CONTINENT OF MEDIA 01-07, produced July 18, 2001 by Glenn Hauser *There may be a WOR every week, but every month there is a COM; this is 01-07. Me? I`m Glenn Hauser. COM is SW broadcast exclusively by Radio for Peace International, and on the internet at DXing.com sponsored by Universal Radio *Hickham Radio, Hawaii, closes down HF aeronautical communications *Too many general aviation airports use too few UNICOM frequencies, increasing risks *ARRL specifies new hamband wanted at 5150-5450 kHz, so no problem for 60m tropical broadcast band; Stig Hartvig Nielsen says not hams, but SW broadcasters should get more spectrum, for DRM *People who just died you didn`t know were hams department: the late Chet Atkins, Certified Guitar Picker, W4CGP. See DXLD 1-092 *Loren Cox reviews Don Imus, not to be taken seriously; see DXLD 1-096 *Mano-a-mano talk host in New York, Gerson Borrero, fired by WADO *US DJ gives Lagos a breath of fresh air, Dan Foster on 96.9 Cool FM *Midpoint of COM 01-07; our address: wghauser@yahoo.com -- website: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ and click on COM; P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702, USA *Lawsuit over slogan ``Kiss FM`` between Los Angeles and Bakersfield stations *3-letter callsign mystique: http://www.ipass.net/~whitetho/3myst.htm -- part of site on early radio 1897-1927 *Joe Costello tried to cancel Radio Earth from WRNO before contract was up, lost court case *WAMU, Washington, plans to time-out web listeners to keep costs down -- a precursor to charging for access? *Eric Bueneman denounces consolidation in American broadcasting brought on by unconstitutional Telecommunications Act of 1996; see http://www.geocities.com/jazzjockebstevenson/BroadcastingModel/ and http://members.aol.com/n0uiheric/TurnOffClearChannel.html [Ernest Hollings is a current Senator, not former as I said! -gh] *Television Azteca, Mexican network, plans move into US market, but deal off in Dallas, El Paso where courted channel 4 CBS affiliate *Very useful program or service about media in this continent, the National Radio Club`s DX Audio Service by cassette, and sample on the web at http://www.nrcdxas.org/ra *CBC unable to find buyer at the right price for all its towers and transmitters *Classical music drives away criminals, loiterers in West Palm Beach *I, Glenn Hauser, hope you`ve enjoyed listening to this Continent of Media, 01-07 ###