Re: [IRCA] 819-KCBS North Korean Girl Group (Pt. 1 of 3)

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks very much for the information, Chris.

<<< I have always said that 819 is the "flagship" station of KCBS because most of the MW stations in the country have shared programming. The Pyongyang Broadcasting stations share select programming with KCBS stations in more rural areas like Kaesong, Hamhung, Kanggye, etc. However, 819 and 657 are the flagship stations, meaning that they do not stray from their network programming or share anything with each other. KCBS is KCBS 24/7 (well, 22/7 actually), and Pyongyang Broadcasting is as well. But if you were to listen to other frequencies, they may be parallel to the opposite network at certain times, especially in the evening or at night, which is misleading. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it either. I could never pin down a sharing schedule for any of them because every time I tuned in, the order of who was sharing with who was different. >>>

Before DXing in Hawaii I never really thought much about any distinction between KCBS and Pyongyang BS. The 657 signal is frequently received on the west coast, and I recorded lots of music and 3 + 1 time pips from it (on the half hour). The music sounded pretty wacky and bizarre to me, so I ended up with quite a library of it. In Hawaii the 819 frequency is at awesome strength at night, so I ended up with quite a few more songs in my "library." Thanks for the YouTube links!

73, Gary


> On January 7, 2018 at 9:00 PM Chris Kadlec <beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>     Note: This is a third attempt in recent days to send this reply to the list, first split into two parts after being blocked by the list the first time, now 3 parts (assuming it may be due to length). This is the third attempt in recent days. My apologies if it sends all the failed attempts at once someday, but none of my attempts to reply to this specific post have gone through to the list.
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>     Some information on your clips of 657 and 819 to put the recordings in better context for you:
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>     I have always said that 819 is the "flagship" station of KCBS because most of the MW stations in the country have shared programming. The Pyongyang Broadcasting stations share select programming with KCBS stations in more rural areas like Kaesong, Hamhung, Kanggye, etc. However, 819 and 657 are the flagship stations, meaning that they do not stray from their network programming or share anything with each other. KCBS is KCBS 24/7 (well, 22/7 actually), and Pyongyang Broadcasting is as well. But if you were to listen to other frequencies, they may be parallel to the opposite network at certain times, especially in the evening or at night, which is misleading. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it either. I could never pin down a sharing schedule for any of them because every time I tuned in, the order of who was sharing with who was different.
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>     [Continued in Part 2 of 3]
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>     -Chris Kadlec
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>     Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide
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>     www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul/
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