DX Listening Digest 8-010 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/dxld8010.txt
CONTENTS: WOR 1392 / ALGERIA non / ANGOLA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA ARDS / BAHAMAS / BENIN / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / BURKINA FASO / CANADA DRM / CANADA +non CFRX/WINS+ / CANADA CBU/CBR / CHINA / COLOMBIA / COSTA RICA / CUBA +non / DJIBOUTI / ERITREA / GAMBIA / GERMANY EAST / GREENLAND / GUAM / HAWAII / INDONESIA / ITALY / JORDAN / KENYA / KOREA NORTH / LIBYA / MALAYSIA / MAYOTTE / MEXICO / MOZAMBIQUE / NETHERLANDS / NIGERIA / OKLAHOMA OAB/FCC / PAKISTAN / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / QATAR / RUSSIA / SAINT HELENA / SAMOA +non / SINGAPORE / SLOVAKIA / SOUTH AFRICA / SPAIN non / SUDAN +non / TAJIKISTAN / TANZANIA / THAILAND / UGANDA / UK non WHYY / USA WRMI / USA WBCQ / USA WYFR+ / USA noN CVC / USA KOOP/KVRX / USA KATV/KTHV / USA WWDJ/WKDM / ZANZIBAR / ZIMBABWE / UNIDENTIFIED 6775-6820 / PUBLICATIONS / LANGUAGE LESSONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1392 SUMMARY: *Were Neocons behind the VOA service cuts? New RFE/RL hires from outside, ex-Murdoch *Preparing for new 100 kW Radio Martà MW transmitter at Marathon, FL *Kevin Alfred Strom, neo-Nazi SW host, pleads guilty to child porn *NIST may add a VLF timesignaller on east coast, 40 kHz *KCPW, 1010, Salt Lake City, relays BBCWS 24 hours instead of public radio from US *Check Cuba at 0700 on 6000, 6060, 6180; sometimes one stays on with a domestic network, such as R. Musical Nacional *Carrier on 1181 kHz replaced by swishing interference from 1170 to 1190 or beyond *Radio Nacional Venezuela via Cuba, 11680, heard with English segment two days in a row around 1505 *HCJB starts Portuguese DRM Jan 26, 2300-2400 on 11790-11795-11800; gets six-month extension on demolishing antennas *R. Universitaria, Cobija, Bolivia, best around 1030-1100 when 4732 lacks teletype interference *Brazilians reactivated on 3235, 5955, 4785, and soon 97153 *Thanks to John O`Neil, USA, for financial support via PayPal to woradio @ yahoo.com *RTE Radio 1, Ireland to close down MW 567 and 729 as of March 24; church fans angry *DW hints it will close down shortwave to Asia next, but keep Africa *Vietnamese on 6355 heard in Europe is Austrian leapfrog, 5955 over 6155 *Another anomaly in the area: 6335 probably V. of Kurdistan, rather than V. of Turkey *Slovakia suddenly closes down all but three MW transmitters *TDF purchases Media&Broadcast = Deutsche Telekom, all those SW transmitters in Germany become French *Monaco Radio, coastal station, remains on the air but privatised: http://www.naya.mc and even plays the national anthem *Africalist updated: http://www.africalist.de.ms *Gambia bans Radio France International relay on FM; when will they ever learn that SW is the way to go? *New 100-kW TWR Benin MW transmitter heard testing on 1566 kHz; official start February 1 *Chad`s new 4905 transmitter rated at 250 kW; to be used on higher frequencies too *R. Peace, southern Sudan, heard briefly in English at 0445 on 4750 *R. Ethiopia, 7110, provides good music listening in Florida until 2101 closing *V. of Turkey changing from 6055 to 6050 Jan 26, English at 1930, to avoid China via Albania *R. Pakistan`s external service reviewed by a Pakistani: language broadcasts deleted do not even deserve an obituary *All India Radio special broadcasts for Republic Day Jan 26, also Jan 25-29, involve SW frequencies on air at different times than usual; details in DXLD 8-008 and 8-009 *SLBC, Sri Lanka, 11905, best heard in Ontario at 1400 *R. Pacific Ocean, Vladivostok, no longer heard at 0935-1000 on 5960, 7330, but regular R. Rossii programming *V. of Indonesia back on 9526 between 0800 and 1500, starting with English hour *The Cross Radio, Micronesia, 4755, off the air since Oct 20; to be back in January or February *KRNM, public radio in Saipan, running out of funding and may close; has been relaying R. Australia instead of many NPR programs *SWL Winter Fest in Pennsylvania March 7-8: http://swlfest.com and http://swlfest.blogspot.com/ *RCI`s Indo-Canadian Report goes on Facebook for listener contact: via http://www.rcinet.ca/icr also with complete audio archive *HAARP made successful moonbounce experiment on 6792.5 and 7407.5 kHz January 19-20, heard by many including gh; details in DXLD 8-006, 7, 8 and 9, under Propagation, or International Vacuum *SOHO says new solar cycle 24 started January 4 with reverse-polarity sunspot, peaking 2011-2012y *Propagation outlook from Boulder, January 22 ### NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1392 **flexible times 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** 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? 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