** AZORES. 6114, March 4 at 0718, RTTY at S9+10 reportedly US Navy,
seems to be more active now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRAN [non]. 5910.000, March 4 from 1727 no signal into UTwente from
Channel 1 satellite TV audio from Canoga Park clandestine via
Uzbekistan? S9+5/15 carrier with hum finally cuts on late at 1738.2 or
so and JIP talk modulation in Farsi? from 1739. Fridays only and no
one reported it last week. Two men conversing, nothing resembling an
ID heard, and they stop at 1753 while humcarrier stays on until
1800.5*. Previously also lasted well less than 30 or even 29 minutes
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 5995, March 4 at 0717, ORTM S5-S8 in French, back on air
after missing last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 4810, March 4 at 0714, no JBA carrier from R. Logos vs
STANAG, but sometimes there is (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS [and non]. Tonight March 4 from 0436 past 0500 past
0527, S5-S8 open carrier on 9545 into Maui SDR. Don`t see how it could
be anything but SIBC; unknown when may switch to 5020 and even
modulate it. 9545 finally cut off at 0549.5* - but 5020 not on yet by
0611. 9545 carrier was within 1 Hz of accurate. Recheck direct at
0711, JBA carrier now on 5020, as well as 5040 presumed Vanuatu.

Later replies via WOR iog: Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec: ``Hi all, At 0845
on 5020 male and female talks, poor signal, unreadable, must be SIBC.
73 Lucio, Embu Brasil``

Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, California: ``SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020,
SIBC, 1022 UT, March 4. Thanks to Glenn for noticing their
reactivation after a considerable silence; better audio level than
heard in the past, but still unreadable.

Glenn - My last check for SIBC (5020 or 9545) was on March 1, with no
signal heard. Same on Feb 28, from 0955+ UT. Was not listening at the
beach March 3`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. 9770, March 4 at 1800-1820+, again no signal into UTwente from
BBCWS daily in Russian, as in HFCC supposed to have started yesterday,
250 kW, 66 degrees from Woofferton. Hurry up! The war is on. No other
Russian language shown on entire BBC schedule. Also tried to check it
via Tambov, Russia, KiwiSDR. It appears to be running showing only
noise on 9770, no carrier to lock onto --- but no audio as if muted,
certainly not by me! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2128 contents: Algeria, Andorra
non, Antarctica, Austria, Belarus`, (Bulgaria), Canada and non, Cuba,
Germany and non, Italy and non, Kurdistan non, Kuwait, México, Poland,
(Russia), Sa`udi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Carolina non, Taiwan,
(Turkey), UKRAINE and non, UK and non, USA; propagation outlook ()
countries mentioned along with others not in order

WOR 2128 is available as of 0120 UT Friday March 4, 2022

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2128.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2128.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
0330 UT Friday WRMI 5985 to S
1915 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580?; 1323-Italy
[7290 has been reactivated after missing 2 weeks]
2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy
0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0500 UT Saturday WBCQ 4790! to WSW [NEW]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

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Confirmed first SWBCs, UT Friday March 4 at 0130 on WRMIs: 7780,
S9/+15 into UTwente; 5850, S9+30/35 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Fri Mar 4 at 0330 on WRMI 5985, S9/+10 direct but
flutter in noise, and ACI de 5980 WWCR 5890/5935 leapfrog (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4905, March 4 at 0713, JBA carrier vs CODAR. Maybe
Brasil allegedly 24h; Tibet also scheduled on but too early (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4970, March 4 at 0712, JBA carrier where no broadcaster
is listed; ghost of R. Rumbos? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5780, March 4 at 0715, JBA carrier. It`s a Euro-pirate
frequency, Harmony Radio per EiBi; from Waterloo, Belgium per Aoki
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1820 UT March 4

** AZORES. 6114, March 3 at 0717, believed to be USN sending RTTY
intruding in broadcast band, now S9+10, vs 6115 Japan only S6-S8.
Another comment about it from Lou Johnson, who is concerned that it
QRM WWCR when on 6115 until 0200:

``6115 Heavy RTTY Interference --- last night (3/1). BUT, prior to
that, for the previous 3 days, it was only about 50/50 interference so
the programs were intelligible. With the crisis in Ukraine, I don't
see it letting up. Lou KF4RCA Atlanta`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, March 3 at 0719, RHC is S9+10 and for a change managing
to modulate in English; all others are off. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRAN [non]. 13600, March 3 at 1504, S5-S8 in Farsi: it`s R. Farda
via Lampertheim, GERMANY, 0530-1530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 5995, March 3 at 0718, no signal from ORTM; nor on day
frequency 9635. 5995 had been a staple after 0600 tho seldom bothered
to log (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. March 3 at 1533 UT, Level 1 tropo enhancement shows BAD
DTV signals on RF 10, 12, 14, 20, 21, 22, 31, 34, 35, 36 --- and again
only one DX signal decoding, RF 28, virtual 44 from KTPX Okmulgee
including Newsy on 44-6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, March 3 at 0722, JBA carrier maybe trace of
music in splash from 5025 CUBA; presumed SIBC, first trace of it here
in some weeks. Believe SW had been silent. Equivalent to 5040 JBA
carrier presumed Vanuatu. On Jan 31, Bryan Clark reported to WOR iog:

```I have been in dialogue with Martin Hadlow who has been the WRTH
collaborator for Solomon Islands. At my request he has been in touch
with SIBC and he has just advised:

``Have had a response from the SIBC in Honiara. Their MW transmitter
is on and working OK. The problem is with the Japanese manufactured
transmitter on shortwave. (I think the one TX runs both 5020 and 9545
frequencies). The SIBC technical team is getting advice from the
Japanese manufacturer. The equipment came back on-air briefly a few
days ago, but is off again now. They are working as hard as they can
to get it fixed.`` Regards, Bryan -- Mangawhai - Northland - New
Zealand```

Ron Howard`s last report on this from California: ``Also no signal
from SIBC (5020, nor on 9545) on Feb 7, from 0825+ UT. Ron`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TIBET [non]. 12125, March 3 at 1508, S9/S7 unID language, must be
Tibetan as scheduled this hour, RFA via TINIAN; and with CCCCCCI
underneath from CNR1 jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K [and non]. 9770, March 3 at 1800, no signal from BBCWS in
Russian yet, checked at UTwente, and still not at 1818 when also
checked at Tambov, Russia SDR. Ivo Ivanov had reported a new
registration in HFCC effective today for 1800-1830, 250 kW at 66
degrees from Woofferton. If and when it appear, will it be jammed?

On the WOR iog, Richard Langley, NB, asks, ``How long has it been
since BBC last broadcast on SW? Will they get jammed?`` Arthur Pozner,
NY, replies: ``The last BBC WS Russian language was in March 2011. I
cannot remember if it was ever jammed.``

Michael, 2E0IHW in the UK, says ``Critical though I am of current BBC
criteria, we must commend BBC for its shortwave resurrection. It
should now be multilingual 24/7. That said, Al Jazeera still provides
the most balanced news``

Mark Bailey replies: ``Keep in mind that MW stations around the
Ukrainian perimeter could capture the BBC SW broadcasts and then
rebroadcast them on MW. This was done for Radio Moscow and Radio
Habana Cuba in a few places beamed into the US back in the day. It was
weird listening to RM on MW in your car, you betcha! But at such times
as these, I don't think it's out of the question to solicit one or
more MW stations to help out along these lines`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 2097.3 CW, March 3 at 0726 UT, single-letter beacon A, still
JB audible every dekasecond from anywhere but Quartzsite AZ; for the
record (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565 CW, March 3 at 1503, HIFER beacon K6FRC audible vs
CODAR with continuous IDs only; allegedly 1.8 milliwatts from
Patterson CA; never heard beyond daytime morning hours. Very rarely
any others audible in this ISM band 13550-13570 despite listings
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2127 monitoring: From: Richard Lemke, St.
Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio:
JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear
Jeff/Jane and Glenn: World of Radio #2127, confirmed, below Details:

5950, 2359, (45433), jamming, noisy, 2358, February 27 UT [Sun]
9955, 2331, 2344, 2357 (45433), 2359, March 1 UT [Tue]
5850, half way mark, 1037 (55444), (55443), 1059, March 2 UT [Wed]
9395, slight QRN, 0130, 0153 (45433), 0158, March 3 UT [Thu]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Also confirmed UT Thursday March 3 at 0130 on WRMIs: 9395, S7/S9 into
Minneapolis SDR; 5010, S9/+15 into St Lucia SDR.

New WOR 2128 should be ready for download early UT Fri March 4 and
first SW broadcasts at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. [WOR] South Park parodies Putin --- South Park is on the
ball, with a new episode `Back to the Cold War`, starring V. Putin et
al. Premiered last night UT Thu March 3 at 0100 on Comedy Central,
when all new episodes first appear. CC is crammed with old SP repeats,
but per TitanTV, this one, season 25, episode 4 is due to repeat,
times and days strictly UT, so mark your calendar: Sunday March 6 at
0614; UT Thursday March 10 at 0030. There is even some Russian dialog,
and the national anthem (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1936 UT March 3

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, March 2 at 1510, no signal from LRA36
into three Brazil KiwiSDRs, missing this Wednesday. Someone in Salem
OR was also checking, no doubt Sam Sánchez (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** AZORES. 6114, March 2 at 0715, RTTY again vs 6115 Japan. Now I see
that Lou Johnson, Atlanta told me at 1330 Feb 27, presumably referring
to monitoring before 0200 when WWCR is on 6115: ``For the last 3
nights (2/24, 2/25. 2/26) I can hear some teletype, but it`s weak,
maybe 15% of the signal, and generally not a problem. Lou`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BELIZE. 21282-USB, March 2 at 2058, V31XX with quick contacts,
pileups, then says he is taking a break to rest his butt. QRZ.com:

``V31XX Belize flag Belize. QSL MANAGER: K4XS DIRECT ONLY WITH
SASE/GREEN STAMPS. Bill Kollenbaum, Consejo Shores, Corozal District,
Belize. I QSL 100! V31XX has been on the air since October 2021``.
It`s easy to assume 15m is not open, but full scan encounters a few
scattered DX signals, as 21525 WRMI is much more than usual JBA
carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, March 2 at 0712, S9+30 of dead air, the only RHC still
on air where something`s always wrong (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CURACAO. 21275-USB, March 2 at 2101, QRZ and CQ15 de PJ2/AF4Z
making quick contacts; is a contest underway? Someone asks him,
``where`s Curacao`` -- NE of South America. Oh. QRZ.com:

``PJ2/AF4Z Curacao flag, DONNIE L WINN, 1882 BARKLEY AVE, MELBOURNE,
FL 32935, Curacao. I will be in Curacao operating from Febuary 25 to
March 5 2019 [sic]. I will at the contest station PJ2T and also
operating with a team in the ARRL International DX Contest as PJ2T.
While at PJ2T contest Station, I will be operating as PJ2/AF4Z during
the week as time permits. QSL will be via LOTW or Direct only`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9899.60, March 2 at 2221 direct, no need for a remote to
detect Cairo crashingly on the air, S9+30/40 of extreme distortion,
presumably English. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. 7290, March 2 at 1902, checking how IRRS is doing this
Wednesday via Bulgaria: at UTwente weak vs heavy rapid steady pulsing
and heavy ACI from CRI on 7295. 1926 clear of pulsing with
anti-abortion show from AC 916, `Life Matters`; what has that to do
with Ukraine vs Russia? 1930 IRRS ID, `Feature Story News`; 1952
recheck, the rapid pulsing is back, also heard via Carlow, Eire SDR at
1902, so definitely something external, perhaps OTH radar (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KUWAIT [non?]. 11765, March 2 at 1547, surprisingly strong S9/+10
signal next to Cuba, in Chinese, music, not much else from Asia on
band. Scheduled is RFA via Kuwait this hour on M/W/F, so it could be
CNR1 jammer instead. Jumps around to: 11590 Sat/Sun, 11725 Tue/Thu
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 28, March 2 at 1515 UT, only one DX signal decoding
with marginal tropo enhancement, Ion on virtual 44, including the only
subchannel of any value, Newsy on 44-6, unlike 62-7 in OKC. This is
KTPX Okmulgee = Tulsa market. Rabbitears.info shows it`s direxional
toward the NE, but thisaway very much off the side close to a null,
belying it being one of the top `Tulsa` stations decoding here. There
were also BAD sigs into the STB on at least: 10, 12, 34? The other
major TV info site, W9WI.com is gone and Doug Smith says it`s not
coming back; now goes to a Wordpress sample page (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Mar 2 at 2300, REE English VG into Maryland SDR;
after news at 2307 Amy introduces interview in Beirut with an
expeditioner to South Sudan to get acquainted with primitive tribes
and enjoying? being included in a flesh-cutting ritual. Just as this
is getting interesting, segment over already, 2311 on to Justin
visiting Madrid bookshops presumably with flesh intact (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960, March 2 at 2300, after BBC 2259*, no signal
from VOT English into UTwente; by 2305 the CCCCCCI is on already: make
that CCCC as there is nothing to CCI with: PBS Xinjiang, land of
imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. Still
no VOT by 2315 and not checked further, so SPAIN q.v. without
competition (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4095+, March 2 at 0718 UT, upward sweeps and DW ID on CW for
Desert Whooper, heard twice in less than a minute. Very weak, JBA as
always (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 21282-USB, March 2 at 2059, KN2CZZ, John, close to center of
NY state, contacting unheard W5ZXV. Is he a novice?? Surely not now,
but displays his original novice license dated 4/17/53:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/kn2czz
``KN2CZZ USA flag USA, John W Bell, 106 Stockton Pl, Syracuse, NY
13219, USA``. So you can still opt to op with novice call? 15m finally
a bit open but no activity on 12 or 10m, not even beacons (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2127 monitoring: zzz thru Wed Mar 2 at 1030
on WRMI 5850; anyone hear it?

Confirmed Wed March 2 at 2222 the 2200:21 on WBCQ 7490.1v, S3-S6 in
the noise level. On average reception here will get worse and worse
into spring and summer, markedly March 16 when shifted to 2100:21, an
hour further into the dayside. I hope it`s listenable further east. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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One may contribute via PayPal not necessarily in US$ , to
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New WOR 2128 should be ready early UT Fri March 4 for download and
first SWBC at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Wed March 2 at 1548, music, then ``pigs in space`` on
WRMI. That would be Hobart R Intl. Seriously? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0048 UT March 3

** AZORES. 6114, March 1 at 0732, RTTY INTRUDER stronger than last
time, and it might complain of QRM from 6115 Radio Nikkei, Japan, tsk2
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15230, March 1 at 1527, RHC is S9 but JBM vs much stronger //
S9+20 15140 sufficiently modulated but with squeal. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9899.608+, Feb 28 at 2112, R. Cairo is S9+30 into UTwente
with extremely distorted music. Something`s always egregious in
Egypt.

9899.608v wavering slightly plus and minus by hundredths of Hertz,
March 1 at *2114.5, carrier on from R. Cairo after nothing at 2111
when there were 2390 users at UTwente; 2115 timesignal is loud and
clear, but then talk and music at S9+40 is suptorted; still totally
unusable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [and non]. Glenn Hauser wrote on 28/02/2022 01:28:

Alfredo, The last two Fridays there was no signal on 7290, and now I
see that 7290 has been removed from your program schedule - the days I
can see, as Thu, Sat and Sun will not load. Can you confirm that 7290
is permanently canceled; and there will not be any IRRS SW broadcasts
of WOR or any of the other media programs? Meanwhile 1323 seems to be
doing well at least to the nearby remote -- except during the 19-20 UT
hour when interference from Romania in German is considerable. And in
Hungarian before 1900. Glenn``

Alfredo Cotroneo of IRRS replied March 1: ``Hi Glenn, We focused more
on raising power on MW 1323 kHz lately to cover Ukraine, eastern
Russia and Belarus (besides the rest of Central and Northern Europe).
I confirm our commitment on 7290 kHz Shortwave for one hour in the
evening from 20-21 CET. Our program schedule had been adjusted
slightly to allow new programs from 19-23:10 (approx) CET and added
more news coverage on 1323 kHz. We may have to move WOR slightly as
airtime is filling up due to special programs beamed to the new war
zone, regretfully. Will update you on this. Also check:
https://www.nexus.org/humanitarian-radio-broadcasting-at-the-time-of-the-ukrainian-war/
Best 73s. Alfredo``

I see that 7290 has been re-inserted into the program sked at 19-20 UT
only, at least on the visible days, along with 1323 on a longer span.
Let`s hear if 7290 be axually on air today. And go to the link about
IRRS` power increase --- never specified -- on 1323; but WRTH 2022
showed it originally only 5/1 kW. ``Beamed to the war zone`` -- does
that mean a direxional antenna?

Got to UTwente just in time March 1 at 1957 when there were 2797
users, and on 7290 heard a bit of an Irish song before it froze up.
Off the air by the time I got it back but that must have been IRRS
reactivated via Bulgaria. Later checking 1323 kHz via nearby Noale
SDR, at 2038 closing TUC Radio, maybe their latest podcast about
Ukraine crisis:
https://tucradio.org/section/podcasts/newest-podcasts/
then `Power Minute` of gospel-huxtering. At 2059 someshow cut off, ID,
2100 `Feature Story News` and `UN News`

BTW with so many users on UTwente now, some are constantly going and
coming, so if you don`t hook up at first, or lose it, chances are good
of getting back on if you keep refreshing sooner rather than later,
the max now unknown but keeps expanding? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, March 1 circa 2300, no signal here from VOT
on the DX-398 with clipon, but maybe on the air. At 2358, UTwente is
still getting it S9+30 with IS and German ID, so here we go again
since something`s always erroneous at Emirler: 2400 timesignal and
opening spurious German atop the CCCCCCI; only the latter at 0014
recheck March 2, CNR1 via PBS Xinjiang, East Turkistan, land of
imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Feb 28 at 2105, VOA is still playing music over its
only active English frequency from Grimesland, Soul on Mondays, rather
than `Flashpoint Ukraine`. It`s reported only on VOA regular English
webcast, presumably of no interest to Africans! (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2127 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday March 1
at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+10 into Minneapolis SDR; still holding to
that level at 0155.

Also confirmed Tuesday March 1 at 2330 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20 direct.
Next:

1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support.
One may contribute via PayPal not necessarily in US$ , to
woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, USA (Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** U S A. Re my comments about WBCQ 4790 and the new Radio Angela,
Bill Tilford responds:

While I dislike the CODAR issue more than anyone, I'm not sure I
otherwise agree with the notion of 4790 being WBCQ's worst frequency
in terms of coverage reach. Both in tests and the first night's
official broadcast, 4790 has terrestrially outperformed 7490 in parts
of the midwestern US and clobbered it in Europe, where 4790 will often
arrive in parts of Eastern Europe as a quite listenable breakfast show
as well as the US and Canada. Yes, there are local bad zones, but that
is true with many frequencies. As to Latin America, we'll see what
coming months bring (or not). 7490's secret weapon has been its
webcasts, which in the context of this discussion don't count, along
with its somewhat better reach out west and down south. As a
transatlantic frequency, 4790 appears to be the better option, azimuth
notwithstanding.

As to Encore, our own schedule was not for the purpose of stealing
listeners from it - I respect and enjoy that program myself. But it
does have multiple repeats throughout the week (unlike WBCQ Concert
Hall, which plays once) with the same remote web sdr possibilities
that some of our listeners will need to use to bring in Radio Angela's
programs. There are miscellaneous reasons, some related to production
schedules, why the other programs in the RA schedule are pencilled in
where they are, and for now Sunday is what makes sense for WBCQ
Concert Hall. We are also doing longer-form works (whole operas and
symphonies) than Encore due to the luxury of a two hour slot, so it's
not really the same material. Whether that works to our advantage or
Encore's at any point in time will depend upon a listener's mood and
preferences. Hopefully we will both thrive. And, for those on the
horns of a dilemma, there are, as mentioned, recorders. Since neither
program is pay-per-listen, let us instead be happy that this much
classical is back on the airwaves between the two. A much better
problem to have than "gee, there's nothing on..."

The WBCQ.com website has historically taken its time for updates, for
those with access to Facebook, the WBCQ The Planet Facebook page has
the full published schedule.`` (via WOR iog via Glenn Hauser)

** U S A. (7490v), UT Tue March 1 at 0030, WBCQ webcast after secret
semirepeat of UBMP, theme sounder of `Camp Constitution Radio`, then
commercial for IBM.com! before body of CCR. Amazing that IBM would
sponsor that; possibly random adsertion somewhere up the line (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0457 UT March 2