[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-070 June 16, 2008; World of Radio 1412; 1413

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

DX Listening Digest 8-070 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/dxld8070.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1412/1413 / ALBANIA / AUSTRALIA Symban / AUSTRALIA non HRI / AUSTRIA +non / BIAFRA non / BOLIVIA +non DRM / BRAZIL +non / CHAD / CHINA / CUBA / ETHIOPIA +non / FRANCE / GERMANY / GREECE / HAWAII / IRAN non / ISRAEL +non / ITALY non / JAMAICA / JAPAN +non / KASHMIR / KOREA NORTH +non / KURDISTAN / KUWAIT A08 DRM+ / MEXICO / MONACO +non / NIGERIA / OKLAHOMA KOSU+ / OKLAHOMA WE2XFZ / PHILIPPINES / PORTUGAL / QUEBEC / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SRI LANKA non / TAIWAN +non / THAILAND / TIBET non / UKRAINE non / USA non Deewa/VOA / USA WBCQ / USA WHRI / USA WD2XAB/WPOC / USA ABC / VATICAN / VENEZUELA non / YEMEN / ZAMBIA +non / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED 6100/7365/15460/17660 / UNIDENTIFIED 11915 / PUBLICATIONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION / TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

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NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1412
Tue 1100 WRMI   9955
Tue 1530 WRMI   9955
Wed 0530 WRMI   9955 [new]
Wed 1130 WRMI   9955

 WORLD OF RADIO 1412 SUMMARY:
*CINW 940 Montreal switching format June 13 from news/talk to 
 Montreal`s Greatest Hits, firing staff including Dennis Trudeau
*Toronto`s L-band digital radio stations gone, except for CBC cluster
*WYFR working on starting DRM transmissions, first on US SW, but not 
 right away; can hardly wait to hear Harold Camping in DRM
*WHRI was on 11750 for Hmong Lao Radio June 1 only; since then back to 
 11785, Sat & Sun 13-14 UT; same frequency sporadically on the air 
 weekday mornings
*Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, publicizes its student AM radio 
 station in 1010 kHz with 30 watts --- so it must be illegal; off air 
 anyway for summer
*KCTA, 1030, Corpus Christi TX, licensed for daytime only with 50 kW 
 non-direxional, also on air evenings with open carrier or religion
*WPBT, ch 2, Miami, widely seen by sporadic E, welcomes DX reports, 
 including via web contact form; will lose its status next Feb as DTV 
 transition leaves it on channel 18
*Pirates on 6925, Radio Maple Leaf, and Twentieth Century Radio, boom 
 in from Pennsylvania to Texas
*Dave Frantz of WWRB says he has two airplanes outfitted with 
 sophisticated direxion-finding equipment, able to locate Florida 
 pirates with one pass over them; beware
*FCC authorization of FM translators for AM stations pending; 
 meanwhile has allowed 100 of them specially, temporarily
*Unidentified varying around 6104.7 is Mérida, Yucatán reactivated 
 after several years
*200 cops bust pirate FM 90.9 in Monterrey NL, Radio Tierra y 
 Libertad, dedicated to popular and children`s issues; had tried to 
 get license
*Mysterious Cuban music tests, no announcements, June 5-7 at 16-19 on 
 15460, 19-22 on 17660, probably from North American site outside US. 
 R. República planning expansion? Then from May 9 on 6100 around 0800-
 1300, the latter with WHRI IDs [and also until 1500 on 7365], already 
 jammed by Cuba
*RHC`s music show of non-Cuban music, Cancionero Iberoamericano, Sat 
 1430 on morning channels, also heard Sat 2200 on 9550
*Standard disclaimer
*The media magazine you monitor with your mind, World of Radio 1412
*Our website for much more: http://worldofradio.org
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*Thanks this week for financial support from David Cole, Goodwell OK
*Cayman Islands FM stations DXed in South Carolina, ideal kilomile 
 skip distance
*R. Selectos, 72.9 in El Salvador, DXed in Florida panhandle. Yes, a 
 background music service in the gap between TV channels 4 and 5, 72-
 76 MHz
*Argentine X-band stations heard by two Brazilian DX listeners; not 
 all match; Antares, AM 1650 also heard in Europe
*V. of Biafra International, Fridays 20-21 via WHRI, supposed to 
 change from 17650 to 15280 in June, but still on 17650 June 6; maybe 
 next week?
*R. Voice of the People, via Madagascar to Zimbabwe, adds another 
 broadcast leading up to elexion, 11-12 on 11695
*R. Oromia, 6030,  P O Box 2919, Adama, Ethiopia is funded by state 
 government, not R. Ethiopia
*REE English to Europe, M-F 20-21 back on 9665 ex-9690, also 11620 ex-
 11625
*RTV Española, umbrella organization, unveils new corporate logos 
 effective in September, omitting REE
*One day strike scheduled against R. France Internationale, June 18, 
 so expect more music
*Deutsche Welle director sees SW ending and SW engineering division 
 closed; even Africa needs FM. Service to China may last longest
*Austria`s 5-minute Spanish on SW missing, but still on website 
 [later: refound on SW]
*R. Tirana, Albania, frequency changes from June 12: Italian 18-1830 
 on 7430; English 20-2030 on 7465 ex-7460; Albanian 2030-22 9395 ex-
 9390; 2300-2430 9345 ex-9390
*9395 was to avoid Algeria via France tho meanwhile that has ceased. 
 Seems TDF keeps running tests for Algeria hoping for a contract
*Thanks to complaint by Mike Barraclough via HFCC, Saudi Arabia says 
 it has fixed buzzy transmitters on 11915, 15205 and other frequencies
*Pakistan`s service to Kashmir on 4790 opening one hour earlier at 
 2345 due to DST
*Firedrake invades 20m hamband again against Sound of Hope, heard in 
 OK on 14010; DARC intruder watchers also report it on 14000, 14005, 
 14030, 14050, 14090 and filed another complaint with China 
*North Korea Reform Radio, 1300-1330 on 9940 via Taiwan, on air as 
 early as 1252, and jammed
*Que Huong Radio, 12-13 via Tajikistan to Vietnam, varies 15650 to 
 15680
*R. Singapore International, on air since 1994, to close SW at end of 
 July; English at 11-14 on 6080 audible in North America, especially 
 first part; also on 6150. Also closing webcast?
*SW gone from East Java province, Bali; and only 15-20 AMs left
*A3Z, Tonga, again being heard in NW America on 1017 kHz with anthem 
 at 1100
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, June 10; solar flux has been 65, 
 but predicted at 70, dropping to 66 June 30-July 6 ###

SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1413
Wed 2100 WBCQ  15420-CUSB
Thu 0530 WRMI   9955
Thu 1430 WRMI   9955
Thu 2330 WBCQ   7415
Fri 0100 WRMI   9955
Fri 0800 WRMI   9955
Fri 1930 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 [NEW]
Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 
Sat 0800 WRMI   9955
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sun 0230 WWCR3  5070
Sun 0630 WWCR1  3215 
Sun 0800 WRMI   9955
Sun 1515 WRMI   9955
Mon 0415 WBCQ   7415 [time varies]
Tue 1100 WRMI   9955
Tue 1530 WRMI   9955
Wed 0530 WRMI   9955
Wed 1130 WRMI   9955

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Regards, Glenn Hauser


      

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