Re: [IRCA] Poipu, Kauai (Hawaii) DXing

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

Thanks very much for your investigation of the 783 kHz UnID Chinese station identity. 783-Voice of the Straight is the strongest Asian TP on the band both in the morning and evening here, and it plays an incredible variety of music (Chinese opera, pop, instrumentals, and even rap :-)

<<< Meanwhile, the clip that you just posted here is 100% Voice of the Straits. It's both hypocritical and ridiculous to hear on this station, as nice as it sounds.
1. The government of China has BANNED rap and hip-hop music (doesn't mean it doesn't exist underground and that people don't listen anyway), but here, you can hear them broadcast it on one of their own propaganda stations aimed at Taiwan. Taiwan is a huge consumer of hip-hop and rock music (American music as well) and most Chinese-language music in those genres originates there, so it makes sense they're throwing some of it their way.Meanwhile, the clip that you just posted here is 100% Voice of the Straits. It's both hypocritical and ridiculous to hear on this station, as nice as it sounds. >>>

Well, when a government has absolute power they certainly have the prerogative to change their minds or modify laws as desired, don't they? My wife is Hong Kong Chinese, and she always tells me that laws don't mean anything in China, where the government can do anything it wishes. But sometimes I wonder how many Taiwan residents actually listen to these mono-format music broadcasts with a heavy propaganda edge? When you lived in Seoul, were the people rushing to turn on the Voice of Unification after their 12-hour work days? I think not. But to be honest, the programming from Pyongyang BS and KCBS is so ridiculous that it is actually pretty amusing, and I would be sorry if this type of amusement suddenly disappeared from the radio scene.

Gary (in Poipu, Hawaii)


> On November 4, 2018 at 2:21 PM Chris Kadlec <beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>     Gary,
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>     Your 783 you've been hearing has been confirmed as Voice of the Straits broadcasting in Amoy, as I was suspecting (since it was the only high-powered one left). My friend in Guangdong, who can hear all of those stations nearby and can understand Amoy, listened to it and confirmed it for you.
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>     Meanwhile, the clip that you just posted here is 100% Voice of the Straits. It's both hypocritical and ridiculous to hear on this station, as nice as it sounds.
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>     1. The government of China has BANNED rap and hip-hop music (doesn't mean it doesn't exist underground and that people don't listen anyway), but here, you can hear them broadcast it on one of their own propaganda stations aimed at Taiwan. Taiwan is a huge consumer of hip-hop and rock music (American music as well) and most Chinese-language music in those genres originates there, so it makes sense they're throwing some of it their way.
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>     2) The song you're hearing is Allen Su "Beijing City" (Allen Su took 2nd place in the 2007 Super Boy competition, a TV music contest show in China). Its lyrics are about the highest level of propaganda you could spew at your enemy across the water because it speaks everything great about Beijing. It's EXACTLY what Seoul broadcasts on Jayu FM into North Korea (I included a hefty chunk of the song in my Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide documentary), a song called "Seoul Seoul" that says all the same great things about Seoul sorta. The difference is that it was used for the '88 Olympics, but the idea behind using that suitable song for propaganda is the same.
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>     The Beijing song is here, lyrics included:
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>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4jTf_WaAl8
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>     -Chris Kadlec
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>     Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 12:02:13 -0800 (PST)
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>     From: Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>     To: Chris Kadlec <beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>     Subject: Re: [IRCA] Poipu, Kauai (Hawaii) DXing
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>     Thanks for your assessment on the 783 Chinese station, Chris, and also on the 801 jammer (or lack thereof).
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>     Of all the Asian signals here in this Asian-oriented DXing paradise, 783-China and (surprise!) 657-Pyongyang BS are the S9+ leaders every morning. This is a major reversal from the Kona, Hawaii situation last December, when 819-KCBS and 981-CNR1 were far and away the top dogs.
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>     When I heard this bizarre Chinese rap music on 783-China at 1541 UTC yesterday, I thought that it sounded like a weird Chinese copy of Korean rap artists like Leessang :-)
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>     https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/u653xdigwaeiaxlrh42x8duky2w3ppoz
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>     Gary
> 
 
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