[HCDX]: DX Listening Digest 00-36 March 6
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[HCDX]: DX Listening Digest 00-36 March 6
DX LISTENING DIGEST 00-36, March 6, 2000
edited by Glenn Hauser
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CONTINENT OF MEDIA 00-02 is now available at http://www.DXing.com and
may be at RFPI in time to start Tuesday March 7 at 2000.
WORLD OF RADIO on WWCR: Altho WOR did not appear March 4, Sat at 1230
on 15685, we are still supposed to be scheduled there. UT Mon March 6
0130 and 0600 WWCR played WOR 1025 by mistake instead of 1026.
[This report is intact and alphabetized separately from the rest of
DXLD 00-36 which follows it:]
REPORT FROM CHRIS GREENWAY, NAIROBI, KENYA. I was in Nairobi last
week. Here is some shortwave news from that part of the world:
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Bunia is broadcasting on both 3390 and 5066.3 simultaneously.
Bukavu was heard on 6713.
Kinshasa was heard on 15244.4
ERITREA
VOBME was heard on 7100 (Tigrigna, etc) and 7175 (Arabic, etc).
ETHIOPIA
Radio Ethiopia external service sometimes switches its 7165
transmitter to 7175 in order to jam Eritrea.
Radio Ethiopia domestic service was heard on the listed 5990, 7110
and 9704.2 (though not on all frequencies at the same time).
Voice of Peace continues to broadcast at 1100-1200 on 9560 and
11801.9. However, the 1900 broadcast is no longer heard.
KENYA
KBC has cut right back on its shortwave usage. The Swahili (National)
and English (General) services are no longer relayed on shortwave.
The only shortwave activity is on 4915 (relay of the Central Service)
and 4935 (relay of the Eastern Service). Some Swahili may be heard on
both these services as they relay some National Service bulletins.
Note that 4935 is silent on Saturdays and Sundays as the Eastern
Service is Monday-Friday only. However, the Central Service is now
Monday-Saturday rather than Monday-Friday.
MADAGASCAR
As reported elsewhere, Radio Madagascar on 5009.5 is currently on an
extended schedule.
MALAWI
MBC was heard on 3380 and 5993.3 simultaneously.
RWANDA
Radio Rwanda on 6055 was heard earlier than the listed 0400 s/on.
SUDAN
This country has changed time zones, moving clocks forward so that
local time is now GMT+3. This means that all broadcasts from Omdurman
are now heard one hour earlier, according to GMT, than before. This
accounts for the change in Radio Omdurman¹s English service (now
1700-1800) noted by DXers earlier this year.
As it happens, Omdurman¹s sole shortwave transmitter appears to be
off the air at present, and nothing was heard on 7200.
Opposition station Voice of Sudan (from Eritrea) was heard on 8000,
9000 and 9517.2.
SOMALIA
Any listing of Somali stations is likely to go out of date pretty
quickly, but here is the current position:
6823 - Radio Mogadishu, Voice of Somali Pacification (pro-Uthman Ali
Ato)
6900 - Radio Kismaayo (new station; broadcasts at 1600-1730)
7012 - Radio Gaalkackyo at 1600-1700
7214 - Radio Banaadir at 1600-1900 (a slight change from 7213)
7530 - Radio Hargeysa at 1500-1800
TANZANIA
Radio Tanzania is no longer broadcasting in English on shortwave. The
English service is now only on at 0200-0400 on 1035 kHz and 94.6 FM
in Dar es Salaam. I was told that it now calls itself RTD-PRT (Radio
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Powerful, Realistic, Trustworthy).
The Swahili service is on 5050 kHz throughout the day, and also on
7280 kHz at certain times (exact times not confirmed).
Zanzibar is on 11734.1, but not for all of the day. The use of 6015
seems to have ceased.
ZIMBABWE
ZBC Radio 4 was heard in the evening on both 5975 and 6045.
(Chris Greenway, March 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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** AFGHANISTAN. Here's a translation of the Russian news report about
the Voice of Sharia'a broadcasts in Russian. Afghan Radio used to
have Russian Service before Taliban came to power.
The Talibs start propaganda broadcasts in Russian. The Afghan
movement Taliban, officially not recognized by any state in the
world, is preparing for information war with Russia. According to the
sources in Dushanbe [the capital of Tajikistan], the Talibs have
entrusted their radio station "Sadoj Shariat" ("The Voice of Sharia")
with a task of conducting a series of propaganda actions aimed at
discrediting the policy of the Russian leadership in Asia and
Caucasus. The first Russian broadcast [of "The Voice of Sharia"] will
go on the air on March 7th. Afterwards, the programs will be aired
daily on medium and short waves, in the 41-meter band. This Afghan
radio station is considered to be one of the most powerful in the
region. Currently, it broadcasts in English, Uzbek, Turkmen, Urdu,
Pushtu, and Dari. (The report of the Russian agency
"RosBiznesKonsalting" from March 6, 2000 via Sergei Sosedkin, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Announced it would be a 15-minute broadcast, on 1107 and [nominal]
7200 kHz, no time given (BBC Monitoring, via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. 7159.90, English program of Radio Tirana with very good
reception 4 March at 0134, into Albanian press review at 0137:30.
Slowly drifted up to 7159.92. Parallel 6114.96 only fair due to co-
channel interference. Again very good at 0330 with sign-on in English
with "This is Radio Tirana" repeated twice, just like in the old
days! (Volodya Salmaniw, Victoria BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BELGIUM. RVI A-00 schedule in English from March 26:
0400 NAm 15565-Bonaire
0700 Eu 5985 non-dir
1130 Eu 9925, As/Au 9865-Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy [may be new site
for their English, but previously used in other language -gh]
1730 Eu 5910 non-dir; E/SEEu 9925 13710; E/CAf 17735 [or 17745?]; ME
17710-Juelich
1930 Eu 5960-Juelich non-dir
2230 NAm 15565-Bonaire
The 0700 thru 1930 broadcasts are also on 1512 MW.
The 0400 programming is a repeat of the previous day. New program day
starts at 1130, so the 0700 is also a repeat of previous day, except
for news, and except on Sat and Sun when 0700 is the first broadcast
(Frans Vossen, RVI Radio World March 5 via gh, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. For the past few days I have been hearing a station on
3190 around 0900 UT, in Quechua and playing Andean music; reception
not very good and difficult to ID. But thanks to the valuable
collaboration of Rogildo Aragao in Cochabamba, the station is La Voz
del Campesino, Sipe Sipe, depto de Cochabamba, a station not listed
in Passport 2000 (Samuel Cassio, Brazil, radio-escutas via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. Alo Glenn y Dario, With the collaboration of colleague
Samuel Cassio in Brazil, I have discovered a station which I had
thought would be a harmonic, since it is near my house and there are
several harmonics from other MW stations. It is RADIO LA VOZ DEL
CAMPESINO, SIPE SIPE, DEPARTAMENTO DE COCHABAMBA, on 3.189,0 KHZ. I
have heard it only in the mornings at 1030, March 3 with "Encuentro
con la Felicidad", at 1050 nx "Encuentro Nacional". ID by woman: "En
su cordial sintonía, Radio la Voz del Campesino, Voz y Pensamiento de
los trabajadores del Agro, en el departamento de Cochabamba,
Bolivia". I am working on uncovering the location of this station and
will ry to get more info, such as power (Rogildo Fontenelle Aragao,
Cochabamba, Bolivia, member of de DX CLUBE DO BRASIL, DX LISTENING
DIGEST, both translated by gh)
** CANADA. Contrary to DXLD 00-30, UT Sun March 5 at 0005, Nova
Scotia Kitchen Party was not heard on RCI, but usual Global Village
(Joe Buch, swprograms) You originally reported it on UT Monday at
that time; perhaps the RCI info was confused (gh) Hi Glenn! No... I
passed along the info which we got in-house at RCI, which was that it
would be UTC Sundays at 0005, i.e. Saturday evenings in NAm (Bill
Westenhaver) Just checked the rcinet website and it now shows NSKP on
UT Mondays instead of Roots and Wings, not on UT Sundays. And on
March 6 at 0005, NSKP did in fact appear on 9755, 5960 (gh, OK) NSKP
aired on Monday UTC 0005 replacing Roots and Wings tonight just as it
did two weeks ago (Joe Buch, DE, swprograms, via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Hello... Just a quick note that CFRX 6070 in Toronto,
Ontario is sending a dead carrier again. The main station CRFB 1010
is transmitting with full audio. I just completed a new antenna
installation this morning. To test it I tuned to 6070 as I live 80 km
away from the transmitter and receive the ground wave. So on March
5th, 2000y from 1500 till after 1730 utc still no audio but full
signal here. No, I didn't contact the ODXA as I don't have their
email address. I just checked 6070 and at 2030 utc 03/06/00 and still
no audio! 73 Glenn and keep up the great work... love the show! (Alex
Draper - Orillia, Ontario, DX LISTENING DIGEST) How long will it take
them to notice and fix it this time? (gh, DXLD)
** CONGO. 15244.4, Radio Nationale Congolaise. Very unusual to hear
this station during my local late evening! French programming and
African music, but not much else able to be made out at 0540 4 March.
Poor. More correctly a presumed logging. Some fine loggings on the
higher frequencies well into the evening these past few days thanks
to a solar flux over 200 (Volodya Salmaniw, Victoria BC, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GHANA. GBC is getting new shortwave transmitters, in cooperation
with the Japanese government. When this is done it will give GBC the
capacity both to carry Radio 1 and Radio 2 programming, and probably
to revive the defunct external service. GBC is also looking into
digital satellite broadcasting (Sector minister John Mahama, in a
Radio Ghana News review programme, "What Do You Say, Mr Minister?",
March 4 via BBC Monitoring, excerpted by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [non]. VOG via VOA 17565 and 17705 still has ``It`s All
Greek To Me,`` ``the only music show that speaks English`` Sundays
starting at 1906 UT, tho announced as ``every Sunday at 6 o`clock in
the afternoon``, which would be 1600 UT for the original. Still good
listenable audio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND. << RTE A-00 registrations
6200 0000-2400 27NW DUB 10 000 VOR MCB
[strange Dublin registration via Voice of Russia authorities !] >>
This 6200 entry has nothing to do with RTE. Instead it refers to
United Christian Broadcasters (UCB), who used to operate shortwave
transmitters with a few kilowatts of power in Ireland. They have
contact to MCCBN in Moscow since they hired airtime on MW 1386 a
couple of years ago, so MCCBN registered 6200 on behalf of UCB.
However, as far as I know UCB are currently off shortwave and just
using MW transmitters in Ireland, of course of modest power like the
silenced shortwave ones; one frequency is 549, if I remember
correctly (Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY. 7120 USB, IRRS. Definitely ID'd this one between 0200 and
0300 4 March [UT Sat]. Barely threshold at 0200, but ID clearly heard
at 0259, in English, with "I double R S" ID, and mentions of 10000
watts. They were co-channeled when another station signed on at 0300.
Signal was quite decent, and would be an easy catch if away from hams
and other stations (Volodya Salmaniw, Victoria BC, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 11460 kHz. Interval Signal at 2358 UT March 4. This
was a very weak signal on Pyongyang and could not capture the lang.
of the broadcast. I do not see this frequency on any lists ?? Perhaps
a mixing product or a new frequency being used now ?? (Dave Zantow,
WI, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. The British government has salvaged the independent Star
Radio temporarily by providing "bridge funding" to enable it continue
broadcasting for about two months. The radio station's manager, James
Morlu, disclosed Saturday [4th March] the funding will help the
restructuring exercise that has been going from 1st-5th March, after
which it will resume normal broadcast programmes. He said the
management has decided to reduce staff by 50 per cent, cut down the
salaries of those retained, as well as trimming other overhead
spending to keep the station alive. Star Radio formerly employed
about 90 Liberians. It was established as an NGO radio in 1997 to
provide independent news and information during elections that year
to Liberians at home and abroad. He said the funding gap and
government's recent statement that it will not restore the station's
short-wave frequency it withdrew 1998 were "unfortunate and negative
coincidences" that have taken their toll on the institution.
The station lost its short-wave frequency when government claimed it
was foreign-run and financed, but allowed it to operate a Frequency
Modulation (FM) station. At the moment, Star Radio is run by a 100
per cent Liberian staff with a Liberian board of directors overseeing
its operation, yet its short-wave frequency is withheld by government
which is giving one reason or the other for the action. Donor support
for Star Radio has waned primarily due to the absence of the short-
wave frequency because "the donors want every Liberian, especially
those in the rural areas, to benefit from the services of Star
Radio," Morlu said. "We are appealing to government to see reason to
reconsider the decision to withdraw our short-wave frequency because
the donors want every Liberian, especially those in the rural areas,
to benefit from the services of Star Radio," he added. The station
resumes normal broadcast Monday [6th March], Morlu said. Source: PANA
news agency web site, Dakar, in English 5 Mar 00 (via BBC Monitoring,
excerpted by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO? XERTA ????- This one is an "unid" Glenn, no Spanish
[spoken] here. Last night on 4800.65 kHz at 0600 UT March 6. I was
hearing a very distorted signal here. ID in SP after every piece of
music (same type of music that XERTA used to play). It was strong but
very hard to listen to. Frequency measured as close as I could tell.
So is it XERTA returning or just hearing Ecuador ?? Have a listen
maybe tonight...?? I never remember Ecuador sounding like this ??
Regards, (David Zantow, Janesville, WI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) XERTA
was supposedly going to be on 4810 instead of 4800 when it comes back
(gh, DXLD)
** MONGOLIA. E-Mail Address, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
according to my Mongolian friend Batbayar Demchig MRTV@xxxxxxxxxxx 73
(Volker Willschrey, Dillingen (Germany), DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. [This info differs from DXLD 00-31 by 1 to 3 minutes]
RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL This schedule will take effect from
Sunday 19 March when New Zealand Clocks move to Standard time +12
UTC. 19 March - 07 May 2000
UTC kHz
1650-1751 11695 (25m) Mon-fri
1752-0705 17675 (16m) Mon-Fri
1855-0705 17675 Sat-Sun
0706-1205 15115 (19m) Daily
OFF-AIR 1205-1650
Occasional Use for Special Events
1206-1505 6100
1506-1650 6145
The RNZI Audio Archive and topical Pacific New Bulletins, and a live
audio stream available at http://www.rnzi.com (Adrian Sainsbury,
Frequency Manager, Radio New Zealand International, March 6, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAKISTAN. 11570.13, Radio Pakistan with ID and English news at
1600. Good reception. Interesting, among all of my fancy antennae, my
lowly 30 foot random wire performed best! (Volodya Salmaniw, Victoria
BC, 5 March, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5300.0 R. Superior, Bolívar; 4/03 0010-0050 33333 mx ID ``Ya
son las 7 de la noche con 14 minutos en su Radio Superior..`` mx ID
``Atención a la hora de Radio Superior``
NOTE: I thought this could be the same as the R. Bolívar that I
reported on 5460.5 27/01, since they also mentioned the province of
Bolívar, but this is not the case; I heard both at the same time with
separate programming (Pedro F. Arrunagegui, Lima, Chasqui DX via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5300.03, Radio Superior, Provincia de Bolivar; Thanks to a
tip from Dave Valko, I could get it signal in Tokyo. It was first
observed at 1047-1137 on 04/MAR/2000. Playing huaynos and announced
advs. ID was given at 1125 as "Son las 6 y 25 minutos, la hora exacta
en Radio Superior." The station was also heard at 1100-1146 on
05/MAR/2000 (Takayuki Inoue Nozaki, Relampago DX via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PERU. 5300.1 RADIO SUPERIOR. Bolivar - Peru 2320-0025 March 4.
Thanks to Valko for this tip via Mohrmann. This is a new station from
Bolivar in La Libertad. " ...la hora que te informa Radio
Superior..." , "... Radio Superior una radio con estilo propio..."
almost heard Sunday March 5 with s/on at the 1050 with NA. "... La
aurora de este dia, les damos la mas cordial de las bienvenidas para
disfrutar de nuestra programacion, esperando que todo lo programado
sea de vuestro completo agrado... Radio Superior, frecuencia 1000 en
A.M. y onda corta internacional... un mensaje de amistad en los
cielos andinos, bienvenidos una vez más a nuestra excelente
programacion, estamos transmitiendo desde el Jiron San Martin 229 en
la provincia de Bolivar, Departamento de la Libertad, Radio Superior
un mensaje de amistad en los cielos andinos..." Ments. Humberto
Lozano as Gerente-propietario and sked 1030-1530 and 2300-0300
(Rafael Rodriguez R., Colombia, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5995.3, RADIO MELODIA, Arequipa. 1002-1035 March 5. Heard
with the program Melodia en los Andes. ments carnival music with Los
Astros de Cuchibamba.. At 1030 "... Desde la ciudad de Arequipa en la
Republica del Peru, Radio Melodia presenta su noticiero estelar
Meldia en la noticia, transmitiendo en sus tres frecuencias, 5995 kcs
onda corta 1.000 vatios de potencia, 104.3? mghz frecuencia modulada
5.000 de potencia, y en AM 10.000 vatios de potencia, un total de
16.000 vatios de potencia, 27 años informando con profesionalismo.
Vamos ya con su director Hugo Ricardo Paucar y la plana de
periodistas de Radio Melodia..." (Rafael Rodriguez R., Santafe de
Bogota, Colombia, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALIA. Media advisory on current status of factional radios: The
following is an update on the status of various radio stations in
Somalia (it should be noted that the operations and frequency usage
of these radios continues to be erratic and variable):
Stations in Mogadishu
Radio Mogadishu, Voice of Somali Pacification (which broadcasts in
support of faction leader Uthman Ali Ato), has been heard recently on
the shortwave frequency of 6823 kHz. However, according to the
Mogadishu newspaper `Ayaamaha' on 2nd March, staff at the station
have gone on indefinite strike.
Radio Mogadishu, Voice of the People of the Somali Republic (which
broadcasts in support of faction leader Husayn Muhammad Aydid), is
not heard at present. This radio was heard briefly in January (on
6750 kHz shortwave) after a lengthy absence, but has not been traced
recently.
Radio Banaadir, which began broadcasting recently, is heard at 1600-
1900 gmt on 7213 kHz shortwave. It is believed to be based in
Mogadishu (Banaadir is the name of the region encompassing Mogadishu
and its environs). Its affiliation has yet to be confirmed.
HornAfrik Radio broadcasts on FM from Mogadishu. According to a
report in the Mogadishu newspaper `Qaran' on 17th February, it is the
only station in Somalia that is not affiliated to one or other of the
various factions or regional governments.
Stations elsewhere in Somalia
Radio Hargeysa is the official station of the self-declared Republic
of Somaliland. It is currently heard at 1500-1800 gmt on its new
shortwave frequency of 7530 kHz. It is also believed broadcast on
mediumwave (frequency not confirmed).
Radio Gaalkacyo is the official station of the self-declared state of
Puntland. It broadcasts at 1600-1700 gmt on 7012 kHz shortwave.
A new station, Radio Kismaayo, broadcasts at 1600-1730 gmt on 6900
kHz shortwave. Source: Monitoring research Mar 00 ((c) BBC Monitoring
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALIA. Dear Glenn, Ref. the following in DXLD 00-34: "Banaadir
is the Somali word for Mogadishu." This is incorrect. The Somali for
"Mogadishu" is "Mogadishu" (or "Moqdisho" is you prefer a more exotic
spelling). Banaadir is the name of the region that encompasses both
Mogadishu and its immediate environs (Chris Greenway, England, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. New Star Radio, presumed, 13750 in clear with no TIDGS,
March 6 at 1310 tune-in to 4-digit Chinese YL numbers, each group
twice; distorted with hum, which continued after closing announcement
1314 and open carrier. Resumed at 1330 with music, ID twice ending
with ``Guangbo diantai``, and shortly back to numbers. At 1350
recheck in OC again, and also found much weaker carrier on 15388,
another of its traditional frequencies. 1357 on 13750 music, 1400
Chinese music and talk but now co-channel QRM, India? 15388 sounded
very similar but not synchronized //. 1401 some music on 15388
started several seconds after it started on 13750 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TANZANIA. NEW RADIO FARAJA TO EVANGELIZE PEOPLE Rome (NE) Feb. 23-
- The Catholic Church in Tanzania has decided to launch a radio
station to evangelize the diverse remote populations of this East
African country. Radio Faraja, as it will be called, will also aim at
stopping the growing number of victims of several popular beliefs,
particularly in the regions most affected by witchcraft-related
killings.
Father Norbert Kija, project coordinator, said that the station would
broadcast religious programs to encourage conversion in the
predominantly pagan population of Shinyanga. Shinyanga, a province
south of Lake Victoria, with a capital of the same name, has more
witchcraft-related killings than most other provinces. More than 500
such deaths have taken place in the recent years. Radio Faraja will
cover most of western Tanzania, said Father Kija. That area includes
the Diocese of Shinyanga, Bokoba, and Musoma, and the Archdioceses of
Mwanza on Lake Victoria, and Tabora. Rwanda and Burundi are neighbors
to the west. English and Swahili are the major languages in this
nation of 31 million, of whom 25% are Catholic. There are 4
archdioceses and 25 dioceses.
The Rome press report gave neither the kind of station Radio Faraja
would be nor its frequency, but given the territory to be covered,
which stretches at least 200 miles, that would seem to indicate
either a high-power AM station, or at least a modest-power tropical
band or shortwave station. There are very few Catholic radio stations
in Africa, and no shortwave stations. (The Catholic Update#52 via
Nicolas Eramo, Argentina via Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, Mar 4, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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