WORLD OF RADIO #949, produced July 15, 1998 by Glenn Hauser

*Standard disclaimer
*Donations needed for express delivery of tapes to WWCR ($10 per
 week), WGTG ($7 per week), any multiples welcome, to P O Box 
 1684, Enid, OK 73702
*Mundo Radial, Spanish DX Report for July starts the 16th on WWCR
*WBCQ Maine plans to start testing in August
*Read more about Weiner and offshore radio in book-in-progress:
 http://www.freebornjohn.net
*Brother Stair dropped 75m and most other German relays
*WSB demolishing its White Columns mansion
*KAAM in the Metroplex doomed to be Disney instead of big-band
*The second KWFT still silent in move to black hole of Metroplex
*Radio Free Vinyl using 27 MHz band
*Arthur Kobres, Tampa pirate, granted probation, home detention
*RCI has first new QSL card in three years, Mounties
*DXer discovers Bahamas FM station from Abaco
*RHC splattering over entire 22 meter band
*Caribbean Beacon on MW admits to low-power operation
*Rdif Nacional de Colombia sked includes English hour
*Colombian clandestines more active before peace talks
*More and more transmitters on line from Voz Cristiana, Chile
*Mauritius considers resuming SW on digital, or Internet
*Voice of Sudan, clandestine schedule includes English
*Media Zoo changing frequency
*More money for BBC World Service
*BBCWS previews: The Money Makers; Musical of the Week; Proms
 Concerts; A Green History of the Planet; Play of the Week
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 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; wghauser@hotmail.com  fax if really
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*R. Prague doubling up transmitters, at least in Spanish
*Belarus retimes external service, now to NAm? English times
*R. Free Belarus planned in fall from Poland on mediumwave
*Europe's SW Relay Service schedule for rest of July
*Afghanistan bans television equipment
*Thailand's new frequency to Europe
*BBC Thailand reaching CNAm late at night on 13m
*Tahiti gone again from SW, and WYFR takes over frequency
*Tasmanian(?) pirate heard on 60m band
*R. New Zealand International must cut staff, Pacific
 programming, and hours on the air starting August 3
*Dispute over whether there is really a funding cut; opposition 
 MP objects to RNZI cuts; which islands lose their programs
*Propagation outlook from Ottawa, July 8
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, July 14 - flux peak 122
*W.O.R. 949; Glenn Hauser in Enid, Oklahoma, hoping you'll
 join me again next week                               ###