DX LISTENING DIGEST 1-073, May 20, 2001
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** ALBANIA. 9539.90, Radio Tirana in English at 2151 poor to fair. I 
thought that it might have been Radio Tashkent, but ending with 
"Goodbye Dear Listeners" and ID at 2156 18 May (Walt Salmaniw, 
Victoria, BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** AUSTRALIA. RA via Darwin noted this morning at 2340 back on 13620 
for English, after appearing on 13625 yesterday. Fair signal in 
Canberra. May 20 (Matt Francis, Canberra, AUSTRALIA, ARDXC via DXLD) 
Surmised the same here, from very weak signal on 13620 instead of 
13625 UT May 19 after 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Drove past the Radio Australia transmitting station on Verney Road, 
Lemnos (known as Shepparton -- actually 8 km north of Shepparton) 
recently & noted that in the past few years there appears to have 
been extensive work done on their feeder lines. The lines appeared to 
have been replaced & enclosed in shielded ducting. Looks very good. 
The old feeder lines have long since seen suspected of causing inter-
mod products that have been heard in Sydney at S9+ levels in the 
past. I now suspect that intermod problems are now greatly reduced or 
may not be noted anymore. In any case feeder lines shouldn`t be a 
problem anymore due to shielding. RA spurs from Shepparton were bad 
when I was DXing in the early 90's from Sydney. Does anyone care to 
comment on whether they have noted an improvement in recent years. 
I know Patrick McDonald (from SW Possums) used to comment about the 
spurs back in the Usenet BBS days. Hi Pat (where are you?) P.S. The 
grass mowers (sheep) are still there. Bless their poor radiated 
bodies. Regards (Ian Baxter, May 20, ARDXC via DXLD) 

All Darwin frequencies for RA relay transmissions are noted here in 
Melbourne with excellent signals, though I doubt whether we are the 
primary target zone! This operation is actually a leased deal with 
Christian Voice, which now appears to have discontinued all of its 
own programming from Darwin in favour of RA content! They may have 
some difficulties if they persist with 21680 for coverage into 
Indonesia, due to skip effects. Dunno who did the frequency 
management for CV, but seems to me it is flawed. This issue was also 
a big problem many years ago when Darwin first came on line in 1970, 
and RA had a lot of trouble with skip on 17 and 21 MHz, in servicing 
the nearer Asian regions. If CV/RA claims to be targeting India on 
21680, then OK (but they are not!). They say they are servicing 
"central and western Indonesia" on 21680, 290 degrees, and they will 
probably get sufficient ground wave coverage, or mixed first and 
second mode propagation, as Jakarta-Darwin is only 2700 km. This 
stuff should propagate rather well on 21680 across the Pacific [sic]
via the daylight track and well into the Middle East, also up into 
Japan and Siberia. 9865 bombs in here 2130-2330 as does 13620 2200-
2359. 

Certainly shows up the deficiencies with curtain arrays which put out 
heaps of energy on the back end of the "beam". MEL is about 2500 km 
from Darwin. RA ought to fix up its Web site and update the 
schedules. They only show very broad time designators like "morning" 
"afternoon" and "night" which is not very satisfactory. "Morning" in 
PNG is quite a different zone as compared with "morning" in Jakarta!! 
Regards (Bob Padula, Melbourne, Victoria, May 20, EDXP via DXLD) 

** BOLIVIA. 4796.46 Radio Mállku [sic], Uyuni. May 2001 - 0005 UT. 
ID: "Está en transmisión Radio Mállku ... trabajadores
campesinos ... operamos en esta frecuencia: 4795 kcs, banda 
internacional de 60 metros onda corta desde Uyumi ... república de
Bolivia". Very clean and clear signal and a new acquaintance for me. 
(Björn Malm in Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin May 20, translated by ed. 
Thomas Nilsson for DXLD) Why accent on Mallku? (gh)

** BRASIL. 4708-4723v Radiodifusora Roraima, Boa Vista. May 6 2001 - 
2330 UT. Drifted around here during a few days. In WRTH listed on 
4875 (Björn Malm in Quito!, SW Bulletin May 20, translated by ed. 
Thomas Nilsson for DXLD)

On 12209.95 May 9 at 2159, Radio Cultura Filadelfia gick svagt men 
rent på övertonen igen. Annonserade inför A Voz do Brasil. Utstörd då 
på 6104,98, men gick bra här vid koll en halvtimme senare (John 
Ekwall, Sweden, SW Bulletin via DXLD) {no, Jan Edh -- see next issue}

** BULGARIA/BELGIUM. I tuned into Eurosonor Radio 6900 at 1605 only 
to find they were playing a Radio Ezra tape. This stopped after a 
couple of minutes and then Eurosonor Radio started, proves they are 
coming from the same site as we had assumed (Mike Barraclough, UK, 
May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Monday, May 22 is some kind of holiday here, ``Victoria 
Day`` meaning CBC does some special programming, including:

RADIO ONE -- THIS MORNING: Victoria Day Monday: on This Morning...the 
return of "Song Tag." Shelagh Rogers and Michael Enright lead two 
teams of CBC hosts. On Shelagh's side, Bill Richardson and Bob 
McDonald. On Michael's side, Judy Maddren and Katie Malloch. In Hour 
Two, the Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour returns with a one-hour special 
recorded at the Globe Theatre in Regina. Hour Three is devoted to 
poet P.K. Page. Her poem "Planet Earth" was chosen by the United 
Nations to be read around the world in March. That's on This Morning, 
9:06 to noon, (9:36 to 12:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. 

UNDER THE OPEN SKY: Want to get a running start on the folk festival 
season this summer? Then join host Cate Friesen for Under the Open 
Sky on Victoria Day. It's a two-hour tour of Canadian festivals, from 
the huge Edmonton Folk Festival to lesser-known gems, such as the 
Edge of the World Festival in BC's Queen Charlotte Islands and the 
Trout Festival in Northern Ontario. You'll sample the workshops, the 
reunions, the crafts and more - plus tips on how experienced 
festival-goers prepare for the event. That's Under the Open Sky, 
Victoria Day Monday at 4 p.m. (4:30 NT) on CBC Radio One (from CBC 
Hotsheets via DXLD)

** CANADA. iCulture: Heritage minister promises more support for CBC

From Friday May 18 2001
       
      Heritage minister promises more support for CBC
      SUZANNE KING - The Arts Report - CBC Radio (email)

OTTAWA - The Canadian heritage minister says the federal government 
plans to improve long-term funding to the CBC. 

Sheila Copps appeared before the Commons Committee for Canadian 
Heritage yesterday in Ottawa. Copps had lots to crow about with the 
government's recent announcement of more than half-a-billion dollars 
of new money for culture.

But she told committee MPs the one-time infusion of $60 million for 
the CBC won't solve all its money problems and that additional 
support is on the way:

"We're obviously working with the government to ensure the CBC's 
long term funding prospects are improved."

Loyola Hearn, the Tory's heritage critic says he's concerned that 
the CBC isn't focusing enough on regional programs:

"It seems concern about expenditures and keeping within budgets and 
selling off transmitters may be weakening the service."

Alliance heritage critic Cheryl Gallant had little to say even 
though in the past the Alliance bristled at the talk of more 
government money for the CBC:

"Right now the Alliance doesn't have a specific policy per se."
Copps wouldn't say how much money the CBC will be given. But she did 
say it won't be the $400 million that was cut from its annual 
funding. The minister isn't saying when the announcement will be 
made either. 

A special caucus of MPs is meeting regularly with CBC officials to 
determine its needs.

Sheila Copps told committee MPs a one-time infusion of $60 million 
for the CBC won't solve all its money problems and that additional 
support is on the way. 

http://www.infoculture.cbc.ca/archives/cultpol/cultpol_05182001_copps
funding.phtml (via David Akin via Ricky Leong, DXLD)

** CANADA. 6029.95, CFVP Calgary. Haven't heard them reported for a 
while, so decided to check them out. Definitely there at 0000 13 May, 
with oldies format. Poor to fair on that day. Improved over the next 
hour. Best heard by far with my R390A and SE-3. A perfect match for 
the oldies format! Much better than my 2050, my usual premier 
receiver. Open carrier of Radio Marti at 0059, but able to hear full 
ID for AM 1060 CKMX Calgary at that time. Also heard at 2141 on 18 
May on 6029.93 with ID (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) 

** CHINA {+non]. 17720 An interesting frequency. See also France 
below. Just before TOH, at 1459, I can weakly hear the Voice of Hope 
ID (Guam), then an almost equal match between CRI in English and RCI 
also in English, via Xian China. I'm able to select several antennae 
to allow one or other broadcast to dominate. Heard this morning, 20 
May with good to very good reception (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, 20 
May, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** CHINA. Xinjang in Kazakh ... 0819-1141 ... 1449-1516 UT ... poor-
to-fair on 27199.36 kHz (5th of 5439.87). Fundamental faded in just 
around 1450 (Vlad Titarev, Kremenchuk, Ukraine, AOR 7030/35m lw, 
harmonics@yahoogroups.com via DXLD)

** CHINA [non]. CRI English via Cuba 17720 was back on May 19 at 
1500, as well as 1400; usual low/muffled audio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CONGO. Caro Glenn, Informo-lhes que acaba de ser reativada a Rádio 
Congo, na freqüência de 4765, em 62 metros. Captei a emissora, aqui 
em Porto Alegre, no último sábado, a partir das 2130 TU, com 
programação variada em idioma francês. O encerramento da transmissão 
se deu por volta de 2251, com o locutor mencionando uma 'boîte 
postale' em Brazzaville e identificando a emissora como 'Rádio 
Congo'. O sinal estava excelente, principalmente no encerramento da 
emissão. A emissora é da República do Congo. Não confundir com a 
República Democrática do Congo, cuja capital é Kinshasa e presidente, 
Laurent Kabila, foi morto recentemente (Célio Romais, May 20, DX 
Clube do Brasil, Sony ICF SW7600G Antena Sony AN-71, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) 

Just checked the conditions on the 60 meter band and there is booming 
signal on 4765 kHz, now at 1830 UT May 19. No exact identification 
but talk on Congo in French and nice Afro pops. This must be change 
from former 5985; hopefully this will stay. This is coming very 
nicely even on my Yacht Boy 400 and with its whip antenna! Now 
identified as "Radio Congo" at 1842. Nice to see this back on this 
channel. 73 (Jarmo Hyvinkaa, Finland, hard-core-dx via DXLD) 

This morning (20/5) at 2030 noted Congo on 4765 with very good signal 
to past 2200. Was the strongest on the band even though conditions 
were mediocre. Is broadcasting in FF with lots of hi-life mx. Caught 
ID at 2150 so am fairly sure of this. Also Craig concurs with this as 
he says that Congo has gone from its 31 metre frequency [9610] which 
was audible recently (John Schache, Australia, ARDXC via DXLD)

Yes I first heard this 1/2 hour later at 2100 on Sun morning (Aust 
local date) too. Still there past 2230 UT. Heaps of ID's. Memories of 
the late 80's when this signal dominated the 60 mb! Love those drums. 
Was even better this morning with better all round African 60 & 90 mb 
reception. Regards (Ian Baxter, ARDXC via DXLD) 

Radio Congo is back on 4765 kHz with an absolutely amazing signal. 
Heard here in the UK from 1800 UT onwards. A recording showing the 
strength of tonight's reception can be found on the Tropical Latest 
page of the Online DX Logbook. 73's (Graham Powell, Webmaster for The 
Online DX Logbook http://www.dxsheigra.freeserve.co.uk and 21MHZ.COM 
http://www.21mhz.com - DX LISTENING DIGEST)

4765 RTV Congolaise, 0455, noted reactivated with messages in French, 
vernaculars at 0500. Stronger than Nigeria 4770 and Gabon 4890. (Paul 
Ormandy, Oamaru, New Zealand, May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** ECUADOR. 4767.88H Radio Panamericana, Quero. May 2001 - 2300 UT. I 
had this station as tentative in SWB 1456. Harmonic from 1590
(3 x 1589.29 kHz). 

5965.00 New HC! La Voz del Upano, Tena. 15 May 2001 - 1100 UT. Test 
transmissions from the small town of Tena located in the jungle. 
National Ecuadorian music followed by teaching mathematics by 
distance. ID: "Desde la ciudad de Tena, provincia de Napo, región 
amazónica ecuatoriana, escuchan la frecuencia 5965 kHz de La Voz del 
Upano en la banda internacional de los 49 metros". At this time LV 
del Upano, Macas on 5040.07 kHz was off air. The following day Macas 
and Tena had different programmes. LV del Upano in Macas had a 
newscast and Tena had the same type of programme as the day before. 
Repeated several times that it was a test transmission from Tena on 
the frequency of 5965. Close down 1337 UT with "el himno a la 
provincia del Napo" and started the following day with the Ecuadorian 
National Anthem (Björn Malm in Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin May 20, 
translated by ed. Thomas Nilsson for DXLD)

gh: Well, 5965 is not a new frequency for Upano, but previously only 
from Macas? (gh)

** FALKLAND ISLANDS [non]. UK 11680, Seldom reported BBC to Falklands 
still here at 2142 on 18 May, a Friday. Ended at 2143:30 with "have a 
good weekend". Used USB to avoid Pyongyang on 11679.75 at the same 
time. Poor reception (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) Also sked Tue 2130 (gh)

** FRANCE. 21620: Don't you believe the published schedule for 
English. At 0618, I'm only hearing French. Poor level, parallel to 
stronger 17800. I've not heard them at this time in English. Now at 
1455, they are audible in English. Heard them on 11610 at good level, 
just behind 17720 with interview with Rev Jesse Jackson at Cannes 
(Walter Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, 20 May, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

There are no morning English broadcasts on weekends, so try again 
weekdays and you may hear English same time and frequency (gh, DXLD)

** GUATEMALA. 5954.97, Radio Cultural. Good signal at 0448. No ID at 
TOH, but full ID at 0507:30 and again at 0508. Off at 0510 17 May. 
All in Spanish (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUYANA. 3291.40, GBS has been a regular here with poor to fair 
signals around 0446. Sports programming at 0446. 0514 parallel and 
just behind BBCWS on 6175. A little worse when rechecked at 0600 17 
May (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** HONDURAS. The HRET reported giving up on SW in last issue is the 
4960v in Puerto Lempira. I ran across this photo of it:
http://www.ziggycom.net/public/cummins/album4/ (Glenn Hauser, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. All India Radio English General Overseas Service 
frequencies now updated at last on the website:
1000-1100 Asia 15020 17840
1000-1100 Pacific 13700 15020 17510 17895
1330-1530 Asia 9690 11620 13710
1745-1945 Europe 7410 9950
1745-1945 Africa 11935 13795 15120
2045-2230 UK 7410 9650 9950
2045-2230 Pacific 7150 9910 11715
2245-0045 Asia 9705 9950 11620 13605
(Mike Barraclough, UK, May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRELAND. Reflections Europe: The station uses the old Radio Fax 
transmitters in the Republic of Ireland and is unlicenced. Usual 
schedule is 1500-2230 Sunday on 3910 6295 12255. I am not sure what 
their present QSL policy is; nothing in QSL Information pages since 
late 1998. Their address is Reflections Europe, Lucks Green, The 
Forge, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 7BC, UK. They did used to run a loop 
tape asking for reports to be sent to the individual programmes they 
carried and also once offered some sort of certificate for replies 
from 10 of them, or some other number. Obviously, as they get paid 
for airing these programmes, they want the people who pay up to 
realise that there is an audience out there (Mike Barraclough, 
England, May 19, hard-core-dx via DXLD)

** ITALY. 6231.5, R Speranza, 0358, poor signal due heavy ute QRM and 
best in USB, male announcer in Italian with sermon till 0400, then a 
couple of IDs and female announcer with news. Heard past 0420 (Paul 
Ormandy, Oamaru, New Zealand, May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6231.45, May 9 at 2210, Radio Speranza anropade. Musik i övrigt. QSA 
3 (John Ekwall, Sweden, SW Bulletin via DXLD) {no, Jan Edh: 1-074}

** MEXICO. 6184.96, Radio Educación. I'm always amazed how strong 
they are heard here. Easily the most powerful LA domestic station 
heard in Victoria. Sounds more like 100 kW than 10. Heard at 0620 
with English language ballads. ID at 0629 20 May (Walt Salmaniw, 
Victoria, BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** OKLAHOMA. After several E-mails back and forth, we have finally 
obtained from the OK Mozart PR office a press release from January, 
when KWGS started running the concerts weekly, of the lineup -– now 
that they are halfway over on KCCU and KCSC; KOSU is running #4 now 
Saturday May 19 at 1800-2000 UT.

KCSC is up to #7 on Sunday evening May 20, UT Mon 0000-0200. KCCU is 
at #6 on Monday May 21 at 1407-1600 UT, and should finish the rest 
the following weekdays. There is some confusion whether there are ten 
or eleven programs, but the press release shows only ten. BTW, we may 
expect bits and pieces of the 2001 Festival to start appearing 
shortly after performances on NPR Performance Today in June, (and 
maybe the new SymphonyCast?)

http://www.kosu.org http://www.kcscfm.com http://www.kccu.org

4: WOOLAROC OUTDOOR CONCERT (Wed, June 14, 2000). John Dent, 
trumpeter; Bart Feller and Kathleen Nester, flutists; Solisti New 
York, Ransom Wilson and Jeff Milarsky conducting. MOZART: Impresario 
Overture; HUMMEL: Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat; HAYDN: Sym. No. 99 
in E-flat; DOPPLER: Rigoletto Fantasy for Two Flutes; HANDEL: Music 
for the Royal Fireworks

[We attended a previous Woolaroc concert; interesting setting, but if 
you want to hear the music other than thru a PA system, listen on the 
radio/webcast, where the background noise is also minimised; however, 
in this one a baby was allowed to wail on ad nauseam -gh]

5: CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS #2: (Wed & Thu June 14-15, 2000): Festival 
Masters Chamber Ensemble. SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for Cello & Piano, Op. 
40; ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH: Trio for Strings; ALFREDO D`AMBROSIO: Suite 
for Strings, Op. 8; ARNO BABADJANYAN: Sonata for Violin and Piano

6: AN EVENING WITH THE CANADIAN BRASS (Thu June 15, 2000) [no further 
details]

7: CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS #3 (Fri & Sat June 16 & 17, 2000):
Festival Masters Chamber Ensemble. MOZART: Divertimento for Strings 
in D Major, K. 136; FRIEDRICH AUGUST KUMMER: Duet for Two Cellos in C 
Major, Op.22, #1; MENDELSSOHN: Trio for Piano and Strings No.2 in C 
Minor, Op. 66; RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT: Sonata for Cello and Piano 
(1991); GABRIEL SENANES: Tango for Four Strings for Solo Viola (World 
Première); GEORGES BOULANGER: Avant de mourir (Tango Serenade), Tango 
Torero; JOE RIXNER: Blauer Himmel Tango; RANSOM WILSON: Chant 
d`Automne for Viola and Piano (World Première)

8: FESTIVAL CONCERT (Fri June 16, 2000): Misha Dichter, pianist; 
Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson conducting. MOZART: Serenata 
Notturna, K. 239; TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 
1; DVORAK: Sym. No. 8 in G Major

9: SALON CONCERT (Sat June 17, 2000): Festival Masters Chamber 
Ensemble. MOZART: Trio for Piano and Strings in G Major, K. 564; R. 
Strauss: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C Minor, Op. 13; SCHUBERT: 
Quintet for Strings in C Major, D. 956

10: GALA FINALE CONCERT (Sat June 17, 2000): Emanuel Ax, pianist; 
Ransom Wilson, flutist and conductor; Solisti New York. MOZART: Flute 
Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313; BARBER: Adagio for Strings; 
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466; BEETHOVEN: Sym. No. 
2 in D Major, Op. 36 (from a faxed press release, retyped by gh for 
swprograms May 19, DXLD)

** PAKISTAN. 15100.49, Radio Pakistan in English with news at 1603. 
Fair reception and parallel to 15723.97 poor. Ran out of time to 
check for other parallels 19 May (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 2439.65H, Radio Bagua, Bagua. May 18 2001 - 1010 UT. Had 
this as unID "R.B." in SWB 1456. Very funny as I directly recognized 
the DJ! When I got the station identified I was even more sure. He is 
also working at another station in Amazonas, the "no name" in 
Cajaruro on 6524.07 kHz, which is by the way off air just now. 
Harmonic from 1220 (2 x 1219.82 kHz).     

2828vH  unID Peru. May 2001 - 1035 UT. The fundamental frequency on 
MW on 1414v kHz can also be heard. Radio Apurímac is listed on
1417v kHz. 

3179.02 New Peruvian (2001 La Radio "El sonido verde", Moyobamba, 
departamento de San Martín, Peru)***. May 15 2001 - 0110 UT. For
the first time here on this date and can be heard both mornings and 
evenings. Starts at 1030 and closes at varying times, as for example 
on May 18 at 0100. Very hard work as the signal is lousy. Announces 
that they are transmitting in the 90-m band. The programme consists 
of mixed music, both popular music in English and Peruvian folklore 
from for instance Tarapoto, and IDs where I suspect that "2001" in a 
way is part of their name. "El sonido verde, Moyobamba" is mentioned 
at several occasions and can be both name of station, jingle or 
advertisement. 
*** (.....) means that the ID is not complete and everything inside 
the (.....) can be changed to the next issue of SWB. 

4346.00v Radio Naylamp, Lambayeque. May 2001 - 2300 UT. ID: "Radio 
Naylamp 1580 kHz amplitud modulada desde Lambayeque para ... la 
audiencia de ... musicales, avisos, comunicados, notas sociales y 
publicidad comercial -- Radio Naylamp la diferente". I couldn´t hear 
them announce their SW-frequency -- in WRTH listed on 4401 kHz. Heard 
both mornings and evenings. 

4654.99 Radio Nueva [sic] Amanecer, Celendín. 8 May 2001 - 0050 UT. 
Reactivated after being off air for a month. Very nice sound quality 
and great Peruvian folk music. A little inquiry: is the station 
located in the town of Celendín or in a smaller place in "el
distrito de Celendín"?  

5496v Radio Tigre, unknown QTH (Peru). May 8 2001 - 2256* UT. Back 
after being away for a very long time, heard only this date. QTH is 
still a mystery, but the DJ said this: ``...transmisiones de 
"Rejopampa" Radio Tigre....". The place "Rejopampa" is written as it 
sounds phonetically. Ought to begin with the letter "R" and there is 
also in the first part of the word a "J"-sound (like "j" in "jota"). 
After that probably "pampa" but can of course be "bamba" as well. 

5600.59(H?) Radio Altura, Huarmaca. May 2001 - 1130 UT. Had this 
station as unID in SWB 1456. Heard  // to 6480.49 kHz. Harmonic?

6173.84 Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco. May 2001 - 2250 UT. A rather 
difficult station to ID due to its name and heavy disturbances from 
nearby stations. 

6265.31 Radio Panamericána, unknown QTH (Peru). May 16 2001 - 0100 
UT. Started to be heard around this date and after that regularly 
every morning/evening with steady but weak signal. Judging from the 
format of the programme it sounds like a "capital radio" or from a 
greater coastal city. Modern LA-disco and "música tropical" in a very 
hot tempo. Mixed with a few Peruvian cumbias, from which I recognized 
the popular "La flor primavera". Sometimes interrupted by short 
advertisement blocks. Frequent "Radio Panamericana" IDs. Jingle "la 
número uno". Lima-station? Maybe something to check out for our dx-
friend Pedro F Arrunátegui in Lima.    [Their wandering spur? -gh]

Latest stock exchange quotation for R Cielo: 4614v kHz with close 
down 0004 UT May 17.

As usual I enclose some half way cut wooden pieces, which we hopefully 
can form to real radio stations during the coming fortnight. The 
Peruvian on 3179.02 ought to be fixed. Radio Panamericana on 6265.31 
seems to be much harder to fix. 

For some time now I have raised a question regarding Perú towards 
some of our most well-known (dx-)experts here in the country. Where 
can I find a good book, map or an internet site where information is 
given for the Peruvian departamentos, provincias and not least 
"distritos"? Very surprisingly no one could give me a straight 
answer. To get this solved I have spent a lot of hours at my
internet-café at Avda. de la Prensa. To find internet sites with 
information about departamentos and provincias turned out to be
easy. To get down to the level "distritos" was far more difficult. 
After a laborious search I finally found a very good site for us
interested in Peruvian-DXing. Follow this info: 

A/  Visit this address: 
http://www.ventanaperu.com/FrmPrincipal.asp?wModo=BG 
B/  Search the following words: Palabra "provincias" - Sección 
"geografía".
C/  Click for example: departamento "Cajamarca".
D/  Click "provincias". Here you can find a list of the 13 provinces 
in Cajamarca and its 131 "distritos"! Plus additional information 
about geography, history, dishes, dances and feasts. You can also 
listen to Peruvian music and look at a great number of photographs 
from all of the departamentos etc, etc. 

An example:
8.- Provincia de Jaén, cuya capital es Jaén. Sus distritos son: 
Bellavista, Colasay, Chontalí, Jaén, Huabal, Las Pirias, Pomahuaca,
Pucará, Sallique, San Felipe, San José de Alto, Santa Rosa; con una 
población total de 168,138 hab.

9.- Provincia de San Ignacio, cuya capital es San Ignacio. Sus 
distritos son: Chirinos, Huarango, La Coipa, Namballe, San Ignacio,
San José de Lourdes, Tabaconas; con una población total de 111,070 
hab. 73 from (Björn Malm in Quito!, SW Bulletin May 20, all 
translated by ed. Thomas Nilsson for DXLD)

** SINGAPORE. UNITED KINGDOM. The Kranji relay on 5975 continues to 
put out a strong second harmonic on 11950, carrying BBC World 
Service, 2000-2100. This spur has been there for several months and 
they probably don't know about it! (Bob Padula, Electronic DX Press 
May 16 via DXLD) 

** U K. Glenn, Re this quote in DXLD-1-072:

"Spoke to a Michelle Rowland at the BBC's Sydney office. She claims 
that the BBC WILL NOT be shutting down ALL SW broadcasts to this 
region. Verbally she advised that 9580 at 0600-0805 UT will close as 
will 5975 at 20-22 UT. I have had no chance to check these 
frequencies or times and won't be able to due to work commitments but
according to their website these frequencies and times do exist. Hope
this helps."

This item from our Media Newsdesk page may help to clarify:

18 May 2001: The June 2001 edition of BBC On Air magazine gives 
details of shortwave frequencies to Australia, New Zealand and the 
Pacific Islands which will remain available after 1 July 2001:

15360 kHz: 0500-1030 UTC
11995 kHz: 0500-0900 & 2200-2400 UTC
 9750 kHz: 1100-1600 UTC
(Andy Sennitt, May 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[A personal observation: 15360 is in the current transmission 
schedule and originates in Singapore. Neither of the the other two 
frequencies is listed; however, 119*5*5 and 97*4*0 are currently in 
use, also in Singapore. Given the fact that BBC On-Air's information 
has been less than accurate on a number of occasions and proofreading 
at the editorial offices appears to be a lost art as far as they are 
concerned, I wonder if they really do mean 11955 and 9740!] (John 
Figliozzi, swprograms via DXLD)

Greetings Kim and thanks for your CW program which I've just heard 
again at 0133 on 17740. I don't write to you very often but I seldom 
miss a program.

I suggest the BBC rename their shortwave service the "BBC Third World
Service" as it seems that their shortwave service will be directed 
mostly to those parts of the world come July.

Just before I heard you I listened to the Radio Australia Feedback 
program at 0005 on 17775 via their hired time on their former Darwin 
transmitter. Mike Bird (or was it Roger Broadbent) read the text of 
an email he had received from a Louise Fyans of the BBC in London.  
She stated that listeners in Australia can hear the BBC over ABC 
relays on FM. This is absolutely NOT TRUE!

The ABC Newsradio network -- the only one to carry the BBC -- only 
transmits in the state capitals and the stations are on AM (medium 
wave) with the exception of remote Darwin where it is on FM. This 
network has to carry proceedings of the Parliament in full whenever 
it is sitting. Everything else is pre-empted. The AM stations are 
mainly only 5 kilowatts although Melbourne is 10 kW. Here,180 km from 
Melbourne, the station isn't too bad during daylight but from dusk to 
dawn it is hopeless due to co-channel and adjacent channel 
interference together with fading and selective distortion.

But in any case the Worldservice is only carried for two half-hours 
per day plus an overnight service when I, like most people, am 
asleep. Those half-hours are news programs so we don't get Meridian, 
Outlook, Jazz-matazz and the other quality stuff that the BBC 
produces.

As for the Internet, well, being in a country area I have only two
Internet providers within a local call range. Call costs beyond that
range are as much as 30 cents per minute - $18 per hour - during 
daytime, less at night, plus the Provider charges which in my case 
are $1.65 per hour.

My local providers aren't really local. They have local "Points of
Presence" and use limited bandwidth links to their servers in their 
more heavily populated home areas. So audio streams stop and start 
and have to be "re-buffered" to resume. But who wants to sit in front 
of a PC which is not in my living room to listen to the radio?

The BBC executives behind this decision are just completely out of 
touch with the real world. I have emailed them of course but I expect 
I will get the usual auto-generated response which seems to be all 
they are capable of these days.

When I subscribed to Pay TV over satellite, one of their 9 audio 
channels was the BBC World Service and BBC World TV was carried as 
well. Both of these were dropped by the Pay TV company Austar (a 
subsidiary of a U.S. company). I wrote to the BBC then and they 
informed me that they would be making other arrangements and would 
let me know. Nothing happened and I dropped the Pay TV service.

Ah well, I can now hear Radio Yugoslavia again!! Morrison Hoyle

P.S.  I have sent a copy of this to Glenn Hauser. His DXLD 
contributors have kept me informed and amused about all this.
      .
  ,--_|\    Morrison Hoyle    - vk3bcy@qsl.net
 /  Oz  \                     - Phone +61 (0)3 56891205
 \_,--\_/                     - PO Box 248, FOSTER, Vic 3960 
Australia

Glenn: I may have missed it -- but could you report on options 
available to BBC WS listeners in the U.S. For my interests--I would 
prefer to see something for nontechnical listeners.

I accept the change and want to know what can I do to receive BBC WS. 
I am not into playing Don Quixote or bashing my head against some 
British brick wall. I just want to know what are the practical 
options for me to continue receiving BBC WS after July 1.

Internet?
XM Radio?
Sirius Radio?
C-Span Audio Network (SatCom C-3, Transponder 7, 5.40 MHz)?
Shortwave broadcasts to Caribbean, Central and South America?
Others?

I am tired of reading about all of the complaints -- I just want to 
prepare for life after July 1. Thank you, (Bob Patrick, A reader of 
your DX Listening Digest)

I just received in the post my copy of June's 'BBC On-Air' magazine
(maybe they should consider a name change for us, eh?--BBC On-Line).  
On page 51 is a rather long, rambling and less than entirely factual
message from Mark Byford, Director of BBCWS. It is far too long to
re-type here, but here are some of the principal points he states:

- on-line availability and FM rebroadcast in NA, Australia and NZ is 
now sufficiently available to "our target group of opinion formers 
and decision makers" that it is now "a key way of accessing us rather 
than shortwave".

- "the changing needs in this competitive market have developed such
that it is the appropriate time to make these changes..."

- "In these areas, and in response to the way people now listen to 
our services, we are making a transition from shortwave delivery to 
FM and web delivery, as well as radio by satellite and cable and 
via mobile devices."

- "The savings we make then can be reinvested in building our FM
presence across the world and in new Internet developments."

- "We are not pulling out of NA, Australia, NZ and the Pacific 
Islands. On the contrary, we are developing new methods of listening 
to us in good quality... We intend to take advantage of new delivery 
methods coming on stream... this includes the Sirius and XM digital 
radio services".

- "You'll still be able to hear all your favourite programmes... Our 
mix of international news, analysis and features is available on many 
local stations across NA, Australia and NZ..."

[My note:  This last statement is just without any basis in fact or
reality.]

In a box at the bottom of the page "How to Listen from 1st July 
2001":

'The BBC is available [in North America] on many FM stations across 
the USA. More than 2.3 million people now listen to us through 
public radio...in over 200 American cities. We are also available 
via satellite alongside C-SPAN TV and this year we are launching on 
Sirius and XM Radio... Sirius will carry the all-news service and 
XM Radio will carry the mixed schedule."

[My note: That is new information to me. This means that one will 
have to have a subscription to both satellite services to get both 
the news and the mixed feeds -- meaning two (at present) incompatible 
receivers (approx. $500 total) and two monthly fees (approx. $23). If 
you decide on just the mixed feed, you will not have WRN either 
because the latter is offered only by Sirius.]

The only reference to Canada specifically: "BBCWS is available on 
some nationwide FM stations including CBC in Canada."

[My note:  This must be a reference to CBC Overnight.] [One more 
comment from me at this juncture: There is a lot in here to poke 
holes through. All I can say is that they must think that I live
in a much different place than I do.] - John A. Figliozzi, swprograms 
via DXLD {In this item the [] indicate John, not gh}

"Opinion formers and decision makers" is how the BBC describes its 
target group. Definitions are always problematical, but I wonder if 
any of us here fit into their target group. It seems a rather elitist 
phrase. Of course, in democratic societies an "opinion former and 
decision maker" one day can easily be a "nobody" the next. Just ask 
Al Gore.

You would think that people as smart as those running the BBC would 
figure out by now that a world that is in such a state of flux as 
ours today produces new "opinion formers and decision makers" every 
day. I suppose the BBC doesn't want them until they make it.

On the other hand, I wonder what programs like "Westway" or "On 
Screen" are doing on a service that only wants to access "opinion 
formers and decision makers".

Final shot:  I am an "opinion former and decision maker" everyday. I 
have children and I live in a very dynamic society that demands I 
make critical decisions continuously. You'd think the BBC would want 
to be in a position to exercise some influence there....

Am I getting through? (John A. Figliozzi, ibid.)

BBC is indeed missing the point. They just think they can have oh so 
many stations available to broadcast certain programs but they forget 
that what people will end up getting from 1 July will be a very 
limited, and often inconvenient, amount of BBCWS fare, mainly news 
programming on various FM stations around the country. In short, they 
figure that since the WS is available on all those FM stations, the 
higher-ups at BBC happen to think that WS will be available anytime 
on your local station... like Glenn Hauser would say, "of course 
not"! FM stations will most likely carry BBC news programs at various 
times of the day, and if they really are going to air several hours 
of WS programs such as Outlook, etc, that'll happen during the 
overnight hours, which will get very low listenership. Public FM 
stations, like WHYY, have far more priorities for them such as NPR 
programming (All Things Considered, etc.) and local shows, but to 
expect any public or university FM station to offer the WS the way 
it's offered on shortwave is by no means possible. There is no chance 
that some FM station would get a license from the FCC to broadcast 
only BBC programming around the clock... like it is down in New 
Zealand with that AM outlet that offers such fare. So why then is BBC 
dumping shortwave to our part of the world? 

It's really all about money, which they feel can be used to improve 
the new technologies that are now available, such as that Sirius/XM 
satellite radio project, which we will have to pay for, and also so 
it's more feasible to hear the WS on the Internet (how many of you 
would be willing to spend hour after hour sitting at your PC to hear 
WS like you do now on cost-effective shortwave?). I do hope that by 
the end of the decade, there will be some kind of radio that is 
portable, can pick up any radio broadcast off satellite (like a 
cellphone does) and which we can hear BBC and other foreign radio 
stations with much better fidelity -- whether we have to pay for it 
each month or not! This idea of hearing BBCWS on the Internet sounds 
good but PC's don't travel with you like portable SW radios do (Joe 
Hanlon in Philadelphia, swprograms via DXLD)

I have sent Mr. Winnington-Ingram a reply, as follows:

Dear Mr Winnington-Ingram,

Thank you for your response and for your expression of interest in 
hearing from me.

I looked at the BBC World Service web site to see about World Service 
rebroadcast in USA via FM radio. Seven of the 50 States show no local 
radio rebroadcasts. More than half the States have 3 or fewer cities 
with FM rebroadcasts.

It is difficult to understand exactly how the majority of listeners 
here could possibly listen to any FM rebroadcast. And even those who
can receive the limited FM rebroadcasts are still not able to hear 
most of the programming that the World Service has to offer.

Regarding listening via the internet, I am quite sure there will be a 
lot of listeners who will not be able to do that on as regular a 
basis as they are able to with shortwave.

People like to listen to radio in their bedrooms, before they go to 
sleep and when they wake up. 

People like to listen at the breakfast table, when they go to the 
park, when they sit in a doctor's waiting room, even in the car. If 
they can't listen on shortwave, they probably won't be listeners.

Listening over an internet connection likely means tying up the 
telephone for long periods. That's probably unacceptable for some, so
either they won't listen or they'll listen less.

For people who listen to BBC at work it will be awkward to have to 
use their employer's computer and internet bandwidth to listen to
BBC. (If they do, then they'll also need to install headphones on the 
computers, which is quite a different matter from plugging headphones
into a portable radio.)

Then there are the BBC listeners who, for one reason or another, 
either don't own a computer, or else don't have an internet  
connection. It seems apparent the majority of these become ex-
listeners.

On another topic, a few thoughts about the money thing, which I 
figure is important to most organizations.

1) World Service budget is 174 million pounds, or around 245 million 
dollars.

2) Worldwide audience is about 154 million listeners.

3) That works out to about $1.6 million per million audience.

4) BBC numbers seem to indicate around a half million World Service 
shortwave listeners in US.

5) I don't find any numbers for BBC WS shortwave listeners in Canada 
and Australia, but let's guess there are only 100,000, based on them 
having about 1/5 the population of USA. So, that would be 600,000 
people listening to BBC WS on short-wave in US, Canada and Australia.

6) At $1.6 million per million listeners, the "WS budget share" of 
600,000 shortwave listeners is $960,000.

7) BBC says they will save $700,000 per year by dropping shortwave to 
US, Canada and Australia.

Maybe I went wrong somewhere along the way, but these numbers seem to 
show BBC World Service decreasing their number of listeners, and
increasing their cost per listener.

It's ironic that many people listening right now do not even know the 
broadcasts will stop. And... from the approach the BBC has taken so
far, they might not know until "after the fact."

(I must say this, in all sincerity, really. I listen to World Service 
daily, usually a couple hours, and haven't heard a peep about it. 
I've examined the World Service web site carefully and it seems 
there's not a word about it there. I called BBC World Service by 
telephone several times in the last week, and none of the people I 
talked with seemed to know anything about this. A guy in the World 
Service newsroom said to me "I'd be very surprised if that were 
true," and agreed it would be odd if he was sitting in a BBC news
room and hearing news about BBC first from some guy in Atlanta. By 
some kind of mistake I was connected to the BBC WS Club room, talked 
with several people there, same story. This gives the feeling of 
secrecy about what's happening. In particular, I and others have been
trying in vain to find out which transmitters, times and frequencies 
are being cut from schedule.)

I feel quite sure that a great many people in the USA, Canada and 
Australia will really miss listening to BBC World Service. I can't 
see how this won't be a big loss for BBC, as well. Yours Sincerely,

(Geoff White, GA, May 17, shortwavelistening via DXLD)

I still fail to see why hard pressed British taxpayers should have to
finance BBC broadcasts to the USA. We get nothing of value back from 
the VOA or Radio Canada, even if you can find them on the dial!  
Britain has little political influence in the US, so the government 
concentrates their broadcast to countries where they particularly 
want political change, like Iraq, Libya, China and previously 
Yugoslavia. That's why the transmitter improvements are taking place 
in Cyprus and the Persian Gulf.

There is also the point that the BBC has a SW monopoly in Britain; no 
other British broadcaster can get a licence to run a transmitter on 
SW, unless they hire time from the BBC transmitters now run by Merlin 
Communications. The rates are so high few stations have managed this 
for long. While in the USA there are many private SW stations 
carrying religious programming. The reason given for not allowing
other British SW stations on air is the lack of frequencies, the BBC
occupies all wavelengths allocated to the UK.  This is not exactly 
true as it is only the BBC that are able to negotiate with the ITU on 
behalf of the UK. So if the BBC don't want to broadcast on SW to the 
USA, Canada and Australia, you can guarantee no other British 
broadcaster, commercial or otherwise, will be able to take their 
place.

Had there been other British SW stations, (People have tried for SW 
licences and been refused, a decision even backed by the European 
Court of Human Rights), the BBC may have been less keen to pull the 
plug. Perhaps an organisation in the USA could fund a relay station 
to rebroadcast the World Service, on the basis -- you want it, you 
pay for it? Sorry to sound so cynical but like most government 
activities nothing is always as simple as it seems with underlying 
motives everywhere. Regards (Andy Cadier, UK, shortwavelistening via 
DXLD)

Apologies if anyone has already posted the following information:

Francis Maude, MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary fax: +44 1403-210600

William Hauge, MP, Leader Conservative Party fax: +44 1609-778172
{Hague -- see DXLD 1-074}

Robin Cook, MP, Foreign Secretary fax: +44 171-2702144 (this I have 
not verified)

Sir Christopher Meyer, KCMG, Ambassador the United States
3100 Massachusetts Ave, Washington DC 20008  fax:+1 202-558-7870

One additional place to direct comments: local consulates. The UK has
nearly 20 General and Honorary Consuls all around the US. If anybody 
will understand how hard it is to the BBCWS except on shortwave, they 
will. The various cities and contact info is found at the Embassy web 
site: http://www.britainusa.com

(Rob de Santos, Vienna, West Virginia USA, swprograms via DXLD)

John Figliozzi wrote: "Opinion formers and decision makers" is how 
the BBC describes its target group. Definitions are always 
problematical, but I wonder if any of us here fit into their target 
group. It seems a rather elitist phrase. Of course, in democratic 
societies an "opinion former and decision maker" one day can easily 
be a "nobody" the next. Just ask Al Gore.< 

I agree that this *sounds* elitist; on the other hand you could also 
take it as a sign that Mark Byford is being refreshingly honest about 
the BBC's intentions. All international broadcasters want to reach 
the people who can affect the way their country is perceived, and 
influence business and political decisions. As I said in a previous 
post, the BBC has no mandate to bring John Peel's music shows to 
farmers in Iowa (no offence to Iowa; I also grew up in a rural 
community in the UK). But where the argument falls down is that, in 
fact, these farmers in Iowa *do* have an influence, because of the 
American system of democracy. So the arrogance, if that's what it is, 
is not in wanting to reach the opinion formers (we all do), but in 
assuming that all of them live in Washington, New York and other 
major US cities which happen to have a BBC partner broadcaster. And, 
by implication it's also a patronising comment to make in public (I 
already knew he had said this internally within BBCWS) as it suggests 
the BBC is saying "if you're not amongst our target group, you're of 
no value to us" (Andy Sennitt, swprograms, standard disclaimer, DXLD) 

I have been EXTREMELY interested to read some of the 'wider issues' 
touched on in DXLD 072 concerning BBCWS/NAm. 

It MIGHT be of interest to you, that some years ago, there was 
something of a Campaign launched here in Europe to 'Protect' the 60 
Metres TROPICAL BAND exclusively for Tropical Band Stations; this was 
in connection with a World Administrative Radio Conference coming up, 
at the time. I got myself into 'TERRIBLE TROUBLE'(!!!!) for 
suggesting that Dxers more or less had NO RIGHT to demand or even 
request that 60 Metres be retained for DXers. Pure DX Reception, in 
my view was (and still is), 'Accidental', nothing wrong with it 
'happening' but we cannot 'dictate' actual Transmission or Frequency 
Management Policy, on this basis. It is totally different of course, 
where you are in an intended 'PRIMARY SERVICE RECEPTION AREA' 
(Hmmm!!) of a TARGETED Transmission. In a funny sort of way, I see 
this 'contention' surfacing in the discussions, that are reported 
about the Focus Groups etc, to do with BBCWS/NAm. Broadly, I don`t 
think that the BBC will be all that interested in 'Hobbyists', at 
least in this context. I hope the correlation is clear!!!! (Ken 
Fletcher, PRENTON, England, 18th May 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

BBCR4 Boring (Election)? Try BBCWS!

In the May 18 Financial Times, Martin Hoyle intimates that he doesn't
really miss BBCR4's regular programs that have been pre-empted by the
election, because he has (re-discovered?) the (less insular) BBCWS. 

Mr.Hoyle doesn't say how he listens: Overnight? On-line? LW/AM?

No mention of the fact that the 'suits' at BBCWS have decreed that 
BBCWS go off all shortwave directed to No. Am. and Australia 

Mr. Hoyle may or may not know about this. Strange: I have not seen 
any articles about it either! You'd think a few journalists would jump 
at the chance to at least recall the glory days of being posted abroad 
and having the familiar sound of the World Service handy, even in, 
say, Hollywood!   

Surely, Mr. Hoyle missed an opportunity publicize this with 'decision
makers' (FT's Arts section readers, presumably!) who might, in turn,
bring 'the suits' back to their senses! (Chet Copeland/NYC, DXLD)

the 2nd half of the article follows:
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?id=010518001064&query=BBC
"...That there are more cultures in earth than are dreamt of in Radio 
4 producers' philosophy is illustrated by the World Service. When not
being drearily parochial (the soap opera Westway is even worse than
Radio 4's unlamented Citizens) it genuinely speaks peace, according 
to the BBC's proud motto, between nations and unrelated cultures. 

Last week's Meridian Music - the Kingdom of the Koto visited Japan to
sample a heritage with thousands of years behind it. Despite the 
passion for western music both classical and pop, the Japanese almost 
casually perform music that goes back millennia. Bamboo mouth organs 
wailed together in a work from 2,000 years ago - which European 
country can play its own music from AD 1? 

A dance at a Shinto shrine depicted a lion devouring evil spirits.
Drummers throbbed out rhythms originally used for time-keeping and
military morale-boosting. The koto itself - 13 silk strings stretched 
on a 6 ft tree-trunk - provided another example of the characteristic
Japanese blend of respectful traditionalism and menacing modernity. 

After postwar neglect, traditional music will be emphasised again in
schools. On the other hand a musician from the imperial household was
forced to leave for daring to compose and make CDs, both modern
incursions into sacrosanct territory. 

A surprising (to untutored western ears) variety of sounds emerged, 
from a vast spectrum of time and regional cultures. 

The presenter was Michael Church, a courteous guide who neither
buttonholes you nor treats you with offhand, youthful know-it-all
disdain. May Front Row and its ilk take note. (via Chet Copeland, 
DXLD)

** U K. Three's graces. From 
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/05/20/sticulrad01001.html

Ancient Greece is given more than six hours today on Radio 3, in an 
epic piece of broadcasting ranging from snapshots of Athens to 
Medea's murder of her two children. Then comes a repeat of a 
wonderful programme celebrating the song of the blackbird, which has 
quite rightly won a gold Sony award. Tomorrow, the Suns of Arqa, who, 
despite their name, come from Lancashire, sing a dub version of 
Fauré. Tibetan monks, Philip Glass and Bulgarian folk musicians all 
follow this week. Radio 3, which used to be celebrated for its height 
of brow, is now noted for breadth of interest.

This ambitious realignment is curious in two respects. First, it has
generated no controversy, apart from some grumbling about the amount 
of jazz now found on the station. Second, it has not affected the 
size of Radio 3's audience - which, at 1.9m, remains tiny, and is, in 
fact, less than it was a year ago (2.1m), and less than it was two 
years ago (2.3m), though it gives me no pleasure to say that.

The absence of any fuss over Radio 3's change of output is all the 
more striking when contrasted with the rows over other stations. When 
Radio 1 reinvented itself as a yoof and dance-music station for 15- 
to 24-year-olds, it lost so many millions of listeners that it is now 
no longer Britain's most popular radio station. Radio 2, which has 
picked up that particular mantle, has attracted much flak for turning 
itself into a slick adult contemporary station, changing its music 
policy in a way denied by law to its commercial rivals. Radio 4's 
programme and parliamentary changes in 1998 became a contentious 
national talking point, with questions at Westminster and an eventual 
partial retreat by the BBC.

The lack of controversy also contrasts strongly with Radio 3's own 
history. Ever since it began, in 1946, it has been the subject of a 
concealed tug-of-war between those who wanted it to remain for ever 
rarified (such as EM Forster) and those who wanted it to become more 
popular, even at the price of vulgarity (such as those who hired Paul 
Gambaccini five years ago). This struggle lasted decades, made all 
the more shrill by the competing musical cliques that made up Radio 
3's audience. "Radio 3 listeners are tremendously intolerant," John 
Drummond, the then controller, said in 1988. "And the more they know, 
the more intolerant they are." But now there seems to be no battle 
over the network's soul at all. Both sides have laid down their arms.

It is not clear why this is, but the most likely explanation is that 
lovers of motets no longer object in principle to hearing the music 
of Mali on their station, and that those who need Bach and Beethoven 
are now prepared to share the airtime with the West Coast jazz rocker 
Pat Metheny, with plainchant, throat singing, Mice Parade, jump jive 
and Frank Zappa. There has been a cultural change. Barricades have 
been dismantled, dividing lines have faded. The achievement of Roger 
Wright, who became the controller of Radio 3 in 1998, lies in 
allowing that spirit to reinvigorate the network, via Late Junction, 
world music and speech, but without dislodging classical music from 
its position at the heart of the station.

Perhaps it is that slight haziness now about Radio 3 - the sense of 
its being increasingly diffuse in its appeal, unlike the bright, 
sharply focused Classic FM - that explains why its audience is so 
becalmed. Or perhaps it is the fact that Radio 3 suffers from poor 
reception and does not get advertised very much.

But figures go up and down. Radio 3 should not become distracted by 
them. It is a great station, and no less great because fewer people 
listen to it in the entire country than to Capital FM in London.

Paul Donovan (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK via DXLD)

** U S A. Glenn: A man from England wrote to us at KNXR (97.5-
Rochester, Minnesota) about your mention of the JOHN DOREMUS SHOW 
being aired on KNXR.

John and I got together in 1966 and began producing a syndicated 
version of "Patterns In Music" which was originally aired on WMAQ-
Chicago in the early 1960s. John recorded the voice tracks in Chicago 
and we added the music and produced the program here at KNXR.

John's program is, and has been, aired nightly (Mon-Fri) from 7-10 
p.m. CST on KNXR since February 1966. It still enjoys a very large 
and loyal audience. Each morning at 8:45, we also air John's version 
of "The Passing Parade" (John's re-do of the John Nesbitt feature 
of the 1940s).

We offer a 3-cassette album of "The Best of John Doremus" which 
includes 66 of his most-requested readings. We are working on a John 
Doremus website http://www.johndoremus.com where there will be much 
info, photos and audio clips. You are, no doubt, aware that John was 
born and raised in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He died in 1995 from the 
results of Alzheimer's at age 63. I keep contact with his sons and 
other associates. Thank you for mentioning John and all good wishes.
(Tom H. Jones, Founder & Gen. Mgr., KNXR, Rochester, MN, May 20, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)
 
** U S A [clandestine]. DX Information from the British DX Club 

From
http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/052001/statedocs/20militia.htm

By Frank E. Lockwood, [Lexington] HERALD-LEADER WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON -- The Kentucky-based host of a controversial shortwave 
radio program on militia issues is being investigated by the Federal
Communications Commission for broadcasting without a license.

But the broadcaster of The Militia Hour, Steve H. Anderson of Pulaski
County, says he won't shut down even if the government tells him to.

``It's up. It's been up. It's going to stay up,'' Anderson said 
recently.

He declined to answer further questions, explaining, ``I don't need 
the press.''

Anderson launched Kentucky State Militia Radio about two months ago, 
but changed the name to United Patriot Radio after he clashed with 
the militia's leaders. The one-hour daily broadcasts, over a 
transmitter near Somerset, can be heard by anyone with a shortwave 
radio from Corbin to Costa Rica. [WTFK?? we know them, but not your 
readers –gh]

More than 500 illegal pirate or clandestine radio stations have been
targeted by the FCC since 1997, federal officials say. Many of the 
targets keep a low profile and are hard to track.

Not Anderson.

He broadcasts his home address on the radio and openly defies the 
FCC, warning the government to leave him alone, according to Mark 
Pitcavage of the Anti-Defamation League, a national organization that 
tracks militia groups.

In February, Anderson responded to an FCC letter warning him to 
follow agency guidelines with a letter of his own. It said the 
agency's authority is ``null and void'' and that he is ``not subject 
to any regulation by this fictitious entity.''

On a radio talk show monitored by the Anti-Defamation League, 
Anderson told his fellow militiamen, ``If the FCC leaves us alone, we 
will leave them alone. If they don't, God help them.''

The FCC, which is responsible for assigning spots on the radio dial,
requires anyone broadcasting to obtain a license and follow FCC 
policies governing what can be said. An FCC official confirmed that 
the agency is aware of Anderson's broadcasts, but wouldn't comment on 
the investigation.

A snippet of Anderson's program can be heard via the Internet. On it,
Anderson plays a song called You Can Take My Gun From My Cold Dead 
Hands and thanks ``sovereign citizens'' for tuning in to ``freedom's 
voice on the air your First Amendment station protected by the Second 
Amendment.''

During his broadcasts, Anderson provides militia-related news. He 
also blasts religious minorities and denounces gun control and the 
government, according to the ADL.

The rhetoric worries Pitcavage, the ADL's national director for
fact-finding. ``He's an extremist,'' says Pitcavage. ``He's daring 
people to come and shut him down.''

The maximum penalty for illegal broadcasts is an $11,000 fine. But 
repeat offenders face fines of up to $100,000 and a one-year prison 
sentence.

The radio program isn't Anderson's only political activity. He is 
listed as a communications officer for the pro-militia United America 
Party a political group based in Zebulon, N.C., that vows to ``lead 
America out of the jaws of tyranny.''

Until recently, Anderson was a major in the Kentucky State Militia 
and the group's top communications officer.

But the group dismissed Anderson last month after on-air comments 
that were insensitive to religious and ethnic minorities, said 
militia commander Charlie Puckett. ``You cannot tolerate a tunnel-
vision person in a movement like this,'' Puckett said.

Anderson on The Militia Hour has identified himself as a follower of 
the Christian Identity movement, which holds that Jews are the 
offspring of the devil, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

On March 12, Anderson said those who worship ``idols and gods'' other 
than Jesus should leave the United States.

U.S.-based anti-government shortwave radio stations are increasingly 
common; in the past 10 years, the amount of what critics call ``hate 
radio'' programming has climbed from five hours per week to 175 hours 
per week, said James Latham, head researcher for Radio For Peace 
International.

Critics say such programming is beamed out of this country in English 
and in German nearly non-stop on shortwave radio.

``It's like a curtain of hate they're putting up around the United 
States,'' Latham said. (via Mike Terry, May 20, BDXC-UK via DXLD)

** U S A. Obituary: Christian radio engineer David Briggs, 50, of 
liver and bone cancer. I spoke to his wife, Janet, who remembered 
that I supplied an SCS receiver for the short-lived Children`s 
Sonshine Network at KTEO *90.5 Wichita Falls. She said she is in 
charge of KTEO now. Briggs was at KCBI *90.9 Dallas, and built the 
Criswell shortwave station and the FM network ``from the ground up.`` 
(Bruce F. Elving, May FMedia! via DXLD) 

Mr. Briggs was our contact at KCBI while World of Radio was running 
on it; but he was not pleased when we dropped in without notice on 
the SW transmitter site for a visit (unlike a residence, we feel 
federally licensed transmitter sites are businesses which must be 
open to the public). KCBI is now KAIJ (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** UZBEKISTAN. Radio Tashkent noted recently on these NFs:  
9715 *0100 English 
9530 *0100 English 
9375 *0100 English, May 15 (Bob Padula, Victoria, Electronic DX Press 
via DXLD) 

** VATICAN/ITALY. Dear Friends, earlier today Vatican Radio and the 
Italian Government announced an agreement ending the quarrel about 
the so-called "electro-smog" at Santa Maria di Galeria by Rome.
According to official information both parties agreed that Short Wave
transmission are complying with Italian regulation concerning e-m. 
fields. Medium Wave broadcasts need on the other side some 
adjustements to be completed by August 2001 when Vatican Radio will 
begin broadcasting also from other European sites, which have been 
already identified and will be announced later on. Listeners around 
Europe will find soon new frequencies to listen to along with
those now on the air with reduced power and/or times. Best 73's,
Luigi Cobisi, EDXC SG, (EDXC mailing list May 19 via Wolfgang 
Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

On Friday, Vatican Radio announced what it will do with its 
transmitters to comply with Italy`s emissions standards for health 
safety. The medium wave transmitters at Santa Maria di Galeria north 
of Rome will be moved by the end of August, perhaps out of Italy. 
Vatican Radio says the solution for the shortwave transmitters has 
already been implemented, which was to lower their power and no 
longer to use the antennas located near the edge of the transmitting 
site. The newly elected government of Silvio Berlusconi, to be formed 
in June, might not share the enthusiasm of the present Italian 
government in enforcing Italy`s unusually stringent six volt per 
meter emissions standard (Kim Elliott, VOA Communications World May 
19 via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD)           ###