WORLD OF RADIO #1087, produced July 11, 2001 by Glenn Hauser
*Can`t receive Hotmail for two days, so please resend, and use only
wghauser@yahoo.com until further notice
*``Sweltering`` at 30 degrees in Holland, so what am I doing in
Oklahoma where it is 41 degrees, only slightly cooler inside, as I
have to turn off my noisy air conditioner while recording?
*I do a Spanish DX report for Radio Enlace on Radio Nederland; hear
entire program via http://www.rnw.nl/sp/toolbar/radioenlace.html
96.5 kbps stéreo:
http://www.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/rnw/spaans/programa/radioenlace.rm
*Mundo Radial, a different version, July-August edition starts July 13
on WWCR 15685, Fridays at 2112 UT; script and audio accessible via
WOR website including Our Current Audio
*Brunei Radio & TV has officially started webcasting five radio
networks: http://www.rtb.gov.bn/netradio/index.htm
*V. of Pujiang schedule, from Shanghai to Taiwan
*Mongolian SW to be ``revitalized`` in three cities with Japanese aid;
hope they don`t mean USW
*QSLing India thread in DXLD 1-094 and 1-096; no return postage
necessary to AIR, and don`t send cash; AIR QSL address, or
faair@nda.vsnl.net.in
*Jose Jacob receives E-QSL from AIR Jeypore
*More on strife in Cyprus over RF radiation: anti-antenna riots at
British bases; not BBC/Merlin site
*V. of Democratic Eritrea modified schedule via Germany
*Radio Rainbow, Ethiopian clandestine schedule
*Netsanet Radio, Ethiopian clandestine schedule via E Europe or CIS
*R. Congo, Brazzaville, keeps switching betwen 4 and 5 MHz; times for
Spanish and English
*R. Ecclesia, Angola, suspends programming for reorganization; impact
on SW relay?
*Libyan newspapers now on internet including one in English:
Al-Mua'sasah al-ammah li-Sahafa: http://www.libyanpress.com
Al-Fajr al-Jadid newspaper: http://www.alfajraljadeed.com
Al-Shames newspaper: http://www.alshames.com
Al-Jamahiriyah newspaper: http://www.aljamahiria.com
Al-Fajr al-Jadid in English: http://www.alfajraljadeedeng.com
Al-Zahf al-Akhdar: http://www.azzahfalakhder.com
*UTAN, United Tribes of Africa News Television, plans to start
satellite broadcasts to Americas, later Africa; HQ in New York
*KPM556, Portland, OR increased power but antenna replacement delayed
*Museum Ships special ham event July 21-22; see
http://www.qsl.net/k1usn/event.html
*New July schedule of WRMI in DXLD 1-093, minus the chaff; R. Prague
relay schedule in Spanish, English
*The media magazine you monitor with your mind, World of Radio 1087,
https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ -- P O Box 1684, Enid OK
73702 USA; wghauser@yahoo.com
*Thanks this week for financial support go to: Gerald T. Pollard
*US Government directed Bob Padula to remove from website story on
Playa de Pals; refused
*Spain has Latin American jazz program, ``Manteca``
*BBC`s new frequencies to Mexico in English switiched from Delano to
Okeechobee
*Time-Warner cable in Rochester, NY has BBCWS on SAP of TBS 24 hours,
but that is anomalous; most cable systems will not do this
*Reports that BBC plans to charge for online usage
*Top BBC staff handed lavish bonuses and payoffs; see DXLD 1-094
*New Salama Radio International from Britain to Africa opposes Islam,
clashes with Antarctica; see http://www.salamaradio.org
*R. Ezra was not from Wavre, Belgium, says RVi; all QSLs issued were
incorrect; we still suspect Bulgaria
*R. Austria International will be at mercy of ORF from next January;
see DXLD 1-095
*R. Ukraine International says power on 12 MHz is 1000 kW, the rest
100 kW
*R. Donair is new summer series on CBC and RCI, funny stories from
around the World
*R. Union, Peru, back outofband on 6 and 12 MHz
*R. Banda Oriental, Uruguay, heard in Sweden thanks to absence of
Bolivian
*SODRE, Uruguay, running all night, and DXable once Spain off
frequency
*WWKB reported last week to be reviving music format, has not
happened, still preachers or business talk
*New X-bander from California, KAXW in Spanish
*One of first Low Power FM stations is equipment-testing from Enid,
KLGB
*Salon.com articles con and pro-NPR:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/02/npr1/index.html
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/02/npr2/index.html
*Introducing youngsters to shortwave hobby
*2001 National Scout Jamboree in Virginia, includes special ham
station K2BSA, July 21-August 1
*Philips launching internet radio system in the US, FW-i1000; see
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20010706/tc/11808_1.html
*Counterpunch: movie chain moratorium on trailers, adding cartoons
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, July 10; flux range 140-170-125
*WOR 1087; Glenn Hauser hoping you`ll join me again next week and
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