WORLD OF RADIO #928, produced Feb 11, 1998 by Glenn Hauser

*Standard disclaimer
*Additional underwriters to last week: Donna Ring, L. Marie Haun,
 Pete Bentley. Thank you!
*February Continent of Media, exclusively for RFPI, topics, times
*RFPI has resumed 6980-USB at night instead of 15050-USB
*Winter SWL Fest approaching, March 13-14 in Pennsylvania; info by
 clicking on yellow icon at http://www.trsc.com
*Review: Passport to Web Radio is a waste of money
*Canada moves antenna beams further west in North America
*WWBS, Georgia, tests delayed while inspector is in hospital
*Heavily armed militiaman arrested at WEWN
*More public radio programming accessible in Washington; new shows
 include a dumbed-down version of BBC's My Word/Music
*Washington DC talk station goes business and will swap frequencies
*Dallas-Fort Worth airport stations have new callsign
*Not WCMQ Miami, but sister station converting to R. Unica
*R. Sandino, Nicaragua, seized for debts
*Ecuadorian heard very late on 60 meters
*The non-commercial and non-governmental American DX program,
 World of Radio, No. 928; P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA;
 wghauser@hotmail.com  http://www.grove.net/~ghauser
*Those not on the web may get a WOR schedule for a SASE in NAm,
 SAE and 1 IRC elsewhere to above address. Specify if you want
 SW only, or entire schedule including AM, FM, satellite
*Lesotho heard without interference but with its own feedback
*Kisangani, Congo resuming far-out-of-band SW frequency
*Iceland on another far-out-of-band 19mb frequency; E-mail addr
*BBC previews: International Recital with Arabic music; Waveguide
*R. San Marino International maintains it was there; San Marino
 government say it was not
*English SW broadcasts from Belarus
*R. Maryja heard with V. of Russia co-channel
*R. Baku, Azerbaijan has one English half-hour
*Nepal heard on harmonic
*New SW station in Yakutsk, Siberia
*NZ opposition promises to revive RNZI if it is closed
*Goofy quirks of the Radio Shack DX-375
*Solar flux in the 80s, mediocre reception
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, Feb 10
*W.O.R. 928; Glenn Hauser hoping you'll listen again next week ###