DX Listening Digest 8-006 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/dxld8006.txt
CONTENTS: WOR 1391 / ABKHAZIA / ARMENIA / BENIN / BULGARIA / CANADA CBC / CANADA CFBN / CANADA CFFX / CANADA CHLN / CHAD / CHINA +non / CUBA / EGYPT / FRANCE / GERMANY / HAITI / INDIA +non / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET UK / INTERNATIONAL WATERS non? Filipino Monkey / IRAN +non / ISRAEL / KURDISTAN / MALI / NETHERLANDS non / NEW ZEALAND / OKLAHOMA PBS / PAKISTAN / PERU / POLAND / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SPAIN / SUDAN / SWEDEN / TAIWAN / TURKEY / UGANDA / USA VOA / USA KJES / USA WWRB / USA WEWN / USA noN YFR B07 / USA KATV+ / USA KVOD/KCFR/KFDN / USA WKDK / VIETNAM / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED 4779 / UNIDENTIFIED 9135-9165 9400-9425 / UNIDENTIFIED 15110 / PUBLICATIONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / LANGUAGE LESSONS / WORLD OF HOROLOGY / SHORTWAVE MUSIC / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / PROPAGATION For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html For restrixions and searchable 2007 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid7.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 1391 **flexible times Thu 0700 WRMI 9955** Thu 1530 WRMI 7385 Fri 0030 WBCQ 7415 Fri 0730 WRMI 9955** Fri 1200 WRMI 9955** Fri 2130 WWCR1 15825 [not expected 7465] Fri 2330 WBCQ 5110-CLSB Sat 0900 WRMI 9955 Sat 1730 WWCR3 12160 Sat 2230 WRMI 9955 Sun 0330 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0730 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0900 WRMI 9955 Sun 1200 WRMI 9955 Sun 1615 WRMI 7385 Mon 0400 WBCQ 9330-CLSB [irregular] Mon 0515 WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Mon 0930 WRMI 9955** Tue 1130 WRMI 9955** Tue 1630 WRMI 7385 Wed 0830 WRMI 9955** WORLD OF RADIO 1391 SUMMARY: *Mystery transmitter on 5954.15 kHz traced to Costa Rica *Habana resuming European service Jan 20, 20-23 UT on 11750 in Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish *XERTA, Mexico City, 4800 heard with talk, not just music *R. Universitaria, Cobija, Bolivia, active again on 4732 Jan 14-15 *Brazilian army has jungle warfare show on R. Difusora, Manaus, 4805, Sundays 1000-1045 *Radio Cultura, São Paulo, confirmed active on 17815; also on 9615 with program about Portuguese language, Saturdays at 0900 UT *WMLK, 9265, off the air due to antenna damage by ice storm *Radio Weather caught running 4-year-old FCC `news`; we do not consider it a DX program *La Mirada approves rebuilding KFI radio tower despite hazard to nearby airport *KTTL 105.7 tower east of Alva, OK, top half is not lit, aviation hazard *2000-foot tower near Little Rock for KATV-7 and KETS-2 collapses *KOOP, 91.7, community radio in Austin, off the air following third fire in two years; this one arson *CKZU SW 6160 from Vancouver at risk if CBU 690 moves to FM as applied for; comments to cbcinput @ toronto.cbc.ca *Thanks this week for financial support from William Hassig *Pres. Sarkozy wants external TV service France Monde to be in French only; derided by Jonathan Marks as ``just plain stupid`` and opposed by FM workers and his own cabinet *Radio Prague canceled two temporary relays at yearend, including English at 0200 on 5995 Sackville *Radio Tirana hopes to begin webcasting this year; not at the expense of SW, we hope *Rai starts DRM on another MW frequency from Italy, 846 *V. of Africa, Libya, uses florid English in Arabic style, but comes across as propaganda *R. Mali reactivated 9635 daytime; heard elsewhen only on 5995 *R. Dunamis, 4750, Uganda has been off the air, but hopes to return by February *Tensae Ethiopia Voice of Unity, clandestine on 11900, no longer heard *Sudan Radio Service, English M-F 0300-0300 on 5975, moving site from Rwanda to UAE *V. of Kurdistan, 6335, heard with English at 1600-1700 *National Afghanistan TV now on satellite to Europe, North America *Radio Pakistan cancels nine external broadcasts [not five as I misspoke], including English at 0045-0115, 0730-0830; reschedules others as in DXLD 8-005 *All India Radio, Kurseong, 4895, puts excellent signal into England with news in English at 1530; heard at same time in Alberta *China National Radio-2, English program at 1327 on 6090 via Geermu, not in Tibet, heard in Missouri, as well as Qinghai PBS, 4220, in Tibetan at 0000 *PBS Xinjiang, 4330, heard around 0000 in England *Sichuan PBS, Chengdu, 6060 at 1100 heard in California, without English IDs *KCBS North Korea, off-frequency on 6101.22 at 1550 *V. of Korea in Japanese at 1035 also off-frequency, 6071.22 *Thomas Giella`s weekly propagation forecast issued Fridays at 2200 now available free by subscription or at http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6h.htm *Propagation outlook from Boulder, January 15 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! 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