum FM Radio is Houston?s #1 South Asian radio station broadcasting 24/7. Hum
FM Radio?s success is based on the leadership of Rehan Siddiqi. For over two
decades Mr. Siddiqi has successfully operated radio stations as well as
produced live entertainment for the South Asian community throughout the USA.
Additionally, Hum FM Radio?s team has a combined 40 year span of experience in
production, media solutions and knowledge of the mechanics of the radio
industry. Read more``
``Hum FM Radio is Houston?s only South Asian radio station broadcasting 24/7 on
both FM & HD! Based in Houston, our heart is as big as Texas! We love to serve
our community and our advertisers. From culture to demographics, no one knows
South Asians better than Hum FM Radio. cityimage [illo]
Hum Fm Radio knows and understands the pulse of South Asians, we connect to
them every hour of everyday, giving them a voice and a sense of identity. We?re
broadcasting 24/7!
Hum Fm Radio is an award winning market leader with 80% of our programming
based on music and entertainment and 20% on news and topical programs.
Hum Fm Radio caters to the entire family and to all tastes with its mixture of
classic and new hits, celebrities interview, South Asian lifestyle, traffic,
weather and financial updates.
Hum Fm Radio has a proven and successful track history of promoting live events
as well as executing media campaigns for local, regional and corporate
advertisers. Hum FM is a true market leader with several advertising packages
to fit any marketing budget.
Hum Fm Radio is a true market leader! Over 20,000 business in Houston are South
Asian owned of which over 5,000 are convenience stores and gas stations!
Businesses include banks, electricity companies, attorneys, insurance agents,
restaurants, grocery chains, airlines, communication and IT companies, hotels,
motels and more?``
``Created by admin on Wed, 12/09/2015 No comments IMG_5817-1
Rehan Siddiqi announced the launch of a new Houston radio station, 106.1 HUM
FM, Houston?s 24/7 Desi Experience. "106.1 Hum Fm" represents a new South Asian
station in the Houston market. It merges South Asian and Bollywood music with
dance and electronic into a new blend that will also appeal to anglo and other
ethnicities. Featured is a variety of music from artists such as Rahat Fateh
Ali Khan, Shreya Ghosal, Arijit Singh, Adnan Sami, Mika Singh, Atif Aslam, Sonu
Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Salim Sulaiman, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangheskar, Mohd,
Rafi Mukesh, Asha Bhosle, Mika Singh, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu,
Sonu Nigam as well as some cross over acts and European infused electronic
remixes. Some of the late night programming will also include new music and
indie features from cross over acts like M.I.A. and Jay Sean as well as newer
lessor known artists like Humble the Poet, Mathai, Nadia Ali, Rajiv Dhall,
Lilly Singh, Falu and more. The playlist will not be determi
ned by era or popularity, but rather by the sensibilities determined directly
by each of the on-air radio jocks, personalities and staff.
"Our RJs have a part in selecting the music that will be aired," announced
106.1 Hum Fm Director Rehan Siddiqi. "We are breaking so many firsts with 106.1
by airing South Asian and Bollywood music 24 hours a day and 7 days a week
while simulcasting it live both on FM and on high definition on 107.5-3 HD3. We
are streaming online and on mobile. We are blending some EDM remixes into the
playlist. We?re merging styles and generations into them, creating a mix and
calling it The Desi Experience."
Siddiqi revealed that there will be plenty of programming to keep listeners
entertained and engaged throughout the day. "A fun and dynamic lineup of shows
with the hottest music, international and community news, and unrivaled access
to Bollywood," He said. "It will all be broadcasted with a unique flavor
reminiscent of home. We have programmed a schedule of the best RJs in Houston
as well as specialty programming during the nights and on weekends from other
local personalities and producers."
As far as the quality of being on an FM. "We knew the previous programming and
broadcast on an AM dial was good but now on an FM we?ve realized it?s beyond
excellent!" Morning Personality, Radio Jock and host of 2 programs Arif Memon
said. "Our quality is on par with other mainstream stations. I feel we have
arrived and all the hard work and effort has paid off in a big way."
The public agrees. "It?s definitely exciting times, not just for the Hum FM
Radio team, but for the whole of Houston!" exclaimed Radio Jock and personality
Natasha Khan. "For so many years there has been a need for a reliable and
reputable 24/7 Desi radio station. Rehan Siddiqi understood that and he has
delivered. The response from the South Asian community has been phenomenal. In
fact, we have listeners online from all four corners of the United States, as
well as internationally, contacting, congratulating and expressing their
appreciation daily. I?m excited, too! Hum FM Radio is now bigger, better and
stronger then ever before."
The marketing plan for promoting the new station will be done on air and via
social media. Joshua C. Mares of Advernomy is the consultant in charge of
creating the visual brand as well as leading the digital strategy. "The
marketing activity will highlight how Hum FM has evolved into a major player
and leader in the local radio market," Explained Mr. Mares. "Houstonians are
diverse and they embrace change. Having South Asian and Bollywood music on FM
just makes Houston a better place to enjoy traditional radio. We plan to
highlight this acoustic experience and the diversity in the marketing."
For more information about the new 106.1 Hum Fm Radio programming, events and
news, listen to 106.1 FM, 107.5-3 HD3 or log on to http://www.humfmradio.com
# # # #
Press Release Prepared by Informitron --- About Hum FM Radio
Hum is a pronoun in Hindi meaning "We". Hum FM Radio is Houston?s #1 South
Asian radio station broadcasting 24/7. Hum FM Radio?s success is based on the
leadership of Rehan Siddiqi. For over two decades Mr. Siddiqi has successfully
operated radio stations as well as produced live entertainment for the South
Asian community throughout the USA. Additionally, Hum FM Radio?s team has a
combined 40 year span of experience in production, media solutions and
knowledge of the mechanics of the radio industry.
HUMFM, LLC ? Parent Company of Hum FM Radio and it?s director is Rehan Siddiqi.
Rehan Siddiqi --- About Rehan Siddiqi --- Rehan Siddiqi is a successful
business owner, concert producer and radio station personality and operator
with more than 20 years experience in the music and radio industry.
Rehan Siddiqi has produced over 250 successful events with many of South Asia
and Bollywood?s biggest stars such as Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sonu Nigam, Jagjit
Singh, Pankaj Udhas, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Priti Zinta, Akshay Kumar,
Adnan Sami, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghosal, Kailash Kher, Anu Malik, Umer
Shareef, Shazad Roy, Hadiqa Kiyani, Jawed Ahmed, Sukwinder Singh, Shazia
Manzoor, Fariha Perwaiz, Amanat Ali, Ali Zafar, Atif Aslam, Himesh Reshamiya
and many more.
Besides being at the realm of the entertainment world, Rehan Siddiqui involves
himself in charitable activities like sponsoring community events, seminars and
workshops on topics like immigration, health and taxes. He has volunteered
hundreds of radio hours as well as financial contributions to many non-profit
and community organizations.``
They have quite a gallery of mostly YL DJs, or rather RJs. Did you know a
female could be a ``jock``?
What about being on 1540 KGBC?!?!?! Nothing about it, not even by Site Search,
where 1540, or KGBC get nothing but an error message. So they are in no hurry
to publicize that, but it seems this thing has only existed on FM for less than
a month. The HD-3 being on 107.5 contradicts what we found in the WTFDA
database as being on 102.9.
It shows the 107.5 in Houston market, is, with main channel info:
``KGLK // KHPT 107.5 LAKE JACKSON TX 95.0 601.0 29.1716 95.1353 HOUSTON'S EAGLE
CLASSIC HITS``. KHPT is 106.9 in Conroe, // KGLK. Hum are also on Facebook
which I don`t access; maybe some mention of KGBC 1540 there?
And what about their ``main`` frequency, 106.1? Of the 39 TX records on that
frequency, the very last one is in the Houston area:
K291CE TX SUGAR LAND FX LIC
Licensee: PRIMERA IGLESIA EVANGELICA DE APOSTOLES Y PROFETAS --- it`s only a
190 watt translator, hardly befitting the hype above which would be revealed if
they ever cited its callsign (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1520, Jan 1 at 2323 UT on caradio, after hearing former CRI relayer
KGBC Galveston hetting KEDA on 1540, what about the other former CRI relayer,
KYND Cypress (Houston) TX on 1520? Yes, country music, and soon KYND ID
somewhat atop KOKC and making 6 per minute SAH (deep regular fades) with it,
i.e. only 0.1 Hz apart.
Our sunset: 2328 UT. KYND`s January SR/SS times: 1315 UT/2345 UT. It`s 25 kW
daytime, 18 kW Critical Hours, presumably 1315-1515 UT & 2145-2345 UT, and not
at night. I still think their antenna pattern is way out of whack putting so
much signal into OK rather than eastward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Jan 2 at 1435 I start listening to R. Sana`a with good
signal; unusually today, it`s all OM talk in Arabic, no music; with R. Ashna,
Pashto via Kuwait audible underneath. Even stranger, as I listen continuously
past 1449, NO break for Maghrib, sunset call to prayer. First time I`ve ever
heard it skipped. Standard remark. At 1452 changes to a YL talking (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735.0, Jan 2 at 1930, typical Ungujan music at S6 from ZBC. I`m
hardly ever monitoring at 1800 when they sometimes have a few minutes of news
in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0339 UT January 3
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 157, Issue 3
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