WORLD OF RADIO #924, produced Jan 14, 1998 by Glenn Hauser

*W.O.R. gone from UT Mon 0400 on WWCR 3215; hope to come back in Feb
 or replace with a comparable time
*W.O.R. also missing from WGTG last two weeks--tapes delayed or
 misplaced
*1997 Shortwave Year in Review feature I did for VOA Communications
 World Jan 3--check WRN Sound Store or VOA archives
*Also in expanded version on Jan CONTINENT OF MEDIA, exclusively
 on RFPI, Fri 1930, Sat 0330, 1030, and also still at old time of
 Wed 2300, Thu 0700 until Pacifica News is ready to start
*WLIO-TV, ch 35 in Lima, OH, plans to put World Radio Network on
 its Secondary Audio Program channel, including W.O.R. in a few
 weeks
*Allan Weiner's SW station planned in Maine by next year offers
 Brother Stair all the time he wants; remainder may be called "The
 Planet", perhaps including DX programs
*WGTG elated to receive FCC letter exonerating it from any wrongdoing,
 harmful interference as claimed by neighbors; 2nd transmitter selling
 airtime; contemplating building another SW station with different
 calls, secular format, or selling WGTG for $300K
*WRNO heard with original blues shows
*Extraordinary Science Radio Hour from Tesla Society about to leave
 WWCR
*VOA's Border Crossings gets two new frequencies for much better
 reception
*Garrison Keillor criticizes NPR and PBS (credit: Malcolm Kaufman)
*Paul Winter Solstice Live concert on NPR in Dec was broadcast in
 mono by mistake; NPR apologized
*WHNZ, 570, Florida, special DX test Jan 24, 8 pm EST with CW IDs
*Montreal stations lost towers, came back on air on special new
 frequencies for the emergency; listen at http://www.radio.cbc.ca
*For info on what Ottawa stations are doing see
 http://www.entrenet.com/mizar/
*RCI used emergency generators at studio; Wojtek Gwiazda turning
 Mailbag back over to Mark [not Bob] Montgomery
*You're not listening to a yadda-yadda-yadda DX program but to
 World of Radio 924, Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; wghauser@hotmail.com
 and see website http://www.grove.net/~ghauser
*Jeff Baker's SW station planned for Honduras, inviting visits, and
 still on WWCR
*Radio Barquisimeto, Venezuela, expected to reactivate SW 4990 and
 9510 for 60th anniversary Jan 20
*Peru: Radio Uno is new ID; new station R. Nueva Sensacion
*Angolan does not ID as Radio Core as reported, but VORGAN
*Ramadan causes Zanzibar to stay on one hour later
*Somalia's Holy Kor'an Radio on same frequency as Lebanon
*Hargeisa heard in Massachusetts
*V. of Sudan clandestine has English segments
*V. of Oromo Liberation schedule is irregular
*West Coast Radio Ireland may have to close by end of January; 
 letters of support to Ms. Sile de Valera, Minster for Communications,
 Dublin, Ireland; or her E-mail minister@ealga.irlgov.ie
*Frank Muir, longtime BBC panelist, died in early January
*Waveguide on BBC the week of Jan 18
*New on BBC: On the Rocks; Catholicism in Crisis
*St.-Lys Radio, coastal station in France, closing Jan 16 at 1900;
 main voice shore-to-ship frequencies are 4366, 8896, 13152
*Norway changes were incorrect; 18950 expanded, still on 13790
*Lithuania drops second test frequency, sticking with original
*Best V. of Russia frequencies as monitored in Ontario
*R. Jordan has new series, Jordan--Ancient Cultures; Mailbag times
*Indian regional in Itanagar reactivated
*Sikkim heard with English
*Taiwan's reorganized SW service actually called R. Taibei Int'l
 and Mainland pledges not to interfere
*NZ opposition uncovers plan to close down RNZI, despite budget
 of only $1M a year
*Intense sporadic E opening Jan 11 brought in band full of Mexican
 FM stations here
*Propagation outlook from Ottawa Dec 31; Boulder Jan 13
*Standard disclaimer
*Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 924               ###