DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS
Updated May 3:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

** ALASKA. 9580, May 3 at 1413, gospel music, poor, still at 1455, and
nothing on 9695; so KNLS is back on proper frequency after jump to
9695 yesterday. 1459 to dead ait and off.

9730, May 3 at *1459.7, KNLS-2 cuts on after retune from 9580, 1500 IS
and opening Russian, also back on proper frequency instead of 9695
yesterday.

9695 was legitimately on at 0800-1000, so I bet TX-2 was stuck there
also for the intervening transmissions, from own sked:

1000 9580 270 ENG Pac. Rim
1100 9580 300 RUS E. Rus
1200 7355 270 ENG Pac. Rim
1300 7395 300 CHN N. China
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ALGERIA [non]. 6050, May 3 at 0439, beep jamming against Qur`an
service from RTA/TDA as always transmitted via Issoudun, FRANCE. Same
QRM as heard against 7295 in the following hour. Altho rather
ineffective here, certainly no accident and may be more annoying in
African outback target areas.

7295, May 3 at 0545, RTA again with beep jamming here during Arabic
talk rather than Qur`an at the moment, maybe sermon.

Here`s the full A20 sked, to be checked for more beepery. It implies
all Arabic broadcasts are nothing but HQ, really?

Saturday, March 28, 2020
TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via Issoudun

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/tda-telediffusion-dalgerie-via-issoudun.html

FRANCE Summer A20 of TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via Issoudun
0400-0459 on 6050 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px
0500-0559 on 6125 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
0500-0559 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
0600-0659 on 9620 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px

1800-1859 on 13820 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px
1900-1959 on 11985 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
1900-1959 on 12060 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
2000-2059 on 9510 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2000-2059 on 9655 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2100-2159 on 5930 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2100-2159 on 5940 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2200-2259 on 5930 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
*xx03-xx10 news in French

Much more user-friendly than HFCC:
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A20&broadc=TDA

where real ISS broadcasts are mixed in with countless IMAGINARY ones
from two Algerian SWBC sites which have been under construxion(?) for
many years, yet keeps registering skeds, to stake out territory and
discourage other broadcasters who may be fooled.

Now, to speculate on who could be jamming this? Maybe a Ramadan thing,
due to warring Islamic sects. First Google search turns up this:
``Religion in Algeria is dominated by Muslims with over ninety-nine
percent of the population adhering to Sunni Islam of the Maliki school
of jurisprudence. The remainder include Christians, Jews, Ahmadi, Shia
Muslims, and Ibadi Muslims.``

So obvious prime suspects are Shia who consider Sunni infidels. Since
this mainly affects Qur`an recitations, is there a marked sectional
difference in the method or content of these; or at that level should
they be considered identically pan-Islamic? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 7335, 7355, 7365, 7435, 9565, May 3 at 0547, residual pulse
jamming on abandoned Radio Martí frequencies --- or never on the air
at this hour, anyway. But still wall-of-noise heavy jamming on 5980
and 6030, also vacant of RM. Think how many undernourished Cubans
could be well-fed for the expense of this more-than-useless jamming.
Viva Fidel! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13567, 13633, 13766 approx., May 3 at 1315, spurblobs out of
13700-AM, hardly any program audio audible, at 66-67 kHz intervals.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, May 3 at 1601, RHC opening Esperanto, // 15140
distorted, back at proper Sunday time after missing at least the past
two weeks when continued in Spanish. Preceded by Spanish frequency
announcement at 1600 for 11760 (? I thought he said 11860), 15140
until 1800, and FMs. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. Re: ``6933-USB, May 3 at 0033, JBA rock music here,
but good at Maine SDR, seems originally live concert with crowd
applause. Some unreadable announcements. Many logs here say it`s KINK
Radio, apparently playing only music by a such-named band.
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,66482.0.html
0042 stops, but soon resumes on 6935-AM, apparently same station``

Went off at 0046* (Glenn Hauser, OK WOR)

** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 11895.022, May 3 at 0550, off-frequency
Chinese talking about Mei-guo and Chung-guo, immediately bringing to
mind NMI site with such characteristix --- yes, RFA Chinese via SAIPAN
now scheduled. But no sign of jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. Correcting typo in start time of tourist show: 2219.5, not
2229.5; fixed:

9830, May 2 at 2210, VOT English is on the air today, but mostly
Turkish fill music, VG via UTwente but with some hum --- not positive
whether it be transmitted thus. But from 2219.5 to 2228, it`s an
evergreen `Turkey`s Tourist Attraxions`, all about the crossroads
of Istanbul. Rest is mostly music, occasional TRT/VOT promos ``with
you 24 hours`` --- really? and 2238 COVID-19 PSA about how to fight
it; 2253 sign-off claiming it`s the 1230 broadcast on 15450, IS, 2256
restart IS with German IDs inserted but this time cut off at 2258.5*
before can start that phantom service. Something`s always awry at
Ankara, erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: tuned in just in
time to hear me ending at 0351 UT Sun May 3 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, good
signal into Indiana SDR but lots of storm crashes as matching the
Blitzortung map over IL & IN. So started circa 0322. Next:

0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v to WSW Area 51 or 6160v
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed]
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Thanks this week for financial support from Anne Fanelli,
Elma NY, who sent a US$ cheque to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US
funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9605, May 3 at 1305, ``Precious Memories`` hymn by soprano
with piano, sounds almost like Martha Garvin, but soon outro as Jan,
for Mothers` Day, OM gospel huxter. VG S9+10, something new? Must be
domestic. Not in Aoki/NDXC but in EiBi as WHRI-1, Sundays only at
13-14, English to Central America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1680, May 3 at 1247 UT, KRJO Monroe LA plugging offer of 100
commercials for $ 500 on any of six stations, contact 318 AC phone
number; back to C&W music. What a deal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9337.0, May 3 at 1256, S3-S5 open carrier, still at
1302. Thought it might be typical split frequency of Voice of Tibet
via Tajikistan. Ivo said the 1230-1300 portion was deleted:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/04/new-summer-20-schedule-of-voice-of.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1937 UT May 3, 2020