DX LISTENING DIGEST 0-108, September 7, 2000 edited by Glenn Hauser, wghauser@hotmail.com {Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only providing full credit be maintained at all stages and we are provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. For further restrictions and searchable archive contents see http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Dxldmid.html } THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO 1050: See topic summary at http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wor1050.html WORLD OF RADIO and CONTINENT OF MEDIA SHORTWAVE-ONLY SCHEDULE AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2000 Days and times strictly UT. RFPI announced July 17 that 6970 would be off the air for repairs and maintenance, but that 15049 would be on the air 24 hours. This schedule reflects that temporary situation. July 18, USB returned on 21815. RFPI now hopes to have 6970 back on by mid-September, 0000-0800 (weekends -1200) and 15049 may then no longer be 24 hours. Wed 2330 WOR WBCQ1 7415 Thu 0130 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB [resumed] [corrected] Thu 0930 COM RFPI 15049 Thu 2030 WOR WWCR 15685 Fri 0930 WOR WWCR 7435 Fri 1900 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Fri 1930 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Fri 2030 WOR WBCQ2 9330-CUSB [irregular] Sat 0030 WOR WWCR 3215 [NEW TIME ex-0300 from Sept 9] Sat 0300 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sat 0330 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sat 1100 COM RFPI 15049 Sat 1130 WOR RFPI 15049 Sat 1130 WOR WWCR 15685 Sat 1730 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sat 1800 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sun 0130 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sun 0200 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sun 0230 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0628 WOR WWCR 5070 Sun 0930 COM RFPI 15049 Sun 1000 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Sun 1830 WOR WWCR 15685 [NEW from August 6] Sun 2300 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Mon 0000 WOR WWCR 3215 [ex-9475 from Sept 4] Mon 0501 WOR WWCR 3210 Mon 0700 WOR RFPI 15049 Mon 1500 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Mon 2200 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB [NEW from August 21] Tue 0600 COM RFPI 15049 [NEW from August 22] Tue 1100 WOR WWCR 15685 Tue 1400 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB [NEW from August 22] Tue 1900 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Tue 2000 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Wed 0300 WOR RFPI 15049 21815-USB Wed 0400 COM RFPI 15049 Wed 1100 WOR RFPI 15049 Wed 1200 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB Wed 1730 COM RFPI 15049 21815-USB For complete schedule including WRN satellite, AM, FM, Spanish see http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wormast.html [corrected] [The above schedule was distributed yesterday to a separate mailing list and unfortunately had two errors in it; use this one instead] ** AUSTRALIA: Re: Beyond the Fatal Shore: No, do yourselves a favour and miss it. A lot of windbaggery from a pompous old expat who spends more time on strange camera shots whirling around him while looking pensive. Comprehensively canned by TV critics in Australia (Matt Francis, Canberra, Sept 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quite aside from the merits of this series, I take this opportunity to decry the overhyped media attention we are already getting to Australia, just because they are hosting the Olympics. It should not take some irrelevant sporting competition to get the American networks to pay attention to any particular country (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 2460.04 Radio Alvorada, 0918 Portuguese pop vocals. Jingle ID. Very good signal (Mark Mohrmann, VT, Sep 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 2.378 MHz, Sept 4 at 0150 Radio Educadora, Limeira (SP), religious (or charlatan?) program: ``If you have nightmares, insomnia, cancer, leprosy, get in contact with spiritualist Mestre Caceji! Lost the woman you love? I`ll get her back within nine days! Master Caceji is the man who does not fear the devil! If you are wandering around like a crab, call (019) 462.2468, talk with my assistant and make an appointment for tomorrow!!!`` SINPO 55444 (Célio Romais, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil, radio-escutas, translated by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST, WORLD OF RADIO 1050) So they are actually 2 kHz low? See previous items on this station in DXLD: 00- 82, 00-83, 00-85, 00-88, 00-93 (gh) ** BRAZIL. The Araguaína station [R. Anhanguera] on 4905 can be easily heard in southern Brasil starting at 0300; especially weekends, mainly Saturday, when Rede Somzoom SAT broadcasts live programs from some northeastern cities, such as rodeos [? Vaquejadas not in hard or soft dictionaries], etc. Also, R. Nova Relógio, Rio is off the air at this hour (Célio Romais, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil, radio-escutas, translated by gh for DXLD) ** CANADA. The new season has already started on CBC/RCI: C`EST LA VIE: C`est la Vie kicks off a new season in a new time slot this [FRIDAY] morning. This week, it's a look at summer language immersion programs. Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day may have been the best-known Canadian taking French immersion this summer, but he certainly wasn't alone. Meet a Toronto student who spent time studying French in Jonquičre. And hear from some Quebeckers who studied English in Vancouver. That's on C'est la Vie, with Bernard St. Laurent, this morning at 11:30 (noon NT) on CBC Radio One. (CBC Hotsheet via gh, DXLD) This used to be at 2330 UT, with As It Happens reduced to one hour on Fridays. Evidently CLV will no longer be on SW unless RCI makes a special effort to schedule it; it has been rerunning during the summer at midday, available via CBC Radio 1 webstreams from each zone (gh) QUIRKS AND QUARKS: This week Quirks & Quarks kicks off its 25th season with a special in-depth look at the future of the Human Genome Project - From Sequence to Consequence. Now that scientists have completed the first draft of the entire human genome - known as "sequencing" - what can they do with that information? And what are the ethical and moral questions that may arise from this new knowledge? That's Quirks and Quarks, with host Bob McDonald, Saturday at 12:06 (12:36 NT) on CBC Radio One. (CBC Hotsheet via gh, DXLD) Still Sat 2105, Sun 1205 on RCI? And This Morning, Sunday has been slightly renamed, with the former weekday host now here, and supposedly going to revivify the show, which is on RCI at 1311-1559: --- WEEKEND HOT SHEET, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2000 --- THE SUNDAY EDITION: This week on The Sunday Edition...The Kings of Content: a feature conversation with Izzy and Leonard Asper, the brains behind Can-West Global, this country's newest media giant. Also, There's No Word for Robin: a documentary report on climate change and Canada's far North. And The Man Who Lost Himself: June Callwood talks about her new book, the tragic story of Terry Evanshen. A car accident at 44 robbed him of his memory and his personality. The Sunday Edition, with Michael Enright, right after the 9 o'clock news (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. (CBC Hotsheet via gh, DXLD) TAPESTRY: Host Don Hill kicks off a new season of Tapestry Sunday with a trip to Shangri-La, USA. It's in the middle of nowhere, a thriving spiritual centre perched in an isolated mountain valley in central Colorado. Crestone is the life work of Canadian Hanne Strong and her Manitou Foundation, a place where seekers from far and wide go to seek enlightenment from lamas, gurus, priests and shamans. That's Tapestry, with host Don Hill, Sunday at 2:08 p.m. (2:38 NT; 4:08 p.m. MT; 3:08 pm. PT) on CBC Radio One. (CBC Hotsheet via gh, DXLD) UT Monday 0105 on RCI if I recall correctly (gh) ** CAPE VERDE. [Re: DXLD 0-105] Glenn, The capital of Cape Verde is not Mindelo, but Cidade da Práia, in the island of Santiago. Due to its excellent port, I can say that Mindelo, in the island of Săo Vicente, is the economical capital of the country, but Cidade da Práia is its political capital. Back in 1976 or 1977, I could listen to Rádio Barlavento, from Mindelo, on the 75 meterband. Unfortunately, no Capeverdian radio is audible on shortwaves nowadays (Fernando de Sousa Ribeiro, Oporto, Portugal, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHECHNYA [non]. Glenn: On Sept. 4, at around 0425 I heard RFC broadcasting both in Russian and Chechen. The station carried an interview with teenagers from children's Chechen dance ensemble that tours throughout Russia. The kids read "an address to our guys who are fighting" in Russian (it was obviously prepared for them). But then there was a lengthy, spontaneous talk in Chechen. A female interviewer spoke to children and to some adults in Chechen, as well. I have not seen any reports about RFC's broadcasting in Chechen language before (not even in Russian DX-publications). 73! (Sergei Sosedkin, MI, Sept 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency? Sked in last issue showed them not starting until 0500 (gh) Oops, the frequency was 12,045 kHz. Of course, they start earlier than 5.00 UTC. I think Observer mentions only current changes. (Sergei Sosedkin, DXLD) ** CHINA/RUSSIA. On Sunday the outlet of VoR German service 1500-1900 from the Tbilisskaya site (Krasnodar/Armavir) moved from 15485 down into the traditional 11980 channel. Reception here in the target area uses to be excellent - but only until 1800, then CRI German service d signs on, using the same channel from the new high power transmitters at Urumqi. VoR is of course ahead but even this hammer signal cannot wipe out China sufficiently, resulting in an annoying mess of two German programs. It remains to be seen if the Chinese will move away from what is no doubt a regular Russian frequency (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA/CLANDESTINE. There have been recent cat-and-mouse games between the Falun Gong and the Chinese authorities between 2200 & 2300 UTC. The Falun Gong station, Shijie Falun Dafa Guangbo Diantai, appears to have been testing on various out-of-band frequencies around the 11 and 13 MHz bands, noted 1 and 3 Sept on 12130, switching to 12140 at 2230. Both frequencies subjected to heavy noise jamming and interference from CNR at times; the jammers noted to move from 12130 to 12140 a couple of minutes after the Falun Gong station, allowing a clear ID to come through on the half hour, with a frequency announcement (still as 9915 kHz!). At the same times, a // CNR transmission has been noted on 13590, moving to 13585 at 2230. I suspect these frequencies may also have been used by the Falun Gong, but I haven't been able to confirm that. (Alan Davies, Bangkok, Thailand, Sept 6, Electronic DX Press via WORLD OF RADIO 1050, DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. Since July 1, Falun Dafa radio has been trying to reach its adherents in China via SW, one hour daily at 2200-2300, repeated at 0200-0300 UT [sic]. This is jammed with noise or relays of CNR, in a cat and mouse game, changing frequencies during each broadcast. It`s not surprising that the jammers follow, since all the frequencies are posted on the official website. At 2200 there are three transmitters using four frequencies each, very complicated, and at 0200 one transmitter using three frequencies, 9350, 9370 and 9380 (Jonathan Marks & Diana Janssen, RN Media Network Sept 7, notes by gh for DXLD) We checked the website http://falundafaradio.org/ and tho there would be little point in having Chinese text support installed, spotted these Arabic numerals, with times converted from local UT+8 to UT here: 2200-2300 15670 15680 15690 15700, 12120 12130 12140 12150, 13575 13580 13585 13590. 1400-1500 9350 9370 9380. Unlike MN, we assume the second time shown as ``10-11`` refers to pm, which would be 1400-1500 UT, the original and previously known time on the 9 MHz frequencies, NOT 0200 UT (Glenn Hauser, Sept 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. The DGS spurs on 11180v etc. have disappeared after several weeks, upon various checks Sept 6 and 7, tho 9725 is still on the air. I believe they have finally been working on the problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. RFPI Broadcast Schedule September - November 2000 All times UTC (GMT) [Note: altho no second repeats are shown in the 1230-1600 period, we hear these quite reliably, so extrapolate -gh] Mon Tue Tue --- ---- --- 1600 0000 0800 RadioNation- Marc Cooper, Interviews/ commentary 1700 0100 0900 Our Americas- The Weekly Report on Latin America & the Caribbean- Mario Marillo, 1800 0200 1000 CounterSpin- media analysis 1830 0230 1030 Hightower Commentaries/Earthwatch/Earth & Sky 1845 0245 1045 Tropical Conservation Newsbureau- Diane Jukofsky, Chris Wille 1900 0300 1100 Disability Radio Worldwide- Jean Parker, interviews/ features 1930 0330 1130 Steppin' Out of Babylon- Sue Supriano 2000 0400 1200 University Forum- Dr. Jean Moore, interviews 2030 0430 Honoring Mother Earth: Indigenous Voices - Oannes Pritzker 2130 0530 In the Moment- Susan Michael 2145 0545 U.N. Today 2200 0600 Continent of Media - Glenn Hauser 2230 0630 Millennium Dreams- Debra & James Latham 2330 0730 The Neumaier Report- Commentaries, Dr. John Neumaier 2345 0745 U.N. Today Tue Wed Wed --- --- --- 1600 0000 0800 A Public Affair- Interviews 1700 0100 0900 Making Contact - Reports & Interviews 1730 0130 0930 Bruderhof Radio - Interviews, features or Peoples Tribune Radio- reports, commentary 1800 0200 1000 RadioNation- Marc Cooper, interviews/commentary 1900 0300 1100 World of Radio- Glenn Hauser, DX news & info 1930 0330 1130 RFPI's Mailbag- your cards and letters 2000 0400 1200 Continent of Media - Glenn Hauser 2030 0430 TUC* Radio- Maria Gilardin 2100 0500 Living Enrichment Center- Rev. Mary M. Morrissey 2130 0530 Peace Forum 2145 0545 U.N. Today 2200 0600 Peace Forum 2230 0630 Voices of Our World- Maryknoll Media, social justice magazine 2300 0700 Peace Forum 2330 0730 United Nations "Perspective" 2345 0745 U.N. Today Wed Thus Thus --- --- --- 1600 0000 0800 Alternative Radio- political & social analysis 1700 0100 0900 RFPI's Mailbag- your cards and letters 1730 0130 0930 Continent of Media - Glenn Hauser 1800 0200 1000 Steppin' Out of Babylon - Sue Supriano 1830 0230 1030 Hightower Commentaries/Earthwatch/Earth & Sky 1845 0245 1045 World Citizen's Weekly Commentary- Douglas Mattern 1900 0300 1100 Every Living Thing- Traci Hickson, environmental magazine 2000 0400 1200 WINGS- Women's Int'l News Gathering Service 2030 0430 Global Community Forum / Far Right Radio Review, James Latham 2130 0530 United Nations "Scope" 2145 0545 U.N. Today 2200 0600 Disability Radio Worldwide- Jean Parker 2230 0630 University Forum- Dr. Jean Moore 2300 0700 Peace Forum 2330 0730 United Nations "Women" 2345 0745 U.N. Today Thus Fri Fri --- --- --- 1600 0000 0800 Our Americas- The Weekly Report on Latin America & the Caribbean- Mario Marillo 1700 0100 0900 Voices of Our World- Maryknoll Media, social justice magazine 1730 0130 0930 CounterSpin- media analysis 1800 0200 1000 Global Community Forum/Far Right Radio Review, James Latham 1900 0300 1100 Positive Living- Russian/English broadcast, Rev. Leona Evans 2000 0400 1200 Russian Service 2030 0430 A Public Affair- Interviews 2130 0530 Tropical Conservation Newsbureau- Diane Jukofsky, Chris Wille 2145 0545 U.N. Today 2200 0600 TUC* Radio- Maria Gilardin 2230 0630 This Way Out- Int'l lesbian & gay radio 2300 0700 Peace Forum 2330 0730 In the Moment- Susan Michael 2345 0745 U.N. Today Fri Sat Sat --- --- --- 1600 0000 0800 Honoring Mother Earth: Indigenous Voices - Oannes Pritzker 1700 0100 0900 Disability Radio Worldwide- Jean Parker, interviews/features 1730 0130 0930 WINGS- Womens International News Gathering Service 1800 0200 1000 University Forum- Dr. Jean Moore, interviews 1830 0230 1030 Hightower/Earthwatch/Earth & Sky 1845 0245 1045 United Nations "Women" 1900 0300 1100 Continent of Media- Glenn Hauser 1930 0330 1130 World of Radio- Glenn Hauser, DX news & info 2000 0400 1200 RFPI's Mailbag- your cards and letters 2030 0430 Our Americas- The Weekly Report on Latin America & the Caribbean- Mario Marillo 2100 0500 Bruderhof Radio - Interviews, features or Peoples Tribune Radio- reports, commentary 2130 0530 United Nations "Perspective" or The Neumaier Report- Dr. John Neumaier 2145 0545 U.N. Today 2200 0600 Freespeech Radio News 2230 0630 "Blickwinkel" (German Program) 2245 0645 United Nations "Scope" 2300 0700 Peace Forum 2330 0730 World Citizen's Weekly Commentary- Douglas Mattern 2345 0745 U.N. Today Sat Sun Sun --- --- --- 1600 0000 0800 Global Community Forum / Far Right Radio Review 1700 0100 0900 TUC* Radio- Maria Gilardin 1730 0130 0930 Continent of Media- Glenn Hauser 1800 0200 1000 World of Radio- Glenn Hauser, DX news & info 1830 0230 1030 RFPI's Mailbag 1900 0300 1100 CounterSpin- media analysis 1930 0330 1130 Making Contact- reports and interviews 2000 0400 1200 Millennium Dreams- Debra & James Latham 2100 0500 Alternative Radio- political & social analysis 2200 0600 Freespeech Radio News (encore) 2230 0630 WINGS- Women's Int'l News Gathering Service 2300 0700 This Way Out- Int'l lesbian & gay radio 2330 0730 Tropical Conservation Newsbureau- Diane Jukofsky, Chris Wille 2345 0745 Hightower Radio/Earthwatch Radio and Earth & Sky Sun Mon Mon --- --- --- 1600 0000 0800 Music Medicine- Eco-Music & Artist Profiles 1700 0100 0900 Prayer in Practice- Unity School of Christianity 1715 0115 0915 Living Enrichment Center- Rev. Mary M. Morrissey 1800 0200 1000 Positive Living- Russian/English broadcast, Rev. Leona Evans 1900 0300 1100 Every Living Thing- Traci Hickson, environmental magazine 2000 0400 1200 Peace Forum 2030 0430 New Dimensions Radio- Michael Toms, interviews 2130 0530 Voices of Our World- Maryknoll Media, social justice magazine 2200 0600 Spiritual Awakening- James Bean 2220 0620 One World -- One Family - Bahai of Costa Rica 2300 0700 World of Radio- Glenn Hauser, DX news & info 2330 0730 Peace Forum 2345 0745 Hightower Radio/Earthwatch Radio and Earth & Sky CURRENT FREQUENCIES (all times UTC/GMT): 42 meters: 6.970 MHz (AM) 0000-0800 (0000 - 1200 UT weekends) 30 kw 19 meters: 15.050 MHz (AM) 1600-0600 10 kw [but currently 24h -gh] 13 meters: 21.815 (USB) 1200-0400 3 kw (via Joe Bernard, RFPI, Sept 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST, who adds: James hopes to get 6970 up and running by our anniversary, 16 Sept (UT 17 Sept 0000-0400)) See also UNITED NATIONS [non]. ** COSTA RICA. FLASH! Green Party candidate Ralph Nader and his Vice- Presidential running mate Winona LaDuke will be featured on RFPI today, 7 September at 4:30 PM Eastern, repeated 8 hours later at 12:30 am Eastern. In a speech before more than 10,500 supporters in Portland, Oregon, Nader and LaDuke lay out their plans and objectives if they are brought to the highest office in the U.S. Hear these rousing speeches by Nader and LaDuke today on RFPI! (Radio For Peace International Thu Sept 7 via DXLD) Found in progress at 2100 UT, so repeats at 0430, 1230 Friday. It lasted until 2141 (gh) ** CUBA. RHC is using a new antenna beaming straight north, 13 dB gain, beamwidth estimated 40 degrees to the -3 dB points, take off angle 14 degrees. On 11705 USB, -6 dB carrier, 30 kW PEP, English 0000-0500. This should be an easy catch from C & E NAm, starting at around 30 degrees N latitude, and some days during high solar flux may be also heard at lower latitudes, higher takeoff angle (Arnie Coro, RHC, Sept NASWA Listeners Notebook via DXLD) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2700.10 Ondas del Yuna (harmonic) 0943, Bachata music, canned time check and ID. Ute QRM from below. Heard again 7 Sept at 0924. Very good signal both days (Mark Mohrmann, VT, Sep 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FAROE ISLANDS. Also new on the website http://www.intervalsignals.com is a clean and clear recording of a little-reported European station, Radio Faroe Islands or "Utvarp Forřya", signing on at 0700 with an interval signal and short announcement (Dave Kernick, UK, Sept 5, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** GERMANY EAST. By the way, soon you will remember the disappearance of Radio Berlin International ten years ago. It is straight this night when the GDR youth program DT64 was ten years ago kicked off most of its FM frequencies in favour of RIAS Berlin. This was a last, desperate attempt of GDR radio director Christoph Singelnstein to make his organization an important partner. But the coup failed due to heavy protest, forcing GDR radio to switch the regarding transmitters back into the DT64 programming on Sep 8 1990 at 8 PM (I forwarded a record of this moment to Wolf Harranth; perhaps he will include it in his Intermedia show). This was a shaping experience for me, forcing me to mention it here; for my knowledge the story was covered also by the New York Times, so it is perhaps not completely unknown to you. (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUYANA. GBC, 3289.73, August 25 and Sept 1 0940-0955+ English talk, Hindi vocals, weak. Apparently not using 5950: nothing on it at this time. In the past GBC would be using 5950 at this hour (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAËL. Don't mean to belabor the point - but if the info gets publicized, it should be uniform... http://www.israelradio.org/english.html Now has links to both the 0400 and 1600 UTC (midnight/noon Eastern) broadcasts (of course, WRN still has them on their website) - and has links to download the files so that you can download it to a portable player - or otherwise listen while not connected to the Internet. Also, in October, the 0400 UTC on- demand audio will be 7 days a week (currently, Sunday is missing). Which means, between the live and on-demand webcasts you get all of these: A)0400 UTC recorded (midnight ET - available about 0430 UTC) B)1030 UTC live (6:30 AM ET) C)1600 UTC recorded (noon ET - available about 1650 UTC) D)1900 UTC live (3 PM ET) Which is equal to all Kol Israel's English broadcasts. Live: http://www.israelradio.org/livestream.htm On-demand: http://www.israelradio.org/english.html FYI: For a few hours, the website was missing the Live Stream (in error).... it's back (the stream never left - just an error on the webpage). (Daniel Rosenzweig, Sept 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN. V. of the People of Kurdistan, 6995.1, Sept 2 0216- 0240+; tune-in to martial music, talk in language, 0224 local chants. Strong; much weaker on //4062.03v (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 1050, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MACAU. In your bulletin DX Listening Digest 0-105, you mentioned the appearance on the Web of an official site of the Macau Special Administrative Region, in China. As a Portuguese citizen, I`m glad to inform you that things are running rather smoothly in that territory, since it was handed over by Portugal back to China. Radio Macau is still broadcasting programmes in Portuguese and relaying news bulletins of RDP, from Lisbon. Many Portuguese citizens are still living in Macau, and some others, who had come to Portugal for fear, are returning to Macau. Therefore, the ties between Macau and Portugal are not completely cut. You can verify this for yourself, noting that the official website of the territory is also available in Portuguese (Fernando de Sousa Ribeiro, Oporto, Portugal, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS. Bericht via de A-DX mailinglist, http://www.elitas.com : Die Farmers von Holland kommen wieder retour auf Kurzwelle. Nach dem letzten sehr harten Raid - ich denk es war der siebte, kündigt man jetzt für den nächsten Sonntag ab ca. 14.00 UTC Sendungen an. Leistung ca. 500 Watt - Frequenz 5810 und 5845 kHz (Hans-Joachim Koch via Piet Pijpers, Benelux DX Club via WORLD OF RADIO 1050, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. The latest edition of Oklahoma Magazine, Sept 4 on the OETA Network (very well produced I must admit, despite my frequent criticism of OETA), was ``Una Vida Mejor`` about the burgeoning Hispanic (mostly Mexican) population in OK, and Tulsa in particular. Prominently featured was the 1530 radio station, ``La más buena`` (żis that good Spanish, instead of ``La mejor`` ?), which is run by one Blas Gaytán, who evidently arrived in the US a few years ago without proper admittance like so many of his compatriots. Incredibly, no one asked him and nothing was said about leaving his daytimer transmitter on the air 24 hours, as we have reported previously in Oklahoma Broadcasting News. Nor was it mentioned that OKC counts with its own LPTV Spanish stations on 22 and 17. Lacking listings in the Daily Disappointment, or cable carriage, I`ll bet most OKCOKians are unaware even of their existence. And locally with antennas they are likely to be overwhelmed by all the RF from the concentrated OKC UHF and VHF antenna farm (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERÚ. R. Comas, new 4880.85, Sept 1 1010-1030+, tnx to WOR tip. Spanish talk by M&W, ads, promos, OA folk music, ID. Good, nice clear signal. Only a weak het heard here in local evenings (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Radio Russia has also bucked the trend by adopting an interval signal, at a time when so many broadcasters are dropping them. This can be heard at the top of every hour (except 2000, when the NA is played) and consists of the first bar or so of the National Anthem played on a xylophone-type instrument. A recording of this can be heard on the Archive at http://www.intervalsignals.com (Dave Kernick, UK, Sept 5, hard-core-dx via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Please note that "Radio Rossii" should be translated as "Radio of Russia" instead of Radio Russia. Excuse me for being so hair-splitting ... GOOD DX, (Karel Honzík, Czech Republic, hard-core- dx via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. According to the Radio Rossii information service this melody is not a Radio Rossii official interval signal - this is "top of the hour melody" only... (Mikhail Timofeyev, St Petersburg, hard- core-dx via DXLD) ** RUSSIA: The recently renewed Mayak website has fresh frequency lists incl. bc-times. You can go directly to http://www.radiomayak.ru/map and will get a map of Russia - then click on the region(s) and you will get a detailed frequency list for each province. All info is, naturally, in Russian (Bernd Trutenau, Vilnius, Lithuania via MWC via IRCA Soft DX Monitor Sept 5 via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. VOA relay Irana Wila 15565 July 1999 test: full-data "IBB Verification Card" in 13 months for postal report. No RP. Signer: Gary R Wise, Station Manager (Bill Flynn, OR, Sept. 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWITZERLAND [non]. Radio Vatican will start to relay Swiss Radio International via the Santa Maria di Galeria facilities in the B00 season. (SRI schedule for B00 via Andreas Volk via Kai Ludwig, Sept 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. Radio Station Or Sor (Amphon Sathan, Dusit Palace), noted at 0230 on Sun 3 September with opening ID `Thini Sathani Withayu Thor Or, Phraratchawang Dusit` followed by frequency announcement, on approx 6149.5 kHz and in parallel on 1332 kHz and 104 MHz. Regularly heard recently at announced times of 0330-0500 & 0900-1200 Tues-Sat and 0230-0500 Sun, but usually comes on with light music from around 0210, 0310 or 0850. The shortwave frequency continues to give very poor reception, even in Bangkok. If you're brave enough to give them a ring; they're listed in the local phone directory on (02) 281 4814. Radio Thailand domestic services in Thai continue to be heard at 2200-1600 on 6070 kHz (//92.5 MHz) and 7115 kHz (//891 kHz). No trace recently of 4830. I suspect that the external service channel 9655 may also be off-air at present. The external service continues to be heard on various frequencies via VOA Udon Thani, and also tentatively on 11905 kHz which gives very poor reception in Bangkok, and probably everywhere else (Alan Davies, Bangkok, Thailand, Electronic DX Press Sept 6 via DXLD) ** U K. LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS will be broadcast live on BBC World Service on a special frequency on 9th September. The Proms programme that night features the young American violinist, Hilary Hahn, and a world premičre of a new orchestration of Shostakovich` Jazz Suite No. 2 by Gerard McBurney. The occasion will also be memorable because it is the last time that the "ebullient Englishman," Sir Andrew Davis will conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in his current role at the helm of the orchestra. Sir Andrew, who has been chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra for 11 years, is bowing out at the end of the performance and will take up a new post as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. However he is likely to return for future Prom seasons as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He said: "The last night of the Proms is the famous occasion when everyone lets their hair down and waves flags and stuff. This is immensely popular all over the world, which always puzzles me, because it seems such a quintessentially loony British evening." Hilary Hahn will play Mozart's Violin Concerto No 4 in D for her Proms debut. The 20-year-old from Lexington, Virginia, began playing the violin when she was three years old and was tutored by the legendary Jascha Brodsky from the age of 10 until she was 17. One of the great composers of the 20th century, Dmitry Shostakovich, renowned for his brooding musical meditations on the nature of dictatorship, also had a lighter side. The Last Night of the Proms features the world premiere of Gerard McBurney`s new orchestration of Jazz Suite No 2, a piano score which was rediscovered only last year, 24 years after the composer`s death. SPECIAL FREQUENCY: 7320 kHz. Broadcast Times - BST Last Night of the Proms: one 4 hour programme Saturday 8 September [sic] 7.00pm [1800 UTC -ig] (Sue Faulkner, BBC, via Ivan Grishin, early August, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It is really on a Saturday, which is actually Sept 9! BBC On Air (via Chris Hambly) is maddening in this case as with most other programme info refusing to specify the exact time, and it claims the date is Sept 10 (Sunday)!!. It does, however, give this special frequency info: Europe 7320; Africa 17690; Middle East first half 15265; second half 12035. None of the day-by-day listings for any of the streams show any Proms broadcasts on the WS on these dates at 1800-2200! The hell with it, America is never covered for this anyway on SW, so let us listen via the web on BBC Radio 3, which has been carrying all the Proms concerts, one or two every day since July: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 This also has a special page on the Last Night, including the lyrics to Jerusalem and Rule, Britannia!: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/proms/lastnight/index.shtml and the main Proms page is http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms with a calendar showing the time for this 1815 to circa 2125 UT. BTW, the calendar link is finally going straight to September, rather than to long-gone July as it did throughout August (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1050, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UNITED NATIONS [non]. New UN Radio English to Africa, 1730- 1744:30* Sept 6 audible here both on 17710 and 15265 but rather poor, so far from the target area (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1050, DXLD) All three frequencies audible here, 15265 best, Sept 7 (Chris Hambly, Victoria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UNITED NATIONS [non]. With its faithful broadcast of UN Radio programming, including daily news, during its entire existence, Radio for Peace International, Costa Rica, does not deserve to be overlooked in all the excitement about ``UN Radio returning to SW``. Even David Smith at UN Radio itself, as interviewed on this week`s Media Network, appear blissfully unaware that UN Radio has, in fact, been on SW all this time via RFPI, and as I understand it, has even been QSLing! While UN Radio taped programs are distributed far and wide, many to radio stations which never get around to airing them, but they are a great source of reusable reel or now cassette tapes, to my knowledge RFPI is the only SW station which has been broadcasting UN Daily News, non-delayed via phone feed. The new Sept- Oct-Nov schedule shows RFPI with UN programming on 15049, 21815-USB, and soon 6970 at night: UN TODAY, M-F 2145-2200 and 2345-2400, repeated Tue-Sat 0545, 1345 UN PERSPECTIVE, Tue 2330, Wed 0730, 1530, Fri 2130, Sat 0530, 1330 UN SCOPE, Wed 2130, Thu 0530, 1330, Fri 2245, Sat 0645, 1445 UN WOMEN, Wed 2330, Thu 0730, 1530, Fri 1845, Sat 0245, 1045 BTW, this is my own idea, not prompted by anyone at RFPI. Furthermore, does everyone forget that a number of obscure SW stations have been carrying UN Radio programs for several years, such as Cairo, Bhutan, China? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1050, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UNITED NATIONS [non]. Re: DXLD 0-107: On behalf of David Smith, Andy Sennitt objects to the appearance of ``sesquidecade`` in the report, a term they would not have used. It is true that in light editing for accuracy and style, I sometimes cannot resist fixing such lapses, and hope they are taken in the same spirit of levity, but would those who have saved this report please replace the above term with the original ``15 years`` as we have already done in our DXLD archive (gh) ** U S A [non]. By the way, did you note that the World Beacon schedule changes reported by Observer reflect a significant cut-back in their coverage of Europe? Now cancelled 15455 was recently reported as either Skelton or Tbilisskaya; it is difficult to note the otherwise rather significant audio characteristics of CIS vs. English transmitters when World Beacon`s paltry, narrow-bandwith audio is carried but Tbilisskaya appears to me as best bet (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I hear that religious KXEG-AM in Phoenix, actually Tolleson, 1010 kHz, has been getting freebander relays on 27555 USB in the form of recordings with profanity edited in (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###