WORLD OF RADIO #944, produced June 10, 1998 by Glenn Hauser

*Standard disclaimer
*New additional time on WWCR: Sun 0930 UT on 5070; should be good
 in much of NAm, Pacific, parts of Caribbean, C&S America
*Four other times are: Thu 2030 15685, Sat 0600 3210 and 5070,
 Sun 0630 5070, Tue 1230 15685
*"Express" delivery to WGTG was 3 days late last week, so WGTG
 played part of Extra 24 again; Sat 2330+ on 5085-USB
*Wavescan has invited us to provide a special "WOR" segment in
 the next two weeks; check TIAWR UT Mon 0000 on 9725 et al.
*Interview with yours truly by RFPI now on their website:
 http://www.belonging.org/rfpi/vista/vista-hauser.html
*While you're there, explore the rest of RFPI's website:
 http://www.belonging.org/rfpi
*Service Merchandise confirmed with YB-400 at $99, 1-800-233-2407 
 for mailorder adding $10 shipping; locate stores at 1-800-251-1212
*Radio Shack also discounting the DX-390 to $100
*C. Crane Co. catalog available in tape version for the blind;
 also on tape: ATS-909 instructions
*R. Netherlands says Antilles transmitter is totally undigital
*Don't confuse DAB with pulse-digital modulation on AM
*Not enough qualified engineers for the move to digital TV
*Radio NADECO's new weekly schedule on WWCR
*Monitoring Radio Kudirat, and Voice of Nigeria
*R. Ethiopia on air late for crisis
*NBC, Namibia's current shortwave operations and plans
*R. Zambia's current shortwave operations and plans; interference
 problem from Christian Voice
*ZBC, Zimbabwe's current shortwave operations and plans
*America's non-commercial, non-governmental and non-religious
 DX program, W.O.R. 943 [sic, should be 944], P O Box 1684, Enid,
 OK 73702 USA; wghauser@hotmail.com  Fax if really necessary 1-580-
 233-2948 attn Hauser; http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio
*Congrats to Zacharias Liangas, Greece, about to get married
*Jordan on another strange new frequency
*R. Iraq International, two English broadcasts heard
*Schedules for Iraqi/Kurdish clandestines Harim Radio, and
 R. Freedom, V. of the Communist Party of Iraqi Kurdistan
*UAE Radio, Dubai, English to North America
*Azerbaijan has a fake Radio Liberty, Free Azerbaijan Radio
*R. Pakistan's English broadcasts; only two frequencies at 0230?
*R. Kiribati blocked by China
*VOA has closed one of two last SW transmitters on Rhodes; sked
*24-hour strike did happen at BBC Thursday June 4; WS programs
 had to be changed
*Background to the strike by BECTU
*BBC Previews: A Question of Europe; Play of the Week: The Man
 Who Wrote Peter Pan
*RCI's two summer comedy shows
*New York AM station starts serving Toronto
*CJAD Montreal resumed broadcasting on 800 after ice-storm
*WOKY Milwaukee lost towers in summer storm; non-directional?
*Peru's Radio Master on new frequency
*"Rush for the Poles," phenomenon on the Sun indicates solar
 maximum may occur a year earlier than predicted, in 1999
*Propagation outlook from Ottawa, May 27
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, June 9; coronal mass ejection
*The 944th, not 943rd, World of Radio, compiled and presented
 as always by yours truly, Glenn Hauser                       ###