DX LISTENING DIGEST 1-170, November 13, 2001 edited by Glenn Hauser, wghauser@hotmail.com {Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. For restrixions and searchable 2001, 2000 contents archive see} http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Dxldmid.html Check the WOR websites: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ http://www.worldofradio.com [NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn] WORLD OF RADIO #1104 (STREAM) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1104.ram (DOWNLOAD) http://www.worldofradio.com/wor1104.rm (SUMMARY) http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wor1104.html FINAL AIRINGS ON RFPI: Tue 1900, UT Wed 0100, 0700, 1300 on some of: 21815-USB, 15040, 7445 (when reactivated) ** AFGHANISTAN. With the liberation of Kabul, can we expect the 7085v transmitter back on the air? Depends on how thoroughly the facility was destroyed in Oct 8 bombing. No doubt the ham community will pressure the new regime not to resume in the 40m band. And will Commando Solo soon become unnecessary? (Glenn Hauser, Nov 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wire service reports from Kabul say a radio station is back on air in the Afghan capital, now under the control of the Northern Alliance. Music has been broadcast on the station for the first time in five year, with female announcers - a radical break from the past. Under the Taliban, no music was played, and no women were heard on air. The reports don't give any indication as to whether the station is on MW, SW or FM (Matt Francis, Australia, Nov 13 1032 UT, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, This article appears on "The Times of India" web site http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=367037242 for 13 NOV 01, link off The Drudge Report page: "KABUL: Music was broadcast over Kabul radio for the first time in five years on Tuesday after opposition forces captured the city from the hardline Islamic Taliban regime, residents said. They said the opposition's first broadcast since they marched into the city around dawn on Tuesday began with a prayer from the Koran, the Muslim holy book. Before any official announcements were made, a song by popular exiled Afghan singer Farhad Darya drifted out over the airwaves." What Kabul radio? WTFK?!! (John Cobb, Roswell, GA, Nov 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AFGHANISTAN. Media round-up Tuesday 13 November 2001 KABUL AFP reports music on Kabul radio station; unheard by BBC Monitoring Kabul residents have reported hearing music on Kabul radio for the first time in five years after Northern Alliance forces entered the city, AFP news agency reported at 0858 gmt on 13 November. The reported broadcast began around dawn (local time) on 13 November BBC Monitoring has not observed the reported Kabul radio broadcasts - the station may be broadcasting on an FM or MW frequency using low power. The Taleban-controlled Radio Voice of Shari'ah has been unheard by BBC Monitoring since 8 October. "Radio Afghanistan" back on the air - AFP AFP reported from Kabul that "Radio Afghanistan" had resumed broadcasting in the capital. "Shrieks of joy erupted when Radio Afghanistan began broadcasting for the first time in five years, offering verses from the Koran, music that had been banned under the Taleban, and a woman newscaster," the agency said. Before any official announcements were made, a song by popular exiled Afghan singer Farhad Darya was heard, the agency reported. "You can celebrate this great victory," female announcer Jamila Mujahid said. "We have to thank God for giving us this opportunity for Afghanistan to move toward unity." "I don't believe this. I never thought that a time would come when I would be reading the news again. As I read the news this morning it was like a dream," Mujahid told AFP. She said people need not fear unrest or disorder during the Alliance takeover. "Your sons will not allow any opportunists to exploit the situation and rob or steal your property," the announcer said. "Be confident and sure that we are in full control," she added. Northern Alliance take over Bakhtar news agency in Kabul Northern Alliance forces have taken control of the Kabul office of Bakhtar Information Agency, formerly the official news agency of the Taleban. On 13 November, AFP news agency quoted Iranian TV as saying that the Northern Alliance had taken control of the presidential palace and other major public buildings in Kabul, including Bakhtar Information Agency. "All government-run buildings, the Bakhtar news agency, as well as all diplomatic mission sites, are being controlled by the opposition forces," the correspondent was quoted as saying. BBC Kabul office hit; no fatalities On 12 October, the BBC office in Kabul was hit by a bomb as Northern Alliance forces attacked the capital. BBC correspondent William Reeve was in the office when a bomb fell just outside the building, smashing all the windows. He was not injured in the blast. MAZAR-E SHARIF Radio Balkh heard on 13 November On Tuesday 13 November, the radio station broadcasting from the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif - now identifying itself as Radio Balkh - was monitored by the BBC from 0230-0409 gmt. The broadcast normally ends at 0430 gmt, but reception was lost at 0409 gmt. The evening broadcast was observed as scheduled from 1230 - 1510 gmt. The station continues to broadcast on 1584 kHz, the frequency formerly used by the Afghan Taleban station, Radio Voice of Shari'ah from Balkh Province. The signal strength was stronger than observed recently. Balkh radio morning broadcast The Balkh radio broadcast in Pashto and Dari from 0230-0409 gmt on 13 November began with music and recitations of the Koran. The broadcast included interviews with residents of Mazar-e Sharif about the victory of the Northern Alliance in the northern zone. The news in Pashto and Dari repeated an earlier bulletin broadcast at 1330 gmt on 12 November. The news covered a meeting of the Northern Alliance military council in the city, Gen Abdorrashid Dostum meeting officials and the head of an unspecified foreign organization and official appointments. The broadcast included a message by a religious cleric who spoke about the benefits of Islam and holy war and congratulated the Northern Alliance President Rabbani on the victory of the Northern Alliance forces in Mazar-e Sharif. HERAT Alliance take control of Herat radio; Dari service heard - Iran TV Iranian TV has reported that Dari-language radio in the western city of Herat has been heard since Northern Alliance forces entered the city on 12 November. The Iranian TV correspondent in Herat at 1030 gmt on 13 November said "after six years of interruption, Herat's local radio resumed its programmes in Persian [Dari] yesterday". The correspondent may be referring to Radio Afghanistan, which was changed to Radio Voice of Shari'ah after the Taleban came to power in 1996. The Radio Voice of Shari'ah has a station in Herat, but its broadcasts have not been observed by BBC Monitoring. The Iranian TV correspondent in Herat said the radio kept asking people to hand in their weapons to security centres and established bases including one in a city mosque. "The radio, in its statements, has called on the people to maintain calm and to resume their normal professions," the correspondent said. "At the moment the city is relatively calm. Many of the shops are open and normal activities are continuing in Herat," the correspondent added. Source: Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Network 1, Tehran, in Persian 1030 gmt 13 Nov 01 US INFORMATION RADIO US PsyOps broadcasts continue US PsyOps broadcasts to Afghanistan continue. Information Radio continues to be observed by BBC Monitoring broadcasting in Pashto and Dari at 0030-0530 gmt and 1230-1730 gmt daily. It is heard on 8700 kHz upper sideband mode and at times on the former Kandahar mediumwave frequency of 864 kHz. A third announced channel of 1107 kHz (former Kabul frequency) has not yet been observed by BBC Monitoring. The 864, 980 and 1107 kHz channels are believed to be broadcast from US PsyOps "Commando Solo" EC-130 aircraft. AL-JAZEERA TV Kabul office shelled; Kandahar correspondent said evacuated Qatar's Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel at 0834 gmt on 13 November reported that US planes had its office in Kabul overnight. The station reported from Doha that contacts with Al-Jazeera correspondent in Kabul Taysir Alluni had been cut. The station added that they did not know the extent of material damage at the Kabul office. At 0535 gmt on 13 November, Yusuf al-Shuli, Al-Jazeera correspondent in Kandahar confirmed that the Kabul office had been shelled. Al-Shuli said "some shells fell on the Al-Jazeera bureau and the houses of some Al-Jazeera staff members. Praise be to God, however, we have been reassured that none of them was hurt". The correspondent added that most journalists in Kabul were asked by Northern Alliance forces to gather at the Inter-Continental Hotel and not to leave. The correspondent said the situation in Kandahar was calm, but shooting could be heard from the northwest of the city. AFP reported at 1230 gmt the Al-Jazeera's Kandahar correspondent said he had given his last broadcast and was getting out, editorial staff told the agency. "Yusuf al-Shuli gave his last report from Kandahar in the middle of the day," one editor told AFP. "He's packed his bags and gone." Staff at Al-Jazeera told Reuters that the station had previously asked Alluni to leave Kabul for safety reasons if Northern Alliance forces entered the city, the agency said at 1536 gmt. Compiled by Foreign Media Unit, BBC Monitoring Telephone +44 118 948 6261 e-mail: fmu@mon.bbc.co.uk Source: BBC Monitoring research, 13 Nov 01 (via DXLD) Shelling puts Al-Jazeera TV office in Kabul out of action: DOHA, Nov 13: The Kabul office of Al-Jazeera television was hit by shells and put out of action when Afghan opposition forces entered the capital, the Qatar-based channel said today. "Shells fell on the Al-Jazeera bureau in Kabul, but there were no casualties," said the station's correspondent in Kandahar, quoting his colleagues in Kabul. He added that foreign journalists in Kabul had been confined to a hotel in the capital. (AFP/APP) (Posted @ 14:35 PST) (read at http://www.dawn.com 6:23 am EST via Fred Waterer, Ont., Nov 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 6115.7v, Nov 10 0330-0400* English news, local music, ID. Strong but unstable, constantly varying +\- 50 Hz. More stable on \\ 7160.12 (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. On their M-F English to NAm at 0200, RAE can`t win! Not good with REE splash from 6055 on 6060. RHCuba 11705-USB usually hits RAE`s 11710 hard. (Argentina will shortly declare bankruptcy. Years to restructure!) (Bob Thomas, CT, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RAE, 13 NOV, 0145-0205, 11710 kHz. Spanish speaking by woman between musical selections. At top of hour multilingual ID including French, English, German and several other languages. Signal strength was good; some adjacent channel interference from RHC; fluttery propagation. Sounded better on 11710.2 with sync. det. (Dave Hochfelder, NJ; Sony ICF-2010 w/ stock whip antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Due to the unusable schedule RA posts on its own website, recently complained about by Will Martin i.a., we are pleased to bring you BBCM`s much better organised version, and we have further separated English from other languages for your reading pleasure (gh, DXLD) Source: Radio Australia --------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments : Radio Australia's English service news bulletins are usually broadcast on the hour. Some programmes may be carried from the domestic Radio National service. Some broadcasts are also carried via World Radio Network. Frequencies marked "x" carry "Grandstand", a separate sports service, at 0110-0700 GMT on Saturdays and Sundays. This schedule is based on information supplied by Radio Australia and is valid until 31 March 2002. Relays outside Australia are indicated as follows: Saipan(Mariana Islands)-m; Kranji (Singapore)-s; Taiwan-t Address : Radio Australia, PO Box 428G, Melbourne 3001, Australia Tel : +61 3 9626 1914 Fax : +61 3 9626 1899 E-mail : ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au Web Site : http://www.abc.net.au/ra/ Delivery Methods : Terrestrial, Satellite, Internet --------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000-0100 ENGLISH AsAu 9.660 12.080 15.240 17.580 17.750 17.775 17.795 21.740 15415.0-(fm 0030) 0100-0200 ENGLISH AsAu 9.660 12.080 15.240 15.415 17.580 17.750 17.775-(to 0130) 21.725 0200-0500 ENGLISH AsAu 9.660 12.080 15.240 15.415 15.515 17.580-x 17.750-x(to 0400) 21.725 0500-0600 ENGLISH AsAu 9.660 12.080 15.240 15.415 15.515 17.580-x 17.750-(fm 0530) 21.725 0600-0800 ENGLISH AsAu 9.660 12.080 15.240 15.415 15.515-(to 0700) 17.580-x 17.750 21.725 0800-0900 ENGLISH AsAu 9.580 9.710 12.080 15.240 15.415 17.580 21.725 0900-1000 ENGLISH AsAu 9.580 17.750-(fm 0930) 21.820 1000-1100 ENGLISH AsAu 9.580 17.750 21.820 1100-1200 ENGLISH AsAu 6.020 9.475 9.580 11.650 21.820 1200-1400 ENGLISH AsAu 6.020 9.475 9.580 11.650 11.880 21.820 1400-1600 ENGLISH AsAu 5.995 6.080 9.475- (from 1530) 9.580 11.650 1600-1700 ENGLISH AsAu 5.995 6.080 9.475 9.580 11.650 11.660 1700-1800 ENGLISH AsAu 5.995 6.080 9.475 9.580 11.880 1800-1900 ENGLISH AsAu 6.080 7.240 9.430 9.475 9.580 11.880 1900-2000 ENGLISH AsAu 6.080 7.240 9.500 9.580 11.880 2000-2100 ENGLISH AsAu 9.500 9.580 11.880 2100-2130 ENGLISH AsAuAm 7.240 9.500 9.580 9.660 11.880 12.080 17.715 21.740 2130-2200 ENGLISH AsAuAm 7.240 9.660 11.880 12.080 17.715 21.740 2200-2300 ENGLISH AsAuAm 13.620 15.230 17.715 17.795 21.740 2300-2359 ENGLISH AsAuAm 9.660 12.080 13.620 15.230 17.715 17.795 21.740 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000-0030 INDONESIAN As 17.750 21.615-m 21.680 0400-0430 INDONESIAN As 17.750 21.680 21.780-m 0500-0530 CAMBODIAN As 9.730-s 0500-0530 INDONESIAN As 11.745-t 17.750 21.680 0800-0830 INDONESIAN As 11.550-t 17.750 0900-1100 TOK PISIN AsAu 5.995 6.020 9.710 12.080 1400-1530 MANDARIN As 9.475 15.435-k 2000-2100 TOK PISIN Au 6.080 7.240 2130-2330 INDONESIAN AsAu 9.865 11.550-t 11.695 11.935-t(alt) 15.415 2300-2330 CAMBODIAN As 17.805-t 2330-0030 VIETNAMESE As 15.110-s (© BBC Monitoring Nov 7, condensed for DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Hi Glenn! Just checked out the text summary of WOR 1104, and noticed that you spelled Jonathan Shier's name as "Schier." Also, the pronunciation is like the word "shire" (or "shy-er"). I thought that I'd remembered that pronunciation from somewhere, and went and checked it from the RealAudio of last week's "Media Report" on Radio National and R. Australia. The real audio of that show (and the past 4 weeks) can be found at the following URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/index/MediaReportRecentI dx.htm (Bill Westenhaver, QB, Nov 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. R. Bulgaria`s 9400 still hit by co-channel RTTY (Bob Thomas, CT, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NAm evenings ** CHINA. Asian Broadcasting Institute has CRI schedule in time order, including English, showing the Canadian, Cuban relays correctly, as well as specifying other transmitter sites, even within China: http://www.246.ne.jp/~abi/sked-chn.htm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. Apparently a new station: Idea Radio, Bogotá, heard on 7380, 11/11 from 0611-0648 w/SS ballads and tropical music; IDs in SS & EE, giving address as Box 25733, Bogota, Colombia, South America (Glen Kippel, Thousand Palms, CA, Rcvr: Grundig YB-400, Antenna: LF Engineering H800, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. General Manager Travels To Central America To Aid Christian Radio Station For Immediate Release 10 September 2001 POC: Adam Lock George McClintock, General Manager of WNQM-AM-1300 and WWCR-Shortwave (World Wide Christian Radio) traveled last month to Costa Rica to aid a small Christian radio station with engineering problems. Since some roads were impassable, due to a storm and heavy rains, passage to the transmitter site was extremely rugged and difficult. This picture [q.v. on WWCR website] shows traffic following the railroad tracks across an old bridge designed for train traffic. Several streams required crossing, including old wooden plank bridges. WNQM/WWCR has been offering assistance over the last several years in order to keep the Costa Rica transmitters on the air. This project has been a labor of love and an invaluable source of knowledge for Mr. McClintock. This station in Costa Rica is one of several that have received assistance through personal visits or telephone calls. "I have a real feeling for the problems that these kinds of overseas Christian radio stations encounter and hope that my limited assistance will keep them on the air and the programming available to their local listeners," Mr. McClintock commented. WWCR (World Wide Christian Radio) which serves Europe, the Middle East and Africa on Shortwave, is the sister station to WNQM, 1300-AM, all located in Nashville, Tennessee. Last revision 10 September 2001 © 2001 WWCR. All Rights Reserved. (http://www.wwcr.com/cp20010910.html via DXLD) The ``small Christian radio station`` would be TIDGS. We ran across this belatedly while looking for another press release about WWCR in Arabic (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. RHC hit by Hurricane Michelle? No 6000 or 9820; 11705-USB heard (Bob Thomas, CT, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Everyone, Prof. Arnaldo Coro says in an e-mail to a German DXer that RHC La Habana is presently n o t on air to Europe and North America on several freqs. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Original Message ----- From: "Dietrich Rosenau" Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 1:07 PM Subject: [A-DX] CUBA Hallo Freunde des Hobby"s. Soeben erhalte ich eine Mail von meinem Cubanischem Freund Arnie Coros von RHC mit dem Anhang: We are not on the Air to Europa and North America now on several frequencies due to the Hurricane Michelle; only sending via WWW and on 9550 and 11705 SSB. Vy73 aus Berlin, (Dietrich, A-DX Mailing-List via Büschel via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. Cuba Welcomes U.S. Aid Offer By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press Writer HAVANA (AP) - Cuba welcomed the U.S. government's offer of hurricane relief, but said it would rather have approval to buy American food and medicine in cash and pick it up in Cuban vessels. The Foreign Ministry's response came late Thursday after the U.S. State Department offered the communist island both condolences and the possibility of humanitarian aid after Hurricane Michelle devastated central Cuba on Sunday. Vice President Carlos Lage called Michelle the most financially devastating storm to strike revolutionary Cuba. Five people were killed, crops ruined, at least 45,000 homes destroyed and the nation's electrical and telecommunications systems crippled. More at: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011109/wl/cuba_hurricane_recovery_3.html Reports on rec.radio.shortwave: 05 November 2001: "Anyone having trouble picking up RHC tonight on 6000KH or 9820KH at 0300UTC? Reply from Ted S. : I heard a news report saying that because of the hurricane, all electric power in Cuba was turned off. That would explain why the transmitters are down." Maryanne Kehoe stated "600AM and 1180AM Radio Rebelde are still on--- -not sure about Radio Reloj." From: http://www.cubapolidata.com/rmo/ Thursday, November 8, 2001 RADIO MARTÍ FACILITATES COMMUNICATION TO ISLAND Hurricane Michelle caused considerable damage to Cuba's telecommunications infrastructure and as a service to Cuban-Americans who have had difficulty communicating with family members on the island, Radio Martí will broadcast taped messages similar to its past program Puente Familiar. Tuesday, October 30, 2001 RADIO MARTÍ DIRECTOR UNDER INVESTIGATION Roberto Rodríguez-Tejera, Director of Radio Martí -- who has been on permanent leave since OCB Director Salvador Lew took over operations, and allegedly made it clear that he was unwilling to work with him – is according to sources under investigation. Wáshington investigators were at the Miami compound Tuesday of last week questioning the staff (including his cronies) about Rodríguez-Tejera's alleged activities. (all: via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK Nov 11 via DXLD) ** ERITREA. Eritrea Suspends UNMEE Programme. 12 November 2001 Media Network has learned that the weekly radio programme of UNMEE (the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea) has been suspended by Radio Eritrea. The programme, which started at the beginning of this year, has not been aired since 24 October. The reason for the suspension is not clear, but Jean Viktor Nkolo, Chief Public Information Officer for UNMEE, says that the organisation is seeking a dialogue on the matter with the Eritrean authorities. Meanwhile, UNMEE is still trying to get its programme on the air in Ethiopia, so far without success (© Radio Netherlands Media Network via DXLD) Eritrea: UN radio broadcasts suspended - Ethiopian paper | Text of report in English by Ethiopian newspaper Addis Tribune web site on 13 November The transmission of Radio UNMEE's [UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea] weekly programme, which has been broadcast on Radio Eritrea since January, has been suspended, effective 24 October. UNMEE's chief public information officer, Jean Victor Nkolo, said that UNMEE has written to the Eritrean Commissioner for Peacekeeping Mission to express its dismay that such a decision was taken and intends to follow up the matter with the commissioner and the minister of information. UNMEE also intends to press on with further consultations with Ethiopian authorities who have so far not given access to Radio UNMEE on their airwaves, Nkolo said. Source: Addis Tribune web site, Addis Ababa, in English 13 Nov 01 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** INDIA. Friends, Diwali Greetings to all of you! Tomorrow 14th November 2001 is celebrated as Diwali (or Deepawali) --- the festival of lights and is a National Holiday in India. It is also the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India which is celebrated as Childrens Day. So look out for slightly extended broadcasts by all stations of AIR tomorrow. With Diwali Greetings, 73 de (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Box 1555, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500082, India, dx_india via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. M0014/01 - AIR/GROUND FACILITY CHANGED BANN-B HF STATION (CALL SIGN: METAPHOR) PROVIDES HF VOICE FREQUENCY SUPPORT TO ALL US AIRCREWS, GROUND STATIONS, ON 6730 KHZ AND 9022 KHZ. HOURS OF OPERATION ARE 0500 - 2100Z (WUN via Dick van der Knaap, BDXC via DXLD) ** IRAN. Where is 9022 supposed to be used? As someone else on the BDXC list pointed out, great frequency choice with 500 kW IRIB there --- tho it is obviously the intruder --- or is Iran using it less or even abandoning it? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOIROI/IRIB deleted traditional frequency 9022 for the following transmissions: 0630-0727 ITALIAN 1600-1727 TURKISH 1830-1827 GERMAN 1830-1927 FRENCH 1930-2027 ENGLISH 2030-2127 SPANISH 2130-2227 BOSNIAN 2230-2327 HAUSA 2330-0027 FRENCH 0030-0127 ENGLISH IRAN: Winter B-01 schedule for Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran /IRIB/: ALBANIAN 0630-0727 15235 17680 1830-1927 6100 7165 9610 2030-2127 6100 11895 ARABIC 0230-0427 7155 0230-0527 9640 0230-0627 576 9895 0230-1627 15545 0330-2127 1080 0430-1627 15125 0530-1127 612 0930-1227 17550 21545 21820 1030-1527 13675 1230-2127 9860 1630-2127 6025 6065 13750 1730-0127 6200 1830-2127 7115 2130-0127 11710 2330-0157 7225 <<<<<< special freq for Ramazan Nov.17 - Dec.17 2330-0227 5970 <<<<<< special freq for Ramazan Nov.17 - Dec.17 ARABIC (VOICE OF ISLAMIC PALESTINIAN REVOLUTION) 0330-0427 7250 9505 ARABIC (VOICE OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTION OF IRAQ) 0330-0527 6145 7100 9790 11660 ARMENIAN 0300-0327 7295 0930-0957 9615 9885 15260 1630-1727 6185 7230 9780 ASSYRIAN <<<<<<<< NEW SCE 1830-1927 936 AZERI 0100-0327 6150 <<<<<< special freq for Ramazan Nov.17 - Dec.17 0330-0527 702 11720 1500-1657 702 1323 6200 <<<<<< RETIMED, ex 1630-1827 BENGALI 0030-0127 765 6005 6085 6185 1430-1527 6090 9885 11870 15135 BOSNIAN 0530-0627 15235 17680 17860 1730-1827 7295 11660 11895 2130-2227 6100 7235 9710 CHINESE/MANDARIN 1330-1427 9810 11670 13645 15240 2330-0027 7130 7210 9635 DARI 0300-0427 720 6160 0930-1027 11675 <<<<< ADDITIONAL 1330-1457 720 7180 1730-1827 3945 <<<<< ADDITIONAL ENGLISH (RADIO SHALOM) 2000-2027 7175 7255 <<<<< RETIMED, ex 1900-1927 ENGLISH 0030-0127 6065 6135 1100-1227 15385 15480 15575 21470 21730 1530-1627 9605 11775 11870 1930-2027 702 6110 9890 11695 15140 2130-2227 9780 11740 GEORGIAN <<<<<<<< NEW SCE 1700-1757 702 GERMAN 0730-0827 15084 21770 1730-1827 6180 7190 9500 FRENCH 0630-0727 17590 21645 21775 1830-1927 6180 7135 9535 9805 2330-0027 6135 11730 HAUSA 0600-0657 17840 21810 <<<<< RETIMED, ex 0530-0627 1830-1927 11880 15550 <<<<< RETIMED, ex 1930-2027 HINDI 0230-0257 15165 17640 1500-1527 7195 11775 11950 13745 ITALIAN 0630-0727 15084 17560 17605 1200-1257 15084 15275 17610 1930-1957 7295 9615 11890 JAPANESE 1300-1327 9655 9880 2100-2127 6125 7180 KAZAKH 0130-0227 7190 9880 1300-1357 11750 13755 15410 KURDISH <<<<<<<<< NEW SCE 0330-0527 612 639 1430-1627 1161 MALAY 1230-1327 15200 15585 17560 17690 PASHTO 0230-0327 765 1098 6095 9525 9605 0900-0927 11675 17680 <<<<<< ADDITIONAL 1230-1327 765 1098 7165 9790 11870 13775 1430-1527 765 1098 7270 1630-1727 1098 3945 6005 6015 7195 PERSIAN 0000-0627 15084 only! 0830-1157 15084 only! 1300-2357 15084 only! RUSSIAN 0230-0327 9805 9830 11780 11850 <<<<<< ADDITIONAL 1400-1457 702 1449 9575 11660 11930 1530-1627 7165 7200 7230 9705 9810 11785 1730-1827 6035 7115 7205 7305 1930-2027 6045 7100 7205 9805 SPANISH 0030-0127 9630 9650 9660 0130-0227 6135 9630 9650 9660 0230-0327 6065 0530-0627 17590 17785 2030-2127 6005 9750 SWAHILI 0330-0427 13640 15125 15260 15595 1000-1057 17780 21755 1730-1827 9595 11750 TAJIK 0000-0057 3975 <<<<<< special freq for Ramazan Nov.17 - Dec.17 0100-0227 720 5950 1600-1727 720 5955 TURKISH 0200-0257 7145 <<<<<< special freq for Ramazan Nov.17 - Dec.17 0430-0557 15260 15365 1600-1727 7125 9735 1830-1927 639 702 TURKMEN <<<<<<<<< NEW SCE 0230-0457 1449 1500-1827 1449 URDU 0130-0227 765 1098 6010 6190 7210 1430-1457 765 1098 7145 9480 9655 11775 11950 13595 1530-1727 765 1098 7270 UZBEK 0230-0257 720 5950 1500-1557 720 5955 73 from (Ivo and Angel!, Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOIRI English to NAm at 0030 is poor to fair on 6065, but wiped out at 0100 by WYFR. It`s also splashed by 6070 CFRX and 6055 Madrid. Parallel 6135 hit by 6145 NHK via RCI or 6130 VOA (Bob Thomas, CT, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JORDAN. R. Jordan, 11690, Nov 3 1600-1731*; 1600 English news, letterbox type program [Sat] reading listeners` reception reports. Asked for reports for QSL card. English news also at 1630. Variety of Arabic music, local pops, and US pop music. Good signal, stronger than the RTTY on frequency; better than usual (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. VOK schedule, last updated Nov 8: English 0100-0200 NECHN 6195, 7140, 9345 0100-0200 CAm/SAm 6520, 7580, 11735 0200-0300 SEAs 9325, 11335 0300-0400 NECHN 6195, 7140, 9345 1000-1100 CAm/SAm 3560, 9335, 11710 1000-1100 SEAs 9850, 11735 1300-1400 WEu 4405, 7505, 11335 1300-1400 NAm 9335, 11710 1500-1600 WEu 4405, 7505, 11335 1500-1600 NAm 9335, 11710 1600-1700 ME/NAf 3560, 9975, 11735 1900-2000 WEu 4405, 7505, 11335 2100-2200 WEu 4405, 7505, 11335 From: http://www.246.ne.jp/~abi/sked-nk.htm (Asian Broadcasting Institute via DXLD) More complete than previous monitored announcement; those are never comprehensive; and this also includes feeders(?) 3560, 4405, SSB? So they broadcast 2 hpd of English to northeast China??? (gh, DXLD) ** LITHUANIA. R. Vilnius, 9875 at 2330 and 0030 is so-so (Bob Thomas, CT, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I thought they were not using same frequency at both hours, but 7325 at 0030 (gh, DXLD) ** NIGERIA. V. of Nigeria, 15120, Nov 9 2150-2302* in English. ``Celebration`` program about local festival; local music, IDs. 2200 ``Nigerian Composers`` program. S/off with short national anthem. \\ 7255 and both were good. Announced 15120, 7255 and 11770, but 11770 not heard. Also Nov 10 on both at *0455 with NA at s/on and into English (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nov 13 after 0600 15120 was again in well, and checked \\ 7255. Also a weaker signal on 11770 seemed English, but not \\. Maybe XERMX, but they should be off by then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. RRI English at 0200 on 11940 is JBA if it shows up. Parallel 11830 blasted by 11825 R. Taipei Spanish [via WYFR?] (Bob Thomas, CT, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA in French finally ID'd 10 Nov at 1501 on 21600 kHz with "Radio Riyadh...radiodiffusion de l'Arabie Saoudite" ID. First noted tentatively 30 Oct, beginning news at 1530 with a UT+3 timecheck, but not definitely ID'd then, due to deep fades and generally low signal strength. Closes approximately 1557* (Bill Westenhaver, QC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Stay tuned in case they don`t get the transmitter turned off before English at 1600 (gh, DXLD) ** TURKEY. V. of Turkey, new 17815 Nov 10 1330-1425* English news, local music, good. Also new 6020 Nov 10 0400-0450 English news, program on Turkey`s olive oil production, local music, \\7240, both good (Brian Alexander, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Dubai noted off-frequency on 21597.6 10 Nov at 1455 in Arabic with talk, ID at 1500. Had English beginning 1600 to 1633* s/off immediately after English news ended. Fairly strong, but poor audio (rumbly/heavy bass in the modulation) during the Arabic segment; audio was better in the English segment. Also found on the same off-frequency 12 Nov during the English news at 1630; again off immediately after news at 1633* (Bill Westenhaver, QB, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also noted here after 1400 Nov 13 in Arabic, approximately 21598 instead of usual 21605 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. CHAOS REPORTED IN BBC ANTHRAX INCIDENT Some 40 staff members of the BBC World Service were herded out of their offices and into a parking area of the company's headquarters in Bush House, London last month, where they were ordered to strip and then hosed down, after a powder, suspected of being anthrax, was found in the company mail, the London Mail on Sunday reported. "It was appalling and some of the women in particular were deeply upset," an unnamed BBC employee told the newspaper. It reported that many staff members were detained for hours while their offices were checked for contamination, and although they were eventually told they could go home, many could not since their clothes had not been returned. The Mail quoted Pierre Vicary, an official of the National Union of Journalists as saying, "It was a madhouse. Given that other media organizations had been targeted, the BBC should have been better prepared. It seems no effort was made to provide people with privacy when they undressed, nor were the sexes separated. We have received assurances that it will be handled much more sensitively if it happens again." The substance in the letter was later identified as talcum (showbizdata.com via David R. Alpert, KB2LUM, CA, Nov 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. NOTICE: WWCR has relinquished the use of 7460 kHz at the immediate request of the United States Air Force. Please check 9475 at 8 am Central (14 UT) on 13 November, other WWCR frequencies for special announcements and this Web site for more information. (http://www.wwcr.com checked at 0418 UT Nov 13 via DXLD) That was the Bro. Scare nighttime frequency scheduled 2200-1400, switching to 9475 at 1400-2200; so will go back maybe to 7435 now? Not at 0430 check Nov 13, nor on 2390, both of which would seem possible (gh, DXLD) Bro Stair read an announcement at 0105 that the USAF was taking over his freq. I thought that this would be some sort of black helicopter conspiracy thing but sure enough WWCR ID'ed and went off at 0110. No USAF comms heard. No mention as to why. His new sked, in case you're dying to hear him sing: 0200-0300 on 3215, 0400-0430 on 3215, 0600- 0700 on 3210, 0700-1200 on 5070, 1000-1100 on 9475 (73/Liz Cameron, MI, UT Nov 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hmmm, if this lasts, that would bump off WOR airings: Mon 0600, Fri 1030 (gh, DXLD) Airforce is taking 7.460 for air traffic use. We will look for another freq. tomorrow (George McClintock, WWCR, Nov 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Arabic Programming on WWCR-Shortwave WWCR, Nashville, is broadcasting the radio message of an Arabic Church in the US, in the Arabic language. Due to the sensitive nature of Arabic Christian broadcasting to an overseas audience, the sponsoring church is operating under anonymity, to protect their local interests. The one-hour daily radio broadcast provides information on sharing the gospel with Muslims, answering questions from Muslims and dealing with the points of conflict between Islam and Christianity. The sponsoring church believes in the Biblical Great Commission ``...and He said to the Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.`` Mark 16:15. The Arabic radio program can be heard on WWCR daily from 5 to 6 am Central, 1100-1200 UT, on 15685. The coverage area includes the main interest of the church in reaching listeners in the Middle East (WWCR Press Release Nov 1, hardcopy, via DXLD) We went looking for this on the website but instead found the item under Costa Rica, besides the 7460 announcement. ``Daily`` above actually means M-F, as just reconfirmed in the WWCR posted sked. ``Daily`` should be reserved for 7 days a week. ``Weekdaily`` means M-F. BTW, there was a typo here months ago in the name of the person responsible or the Arabic Christian show. Here it is copied from the WWCR sked: Esper Ajaj --- or, spelt backwards, Jaja Repse (gh, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Here's the B-01 schedule for WEWN, in which they are increasing transmissions to Africa, South and Central America, but decreasing broadcasts to Europe. To North America at 20 and 285 degrees: 00 to 13 on 5825. 13 to 16 on 11875. 16 to 22 on 13615. 22 to 24 on 9975. To South America at 155 degrees: 10 to 12 on 15395. 12 to 17 on 15375. 17 to 10 on 15745. Is 15745 too high to broadcast to South America after local sundown? To Mexico, Caribbean and Cent. America at 220 degrees: 23 to 03 on 9355. 03 to 13 on 7425. 13 to 20 on 11550. 20 to 23 on 11530. To Europe at 40 degrees: 10 to 17 on 15745. To Africa at 85 degrees: 17 to 24 on 17595. This info comes from the B-01 FCC and WEWN skeds via the EWTN and DX Antwerp web sites. Also note that WEWN is using 15745 around the clock. As of this morning, the B-01 HFCC and George Jacobs schedules are still not posted on their web sites. Did you notice that the B-01 Merlin sked for other broadcasters omitted the Far East relays for the Herald Broadcasting Syndicate? 73, (Jim Moats, OH, November 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. This week on 91.7: Oklahoma's Public Radio will air an historic special NPR broadcast with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For the first time, a Russian leader will converse directly with the American public by taking phone calls from NPR listeners. President Putin's conversation with the public radio audience will be part of a two-hour NPR news special broadcast Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Don't forget the "Oklahoma Report" weekdays at 7:50 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. ... "Oklahoma Audio Almanac" Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. and "The Voices of Oklahoma" Fridays at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. For editorial commentary tune in Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. for Neva Hill publisher of the "Hill Report". Friday at 7:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m., hear Frosty Troy publisher of the "Oklahoma Observer". -- All Times - Central Time. [add 6 hours for UT] Programs are subject to change without notice. Listen to KOSU live at 91.7 FM or at http://www.kosu.org (KOSU list Nov 13 via DXLD) ** U S A. Will Martin sends a newspaper ad dated August 19, 2001, for KMOX 1120 St. Louis, claiming it is ``heard in 44 states and throughout much of Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean``. Assuming Hawaii and Alaska can be ruled out, that means only 4 of the lower 48 cannot hear KMOX. Since it`s slightly east of the center of the country, the four cannots would probably include Washington, Oregon, California --- and? Nevada? Idaho? One might also wonder how well it is heard in Arizona. Or did they rule out four of the six states which have nighttime operations on 1120, per the 2000 edition of M- Street Directory – AL, CA, CT, MA, UT and of course OR with KPNW. That`s the only 50 kW, the others being quite low powered, not likely to blanket most of the state except little CT and MA. But KPNW no doubt has a deep null eastward toward St. Louis meaning KMOX could be heard in eastern OR. Of course, KMOX has no doubt been DXed in all 50 states, not to mention numerous foreign countries, at least once in its long history, so how is ``heard in`` defined? Regular reliable reception on a common radio with no special effort? One would certainly think so, in terms of general radio listening, not DXing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. REASON * December 2001 Free Your Radio --- Three liberties we`ve lost to the FCC. By Jesse Walker Most radio stations today are boring and homogeneous, chains of clones controlled by an ever-dwindling handful of focus-group-driven corporations. Their programs are presumably meeting somebody`s needs, and I wish them no ill. I have no desire to drive those two oxymorons, ``classic rock`` and ``young country,`` from the air. I can coexist with ``easy listening,`` with ``adult contemporary,`` with even that unlistenable concoction called ``smooth jazz.`` (That`s like calling Scientology ``smooth Judaism.``) But what kind of musical desert contains only those brands of broadcasting? A freer media landscape, shorn of such tight controls, is possible— one that would allow us greater freedom to choose, to create, and to escape. Freedom to choose simply means more options: more radio formats, more TV channels, more film studios, more publishers. Market forces have already produced much media diversity, and were it not for the barriers erected by the Federal Communications Commission (among others), those forces would produce much more. Radio, in particular, is already very diverse, with more than 11,000 AM and FM stations in the United States and dozens of formats for listeners to choose from. But for the most part, this is diversity without depth: an ether carved into a thousand niches, each only an inch deep. Consider the state of country radio. Country is now the most popular format in the United States, with more than 2,600 stations devoted to it. The most popular brand of country broadcasting is ``young`` country— that is, country divorced from its past. One typical station`s TV commercials alternate grainy, black-and-white films of old folks square-dancing and playing hillbilly instruments (words on screen: ``old country``) with color footage of groups that look like rock bands (words on screen: ``young country``). Yet most country stations won`t play much traditional country music. In some towns, you`re more likely to hear Merle Haggard or Johnny Cash on a punk- flavored college station than on the frequency theoretically devoted to country and western. And so country radio rules, but great reservoirs of excellent country music—new as well as old—are ignored or forgotten. Freedom to create means more than that: not just the right to choose among 500 TV stations instead of three, but fewer barriers to setting up a station of your own; not just greater ease in joining the officially licensed elite, but the right to operate outside it. Like the freedom to choose, the freedom to create is being withheld by an alliance of policymakers and professionals. The technical cost of starting a station has been within most Americans` reach for years. The legal cost, however, is much higher: thousands of dollars to purchase an existing license, thousands more to cross various regulatory hurdles. With very few exceptions, the FCC won`t even issue licenses to noncommercial stations of less than 100 watts. Class A commercial stations require at least 6,000 watts of power. Small wonder that so many people in the `90s chose to start their own micro radio stations—low-budget, low-power, locally focused outlets— without the sanction of the FCC. Freedom to escape means being able to go beyond the conventional means of mediation and to interact more directly, more convivially, with others. It`s not far from what the novelist Andrew Nelson Lytle had in mind when, in the `30s, he instructed his fellow Southerners to ``throw out the radio and take down the fiddle from the wall.`` There have been times when doing free radio has meant evading the electromagnetic spectrum altogether, as with the Jamaican soundtracks that played music beloved in the island`s poor communities but absent from the official airwaves; or the street DJs who invented hip-hop, mixing disks with a ferocious eclecticism that would have shocked even the most experimental freeform disc jockey of the hippie days. Micro radio lets us speak for ourselves, lets us keep our radios on and take down those fiddles from the wall. By blurring the boundaries between mass media and face-to-face interaction, it puts the former at the disposal of the latter. A micro station based in a particular community --- a housing project, a rural village, a bar, a church, a group of friends --- isn`t just a signal a solitary listener might catch on his stereo. It`s a rallying point, a reason for people to gather both on and off the air. In the early days of Steal This Radio, a pirate station in New York City, the broadcasters constantly moved from one location to another --- ``solemnly vigilant,`` an organizer later wrote, ``against FCC detection.`` Solemnly might not be the best word for the station. ``Our weekly broadcasts quickly became the best floating party on the Lower East Side, and as thirty or forty people would inevitably arrive at every broadcast location, we often asked ourselves if anyone was home listening to the show.`` And if they weren`t, would it matter? Jesse Walker (jwalker@reason.com) is an associate editor of REASON and author of Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America (NYU Press), from which this article was adapted. (via Kevin Redding, NRC FM-TV via DXLD) ###