WORLD OF RADIO #925, produced Jan 21, 1998 by Glenn Hauser

*Standard disclaimer
*Express delivery fund depleted; we need underwriting donations in
 any multiples of $11 a week to WWCR, $7 to RFPI
*Also will do phone feeds if necessary to WGTG, UT Tue 0500 on 5085
*Send to World of Radio, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702, USA
*World of Radio schedules available through P-mail for SASE or SAE
 and one IRC, address above; specify whether SW only or complete
*But here is the current WOR sked on WWCR: Thu 2130 9475, Sat 0700
 3210 and 5070, Sat 1230 5070, Sun 0730 5070, Tue 1330 15685.
*And on RFPI: Fri 20, Sat 04, 11, 18, Sun 02, 09, 23, Mon 07, Tue
 19, Wed 03, 10; delays caused changes recently, or Continent of
 Media interchanged: Wed 23, Thu 07, Fri 1930, Sat 0330, 1030
*New edition of my Spanish DX report starts this weekend on R.
 Nederland, Fri Jan 23, Sun Jan 25; and serialized thereafter; and
 on WWCR from Thu Jan 29 2200 9475, Fri 2215; RFPI eventually
*Radio Shack's DX-398 sale at $200 continues through January, or
 $180 plus tax if you have a 10% discount coupon
*Put off by a real SW radio? An HF receiver simulator is advertised
 in Jan QST
*Update on Montreal radio situation in wake of ice storm
*Look in newsgroups for Scott Fybush's Northeast Radio Watch for
 lots more info from both sides of the border
*Sheldon Harvey invited to do DX features on RCI Mailbag
*Correction to FCC URL in Jan Monitoring Times-- insert fcc between
 www. and gov.
*R. Free Asia info again accessible without password at
 http://voa.his.com/ and also access to remote monitoring
*R. Free Asia adding lots more staff, Chinese languages this year
*[Also in Washington], WCSP 90.1 C-Span replays Sunday morning
 commercial network news interviews, on Sunday afternoons
*Background on DFW Airport 1640 and 1680 stations
*Special MW DX test Sat Jan 30, WVNS, 670, Claremont, VA, 05-07 UT
*The unscripted DX program, World of Radio 925, wghauser@hotmail.com
 or http://www.grove.net/~ghauser  fax 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser
 [with train whistles]
*Story about KHNC fire, maybe arson after all, can be read at:
 http://www.westword.com/1998/current/feature2-1.html
*Jeff Baker now claims to originate from mountaintop in Honduras;
 a $3800 check to WRMI bounced, but he owes a lot more; previously
 in trouble with WWCR, WINB, WGTG
*AWR Costa Rica, has Arabic broadcast
*Evangelical signal from Cuba? heard, connected with pope visit?
*Spanish military satellite fails, so may use more HF for a while
*West Coast Radio Ireland reported ceasing Jan 31, but may not be
 definite; another address for support: Irish Minister of Comms.,
 Dept. of Transportation, Energy, Comms., 25 Clare St., Dublin 2
*BBC World Service finally available 24/7 on Internet:
 http://www.audionet.com/bbc/
*BBC late January, early Feb previews: Just a Taste, International
 Question Time, International Recital, The Corporate Handbook
*Alan Roberts has cover-story in Jan Shortwave Magazine, Britain,
 on Radio Neige, 11-meter outlets at French ski resorts, illustrated
*Russia's weekly broadcast to polar regions sked
*V. of Justice from the Republic of Mountainous Karabagh, reply
 received, address, background, schedule
*SW frequencies currently active from Sarawak
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, Jan 20
*W.O.R. 925, Glenn Hauser, inviting you back next week      ###