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** AUSTRALIA. HF radio weather services

There are adverts in the weekend press advising of changes to HF radio
weather services, "providing improved services for the high seas and
Australian coastal areas through new transmitters".

From 1 July, frequencies and voice schedules will change. Service
users are urged to test their equipment and tune to the best
frequency.

More info at: http://www.bom.gov.au/marine

Advert also says that VHF broadcasts are being introduced for
some areas by state maritime agencies and volunteer coastguard
groups (Matt Francis, Australia, June 28, ARDXC via DXLD)

Namely, change to only two HF stations:
VMC Australia Weather East/VMW Australia Weather West
http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/marine_weather_radio.shtml
(via Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** BELARUS. Radio Stalitsa, 24 June, 0337, 11960, morning exercises in
Russian. Info broadcast in Belarussian followed then. SINPO 35443.
(Dmitry Puzanov, Kustanay, Kazakhstan) Radio Station Belarus`, in
Russian, 17 June, starting at 2000. Fair but a bit hummy on 7210 kHz,
44333. Very bad on 7105 kHz (31331), subject to severe QRM by Radio
Sawa in Arabic (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia, Signal June 29 via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. O biólogo e radioescuta Paulo Roberto e Souza, de Tefé(AM),
relata que a Rádio Educação Rural, da cidade de Coari(AM), emite na
freqüência de 5035 kHz, entre 1000 e 1300. A emissora retransmite
noticiários da Rede Católica de Rádio. Pertence à Fundação Santíssimo
Redentor, de Manaus(AM), e seu lema é "uma rádio a serviço da
evangelização". A programação local da Rádio Educação Rural é voltada
para os ouvintes da cidade e zona rural vizinha de Coari, com música,
informação e prestação de serviço (Célio Romais, @tividade DX June 29
via DXLD)

** BRAZIL [non]. By the way, I found ballgame coverage on ERT
Thessaloniki (11595), Polskie Radio (225), Radio Rossii (17660), REE
(15585), YLE (11755). The match was not covered by the BBC-
Worldservice, Hrvatska Radio (9830) as well as Cesky Rozhlas (FM or
639/270). Regards, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. New station on 1610: Looks like Canada's first full-time
x-bander has hit the airwaves tonight. They're playing continuous
Caribbean-style French music... no IDs heard yet, but judging from the
strength here, this has to be the Montreal station that was approved
last year by the CRTC. I haven't heard what the callsign is supposed
to be, but they are 1 kW, so they should be widely heard. This pretty
much puts the lid on TIS DXing for me... :-(

[Later:] For the past half hour or so, they've just been running an
open carrier. Power level appears to be fluctuating too. You may have
to wait for another night to snag them (Barry McLarnon, somewhere in
Canada, June 28, NRC-AM via DXLD)

[non]. I'm really surprised that many people haven`t jumped at putting
a station on 1610. This freq has the ability to be received by most of
the older analog AM radios, thus making it receivable by almost all
radios. I wouldn`t be concerned about any secondary users. Once I went
on, they would have to move, and I wouldn`t have to pay for them to
move. Maybe I'll apply for that position here in Florida. Then someone
can buy me out for 50 grand or so... (Paul Smith W4KNX Sarasota, FL,
ibid.)

Why would Canada do that? With all their abandoning of AM frequencies,
why interfere with hundreds of TIS stations? CIAO in Brampton is a fun
DX catch, but why [not?] 530? 73 (-Kyle, ibid.)

Good question, especially considering that there are abandoned
allotments for the Montreal area (e.g., 1410) that could have been
used. Perhaps the x-band frequency was preferred by the applicant to
avoid the expense of putting up a directional array, which would no
doubt be required for frequencies such as 1410. Why 1610 in particular
was approved is not clear. I suspect that they did not have to do the
sort of interference studies regarding their impact on TIS stations
that would apply to regular broadcast stations. Given a choice of ex-
band frequencies, it is pretty obvious why they would opt for 1610. >
CIAO in Brampton is a fun DX catch, but why 530? No clue. Anybody? The
1610 station is again playing franco-caribbean type music tonight.
(Barry McLarnon, QC, June 29, NRC-AM via DXLD)

I received a phone call from a local broadcast engineer in Montreal
who had worked with the owners of this station several months back.
He helped them out with the preparation of their application to the
CRTC and with their initial engineering specs. He is no longer working
with the operation, and was quite surprised to hear that they were on
the air.

It appears that the station may actually be illegally transmitting.
Although this station, owned by a prominent member of the Haitian
community in Montreal, has received an approval from the CRTC, it is
believed that they did not file an official request to begin testing.

Also, they are not identifying themselves. According to CRTC
regulations, they should be IDing regularly and making an announcement
to the effect, plus asking people hearing them to report the quality
of reception and to ask if there are any interference problems.

I have been told that a complaint has already been filed with the CRTC
and Industry Canada about the operation, but chances are nothing will
happen to them until Tuesday, as government offices are closed until
then for the weekend and the Canada Day holiday on July 1.

I have also been told that the location of the antenna for the station
is on the roof of a two-story building on Jarry Street East, just a
few blocks west of Pie IX Blvd., directly across the street from a
well-known electronics retailer, Addison Electronics, in the north-
east sector of the island of Montreal.

They are apparently using a one-tower vertical, presumably omni-
directional; a new style of antenna tower apparently made of a
material similar to fiberglass.

I am trying to track down the information on the official application
and approval from the CRTC which, if I remember correctly, included a
name, address and phone number of the owners of the operation. I will
post that information as soon as I have tracked it down.

Until then, I would say log this one while you can. Things might get
nasty on Tuesday!

There are also a number of rival groups within the Haitian community
in Montreal. There have already been some battles between the factions
over programming currently being aired on various campus and community
radio stations in the Montreal region. We could really see some things
heating up on this one.

I do remember in the application to the CRTC that this station was
looking to serve various French speaking ethnic communities in
Montreal, not only the Haitians, but some of the African and other
French-speaking Caribbean communities in the city.

The signal here in Montreal today has been good, but far from full-
scale, at least in my location, off the island of Montreal to the
south-east. More on this one as soon as it is available.

[Later:] Here is the official text from the CRTC decision about the
station which was approved for operation on 1610 kHz for Montreal.
(Sheldon Harvey, QC, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Decision CRTC 2001-678  Ottawa, 7 November 2001

CPAM Radio Union.com inc. Montréal, Quebec 2000-2071-9

Public hearing of 19 June 2001 National Capital Region

New ethnic AM radio station
1. The Commission approves the operation of a new French-language
ethnic AM radio station in Montréal. The new station will provide
programming to serve the Francophone ethnocultural communities of
Haitian, Latin-American and African descent in the greater Montréal
area. The terms and conditions of the licence as well as the
commitments made by the licensee are set out in the appendix to this
decision.

2. CPAM Radio Union.com inc. is a private commercial company owned
exclusively by Mr. Jean Ernest Pierre.

The proposed service

3. The applicant proposed to operate a French-language ethnic radio
station with programming targeting three cultural groups in the
following proportions: Haitians (50%), Latin-Americans (15%), and
Africans whose first language or whose second language is French
(35%). The Ethnic Broadcasting Policy (the Policy, Public Notice
CRTC 1999-117) provides for programs in any language, including
English and French, so long as they serve culturally or racially
distinct groups other than ones that are Aboriginal Canadian or from
France or the British Isles. While the Policy states that ethnic
stations must generally devote at least half of their schedules to
programming in third languages, it makes provision for service in
English and French, where appropriate. In this case, the station
proposes to broadcast 100% of its spoken word programming in the
French language in order to serve the Haitian, Latin-American and
African groups. The applicant therefore requested an exemption from
the requirement of section 7(2) of the Radio Regulations, 1986 to
devote 50% of its programming to third-language programming. The
Commission approves this request. A condition of licence to this
effect is included in the appendix to this decision.

4. In support of its application, the applicant pointed out that a new
French-language ethnic service would contribute to the harmonious
integration of the targeted ethnocultural communities into the larger
francophone society, which would be enriched as a result. The
applicant also underlined that the proposed service would allow young
people to become interested in their culture of origin by addressing
"issues that directly affect them".

Music programming

Category 2 music

5. Since the proposed station will primarily broadcast music aimed at
the Haitian, African and Latin-American communities that is not
broadcast on other greater Montréal area radio stations, the
Commission finds it appropriate to limit, as a condition of licence,
the percentage of the broadcast week devoted to category 2 French-
language and English-language music. At the hearing, the licensee
stated that it would accept a condition of licence specifying that it
could not devote more than 15% of a broadcast week to French-language
category 2 music and 15% to English-language category 2 music. A
condition of licence to that effect is set out in the appendix to this
decision.

Category 3 music

6. At the hearing, the applicant made a commitment to devote 70% of
its music programming to world beat and international music (sub-
category 33), aimed at the three above-mentioned ethnocultural groups.
A condition of licence related to this commitment is set out in the
appendix to this decision. In this regard, the applicant underlined
the importance of broadcasting Creole, Spanish and African music to
expose young people to their own traditional ancestral music and
culture, and to bridge the generation gap.

Canadian content

7. The licensee will ensure that a minimum of 35% of all music
selections broadcast each week from category 2 are Canadian. Also, the
applicant has committed to devote 20% of category 3 music selections
that it broadcasts each broadcast week in the first year of its
licence term to Canadian music selections, increasing to 35% effective
the second year of operation. The Commission imposes this commitment
as a condition of licence. The condition is set out in the appendix to
this decision.

Spoken word

8. The new radio service will be hosted by new Canadians and will
present news from Montréal and around the world that would be of
particular interest to the target ethnic groups. At the public
hearing, the licensee committed to devote between 35 and 40% of the
126 hours of programming per week to spoken word. Spoken word
programming will include newscasts, reports, editorials, and public
affairs programs.

Canadian talent development

9. In the first year of its licence term, the licensee will devote
$3,000 to a direct contribution for Canadian talent development. Each
subsequent year of its licence term, this amount will increase by
$1,000 to reach $8,000 in the final year. These contributions will be
given to third-party organizations involved in the production of music
for the station's target audience, in accordance with the guidelines
of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, as set out in Public
Notice CRTC 1995-196, as amended from time to time and approved by the
Commission. A condition of licence to that effect is included in the
appendix to this decision.

The creation of an advisory board

10. To best respond to the needs of the communities targeted by the
new service, the licensee has committed to set up a nine-member
advisory board, made up of three members of each target cultural
community in its service area. The Commission requires the licensee to
submit a list of board members within 90 days of this decision.

The Commission`s determination

11. The Commission approves the application since it shares the
applicant's views regarding the need to bridge the gap between the
Haitian, African and Latin-American communities, their descendants,
and the larger francophone society. The Commission also considered
that the proposed station will contribute to the diversity of musical
formats available in the market and will provide a new voice for news
and public affairs by broadcasting French-language programming aimed
primarily at the above-mentioned ethnocultural groups. Finally, the
Commission believes that, given the nature of the new station, it will
have a negligible impact on existing stations in the greater Montréal
area market.

Interventions

12. The Commission would like to thank all parties that filed
interventions with regard to this application. The Commission is
satisfied with the licensee's response to the interventions.

Related CRTC documents

• Public Notice 1999-137 - New licence form for commercial radio
stations
• Public Notice 1999-117 – The Ethnic Broadcasting Policy
Secretary General

This decision is to be appended to the licence. It is available in
alternative format upon request, and may also be examined at the
following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
  Appendix to Decision CRTC 2001-678
  Terms, conditions and commitments of the licence for the new ethnic
AM radio station in Montréal

  Terms of licence

  The licence will only be issued and effective when the licensee
confirms in writing that it is ready to begin operation. This must
take place within 12 months of today's date. Any request for an
extension to the deadline requires Commission approval and must be
made in writing within that period.

  The licence, when issued, will expire on 31 August 2008.

  The station will broadcast on the AM band, on the frequency 1610
kHz, with an effective radiated power of 1,000 watts.

  The Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity
issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its
management of human resources (PN 1992-59).

  Conditions of licence

  The licence will be subject to the conditions set out in Public
Notice CRTC 1999-137. The licence will also be subject to the
following conditions:

  1) The licensee is exempted from the requirement of section 7(2) of
the Radio Regulations 1986 that it devote 50% of its programming to
third-language programming.
  2) The licensee must devote all of its programming to French-
language ethnic programming, targeting the Haitian community, the
Latin-American community and the African community with French as its
first or second language.
  3) In place of subsections 2.2(3) to 2.2(10) of the Radio
Regulations, 1986, in each broadcast week
  a) the licensee may devote a maximum of 30% of the musical
selections that it broadcasts to selections from category 2;
  i) the licensee must devote at least 35% of all category 2
selections that it broadcasts to Canadian musical selections;

  ii) the licensee may devote a maximum of 15% of all category 2
musical selections that it broadcasts to French-language vocal music
selections, and a maximum of 15% to English-language vocal musical
selections.

  b) the licensee must devote at least 70% of the musical selections
that it broadcasts to musical selections from subcategory 33: World
beat and international;
  i) during the first year of the licence term, the licensee must
devote at least 20% of all musical selections from subcategory 33 that
it broadcasts to Canadian selections, and increase its percentage to
35% beginning at the second year of the licence term.

  4) In the first year of its licence term, the licensee must devote
$3,000 to a direct contribution for Canadian talent development. Each
subsequent year of its licence term, the amount must increase by
$1,000 to reach $8,000 in the final year. These contributions will be
given to third-party organizations involved in the production of music
for the station's target audience, in accordance with the guidelines
of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, as set out in Public
Notice CRTC 1995-196, as amended from time to time and approved by
the Commission.

  Commitments

  The licensee has committed to devote 35 to 40% of programming per
broadcast week to spoken word that is of particular interest to the
ethnocultural groups targeted.

  The licensee has committed to set up a nine-member advisory board
composed of three members from each target group in its service area.
The Commission requires the licensee to submit a list of board members
within 90 days of this decision.

Date Modified: 2001-11-07 ===== (via Sheldon Harvey, DXLD)

This is the listing of the company which applied and received approval
from the CRTC for the station on 1610 kHz: CPAM Radio Union.com inc.
10 St- Jacques Street Suite 807 Montréal QC H2Y 1L3 TELEPHONE: 514-
287-1288 also (presumed to be a fax number) 514-287-3299

I just called the telephone number listed and got an answering service
at the office of Maitre Jean Ernest Pierre. It appears that he is a
lawyer here in the city of Montreal. The number on the file seems to
be his business office. I left a message just now (7 PM Eastern
Saturday evening) (Sheldon Harvey, QC, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. CANADIAN DTV POLICY
Doug Smith W9WI - 16 June 2002

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
has announced its regulatory framework for transition to over-the-air
DTV. Some main points:

_ There are no fixed deadlines. No station will be required to start
DTV operation at any given date, nor will they be required to shut
down their analog transmissions any sooner than they voluntarily
choose to do so.

_ Stations are encouraged (but not required) to build DTV facilities
that match their analog coverage. Stations are required to maintain
their analog coverage throughout the transition period.

_ Existing stations will have first opportunity to apply for DTV
licenses. However, if they fail to do so in a ``reasonable`` amount of
time, the CRTC will consider other applicants for their assigned DTV
channels.

_ DTV stations will be allowed to offer as much as 14 hours a week of
programming not carried on the associated analog stations, provided
that programming is high-definition, and at least half of it is of
Canadian origin.

_ Where a high-definition version of a program aired between 6pm and
midnight exists, it must be aired. Stations ``...should also ensure
that, by the end of December 2007, 2/3 of their schedules are
available in the high definition format.``

_ It appears that the CBC will not be attempting to duplicate its
analog coverage. They indicated they plan to operate digital
transmitters only in the ten largest Canadian cities, covering 70% of
the nation`s population. The remainder would receive CBC DTV signals
via satellite. (It causes one to wonder whether private broadcasters
will follow suit, whether there will ever be over-the-air DTV in
smaller cities?)

Canada has already adopted the U.S. ATSC format and 8VSB modulation
scheme, and Industry Canada has already created a table of DTV
allocations. To my knowledge the only DTV stations currently
authorized in Canada are experimental demonstration stations on
channel 66 in Ottawa and Toronto. One might now expect to see some
applications for DTV operation in Canada. I do not expect them to
appear rapidly. (July WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) See also USA

** CANADA. My suspicions expressed in my weekend schedule message for
CBC were confirmed. CBC North Quebec carried the CBC Radio 1 broadcast
of the Gold [sic] Cup final match. The audio was obtained from BBC- 5
Live. I was watching the match on ABC-TV (USA) and noted the narration
on CBC was about 15 seconds ahead of what was happening on the screen.
I found that amount of lead time to be annoying so I switched the TV
over to the Spanish language Univision network. Univision was only a
few seconds behind the radio play by play. That was interesting
because now I could look away from the screen without fear of missing
anything important.

I presume the reason CBC did not have legal rights issues carrying
this match on shortwave is because CBC North Quebec is a domestic
service with a target area in the northern latitudes. Apparently the
sidelobes reached the USA without the approval or knowledge of the
legal folks. Did anyone else note any domestic shortwave services
carrying the match?

NOTE: MONDAY IS CANADA DAY. IN THE PAST CBC NORTH QUEBEC HAS CARRIED
THE ENTIRE CBC NORTH QUEBEC SCHEDULE ON HOLIDAYS. CHECK 9625 (Joe
Buch, swprograms via DXLD) You mean, the entire CBC Radio One
schedule? (gh, DXLD)

** CHINA. An inside look at DXing and Broadcasting in China. In Danny
Wu's article you can read about how the Internet has united Chinese
DXers, and what the economic realities for DXers and radio stations
are in today's China. Check it out at
http://www.dxing.info/articles/chinese_dxing.dx 73 (Mika Mäkeläinen
Visit http://www.dxing.info/ Join http://www.dxing.info/community/
June 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. There is a picture of Varela on the Meridiano 70 website,
but the legend does not carry any explanation.
http://www.meridiano70.com
``LA FAMILIA MERIDIANO Y EL PERIODISMO DE ARAUCA ESTA DE LUTO, HOY SE
FUE UN COMPAÑERO Y AMIGO...``

Same picture here; Varela founded Radio Capibaribe, 1240, was the co-
founder of La Voz del Cinaruco 1050, ex-4865, and presently manager of
Meridiano 70, 1170, ex-4865. This story will make big headlines on
sites such as the one run by CPJ, RSF and similar sites.
http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/coar/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-69983.html
(Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Junio 28 de 2002 EL TIEMPO

ASESINAN EN ARAUCA AL PERIODISTA EFRAÍN ALBERTO VARELA NORIEGA

A un frente de las Autodefensas fue atribuido el crimen del abogado y
comunicador, de 52 años, director de la emisora Meridiano 70.
Su cuerpo abaleado fue abandonado en el kilómetro cinco de la vía que
de Arauca conduce a Caño Limón.

A las cinco de la tarde, cuando regresaba de una ceremonia de grado en
la Universidad de Arauca, a donde había sido invitado en calidad de
reportero, Varela Noriega habría sido interceptado por un grupo de al
menos 10 paramilitares.

El abogado viajaba con su cuñado Nicolás Valbuena, fiscal de la Cámara
de Comercio de Arauca.

Los 'paras' tras reconocer a Varela lo obligaron a bajar de la
camioneta que conducía y, tras conducirlo a pie a un sitio ubicado a
dos kilómetros, le dispararon en repetidas oportunidades.

El periodista era reconocido en Arauca por el contenido polémico del
programa que conducía en la emisora local, en donde fustigaba con sus
comentarios a diferentes sectores de la vida política de la región,
así como a los grupos armados.

A lo largo de su carrera, enfrentó varias veces las amenazas de los
armados.

Varela Noriega había sido concejal de Arauca y consejero intendencial
del Vichada.

También se desempeñó como presidente del Consejo Departamental de Paz
y catedrático de la Escuela Superior de Administración Pública y de la
Universidad Cooperativa.

El periodista acababa de regresar de España, en donde asistió a un
posgrado en Derechos Humanos

VIOLENTOS ASESINAN OTRO PERIODISTA EN COLOMBIA

Arauca.---- El periodista y abogado Efraín Alberto Varela Noriega fue
asesinado en Arauca por sicarios que previamente lo raptaron, informó
la Policía.

Varela Noriega, director y gerente de la emisora Meridiano 70 en
Arauca, al parecer fue interceptado por supuestos paramilitares cuando
regresaba a la capital departamental, tras participar en unos grados.
Los asesinos lo bajaron de su auto en el sitio conocido como Mata
Palito, a cinco kilómetros de Arauca, en la vía que comunica con los
campos petroleros de Caño Limón y lo obligaron a abordar un vehículo
todo terreno.

Posteriormente apareció el cadáver en el kilómetro 8 de la misma
carretera, frente al Colegio Municipal Agropecuario.

Trascendió que el comunicador, oriundo de la costa atlántica y uno de
los más veteranos en el periodismo araucano, figuraba en una lista de
más de cien políticos, comerciantes y periodistas de Arauca,
amenazados por los paramilitares.

A esta hora las autoridades realizan el levantamiento del cadáver e
inician las investigaciones, pero no se tienen datos concretos sobre
el origen del asesinato.

Varela Noriega hizo parte de un grupo de personalidades que fundaron
la emisora La Voz del Sinaruco, filial de Caracol en Arauca y en el
pasado ejerció la política en los departamentos de Arauca y Vichada

Conéctese a la actualidad Colombiana en http://www.caracol.com.co
Caracol ... Más Compañía. Station in last para is La Voz del Cinaruco,
ex 4865 (via Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, DXLD)

** COLOMBIA [and non]. Embarrassing reports: Several years ago, when
editing the South and Central American sections of the WRTH, I noticed
that in some countries the L.P. (Leading Personalities) info had to be
changed from one year to another.

In countries with a reasonable amount of 'official' broadcasting,
Argentina for instance, there was a new 'interventor' every now and
then for the different local Radio Nacional outlets.

In other Latin American countries, even in private enterprises,
changes are rather frequent. Venezuela is one such case.

Changes may also occur as the result of internal political strife.
This is the case of Colombia, where I have recently read or heard of
managers of at least three stations being assassinated. This is the
case of Radio Sincelejo, Radio Galeón and Meridiano 70.

I do not have any recent copy of the WRTH, but in the 1997 edition the
Meridiano 70 manager was listed as the manager of La Voz del Cinaruco,
which was probably true at the time.

I would therefore ask reporters to update their info as best they can
(DXLD is a recommended source), or else refrain from including non-
related personal stuff to your reports unless you are perfectly sure
that the report will reach the intended party.

(Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, June 30, DXing.info via DXLD)

** COLOMBIA. COLOMBIAN ON 6064.5 SOON ON A NEW FREQUENCY AND IN
ENGLISH. Here is the email letter I received from Russ Stendal
rms05001@neutel.com.co

Dear Henrik, We appreciate your interest and prayers. Our short wave
transmissions will be shifting over to 6060 instead of 6065 to avoid
conflict with Family Radio out of Oakland California (on the same
frequency). The 5 kW transmitter (which used to belong to Colmundo) is
now located at Lomalinda (where we have restored several houses). We
are also planning English language broadcasts as soon as we finish our
test phase and can establish what would be the best times for this.
Our signal also goes out on 88.8 FM and on 1530 AM.

A year ago Radio Nuevo Continente here in Bogotá gave us a 30 year old
AM transmitter which we set up on 1530. Later we traded this for the
short wave transmitter from Colmundo and have been on the air off and
on over the past couple weeks in a test phase. We are planning to
install the new 10 kW AM transmitter next week.

My book is still available and may be ordered via internet
(gstendal@aol.com). May the Lord continue to bless you richly,
Russ Stendal (via Klemetz, dxing.info via DXLD)

When saying that the 5 kW transmitter is now located at Lomalinda,
Russ implies that this is a new location. The previous one was a ranch
named Bonaire. More about these facilities can be read in the Stendal
Newsletter Archives on the Colombia para Cristo web site at
http://gloriastendal.tripod.com/colombiaparacristo/id3.html

To the Farc guerillas, Christianity is seen as a dangerous enemy, and
so many churches have been closed and many more people forced to leave
their homes. More on the the dangers American missionaries are facing
in Colombia can be found for instance at
http://www.worthynews.com/news-features/compass-columbia-2.html
(Henrik Klemetz, Sweden,June 25, dxing.info via DXLD) {columbia sic}

** COLOMBIA. 2399.85 harmonic, Radio Súper, Cali. June 2002 - 1010 UT.
Harmonic from 1200 kHz (2x 1199.93).

3599.77, harmonic, Radio Súper, Cali. June 2002 - 1025 UT. Seems to be
more common on its 4th harmonic 4799.70 kHz. Harmonic from 1200 kHz
(3x 1199.92). (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin June 30,
translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR. BM Bandscan SW 51. Björn Malm.

From July 15 I and my wife "Susanita" will be on Swedish territory for
a few months. It shall be nice to change temporarily from the messy
Quito to well-organized Sweden. For me it is a dream to have a little
``cabin`` here in Ecuador to rest, for example on the peninsula Santa
Elena not far from Guayaquil. My mother-in-law has some land there
close to the holiday cottage of the president. [also, incidentally,
near HCJB`s new transmitter site! --gh]

Just imagine how nice it will be to leave this crazy capital for a DX-
pedition to the Pacific Ocean for a week or so. There it is possible
to erect a long beverage as it is an uninhabited area.

After a night with tough DXing I will take a 15-minutes walk on the
several mile long beach falling to sleep to the roaring waves ...

You can`t understand how tough life is nowadays here in Quito --- when
I was here for the first time 5-6 years ago it was a pure idyllic
spot. Now it has dramatically changed for the worse due to poverty
spreading down even to the middle class. Although I have lots of
examples, I will not bore you with this sad facts. It is better to go
for the positive instead. It is nice to walk around in central Quito
with all the old houses and churches - one more beautiful than the
other.

Central Quito suffers from heavy traffic but is built like a small
town with narrow streets and even more. Otherwise you get narrow
pavements and I can`t figure out how people reach their work --- you
have to have ice in your stomach and walk ultra rapid. Otherwise you
get pushed away out below one of the big and quiet, electrically
driven Trolley-busses coming like an express train.

From the beginning I learned from different Quito-people "not to push
anybody..." otherwise you usually can be beaten up. It is also quite
depressing to walk around when poor people are sitting very quietly
every 10 meters, begging for some coins to survive another day. I
think of among others an old Indian woman sitting very still and quiet
every day looking down and with her right hand stretched out as a cup.
I have seen lots of tourists from Europe standing with big eyes and
open mouth looking at this enormous crowd of people with Indians,
Mestizos, beautiful "morenas" from the coast, the huge amount of
salespeople on the streets walking around trying to sell everything
you can think of, all those small boys cleaning shoes who never are
satisfied with a "no, thank you" but continue and continue saying that
"your shoes are dirty and need cleaning" --- once I gave without
thinking some centavos to a shoe-cleaner without needing to clean my
shoes --- I just wanted him to stop harassing me. I shouldn`t have
done that! 5 minutes later all of the shoe-cleaners from Plaza Grande
market standing in a ring around me --- a crazy "gringo" giving money
without the need to do a thing.

4899.80, La Voz de Saquisilí y Libertador, Saquisilí. June 2002 - 1445
UT. I have had no contact with Saquisilí y Libertador diuring the last
years. If that depends on the fact that the station has been off air
or that I seldom listen after 1200, I don´t know.

5900 /5905 USB, Radio Cosmopolita, Quito can still be heard but at the
moment more sporadic. Mails are beginning to drop in, among others
from our members Tore B. Vik/TBV and Johan Berglund/JB, mentioning
that their reports are returned. I called up the station and heard
that they have a new address: "Radio Cosmopolita, Morales 1224 y
Garcia Moreno, Quito". Telephone: (+593 2) 228 30 96. Address your
report to Sr. Alejandro Yautibug, who is in charge for the technical
transmissions for the Indian programs. Otherwise the letters will be
lying without being taken care of in the Spanish department. The
Indians only hire program time. I asked if there is an email address
but the answer was negative (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin
June 30, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also COLOMBIA; PERU in this issue

** EGYPT. Egypt definitely has more than its share of marginal
transmitters but fortunately the 2300 UT English to N. America service
on 9900.0 comes in very well here and usually with decent modulation.
Their female announcer does tend to sound a bit mushy, but the music
sounds much better. 73, (Brandon Jordan - Memphis TN - Icom R75 -
Palstar R30C - Quantum QX Pro - Wellbrook ALA 330, hard-core-dx via
DXLD) See also SYRIA

** EGYPT. 24 June, tuned in to Russian Service of Radio Cairo at 1800.
The frequency was 7315 kHz. Carrier has been there already, then at
1802 music began, changed to an Arabic song. Audio stopped at 1806.
Carrier cut at 1808. Then, in a couple of minutes, carrier has been
re-established, but they probably forgot about its modulation at
all... (Dmitry Puzanov, Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Signal June 29 via DXLD)

** GERMANY. (Bavaria): On 29 June 2002 several hundred citizens living
in the neighbourhood of the IBB Holzkirchen short wave station staged
another day of protest. The Holzkirchen station has been on the air
for some 50 years and currently broadcasts mainly in Russian to the
CIS via four 250 kW short wave transmitters. The protest movement
caught momentum in the 90s already, leading to the close down of the
medium wave transmitter (originally 719/720 kHz, later 1593 kHz). When
the consolidation of VoA and RFE/RL facilities took place, it was
announced that IBB would close the station, but this never took place.
In mid-morning prominent electro-smog scientists told the public about
their findings at the Holzkirchen, Moosbrunn and Schwarzenburg
stations, while public comments of local citizens and politicians
throughout the day were less "scientific" in tone. Summaries of the
scientifists' contributions are available on the German website
http://www.sender-freies-oberland.de/, while the English site
http://www.sender-freies-oberland.de/e_index.htm is still very much
under construction. [Caption:] "Sleepless thanks to US-station. Wake
up now" The protest post card shows a huge sculpture which is at a
road passing by the station (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Nürnberg, Germany,
30 June 2002 via DXLD)

** GERMANY. From Monday (July 1) Südwestrundfunk will carry on all its
mediumwave outlets a new program called SWR Cont.Ra. This network will
primarily offer spoken word content (hence the name which is just a
paraphrase of Contentradio) primarily produced for other programs,
i.e. this will be a mere recycling network to say it in plain
language. SWR Cont.Ra was originally created as an attempt to push the
Eureka-147 system but later it was decided to put it also on
mediumwave for a real-life audience. Between 10 PM and 6 AM (2000-0400
UT in summer, 2100-0500 in winter) SWR Cont.Ra will relay infoRADIO,
the all-news program of Sender Freies Berlin. Strangely the
Südwestrundfunk website so far contains not any word about SWR Cont.Ra
but Sender Freies Berlin expresses delightment about the infoRADIO
relays in this press release:
http://www.sfb.de/unternehmen/sfb_presse_akt.php3
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY. Another story on the topic of broadcast delays: Deutsche
Welle just carried the same report on a certain event than two
networks of Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg simultaneously (Antenne
Brandenburg and Radio Eins), but with a delay of full two seconds. I
already asked somebody with some knowledge in signal distribution if
he knows an explanation for this heavy delay (when switching between
ORB and Deutsche Welle the first impression was that both carry
different reports); as far as I know Wertachtal is now fed by an
Eurobird SCPC link but certainly this caused only a small part of the
two seconds delay.

Also Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk had a small delay of about one third of
a second against ORB and Bayerischer Rundfunk (I found 6085 more or
less in sync with 95.1 and 98.6), referring to mediumwave where the
STL is a linear 2 Mbit/s link without a noticeable delay (Kai Ludwig,
Germany, June 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [and non]. Some schedule updates for Deutsche Telekom
transmissions, as usual from Jülich unless otherwise stated:

DRM: On July 16 and 17 only 0900-1200 on 5975 (290 deg.; trade fair or
something else in the UK?)

Deutsche Welle: Since June 24 6140 now throughout 0600-1900 from
Jülich (130 deg.), no longer Wertachtal

Additional transmissions of Adventist World Radio: Since June 1 0600-
0730 on 11610 (Wertachtal 200 deg.), since June 24 1600-1659 on 15360
and 1700-1759 on 15235 (both 115 deg.), all daily.

Additional transmissions of Universelles Leben:
From June 30 Sundays only 1600-1629 on 15670 (175 deg.);
from July 7 on Sundays only 1900-1930 on 15565 (115 deg.).

WYFR / Family Radio: All transmissions cancelled from June 23.
[no doubt due to new Merlin deal  --- gh]

A few pictures of the Jülich facilities as well as the
Braunschweig/Königslutter (mediumwave) and Torfhaus (FM) sites are
available at http://www.do1oli.de
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. A Shortwave Success Story. While there has been a
gradual migration towards FM in Guatemala, just as in other developing
countries, there is still a place for shortwave. Radio K'ekchi is a
case in point....
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/guatemala020628.html
(Media Network 28-06-02 via DXLD)

** IRAN. Allowing the DX-392 on the kitchen table to scan as I munched
on a salad, June 29 at 2337 UT it landed on 15085, which I quickly
adjusted to 15084, as a muezzin (or whatever the Iranians call him)
was doing his thing, with long pauses between verses of 6 or 7
seconds. But the pauses were neatly filled by pre-echoes of the audio
to follow a good 5 seconds ahead. They were softer, but clearly
audible, despite a less than solid signal. There have been reports
before about extraneous audio on this transmitter. Scenario: the VOIRI
censor has his finger on the button in case the muezzin says something
blasphemous, with a tape loop, or digital, delay, but the original
audio is bleeding through... (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISENING DIGEST)

** ITALY [non??]. After 1240 I listened to the Radio Rasant programme
via IRRS. The last quarter of this broadcast consisted on mainstream
pop with just three ID announcements in between, one of them in
English. After this programme IRRS ID and theme music until abrupt
cut-off at 1302. The signal was rather weak here and spot on 13840, it
appeared to be full-carrier AM rather than USB with reduced carrier.
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LATIN AMERICA. Commentary

THE TRANSFORMATION OF LATIN AMERICAN NATIONAL RADIOS INTO BONA FIDE
PUBLIC RADIO NETWORKS

IMER, the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio, which operates public radio
stations and a public television station in México, in mid-June hosted
an international conference of Latin American national radios. The
theme was ``The Role of Public Radio in a Globalized Society.``
Attending were representatives of the national radio networks of
Bolivia (Radio Illimani), Costa Rica (Radio Nacional), Cuba (Radio
Rebelde), Guatemala (La Voz de Guatemala), Honduras (Radio Honduras),
Paraguay (Radio Nacional del Paraguay), Argentina (Radio Nacional de
Argentina), Chile (Radio Nacional), Colombia (Radiodifusora Nacional
de Colombia), El Salvador (Radio El Salvador), Peru (Radio Nacional
del Perú), Venezuela (Radio Nacional de Venezuela), and Mexico (IMER,
Radio México).

The purpose of the conference was to advance the transformation of the
national radios of Latin America into true public radio networks and
stations, to move them out of the role of voice pieces of the
administrations in power into true services for the public. The
directors recognize that, at the moment, these national networks play
an inferior role in civic life. Señor Julio Cabello of Radio Nacional
de Venezuela pointed out that there are 225 privately owned radio
stations for every 1 public radio station in Latin America. In his
country, there are 500 privately owned stations but only 1 public
radio.

Radio Nacional de Argentina has played an important role in the crisis
in which his country is living, says Señor Mario Giorgi, its director.
His network, he said ``will help and accompany the planning of the
future of Argentina, adopting the role of an integrator between the
community and its political directors.``

IMER director Señor Carlos Zarur said that ``the role of public radio
in a globalized society reemphasizes the importance in having the
public receiving educational information but, above all, news about
the government, done with modern sophistication and utterly
trustworthy.`` He said the public radio ought to prepare itself for
these new times, by looking towards technical perfection and
credibility of its information. But he warned that governments must
not look towards employing the national public radio networks as
propaganda machines, ``but that they fulfill one of the most important
precepts of democracy, rooted in adequately informing the population
of governmental acts.``

Señor Moíses Jérez Morales, director of La Voz de Guatemala, said that
the national radios need to integrate the process of change, even if
they have to do it in forced marches. He says that public radios must
strengthen fundamental concepts such as nationality, the geographic-
historical factors, culture and human destiny, traditions and customs,
the popular arts, literature, and folklore. ``It must capture the
values, the riches of the matrices of the national soul.``

There were some differences among the conference attendees, of course,
but generally speaking there was great harmony and agreement about
what is to be done and what the objectives should be. One notable
outcome was a consensus on the necessity of promoting the Asociación
de Radios Nacionales de Servicio Públicos de América Latina
(ARNASAPAL), which IMER created two summers ago with the help of
UNESCO and Radio France International.

A similar movement is underway in Mexico, where the two dozen
university radio stations are working towards establishing a network
and association to promote the public radio service these offer in a
modern Latin American democracy, with programming directed to all
strata of Mexican society. Meanwhile, IMER denies that the government
is about to sell its radio stations and Channel 22 in Mexico City.

Clearly, while a few countries (Guatemala and Portugal) are thinking
of selling their public radio networks, these are aberrations. In an
age when more countries are permitting foreigners to own radio and
television stations, the public stations and networks become even more
valuable, for they retain a local and national control and moral
ownership. The national interests are the primary public radio
interests, and a well run, independent public radio network is the
primary voice of the people.

The big challenge is to keep the politicians out of public radio
management and administration, particularly the news. A viable public
radio system must be a priori an independent one. Easier said than
done, because in many countries, not just Latin American, the
politicians in power see the national radio systems as a major tool in
advancing their own interests.  In France, for years the public radio
and television networks gave most of their political and news airtime
during political campaigns to the candidates of the party in power.
Latin America, with its notoriously corrupt governments, has a real
challenge here on its hands:  Can these governments set up really
independent public radio systems and leave them independent?    I hope
to God they can and will (Michael Dorner, editor, Catholic Radio
Update July 1 via DXLD)

** MONGOLIA. According to the Voice of Mongolia, a frequency change is
planned for the Japanese service from July 1, 0830-0900. The new
frequency is 12085, ex 12015. Currently, 12015 is used: 0830 Japanese,
0900 Mongolian, 0930 Chinese, 1000 English, sign off at 1030. The
Mongolian, Chinese and English services may also move to 12085 from
July 1 (Koji Yamada, Tokyo, EDXP June 30 via DXLD)

** PERU. 2413.39v, Radio Paraíso, unknown QTH (Peru). Clear "Radio
Paraíso" IDs and lovely Peruvian folk music with super audio quality
in the program "Amanecer campesino". "Comunicados" can be a good way
to find out the "departamento" of the station location. In this case a
"comunicado" to a person living in "Santa Rosa". "Cajamarca" has also
been mentioned. Varies some kHz up/down.

5499.25, Radio San Miguel, la provincia de San Miguel, el departamento
de Cajamarca. June 15 2002 - 2330 UT. On April 26 all of you in SWB in
a special preview got an alarm about an unID LA on this frequency ---
obviously a test transmission with nonstop, mostly Ecuadorian, music
without talk. Came back on May 4 again with nonstop music without
talk, but this time with Peruvian music. On May 15 came the solution
for this "problem" when "Radio San Miguel" was reactivated on this new
frequency. Seems to broadcast regularly --- yesterday evening, Monday,
they were a little higher up in frequency: 5500.58 --- announcing 5500
kHz, 1450 and 101.1. This date a lot of talk about election of a new
mayor/"alcalde" --- mentioning several "distritos" among others
"Llapa" and "Calquis". I logged "Radio San Miguel" the last time in
May last year on 6339.67 kHz (see SWB 1458). At that time they gave ID
as "San Miguel Arcángel Radio". Now I only hear "Radio San Miguel" IDs
and sometimes "San Miguel súper radio". When you get this little
`preview` San Miguel has been on air for a few days so maybe someone
has got an ID. The above log was sent out as a "preview" to all in SWB
June 18. Can still be heard and seems to have two frequencies: 5499.25
and 5500.58 kHz.

Info from "Ventanaperú": Provincia de San Miguel, cuya capital es San
Miguel de Pallaques. Sus distritos son: Calquis, El Prado, La Florida,
Llapa, Nanchoc, Niepos, San Gregorio, San Miguel, San Silvestre de
Cochán, Unión Agua Blanca; con una población total de 59,641 hab.

5879.19, harmonic, Radio Imperio, Chiclayo, la provincia de Chiclayo,
el departamento de Lambayeque. Has been a big mystery for a long time
--- until now when I checked the MW frequency of the station and
started to count - Radio Imperio on SW 4388.96 kHz plus Radio Imperio
on MW 1490.23 kHz = 5879.19 kHz! A mixing product between SW/MW is
probably a rare form of harmonic. They are not announcing co-
transmission with Radio Uno, Chiclayo but instead with the FM-
transmitter Radio Tropicana (Chiclayo?).

Info from "Ventanaperú": Provincia de Chiclayo, cuya capital es
Chiclayo. Sus distritos son: Chiclayo, Chongoyape, Eten, Puerto de
Eten, José Leonardo Ortíz, Lagunas, La Victoria, Monsefú, Nueva Arica,
Oyotún, Picsi, Pimentel, Reque, Santa Rosa, Saña; con una población
total de 625,183 hab. (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador, SW Bulletin June
30, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. RUSSIA TV STARTS BROADCASTING TO EUROPE 1 JULY | Text of
report in English by Russian news agency Interfax

Moscow, 30 June: The VGTRK [All-Russia State Television and Radio
Broadcasting company] government-owned television and radio
broadcasting company will begin broadcasts to Western Europe on 1
July. The new project is entitled "RTR-Planet".

The broadcasts will be transmitted via the Express-3A satellite that
became available after a new satellite was put into orbit, VGTRK and
RTR [Russia TV] executives told journalists on Sunday [30 June]. The
broadcasts will include programmes from the RTR and Kultura channels
and Euronews in Russian.

"This is a non-profit project aimed at our compatriots living abroad,"
VGTRK chairman Oleg Dobrodeyev said. All news programmes will be
broadcast live, he said. Only part of Western Europe will be covered
initially, but after the signal is joined to the global cable network
all European countries will be included. In September or October, RTR-
Planet will begin broadcasting in the United States. Source: Interfax
news agency, Moscow, in English 1105 gmt 30 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

** SYRIA [and non]. Re Poorest audio on SW [EGYPT, DXLD 2-104] R San
Miguel 4926 is a bit distorted too, but one can actually understand
what they are saying. The gold medal will be awarded to R Damascus on
12085. I needed four earpieces in order to really just *hear* what
they are saying. The most undermodulated signal you have never heard.
The signal itself is strong as you could suppose from "international
broadcaster". (Jari Lehtinen, Lahti, Finland, hard-core-dx via DXLD)

** U K [and non]. NEW TV DOCUMENTARY TO FEATURE AMATEUR RADIO

Now news of a unique new television documentary series which will
feature amateur radio in a big way. `The Human Race` is a project
which pits two radio amateurs against one another in a race around
the planet. One heads east and the other west. The racers are tracked
on a website by fellow radio amateurs who participate in the race by
transporting the racers from place to place. Both teams are followed
by television production crews documenting the race. Throughout the
production phase, amateurs will be interviewed on camera to tell the
story of amateur radio to television viewers. The race will begin in
the American midwest in June 2003 and will conclude when the two
teams meet one another at a point half way around the world in
December next year. The producer of the programme is William
Desjardins, W1ZY (Radio Society of Great Britain GB2RS News 30 June
2002 via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD)

QNEWS brought you the first word on this PROPOSED new TV program some
months back, Now read further then visit their own site in
cyberspace. http://home.earthlink.net/~bdesj/

`The Human Race` is a project which pits two  radio amateurs against
one another in a race around the planet. One heads east and the other
west.

The racers are tracked on a website by fellow radio amateurs who
participate in the race by transporting the racers from place to
place. Both teams are followed by television production crews
documenting the race.

Throughout the production phase, amateurs will be interviewed on
camera to tell the story of amateur radio to television viewers. The
first ham host encountered by viewers is the oldest and attributes
the origins of Amateur Radio to early wireless experimenters. The
next ham host continues by relating to viewers the impact of the
vacuum tube on amateur communications. The subsequent host explains
to viewers how the transistor made possible Amateur Radio`s first
forays into space. The final ham host describes how Amateur Radio has
been at the forefront of the Telecommunications Revolution. This is
but one example of how the documentary proposes ordinary hams explain
Amateur Radio within the context of a race around the planet.

The race begins in the American midwest in June next year and will
conclude when the teams meet one another at a point half way around
the world in December 2003.

Every international society has been offered to endorse the project,
societies from Bangladesh to Australia.

The Bangladesh Amateur Radio League considers that ``The Human Race``
project, a television documentary series, would result in a wonderful
exposure of Amateur Radio to the world community. Amateur Radio, the
unique scientific hobby has the ability to enhance the international
fraternity and bridges any gap among people across boundaries.

The Executive Committee of Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL)
endorses the project and hopes that all concerned would extend their
hands of cooperation at the time of implementation of the same.
Nizam Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, S21B VP & IARU Liaison Officer, BARL

Here in VK, our President, Ernest Hocking V1LK has said ``I have now
had the OK from the majority of the WIA council for the endorsement.
I just need to put some words together. Personally, I think it is a
terrific idea.``

The producer of the program is William Desjardins, W1ZY. Keep up
todate on proceedings, to visit their website go to
http://home.earthlink.net/~bdesj/

(qnews/rsgb/earthlink, Wireless Institute of Australia Q-News June 30
via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD) Stunt?

** U S A [and non]. In many ways, religious and political broadcasting
is like telemarketing and unsolicited commercial e-mail. On average,
most people probably don't want to listen to you. On the other hand,
the potential benefits to be reaped by landing one new convert or
buyer justify the expenditure, in the mind of the person placing the
call or funding the broadcast. In all these instances, the "cost to
communicate" has fallen in recent years, so the originators can live
with reduced response rates.

We rail against UCE and telemarketing because all recipients "pay" for
the message in bandwidth, diskspace, and the intrusion of an unwanted
telephone call (Richard Cuff, swprograms via DXLD)

** U S A. SW UTAH (AND SURROUNDING AREA) TIS UPDATE

Many DXers from all over the west have logged TIS stations from SW
Utah and the surrounding areas over the past 10 years.  This month,
Karen and I took a few days before and after a business trip to drive
through some of the areas where these TIS stations are located, to
check on their current status. Here is what we found:

530
===
Hoover Dam, NV (KOJ876) -- Signal is improved, but still not great.
Seems stronger in Boulder City than at the actual dam site, possibly
due to all of the electrical noise around the dam.  Male announcer.
Tape loop mostly talks about the new security checkpoint and
regulations.  Gets out fairly well to the west but not very well in
the other directions.

Las Vegas, NV (WNRM758) -- Silent, not noted on my last 2 trips here.
ex-1610 and has not resurfaced there either.  HAR station once listed
on this frequency has moved to 1610.

St. George, UT (WPBF898) -- Washington County "Color Country" TIS at
the Utah Welcome Center south of St. George is currently silent.
Signs are still up on I-15 North.  This one used to make it to
southern California.

1490/1520/1540
==============
Capitol Reef NP, UT (KOJ738) -- These 0.1-watt stations are gone for
good. See main listing on 1610.

1590
====
Bryce Canyon NP, UT (KOP798?) -- New station here with general park
information.  The 1610 station now carries information about the
park's new shuttle service (signs around the park, and the messages
themselves, make this distinction). Both the 1590 and 1610 stations
appear to be fairly near the park entrance. The 1590 station is either
slightly farther north, or slightly stronger than the 1610 station.
Both are barely audible middays in Panguitch.

1610
====
Glen Canyon NRA, AZ (KOJ778) -- Frequently mis-reported as Utah, this
station is actually just north of Page, AZ at the Carl Hayden visitor
center. This has got to be the single biggest TIS pest in the west
these days, as it is routinely heard all over the Southwest. Tape loop
with female announcer emphasizes the Wahweap Marina and the visitor
center, and includes call letters.

Blue Diamond, NV (HAR) -- No sign of the NV DoT station that was
supposed to be here.

Jean, NV (HAR) -- No sign of the NV DoT station that was supposed to
be here.

Lake Mead NRA, NV (KOJ751) -- This one seems strongest at the
Administration offices in Boulder City, not at the Lake Mead NRA area.
Gets out fairly well to the west but poorly in other directions.
Female announcer.

Las Vegas, NV (Airport) -- Carrier-current station with control tower
audio has reportedly moved to 1200, but I haven't been close enough to
the airport to confirm this.

Las Vegas, NV (KOJ446) -- Delete this listing.  Have never noted this
station on numerous trips.

North Las Vegas, NV (HAR) -- NV DoT covers road construction and
Hoover Dam security information. Gets out pretty well.

Mesquite, NV (TIS or Pirate?) -- There is a new station located in the
Riverside Commercial Center, broadcasting oldies and calling itself
"Mesquite's new solid gold oldies, the greatest hits of all time, AM
16-10, the Boss." It sounds like it's running 5 to 10 watts.

Bryce Canyon NP, UT (KOP798) -- This station's message is now limited
to information about the park's shuttle system.  General park
information is now found on the new station on 1590 kHz (see listing
above). This station currently gets out pretty well at night, as it
was recently logged in Alberta, but not particularly well during the
day. A few years ago however, many DXers mistakenly assumed they had
this station when it was actually the Panguitch station (WPBE828) that
was getting out well at that time with its "Welcome to Bryce Canyon
Country" message.

Capitol Reef National Park, UT (KOJ738) -- This station is gone for
good, due to apathy of the current ranger staff. A previous ranger had
maintained this station and set up 0.1-watt stations on 1490, 1520,
and 1540. Once he left, they took everything down. If you hear a tape
loop about Capitol Reef, you are hearing KCP260, Salina Canyon.

Cedar Breaks NM, UT (KOE719) -- This station does not appear to exist.
There are no signs for it, and I did not log it while passing through
this area in 1986 or 2002.

Fish Lake NF - Ivie Creek/Salina Canyon, UT (KCP260) -- This is a very
interesting station, located at a rest area near the junction of I-70
and Utah highway 72. It runs a very long tape loop (3 male voices, 2
female, each representing a different county or agency in central
Utah). One of the taped messages is all about Capitol Reef National
Park, which could cause a DXer to mistake this station for the defunct
KOJ738. Other messages mention Fremont Indian State Park and Sevier
County, which may explain the listings for stations at these locations
that don't seem to exist. (Note that Salina Canyon is pronounced with
a short "I" like Salinas, CA, not a long "I" like Salina, KS).
[?? Short I is as in ``it``. You mean like a long E --- gh]

Fish Lake NF - Mackinaw/Fish Lake Scenic Drive, UT (KOQ516) -- This
station, which uses the slogan "Mackinaw Radio", provides visitor
information for people driving along the west shore of Fish Lake.  It
is probably located around Fish Lake Lodge halfway down the lake.
Female announcer, mentions the Fish Lake Discovery Association.

Fremont Indian State Park, UT -- Delete this listing.  Either this
station is gone, or someone heard the Fish Lake NF station (KCP260)
whose message includes a section on Fremont Indian SP.

Panguitch-Red Canyon, UT (WPBE828) -- This station got out like
gangbusters in the late 1990s with its "Welcome to Bryce Canyon
Country" message; for a while, it was a nightly catch on car radios in
San Diego. The Garfield County tourism office runs this station, which
is actually located in the Red Canyon area just east of the junction
of US 89 and Utah highway 12. The station is nowhere near as strong as
it used to be. It is barely audible in Panguitch middays, and its tape
loop currently consists of the sentence "This is the Garfield County
radio station at Red Canyon, Utah" read by a male announcer, followed
by a long pause.

Sevier, UT -- Delete this listing. There does not appear to be a
station in Sevier.  The Fish Lake NF station (KCP260) includes a
section about Sevier in their message.

Zion National Park, UT (KOJ761) -- There are currently 4 stations
active in the park along Utah highway 9. There is/was a fifth station
at the Northwest end of the park near Kanarraville (I-15 exit 40);
although the signs are still up for this station on I-15 north at exit
36, I did not log this station while passing through in 1986, 1987, or
2002. The 4 active stations in Zion NP are as follows, moving from
east to west on highway 9 (all use a female announcer):

1. Mt. Carmel Junction:  Short tape loop for drivers heading west on
Utah highway 9: mentions the $20 entrance fee, tunnel, scenic drive
shuttle, and tells listeners to tune in again about 13 miles to the
west (station #2). No call sign mentioned in tape loop.  Gets out
relatively poorly. Not audible in Kanab 17 miles to the south.

2. East Entrance:  This tape loop has more detailed information about
the shuttle schedule, wildlife, camping, and fire danger. It ends with
a MALE phone operator saying "If you want to make a call, please hang
up" followed by telephone error signals. It gets out relatively
poorly, and the KOJ786 call sign is not currently mentioned in the
tape loop.

3. Springdale/Watchman Visitor Center (KOJ761):  This one begins with
"Welcome to the gateway town of Springdale", and emphasizes the
shuttle, visitor center, backcountry hiking permits, Watchman
campsite, the Zion Lodge, and a bit about the tunnel farther east.
This is the only Zion station that mentions call letters in its tape
loop ("KOJ.......761" mumbled at the end of the loop). It gets out
fairly well, but nowhere near as well as station #4.  This one ends
with a FEMALE phone operator giving the same error as station #2.

4. Virgin: This is the one that really gets out. It appears to be
located just west of Virgin, UT, atop a high bluff. It covers a long
stretch of I-15 middays and has often been heard in California and
Nevada at night. The tape loop is oriented to visitors traveling
eastbound on Utah highway 9. The tape loop begins with "This station
provides important information about the Zion National Park Tunnel and
Zion Canyon Scenic Drive shuttle. It refers to the town of Springdale
as being "17 miles north on Highway 9", and says to tune in again
about 13 miles north on Highway 9 for more information (station #3).
There is no gap at the end of the tape loop on this one.

There you have it!  I hope this helps DXers in the west figure out
what stations you are hearing.  73, Tim (Tim & Karen Hall
http://www.inetworld.net/halls June 28, AMFMTVDX mailing list via
DXLD)

AM DX from NV/UT trip TIS AND OTHER: [is this in UT, or???]
=============
1610 KNEC996 CA Yosemite NP (area) - 6/16 0737 - CalTrans HAR for
Yosemite (SW entrance?) noted still running winter message about
drivers having to carry chains. Tape loop includes call letters.  Had
been listening to this station from Lone Pine, CA a few nights
earlier.  (TRH-UT1)

1610 TIS/Pirate? NV Mesquite - 6/21 2205 - Noted a station here
running oldies and pre-recorded IDs.  "Mesquite's new solid gold
oldies, AM 16-10, the Boss."  6/25 1500 noted again on return trip,
said they were broadcasting from the Riverside Commercial Center in
Mesquite.  (TRH-NV)

1610 WQO681 WY Bosler - 6/22 2155 - CO DoT / WY DoT station noted on E
wire with usual tape loop, mixing with semi-local KOQ516.  (TRH-UT3)

1700 WNCM749 CA Burbank - 6/22 0310 - Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena
airport TIS station is really getting out these days!  Noted on top of
channel at Lone Pine, CA, and putting a good signal into Cedar City
tonight.  (TRH-UT2)

TRH-NV/TRH-UT Tim Hall, on the road.  Toyota car radio.
TRH-UT1 NV/UT border along US 6/50.  ICF-2010, Kiwa Loop, 1250-ft
unterminated beverage aimed E
TRH-UT2 Cedar City, UT.  ICF-2010, Kiwa Loop
TRH-UT3 Teasdale, UT.  ICF-2010, Kiwa Loop, 400 ft. longwire aimed W,
200 ft. S, 575 ft. SSE, 575 ft. E.

I recently bought a new Toyota Prius (gas-electric hybrid), which we
took on this trip. I love the gas mileage (48 MPG) but unfortunately
Toyota still makes the weakest car radios around! 73, (Tim & Karen
Hall, June 29, amfmtvdx via DXLD) http://www.inetworld.net/halls

** U S A. 1620, FLORIDA UNID Haitian pirate, Orlando, 2130+ [EDT?] on
this evening 24 June w/kompa and zouk mx, M FR/Kr annr w/ occ
unreadable cart IDs w/ "vous écoutez Radio ..." with a last word
sounding something like "Cigar." Poor/fair sigs through heavy QRN here
(40 mi distant or so) via groundwave; music audio pretty good, voice
audio less so. Suspect this will make it into Tampa Bay area around
sunset greyline with few problems. Some French chatter buried on the
freq around 0130Z through TX and VI outlets, maybe them still (David
Crawford, FL, Corazón DX via DXLD)

** U S A. 1700 WSJZ IA, Des Moines, rec. QSL letter (handwritten) in
11 days for taped report. Address: 4143 109th Street, Urbandale IA
50322. V/S: Jack O' S.., (?) Not sure of signers name and the
handwriting is hard to read. Mentioned that they only had the calls
for a week before switching back to KBGG. Was surprised of my report,
as they barely get out of town! I don't know if they mean night, day
or both. I am pleased with this, as I did not really expect a reply as
they only had the calls a week. A nice letter on letterhead. MW QSL
#2805. [Later:] WSJZ/KBGG has new address: 4143 109TH, Urbandale IA
50322. Phone (515) 331-9200. I checked and the Verie signer for WSJZ
was Jack O'Brian, Operations manager (Patrick Martin, OR, IRCA et al.
via DXLD)

** U S A. DTV EXTENSIONS DENIED
Doug Smith W9WI - 16 June 2002

Maybe one of the bigger news items this month is the denial by the FCC
of several applications for DTV permit extensions. Fifty stations are
involved, apparently including all of TBN`s full-power stations.
Stations requesting an extension had to provide the Commission with
justification for their failure to meet the May 1st deadline. Quoting
from the request TBN submitted for KAAH-26 Honolulu:

``Coordination of the transition to digital has been extremely
difficult and final equipment orders are just now being evaluated for
placement with delivery to follow. Moreover, in an effort to initiate
DTV service as soon as possible, focus has been on completing STA
facilities based on the Commission`s determination that full
allocation protection for UHF facilities would be maintained beyond
May 1, 2002.``

The Commission didn`t buy it. Identical statements were filed for the
other TBN stations. The FCC offered the opportunity to file an amended
Form 337 providing a specific plan for how the extra 90 days would be
used to ``further the construction of KAAH-DT``, and a specific date
upon which TBN would expect construction to be complete. Just as TBN`s
applications for their other stations were identical to KAAH`s, the
FCC`s responses for the other stations werealso identical.

TBN`s second response didn`t fare any better. The Commission wrote
``...you have failed to explain why you need an additional six-month
extension merely to order such equipment.`` They also felt TBN`s
statement that initial construction could be completed ``within the
next twelve months or so`` to be too vague, not providing a reasonable
plan or expected date of completion.

So, TBN`s extensions were denied, and they were ``...admonished for
its failure to comply with its DTV construction obligations.`` Does
that mean TBN`s DTV permits will be cancelled? That after the
transition, there will be no full-power TBNs?

No.. TBN is getting an extension anyway. The timetable:

_ By July 3rd : a report must be submitted outlining planned
construction steps and an approximate date for completion.
_ By September 3rd : another report is required detailing progress and
justifying any delays.
_ By December 1st : if construction is not complete, another six-month
extension may be granted - but monetary fines will also be levied.
_ On May 1st , 2003: unless good reason can be shown, the DTV permits
will be rescinded.

At any point, additional sanctions (presumably fines) can be levied if
the reports fail to justify delays or show bad faith. It sounds like
I`m beating up on TBN here. That`s only because they`re the group
owner TV DXers seem to love to hate (grin). Seriously, they are not by
any means the only offenders. LibCo, Inc., a group owner of secular
commercial stations, also had several extensions denied. Several other
regular commercial owners had one or two permits denied. (It looked
like one owner was playing ``shell games``, bouncing antennas around
their various stations!) The same extension process being applied to
TBN will also apply to the secular stations.

There remain two wildcards in this first phase of the DTV transition.
First, what happens in November as those stations whose extensions
were granted reach the end of their six months of extra time? Many
stations with extensions are already completing construction, in the
early part of the extensions. I think it`s reasonable to assume a fair
number of stations will not finish by November. How hard will the FCC
be on those who ask for another extension?

Second, how are non-commercial stations going to fare when their
permits begin to expire in May of 2003? I would presume a similar 6-
month extension process will be provided - how many will need it?
We`re in the middle of a wild ride. Hold on tight... And on a related
subject... (July WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) See also CANADA ###

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** ARGENTINA. No hay novedades con respecto a R. Rivadavia. A mí
también me interesa lo que pase con ella, ya que es la primer emisora
"grande" que se cae. Conociendo un poco desde adentro como se manejan
los procesos de concurso preventivo y quiebras en la Argentina, te
diré que va a demorar unos cuantos meses hasta que el particular o la
empresa u organización que se haga cargo de la emisora pueda
considerarse legalmente nueva titular de la misma. De todas formas,
seguramente conoceremos a través de los medios quién será el
beneficiado en poco tiempo. Saludos (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, June
27, Conexión Digital via DXLD)

** ARMENIA. Glenn, A summary of my monitoring of Armenia 11685. The
sign on is somewhat variable around 1555. They switch into an ongoing
program before 1600. At 1600 there is a home service ID, followed by
what appears to be news. At 1610 there is a foreign service ID,
followed by what appears to be a cultural service. Sign off has been
noted at 1642 in mid programme. The frequency is exactly on nominal,
but the odd s/off-s/on times seem to indicate that a transmitter at
the Arinj ("old" Yerevan) site is used rather than a Gavar
transmitter. Arinj has a 300 deg antenna, which is likely to the one
used now, as NRG in England reports very good reception, while the
signal here in northern Scandinavia is only in level with co-channel
CRI Turkish. 73 (Olle Alm, Sweden, June 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. Special to the SWPROGRAMS e-mail group:

Just went to the ABC Radio National web site http://www.abc.net.au/rn
and found a little surprise. It seems that Radio National is now
available live in realaudio from that site. There are schedules there
as well. Many of the programs are also available on-demand.

Radio Australia carries many, but not all, programs from Radio
National --- a few live, most delayed. This opens up further
opportunities to hear some favorites you already hear on Radio
Australia; and to hear other excellent programs produced by and for
Radio National and not broadcast on Radio Australia's schedule.

SPECIAL NOTE: At 8pm [Australian?] EST on 1st July, 1932 PM Joseph
Lyons announced on-air the inauguration of the ABC. This weekend and
on Monday, 1st July itself, Radio National celebrates 70 years of the
ABC. As well as mining the archives, we look for the spirit of the ABC
and debate the future of broadcasting. And you can hear it all ---
LIVE --- via a special link to all of Radio National's program
schedule. Click on http://www.abc.net.au/rn and follow the
instructions there. As well, many of the programs from Radio National
that are re-broadcast on Radio Australia also will carry this
anniversary theme.

BTW, if you want to know what time various programs are on "live" go
to the Radio National site http://www.abc.net.au/rn and click on
"schedule". AEST (Australian eastern standard time) is 14 hours ahead
of EDT, 17 ahead of PDT. [and 10 ahead of UT! --gh]

FEEDBACK - 2105 Fri.; 0005/0605 Sat.; 0305 Sun. on Radio Australia

Join Roger Broadbent as he celebrates the ABC's 70th birthday.
Although the old dear is know affectionately as Aunty she's determined
to stay ahead of the pack and on Monday, her birthday, she'll be
unveiling DIG, a birthday present to the nation. All will be revealed
on the programme. And the conspiracy theory about the digitalisation
of radio, raised by a listener last week, has elicited some
interesting comments. Tune in and hear them (John Figliozzi, June 27,
swprograms via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. 5025, VL8K, Katherine, 1950, noted still here the last
couple of mornings. Alice Springs and Tennant Creek had both QSY'd to
120 mb (Paul Ormandy, June 27, New Zealand, ARDXC via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. Received from Peter Hewitson

On 30th June 2002 at 2359 UT C Australian Coast Stations
Brisbaneradio/VIB, Darwinradio/VID, Melbourneradio/VIM,
Perthradio/VIP, Sydneyradio/VIS and Townsvilleradio/VIT will
officially close down. Our final broadcast will be made on frequencies
2182, 4125, 6215, 8291, 12290 and 16420 khz at approx 2350 UT.

Australia's coast radio service started in February 1912 - two months
before the Titanic disaster and has continued uninterrupted through
two world wars but has not survived technology, business or government
legislation.

The guarding of the airwaves in the Australian Search and Rescue
Region will now be handed over to a New Zealand company, TVNZ, who
have constructed two new radio stations at Charleville in Queensland
(Callsign VIC) and Wiluna in Western Australia (Callsign VIW) and will
provide Digital Selective Calling (DSC) facilities with follow-on
communications via R/T or FEC modes.

At this time we remember and salute all the radio officers past and
present who without their dedication and skill, many lives on the high
seas would have been lost.

Robert G4PYR http://www.coastal-radio.org.uk
--
Robert Maskill G4PYR
Peterborough Cambridgeshire
Personal web site www.coastal-radio.org.uk
Business web site www.clayton-internet.co.uk
_______________________________________________
WUN mailing list
WU-@mailman.qth.net
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wun
(via Robert Maskill, June 26, via Pim Ripken, BDXC via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. VNG CLOSEDOWN POSTPONED

A letter dated 24 June from Dr Richard Brittain, Secretary of the
National Time Committee of Australia's National Standards Commission
(NSC) advises that the closure of Radio VNG will be postponed till 31
December 2002.

This step recognises that some users have had insufficient notice of
the closure and time to make the necessary alternative arrangements.
A voice announcement regarding the end-of-year closure will be aired
from mid-July.  Further notification of the closure will be given in
writing to VNG Consortium Users in July and September.

In the event of any major equipment breakdown, the NSC will not be
able to guarantee continuation of the VNG service for the full 6
months.

So, for DXers wanting to get a QSL for VNG, there's now another 6
months left to log them on 2500, 5000, 8638, 12984 or 16000 kiloHertz.
All frequencies are on 24 hours, except 16 MHz which operates from
2200 to 1000 UT. Voice announcements are carried on 2.5, 5 and 16 MHz
only - the other frequencies carry Morse identifications.  Reports
with return postage (e.g. 1 IRC coupon) should be addressed to Radio
VNG, National Standards Commission, P.O. Box 282, North Ryde, NSW
1670, Australia (Bryan Clark, New Zealand, June 29, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** BHUTAN. Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corp, 6035, full data QSL
card via snail mail. with a personal letter for the delay in
reply. V/S: Dorji Wangchuk, station engineer. The QSL describes "This
card is printed on traditional Bhutanese handmade paper. The paper is
made from daphne plant which is widely found in Bhutan". The QSL card,
covering letter and envelope are made by the same paper (Swopan
Chakroborty, India, Cumbre DX via DXLD)

** BOUGAINVILLE. Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of
Hawai`i

        FRANCIS ONA'S REBEL RADIO BACK ON AIRWAVES IN BOUGAINVILLE

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (June 27, 2002 - Post-Courier/PINA Nius
Online) -- Bougainville rebel leader Francis Ona's clandestine radio
station -- Radio Free Bougainville -- has resumed broadcasting during
the Papua New Guinea's elections and amid renewed tensions between ex-
combatants.

The rebel station had not transmitted in four years following the
ending of a decade-long secessionist war against Papua New Guinea. But
Mr. Ona has largely stayed out of the peace process that is bringing
Bougainville greater autonomy.

His supporters control what they call their Me`ekamui nation area.
The secessionist war had begun with the Ona-led rebellion against a
huge Australian copper mine at Panguna, Bougainville.

From its hidden jungle outpost, Radio Free Bougainville's pro-
independence broadcasts became a powerful weapon against the Papua New
Guinea government and its security forces.

According to sources in Bougainville and the nearby Solomon Islands,
Radio Free Bougainville returned to air June 17, just two days after
the start of national voting.

That same day Mr. Ona`s militants extended their "no-go zone" in
central Bougainville by five kilometers (three miles).

The aggressive move prompted ex-combatants from neighboring areas to
re-arm some of their men.

On June 19 they broke open containers of firearms surrendered under
the weapons disposal program supervised by the United Nations and the
regional Peace Monitoring Group.

For additional reports from The Post-Courier, go to PACIFIC ISLANDS
REPORT News/Information Links: Newspapers/The Post-Courier (Papua New
Guinea). Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Website:
http://www.pinanius.org (via E.Baxendale, UK, DXLD) WTFK??!!

** BOUGAINVILLE. Read this folks and I got a QSL about 4 years ago ---
but gee the situation is pretty grim. From the Sydney morning Herald,
Sydney Australia. 27 June, 2002.

Radio Free Bougainville has reappeared after 4 years. (note in the
same newspaper it is reported law and order on the mainland has again
been forgotten). 10 women were raped in Chimbu province, 4 men beaten
in the same area, also Pacific Helicopters who flew the recent ballot
papers for the country's general elections are owed 1 megakina. They
will not fly unless paid, according to Ken Blane. (So it appears that
anything may happen with PNG and Bougainville solution.)....

Try listening to 3850 or around this frequency till 1030 UT. I think
Sam Voron of Roseville Sydney helped this group. And I think they run
the station on coconut oil (Johno Wright, Australia, June 27, ARDXC
via DXLD)

Thanks for this info Johno; I'll have a look out for Radio
Bougainville. You`re right about the coconut oil. I saw an ABC-TV or
SBS "doco" on Radio Bougainville some 12 months back where they
actually showed the generator used by Radio Bougainville and how
they built it and fueled it. It was "inspiring stuff". Innovation at
its best with the least amount of resource material.

Disappointing hearing that the Bougainville situation might be flaring
up again Political corruption in PNG is just mind boggling.

BTW anyone know what ever happened to Gordon Darling a SWL from Port
Moresby? I used to be in contact with him years ago regarding SW mods
for the SONY 2001D. Anyone know? I think he came from the UK if my
memory serves me correctly. Regards (Ian ---, ARDXC via DXLD)

** BOUGAINVILLE. Cumbre DX Special 404.1   June 27, 2002
   CLANDESTINE from ? to PAPUA NEW GUINEA
   Source: Post Courier newspaper, Port Moresby, 27 June 2002

REBEL RADIO BACK ON AIRWAVES

PORT MORESBY: Bougainville rebel leader Francis Ona's clandestine
radio station Radio Free Bougainville has resumed broadcasting during
the PNG election amid renewed tensions between ex-combatants.

The rebel station had not transmitted in four years following a
decade-long secessionist war with mainland Papua New Guinea.

The war, which led to as many as 20,000 deaths, was sparked by the
Ona-led rebellion against a huge Australian copper mine on the island
of Bougainville. From its hidden jungle outpost, Radio Free
Bougainville's pro-independence broadcasts became a powerful
psychological weapon against the PNG government. When it ceased
broadcasting in 1998, many assumed the rebel station was too run-down
to transmit.

But according to sources in Bougainville and the nearby Solomon
Islands, Radio Free Bougainville returned to air on June 17, just two
days after the start of national polling.

That same day Ona's troops extended their "no-go zone" in central
Bougainville by five kilometres.

The aggressive move prompted neighbouring ex-combatants to re-arm
themselves, and on June 19 they broke open containers of firearms
destined for United Nations weapons inspectors. That night the usually
reclusive Ona took to the airwaves to talk about independence, sources
told AAP. [End of Press Item]

The station was last heard on 3850 lower side band with a 1000 sign on
time. Seemed to be heard pretty well in Australia, but also logged in
the USA, particularly on the West Coast. I just checked today at 1050,
nothing there but a het (Hans Johnson, WY, Cumbre DX via DXLD)

** BULGARIA. Re DXLD 2-103: 9400 listed as due to resume on 1st July
2002. At least at 2100-2200 UT this has already resumed. I suspect the
2nd high power (500 kW) transmitter is already back in FULL service
(Ken Fletcher, 2135 UT June 26, BDXC-UK via DXLD)

** BURMA [non]. See MADAGASCAR; So the Democratic Voice of Burma
broadcast at 2330 moves to Tashkent on the same frequency previously
from Madagascar, but the 1429 broadcast on 17495 remains from Mad.,
viz.:
2330-0030 Tashkent   11715 131 200 DVB SE Asia
1429-1527 Madagascar 17495 055  50 Dem. V. of Burma SE Asia
(RNMN website via DXLD)

** CANADA. HOT SHEET FOR WEEKEND OF JUNE 29 & 30, 2002
                  -- SATURDAY JUNE 29, 2001 --

BASIC BLACK:

This is a bittersweet occasion for CBC Radio One: Arthur Black, one of
the funniest people in radio - and possibly the universe - is winding
up Basic Black for good. But he's definitely going with a bang, in a
special program recorded in Thunder Bay, where Arthur's career began.
Don't miss the very last edition of Basic Black, Saturday morning at
10:05 (10:35 NT) on CBC Radio One.

THE BEST OF QUIRKS & QUARKS:

This week on The Best of Quirks and Quarks...an encore presentation of
the Great Question Show. Bob and the gang track down the experts who
can answer your questions. Find out why we don't feel queasy As the
World Turns, how chameleons change colour, why men have nipples, and
more. That's Quirks and Quarks, with host Bob McDonald, Saturday
afternoon at 12:06 (12:36 NT) on CBC Radio One.

SUMMER COMEDY SUMMARY:

On the Summer Comedy Summary, Wes Borg of "Three Dead Trolls in a
Baggie" explains why every computer invented is garbage, and describes
his hobby of listening to movies on scratchy L.P records.  Also, Harry
Shearer...the talented mimic and "Simpsons" voiceover star does a one-
man parody of showbiz during the Gulf War. That's the Summer Comedy
Summary, with Al Rae, Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. (7:30 AT; 8:00 NT)
on CBC Radio Two, Sunday afternoon at 1:00 (1:30 NT, 4:00 PT) on CBC
Radio One.

RADIOSONIC:

This week on Radiosonic...host Grant Lawrence has The Canada Day
Weekend Special: all Canadian music, all night long, including a
special session with wayward Canadian Lisa Marr and her band The
Experiment. That's Radiosonic, Saturday at 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. AT;
8:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.

        --- WEEKEND HOT SHEET, SUNDAY JUNE 30, 2001 ---

WORLD CUP SOCCER FINAL:

Tune in to CBC Radio One this Sunday morning for the thrilling
conclusion to this year's World Cup competition. Join Canadian hosts
Kevin Sylvester and Bob Iarusci (former player with the New York
Cosmos, and captain of the Canadian National Team from 1978 to 1984)
will host a pre-game/half-time and post-game analysis, as Brazil and
Germany square off for all the glory, starting at 6:30 a.m. (with an
8 a.m. kickoff in Newfoundland) on CBC Radio One.

THE SUNDAY EDITION:

This week on The Sunday Edition, the G-8: what do summits like the one
in Kananaskis accomplish? Guest host Elizabeth Gray poses the question
to a panel of distinguished guests, including Stephen Lewis and Lloyd
Axworthy. Also, teaching history. The Spicer Report famously stated
"Canada is dying of ignorance". In one recent poll, young Canadians
answered 30 questions on a basic Canadian history quiz. Their average
score was 34 percent. A panel discusses what we can do about it. And,
New York writer Andrew Solomon on his award-winning book, "The Noonday
Demon: An Atlas of Depression". That's The Sunday Edition, right after
the 9 a.m. news (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.

CROSS-COUNTRY CHECKUP:

Sunday on Cross Country Checkup ...the G-8. This week's summit
generated a lot of expectation. World leaders offered the possibility
of progress on African development, and Middle East peace. In the
streets, thousands of protesters demanded much more. What do you
think? Can the G8 live up to such expectations? Join host Rex Murphy
for Cross Country Checkup:  Sunday afternoon from 4 until 6 (EASTERN)
on CBC Radio One.

ON STAGE:

This week, On Stage presents a concert from Glenn Gould Studio. The
Jacques Loussier Trio gives an unusual twist to works by Bach,
Vivaldi, Debussy and Ravel. That's On Stage, with host Eric Friesen,
Sunday night at 8:05 (9:05 AT, 9:35 NT) on CBC Radio One, Sunday
afternoon at 2:05 (2:35 NT) on CBC Radio Two.

MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL:

Sunday night on CBC Radio One...a very special night: highlights from
the 2002 Montreal International Jazz Festival! Join Katie Malloch and
co-host Peter Downie for performances by John Scofield, Gonzalo
Rubalcaba, Richard Galliano, the Jefferson-Grant Quintet and Susie
Arioli's Swing Band. That's the Montreal International Jazz Festival,
Sunday night at 11:05 (12:05 AT, 12:35 NT) on CBC Radio One.

--- RADIO TWO ---

CHORAL CONCERT:

This week on Choral Concert...just in time for Canada Day, a special
concert performance by the National Youth Choir of Canada, under the
direction of Lydia Adams. From the Podium 2002, the biennial
conference of the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors. That's
Choral Concert, with host Howard Dyck, Sunday morning at 8:11 (8:41
NT) on CBC Radio Two.

TIME TRAVELLER:

Go ahead. Lose your head Sunday afternoon on The Time Traveller. This
week on the show they're going to start the French Revolution. Join
host Michael Bean and the rest of the mob heading for the Bastille,
where the forecast is for a continued Reign of Terror with flashes of
the most brilliant music of the time. That's a look at the 1790s on
the Time Traveller, Sunday after the 1:00 o'clock news (1:30 NT) on
CBC Radio Two. Come along. It'll be a slice.

SAY IT WITH MUSIC:

This week on Say It With Music...Richard Rodgers: The Final Years. A
centenary tribute to Richard Rodgers concludes with the shows that
filled the final 15 years of his life: No Strings, Do I Hear A Waltz?,
Two By Two, Rex, and I Remember Mama, as well as a final look at some
favorites from his incredible catalogue of songs. Say it With Music,
Sunday at 4:00 p.m. (4:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.

PEARLS OF WISDOM:

This week on Pearls of Wisdom, in keeping with Canada Day, David
Wisdom presents words and music written and performed by Canadians -
everyone from The Travellers to Tommy Hunter, Oscar Peterson to Guy
Lombardo. That's Pearls of Wisdom, Sunday at 6:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. AT,
8:00 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio Two.

MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL:

Tune into CBC Radio Two Sunday for a very special night: a five-hour
live broadcast from the 2002 Montreal International Jazz Festival!
Join Katie Malloch and co-host Peter Downie for performances by John
Scofield, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Richard Galliano, the Jefferson-Grant
Quintet and Susie Arioli's Swing Band. That's the Montreal
International Jazz Festival, Sunday at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 AT, 9:30 NT) on
CBC Radio Two.

TWO NEW HOURS: ***pre-empted for extended live broadcast of Montreal
International Jazz Festival***

CANADA DAY, MONDAY, JULY 1:

EH CANADA 3 - THE PRIME MINISTERS: ***may not be heard in all
locations*** Tune in to CBC Radio One on Canada Day for Eh Canada Part
Three - the Prime Ministers - a comic look at our fearless leaders
featuring Sean Cullen as Mackenzie King's dead mother! Also on the
show: Greg Foster, Ron James, Brent Butt, Theresa Pavlinek, Derek
Edwards and Three Dead Trolls give you their take on our floundering
fathers. In the last half-hour, a celebrity panel debates "What makes
Canadians so Funny?." Hear from Michael J. Fox, Eugene Levy, Martin
Short and Lorne Michaels. That's Eh Canada Part Three, with host Al
Rae, Canada Day at after the news at noon (12:36 NT) on CBC Radio One.
(CBC Hotsheets excerpted by gh for DXLD)

** CANADA. June 27, 2002

CBC/RADIO-CANADA LAUNCHES ITS DIGITAL ARCHIVES WEB SITES

We are pleased to announce the launch today of CBC/Radio-Canada's
bilingual Archives Web sites http://cbc.ca/archives and
http://radio-canada.ca/archives. Drawing upon 70 years of radio and
television coverage from the archives of the CBC, the Web sites focus
on significant moments in Canadian history. This bilingual project is
funded by Canadian Heritage. There is no fee to access the Web sites.

The CBC/Radio-Canada Archives Web sites are a chance to meet the
newsmakers and experience the events of our history.  Watch Terry Fox
as he runs across Canada in his Marathon of Hope. Listen to a young
Leonard Cohen talk of poetry. Relive the frenzy around Trudeaumania.
The sites look at dozens of other topics, including The Gouzenko
Affair, Africville, Hurricane Hazel, Thalidomide, Punk Rock, Maurice
"Rocket" Richard and the Creation of Nunavut. New topics are being
added on a regular basis.

Topics found on the sites are organized by theme: Significant
Historical Figures, War and Conflict, Arts and Entertainment, Politics
and Economy, and Science and Technology, to name just a few.  The
Archives sites contain more than 1,000 original pages of documents
with comments and analyses accompanied by hundreds of radio and TV
clips.

Teachers and students can now experience these events first-hand,
through audio and video clips, in-depth background information and
suggested educational activities. A comprehensive educational package
has been designed by a team of educators to reflect the needs of
secondary schools complete with suggested activities and exercises,
curriculum correlations and enhanced teachers' materials.

Travel through time and relive unforgettable moments from Canada's
history.

We're proud to launch the Archives Web sites and to be able to give
the extensive CBC/Radio-Canada archives a new lease on a digital life!

Francois Boulet                         Mark Mietkiewicz
Project Director                        English Project Manager
Digital Archives Web site               Digital Archives Web site
National New Media (via Daniel Say, DXLD)

** CHINA. This week`s edition of WAVELENGTH looks at a new ethnic TV
station in Vancouver ===== Wave-Length China Radio International
Beijing, China Attention: Lu Feng & Keith Perron e-mail:
wavelengthcri@yahoo.com website: http://www.cri.com.cn/english
Tel: 86-13661322248 (Keith Perron via DXLD) Ondemand till UT Mon?

** CHINA: INTERNET HAS "ENSNARED" MANY YOUTHS, NEWS AGENCY WARNS |
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New
China News Agency)

Nanning, 28 June: A recent fire in Beijing's Lanjisu cyber cafe that
claimed 24 lives has focused attention nationwide on the country's
burgeoning cyber cafes. China plugged itself into the Internet in
1994. With the number of users mushrooming from 8.9 million two years
ago to 35 million now, the country's slightly sluggish pace of life is
speeding up.

Young people are getting used to receiving education online, dates
online, shopping online and playing games online. The Internet makes
it possible for ordinary people to take part in government decisions
and law making. For example, when the tenth five-year plan for
national economic and social development was being drafted, over
10,000 suggestions from ordinary people were sent to web sites opened
by the central government, of which 300 were taken up by China's State
Planning Commission.

Both consumers and dealers have been trying E-commerce, trading items
like computers, household commodities, books, videos and audio
products. According to a latest survey, E-commerce volume will jump to
3.2bn US dollars by 2004. The Internet is also helping people find
jobs in China. About 35 per cent of job seekers found employment
online. Some Chinese farmers sell their products and learn about the
world through the Internet, which helps them overcome such
disadvantages as geographic isolation.

In the country once famous for its special greeting "Have you had your
meal?", nowadays more people may address each other with "Have you
surfed on the net?"

However, the net has ensnared many young people, especially students
who are apt to get lost in the virtual community. Mishaps reported at
cyber cafes include fires, the sudden death of middle-school students
from fatigue and students addicted to the Internet getting poor marks
or even dropping out of school.

According to statistics from colleges in east China's Jiangsu
Province, about 80 per cent of dropouts are Internet addicts.
Some students just chat or play games online without using the net's
other functions. The Internet is a kind of electronic encyclopedia,
but only those with enough experience and ability can handle it,
according to Xu Wenbo, head of the national internet popularization
project.

The Internet, with its combination of good and bad, may harm young
people. Liu Xiaolin, a psychiatrist said, cyberspace could be a "trap"
in children's development but most problems were attributed to poor
management.

Wang Yuesheng, manager of the biggest chain of cyber cafes in Beijing,
says the side effects of cyber cafes are obvious. "However, we
shouldn't ban them, just like people shouldn't stop eating because
food can choke them."

Since 16 June when the fire broke out in the Lanjisu cyber cafe, all
cyber cafes have been suspended in Beijing and cafes nationwide are
facing tough restrictions. Computer use has risen sharply in Chinese
families in recent years. In Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region, 40 per cent of families own computers.

However, some computer owners still prefer cyber cafes. A regular
cyber cafe customer said it was cheaper to surf in cafes than at home.
It also felt good surfing in a cyber cafe, just like in a cinema,
bringing a feeling of merging into a crowd. Source: Xinhua news
agency, Beijing, in English 0230 gmt 28 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

** COSTA RICA. RFPI noted June 27th 2325 on 7445, good reception on
clear channel (Mike Barraclough, UK, World DX Club Contact via DXLD) A
few days earlier I was surprised to find 7445-USB not only on the air
as early as 2230, but audible. Does this mean 21815-USB is closing
earlier? For a while they were avoiding having both USB transmitters
on at the same time in order to avoid spur on 15m hamband (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. CASTRO FEARS SHORTWAVE RADIO
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/06/26/castro.cuba/index.html
(via Harry Helms, DXLD)

** CUBA. CASTRO WARNS HE MIGHT SEVER U.S. TIES
June 26, 2002 Posted: 8:12 PM EDT (0012 GMT)

From Lucia Newman, CNN Havana Bureau

HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro warned he might
sever his country's limited diplomatic relations with the United
States in a speech Wednesday before the national assembly.

He accused U.S. diplomats in Havana of violating Cuba's sovereignty
and the norms governing diplomatic conduct. Specifically, he chided
the United States for distributing hundreds of shortwave radios so
Cubans can tune into the Florida-based anti-Castro radio station Radio
Marti.

"It is also inadmissible that contraband material can be brought into
our country through the diplomatic pouch," Castro said, apparently
referring to the radios.

"It will be the responsibility of the government of the United States
if it insists on continuing these practices, if this leads to the
cancellation of our migration accords, and even the closure of the
U.S. interests section in Havana."

It was one of Castro's strongest statements to date regarding the
American diplomatic mission in Cuba, which was established during the
Carter administration along with a Cuban interests section in
Washington.

"This is not something that we wish, since it would signify a
lamentable step backwards in the few advances we have managed to
achieve in the relations between both countries," Castro added.
Castro made the speech at a special session of the national assembly,
which has been meeting this week to vote on a constitutional amendment
declaring Cuba's socialist system "untouchable."

Castro insists the assembly vote is a response to what he calls
heightened aggression and threats from the Bush administration, which
has vowed to tighten U.S. economic sanctions and travel restrictions
on the island until Cuba implements democratic reforms, such as multi-
party elections.

The warning to close down the American interests section and sever the
1994-95 bilateral immigration accords are an effort to combat what
Cuba sees as pro-opposition activism by U.S. diplomats here, U.S.
Ambassador Vicky Huddleston in particular.

Cuban officials have repeatedly criticized her for handing out the
shortwave radios.

In his speech, Castro also accused U.S. diplomats of trying "to
organize networks and conspiracies" by traveling throughout the island
and talking with Cubans who have made unsuccessful attempts to reach
U.S. soil.

The diplomats are granted rights to check on the welfare of these
Cuban citizens, who in many cases were picked up by the U.S. Coast
Guard and returned to Cuba.

In an interview last month with CNN, Huddleston defended her practice
of handing out the radios, saying the technology is openly for sale in
Cuba anyway.

The Cuban government, she said, "says that they're just tuned to Radio
Marti. This is not true. You can move the dial around and listen to
Radio Havana Libre or you can listen to Radio Netherlands or you can
listen to Radio Marti.

"What the Cuban government doesn't like [is] the choice the people
have to listen to anything this little radio can pick up. This is
something we do all over the world. We distribute information to try
to empower people. We would like to see the Cuban people empowered,"
Huddleston said. © 2002 Cable News Network LP, LLLP
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/06/26/castro.cuba/index.html
(via Dave White, DXLD)

** CUBA. China may take over the former Russian spy base near Lourdes,
in Cuba, according to the Moscow newspaper Izvestia. In a report
quoted in the latest issue of Eye Spy magazine, Izvestia says: "Last
autumn, a Chinese military delegation visited Cuba. The possibility of
operating an electronic espionage centre was discussed with Castro
during the visit.

"According to sources, China responded positively in principle to the
offer and, in fact, the Chinese have been offered a set of buildings
in the Lourdes complex upon the final departure of the Russians".
Eye Spy reports that around two dozen Russians remain at the Lourdes
base as caretakers. It adds that, because of unpaid debts, the Cubans
seized part of the base's eavesdropping equipment as the Russians were
preparing to ship it home. Around a thousand Russians were employed at
the base when it was operational (Roger Tidy, UK, June 28, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. The latest issue of Eye Spy magazine carries a long
article on Cuban intelligence. Excerpts dealing with number stations
follow:

"A radio station situated in Cuba, probably using the Radio Habana
transmitter at Bauta, sends a series of five character number groups
via the shortwave. The clandestine agent copies down the numbers and
decodes them to extract the message. ...

"Miss Montes (the recently arrested Cuban spy in the US) received her
messages from the number station (designated VO2 by the ENIGMA 2000
Group) on her Sony shortwave receiver. The particular message offered
as evidence was received by Miss Montes at around 0200z on Saturday 6
February 1999. The frequency was 7887 kHz and that received was a
usual VO2 message of 150 five figure groups; the total transmission
lasting around 45 minutes.

"The actual transmission commenced, "Atención!, Atención! tres cero
uno cero siete, dos cuatro seis dos cuatro..." (30107 24624...).
Continuing with other five figure groups until a total of 150 groups
were delivered. No need for a one-time pad for Miss Montes. A second
hand Toshiba laptop computer, model 405CS was used to do the decoding.
"A programme received from Cuba decrypted the messages received via
VO2 over the years. 160 floppy disks had been purchased by Montes from
her local Radio Shack outlet between 1 May 1993 and 2 November 1997.
"In days gone by, the return message would have been sent via a short
wave transmission in a variety of ways, simple Morse or rapid
transmission. The rapid transmission is referred to as a 'burst'
transmission, the entire message being sent in a few seconds at high
speed, either by a mechanical or electronic device.

"The method used by Montes was nothing short of ingenious in its
simplicity. She simply returned her message via the US pager network.
She called a pager number from a public telephone booth and using the
phone keypad (dialler) entered a pre-arranged number to convey a
particular message, her last sending was on 16 September 2001 ..."
"VO2, the number station used by Montes...can just as easily be
intercepted and is easily heard with little problem in the USA. A
particular trait of the signals of this station is that the audio
quality is often particularly poor, sometimes with an annoying hum on
the carrier. The 7887 kHz transmission was lately reported by an
American monitor on 12 April 2002; however another monitor in London
reported the sister station VO2a on 5417 kHz at 0200z 23 March 2002 as
a very poor signal.

"For those with an interest in hearing this station it can be heard in
Great Britain, at the date of writing, on Wednesdays 0700z on 9063 kHz
and Sundays at 0700z on 6837 kHz. The mode used is generally AM but
USB is sometimes used.." (via Roger Tidy, UK, DXLD)

** EGYPT. What do you think about this poll about poorest reception
quality of any radio station on SW. My choice will be R. CAIRO on
17675.07 kHz in Arabic. Very distorted audio! Could hardly detect them
1305 UT. They were broadcasting in Arabic. ILG verified that`s the
case. R Cairo in Arabic on this frequency 1145-1700 UT. Any other
suggestions?! (Jouko Huuskonen, Turku FINLAND, hard-core-dx via DXLD)

A bit later in the afternoon they broadcast on 15375, allegedly in
Bambara and Arabic, but I have only heard audio fragments twice in a
period of several weeks. Most of the power seems to go into a
(slightly distorted) 50 Hz hummmm...... I wonder if Radio Cairo has
any listeners outside of the studio (Rik van Riel, Curitiba, Brasil,
ibid.)

** ETHIOPIA. 6939.98, R. Fana, 0329 June 23, IS at 0326 with variable
carrier, to 6938 at times. S7  level but weak audio. Male announcer
with ID at 0330. Once again about 16 seconds later. One more ID
at 51 seconds past 0330 (Bob Montgomery, PA, Cumbre DX via DXLD)

** GERMANY. Thanks, Glenn, I indeed found it, as well as a very
informative site of theirs: http://www.kielradio.de Best, Robertas

RE: A question on 8638

Hello Robertas, Glenn Hauser forwarded your email to me to answer
since the HF utility bands are my regular beat here at Monitoring
Times magazine. As Glenn noted below, you have probably monitored DAO
Kiel Radio, Germany and their Pactor-II mode service on this
frequency. The absolute best website on the internet to acquaint
yourself with the various digital sounds heard in the HF spectrum
belongs to veteran monitor Leif Dehio in Germany. While I can't be
100% certain what you heard based on the description below, you can go
online to Leif Dehio's website at:
http://rover.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~signals/DIG_intro.htm
to see if any of the digital sounds their match what you heard. I
suggest clicking on the PSK link from the page above then once that
page is loaded, scroll down page to the section labeled "Burst" and
click on the PACTOR-II ARQ (PARALLEL) sound link. That probably is
what you heard.

As far as getting a verification is concerned, I have not seen anyone
report getting one and I do not collect Ute QSLs, but you should be
able to find out more on their website at http://www.kielradio.de/
73 and good hunting,

(Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
Grove Enterprises Technical Support Department
Monitoring Times Assist Editor, Fed File/Milcom Columnist
Telephone: V-828-837-9200/F-828-837-2216/800-438-8155 via DXLD)

** GUAM [non]. Glenn, Stumbled onto a live feed of Jimbo last night
from KFRU Columbia, MO. KFRU is a Surfer Network station requiring the
installation of a 800k plugin called Surfer Player. You can reach the
website at http://www.surfernetwork.com with KFRU available in the
News/ talk /sports category (Mike Pietruk, June 27, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

Bohannon often mentions in passing some of the stations he`s on, so
must keep checking them out for webcasts. Recently: KNRC `Denver` but
after midnight; and KWTO Springfield MO. No, nothing from the latter
and the former`s website not found (gh, DXLD)

** INDIA. AIR has started a SW transmission for their NATIONAL program
in parallel to the MW 1566, 1134 kHz. This service can be heard at
1325-0040 hours on 9425 kHz. 73s/alok (via BC-DX, June 27 via DXLD)

** IRAN: RADICAL DAILY RIDICULES RADIO FREE EUROPE'S SUPPORT FOR
JOURNALIST | Text of report with no title from "For Your Information"
column, published by Iranian newspaper Jomhuri-ye Eslami web site on
27 June

The Radio Free Europe, which is directly controlled by the American
espionage organization (CIA), has expressed support for the
sensational remarks of a member of the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin
Organization [and pro-reform journalist], Hashem Aghajari. This radio
station, while welcoming and endorsing Aghajari's remarks, said: His
speech was a repeat of the points raised by Dr Ali Shari'ati during
the 1350s [1970s] decade.

Speaking at a ceremony in Hamedan last week to mark the anniversary of
Dr Ali Shari'ati's demise, Hashem Aghajari said that in Islam there
were no such words as "spiritual clergy" or "source of emulation" and
that deforms should start by reforming the religion first. Source:
Jomhuri-ye Eslami web site, Tehran, in Persian 27 Jun 02 (via BBCM via
DXLD)

Controlled by the CIA? Where did they get that absurd idea? (gh, DXLD)

** ISRAEL. A recent letter from Sylvia Rapport, English news section
of Kol Israel states that [reception?] reports are no longer required
because the station engineers have stopped using them (Allen Dean, UK,
July World DX Club Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD)

** ISRAEL. Here's the link to a new Jerusalem Post article (from
today, the 27th) about the CNN controversy in Israel:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid=1023716560769
73- (Bill Westenhaver, DXLD) See also USA for a Turner interview

** MADAGASCAR. Radio Netherlands Madagascar update

The situation in Madagascar means that power restrictions continue to
be in force. A number of Radio Netherlands transmissions have been
temporarily transferred to other transmitter sites. These arrangements
will remain in force until further notice. Details of the changes are
on our schedule page at http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/schedule.html

While most of these may be of little interest to members of Hard Core
DX, a couple of things jumped out at me when I was typing them:

We're using Dhabiyya, UAE, in English at 1730-2025 on 7120 kHz beamed
to South and East Africa. On 27 and 28 June only, the transmission
opens one hour later, at 1830 UT. We've only used Dhabiyya once
before, for a few hours in Dutch last month on election night.

The changes also affect the Democratic Voice of Burma. The
transmission at 2330-0030 UT on 11715 kHz has been switched to
Tashkent (Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands, June 27, hard-core-dx via
DXLD) See BURMA [non]

** NETHERLANDS [non]. See MADAGASCAR above

** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI has got rid of its extraneous North American
audience by moving to 9515 after 1100 – that, of course, is occupied
by Sackville, at 1256 check June 27, but something under it was
presumably RNZI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI Previews for Sunday June 30 on 9885 include:

0806 - SOUNDS HISTORICAL with Jim Sullivan. This week: New Zealand's
second TV channel went on air 27 years ago today.
1012 - MEDIAWATCH (via John Figliozzi, swprograms, via DXLD)

** PAKISTAN. RADIO TO INSTALL THREE NEW MW TRANSMITTERS | Excerpt from
report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency

Islamabad, 28 June: Secretary Information and Media Development Syed
Anwar Mahmood Friday said three new transmitters on different
locations would soon be installed to enhance coverage of Radio
Pakistan.

Addressing the passing-out ceremony of sub-editors of Pakistan
Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) at PBC Academy, he said the step would
enhance the radio's coverage of news and current affairs channel in
the wider parts of the country and abroad.

The transmitters having capacity of 100 kW mediumwave would be
installed out of special grant of 150m rupees, earlier approved by
President General Pervez Musharraf to enhance the scope and coverage
of Radio Pakistan.

Syed Anwar Mahmood said new professional blood is being inducted in
PBC after a period of 12 years through a transparent recruitment
procedure. He said the government has also approved the hiring of 30
producers on contract basis and after judging their performance, they
will be offered regular induction in PBC.

He said the government has launched a new scheme of internship for
young talent in various government organizations. Under this programme
PBC and PTV would soon be offering internship to them. He regretted
that 450 unnecessary staff was appointed in PBC in 1994 while it had
been direly in need of news related workforce... Source: Associated
Press of Pakistan news agency, Islamabad, in English 0944 gmt 28 Jun
02 (via BBCM via DXLD) WTFK??!!

** PERU. Además de las dos emisoras arequipeñas están llegando casi a
diario en la banda de 49 metros, Radio Santa Rosa, de Lima, por los
6045,4 kHz y Radio Unión, también de Lima, entre los 6108 y los 6119
(sí, leyeron bien) variable, con audio distorsionado, aunque
fuerte (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, June 27, Conexión Digital via DXLD)

** PERU. Radio Tacna informa que el transmisor que utiliza para
sus emisiones en 31 metros [9504.8] tiene tan solo 0.2 kW
(200 vatios de potencia) (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, June 28, Conexión
Digital via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. ORT TO START BROADCASTING TO USA, EUROPE | Text of report
in English by Russian news agency Interfax

Moscow, 28 June: The Russian Public Television (ORT) can repay debt on
a 100m-dollar loan from Vnesheconombank within the next five years
without harming the TV channel's development.

ORT General Director Konstantin Ernst made this announcement in an
interview with Interfax after speaking at a session of the Federation
Council information policy committee on Friday [28 June].

The TV channel is solvent now, and it has paid 45m dollars on other
debts over the past six months, Ernst said. "We have completely repaid
almost all of the rest of our debts to the television's technical
centre, the VGTRK company and TV programme producers," he said.

Commenting on ORT's plans, Ernst noted that "as early as at the
beginning of next month, ORT will start broadcasting to the US".
"We also broadcast in Europe, but we will start really covering Europe
in autumn this year," he said.

Ernst spoke in favour of improving Russia's media laws so that they
would present tougher regulations for the domestic market and thus
protect Russian producers. "Our legislation in media is among the most
liberal for foreign partners and investors. Compared to the US, what
we have here can be called not only a bulwark of freedom, but in fact
a bit anarchistic," Ernst said. Source: Interfax news agency, Moscow,
in English 0921 gmt 28 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

``Broadcasting to the US?`` Just how? (gh, DXLD)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. I have received a QSL from SIBC together with a
programme schedule. In the programme schedule they say that the
frequency of 9545 is to be operational by April 2002. Unfortunately no
times are given but I would presume that it will operate while 5020 is
off the air (Colin Richardson, Huntingdon, UK, July World DX Club
Contact via Mike Barraclough, DXLD)

Listed as irregular by WRTH 2002 and not listed in the last two DSWCI
Domestic Broadcasters Surveys though I know they have used this
channel in the past (Mike Barraclough, ibid.)

** U S A. Got my item about Angel 1 being down just in time, as on
June 27 check at 1255, it was back on 9495, at least; and June 29 at
0315 check on 7315 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1249.5 | USA | WKBR, Manchester, NH, Jun 20, 0036 UT - still
on split freq., should be widely heard (Mark Connelly, Rowley MA,
hard-core-dx via DXLD)

** U S A. Re: Emergency operations for Arizona Wildfires

I heard them all plus KZUA 92.1 and KRFM 96.5. Yes, there were times
that the stations disappeared. I don't know if there were problems
with electrical power or if the fire got so close to the transmitters
that they had to leave for a while. I do remember them saying they
would be on the air as long as the fire didn't cut off the power and
the station didn't burn down. There was a major, major powerline going
in the fire area over AZ 260 that was unpowered while firefighting was
going on in the area. Perhaps this why the stations went off at times.

The fire is now at 375,000 acres and 5% contained.

The Mogollón Rim is the exact place where most of the trees are in the
state and the prime fire area. The fire moved from the Rim to the
White Mountains. It`s believed that the fire was started by some
Apaches on the res but that awaits to be proven since there haven't
been any arrests (Kevin Redding, Mesa, Arizona, AMFMTVDX mailing list,
June 26 via DXLD)

** U S A. RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO AIDS AT ARIZONA WILDFIRE

It`s hams to the rescue, again! This time it is the RODEO/CHEDESKI
fire in Eastern Arizona. Over 350-thousand-acres -- more than half the
size of Rhode Island and far from containment!

The FCC reserved emergency frequencies for fire related
communications only: during daylight hours, 7.265 MHz on 40 Meters
and after dark, 3.990 MHz in the 75 Meter band.

W7TSA, a club station operated by the Salvation Army set up at one of
the evacuation centers. It operated as primary net control, with
other Arizona stations picking up the duty in shifts, making sure the
frequencies were monitored 24-hours a day.  OFF AIR AUDIO HERE

One of the priorities, was setting up a VHF repeater, to enable
reliable, short-distance communications for mobiles and portables:
OFF AIR AUDIO HERE

The Forest Service has set up fire fighting headquarters in the town
of Show Low, and one of the operators at W7TSA, located in the town`s
high school, gave other monitoring stations a rundown of activity,
Tuesday night, June 25th. OFF AIR AUDIO HERE

Those two frequencies, 7.265 and 3.990, plus or minus 3 kHz, are
reserved for fire only duties for up to 14-days. Watch for the FCC
announcement when things return to normal.

For some interesting short-wave listening, tune in -- but please
don`t transmit on those frequencies unless you`re actively involved
in the emergency response (Story written by Alan Kaul, W6RCL, Amateur
Radio Newsline June 28 via John Norfolk, DXLD)

** U S A. Another example of ads on a public station

WNYE (FM and TV), Brooklyn, are owned by the now soon-to-be defunct
Board of Education of the City of New York.

(The State just passed a bill giving the mayor his desire to take over
control of the public schools. On the other hand, the mayor is trying
to give the local bus lines in this section of Queens, now on strike,
to the state agency which runs the subway and most of the bus lines in
New York City. They are currently franchised to private companies but
heavily subsidized by the City.)

Anyway, WNYE and WNYE-TV broker much of their time to ethnic
broadcasters. And at least on TV (it's harder to tell on radio) at
least some of these ethnic broadcasters run commercials for local
ethnic businesses. (Joel Rubin, Queens, June 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. TOWER PITS THE GARDEN CROWD AGAINST JONI MITCHELL FANS

June 28, 2002 By ALAN FEUER

Could there be a more profound existential crisis for New Yorkers of a
certain breed - financially well off, intellectually curious and, for
the most part, liberal-leaning - than having to pick sides between a
world-class public garden and a commercial-free public radio station?

Essentially, that was the choice hundreds struggled with yesterday at
a public hearing in the Bronx to decide whether WFUV-FM, a station run
by Fordham University, has the right to build a soaring broadcast
tower above the conifers and glass conservatories of the New York
Botanical Garden.

This dispute has raged for eight years, but that did not stop the
hearing, which was overseen by the Federal Communications Commission,
from being a civilized affair. Caterers in bow ties welcomed the
partisans to sample from a wide selection of Danishes served with
coffee on a flagstone patio in the pleasant morning air.

During the speeches, there were references to Robert Frost, John
Dryden and aesthetic theory - with a few Latin phrases thrown in.

Speaking of the issues, the crowd broke down between those who fear
that without the tower, WFUV's irreplaceable, offbeat programs will go
off the air and those who view the unfinished, 260-foot-tall structure
as a hideous intrusion on the irreplaceable beauty of the garden. But
speaking of the sociology beneath the issues, one could say the battle
pitted the white-shoed against the tennis-shoed. Or even, Philippe de
Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who spoke on
the garden's behalf, against college students with names like Phil.

A brief history of the squabble may be useful.

The tower was erected in 1994 on the northern edge of Fordham's Rose
Hill campus, directly across Dr. Theodore Kazimiroff Boulevard from
the garden's main entrance. Starting in 1947, WFUV had broadcast by
way of an antenna atop Keating Hall at Fordham, but the station felt
the antenna was old and weak. It considered more than 20 sites but
dismissed them all before settling on the tower in its current spot.

In 1996, the State Supreme Court affirmed the university's right to
build, although the next year, the F.C.C. ruled that the tower had an
adverse effect on the garden by "introducing an obtrusive visual
element" to its landscape.

Negotiations started. They lasted about three years. They failed so
badly that when the notion of the hearing arose, the university and
the garden could not agree on where to hold it. The morning session
was at the garden, the afternoon session on Fordham's campus.

The F.C.C. is considering whether to move the tower to a new location,
allow it to continue broadcasting at its current height or permit
Fordham to build it higher.

The F.C.C. will not rule on the tower for several months, but the
hearing was remarkable nonetheless for how it highlighted differences
between people who might, in other circumstances, be politically and
socially aligned.

Among the first handful of speakers were two men who perfectly
personified the rift.

Anthony R. Smith, president of the Horticultural Society of New York,
offered his support for the garden. In a cream-colored suit, Mr. Smith
called the tower an "inappropriate, unsightly affront" and its
proximity to such natural beauty comparable to housing the Met's
collection in a Quonset hut.

Then he started speaking Latin, saying, "Res ipsa loquitur," which
means, "The thing speaks for itself." This became his refrain: The
tower is ugly. The thing speaks for itself.

A few speakers later came Bob Paterson, a chemical engineer, who said,
"I'm, like, one of the world's biggest Joni Mitchell fans."

In a T-shirt reading, "No Tower, No Tunes," Mr. Paterson said the loss
of WFUV would be devastating, and he looked as if he, personally,
might bear the brunt of this devastation. His next statement drew
applause: "This garden is a visual oasis. But WFUV is an audio oasis."

The difference between the two camps was even more glaring during
lunch.

The garden gave a private lunch where young women in cocktail dresses
checked names at a table in front of a canopied dining hall with
chandeliers and waiters in 19th-century-style vests. Jessye Norman,
the opera singer, sat on the dais next to Mr. Montebello. (Brooke
Astor sent along a statement of her own, saying of the tower, "In a
whole century, I have never seen anything so sad.")

Meanwhile, in Fordham's McGinley Student Center, young women in tank
tops sat on folding chairs to listen to a concert of Celtic music and
folk crooners. Sausage pizza and spaghetti Alfredo were being served
in the cafeteria downstairs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/28/nyregion/28WFUV.html?ex=1026288469&ei=1&en=a99765b12a81dfcc

Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company (via Bill Westenhaver, DXLD)

** U S A. Posted on Tue, Jun. 25, 2002 AROUND THE DIAL/Kevin Baxter

WLRN CHANGES MEET RESISTANCE

Shortly after John LaBonia took over as general manager at WLRN-FM
(91.3), he reorganized the office seating chart so that his closest
lieutenants would have the desks nearest his own.

That led one long-term employee to throw such a fit, he was suspended
and eventually had to be escorted from the building by a police
officer. That's a lot of fuss over rearranging some furniture, so
LaBonia wasn't surprised to meet resistance to his latest
reorganization: a sweeping two-phase plan designed to make the station
more profitable and competitive....
http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/entertainment/music/3537044.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD) PROFITABLE??? (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. Schedule changes at KCRW in July include, PDT = UT -7:

THE POLITICS OF CULTURE, various hosts/topics, airs Tuesdays from 2:30
to 3 PM (previously aired Wednesdays at 2:30)

THE TREATMENT, with host Elvis Mitchell, airs Wednesdays from 2:30 to
3 PM (previously aired Fridays at 2:30).
REPEAT BROADCAST the FOLLOWING TUESDAY at 7:30 PM [but skips a week
until July 10, per announcement June 28 –gh]

LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTER, with Matt Miller, Arianna Huffington, Bob
Scheer, and David Frum, airs Fridays from 2:30 to 3 PM (previously
aired Tuesdays at 2:30). REPEAT BROADCAST Fridays, 7 to 7:30 PM.
[in order to `go national` as announced; already it is on KUOW UT Wed
0430, but suppose that will have to change to UT Sat?]

ON THE AIR AT KCRW   PDT = UT -7
----------------------------------------------
JULY 4TH AND 5TH SPECIAL: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL **

- Thurs, July 4, 9 AM to 5 PM and Fri, July 5, Noon to 5 PM * The
legendary Jerry "The Iceman" Butler hosts this 13 hour series that
explores the Golden Age of R&B, from its roots in the 1940s swoon
tunes of Nat King Cole and Louis Jordan to the politically charged
sounds of the 1960s soul era. It's produced by one of the most
inventive independent producers working in public radio, Lex
Gillespie, through The Rhythm & Blues Foundation, and is distributed
by Public Radio International.

Thursday, July 4, 9 AM to 5 PM

9 to 10 AM * JUMPING THE BLUES - Meet the Father of R&B, Louis Jordan,
star of radio, jukeboxes, and the silver screen, whose small dance
band "jumped the blues," giving it a big beat. Visit Los Angeles, an
early R&B hotspot that drew black performers from the South during the
Great Migration, including Nat King Cole, Charles Brown, and Joe "The
Honeydripper" Liggins. Sadly, many of these R&B pioneers endured
financial abuse by industry profiteers.

10 to 11 AM * SINGING ON THE CORNER - In the '40s and '50s, black
street singers filled their neighborhoods with the sounds of "doo-
wop," and a few early-bird groups took flight The Ravens, The Orioles,
The Flamingos. Show two explores the evolution of doo-wop and shares
stories of classics like "Earth Angel" and "I Only Have Eyes for You."
It also follows Richard Berry, who wrote "Louie Louie." His song
became the most-recorded rock song of all time, but he died without
receiving full recognition or compensation for his influential tune.

11 to Noon * THE ATLANTIC SOUND - One of the premier R&B labels was
co-founded by Ahmet Ertegun, son of Turkey's U.S. diplomat. Launched
in a tiny hotel suite in New York, Atlantic Records grew and developed
an urbane sound that defined Rhythm and Blues of the 1950s and '60s.
Its all-star roster included Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner,
and The Coasters. The program also visits with arrangers like Jesse
Stone, who gave the label its distinctive sound.

Noon to 1 PM * WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans was one of Rhythm
and Blues' earliest hotbeds. Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, and
Little Richard recorded hit songs in the French Quarter studio run by
Cosimo Matassa during the 1950s. Listeners hear from the Mardi Gras
Indians, whose music, with its percussive rhythms, was a big influence
on the city's R&B sound. They also hear stories behind New Orleans
classics like "I'm Walking," "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy," and "Tutti Frutti."

1 to 2 PM * HONKERS, BAR WALKERS, AND SCREAMERS - Perhaps no
instrument defines Rhythm and Blues better than a big, bold saxophone.
Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, "Big Jay" McNeely, and Jimmy "One Note"
Wright electrified audiences, playing while on their backs or walking
across bars, and making their horns honk and scream as they blended
the notes. Listeners hear the story of "Shotgun," the classic Motown
tune by sax man Junior Walker, and get a profile of Screamin' Jay
Hawkins, whose vocal style was inspired by a honking, screaming sax.

2 to 3 PM * BOLD, BAWDY, AND BANNED - Risqué lyrics in the blues date
back to the 1920s, and they continued well into the Rhythm and Blues
Era. Artists and songwriters like Hank Ballard, the original writer of
"The Twist," explain the coded language, double entendres, and street
slang that spice the tunes. Ballard shocked the nation with his
sexually coded "Work with Me, Annie." Censors stayed busy, although
banning a song often had the opposite effect it boosted its
popularity!

3 to 4 PM * THE JET PILOTS OF JIVE - Disc jockeys were the pied pipers
of Rhythm and Blues. These black and white spin doctors helped
popularize the genre often for a price. Payola was common in the early
days, ultimately forcing many DJs off the air. Show seven features
several original platter spinners black DJs from Chicago like Al "The
Ole Swing Master" Benson; Georgie Woods, "The Guy with the Goods"; and
"Hot Rod" Hulbert. Listeners also meet white DJs, including
Nashville's William "Hoss" Allen and Cleveland's Alan "Moondog" Freed.

4 to 5 PM * ROADHOUSE BLUES - In the segregated '50s and early '60s,
black artists toured the so-called Chitlin' Circuit, a collection of
clubs in African American communities around the country. Life on the
road was difficult since most hotels and restaurants were closed to
blacks. The program shares stories of hard travel and experiences
performing live in roadhouses, nightclubs, colleges, and legendary
spots like Harlem's famed pollo Theater.

Friday, July 5, Noon to 5 PM

Noon to 1 PM * GOING TO CHICAGO - Program nine visits the hometown of
host Jerry Butler to explore the blues and soulful sounds of the Windy
City. Butler began his singing career with The Impressions, whose
members included Curtis Mayfield and whose first hit, "For Your
Precious Love," soared in 1958. Next up are Chicago music icon Sam
Cooke, Mitty Collier, Gene Chandler, and Fontella Bass. Blues Queen
Dinah Washington is featured, along with Chess Records stars Bo
Diddley, KoKo Taylor, Willie Dixon, and Muddy Waters.

1 to 2 PM * SWEET SOUL MUSIC - Show 10's spotlight is on soul music
heavyweights, starting with the Godfather and the Queen of Soul, James
Brown and Aretha Franklin. It profiles The Drifters, the 1950s vocal
group who pioneered "uptown soul," blending gospel-drenched lyrics
with lush string arrangements in their influential songs, "There Goes
My Baby," "Under the Boardwalk," and "On Broadway." It heads to the
hit factories of Memphis' Stax Records and on to Muscle Shoals, AL,
where black singers backed by white musicians produced many soulful
sounds.

2 to 3 PM * DANCING IN THE STREET - Everyone loves the '60s sounds of
Motown Records, perhaps the most influential Rhythm and Blues record
company of all time. Show 11 overflows with stories and songs from
Martha Reeves, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye,
The Temptations, The Miracles, and others. It also looks at the folks
behind the scenes who helped produce Motown Magic session musicians,
Detroit Symphony Orchestra members, arrangers, and the head of the
label's "charm school."

3 to 4 PM * SOUL SISTERS - It was a man's world. Men dominated the
music business as owners, artists, musicians, band leaders, and
singers. But some of the most soulful singers in Rhythm and Blues are
women, from Irma Thomas to Beverly Lee of The Shirelles. Program 12
explores R&B from a female perspective, and talks with pioneers Faye
Adams, who did "Shake a Hand"; Barbara Lewis and her "Hello Stranger";
plus Little Esther Phillips and Big Mama Thornton.

4 to 5 PM * OUR DAY WILL COME - Rhythm and Blues was born in
segregated black America during the '40s and '50s. But by the '60s,
black artists had a large white audience. Success brought hope for
social change, as songs like "Our Day Will Come" soared on both Pop
and R&B charts. Listeners hear such artists as Curtis Mayfield, whose
uplifting, soulful songs were dubbed the soundtrack for the Civil
Rights Movement, and Marvin Gaye, whose landmark "What's Going On?"
explored themes of racial justice, ecology, and the Vietnam War. The
series ends affirming the impact of Rhythm and Blues on American
culture and politics.

THE CAPITOL STEPS: POLITICS TAKES A HOLIDAY **

- Thurs, July 4, 7 to 7:30 PM * THE CAPITOL STEPS POLITICS TAKES A
HOLIDAY The bi-partisan masters of satire in song spin their musical
mayhem around the Fools on the Hill. Politics, parody and puns...Happy
4th! (KCRW Newsletter via DXLD) Also on MANY other NPR stations at
various times and dates around 4th (gh)

** U S A. GOODBYE BROADCAST.COM Internet media giant Yahoo! Inc. said
on June 26 it was discontinuing some Web broadcast operations
including its FinanceVision and Yahoo! Radio, abandoning a strategy it
set when it paid USD 5.7 billion for Broadcast.com in 1999. The
company said no more than 30 employees would be affected through
layoffs or reassignments.

Yahoo has had mixed results in incorporating broadcast services into
its media offerings since it made Web broadcasting a major part of its
strategy in 1999 when it purchased Broadcast.com Inc. Its
FinanceVision service was set up like a financial television station,
employing its own anchors and reporters to cover business news and
financial markets in a fashion similar to that of financial cable
television channels like CNBC. But the program never gained as much
traction as its main Yahoo! Finance site, which provides basic text
and graphics.

The Yahoo! Radio service had rebroadcast terrestrial radio stations
from around the country. The company will discontinue that and instead
focus on its LAUNCHcast service, which makes original music broadcasts
designed for the Web. Yahoo will continue to offer some other
broadcast services, including a Webcasting business for corporations.
(Reuters)

This seems like a real blow to Webcasting, as broadcast.com was a
pioneer in providing Internet broadcasting services to radio stations
across the United States, even if the rights controversy of the past
couple of years has been a setback (SCDX MediaScan June 27 via DXLD)

The economics of webcasting simply don't work. The Library of Congress
set royalty payments to musicians so high last week that most
independent webcasters will be shutting down and going out of
business. You're starting to see that already. Ironically, the royalty
structure was the result of a deal between Yahoo! and the RIAA, the
recording industry trade organization. Why ironically? Because this
week, Yahoo announced it was shutting down much of its webcasting
operation, including FinanceVision and Yahoo! Radio. More information
on the Yahoo! closing at
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-939405.html?tag=cd_mh
I believe that Yahoo! Radio is the part of the company that the BBC
was using, so I expect they'll lose all that extra capability they
were buying from Yahoo!

There's one simple fact about webcasting that makes it impossible to
break even with the net currently structured as it is: every new
listener costs the broadcaster money. And that simple fact is killing
webcasting right now. So enjoy it while you can. It won't be around
for much longer. And don't throw away your radios (Ralph Brandi,
swprograms via DXLD)

Kim Elliott spotted this. Unfortunately, the business model that led
to this wonderful proliferation of webcasters isn't working out --
between the royalty fees and the decline of advertising revenue, times
are tough http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=1690
(Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, ibid.)

YAHOO CLOSING STREAMING RADIO, VIDEO SERVICES
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-
bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/06/26/financial1632EDT0275.DTL
(via Dave White, DXLD)

** U S A. NPR RETREATS, LINK STINK LINGERS
By Farhad Manjoo, Wired News 2:00 a.m. June 28, 2002 PDT

In response to furious criticism of its online linking policy,
National Public Radio will no longer require webmasters to ask
permission to link to NPR.org...
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53543,00.html
(via Dave White, DXLD)

** U S A. Glenn, According to FCC data, WBCQ has a Harris MW-50
converted to shortwave operation. WWRB is authorized two MW-50C
transmitters "modified for shortwave same as WBCQ". Quote is from FCC
International Bureau data file transmitter.dat (Donald Wilson, June
28, DXLD)

** U S A. I have belatedly found out that despite Allan Weiner`s offer
to simulcast WOR on 17495 as well as 7415 at the new time of 2200 UT
Wednesdays, the 17 MHz frequency is currently not authorised beyond
2200. So --- never mind (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. Historic coast station KPH to mark fifth anniversary of its
closing: Historic coast station KPH will return to the air June 30 to
commemorate the fifth anniversary of its closing. The well-known
former RCA coast station is located north of San Francisco. Operation
will begin at 2100 UTC. Commercial operators, including former members
of the KPH staff, will be at the keys. ``This on-the-air event is
intended to honor the men and women who followed the radiotelegraph
trade at KPH where the `key still clicks` in the best tradition of
maritime radio,`` said Dick Dillman, W6AWO, of the Maritime Radio
Historical Society. The original KPH transmitters, receivers and
antennas will be used to activate frequencies in all the commercial
maritime HF and MF bands. Operators will be located at the KPH
receiving station in Point Reyes, California, while the transmitters
and transmitter staff will be at the transmitting station 18 miles
south in Bolinas. KPH will transmit on 4247.0, 6477.5, 8642.0,
12,808.5, 17,016.5 and 22,477.5 kHz on HF and on 500 and 426 kHz on
MF. KPH operators will listen for calls from ships on 4184.0, 6276.0,
8368.0, 12,552.0, 16,736.0 and 22,280.5 kHz on HF and 500 kHz on MF.
KPH will send weather and press broadcasts as well as commemorative
messages, many of which will be sent by hand. At other times the KPH
``wheel`` will be sent to mark the transmitting frequencies. Reception
reports may be sent to D.A. Stoops, PO Box 381, Bolinas CA 94924-0381.
On July 12, KPH and KFS will also mark the third anniversary of the
last commercial Morse transmission in North America. KPH is operated
by the Maritime Radio Historical Society in cooperation with the Point
Reyes National Seashore, part of the US National Park Service. Further
information about the KPH restoration project may be found on the
Maritime Radio Historical Society Web site http://www.radiomarine.org
(ARRL June 27 via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD)

** U S A.  In case you haven't seen it, this is the original interview
which got Ted Turner in trouble with Israelis. 73- Bill Westenhaver
-------

TED'S TEARS

Ted Turner has just been through the worst two years of his life.
Ousted, divorced, bereaved and vilified, the multibillionaire founder
of CNN was left feeling suicidal. But he's been keeping busy - saving
the UN, making public gaffes and fighting for the Chiricahua leopard
frog

Oliver Burkeman  Monday June 17 2002  The Guardian

The walls of Ted Turner's international headquarters, 14 floors above
downtown Atlanta, are lined with Oscar statuettes. If you try to pick
one up - to brandish aloft, for example, the actual best-production
award for Casablanca - you will discover that they are all firmly
bolted to their glass display shelves, and Turner's aides, who pace
the floors crackling with nervous energy, will break their frowns for
just long enough to laugh at you.

Turner isn't frowning, though. "Great Britain, huh?" barks the 63-
year-old multibillionaire founder of CNN, former champion sailor,
Rhett Butler lookalike and record-breaking philanthropist, bolting out
from behind his desk with such force that he almost dislodges the
best-picture Oscar for Gone With the Wind, which he seems to use as a
paperweight. His famous pencil moustache is silver now, impeccably
kept, and it twitches and leaps every time he smiles, which he does a
lot - in amusement, but also in exasperation at conflict in the Middle
East, impending environmental catastrophe, everything. "We've met,
haven't we? No? Huh. Great Britain. Let me tell you something. I've
got some great paintings of the Battle of Trafalgar..."

The smiles seem particularly out of place because Turner has just
emerged from the worst two years of his life - years that he has said
left him feeling "suicidal". In spring 2000, he was suddenly sidelined
from the broadcasting company he had built from scratch, kicked from
the driver's seat into a meaningless advisory position by means of a
fax message. Then his wife of eight years, the actress Jane Fonda,
came home one night - the way he tells it - and informed him that she
was now a born-again Christian; they divorced last year. Two of his
grandchildren developed a rare genetic disorder, and one died.
Turner's friends said he was inconsolable.

Then, just when he felt it could get no worse, he brought the wrath of
America upon himself by telling students in a speech in Rhode Island
that the September 11 hijackers had been "brave". He was stung into
silence. "Where's the upside in opening your mouth?" he says now,
scissoring himself into an armchair overlooking the city, the shelves
behind him crammed with more than 140 plaques and trophies. "It's
kinda nice to keep quiet at a time when everybody else is telling
everybody what to do."

Instead, he threw himself into his charity work, which is dizzying
stuff in itself: he pledged $1bn to the UN in 1997 and helped pay off
the $34m it was owed by the US in 2000. Turner's UN Foundation, the
biggest of his three charities, recently spent $22.2m in one month
combating intestinal parasites in Vietnamese children, reducing
China's greenhouse-gas emissions and helping women from Burkina Faso
start businesses selling nut butter. "But I'm trying to force myself
to relax," he says. He has just got in from Argentina, he explains,
where he owns "a couple of ranches" - rather an understatement, since
he has 128,000 acres there and 1.8 million in the US, making him
America's largest individual landowner. "When I was young and ocean-
racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24
hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a
bit. That's what I'm finding from my..." - and here he punctuates his
sentence with the weirdly drawn-out "awwww" sound he uses instead of
"um" or "er" - "from my personal experiment with life."

Nigel Pritchard, CNN's head of international public relations, who is
sitting beside me, has prepared a memo outlining some things his boss
might like to consider not saying. Craning my neck, I see that it
politely suggests that he might steer clear of talking about AOL Time
Warner, the company resulting from the merger of the internet firm AOL
with the company that Turner Broadcasting was already part of. And,
specifically, he might like to avoid reference to that Rhode Island
speech. Nigel is only doing his job, but I suspect that he knows this
part of it was never going to be very effective: Turner is notorious
for doing as he pleases. Early in his career, he made a pitch wearing
no clothes to advertising executives; later, he caused controversy by
travelling to Cuba to get Fidel Castro to tape a promotional slot for
CNN.

"I made an unfortunate choice of words!" he cries when the subject of
the Rhode Island speech is raised. "I chose, accidentally, to say that
they were brave. That was a mistake. Because brave - it's the home of
the brave here. And the home of the Braves!" (Turner owns the Atlanta
Braves baseball team.) "All right! I use that word so often, it just
pops out. It's on the top of my mind because I've owned the team for
25 years. I sing the song every time."

He leans forward as if sharing a secret, except that his voice,
amplified by encroaching deafness, never quietens. "Look, I'm a very
good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I
didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches,
then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing
it."

Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, is reported to have thought that
Turner was playing a prank when he offered to spend $1bn on the
beleaguered organisation. Nothing could have been further from the
truth: in his various world-saving projects - everything from
preventing the extinction of the Chiricahua leopard frog in the wilds
of New Mexico to founding an influential nuclear non-proliferation
institute - Turner really does seem to see himself as locked in a
personal, elemental battle against apocalypse.

"I'm doing everything I can to try and avert disaster while we kind of
give us a little time to get our act together, because in time we'll
have to do it," he says. "Either that, or, you know... it's goodbye."
He doesn't just give money: his staff are sometimes taken aback to see
him skulking in the streets nearby, picking up litter.

Turner has always lacked a statesman-like gravitas in his
philanthropy, and in his universe, it turns out, environmental
apocalypse is basically like sport. "It's like baseball," he says, but
he is too polite not to cater to his audience. "Or we could use
soccer.

We're down by one goal, with 10 minutes left to play. Well, the game's
not over. But we're gonna have to not let the opposition score any
more, and we're gonna have to get at least one more goal, and
preferably two, to win the game. That's where we are right now," he
says, careening recklessly into a pool analogy. "We're right behind
the eight ball."

He is baffled, enraged, driven to louder and louder pronouncements and
bigger smiles of confusion by the fact that nobody else seems to be
thinking about these matters at the moment, embroiled as we are in the
war on terrorism. "But right now, aren't the Israelis and the
Palestinians both terrorising each other?" he says, as Pritchard
starts scribbling furiously on his notepad. "It looks to me like
they're both doing it. When the Brits retaliated for the Germans, for
the, awwww, Krauts... for the Nazis bombing London by bombing Berlin,
weren't you both terrorising each other? The rich and the powerful,
they don't need to resort to terrorism... The Palestinians are
fighting with human suicide bombers; that's all they have. The
Israelis... they've got one of the most powerful military machines in
the world. The Palestinians have nothing. So who are the terrorists? I
would make a case that both sides are involved in terrorism."

But Pritchard is writing at warp speed now, and there has always been
a part of Turner that wants to please everyone, including his worried
public-relations staff. "The United States, I think," he says, pulling
himself together, "would probably not be considered a terrorist
example at the current time."

It must get depressing, I say, to dedicate so much time to issues that
seem to have faded from the agenda. And so much money: when Turner
gave his first billion to the UN, he dropped 67 places on the Forbes
500 rich list, out of the top 10 for ever. (His fortune now stands at
$3.8 giga) Even with his resources, he must feel powerless now
compared with when he sat astride the world's biggest media
conglomerate. Does he ever feel hopeless? "I remember, many years ago,
at the height of the cold war, I was down the Amazon with [the
explorer] Jacques Cousteau, and I had a hopeless thought, and I said,
'Jacques, I don't think we're gonna make it.' And he said, 'What
difference does it make? What else can we do?' "

Then he is suddenly quiet. "It is depressing," he says softly. "The
Middle East, the environment, all these things - it is depressing." He
turns his head away and his lips start pursing and unpursing, mashing
his moustache. The skin around his eyes turns red, and he blinks, and
it becomes apparent that Ted Turner is crying. "It is depressing," he
says again.

But it lasts only moments, and he is soon arching forward again,
outlining his solutions. One of these has always been a spirited
internationalism that can seem a little goofy these days - the simple
benefits of getting to know your enemies instead of raising the
barricades against them. CNN gained a reputation in parts of Europe as
a sinister force of American imperialism, but in fact it has always
dripped with this let's-all-get-along ethic, and Turner says his
greatest pleasure, back when he had full control of the channel, was
in "ordering them to cover this or that UN conference from gavel to
gavel".

It is the same with his theory of diplomacy. "The worst thing you can
do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology," he
says. "You go into a bar in Britain and say, 'I don't like you blokes'
- you're gonna get punched in the nose, right? Whammo! You know -
'Britain stinks. Does anybody wanna defend it?' Whammo! Right? I mean,
it's easy to start a war if you want to."

It isn't hard to see how Turner's childhood might have instilled this
sense of permanent crisis, of desperate insecurity, behind the
frenzied activity that is his trademark. His father, from whom he
inherited an advertising business that he turned into CNN, was prone
to fits of rage, and beat him with a coathanger; he committed suicide
when Turner was 24. Even before that, his younger sister had died from
an immune disease when she was 12, and Ted was sent to a boarding
school he hated. His father, he has said, not without admiration,
believed that instilling insecurity in his son would help him to
achieve. All in all, Turner seems to have been a well-qualified
candidate for total psychic collapse. "But when everything goes
wrong," he says today, "you can either give up or you can try to
fight. I tried to fight."

Initially, he really did want to fight: "When I was a little kid there
was this book called A Yank in the RAF. That's what I wanted to be. A
Yank in the RAF. The Battle of Britain! Biggin Hill! A Spitfire - I
was gonna take off and shoot the Krauts out of the sky... but I was
born in 38. By the time I was seven, the war was already over. And I
saw what happened in Nagasaki and Hiroshima and London, I saw the
little kids shaking and being put on the trains and sent to the
countryside. I thought families ought to be able to live in their
houses and not have to worry about bombs falling from the sky."

He says his sense of responsibility comes from being taught in a
Christian school; then again, he's prone to mocking "Jesus freaks",
and didn't seem to think he could live with Fonda once she converted.
"But I don't really want to talk about all that," he says. "It's
personal." He's now seeing an old flame, a Frenchwoman called
Frederique d'Arragon. "She's been, awwww, a part of my life for a long
time," he says sheepishly.

After a brief spell in the armed forces, he ploughed his energies into
his father's billboard business, purchasing a radio station and using
empty billboards to advertise it. His radio empire grew, and expanded
to local television. By 1980, he was launching CNN, although it was
not until the Gulf war that the often-derided channel came into its
own. He bought Hanna-Barbera's entire back catalogue, creating the
Cartoon Network, and hundreds of old MGM films, which he recycled on
another lucrative channel, Turner Classic Movies. His firm eventually
merged with Time Warner, also the publisher of Time magazine. But then
came AOL, and Gerald Levin, the chief executive of the new giant,
decided he didn't need Turner - or perhaps couldn't tolerate his
unpredictability.

Levin is gone now, and his replacement, Richard Parsons, has brought
Turner back into the fold in a new vice-chairman position. The line
from corporate communications is that Turner is back in the saddle.

But this is not how Turner sees it. "It doesn't mean a whole lot, to
be honest with you," he says. He often refers ruefully to himself as
an "emperor of Japan" figurehead for AOL Time Warner, wheeled out for
ceremonies. But his semi-detachment does let him indulge his penchant
for needling his new bosses. He is full of enthusiasm, for example,
about an eco-cartoon called Captain Planet. "But I can't get them to
show it on Cartoon Network," he sighs. "They say they can't get the
ratings."

He gets his information on current affairs from the Economist these
days, he says. "You better say that I read Time magazine, too. You
better say that. But it's not really for me. It's too populist."

"Oh, God," Pritchard moans softly.

"Awwwww," says Turner, announcing a new thought. "I did not choose,
awwww, to be phased out of the company. Out of active management. It
was very painful for me. I was in the habit - I'd been working at this
company for 40 years, only job I ever had other than being in the
armed forces years ago. It was a very difficult transition for me. I
love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things
up. CNN is accepted all over the world, but I was like the British
Expeditionary Force. I was one man, on an airplane all over the world,
trying to convince people about a US-based network coming into their
country... What I wanted to do, I figured, was to set an example for
getting along. That's what Gandhi tried to do - bring the Hindus and
the Muslims together. Nearly starved himself to death until they
stopped fighting." When I ask why he didn't end up as more of a Rupert
Murdoch figure, he just grimaces. "Whoaaa, God," is all he says.

And then he remembers that he has got another appointment, and he is
bouncing out of his chair, showing off his Oscar and his paintings,
ushering me towards the door with a serenade of Rule Britannia. He
stops only to offer, for inspection, a dollar bill, encased in
plastic, which he keeps on his desk - a rare commemorative issue
featuring a picture of a bison. The same bill is reproduced on his
tie. Turner has a fondness for bisons: there are more than 25,000 of
them on his ranches. His chain of restaurants, Ted's Montana Grill,
serves bison burgers. "Pretty cool," he says to himself, turning the
dollar bill over in his hands. He looks across to check that I am just
as thrilled by it as he is. "Pretty cool, huh?"

Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited (via Bill Westenhaver, DXLD)

** U S A. A site disrespectful of Clear Channel:
http://www.cheap-channel.com/
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)

** U S A [and non]. FCC WRC-03 ADVISORY PANEL RECOMMENDS PHASED-IN
WORLDWIDE 7-MHZ BAND

NEWINGTON, CT, Jun 26, 2002--The FCC is requesting comments on the
draft recommendations of its World Radiocommunication Conference 2003
Advisory Committee (WAC). Among the panel`s recommended draft
proposals to next year`s international gathering is a plan--still
subject to change--that would create a worldwide amateur allocation
at 7.0 to 7.3 MHz by 2010. The deadline for comments on the proposals
is July 12.

The draft proposals ``may evolve as we approach WRC-03 and during the
course of interagency discussions,`` the FCC noted in a Public
Notice. ``Therefore, they do not constitute the final national
position on these issues.``

While US amateurs already enjoy a 7.0 to 7.3 MHz allocation, only 7.0
to 7.1 MHz is available to amateurs in all three International
Telecommunication Union regions, with 7.1 to 7.3 MHz available to
broadcasting in much of the rest of the world. The draft proposal for
WRC-03 agenda item 1.23 dealing with possible realignment of the 7-
MHz amateur allocation calls for making 7.1 to 7.2 MHz available
worldwide by April 1, 2007, and the 7.2 to 7.3 segment by April 1,
2010. Broadcasting allocations would shift upward by 100 kHz at the
same time--to 7450 kHz by 2007 and to 7550 by 2010. The intervening
periods would permit time for international broadcasters and other
services to adjust their operations accordingly.

The International Amateur Radio Union already is on record in favor
of the approach. An earlier suggestion to shift the 40-meter
allocation down by 100 kHz came off the table earlier this year to
avoid affecting Fixed Service operations between 6765 and 7000 kHz.

In other draft proposals affecting the Amateur Service, the FCC`s
WRC-03 Advisory Committee has recommended no change to the table of
allocations in the band 420 to 470 MHz. Agenda item 1.38 will
consider providing up to 6 MHz of spectrum to the Earth exploration-
satellite service (EESS) in the band. So-called synthetic aperture
radars (SARs) are used to measure soil moisture, tropical biomass and
Antarctic ice thickness, and to document geological history and
climate change.

At issue is whether the EESS allocation could be established without
interfering with incumbent services, including radiolocation and
amateur. The FCC cited studies that determined that SAR transmissions
could periodically impact amateur reception and even ``the potential
for significant interference.`` The FCC said the US recommendation
was to maintain the status quo ``unless measures are in place to
protect existing services`` and suggested that further study was
needed to determine the degree of interference from EESS to other
services.

Agenda item 1.5 will consider spectrum requirements and regulations
for new and additional allocations to the mobile, fixed, EESS and
space research services at 5.15 to 5.725 GHz. The FCC expressed
reservations about WAC proposals for this frequency range, citing
concerns expressed by the ARRL and others. Amateur and Amateur-
Satellite services allocations could be negatively affected by new
mobile allocations.

The FCC says it will consider the draft proposals and public comments
in upcoming consultations with the US Department of State and the
National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) in the
development of US proposals to WRC-03. Once those governmental
agencies are on board, the recommendations will be used by US
delegations at bilateral, regional and international meetings leading
up to WRC-03.

The full texts of the FCC WRC-03 Advisory Committee draft proposals
are available on the panel`s Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/wrc-03.
Commenters should submit an original and one copy to the Office of
the Secretary, FCC, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554 and
provide a courtesy copy to Alex Roytblat, FCC WRC-03 Director, Room
6-B505. Comments should refer to specific proposals by document
number.

World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 will take place in Geneva,
Switzerland, from June 9 until July 4, 2003 (ARRL via John Norfolk,
OKCOK, DXLD)

** U S A [non]. USA/MIDDLE EAST: ARAB DAILY REPORTS US "WAR" ON
ISLAMIST WEB SITES, CLOSURE OF AL-QA'IDAH SITE

Excerpt from report by Muhammad al-Shafi'i in London entitled "US
Authorities Close Down Al-Qa'idah Internet Web site and Fundamentalist
Web site Criticizes Abu-Ghayth's Statement", published by London-based
newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat on 27 June

The US security organs have won another round in the war waged through
the Internet on the fundamentalists' web sites that are close to Al-
Qa'idah and Taleban and adopt their media message. These organs have
succeeded in closing down Alneda web site, the Al-Qa'idah mouthpiece
that had succeeded in evading the tight censorship by moving to
another server less than one week ago under the name of "Dirasat.com".

US sources believe that "Alneda" web site is Al-Qa'idah Organization's
media voice because it was the only web site that carried Usamah Bin-
Ladin's news these past months. The latest report it carried was the
audio recording by Al-Qa'idah spokesman Sulayman Abu-Ghayth in which
he claimed the organization's responsibility for the Djerba explosion
[Tunisia] that killed 21 people, among them 14 German tourists.

Al-Sharq al-Awsat received yesterday a statement from a Gulf
fundamentalist who calls himself Abd-al-Rahman al-Rashid and runs the
"JihadonLine" web site. He confirmed the closure of "Alneda" web site
that belongs to the Islamic Studies and Research Centre. He said:
"This is a relentless war. Even if the brothers return to the
Internet, their web site will be closed down again."

Al-Rashid added that he is expecting other fundamentalist web sites to
be closed down very soon and urged the Islamists who have web sites to
prepare themselves from now for their closure at any moment. He said:
"It is not enough to fidget about this malicious situation but a
search must start for other alternatives using the Internet. Mailing
lists are the most important of these and the Islamists can set them
up on the Internet and send news and other reports through them." He
added: "We will track the reports of the brothers in the Islamic
Studies and Research Centre and publish them on our web site, if it is
not closed down too."

Western sources had earlier referred to enquiries that US officials
had made with communications companies in Malaysia and Singapore.
Fundamentalists' sources in London are expecting the Islamists' web
sites to publish the Islamic centre's reports and articles. The
"JihadonLine" web site did exactly that yesterday when it put on the
voice recording of Sulayman Abu-Ghayth's statement...  Source: Al-
Sharq al-Awsat, London, in Arabic 27 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

** VIETNAM: GOVERNMENT BANS ACCESS TO FOREIGN SATELLITE TV BROADCASTS
| Text of press release by Paris-based organization Reporters Sans
Frontieres (RSF) on 27 June

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) has protested the Communist Party's
directive forbidding Vietnamese citizens from having access to foreign
television programmes via satellite and called on the government to
drop the measure.

"Last week, the regime stressed it would keep the local media under
tight control and now it forbids the Vietnamese people from hearing
any criticism from abroad," said RSF Secretary-General Robert Menard
in a letter to Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.

Under the ban, issued the week of 17-21 June 2002, only members of the
government and the party, provincial governors and mayors, can view
foreign TV programmes. According to the Associated Press, foreign
media and news agencies operating in Vietnam, as well as international
hotels, are also allowed to have satellite receivers. Anyone wanting
to import such equipment must first get permission from the Ministry
of Trade. The ban came soon after articles appeared in the government-
controlled press denouncing the "harmful" nature of some foreign TV
programmes.

Last week, the head of the Communist Party's Culture and Ideological
Commission, Nguyen Khoa Diem, said the media must obey the party's
leadership.

For further information, contact Vincent Brossel at RSF, 5 rue
Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, Tel: +33 1 44 83 84 84, Fax: +33
1 45 23 11 51, E-mail: asie@rsf.fr, Internet: http://www.rsf.fr
Source: Reporters Sans Frontières press release, Paris, in English 27
Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4417.27, Latin fading out 1010-1030, poor signal 27 June
(Bob Wilkner, Margate, Florida, R-75, unbalanced dipole, DX LISTENING
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FIRST BROADCASTS ON WBCQ: Wed 2200 17495, 7415; UT Thu 0415 7415
FIRST BROADCASTS ON WWCR: Thu 2030 15825, Sat 0500, Sun 0230 5070
FIRST BROADCASTS ON RFPI: Fri 1930, Sat 0130, 0730, 1330
                          on some of: 7445-USB, 15038.6, 21815-USB
    [however, RFPI often does not start new edition until Sat 1800]

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FIRST BROADCASTS ON RFPI: Fri 1900, Sat 0100, 0700, 1300, 1730, 2330,
                       Sun 0530, 1130, Tue 2000, Wed 0200, 0800, 1400
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** AFGHANISTAN. KABUL (Reuters) - Turkish troops have taken command of
the international peacekeeping force in the Afghan capital from the
British and promptly launched their own pop music station to boost
morale. Radyo Turkiyem (Radio My Turkey) is broadcast from 7 a.m. to
11 p.m. on a local FM channel with a mix of music and messages from
home. "The idea is to strengthen the morale and motivation of the
troops," an official told Reuters. Music was banned under the
destructionist rule of the Taliban who banned most forms of
entertainment and made everyday life miserable in Afghanistan until
their ouster under pressure of U.S. strikes last year. REUTERS (via
Mike Cooper, June 24, DXLD) WTFK??

** AFGHANISTAN. RADIO STATION RUN BY AFGHAN WOMEN
By Lee Keath, Associated Press Writer, Tuesday, June 25, 2002; 2:09 AM

JABAL SERAJ, Afghanistan -- The signal only reaches a little way down
the valley --- and only for four hours a day --- but the women at a
tiny radio station in this mountain town hope to spread their message
of women's rights and democracy far and wide.

Radio Voice of Peace, which broadcasts from Jabal Seraj, a northern
town watered by a river flowing down from the Hindu Kush mountains, is
Afghanistan's only independent radio station. It's also the only
station run by women, according to the staff.

"We get 25 or 30 letters a day from women, men, children. They are
happy to have our programs," Zakiya Zaki, the station's director said
Monday. The station started in October on the day the United States
launched its bombing campaign against Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.

As northern alliance troops --- based in and around Jabal Seraj ---
pushed the Taliban back with U.S. help, the tiny station kept its
small pocket of listeners informed on news from the battle.

With the Taliban toppled, Voice of Peace broadcasts programs on
children, women, religion and news --- mixed with popular Afghan,
Iranian and Pakistani music.

The goal is to promote stability and to tell women they must take part
in rebuilding the war-torn country, Zaki said.

Four female and two male announcers broadcast four hours a day --- two
hours in the morning and two in the afternoon. The FM signal only
reaches a radius of about nine miles. Many of the 16-member staff ---
including engineers and administrators --- work without pay.

"We're hoping to expand our signal. We're asking for help to expand
out audience," said Ibrahim Kawish, an engineer. A French
organization, Droit de Parole (Right to Speech) helped the station
with equipment and funds, but that assistance has run out.

The U.S. military is looking to bring some help and an American team
has provided it with music to play --- as well as U.S.-written scripts
promoting the new Afghan government and other messages.

"We want to help these people because they're promoting a message we
believe in," said Bob, a captain in the team who allowed only his
first name to be used. He said they are seeking military approval to
give the station a new antenna to increase its range.

"Fortunately, the nation's heroic women have thrown open the doors of
schools and offices. So any conscientious woman can step toward
progress," one of the Voice of Peace programs pronounces.

Zaki said "there have been great changes" for women's rights since the
fall of the Taliban --- who tried to prevent women from working and
going to school during their six-year rule.

Still, she said it will be a long time before women win greater rights
in Afghanistan. She said that when she visits Kabul ? the relatively
cosmopolitan capital ? she goes without the burqa; but in her hometown
of Jabal Seraj, she wears it in the streets. "I'd be the only one
without it if I didn't. It would look very strange."

But the veil is not the main issue Voice of Peace addresses. The
violence that has torn Afghanistan for years is one of the main
problems facing women, Zaki said.

The post-Taliban government "has not tried to disarm the people," she
said. "Until the people are disarmed, they won't return to work, they
won't have education and there can't be progress." © 2002 The
Associated Press
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39691-2002Jun25.html
(via Dave White, DXLD) Same as:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020625/ap_on_re_as/afghan_voice_of_peace_2
{via Artie Bigley, DXLD)

** AFGHANISTAN [non]: R. Afghanistan in Pashto/Dari again with normal
schedule effective June 20
0130-0327 (ex 0100-0557) on 15240 via DHA, strong co-ch Radio
Australia in En
1330-1627 (ex 1230-1727) on 18940 via unID transmitter, not via
Kvitsøy, Norway! (Ivo and Angel!, Observer, Bulgaria, June 25 via
DXLD)

How can you tell? (gh, DXLD)

** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Radio Free Afghanistan

0300 0500 IRA 02 17560 334
0300 0500 IRA 05 15705 340
0300 0500 WER 01 13790 090
0300 0500 HOL 01 11705 077
0700 0800 IRA 05 21815 334
0700 0800 IRA 03 19010 340
0700 0800 UDO 03 17775 300
0700 0800 WER 01 15345 090
0900 1100 IRA 05 21680 334
0900 1000 IRA 03 19010 340
0900 1100 UDO 03 17865 300
0900 1100 WER 01 15220 090
1000 1100 IRA 04 19010 340
1200 1300 WER 01 17740 090
1200 1300 UDO 03 17685 300
1200 1400 HOL 04 15370 057
1200 1400 IRA 01 15355 334
1200 1400 IRA 05 15265 340
1300 1400 UDO 02 17685 300
1300 1400 WER 01 15535 090
1700 1830 WER 01 15340 090
1700 1830 IRA 05 15210 340
1700 1830 UDO 02 12030 300
1700 1800 HOL 02 11835 077
1700 1830 UDO 01  9845 300
1930 2000 IRA 05 15340 340
1930 2000 WER 01 15190 090
1930 2000 UDO 01  9575 300
1930 2000 UDO 03  7285 304
2200 2300 IRA 05 13805 340
2200 2300 WER 01 11990 090
2200 2300 KAV 05  9690 095
2200 2300 IRA 01  7430 340
(June NDXC Newsletter via DXLD)

Despite this hefty schedule, RFA gets a lot less press, DXer
attention than the others (gh, DXLD)

** ALBANIA. Some deleted frequencies for Radio Tirana:
Albanian to Eu
0300-0800 DEL 6100 CER 100 kW / non-dir
1400-1700 DEL 5985 CER 050 kW / non-dir
     now only 7270 CER 050 kW / non-dir
2030-2200 DEL 9575 CER 100 kW / 310 deg
     now only 7295 CER 100 kW / 305 deg
Albanian to NAm
2300-0300 DEL 6090 SHI 100 kW / 300 deg
     now only 7270 CER 100 kW / 305 deg
German to Eu
1730-1800 DEL 7185 CER 100 kW / 350 deg
     now only 9570 CER 100 kW / 350 deg
Greek to Eu
1715-1730 DEL 7135 CER 050 kW / non-dir
     now only 6130 CER 100 kW / non-dir
French to Eu
1900-1930 DEL 9520 CER 100 kW / 310 deg
     now only 7210 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg
Italian to Eu
1800-1830 DEL 6100 SHI 100 kW / non-dir
     now only 7240 CER 100 kW / non-dir
Serbian to Eu
2115-2130 DEL 7110 CER 100 kW / non-dir
     now only 6135 SHI 100 kW / non-dir
Turkish to Eu
1700-1715 DEL 7140 CER 050 kW / non-dir
     now only 6130 CER 100 kW / non-dir
(Ivo and Angel!, Observer, Bulgaria, June 25 via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. REPRIEVE FOR STANDARD FREQUENCY & TIME STATION VNG

Mike Bird reports: "I have just been talking to Marion Leiba who is
Honorary Secretary of the VNG Users` Consortium. She tells me that
Radio VNG has been given a reprieve until 31 December 2002. The
Australian National Standards Commission had announced that Radio VNG
would close on 1 July 2002. It appears the Consortium and the National
Standards Commission have received many protests from interested users
of the service. Currently Radio VNG is transmitted from the Air
Services Australia transmitter site at Llandilo in NSW (just outside
Sydney.) It appears the VNG Users Consortium is currently in
discussions with more than one interested party about re-locating the
service to another site so that it may remain on air."

The VNG Users Consortium was formed following the previous closure of
the station in October 1987, and succeeded in raising sufficient funds
to re-start the service. Contact details are as follows:

Dr Marion Leiba, Honorary Secretary, VNG Users Consortium
GPO Box 1090, Canberra ACT, 2601, Australia
Tel: +61 2 6231 9476   E-mail: marion_leiba@yahoo.com
(© Radio Netherlands Media Network June 25 via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. Have just come across Station X (Formerly on 102.9 FM)
which seems to have plans of broadcasting on 1692 Gold Coast North &
1665 Gold Coast South. According to their web site
http://home.iprimus.com.au/stationx/
they stopped broadcasting in November 2001 when they lost the fight to
be awarded a full-time community licence. Station address is: P. O.
Box 1921 Southport, 4215, Queensland (David Onley, Myrtleford,
Victoria, Australia, June 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 5953, every night from 2210- R. Pio Doce, Siglo Veinte.
What in the world have they done with their transmitter? This is
louder than Radiobrás, stronger than Ecos del Torbes (which seems to
disappeared), and booms on S9+20dB signal level on daily basis (Jari
Lehtinen, Lahti, Finland, June 25, hard-core-dx via DXLD)

** BOLIVIA. El próximo 30 de junio se celebrarán en Bolivia las nuevas
elecciones presidenciales. Yo vengo siguiendo la campaña política por
diferentes emisoras que emiten por onda corta, fundamentalmente por
los 49 metros. Evidentemente, en esa jornada se van a producir
emisiones o coberturas especiales y seguramente se prolongará más de
una transmisión. Con viento a favor, tal vez alguna emisora reactive
algún transmisor de onda corta o alguna que lo hace en horarios
inaccesibles para nosotros emita en otro horario. Les recomiendo estar
atentos a las bandas de 60 y 49 metros. Saludos (Arnaldo Slaen,
Argentina, June 26, Conexión Digital via DXLD)

** BULGARIA. Additional freqs for Radio Bulgaria effective July 1:
15700 PLD 500 kW / 306 deg 1000-1100 German    to WeEu \\ 17500 WEu
                           1100-1200 English   to WeEu \\ 17500 WEu
                           1200-1400 Bulgarian to WeEu \\ 12000 WEu
13600 PLD 500 kW / 185 deg 1500-1600 Bulgarian to ME   \\ 17500 SAf
11800 PLD 500 kW / 306 deg 1615-1700 German    to WeEu \\  9400 WEu
                           1700-1800 French    to WeEu \\  9400 WEu
                           1800-1845 German    to WeEu \\  9400 WEu
11900 PLD 500 kW / 306 deg 1900-2000 English   to WeEu \\  9400 WEu
                           2000-2100 French    to WeEu \\  9400 WEu
                           2100-2200 English   to WeEu \\  9400 WEu
11700 PLD 500 kW / 306 deg 2300-2400 English   to NoAm \\  9400 NAm
                           0000-0100 Bulgarian to NoAm \\  9400 NAm
                           0100-0200 French    to NoAm \\  9400 NAm
                           0200-0300 English   to NoAm \\  9400 NAm
12000 PLD 500 kW / 306 deg 0430-0500 Bulgarian to WeEu \\  9400 WEu
                            Mon-Fri
                           0400-0500 Bulgarian to WeEu \\  9400 WEu
                            Sat/Sun
                           0500-0545 German    to WeEu \\  9400 WEu
13600 PLD 500 kW / 306 deg 0600-0700 French    to WeEu \\ 12000 WEu
(Ivo and Angel!, Observer, Bulgaria, June 25 via DXLD) PLD = Plovdiv

** CANADA [and non]. Freq change for Radio Canada International via
SAC 250 kW / 176 deg: 2200-2300 English/Spanish and 2300-2400 French
NF 15170 (45544), ex 15305.

New time for Radio Canada International in Arabic: 2115-2145 (ex 2100-
2130) on 11755 WER (55555), 17820 SAC (55444) (Ivo and Angel!,
Observer, Bulgaria, June 25 via DXLD)

** CANADA. 740, CHWO, Canada, Ontario, Toronto: received a beautiful
classy full color QSL card in 19d along with bookmarks, info on
CHWO, etc. Really a nice package of stuff. V/S: Brian Smith-QSL
Manager. Address: ODXA, PO Box 61, Willowdale, Ont. Canada M2N 5S8. I
am really pleased with this! (Pat Martin, Seaside OR, KAVT Reception
Manager, IRCA et al. via DXLD)

** CANADA. Next Saturday is Arthur Black's last show on CBC Radio One:
Saturday, June 27 from 10 a.m. to noon (International Radio Report
June 23 via Ricky Leong, DXLD) Make that to 11:30 as lately (gh, DXLD)

** CANADA. CBC CHIEF GETS SERIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO COMEDY

Sid Adilman, The Star, Jun. 15, 01:00 EDT

THE PRESIDENT of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., of all people, was
urging me to go after senior programmers at his TV and radio networks.

"Where is the next generation of comedians coming from?" Robert
Rabinovitch asked me during a nice lunch at one of his favourite
downtown bistros. "That is a very, very important question."...

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_=013bf2d6054aeb2a&pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1022100086124
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** CHILE. 6010, 22.6. 2308- R. Parinacota, Putre. I heard - I guess -
7 or 8 times during 4 nights the same "las 24 horas, lo mejor de la
radio" until I finally heard a proper ID. Pauli, living on the other
side of the same lake, got his ID after 1 minute of listening to the
frequency (Jari Lehtinen, Lahti, Finland, hard-core-dx via DXLD)

** CHINA. FALUNGONG HIJACKS CHINESE TV BROADCASTS

Members of the banned outlawed Falungong religious movement have
adopted a new tactic in their battle against the Chinese authorities:
hijacking TV broadcasts. Messages have appeared in short bursts on the
screens of viewers watching regional programmes on state-run TV. On
Sunday, broadcasts of Chinese Central Television Channel 3 from
Laiyang, Shandong province, were interrupted for about 15 minutes by a
caption that said 'Falun Dafa is good'. On Tuesday, viewers in the
area of Yantai, also in Shandong province, saw a similar message for
about 10 seconds.

There are unconfirmed reports of other such incidents around China in
recent weeks. Falungong spokeswoman Sophie Xiao said the broadcasts
were aimed at "making people think", and serve as an antidote to the
government's "one-sided propaganda". It was a deliberate ploy to
broadcast a simple message - "Falun Dafa is good" - rather than engage
in more complex arguments, she said. Falungong has been banned in
China since July 1999, and is classified as an "evil cult". At one
time, prior to the ban, the movement hired airtime on Russian
shortwave transmitters and its broadcasts were widely heard around the
world (© Radio Netherlands Media Network 26 June via DXLD)

** CUBA. CUBAN TV: ALL CASTRO, ALL THE TIME

On The Air With Marvin Kitman, By Marvin Kitman, Newsday.com
La Nueva Cuba, Junio 23, 2002

The most popular program on Cuban TV is the Fidel Castro talk show.
His talks and appearances at rallies get a 100 Nielsen rating and
share (the percentage of sets in use). The secret of this astonishing
achievement is having his appearances broadcast on two networks - Ch.
6 Cubavisión and Ch. 2 Telerebelde - simultaneously. His success is
aided by the fact that there are no other channels. Strictly speaking,
there is a third network, a new educational TV channel [4] as of last
month. But it also carries the same program. In backward nations like
ours, there are alternatives to State of the Union messages and other
important political programming. A classic of American democracy-in-
action is a rerun of "Casablanca."

Counterprogramming is considered counterrevolutionary in Cuba, even if
it was possible. Which it isn't. It's all Castro, all the time. There
are no options. They don't care if the Olympics or the World Cup is
on. The hype for the show is low-key. The news-at-noon lead story
might be, "Tonight at 6, Fidel is speaking." Or, "There will be a
march at 7 tomorrow morning." Often, Fidel will come on the air the
night before and do a promo. The spot can last for what seems like
four hours. Like a TV weatherman, he will predict it will be hot and
muggy and will forecast scattered showers or high winds that come from
the Batista "thugs" in Miami. "If you have a heart condition or other
health problems," he will warn, "do not come out." In the United
States, we call political rallies "demonstrations," in France
"manifestations."

In Cuba, they are called "concentrations." There is usually a
concentration every Saturday morning. It can be called for a variety
of reasons. On May 1, there was one in honor of the Chicago Eight, as
it was explained to me, "the eight martyr workers who were shot for
striking by the patrones in 1887." It also could be a march to say,
"We like to be Communists" or "We like to be soldiers." I happened to
be in Havana and caught a special midweek concentration on June 13.

This was the famous 2 million man march, not only along the Malecón in
La Habana Vieja, but in every major city in Cuba. All of which were
shown live on TV on all three stations from 7 a.m. to about 1 p.m. As
an added attraction, the highlights of the concentration were rerun in
an edited version that may have run four or five hours in the evening.
I got the point earlier and stopped watching. This one was a rally to
protest the speech to the Batista thugs in Miami by Bush II - as they
call our El Presidente in the only newspaper in Cuba (Granma). It also
was in support of a constitutional amendment that makes it
unconstitutional to amend the constitution ever again. A contradiction
in terms, perhaps, but one that is popular with the Fidelistas.

Fidel was not scheduled to speak on this very hot and muggy day, only
to lead the march. But this did not keep many away. (Crowd estimation
is an inexact science. I remember when Richard Nixon came to
Manhattan's Garment Center one day during the 1968 campaign and,
reportedly, 1 million turned out to see Mr. Republican, the great
friend of labor. But some people knew it was lunch hour, and at that
hour, 1 million garment workers would "turn out" to see Martin
Bormann.) "What a spontaneous demonstration," my wife said of the
Cuban crowd on the screen in our hotel room.

Whether it was a 1 million or 2 million hombres march - I didn't want
to press anybody for a more exact count, a sign of a running dog
Yankee imperialist - it was a spectacular production. Thousands of
Fidelistas in their red Che (Guevera) and Jose (Marti) T-shirts waved
little Cuban flags as they approached the cameras, while a loudspeaker
exhorted: "Viva el socialismo." "Libertad para los heroes" (the five
Cuban spies who had been jailed in Florida for infiltrating exile
organizations). "Viva Fidel."

In case you missed the loudspeaker, every few minutes, the words were
emblazoned in fat, red type on the screen. This was subliminal TV!
Occasionally, news people interviewed marchers. Sound bites in Cuban
TV journalism are more like a full meal, with brandy and cigars
afterward. I didn't understand everything that was said. My Spanish is
muy malo. But it was great political theater. The only thing missing
was Fidel speaking. There is a tendency for him not to speak when it
is too hot. Last fall, he passed out one morning.

"Six-hour speeches are things of the past," one source said.
"Intelligent people know he is not well. Lucky if one hour now, or
half hour." The advantage of watching on TV is seeing what he looks
like. He has bags under his eyes the size of the gladstone bags the
mob used to deliver payoffs to Batista officials in the old days. He
walks stiffly, as if on a forced march.

After about four hours, I decided I had seen enough. It began to drag
like the Emmy telecast. I also felt I was missing something not seeing
it "live." So, I jumped into a 1955 Chevy Impala Deluxe cab to the
Hotel Nacional on the Malecón, six or seven lines of police and
soldiers away from the concentration route. The Nacional is that great
American Meyer Lansky's contribution to Cuban culture, along with
gambling, prostitution and dope. From the windows of the Lounge of
History, underneath murals depicting celebrities who slept there
(Tyrone Power, Humphrey Bogart, Carol II of Romania, Errol Flynn,
Johnny Weismuller, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, Gary Cooper, Aly
Khan, Rita Hayworth), I saw the real thing.

Could this be like the May Day parades in the early days of Stalin, I
wondered, when the Red Army circled the block and came back to impress
and frighten foreign dignitaries with their numbers? No. The crowd was
authentico, I could certify as I spent the rest of the morning
drinking Cuban coffee (four sugars) and a mojito or two, and smoking a
Cohiba. "Viva el socialismo," I was able to say with more than usual
enthusiasm.

They also have other programs on the two major Cuban networks. The
second most popular program is Hollywood movies. A Cuban TV producer
goes to Blockbuster in the States, buys or rents a tape, brings it
back to the commissar in charge of programs, who then throws it on the
air. They don't worry about the FBI warnings. No copyright problemos
here. American film copyright laws don't apply in Cuba. This probably
pains Fox, Disney, Sony and other financially pressed movie
corporations. But the Cuban people love it.

Even this broad range of broadcasting does not satisfy Cuban media
freaks. Man does not live by strawberry and chocolate alone; he needs
his ESPN, Cartoon Network, HBO, Discovery and CNN on satellite TV. The
second major indoor sport in Havana, next to watching satellite TV, is
hiding the dish. "It is hidden in the house of the dog," one source
explained, "in swimming pools, with the plants, in the shower, with
the garbage outside. The imagination of Cuban people is very big in
finding a way to hide illegal dish."

So a strange alliance has evolved in Cuba. Fidelistas and DirecTV
capitalist swine are in the same boat for different reasons. DirecTV
is against watching its service for free on principle. It's a bad
business plan. The Fidelistas are against satellite TV because they
are against the dissemination of uncontrolled information. Castro is
not the first dictator not to understand the way the media work. Given
open access, people do not tend to watch news and public-affairs
documentaries. They watch sex, violence and unreal reality shows: "The
Bachelor" and "Fear Factor." They have nothing to fear but fear
itself, which in a totalitarian state apparently is quite a lot.
Copyright © 2002, Newsday, Inc. 73's  (via Oscar, Miami, and Tom
Roche, Atlanta, DXLD)

** CUBA. CLOSED CAPTIONING FINALLY COMES TO CUBA
LOS SORDOS CUBANOS EN UN EXCLUSIVO GRUPO DE 'FANS' DE TELEVISION

ANÁLISIS. Cuba acaba de ingresar en el exclusivo grupo de países en el
que los sordos dejaron de depender del lenguaje de señas para acceder
a los programas televisivos, al introducir un ultramoderno sistema
generador de carácteres escritos.

Viernes, 21 junio 2002 IBLNEWS La Nueva Cuba, Junio 23, 2002

La iniciativa impulsada por el Estado cubano ya beneficia de manera
experimental a buena parte de las 120.000 personas que en la isla
viven sin disfrutar de los sonidos. Entre julio y diciembre, el
programa no sólo abarcará los telediarios nacionales, sino que
permitirá el disfrute de telenovelas y espacios variados, según Carlos
Moncada, uno de los activistas de la idea. Moncada encabeza la
Asociación Nacional de Sordos de Cuba (ANSOC), organización no
gubernamental que agrupa a este segmento de la población y que se ha
propuesto llevar la iniciativa hasta los rincones más apartados del
país.

El "Close Caption", como se denomina el sistema, es un generador
automático de caracteres escritos surgido en los años 1960 y explotado
hasta ahora sólo por las grandes televisoras del planeta. El sistema
combina programas computarizados y receptores de televisión con menú
para subtitulaje, a fin de romper las barreras del silencio. "Es un
auxiliar comunicativo para disfrutar disímiles programas de
televisión", dijo a la prensa Alina, una de las "operadoras" del
sistema.

Alina se sienta cada mañana frente a la pantalla chica con audífonos
puestos, en un estudio de tv, para en el primer telediario que sale al
aire reproducir las palabras del locutor, de modo que una de las
computadoras del sistema convierta el mensaje sonoro en letra escrita.
La acción es instantánea, y mientras Alina reproduce las palabras
desde el estudio, Aida González, jubilada de 65 años, disfruta del
telediario matutino en su casa, con todos los parlamentos
subtitulados. Atrás quedó el lenguaje de las señas para que Aida se
informe de lo que pasa en su país y el resto del mundo, y dentro de
algunos meses ella, como otros cubanos con la misma limitación, podrán
acceder también a las telenovelas y a los programas de participación.
Las autoridades no han informado del costo de este proyecto y no
faltan quienes critican la inversión cuando el país vuelve a
adentrarse en una etapa económica delicada.

Desde los atentados terroristas del 11 de septiembre contra Estados
Unidos, el turismo hacia Cuba ha caído (14 por ciento en el primer
trimestre del 2002), y ese sector representa la principal fuente de
ingresos de la país. Otras exportaciones como el níquel y el azúcar de
caña padecen la baja de sus precios en el mercado mundial y todavía
Cuba soporta el peso del embargo (bloqueo para los cubanos) que
Estados Unidos le decretó hace 40 años. Sin embargo, las autoridades
cubanas dicen que "el costo es lo menos importante", que lo que cuenta
"es la voluntad política de hacerlo" y en consecuencia el segmento de
la población privada de los sonidos en la isla aumenta así sus niveles
de conocimiento y de disfrute de la vida. "Es algo extraordinario que
contribuye a superar limitaciones impuestas por enseñanzas
eminentemente oralistas y que sirve incluso hasta a los ancianos que
han perdido la audición por la edad y las enfermedades", comentó
Moncada.

Cuba, que vive una cotidianidad signada por las limitaciones, entró en
una especie de club de países selectos y son más los cubanos que
aplauden que aquellos que critican el gesto. (Por Victorio M. Copa,
IBLNEWS-Dpa) 73's (via Oscar, Miami, DXLD)

** CUBA [non]. CUBAN SPY - Various newspapers reported the arrest by
the FBI of Ana Belen Montes, an employee at DIA since 1985. Using
typical Spycraft, Montes received her instructions via short-wave
radio. The messages were in numerical code which she converted into
Spanish text through the use of a computer program she had been given
by the Cuban Intelligence Service (DGI). Using public pay phones,
Montes sent coded numeric messages to a DGI pager. The FBI analysis of
her Toshiba computer hard drive revealed a coded message of 150 5F
groups. The FBI matched this text with one broadcast on February 6,
1999 on a frequency of 7887 kHz in AM mode with a female Spanish
announcer who began the broadcast with the words "Atención!,
Atención!".

The FBI "AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, ARREST WARRANT,
AND SEARCH WARRANTS" contains very interesting details relating to the
investigation and arrest of Ms. Montes. Go to
http://www.fas.org/isp/ops/ci/Montes_092101.pdf
(Don Schimmel`s Radio Intrigue, May 1, DXing.com via DXLD)

** CZECH REPUBLIC. SEARCH FOR NEW CZECH PREMISES TO HOUSE US RADIO
UNDER WAY | Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK

Prague, 25 June: Real estate agencies have started looking for
alternative headquarters of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(RFE/RL) because the government has not found any new building which
would suit the radio station, Foreign Minister Jan Kavan told
journalists today.

Although he indicated that the costs of the removal would also be
borne by the USA, the financial question was not yet quite settled,
Kavan said after a meeting of the National Security Council (BRS).

Kavan said that the new site would be found "very soon".

"If there is not at disposal any government-owned place and since it
is necessary to remove RFE from the centre of Prague on security
grounds, we must also look at the opportunities which may be offered
by real estate agencies," Kavan said. But the question of financing
would be very complex and require more time, he added... Source: CTK
news agency, Prague, in English 1652 gmt 25 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)
See also LATVIA

** EGYPT. Radio Cairo, 17595, full data QSL card (site and power
missing) after several email follow ups & then via snail mail. V/S:
Nil. Encl. full sked & letter by Eng. Niveen W. Lawrence, Head of SW
Dept. (Swopan Chakroborty, India, June 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EUROPE. CONFERENCE APPROVES ADDITIONAL SPECTRUM FOR DIGITAL RADIO |
Text of press release from London-based World DAB Forum on 25 June

The WorldDAB Forum, which represents companies and organizations from
all sectors of the radio broadcasting industry from 25 countries,
welcomes the decision by the European Conference for Posts and
Telecommunications (CEPT) to allocate a further seven blocks of L-Band
spectrum across Europe to terrestrial DAB.

The decision, reached at the planning meeting in Maastricht on 18
June, is the third such allocation of spectrum to DAB digital radio,
and confirms continued high interest in terrestrial DAB across Europe.

Says WorldDAB President, Annika Nyberg: "We're delighted with the
results of the Maastricht planning conference. The allocation of seven
extra blocks of L-Band confirms the findings of the Spectrum Demand
Report drawn up by WorldDAB in April 2000 which showed that Europe is
hungry for more spectrum. The extra L-Band now available will create
more opportunities for digital broadcasting services and will pave the
way for competition, particularly in densely populated areas."

In 2005, it is hoped that a revision of the Stockholm Plan, drawn up
in 1961 to organize and plan frequencies across Europe and northern
Africa, will address the issue of extra spectrum for terrestrial DAB
in Band III.

[Eureka 147 DAB services are currently available in Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.]

For more information contact Lisette Cooper at WorldDAB on 020 7288
4641 or email cooper@worlddab.org. Visit the WorldDAB website at
http://www.worlddab.org Source: World DAB Forum press release, London,
in English 25 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

** GERMANY. UNIDENTIFIED. Dear Glenn, I am a DX-er currently based in
Colchester, UK. I have a question for you. Yesterday at 2213 UT I
tuned in to 8638 kHz in an attempt to catch VNG from Australia. What I
caught, however, was something different. The format was the
following: 10 pulsing tones with approx. 2.5 secs pause after each
tone, then three such tones consecutively (with much shorter pauses).
This sequence repeated 5 times, and then the following combination in
Morse was transmitted: YQBDAO8. Then pulsing tones again, and the
above sequence repeated continuously.

What was it? And what is the address for reception reports? Many
Thanks for your help. I would appreciate if you could share with me
your opinion/guesses, without waiting for the next WOR issue. I am
really eager to identify this! Thanks a lot (and also for your
extremely informative WOR bulletins). (Robertas Pogorelis, June 26, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This is beyond my area of expertise, so readers` help is requested.
Looking in the Klingenfuss frequency list, I see besides VNG on 8638,
there is on 8638.5 DAO Kiel Radio, Germany, digital, Pactor-2; does it
sound like that? And on 8636 HLW Soul R, Korea on CW (Glenn Hauser,
DXLD)

Dear Glenn, It was certainly DAO-8 from Kiel (pactor e-mail service),
as this is the second half of the Morse combination I heard: YQBDAO8.
Can you help me with their mailing address please? Many Thanks.
(Robertas, ibid.)

Sorry, I don`t have addresses of these. Should be findable on some
internet sites, or lists devoted to utility DX, such as WUN. 73,
(Glenn to Robertas via DXLD)

** GREECE [non]. A few days ago I noticed VOG via Delano 17705 missing
after 1600 UT, when checked on the car radio, where it`s hard to tell
if an open carrier be running. At home, June 26 at 1545 there was an
OC. Guess they are having satellite feed problems. 1602 finally
started fill music from VOA, In the Mood, etc. 1611 cut to VOG feed in
Greek, breaking up somewhat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM [non]. We at WDWS are a Jimbo affiliate: we were told directly
we were NOT to webcast the Bohannon show. This from Westwood One (Eric
Loy, Champaign IL, WDWS Radio, NRC-AM via DXLD)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [non]. U.S. Newswire 14 Jun 16:19

FOUR HIT BY CAR AS HUNDREDS PROTEST XM SATELLITE RADIO
Direct Action Likely Against Companies That Install XM Products

WASHINGTON, June 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- More than two hundred
National Association of Black Organizations (NABO) and National
Action Network (NAN) demonstrators watched in horror as four fellow
demonstrators including a grandmother and two children, were run down
by a car in front of XM Satellite Radio's Washington, D.C.,
headquarters.

The extent of the injuries is not known. The injured were transported
by ambulance to the hospital. A male adult hit by the car suffered
head injuries and was moved by stretcher to an ambulance.

A number of police cars, ambulances and fire trucks responded to the
accident and the front of XM Satellite was cordoned off with yellow
police crime scene tape.

The purpose of the demonstration was to highlight NABO and NAN's
national campaign to have the nation's satellite and cable
broadcasting industry provide value positive programming for African
Americans.

NABO/NAN is disappointed with the results of prior discussions with XM
executives. Those discussions focused on NABO/NAN concerns that XM
Satellite Radio programming reflects a glaring lack of positive
programming options to those XM channels that glorify the cultures of
violence, drugs and female debasement that is pervasive in urban
America.

"We pray for the injured that were fighting for value positive
programming. That is why we respect broadcast giants such as DirecTV,
Comcast Cable, Charter Communications, Time Warner, The Armed Forces
Network and AT&T who have set the tone for corporate broadcast
responsibility by agreeing to carry value positive programming such as
The Word Network," said Reverend Horace Sheffield III, CEO of NABO and
the president the Michigan Chapter of NAN. Sheffield also commended
Sirius Satellite Radio for being sensitive to value positive
programming.

NABO/NAN crisis management consultant Sam Riddle said that the
demonstrators will return to XM and that civil disobedience may be the
order of the day.

"XM has made a racist effort to pit NABO/NAN against a business
concern, Radio One, that is headed by a female African American
entrepreneur. The mind-boggling nature of satellite radio plantation
politics will not endure. No one individual or broadcast entity is
endowed to be the broadcast gatekeeper for the African American
community. We will stand strong for value positive programming that
brings urban ministries to satellite radio even if it means going to
jail-again," said Riddle.

NABO and NAN demonstrations for value positive satellite broadcast
programming in Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Missouri, Warren and Novi,
Michigan, Denver, Colorado, and New York have attracted hundreds that
marched in protest with some demonstrators being jailed for civil
disobedience. http://www.usnewswire.com Copyright 2002, U.S. Newswire
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** ISRAEL. I received a personally written letter from Kol Israel,
saying there would be no cuts, and their transmissions will continue
'indefinitely'. (Jon Kempster, BBC, UK, June 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ISRAEL. Here's an updated article -- but it doesn't say much that's
new...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid=1023716553320

IBA ENGLISH NEWS GOES INTERNATIONAL
Gil Hoffman Jun. 26, 2002

The Israel Broadcasting Authority's first ever broadcast of a nightly
English news broadcast to the Middle East and Europe went smoothly
last night, beginning a new era in Israeli television. The half-hour
program at 8 p.m. was the first time the IBA English News broadcast
for more than 15 minutes and the first time it broadcast to an
international audience on the IBA's new Arabic-English satellite
network.

The network is intended to reach viewers from Casablanca in the west
to Kuwait in the east, from Cairo in the south to Copenhagen in the
north, on the same satellite that broadcasts the powerful Arabic Al-
Jazeera network. The channel premiered at 2 p.m. yesterday with an
Arabic-language broadcast of the World Cup semifinal.

IBA English staffers were nervous after reports all day of local cable
companies delaying airing the new network due to a financial dispute
with the IBA, but after Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin and
Minister-without-Portfolio Ra'anan Cohen intervened, the network was
fully operational by the time the English news began.

IBA anchorman Yochanan Elrom ushered in the new program, which aired a
retransmission of the 15-minute English news show that was broadcasted
earlier on Channel 1, followed by a new in-depth segment. Elrom
anchored the show from a studio in Jerusalem's JCS Studios.

The IBA hopes to eventually broadcast the entire show live, but until
then it will continue to rely on the retransmissions of the Channel 1
broadcasts and taped interviews. The program can be viewed locally on
digital cable's Channel 100 on Golden Channels and Matav cable systems
and Channel 810 on Tevel, and on YES's channel 169.

IBA English news officials, who were skeptical about the project from
the beginning, said they were proud that they had finally reached such
a milestone, 12 years after the show premiered in October 1990.

"Today we were given a birthday, so now the question is whether we
will see a bar mitzva," IBA English news in-depth editor Steve
Leibowitz said. "We were able to do it today, but we will need
constant support to sustain it."

The news team questioned whether anyone in Arab countries tuned in to
the show, but expressed hope that as word spreads, the program will
have an impact on Israel's relations with the Arab world.

"Even if random viewers picked it up in an Arab country and stayed
with us for a few minutes, then we will finally have a small but
substantial moment of communication," said IBA diplomatic
correspondent Leah Zinder, who is to conduct exclusive interviews
today with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Minister-without-
Portfolio Dan Meridor. "It's exciting and new and I hope it will be
seen."

Last night's in-depth segment was devoted to the issue of separation,
featuring interviews with Bar-Ilan University Prof. Gerald Steinberg
and Jerusalem Post reporter Matthew Guttman. When the show ended, the
IBA news team celebrated and already began working on tonight's show.

"We succeeded today, but we have to do the same thing tomorrow," IBA
English news head Steve Edwards said.

International viewers should point their satellite dishes to the
"Hotbird-3" satellite at 13 degrees east. The channel is at 12220
megahertz. The polarity of the reception is horizontal, with a 6161
symbol rate from the symbol 3/4 FEC. The channel is called "Channel 3
Arabic IBA TV." -------- (via Daniel Rosenzweig, June 26, DXLD)

** LATVIA/CZECH REPUBLIC/USA. RFE/RL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO PREMIER
FOR INVITATION TO MOVE TO RIGA | Text of report in English by Latvian
news agency LETA

Riga, 25 June: Prime Minister Andris Berzins has received a letter
from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), expressing gratitude
for the invitation to relocate to Riga.

As LETA was informed by the communications department at the State
Chancellery, RFE/RL is continuing negotiations with the Czech
government on the possibility of moving to another building in Prague,
however, the Czech government has insufficient funding for the move.
Representatives from RFE/RL's council will arrive in Prague in mid-
July to tackle the issue.

The RFE/RL council will evaluate the offer on moving from Prague to
Riga, and as soon as the decision is made, they will inform the prime
minister. RFE/RL provides daily news broadcast and analysis of
international events for 26 countries in 34 languages. Source: LETA
news agency, Riga, in English 1333 gmt 25 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)
See also CZECH REPUBLIC

** LITHUANIA. RADIO NORD SPECIAL BROADCAST FROM LITHUANIA ON JUNE 30

Dear radio enthusiasts, On Sunday June 30, a two hour memorial program
of Swedish offshore station Radio Nord will be broadcast on 9980 kHz
(100 kW) at 1900-2100 UT from the station in Sitkunai, Lithuania. This
day marks the 40th anniversary of the close-down of Radio Nord. The
programme will contain interviews with former staff members,
listeners, a potted history of the station, vintage recordings, music
from this era (1961-62) and more. Reception reports are highly
appreciated (please include an IRC or a $ for a QSL) and the address
is:

Radio Nord Special Programme
Light Valley Media
Box 90, SE-82723 Ljusdal, Sweden

The programme will be in Swedish. Welcome to tune in for two hours of
radio nostalgia.

Visit Rock'n Records on http://www.rock.x.se today - the home of good
ol' vinyl records! (Ronny Forslund, June 26, hard-core-dx via DXLD)

** NIGERIA. LIVINUS TORTY WITH THE STORY OF RADIO NIGERIA

Our African DX reporter is Livinus Torty and he lives in Nigeria. He
sent us this Station Profile on the radio services in his country,
compiled from several sources, including his own observations, which
we have edited for broadcast. This is what he writes:-

The original government radio service in Nigeria was organised as NBS,
the Nigerian Broadcasting Service, in April 1951, at which time the
three low powered shortwave stations already on the air were
amalgamated into a single broadcasting body. This organisation was
modified exactly six years later to NBC, the Nigerian Broadcasting
Corporation, at which time they moved into a new studio and office
complex at Tugwell House in the capital city, Lagos.

At that time, the NBC was organised into two major sections; the Home
Service produced programs for broadcast to listeners living in
Nigeria, and the External Service produced programs for broadcast to
listeners living in other countries, mainly within the continent of
Africa. The External Service was later re-designated as VON, the Voice
of Nigeria.

Radio Nigeria introduced a commercial service in 1960, though this was
abolished some 18 years later. However, the commercial service on
radio was re-introduced again in 1987.

A television service was introduced to viewers in Lagos in 1962. At
first, the TV service was fostered by Radio Nigeria, though nine years
later the two services were separated and the TV service was
designated as NTA, the Nigerian Television Authority.

FM broadcasting came to Nigeria in April 1997 with the introduction of
``Radio Nigeria 2FM`` in Lagos, the ``Sunshine Station``. These days,
Nigeria is literally covered by radio, with more than 100 mediumwave
stations, a national network of FM stations, all supplemented by local
and regional shortwave stations.

Currently, FRCN, the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, is
upgrading its entire network of radio stations. They are going
digital, as well as modernizing their shortwave facilities. The
national headquarters is located in Abuja, and they operate four
regional production centres.

So, why not give Radio Nigeria a listen. You can check the World Radio
TV Handbook for scheduling, and you can check your favorite DX
magazine to find out just which channels are heard in your area
(Adrian Michael Peterson, AWR Wavescan June 23 via DXLD)

** OKLAHOMA. KOMA News Talk: http://komanews.com/
(via Artie Bigley, June 25, DXLD)

Not much there, but would have us believe 1520 is News Talk, CBS News,
rather than Oldies, format change coming?? Or is this an old,
forgotten site? While the current site says Oldies, nothing about
talk: http://www.komaradio.com/2000/

Then I checked 1520 at 0020 UT June 26, and sure enough it`s still
oldies, not newstalk, but at 0030, like a ghost out of hell, a hoarse
heterodyne started talking ``From Walterboro, South Carolina.....``
[q.v.] Must be an image from SW on the bathroom Panasonic RF-569D
AM/FM radio. Subsequent spot checks show no change in oldies format
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PALESTINE. PALESTINIAN RADIO OFF AIR SINCE ISRAELI TROOPS ENTERED
RAMALLAH ON 24 JUNE

Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine (Ramallah, in Arabic - official
radio station of the Palestinian National Authority) on 26 June 2002
continues to be off the air for the third consecutive day. It has been
unheard since 24 June, when Israeli forces entered Ramallah and
surrounded Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat's compound.

Voice of Palestine's second programme in Arabic, broadcasting from
Gaza, can be heard with good reception on Nilesat at 7 degrees West on
11823 MHz vertical. The radio was observed to carry Koranic recitation
at 0400 gmt on 26 June, followed by the Palestinian national anthem
and then songs by the Lebanese singer Fayruz. The radio has been

carrying news summaries and love and patriotic songs and a variety of
social, political, health, and economic programmes.

Palestinian TV (Gaza, in Arabic) continues to broadcast normal
programmes, consisting of newscasts, documentaries and talk shows. The
Palestinian news agency WAFA continues to transmit items on the latest
Palestinian developments, as usual. Sources: As stated (BBC Monitoring
June 26 via DXLD)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3290, Port Moresby. Seems to have set up a high-
powered transmitter, and noted with morning service some days from
*2000-2100, late fade-out; the 90 mb PNGs usually go by 2020 (Bob
Padula, Victoria, EDXP June 26 via DXLD) Chris Hambly has been hearing
open carrier well before 2000 (gh, DXLD)

** QATAR. ARABIC TV NETWORK A VITAL LINK
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1022100308338&call_page=TS_News_Columnists&call_pageid=970599109774&call_pagepath=Columnists
(via Ivan Grishin, DXLD)

** QATAR. AL-JAZEERA TV TO DUB PROGRAMMES INTO ENGLISH WITHIN 10 WEEKS
- SAUDI DAILY | Text of report by Faysal Balhaj Ali published by Saudi
newspaper Al-Watan web site on 25 June

Muhammad Jasim al-Ali, director-general of Qatari Al-Jazeera news
channel, told Al-Watan that the channel will begin to dub its
programmes into English within 10 weeks. He added that Al-Jazeera's
internet site [al-jazeera.net] will also be published in English in
three months.

On the other hand, Al-Ali played down expectations that the popularity
of the TV channel will decline after the signing of an agreement with
the Arab Distribution Association, ADD, to join Al-Awa'il scrambled
television channels run by the company as of 1 July. Jasim said Al-
Jazeera will continue to be accessible for free on other satellites
such as Arabsat and Hotbird. He said signing this agreement would cut
costs and increase revenues for the channel, but declined to discuss
the value of the contract.

Asked about the motive behind this decision and whether the financial
standing of Al-Jazeera has anything to do with it, Al-Ali denied
rumours that the channel is going through financial difficulties. He
added that the channel made some profit in its sixth year and
attributed this to the increasing paid advertisements; cable
subscriptions around the world, which includes the Americas; the sale
of special pictures to other international stations; as well as
coding, from which Al-Jazeera will make considerable profit.
Source: Al-Watan web site, Abha, in Arabic 25 Jun 02 (via BBCM via
DXLD)

** RUSSIA. ALL TV, RADIO BROADCASTS TERMINATED TO VLADIVOSTOK | Text
of report in English by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS

Vladivostok, 26 June: The cities of Vladivostok and Artyom in the
Russian Far East with the overall population of more than 750,000 have
absolutely been cut off from all television and radio broadcasts
because power supply has been cut to the Primorye regional teleradio
broadcasting centre.

Initially, it had been planned to cut only federal television
broadcasts, but local energy workers finally decided to tighten the
sanctions, terminating broadcasts of local television and radio
companies altogether.

Spokesman for the Far Eastern Energy Company Mikhial Tsedrik told
ITAR-TASS that one of the reasons for the blackout on radio and
television was VGTRK central television, which failed to comply with
the terms of the agreement on debt settlement reached six month ago.

The Dalenergo energy company which supplies power to radio and
televIsion broadcasting centres has been paid only nine per cent of
the negotiated sum since the agreement was reached. Besides, the terms
of current payments have not been observed either. The overall debt
owed by the Primorye regional teleradio broadcasting centre has
totalled 25m roubles.

Soccer fans angered by the move have expressed strong indignation over
the act, saying that the problem of debt settlement could wait until 1
July at least so that soccer fans could watch the exciting events in
the finals of the world soccer championship. Source: ITAR-TASS news
agency, Moscow, in English 0635 gmt 26 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

And what about broadcasts *from* Vladivostok, as on shortwave???
*Sigh* --- things were so much simpler when the government owned
everything (gh, DXLD)

TV BACK IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST, POWER SUPPLIER TAKES PITY ON WORLD CUP
VIEWERS | Text of report by Radio Russia on 26 June

Television broadcasting has resumed tonight, local time, in Maritime
Territory, after the electricity was cut off for several hours because
of unpaid bills. The press service of the joint-stock company
Dalenergo [Far East energy] says that the company decided to resume
supplies of electricity to the Maritime Territory television
transmitters, including central channels, at the request of the
Territory's administration.

The Dalenergo management also took into account the interests of
football fans, who would not have been able to see the final games in
the World Cup if the blackout had continued.

The Territory's radio and television broadcasting centre owes the
power company more than R21m in all. Moreover, despite repeated
warnings, the centre has still not reached an agreement with Dalenergo
marketing on power supplies for 2002. Source: Radio Russia, Moscow, in
Russian 0900 gmt 26 Jun 02 (via BBCM via DXLD)

** SOUTH CAROLINA. Brother Stair's radio programs appear to be
unaffected, at least the ones I listen to. On 5070, 5975, etc., on all
the normal frequencies on which I hear him he's still there, ranting
just the same as always. This guy must have tapes of EVERYTHING he's
ever said, a whole storage room full of them! They're mixing his
sermons together, so that one hears a 1997 sermon on such-and-such
topic followed by a 1983 revival meeting followed by Y2K predictions
for 2000 recorded in 1999, all strung together just the same as
normal. I'm convinced that 99% of his listening audience has no idea
Brother Stair is gone. I've heard only 2 minor references to the
situation on his own broadcasts, and those were weeks ago.

The only other thing I can think of to add at this time is: this
morning they played a tape of him predicting that some kind of
celestial calamity will occur in the year 2000, asteroids colliding
with something or another. Dunno what it was exactly. And, as recently
as two days ago I heard them rebroadcasting a recent sermon which
Brother Stair has been running on and off for at least 6 months now,
predicting that "Planet X" will strike the earth in March or May of
2003 (I forget which, it's either March or May) and that this will
cause the earth to topple over and shift in its orbit about the sun.
My impression is that Brother Stair has no clue that if such a thing
were to occur, all human life on earth would end from the ensuing
consequences; the effects would be much more significant than merely
having to re-write the charts showing sunrise, sunset, solstice and
equinox, as he seems to imply. Anyway, for what it's worth, I thought
you'd like to know that they're still re-running not only the Planet X
sermon for 2003, but earlier sermons having to do with 1999 and 2000,
including one in which he predicts that Bill Clinton will refuse to
leave the White House on January 20, 2001, and another in which he
predicts that Ronald Reagan will die in late October or early November
2000.

If you have any psychologists out there listening to you or reading
your newsletter, I wonder if they have any comments on what purpose is
served by continuing to re-run old predictions that we know did not
actually prove to become true, all the while continuing to make new
predictions for the future nevertheless? My own amateur theory is as
follows: Brother Stair is laughing at his audience, taunting them, in
effect, saying, "I know you're so stupid that you will continue to
listen to me and financially support me, notwithstanding the nonsense
I'm broadcasting in your ears!" Perhaps it's a defense mechanism so
that he can in the future argue, "Hey, I didn't hide anything from my
audience. They knew that not all of my predictions were accurate."

By the way, for accuracy's sake, I need to add one disclaimer (to make
my conscience feel better):  With reference to the prediction that
Ronald Reagan would die a week or so before the 2000 elections, he did
say that he was making that prediction in his own capacity as a human,
not in his capacity as god's anointed last day prophet.

And with reference to Clinton refusing to leave the White House at the
end of his term, Brother Stair was reading from the newsletter of
another right-wing nut, and said, "Isn't that interesting, Bill
Clinton wants to stay on as leader of the free world."  Stair
certainly endorsed the prediction, but wimpily enough that he could
later claim he was merely reading from someone else's article.

That's it for now. Still awaiting a reply from Stair via the two
sheets of paper and the self-addressed, stamped envelope I sent him
directly at the county jail (Robert Arthur, June 26, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U K. SCANNER BUFF BREACHES ROYAL SECURITY

The security of Britain's Royal Family has been put at risk by a
scanner enthusiast, the BBC claimed on Tuesday.

Scanner buff Paul Way admitted in an interview that he had monitored
frequencies used by the Royal Protection Squad and Scotland Yard's
Special Branch and listed them on the internet. His actions, which
security chiefs consider a major breach of national security, have
prompted calls for a ban on the sale of scanners in the UK.

Speaking on Radio 4's "Today" programme, Way said the frequencies he
monitored included a channel connected with the London branch of
Mosad, the Israeli intelligence organisation. He said he had also
monitored the Diplomatic Protection Squad while they were guarding the
visiting Indonesian president, as well as security officers protecting
Prime Minister Tony Blair.

An anonymous intelligence officer told the BBC: "The frequencies and
the information published on the site, particularly the files
published on the site, contain what we would term highly restrictive
information which in the wrong hands could be to the detriment of the
Crown and government... It could be used by terrorists to perpetrate
fairly serious atrocities."

She stressed: "Way is a menace, a severe danger to the public and to
national security. I mean our personal view is the site should be
closed down. We would like to see scanners and the possession and
ownership of them made illegal. They can only be used for illegal
activity."

Mr Way acknowledged that the information he published could be of use
to terrorists but added that "they would be aware of these things
whether I publish them or not." He admitted he could be a threat to
security "to a limited degree".

Liberal-Democrat home-affairs spokesman Simon Hughs told the BBC that
the police, who have been pressing for a better communications system,
should be provided with the latest equipment that could prevent
illegal monitoring. Asked whether scanners should be banned, he said:
"It's something that the security and intelligence committee and the
home-affairs committee should look at, and we'll need to look
internationally because if you ban things in this country ...it
doesn't necessarily mean that they can be banned automatically
abroad."

The top penalty for illegal monitoring in the UK is a £5000 fine and
confiscation of equipment (By Roger Tidy, June 25 for DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U K. I think they may want to outlaw those nefarious shortwave
radios too (Fred Osterman, Universal Radio, DXLD)

CHEAP SCANNERS PUT ROYALS AT RISK

By David Graves (Filed: 26/06/2002) from  http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Police and intelligence services called yesterday for a ban on radio
scanners, saying that they could put the Queen and ministers in
danger.

At the centre of their concern is Paul Wey, 36, who runs an internet
notice-board that publishes supposedly secure frequencies used by the
Royal and Diplomatic Protection Groups, Special Branch and the armed
services.

Intelligence sources described the notice-board as a "severe danger to
the public and to national security" and called for it to be closed
down.

The information on it would be "invaluable" to terrorists, they said.
One intelligence officer described Mr Wey as "a menace".

But Mr Wey, who carries a scanner wherever he goes, said the problem
was not the availability of the £200 devices but the failure of
British communications to be scrambled, as they were in many
countries.

"They are only blaming me because I am the messenger rather than
spending more money on secure communications," he said at his home in
Baldock, Herts, where he lives with his mother.

"I am a royalist and the last thing I want to do is put a member of
the Royal Family in any danger. The problem is the insecure
communications equipment the security services are using. If they are
that concerned, they could have closed the site years ago."

Mr Wey has traced classified radio frequencies used in the protection
of the Royal Family, the Prime Minister and visiting heads of state,
as well as other police and military frequencies.

His internet notice-board has 1,481 members and says its purpose is to
"exchange frequency information of emergency/military and private
mobile radio users in the United Kingdom".

Thousands of messages are published by Mr Wey and other scanner users
every month. Intelligence officers say it will be "almost impossible"
to close down the notice-board because it is registered in America.

Mr Wey and fellow scanner users have formed a group called the
Professional Radio Operators Monitoring Association. He said police
officers were members and that everything was "above board".

He and other monitors vetted new members, he said, although he
accepted that people might give false names.

Possessing a scanner is not illegal, but using it is. Offenders can
face fines of up to £5,000 and confiscation of their equipment. But
they must be caught red-handed.

Critics say that the legislation, based on the Wireless Telegraphy Act
1949, should be updated urgently.

Mr Wey, who started using a scanner as a schoolboy to listen to
aircraft communications, said: "It amazes me that our close protection
boys still mainly use this stuff. In every other country in the world,
even the smallest countries, their channels are secure."

He admitted that he was putting national security at risk "to a
limited degree". But he insisted that terrorists or criminals "would
be aware of this sort of thing whether I published it or not".

A Home Office spokesman said the Government was working to agree new
international protocols to help crack down on all forms of internet
misuse.

© Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 2002 (via Fred Osterman, DXLD)

** U S A. Arizona Wildfires: I followed some of this from Utah this
weekend. KDJI [1270 Holbrook] was very much in evidence. KVSL-1450
(co-owned or co-managed with KVWM-970) was conspicuous by their
absence as the fire got nearer. I never caught the 1400 station on
Springerville-Eager, which is where most of those poor folks had to
evacuate to (Tim Hall, amfmtvdx June 25 via DXLD)

Tim, Both Kevin Redding and I heard the simulcast between KDJI-1270
and 1450, so KVSL was on. Mentioned as simulcasting the emergency
coverage were 92.1, I think an FM in the 93 MHz range, and the 96.5 in
Show Low, as well as KVWM-970 and the 1450. The 970 seemed to be
absent periodically, but the 1450 was on. Kevin almost always receives
the 96.5, but not on Saturday night (Rick Lewis, AZ, June 25, ibid.)

** U S A. DTV INTERFERENCE ISSUES LOOM
http://www.tvinsite.com/broadcastingcable/index.asp?layout=print_page&doc_id=&articleID=CA224264

AS STATIONS MOVE TO FULL POWER, PROBLEMS AMONG STATIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO INCEASE --- By Ken Kerschbaumer, Broadcasting & Cable 6/24/2002

Industry experts warn that, when broadcasters get on-air with full-
power DTV signals, interference issues like that being experienced by
WBOC-TV Salisbury, Md., may be the norm rather than the exception.

"I think it's inevitable that there are going to be a lot of these
problems, and a lot of it was predicted," says William Meintel,
president of Chantilly, Va.-based TechWare, which was hired by the FCC
to create the software used to make the DTV propagation tables. "We
just haven't seen it because there aren't a lot of stations on the air
and an even smaller number on-air at their full power. And I think
that, once these stations start firing up with their full-power
signals, we'll see a lot of interference to NTSC, and it may be worse
than what was originally predicted."

Two weeks ago, WBOC-TV filed an emergency request asking the FCC for
relief from interference that its signal is getting from the 950-kW
DTV signal of WHRO-DT Hampton Roads, Va., located nearly 120 miles
away. In April, when WHRO-DT made the move to full power, WBOC-TV
began receiving consumer complaints (even from cable subscribers) not
only from the area of its viewing audience closest to Hampton Roads
but also from Dover, Del., which is about 150 miles away from Hampton
Roads.

The cause of the interference in the case of WBOC-TV is "duct
skipping," a phenomenon in which the signal skips across a body of
water, causing interference where it usually wouldn't occur. It is not
just a DTV phenomenon. Analog stations, typically in Florida or
Louisiana, have been subject to duct-skipping interference for years.
WBOC-TV General Manager Rick Jordan says the situation is unique
because ducting was not taken into account in the FCC's DTV
interference modeling. WHRO-DT's tests showed interference of only
0.9%, well within acceptable limits, but they do not take into account
the ducting interference.

"I wish that 0.9% was all that we were receiving, but I have cable
systems as far north as Dover, Del., receiving an unbelievable amount
of interference," he says, adding, "It's also unbelievable that
propagation can have that much impact" from so far away.

The concern is obvious, Jordan says: The analog signal is the
station's livelihood, and there are only a handful of DTV viewers.
"I'm hoping that this will be resolved with a gentlemen's agreement,"
he adds. "And I hope everyone sits down at the table and says this is
a real-world issue and not that the computer model says this doesn't
exist so we're done."

WHRO-DT plans to file a reply to the FCC concerning WBOC-TV's
complaint, according to spokeswoman Donna Hudgins. "Everything that
we've built and constructed has complied with the FCC's regulations,"
she adds. "And our engineers don't see that the facts presented really
demonstrate a reception problem that needs extraordinary action by the
FCC."

The situation is similar to one experienced in 2000 on Lake Michigan.
WMVS-DT Milwaukee's signal was interfering with that of WOOD-TV Grand
Rapids, Mich. The solution then was for WMVS-DT to voluntarily cut its
transmission power by 75%.

That was a temporary solution, because the FCC told WOOD-TV that the
interference from WMVS-DT was acceptable within the Grade B contours.
Today, WMVS-DT is back on at full power, and WOOD-TV has spent about
$200,000 putting in an LPTV translator transmitting its signal on ch.
46 to serve cable headends and viewers within that Grade B contour.

"The rules provide up to 10% interference within a Grade B signal,"
explains Mike Laemers, director of engineering for WOOD-TV, WOTV(TV)
Battle Creek, Mich., and WXSB(TV) Grand Rapids. "That doesn't sound
like a lot of people, but, if you have a cable headend that is
considered one of those 10% being affected, that equals a lot of
people. That headend is serving 40,000 households."

The potential number of complaints about DTV interference seems
destined to rise to flood levels when it comes to stations on or near
large bodies of water.

"Anytime there's a large body of water with an unobstructed path,"
says Laemers, "interference is going to happen a lot, not only when
temperature inversions occur."

Complaints may spread to land-locked stations as more stations
increase DTV power levels, although just how large of a problem it
will become remains to be seen.

"The root problem is that some people think that the DTV spectrum was
spectrum that wasn't being used," says one industry source. "For all
practical purposes, there was no available spectrum on the East and
West Coasts."

MSTV Vice President, Technology, Tom Gurley points out that the
spectrum of a digital station is noise-like: Any interference raises
the noise level and creates snow and sparkles in the signal. Analog-
station signal spectrum is very concentrated around the visual and
aural carrier, causing interference that is much more distracting to
viewers.

Meintel concurs. "Digital is different than analog, and the
interference characteristics are different. The FCC knew there was
going to be interference, but it was the only way to assign the
digital channels."

So what is the solution? Meintel says lower power levels may be the
only way to solve interference troubles because changing channel
assignments is not easy and may just move the problem elsewhere. "You
can play with the statistics all you want, but it's not going to solve
the problem."

The problem with lowering the power is that digital broadcasters then
lose service in some areas.

Meintel says that the extent of interference problems from DTV signals
remains to be seen. But everyone seems to agree that it could become a
fairly large number. The question is, what can the FCC do?

"If the interference is a temporary thing, then the commission is not
likely to do anything," says Meintel. "If the station causing the
interference is complying with all of the commission's regulations, I
don't know if there is anything the commission can do about it."

Gurley says that, if the digital station is operating at a power it
was licensed for and the allotment table says it can operate at, what
the FCC can actually do remains to be seen. "If the FCC does something
for a station that is getting interference from that signal, then they
almost have to start looking at the whole table again." © 2002 Reed
Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights
reserved (via Jeff Kadet, WTFDA via DXLD)

** U S A. Next Monday, Dave Letterman will be Ted Koppel's guest on
the first "expanded for summer" Nightline. The new second segment that
follows the first 11:35 pm EDT Nightline program. It's a "one on one".
Last Politically Incorrect is this Friday at 12:05am EDT [early Sat].
(Brock Whaley, GA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Oh? That`s news to TV Guide, which still shows P.I. in its usual slot
next week, 12:05 am EDT, presumably reruns for a while (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. June 25 was supposedly the "drop dead" date the state's
Attorney General had said a state budget must be in place. However, it
appears yet another deadline will come and go without a definitive
state budget for FY '03. The bottom line is we STILL do not know if
WUOT will be receiving ANY of its state appropriation for FY '03,
which begins on Monday.

As we edge ever closer to July 1st without a state budget in place,
there is a possibility that all of state government, including WUOT,
will "shut down" until such time the Legislature (or the courts) enact
a state budget for FY '03.

Hopefully, the state and WUOT will be operational on July 1st.
However, some of WUOT's purchased programs run on a July through June
fiscal year and those contracts are now due. Uncertainty over FY '03
funding makes it impossible to sign annual contracts for several
programs and it may be necessary to drop some syndicated programs.

Fortunately, major National Public Radio (NPR) programming is
purchased on a federal fiscal year (October through September) and we
have a little more time before having to sign those contracts. Thanks
for your continuing support. Stay tuned to the website for updates as
they become available.

Information about how to contact your representatives is available at
the links below. In addition, WUOT listeners may want to send a note
to UT's new president, Dr. John W. Shumaker, welcoming him to the
University of Tennessee and letting him know that UT Public Radio is
important to you. You may write President Shumaker at 831 Andy Holt
Tower, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 (WUOT website June 25-26 via DXLD)

** U S A. Commercials on Public Broadcasting: Some years ago, KCSM-TV,
owned by the College of San Mateo, the county junior college district
just south of San Francisco, tried, for a short time, playing Safeway
supermarket and other commercials in a little framed box.

I have a lot of trouble distinguishing between a few of the enhanced
underwriting announcements on public television and commercials. In
particular at 8 P.M. when WNET tells me who has paid for that
evening's prime time broadcasting if they run a Volvo non-commercial
it sure as hell sounds like a Volvo commercial (Joel Rubin, NY, June
25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. KERA CUTS 25 PERCENT OF STAFF
   06/14/2002   By MANUEL MENDOZA / The Dallas Morning News

KERA, Dallas' public broadcasting organization, has laid off a quarter
of its staff because of a revenue shortfall of more than $1 million,
station officials said Thursday. Like other nonprofits, North Texas
Public Broadcasting - which operates KERA-TV (Channel 13),
KDTN/KERA2-TV (Channel 2) and KERA-FM (90.1) - has experienced a drop
in both individual and corporate donations since Sept. 11.

"We're in the same downturn slump everybody else is in," said KERA
chief executive officer Gary Ferrell. "We expect fund-raising will
come back to some extent as the economy comes back."

The stations laid off 27 employees, including two television
producers, and canceled the nighttime radio show, Conversations with
Krys Villaseñor. Ms. Villaseñor was among those laid off. The new
lineup will have a repeat of Fresh Air at 7 p.m. and a new National
Public Radio program, The Tavis Smiley Show, at 8 p.m.

Nine other vacant positions were also eliminated, saving KERA a total
of $1.3 million in salary and benefits. None of the 11 senior staff
members, including officers, senior vice presidents and vice
presidents, were among those laid off.

http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/stories/061302dnmetkeralayoffs.ae2fe.html
(via Dave White, DXLD)

** U S A. VOA NEWS CHIEF HONORED FOR DEFYING WHITE HOUSE

The news director of the Voice of America, Andre de Nesnera, has
discovered that it sometimes pays to resist pressure from the White
House. Less than two weeks after the terrorist attacks of 11
September, de Nesnera took the decision to go ahead and broadcast a
controversial interview with Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar on
VOA, despite strong pressure from the White House not to air it.
Originally, VOA management agreed to the request, but gave in after
three days following massive opposition from VOA staff who felt that
their journalistic integrity had been compromised.

Now, de Nesnera is to receive a "constructive dissent" award from the
American Foreign Service Association, the labour union representing US
diplomats. The citation reads that "his efforts to defend VOA's
charter and preserve the integrity of its news broadcasts demonstrate
the qualities of intellectual courage and constructive dissent that
exemplify the award". De Nesnera, will receive the award at a ceremony
in the State Department to be attended by Secretary of State Colin
Powell, whose deputy, Richard Armitage, was a main source of the
pressure (© Radio Netherlands Media Network 26 June via DXLD)

** U S A. EDITORIAL: 'SAWA' WON'T DO IT

Sawa is working. In a few months, the US government financed radio
station has claimed a considerable percentage of radio listeners
across the region. There is no scientific research to support this
observation. But any one who rides taxis in Amman will agree it is a
safe conclusion.

The credit for this success goes to professionalism and good taste.
This new FM radio station has succeeded in working out a just the
right mix of Arabic and Western music and fast beat news that many
find appealing. The audience is growing by the day.

But radio Sawa is an organ of the United States government that seeks
to promote American policies and counter attempts to spread anti-US
feelings. To many, it is a propaganda arm that wants to alter Arab
peoples' opinions of the US and its policies in the region. This is an
enormous task. The initial performance of Sawa should not lead to the
wrong conclusion. It is easy to win people's attention to hit songs
and albums. But changing their political beliefs is a whole different
story. Media can help. But it cannot do the job.

Doing the job will require a deep assessment of American policy
towards the Arab world. It also demands a complete reversal of the
policies and actions of Israel, the US' main ally in the region and
which is mainly responsible for the negative image of the United
States in the Arab mind.

That, unfortunately, is not happening. The government of Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon is continuing with aggressive policies that are
pushing the whole region towards the adoption of hardline policies.
Millions of Arabs believe that only the United States can pressure
Israel into ending its usurpation of the rights of the Palestinian
people. Progress in the peace process will ultimately produce a change
in the negative views people hold of America.

And Washington certainly can exercise a more assertive role in
reviving peace negotiations. There is no reason for further delaying
the promised US blueprint for peace in order to stop the violence and
move towards a political settlement of a conflict that threatens the
stability of the whole Middle East.

If Washington succeeds in doing that, it will have an easier job
changing its image. Peace will provide the necessary environment for
the strengthening of moderation. It will allow for the opening of
channels of communications that could bring peoples together rather
than drive them towards military, political, cultural and religious
confrontations.

Absent that environment of peace, Sawa will succeed in no more than
getting people to tune in to the sounds it offers. But the daily news
of the acts of an occupying power will have the biggest role in
forming political views and attitudes. The Jordan Times, June 24, 2002
http://www.jordantimes.com/Mon/opinion/opinion1.htm
(via Dave White, DXLD)

** U S A. Tho it`s hardly missed here, WHRI`s so-called Angel 1
appears still to be off the air, with nothing but a trace of jamming
on 15105 at 1645 UT check June 26. Also vacant, 9495 after 1700.
Checking the website http://www.whr.org you`d never know it`s been off
for weeks --- nothing under What`s New, and the entire schedule of
frequencies and programs still displays. The webcast was confirmed
working as per schedule. Zimbabwe-clandestine hunters of 7310v at
0330-0430 are elated (mutedly so, out of respect for DXing with
Cumbre) that WHRI is gone from 7315 for the time being, but its other
frequencies are also open: 1000-1300 9495, 1300-1700 15105, 1700-2400
9495, 0000-1000 7315 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. UK/USA: MERLIN SIGNS CONTRACT WITH FAMILY RADIO |
Excerpt from press release from UK transmission company Merlin
Communications on 25 June

Merlin Communications International, now part of the Vosper
Thornycroft Group, has signed a contract with religious broadcaster,
Family Radio to deliver current Family Radio programming on its global
short wave network. In addition to the existing transmissions, Merlin
will provide an additional seven hours programming a day.

Merlin will transmit Family Radio programming from sites in the UK,
Ascension Island, UAE and South Africa, providing Family Radio with
extensive coverage of their key target regions, which include Central,
South and West Africa, Russia, India and the Middle East. Family Radio
programming is received by Merlin in its Central London Control Room
via FTP and fixed circuits, and they are then distributed via
satellite to its UK and overseas sites for distribution on short wave.

The contract, which commences in June 2002 for one year, will see
Merlin provide Family Radio with first hop coverage utilizing its
extensive global short wave network and significantly improve
audibility of their programming.

David Hoff, Family Radio's International Manager said: "Family Radio
is committed to broadcasting the Gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide, as
faithfully and as extensively as possible. To this end, we are very
grateful for our expanding relationship with Merlin Communications.
This contract will allow us to broadcast a much clearer signal to
Africa and other key locations."

Merlin's Head of Transmission Sales, Richard Hurd said: "We are
delighted to be given the opportunity to develop our relationship with
Family Radio and that they have entrusted us to deliver their
programmes to some of their key target markets. We look forward to
being able to provide an enhanced and extended transmission service to
our customer in the future."

Family Radio Transmission Details
Time (UT) Transmitter Site Coverage Area Programme Language
1400-1700 Abu Dhabi (UAE) India English & Hindi
1900-2000 W[o]offerton (UK) Middle East Arabic
1700-1900 Wo[o]fferton (UK) Western Russia Russian
1700-1800 Ascension Island Central Africa English
2000-2100 Ascension Island Central & West Africa English
1900-2100 Meyerton (South Africa) Southern Africa English
[passage omitted-background]

For further information about this press release, please contact:
Laura Jelf, Marketing Manager Merlin Communications International Ltd,
Tel: +44 (0)20 7969 0000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7396 6223, Email:
laura.jelf@merlincommunications.com Web:
http://www.merlincommunications.com
Source: Merlin Communications press release, London, in English 25 Jun
02 (via BBCM; also via Richard Cuff, via DXLD) WTFK??!!   ###

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** ANGOLA. Graças à excelente propagação dos últimos dias, tive o
privilégio de acompanhar, novamente, o programa Hora Certa, levado ao
ar pela Rádio Nacional de Angola, em 4950 kHz. Foi em 19 de junho, a
partir das 0410. Resultado: após a morte de Jonas Savimbi, líder da
UNITA, em janeiro passado, o formato do programa já não é o mesmo de
um ano e meio. Naquela época, o apresentador Otávio Capapa dizia, a
todo instante, frases do tipo: "Savimbi, a tua hora vai chegar! O
indivíduo psicopata e assassino Jonas Cidônio Malheiro Savimbi mata
crianças inocentes!". O programa que acompanhei deu grande guinada. As
mensagens do apresentador, agora, são: "Está na antena uma mensagem de
paz! Estamos vivendo um momento histórico! O país necessita do esforço
de seus filhos: para a paz vamos todos trabalhar com afinco!". E até
música tem no programa. Foi ao ar uma canção cujo refrão era: "Angola,
meu país, a guerra ficou para traz!". Para completar a audição, foi
apresentada entrevista com militar da UNITA que entregou suas armas e
foi anistiado pelo governo. O jornalista usava, a todo momento, o
verbo "aquartelar" ao se referir à deposição de armas do grupo
guerrilheiro. Em tempo: um pouco antes, o Jornal da Hora apresentou
notícia dando conta de que empresários da África do Sul visitaram a
província de Benguela, onde pretendem, em breve, reativar uma fábrica
de papel. As boas e emocionantes notícias dos nossos irmãos de Angola
chegam sempre via ondas curtas!

Após todos esses anos de guerra, a melhor notícia que um radioescuta
poderia receber de Angola, além do fim dos combates, é que a Rádio
Nacional está enviando, novamente, respostas aos ouvintes. O
radioescuta espanhol Josê Hernández Madrid, de Cartagena, acaba de
receber o cartão QSL da emissora, em 233 dias. Anote o endereço: Rádio
Nacional, Caixa Postal 1329, Luanda, Angola (Célio Romais, Brasil,
@tividade DX June 23 via DXLD)

** ARMENIA. Berkeley is publishing old Soviet military maps of Armenia
and Georgia on the scale of 1:100,000 on the Internet. The map
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/maps/x-ussr/K-38-138.jpg shows a.o.
the eastern part of the greater Yerevan area. In the northern
outskirts of this area, a short distance NW of a town named Arinj
(Arindzh), the map shows a group of three radio mast symbols. This is
likely to be the "old" Yerevan site. The Tactical Pilotage Chart shows
a multiple obstruction at this position with the maximum height given
as 700 ft. (=213 m). The geographical coordinates of the center symbol
are 40.14.14 N/44.33.30 E. Shortwave transmissions seem to have
started very early from Yerevan. This is no wonder, considering the
large number of Armenians living in neighbouring countries. 4810 still
appears to use the old site. The presumed but not fully confirmed SW
transmitter set-up at Yerevan consists of 2x100 kW and 1x50 kW. In
addition, the site is also likely to house the old MW and LW
transmitters (863 and 254 kHz), both in the 150 kW range. The TPC
estimated mast height of 700 ft. clearly indicates the presence of a
LW or MW transmitter (Olle Alm, Sweden, June 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARMENIA. I hear 11685 every day (when I try!) and sign on appears
to be approx. 1600, perhaps slightly earlier. I don't know the
language, but it MIGHT be different during the first ten mins to what
it is after 1610 - when ID is usually given (Noel R. Green, UK, BC-DX
Jun 23 via DXLD)

11685 still on air, when switched on at 1552 UT, usual strong as
regular 500 kW outlets from Gavar. But very distorted audio. Program
started at 1600 UT with usual funeral songs by female, to remind of
1.2 million Armenian nationals who massacred in the Osmanian empire
collapse in 1918-1922, of war of liberation like in Albania,
Macedonia, Bulgaria, Kurdistan, Syria, and Iraq at same time. I guess
that Armenian service is meant to thousands of Armenian nationals who
live in Western Europe.

At 1557 UT RCI [! CRI transmit RCI relay 1500-1557 UT to India on
other Xian channel!] ID signal occurred on air co-channel. It's coming
from Xian, China, acc to HFCC entry: 11685 1600-1630 to zone 39 XIA
100 kW 306 degr CHN CRI RTC (ed, BC-DX Jun 23)

I can hear the co-channel, which I thought sounded like China, but
Armenia is usually a very strong and dominant signal. I guess it is
meant for Armenian nationals in Europe as you say, but the first 10
minutes just sounds a little different. CRI Xian should be in Turkish
at 1600-1630 on 11685 \\ 11740 U1 acc to the NDXC schedule (Noel R.
Green, UK, BC-DX Jun 24 via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. For past few days have only noted VNG on 5 and 12.984
MHz. 5 MHz by far the best received at my QTH (Ian Baxter, Australia,
June 24, ARDXC via DXLD)

VNG Closure: Opposition grows!
Information from the APC Newsletter (20 June 2002 edition) by VK3YE

Users of Australia's VNG HF time signal bcs are stepping up efforts to
keep the service going. Earlier this month they were advised that VNG
radio transmissions would cease on July 1.

VNG users, which include seismologists, astronomers, surveyors,
navigators and radio amateurs are upset that they were given less than
a month's notice of the closure.

They say that the closure would disadvantage them as there are no
cheap and easily accessible timebase replacements. Internet and
telephone time services suffer propagation delays and GPS systems are
not yet affordable to many amateur users.

VNG's users want the closure deferred by at least six months and
consultation with affected parties. Users of the service have been
urged to write to the National Standards Commission and the
responsible Minister, the Honourable Ian MacFarlane MP, Minister for
Industry, Tourism and Resources. The letters should state how they use
the VNG service and why there are no convenient replacements at this
time. It goes without saying that with the closure less than two weeks
away, this should be done immediately.

VNG provides accuracy to one millisecond and is readily available to
anyone with a general coverage HF receiver. The service has operated
almost continuously for the last 38 years and has been the only easily
accessible time and frequency standard within Australia and New
Zealand. Frequencies most commonly audible here in Melbourne include
2.5, 5, 8.638 and 12.984 MHz as well as 16 MHz (Info via VK1ENG,
Stephen Newlyn, Australia, VK5VKA, Jun 20, BC-DX via DXLD)

VNG EXTENSION. Below is a copy of an email letter sent to VNG users
protesting about the VNG closure.

Dear R VNG user, Re: R VNG Australia's Standards Frequency and Time
Signal Service

Following representations to the Commission from R VNG users regarding
the closure of this service I am pleased to advise you that the
Commission has decided to postpone the closure of this service.
Despite the clear understanding that under the present contractual
arrangements the service would cease on 30 June 2002, the Commission
has been convinced that some users were not fully cognisant of this
matter and have not yet made the necessary alternative arrangements.
In order to ensure that all users be given every opportunity to make
such arrangements, the Commission has agreed to extending its support
of R VNG for a further six months until 31 December 2002. This offer
has been agreed subject to the following conditions:

The VNG Users Consortium provide a voice announcement for broadcast on
R VNG from mid-July 2002, advising all users that the service will
close on 31 December 2002.

The VNG Users Consortium inform its members in writing, before the end
of July 2002 and again before the end of September 2002 that they will
need to make their own future arrangements to receive time services
from other sources after 31 December 2002.

It is clearly understood that the National Standards Commission is
unable to provide any alternative to R VNG and the VNG Users
Consortium needs to encourages users of R VNG to develop means of
obtaining the time information that they need from the alternative
sources available in Australia after 31 December 2002.

In the event of a major breakdown in equipment, the Commission will
not be able to guarantee the continuation of the service for the full
six (6) month period. Yours faithfully,
Dr Richard Brittain, Secretary, National Time Committee
(via Dave Zanto, and John Norfolk, DXLD; also via Stephen Newlyn,
Australia, VK5VKA, WWDXC via BC-DX Jun 24 via DXLD)

Short notice? I thought this was talked about for a year or more (gh)

** AUSTRIA. Radio Austria International's "Intermedia" weekly
communications magazine will broadcast an extensive interview with Ed
P5/4L4FN in North Korea, his personal, ham, and professional
background; how he succeeded to operate from P5; current situation and
future plans ...

in issue #275 Friday 5 July (UT) 1704, 1830 Sat 6 July 02:03*, 1903
Sun 7 July 1630 German Service to EUR on 6155, 13730 (-1800) and 5945
(1800-), *only via satellite and via ASTRA (ORF-DVB 12.692 H, SR
22000, FEC 5/6) RealAudio and MP3 for download German and English
versions: via http://roi.orf.at/intermedia "#275" and
http://www.qsl.at

Wolf Harranth OE1WHC ORF-Radio Austria International Redaktion
Computer und Medien A-1040 Wien, Argentinierstr. 30A, Austria
Fon +43-1-501 01-160 71 Fax +43-1-501 01-160 56
Mailbox +43-1-501 01-160 70 mail wolf.harranth@orf.at
http://roi.orf.at Intermedia Hotline
(Wolf Harranth OE1WHC, ORF A-DX Jun 24 via BC-DX via DXLD)

** BELARUS`. Radio station Belarus` schedule:

0100-0130   1170, 5970, 7210 kHz
   (Belarussian)
0130-0200   1170, 5970, 7210 kHz
   (Mo-Sa Belarussian; Su Russian)
0200-0230   1170, 5970, 7210 kHz
   (Mo/We/Fr-Su English; Tu Belarussian; Th German)
0230-0300   1170, 5970, 7210 kHz
   (Mo English; Tu-Sa Belarussian; Su German)
1900-1930   1170, 7105, 7210 kHz
   (Belarussian)
1930-2000   1170, 7105, 7210 kHz
   (Mo Belarussian; Tu/Th English; We/Sa/Su German; Fr Russian)
2000-2030   1170, 7105, 7210 kHz
   (Mo-Th/Sa Russian; Fr/Su Belarussian)
2030-2100   1170, 7105, 7210 kHz
   (Mo Belarussian; Tu/Th English; We/Sa/Su German; Fr Russian)

Address: ul. Krasnaya 4, 220807, Minsk, Belarus
Fax: + (375-17) 284 85 74.
Phone: +(375-17) 239 58 31, 239 58 32, 239 58 75
Web: http://www.tvr.by
(Sergei Alekseichik, Hrodna, Belarus, via Kvadrat, via Signal June 22,
via DXLD)

** BOUGAINVILLE. See PAPUA NEW GUINEA

** BRAZIL. Depois de muito tempo, a Rádio Brasil, de Campinas(SP),
voltou a ser sintonizada em Porto Alegre(RS). Foi em 21 de junho, às
1007, na freqüência de 4785 kHz. Foi ouvida a identificação: "ZYG 857,
emissora da Rádio Brasil, ondas tropicais de 4785 kHz". Em seguida,
foi ao ar programa de variedades, apresentado por Carlos, que anunciou
eventos sociais que ocorreriam em Campinas (Célio Romais, Brasil,
@tividade DX June 23 via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. Será que a Rádio Anhangüera, de Araguaína(TO), deixou de
retransmitir a programação da Rede Somzoom Sat? A emissora foi
captada, em Porto Alegre(RS), em 19 de junho, às 0138, em 4905 kHz.
Apresentava programa religioso, com participação de ouvintes, por
telefone e carta. A recepção era sofrível, mas deu para entender que o
programa era patrocinado pela "Padaria Belém, do nosso irmão Paulo!"
No sítio da Rede Somzoom, a Anhangüera permanece listada como afiliada
(Célio Romais, Brasil, @tividade DX June 23 via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. Aqui vai o horário de transmissão da Rádio Educação Rural,
emissora de Campo Grande(MS), em 4755 kHz: das 0700 às 0300. Foi
captada, em Porto Alegre(RS), em 20 de junho, encerrando a programação
às 0300 (Célio Romais, Brasil, @tividade DX June 23 via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. A Rádio Nacional da Amazônia está emitindo, novamente, na
freqüência de 11780 kHz, em 25 metros, devido ao excelente trabalho da
equipe de engenheiros da Radiobrás. Eles estudaram e colocaram em
prática um sistema onde os velhos transmissores, que esquentavam
muito, recebem boa refrigeração. O trabalho chamou a atenção dos
professores da Universidade de Brasília. E o trabalho da Radiobrás não
ficou só nisso. Além de economizar 8 milhões de dólares no conserto de
3 transmissores, a direção resolveu alugar um deles para a Rádio
Senado. Resultado: recebeu um milhão de reais, de adiantamento. Com o
dinheiro, restaurou seus 3 transmissores. As interessantes informações
são do presidente da estatal, Carlos Zarur, em depoimento prestado em
audiência pública, realizada na Comissão da Amazônia da Câmara
Federal, no mês de maio (Célio Romais, Brasil, @tividade DX June 23
via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. A Câmara dos Deputados poderá ter sua rádio de ondas
curtas. A proposta foi apresentada pela direção da Radiobrás aos
deputados. A freqüência seria em 25 metros. O acordo seria igual ao
que foi estabelecido com o Senado, que já emite sua programação em
5990 kHz, em 49 metros. A Radiobrás pede adiantamento de valor, com o
qual consertaria mais 2 transmissores. Entretanto, num primeiro
momento, o Departamento Técnico da Câmara rejeitou a oferta (Célio
Romais, Brasil, @tividade DX June 23 via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. For some weeks, tried to listen to a new DX-related (?)
broadcast Além Fronteiras, of Rádio Canção Nova. It must be on the air
on Saturdays, 2130-2300, on 4825, 6105, and 9675 kHz. This year, 9675
does propagate, but is subject to much QRM.

Radio Cairo (in Yoruba) dominates on 9675 kHz before 2159. After that
moment, Portuguese talks are audible, covered by an Arabic voice for a
minute, till 2200. The latter must be Saudi Arabia. DW in Indonesian
comes with a splatter from 9670 kHz, starting at 2200. RAI interval
signal appears at 2230, but it does not cause any inconvenience.

Then, at 2250, DW signs off, and Rádio Canção Nova can be heard with
fair quality for 10 minutes. At 2300 Chinese CNR1 joins the company on
9675 (Vladimir Kovalenko, Tomsk, Russia, Signal June 22 via DXLD)

** CANADA [and non]. U.S. has rung wrong number on phone history, MPs
say. Follow up on U.S. HOUSE DECLARES BELL DID NOT INVENT TELEPHONE

MOTION NAMING BELL AS TRUE INVENTOR PASSES
By OLIVER MOORE, Globe and Mail Update Jun. 22

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada is fighting back in the long-distance war of
words with the Americans over who invented the telephone.

Just before rising for the summer break yesterday, the House of
Commons passed a motion officially recognizing Alexander Graham Bell
as the true inventor of the telephone. The move came after the U.S.
Congress passed a resolution declaring Italian-American Antonio Meucci
as the inventor.

Heritage Minister Sheila Copps says Bell was a visionary, calling him
"an inspiring example of a Canadian inventor who ... contributed to
the advancement of knowledge and the progress of humanity."

Bell, a Scot who came to Brantford, Ont., in 1870 with his parents,
has long been recognized as the person who invented the telephone
there. His revolutionary device was patented in the United States
in 1876.

Bell also carried out extensive experiments with kites, boats and
hydrofoils at Baddeck, N.S., where he had a summer home. He died at
Baddeck in 1922.

The U.S. resolution was an expression of opinion by Congress and does
not carry legal weight. But many saw the declaration as an American
attempt to rewrite history.

"In the past number of years, historical records and scholarly
research have concluded that Meucci was the original inventor of the
telephone, long before Bell," said Craig Donner, a spokesperson for
Vito Fossella, the U.S. congressman who authored the resolution.

The resolution says Meucci gave notice of an impending patent on his
early phone in 1871, but couldn't afford the $10 to renew it in 1874.
If he had, it goes on, Bell would not have been granted his patent two
years later (via Brian Smith, ODXA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. I have contact the office of the director of Fujian PBS.
They tell me their station will verify reception reports from foreign
listener. You and your DX friends could send the report to me, and I
will deliver it to them. My address:

Mr. Wu Dong, Distribution Dept.
Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Fuzhou Branch
30/F., Ping An Building, No.88, Wuyi Zhong Road
Fuzhou, Fujian Province, P. R. China, 350005
My email: dxfans@hotmail.com

P.S. Fujian EBS belongs to Fujian PBS indeed.
(Danny Wu, China, June 21, dxing.info via DXLD)

** COLOMBIA. La Voz de su Conciencia: Siguiendo con la investigaciòn
sobre los 6064.4 les cuento que durante las últimas noches he captado
la identifiación de la emisora así: "... En emisiones de prueba,
transmite 6065 La Voz de su Conciencia desde ??? para el mundo..." El
lugar que menciona me parece un poco raro y no quiero mencionarlo
hasta que no lo tenga confirmado. Así también ayer sábado presentaron
un programa que era conducido por dos personas con acento extranjero
sobre la tan anhelada paz en mi país; mencionaron que escribiendo al
Apartado Aéreo 95300 de Bogotá, a vuleta de correo se recibiría el
folleto "Rescate a su Familia". El apartado es de la librería Colombia
para Cristo. El colega Jerry Berg a través del amigo Henrik Klemetz
me hace llegar unos enlaces a la página de Colombia para Cristo donde
aparecen algunas fotos de la misión y del operador de la radio; cabe
anotar que esta región es de fuerte presencia guerrillera y
paramilitar y es de mucho valor montar un proyecto como lo es una
radio en un lugar como así.
http://gloriastendal.tripod.com/colombiaparacristo/
http://hometown.aol.com/gstendal/StendalHome.html
(Rafael Rodríguez, Colombia, June 23, Conexión Digital via DXLD)

Hoy Lunes a las 0725 UT en la frecuencia 6064.7 logré captar en forma
muy clara la señal que sale por esta frecuencia. Como ya lo informó el
colega Rafael, se identifica como: La Voz de tu Conciencia. Por mi
parte la identificación completa escuchada por mí dice lo siguiente:

``Transmite 6065 La Voz de tu Conciencia, en transmisiones de prueba,
desde Bonaire para el Mundo.``

A esta hora estaban con programación religiosa. Si algún colega está
interesado en este sonido con mucho gusto se lo podemos enviar por
este medio. Atte: (José Elías, Venezuela, June 24, Conexión Digital
via DXLD) Bonaire? = un lugar dentro de Colombia? See below (gh, DXLD)

I have been checking this one, which looks to me like 6064.54. At my
QTH they can be hrd early evenings and post-midnight. I found them at
arnd 2330 Jun 18, all Colombian-style mx with very brief anmts--just a
few wrds, seemingly bible references--after every few songs (roughly
every 15-20 mins.). Strength just so-so at this hour, but improving
until blocked at 0100 by WYFR on fqy. PWBR says WYFR leaves fqy at
0430, and I did find the "unid." in the clear at 0510 Jun 20 with the
same format--local instrumentals and vocals with very brief anmts by
man, tho more frequent at his hour, roughly every 6-10 mins. Signal
strength was pretty good, and improved over time. At 0654 they
switched format and began what appeared to be a religious prgm, mostly
low-key studio talk, a little piano mx at the start, an echoey service
briefly at another point, but not a big production item. This went on
until 0724, when they gave what may have been a prgm ID: "A la verdad
. . . la verdad, transmite . . . La Voz de . . . en . . . el mundo,
para el mundo." Some more talking, then back to the mx-and-brief-anmts
format arnd 0730. My tape recorder stopped at 0920 and they were still
on, same format. I notice that there is a website for "Colombia Para
Cristo" http://gloriastendal.tripod.com/colombiaparacristo/ and a
linked URL of the Stendal family
http://hometown.aol.com/gstendal/StendalHome.html which, under
"Russell and Marina," makes reference to "Russell" running a 24 hr.
Christian radio stn in the SE plains of Colombia "which reaches into
an area that is mostly guerrilla controlled, but also reaches some
drug traffickers and some paramilitary." Link to the pictures doesn't
work. Don't know if this has any connection with this stn or not. --
Hrd again at 0645-1000 Jun 23, decent strength, again mostly mx-and-
short-anmts, seemingly Bible references, but a brief "ID" at 0700: "A
la verdad, todo la verdad. Transmite [seis mil-?] . . . La Voz de la .
. . en . . . prueba, desde . . . para el mundo." Then religious talk,
back to mx-and-anmts. Still going at 1000, tho going out quickly by
then (Jerry Berg, MA, DX-plorer via DXLD)

Thanks to two clips submitted by Jerry Berg, who is hearing station
around 0700 with prerecorded programs, I have been able to work out a
preliminary transcription of what sounds like their canned ID:

``La pregunta a través de los siglos, desde los tiempos de Poncio
Pilato, ¿qué cosa es la verdad? (...) usted. (...) un nuevo concepto,
y su precio. (......) A la verdad, sobre la verdad, transmite Seis mil
sesenta y cinco [6065], La Voz de la Conciencia, en emisiones de
prueba, desde el aire, para el mundo``.

To Rafael Rodríguez, who has heard the ID at other times of the day,
it sounds more like La Voz de su Conciencia, and considering this
possibility, I believe he could be perfectly right on that one. The
ending tag, ``desde el aire``, as well as the whole ID, is absolutely
uncommon, so other interpretations would also be possible.

Whatever the actual transmitter site, I would like to add that here
was an SIL missionary station (Summer Institute of Linguistics) at
Lomalinda, Puerto Llera, Meta department until 1995 when it was closed
following harassments from the Farc guerilla. They have murdered one
of the American missionaries, while others have been abducted and
eventually liberated, with or without payment of ransom.

If the transmission is from this area, it would be surprising to
expect any further on-the-air clues to the actual location, as the
Farc guerillas have shown that they are totally opposed to all
churches, especially if evangelical. In areas under guerilla control,
especially on the Llanos east of the Cordillera, practically all
churches have been ordered to close down.

In a perilous, warlike context like this, sending out veries to
foreign listeners becomes a rather secondary issue. But who knows,
perhaps the supporting organization, Colombia para Cristo, with
offices in Bogotá, might care for some DXing extravaganza.

[Later:] I have been pursuing further info related to the presumed
Colombian on 6064.5. Here are my findings.

I have had the chance to listen to Jose Elias Diaz' recording from
yesterday morning at 0725, and on it there is no doubt they say ``La
Voz de tu Conciencia`` and ``desde Bonaire``.

However, Rafael Rodríguez, in Bogotá, says he has been hearing ``su``,
``mi`` and ``la`` on other occasions.

If ``desde Bonaire`` means from Bonaire, in the Netherlands Antilles,
Jose Elías, who lives in Barcelona, Venezuela, would most certainly be
in a position to hear the station during the day from his home QTH.
Well, I asked him if he could, but his answer was negative.

As Rafael Rodríguez, on the other hand, says that he can hear the
station all day long from his QTH in Bogotá, this would certainly be
consistent with the previously suggested QTH of Puerto Lleras, in
Meta, especially as he has been hearing a local ID for the Puerto
Lleras AM station called Radio Alcaravan. (A similarly sounding ID –
Sistema Radial Alcarabanga - had been reported previously by Björn
Malm, in Quito, Ecuador).

On the ``Colombia para Cristo`` webpage Rafael has found a mention of
a family ranch called Bonaire, located on the outskirts of Puerto
Lleras.

He has also been in contact with a bookshop in Bogotá, whose phone
number has been mentioned on the air. When the representative heard
Rafael play Jose Elías` audio file on the phone, she said that Bonaire
was the station location at the outset. Today they were at Lomalinda,
which is the place where the Summer Institute of Linguistics were
housed until withdrawing from Colombia in 1995 as a result of threats
from the guerrilla.

For reports, Rafael obtained the following email address
Colombia-para-Cristo@neutel.co
However, Rafael thinks the second part of the address should be
@neutel.com.co instead. I hope this info will prove helpful.

Thanks to Jerry Berg, Rafael Rodríguez, José Elías Díaz for their
help, and Björn Malm for discovering the UNID station in the first
place (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, June 24, dxing.info via DXLD)

** CONGO DR [non]. GABON/CONGO [tentative] 9770: What is the African
station I heard yesterday and today opening at 1600 in vernacular on
9770.0? They are in the clear until co/channel VOA Phil carrier
appears 1648 approx. Same station believed heard at 1843 re-check in
French, quite strong, with lots of references to Congo and Congolais,
to eventual 1900 s-off.

I could hear a station on 9770 from about 1600 but the signal here is
very very weak and unusable.

I have now found a listing in the current DSWCI DBS May 2002:
9770 500 kW GAB RTV Nationale Congolaise, Kinshasa, via Moyabi 0400-
0600, 1600-1900. I guess this is the broadcast being heard. I believe
I can recollect reading something about it but not any loggings.

9770 - this one signs on at 1600 and has now been heard to s-off with
anthem??? at 1900. I hear it but splash from V of Russia 9775 is too
strong here for a clear copy. The language is mostly French with some
vernaculars - and typical African music. It matches the listing in the
DSWCI DBS for a Moyabi broadcast of Kinshasa - maybe a satellite fed
relay? It is also listed for an 0400-0600 broadcast.

I can't hear Sri Lanka on 9770 currently - and CRI hasn`t been heard
either. VOA PHL is active 1700-1800 Mon-Fri only and VOA KAV daily
from 1800 - in English.

Olle - do you know if CRI is still using 9770 at 1600 for their sce in
Hakka 1600-1657? I couldn`t hear their IS when the above signal
appeared (Noel R. Green, UK, BC-DX Jun 21/23 via DXLD)

Also SLBC Ekala-SLK-CLN is registered there til 1630 UT.
9770 1230-1630 41 EKA 100 350 1234567 3103-271002 CLN SLB SLB (BC-DX)

** COSTA RICA. TIDGS seems to be off frequency, below nominal 11870 at
2352 UT June 23 (George S. Thurman, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, I
put him very close to 11869 (gh, OK, DXLD)

** EL SALVADOR. 72.5 MHZ MUSIC CHANNEL

For a long time I was looking for the exact frequency of the ambient
music channel called "Tele Onda Musical" here in San Salvador, El
Salvador, because I only have an analog receiver for this band (72-76
MHz) but yesterday I read an old newspaper with the notifications of
some frequencies to be renewed by the government regulator
organization (the publications is law mandatory) and this includes
72.5 MHz as "Servicio de música por suscripción"

I think this could be a good frequency to listen to during the Es
opening to Central America; listed with 3.5 kW. Regards (Humberto
Molina, San Salvador, El Salvador, June 24, WTFDA topica list via
DXLD) May still be imprecise; how about a couple more decimals?

** GUAM [and non]. The Jim Bohannon Show is about the only general-
interest national talk show we can stomach, and have listened off and
on for years. Altho he has strong opinions, he is glib, clever and
tries to be fair and civil to callers. Fortunately, in Enid, Jimbo is
on KGWA-960 (usually; except when the automation screws up, i.e. some
human misprograms it). He`s allegedly on hundreds of stations, but no
thorough listing is available, it seems, as Westwood One considers
that info proprietary. Jimbo has never had a website of any quality,
but it was improved somewhat in the last year:
http://www.jimbotalk.com  There is an admittedly incomplete list of
affiliates. I looked thru them trying to find one, just one station
that webcasts him live UT Tue-Sat at 0206-0459. Several stations on
the list, once one finds their websites (not linked, and not always
obvious), do not show him on their schedule, if any, currently. Worse,
some that do show him, no longer carry him, in the few cases where we
could also get a webcast. That is so with WNDB Daytona Beach, which we
thought a good candidate, and entered into MONITORING REMINDERS. But
someone else is now on in that timeslot. Finally, the very last
station mentioned, K57, in of all places, Guam (whatever its real
calls may be), has a working webcast,
http://www.radiopacific.com/k57/24hrs.ram  and he is on the posted
schedule, but long delayed till local evening 11 pm-2 am in the UT
plus 10 timezone. So we`re waiting to confirm whether Jimbo really can
be heard UT Tue-Fri at 1306-1559 – and the Friday evening show is
longer delayed until the following Sunday at 1405-1659.

A few years ago, Bohannon was on a fair number of 50 kW clearchannel
blowtorches, but one is hard pressed to find him now in the evening
live slot, tuning across the AM band. Trouble is, he is an `extreme
moderate`, and stations want the far right, the wacky, or the filthy
dirty instead. Most of Jimbo`s affiliates are in small towns or
cities, where a few stations are glad to have network access to some
quality talk in the evening. A few bigger stations may still be
carrying him in the middle of the night as on the schedule. The
website has been promising guest previews for months, but none show up
yet, tho if you want to know who guested on a certain night two years
ago, that info is to be had. Yes, we`ve complained to the webmaster
about all this, but suspect no one is there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. TEHRAN BEGINS HEBREW BROADCASTS. The Islamic Republic News
Agency announced on 10 June that Iran would begin a 30-minute daily
Hebrew-language shortwave radio program called the "Voice of Davud" on
11 June. IRNA explained that the program is meant to "provide accurate
information to peoples and oppose the one-sided news monopoly." Tehran
also supports the Voice of the Palestinian Islamic Revolution and the
Voice of the Al-Aqsa Intifada from Tehran. The two radio stations use
Iranian radio's external-service transmitters and broadcast on
frequencies that also carry Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting's
Arabic programs. These stations carry pro-Intifada commentary, glorify
violence against Israel, and encourage future acts of "resistance."

The Voice of Davud appears to be different from these other services
in some aspects. AP writer Brian Murphy reported from Tehran on 11
June that the new Iranian broadcasts mark an effort to "bypass
politics and reach out to Israelis and others," and the first Voice of
Davud broadcast lacked the usual anti-Israeli diatribes. Indeed, that
program contained items about Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
visit to Washington, about Palestinian attacks in Israel and the West
Bank, and an interview with a Jewish Iranian. The Islamic Republic of
Iran Broadcasting website's (http://www.irib.com) outline of the Voice
of Davud, on the other hand, accused Tel Aviv of "racial
discrimination and cruelty to the real owners of occupied Palestine"
and appealed to "freedom-loving" Israelis to open discussions about
"justice, friendship, and security." "By this radio we try to show the
real face of the liars -- those who play a lot of tricks on the Jews
in order to bring and settle them in the bloody ruins which used to be
Palestinian homes," the website message said, according to AP's
Murphy. ("RFE/RL Iran Report," 17 June via RFE/RL Media Matters June
21 via DXLD)

Consistently above spelt DAVUD, as in original BBCM item we figured
was a typo. Is the name spelt with a U in Hebrew and/or Farsi? Of
course, vowels are variable/optional in such languages. However, in
English on the homepage http://www.irib.com it is DAVID, and they even
offer audio, ``Latest Archive of Hebrew`` at
http://www.irib.com/WorldService/Archive/ram/heb627.ram

I suppose the number may change; if date-keyed, it`s futurely (Glenn
Hauser, June 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ISRAEL. From israelradio.org : OVERSEAS BROADCASTING CONTINUES

The Israel Broadcasting Authority had announced on March 24 that
overseas broadcasting would end on March 31, 2002 but following a
large number of protests the deadline was at first extended and now it
has been decided by newly appointed Director-General Yosef Bar-el to
continue the service including by shortwave. Some schedule changes
will take place on July 1 and details will be provided here in the
coming days.

[Later:] Regarding the July 1st 'schedule changes' - this is due to a
domestic move of foreign language radio news broadcasts of off REKA.

I would think that Russian and Amharic would remain on REKA – but
I'm waiting for confirmation on that one. Those were the sole two
languages broadcast when REKA was created over ten years ago. REKA
stands for "The Network for Immigrant Absorption." Russians and
Ethiopians are two major groups of immigrants. The network was started
within days of the immigration of thousands of Ethiopians to Israel.

(Later: BTW, I was told that Russian and Amharic would be the
languages remaining on REKA.)

The decision of the meeting on June 20 was (as you can see, they
haven't finalized things yet):

Reshet Alef to host:

0700-0730 Israel Time (0400 UT/Midnight Eastern) English and French
(as it currently does)

Up to 60 minutes at lunch time for French, English and Spanish but
exact time is still being discussed and MAY be 1400-1500 Israel Time
(1100 UT, 7 AM Eastern)

Up to 60 minutes in evening (Israel Time) for French and English time
not yet decided but will depend on final time of English TV news.

Other languages from REQA to go to Reshet Moreshet (the 'Heritage
Network') 88.5 FM (Ladino, Moghrabi, Romanian, Hungarian, Yiddish
etc).

[Later2:] I've now heard that the continuation of Shortwave is now
official (a letter has been sent to Bezeq from the IBA). The network
changes will now probably be on July 21 and not July 1 (Daniel
Rosenzweig, June 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ISRAEL.
http://www.jpost.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid=1023716539704

NIGHTLY ENGLISH NEWS FROM ISRAEL PREMIERES TUESDAY
By GIL HOFFMAN, Jun. 23, 2002

Israel's long awaited Arabic-English international satellite network
is set to première on Tuesday, featuring a half-hour English news
program broadcast nightly at 8 pm Israel time. [1700 UT]

The network will be available via satellite throughout the Middle
East and Europe on the same French satellite that broadcasts Al-
Jazeera and other top Arabic networks. The broadcasts can be picked up
throughout North Africa, the Gulf States, Iraq, and as far north in
Europe as Scandinavia.

The IBA hopes to eventually run the entire program live, but
initially, the broadcasts will open with a news update followed by a
retransmission of the 15-minute IBA English news that will be
continued to be aired locally on Channel 1 at 6:15.

For the remaining time in the broadcast, the program will air special
interviews and in-depth features that will not be shown locally. IBA
diplomatic correspondent Leah Zinder is set to anchor the maiden
broadcast.

Eight hours of daily Arabic broadcasts will begin at 2 pm Tuesday with
a broadcast of the World Cup semifinal and will feature Arabic movies,
dramas, and cultural programs. Some English language broadcasts will
be interspersed into the programming, but not locally produced.

Minister-Without-Portfolio Ra'anan Cohen, the minister responsible for
enforcing the IBA Law, emphasized in Sunday's cabinet meeting that the
news broadcasts would be high quality and not propaganda.

The IBA has invested a NIS 97 million budget in the project at a time
when cuts are being made in local news broadcasts and contracts are
being restructured.

International viewers should point their satellite dishes to the
satellite "Hotbird 3" at 13 degrees east. The channel is at 12220
megahertz. The polarity of the reception is horizontal, with a 6161
symbol rate from the symbol 3/4 FEC. The channel is called "Channel 3
Arabic IBA TV."

The network will be available locally on Arutzei Zahav and Matav's
channel 100 and Tevel's channel 810 (via Daniel Rosenzweig, DXLD)

The 8 PM TV news is mostly a recording of the Channel 1 news at 6:15
due to the current issue of staffing. The IBA doesn't want to hire new
people, and the current staff doesn't want to produce the new shows
also. So, at the moment at least, we're getting a recorded 8 PM
broadcast (Daniel Rosenzweig, June 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KYRGYZSTAN. Ibrahim Rustamov in Tajikistan managed to (re-)discover
the English program of Kyrgyz State Radio: 0200-0220 on 4010 kHz +
MW/FM. This is part of the home service program 1 (Bernd Trutenau,
Lithuania, BC-DX Jun 20 via DXLD)

** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI, 9515, 24th June, 1300. News in English by woman.
Closing announcement at 1307 by man. Good signal. 9515 is QSY from
11675 kHz.

Schedule via closing annt as follows.
1650-1750  6095
1750-1850 11725
1850-2215 15160
2215-0500 17675
0500-0700 11820
0700-1100  9885
1100-1300  9515 Beamed to Bougainville and Solomon Isl.
(Masahiro Umemura, Japan, JH9RUI, BC-DX Jun 24 via DXLD)

** OKLAHOMA. Superseding application to move KGYN 1210 Guymon to
Oklahoma City is this: application to move city of license to Tulsa,
OK, for this 50000/10000 U4 facility (FCC via Buffalo K. Foonman and
his imaginary friend Jerry Starr, AM Switch, NRC DX News June 24 via
DXLD)

So much for news-talk KTOK OKC getting on that transmitter. However,
the further east the better, still nulling toward Philadelphia. This
way they could cover both Tulsa and OKC -- and Enid without
``forgetting`` to go to night pattern (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. 3325: They're back on the Island of
Bougainville. They were audible last night (June 23 from fadein around
0800 until Palangkaraya overwhelmed their signal).

Also audible for the first time in several months (here) was 3385
RENB.

Other PNG bandscan included (at 1000-1200) were
2410,
3204.92,
3235,
3245,
3275,
possibly!-> 3290 R Central - playing PNG music but with poor audio and
2 utes cochannel - mark this one as only tentative,
3305 R Western,
3315,
3355 (Simbu, with an excellent signal),
3365 (only early around 0830-0900, not even a het after 0930),
het only on 3375 (never resolved to audio),
3905,
4890.
Not heard - 3220 (there was a nice HCJB program on, however until
1000.), 3260, 3335,  3345, 3395

Pacific Bandscan: (various times 0730-1000)
Australia 4835, 4910, (5025 under Rebelde) until 0829 then sudden
switch to 2310, 2325, 2485.
Vanuatu 7260.84 under heavy ham QRM 0830
Solomon Islands 5019.9 fadein at 0730 and on until 1330+
New Zealand RRS 3935 0730-0840+ (Don Nelson, Oregon, SWBC via DXLD)

3220 Morobe is back on, so is 3290 R Central. Most stations into
extended format with election results.

Many of the stations of PNG are on late their evening times June 24
with election results (most usually sign off at 10:00 pm local time,
1200 UT). Likely this will continue for a few more days as the results
are tabulated.

Here's a few of the more interesting:

3220, R Morobe 1144-1218 Pop PNG music, then into parallel news feed
with 4890 at 1200. At end of the news at 1210 into program with feed
from // 4890 with F speaking on responsibilities of new government. At
1217 M with numbers of votes cast and election polling currently
underway. Nice to see this one back on (not noted for past few days)

3290, R Central 1144-1210 Pop Western music, mixed with PNG String
Band music. Off air with no announcements suddenly during mid-song at
1210 (transmitter carrier gone).

3305, R Western 1144-1225 Pop PNG music, into news feed // 4890 at
ToH, then back into pop music program at conclusion of news at 1210.
At 1220 suddenly left the music format, and into M with vote cast
results // 4899 and 3220. This was results reported by Radio Western.

3355, R Simbu 1144-1202 Pop PNG Music, into sign off and usual anthem
at 1202  Surprised that they did not cover the election results.

3275, R S Highlands 1202-1219 Surprised to see this one on after its
normal signoff at 1200. Mixture of Pop W Music.

Surprisingly, 3385 which was very strong on 23 June 0830-1200, was not
heard this evening (Don Nelson, OR, June 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3290, R Central, 0943 June 21, MA with talk in
Pidgin English at fair level, noted 21st only. Seems to be an
irregular operation. Thanks to Chris Hambly who reported this one a
week ago (Paul Ormandy, Oamaru, New Zealand, Host of The South Pacific
DX Report, http://radiodx.com DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 4677.5, R Paz Perú Internacional, (tentative) 0433 June 21,
poor signal with light non-descript music, announcements muffled and
lower level than music. Gone by 0453 re-tune. Thanks to Björn Malm who
noted them on a slightly higher freq; wonder if they moved to avoid
Paitití? (Paul Ormandy, Oamaru, New Zealand, Host of The South Pacific
DX Report, http://radiodx.com DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. AGREEMENT PAVES WAY FOR RELEASE OF CLASSICAL-MUSIC ARCHIVE

After years of legal disputes, many thousands of hours of classical-
music performances from Soviet archives have been cleared for
commercial release in the West, AP reported on 13 June. Los Angeles-
based Pipeline Music intends to release the first 20 compact discs in
the series this year. The archives -- which include about 400,000
recordings including performances by pianist Van Cliburn, cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich, American singer Paul Robeson, and many others -
- were discovered in Soviet vaults more than a decade ago, but their
legal status has been in doubt ever since. A new agreement between
Pipeline and the Russian government has broken the logjam and paved
the way for the material to be released. The archives also include a
smaller amount of video material, including rare footage of ballet
dancer Rudolf Nureyev. ("RFE/RL Newsline," 14 June via RFE/RL Media
Matters June 21 via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. Mass Media in Russia (including VoR)
   OUTLOOK FOR NEWS MEDIA MARKET IN RUSSIA

According to Russia's Minister for Press and Information Mikhail
Lessin, the trend toward less state interference in the news media
will continue but all related decisions must be weighed and
consistent. Mr Lessin was summing up a recent conference in Moscow
devoted to the media industry and expected reforms. More details from
reporter Lada Korotun.

Russia now has some 3,000 television and broadcasting companies and
about 33,000 print media. Internet publishing is also gaining
momentum. In every large city there are ten or more TV and
broadcasting stations, and scores of newspapers and magazines are
published.

As for the future, Minister Lessin promises the media market will be
regulated by nothing but competition very soon, but he fixes no date.
Asked about prospects for the Voice of Russia, which broadcasts in 32
languages to 160 countries and regions, Mr. Lessin said:

Since the Voice of Russia is the mouthpiece of Russia and has a social
task, it will develop under the eye of the state. To this Mr. Lessin's
assistant, Mikhail Seslavinsky, adds:

Broadcasting to foreign countries is probably the one news media area
which in all countries is government-financed. It pursues important
government objectives. On the one hand, it popularizes the cultural
values and language of our country, and has political objectives too.
On the other hand, it provides a link with the homeland for max [sic]
compatriots of our who are scattered all over the world. So the
Russian Federation believes the Voice of Russia broadcasting Co. must
continue to develop. It sees this as a priority. 06/21/2002 Source:
http://www.VoR.ru (via Sergei Sosedkin, DXLD)

Name is normally spelt LESIN, e.g. in RFE/RL Media Matters (gh, DXLD)

** SERBIA: FORMER RTS BOSS JAILED FOR 10 YEARS OVER NATO BOMBING
   21 June 2001

Former head of Radio Television Serbia (RTS), Dragoljub Milanovich,
has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for failing to order staff to
be evacuated on the night of 23 April 1999 when NATO bombed the RTS
building in Serbia. 16 members of staff were killed, and 16 others
injured. A court in Belgrade found that Milanovich had failed to act
despite being aware that the building could be targeted, and that loss
of life would inevitably result. Milanovich said he was "not
surprised" at the sentence (© Radio Netherlands Media Network June 21
via DXLD)

** SLOVAKIA. 5670, 0200 Radio Slovakia Int'l, Rimavska Sobota, IS and
ID. French 243 18/06. Mixing 5930 kHz x 2 minus 6190 kHz = 5670 kHz
(Graham Powell, Wales, Online Logbook, via Tim Bucknall, harmonics
yahoogroup via DXLD)

** TAHITI. I understand there is no more SW from here, but how about
DXing Tahiti on MW? (gist of inquiry by Duane W8DBF Fischer, MI, swl
via DXLD)

AFAIK, there is only one MW frequency there, 738, or at least the only
one commonly DXed --- if you`re on the west coast, as far as possible
from KCBS. But in Michigan it would be quite a challenge. This figures
in the March Grayland WA DXpedition report in June 24 NRC DX News:

R. Tahiti, Papeete, 1218 24 Mar. Fair audio; man in French briefly
dominant over the splatter; also with fair signal 1300 24 Mar, news in
French (Nick Hall-Patch)

Papeete, 0554 3/24, loud with island music, woman in Tahitian (Bruce
Portzer)

RFO Mahina, Mar 22 0750, fair; discussion in French, het against 740
KCBS San Francisco, at 0910 an improving signal (Bruce Conti)

RFO Tahiti Papeete, Mar 16 0930, noted here nightly throughout the
DXpedition, sometimes at good levels (John Bryant) (via gh, DXLD)

** TAIWAN. CHINA : Not 'New Star BC Station' but 'Star Star Radio
Station'

The name of numbers station in Taiwan is not New Star Broadcasting
Station but Star Star radio station. I sent an e-mail to this station
and received a following reply from the station on Apr. 22. (T.
Yamashita, Japan, Jun 20, 2001 for CRW)

From: "win win" [ w2789@hotmail.com ]
To: Toru Yamashita
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: YOUR STATION'S NAME

Dear Mr. Toru, Thanks for your e-mail dated on 15th April. It is great
to know you are interested in our program. We are ``Star Star radio
station`` and our current subject is issues of APEC between Taiwan &
Mainland China. If you have any information of it, please do not
hesitate to contact us. Also, we would to know more details about you
before we offer further proposal to you. We are very appreciated it we
could send your resume to us. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes, Star Star (Toru Yamashita's webpage for the Asian
Broadcasting Institute ABI can be found at http://www.246.ne.jp/~abi
CRW) (Clandestine Radio Watch June 30 via DXLD)

OK, but this needs a bit further explanation. Is the confusion a
translation problem? What is the actual name in Chinese? And what is
APEC? How does this fit in with numbers transmissions?? (gh, DXLD)

** U K. TORIES PROPOSE PAY-PER-VIEW BBC IN RADICAL SHAKE-UP
   PA 06/19 1442  By Andrew Woodcock, Political Correspondent, PA News

Conservatives today laid out a radical plan for the future funding of
the BBC which would see the licence fee cut dramatically and viewers
asked to pay for some services.

Under the scheme, the licence fee would be retained only to cover a
narrowly-defined public service broadcasting element, excluding most
sport, entertainment and drama.

The BBC would be free to launch subscription or pay-per-view channels
to carry programmes deemed not to fall under the public service remit.
Outlining the scheme in an article for the Financial Times, shadow
culture secretary Tim Yeo said that the licence fee was a relic of a
bygone age, unsuited to the modern world of multiple channels and
viewer choice.

Mr Yeo, who was today addressing a Social Market Foundation conference
on the future of public service broadcasting, told the FT: "To ensure
the BBC eases rather than obstructs progress, three changes are
needed.

"Public service broadcasting must be redefined; the BBC must be given
freedom to exploit its own powerful brand name and assets; and viewers
and listeners must be empowered."

Mr Yeo denounced the licence fee, which raises2.2 billion a year for
the BBC, as "a compulsory and regressive television tax".

It was "astonishing" that Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell - also due to
address today's conference - appeared to have ruled out any changes to
the licence fee when the BBC's charter came up for renewal in 2006, he
said.

The existence of multiple channels made it "doubtful" whether
entertainment programmes could any longer be viewed as forming part of
the BBC's public service remit, said Mr Yeo.

"Most people would agree that the BBC could carry out its public
service responsibilities for a significantly lower sum," he argued.
"In return for accepting a cut in the licence fee, the BBC could be
released from its present shackles and set free to offer subscription
or pay-per-view services.

"BBC channels devoted to sport, drama, entertainment, films and many
other subjects could be offered to viewers.

"Freedom to develop in this way would give the BBC and its customers
more opportunities, not fewer, as a result of slimming down its public
service role."

:: BBC News 24 now attracts more viewers than Sky News in multi-
channel homes, according to the latest TV viewing figures. Around 3.8
million viewers each week tuned in to the BBC's rolling news channel
during April and May, according to the latest research from Barb, the
broadcasting body which monitors viewing figures.

Sky News attracted 100,000 less on 3.7 million viewers per week.
Roger Mosey, head of BBC television news, said: "These figures
represent a massive endorsement of News 24's distinctive programming.
No other channel can match the quality, range and depth of our output
and viewers are turning to News 24 in increasing numbers."

Nick Pollard, head of Sky News said: "If you look back at last week,
or last month or last year Sky News has consistently been ahead in
terms of share of viewers. The reason the BBC has slightly higher raw
figures is because they have a wider distribution on digital and
terrestrial as opposed to cable and satellite. They simply have more
homes able to view them.

"Their viewers watch News 24 for a much shorter period of time. The
quality of our output is shown by the fact that Sky News has won all
the major TV awards over the past two years."

BBC chairman Gavyn Davies dismissed the Tory proposals as unworkable
and said they would create a "ghetto channel". Cutting the licence fee
would leave the BBC so under-funded that it would be forced to pad out
its schedules with cheap programming, while BBC2 would close
altogether, he said.

Mr Davies told the Social Market Foundation conference that separating
public service broadcasting from the channel's sport, entertainment
and drama output would not work. "We have always existed to make the
good popular and to make the popular good. To try, artificially, to
separate the two into two distinct channels would be difficult and
damaging.

"For example, would the rock concert at Buckingham Palace count as
public service, or entertainment? And if the latter, how many would
have watched on a subscription channel?" he said.

Under the Conservative plan, the millions of viewers who claim they
will not choose to have pay channels after analogue switch-off may
have to pay to watch the World Cup or EastEnders, Mr Davies said.
The lines between entertainment and public service broadcasting are
often blurred, he added.

Programmes such as EastEnders address serious social issues, while
nature documentary The Blue Planet was classed as public service
broadcasting but gained such big audiences because the series was
trailed and scheduled around entertainment shows.

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, who also addressed the conference at
Bafta in London's Piccadilly, said she welcomed debate on funding of
the BBC but said no-one had yet come up with a viable alternative to
the current licence fee system.

"Is public service broadcasting going to be scrapped in the next four
years? No. Has anyone come up with a formula for replacing the licence
fee that would actually work in the circumstances of the next four
years? No. "I would be happy to hear genuine proposals for how the BBC
could be funded, but this is a well-worn path and I'm not expecting to
be surprised," she said.

Jowell said the BBC had been a "great servant" to the nation but
called for new debate about its future. "The last ten years have seen
more change for the BBC than in any decade preceding. It must continue
to change. "But that does not mean chasing every commercial
opportunity, every development in the commercial TV world," she said.

Regarding the issue of regulation of the BBC, she said: "The BBC has
great privileges, so must carry the most responsibility. We want
light-touch regulation, but the regulatory touch must bear the
heaviest on the BBC." (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** U S A. The local public affairs program on KRWG-FM, Las Cruces NM,
Images, Sats at 2330 UT, June 22 is about a magnet middle school there
which has a TV `station` for some time, and just started a `radio
station` for the Sierra Middle School students, officially on the air
since June 6, `K-Star`, KSTR for Sierra TV and Radio, on 1540 AM.
Person in charge is Cissy (sp?) Lujan Pinkham. Not clear about
transmitter, power, or license class, but I suspect carrier current or
Part 15. This summer is testing with music loops, and liners,
adjusting the antenna and claims to be `on the air`, as well as wired
around the campus, in preparation for fall term. Meanwhile, some
students are getting experience DJ-ing (which means playing records at
dances). More student AM stations are planned, such as for high
school. She is glad to use AM, rather than face all the competition
for LPFM. However, there is some `bleedover`, so close to the Mexican
border – meaning interference to, or from? She started the process of
applying for LPFM, but had to learn all the FCC regs; took hours to
download the FCC application alone. Put in a year of work on this and
in the community. The KRWG engineers suggested she try AM instead.
Images shows are eventually archived at the KRWG website, and the
interview is to be continued at a later date. This one in a couple
weeks should be at http://www.krwgfm.org/realaudio/images178.ram
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. My housemate here in the Big O reports to me that he heard
both KVWM-970 in Show Low and KDJI-1270 in Holbrook running day power
late last night, probably operating with emergency authority because
of the fires in eastern Arizona. A good opportunity for those in the
western half of the U.S. who don't yet have these two bagged to go
after them (Rick Dau, Omaha, NE, June 22, NRC-AM via DXLD)

Thanks to Rick Dau's tip earlier today on the NRC list, I've been
listening since 8:40 Pacific/11:40 Eastern to KDJI-1270 Holbrook and
KVWM-970 in Show Low. They are part of a network of AM and FM stations
in eastern Arizona with a single emergency broadcast; the announcer is
female with road closure information, location of emergency shelters
(one has been set up in Winslow for those with respiratory problems),
evacuees are being urged to register with the Red Cross so their
families can locate them, etc. KDJI-1270 is well atop the channel here
(normally KJUG, KXPS, and XEAZ fight it out there) while KVWM-970 is
way under KZTK; IDed via a parallel with KDJI. I'm using the R8B and
Quantum Loop tonight.

Just heard the emergency action "buzzer" over KDJI-1270; "Vicky
Dempsey" believed to be the announcer, residents are being told to
evacuate Pine Top and Lakeside and warned to wear a long-sleeve shirt
and long pants in case they have to go through flames. "Please try to
remain as calm as possible. . . . . get in your car and leave
immediately." Damn! (Harry Helms, AK6C, Ridgecrest, CA DM15, June 22,
NRC-AM via DXLD)

All kinds of Emergency comms are on AM here. EAS activated! Female
announcer from the Show Low Sheriffs office is on the air. People are
being told where to evacuate. Show Low AZ is being evacuated, see 970
AM, Holbrook 1270 is on high power with details. The fire is now at
235,000 acres and going out of control. The towns of Pinedale, Linden,
Overgaard all cease to exist and Heber, AZ is about to go. Turn on
your radios now!

[Later:] These are the stations you can try to hear with this
emergency.... 970 KVWM Show Low, AZ 1270 KDJI Holbrook, AZ 1450 KVSL
Show Low, AZ These are all networked now with evacuation news. 550
KFYI Phoenix, AZ has coverage that blankets the state with its own
news coverage of the fire disaster (Kevin Mesa, Arizona, June 22,
amfmtvdx via DXLD)

On 1270, KDJI in Holbrook, AZ, is carrying live, constant evacuation
and emergency instructions regarding the major fires there. Kevin
Redding tells me that KVWM-970 was signing off due to the evacuation
of Show Low, AZ. There is some radio which performs a public service
left ( --Rick Lewis, AZ, ibid.)

1270 KDJI AZ Holbrook - 6/23 0147 - Good signal with special coverage
of the wildland fires in the area. Issued several warnings, lists of
evacuation centers, and plea for donation of personal hygiene items.
Mentioned that they were staying on full power 24 hours a day during
the emergency (Patrick Griffith, Westminster, CO Drake R-8 and Kiwa
loop, June 23, NRC-AM via DXLD)

I truly am one that finds Clear Channel disgusting.

Now that I said this, I will tell you that the best coverage in the
Phoenix area has come from Clear Channel station, KFYI 550. They have
had more coverage than any station in the state other than the
stations in the immediate area. I can't complain about Clear Channel
this time. They have done a great job.

The most intense coverage is from KZUA 92.1 Holbrook, KRFM 96.5 Show
Low, KDJI 1270 Holbrook, KVWM 970 Show Low, and KVSL 1450 Show Low.
These stations are all owned by the same company and run the same
programming.

Bitch all you want about Clear Channel, there is much to complain
about but there is nothing to complain about this time. They have done
a magnificent job with their coverage on KFYI (Kevin Redding, Mesa,
Arizona, June 24, WTFDA via DXLD)

** U S A. SB QST @ ARL $ARLB038

ZCZC AG38
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 38  ARLB038
From ARRL Headquarters, Newington CT  June 24, 2002
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB038
ARLB038 General Communications Emergency Declaration

On June 24, 2002, under the authority of Section 97.401 of the
Federal Communications Commission's Rules and Regulations [47 C.F.R.
Part 97] a General Communications Emergency is declared to exist in
Arizona requiring the protection of amateur emergency communication
frequencies.

Amateurs are required to refrain from using 7265 kHz (daytime), and
3990 kHz (night time) plus or minus 3 kHz unless they are taking
part in the handling of emergency traffic. This order is effective
immediately until rescinded but may be as long as 14 days.

Arlan K Van Doorn, Senior Advisor for Public Safety Enforcement
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC.

W1AW will discontinue its 3990 kHz phone bulletin, transmitted daily
at 0145z, until the declaration is rescinded.
NNNN /EX (via Bill Smith, W5USM, and John Norfolk, DXLD)

** U S A.
SATERN TAKES THE LEAD AS ARIZONA AMATEURS SUPPORT WILDFIRE RESPONSE

NEWINGTON, CT, Jun 24, 2002 --- As a massive wildfire continues to
threaten several communities in Arizona, Amateur Radio operators are
pitching in to assist responding agencies. The Salvation Army Team
Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) has taken on the job of coordinating
communications during the emergency. ARRL Arizona Section Manager
Cliff Hauser, KD6XH, says hams are supporting Red Cross facilities in
Flagstaff, Holbrook and Phoenix. Effective immediately, the FCC has
declared a communications emergency and ordered amateurs not involved
in handling emergency traffic to stay clear of 7265 kHz during
daylight hours and 3990 kHz after dark, plus or minus 3 kHz.

The FCC said its order sequestering 7265 and 3990 kHz for emergency
traffic could remain in effect for as long as two weeks. ARRL Maxim
Memorial Station W1AW, which normally transmits its bulletins on
3990, has suspended operation on that frequency until the ban is
lifted.

Over the weekend, the so-called Rodeo and Chediski fires joined to
form a single wildfire that`s now consumed more than 320,000 acres,
some on Native American tribal lands and the rest on national
forestland. The two fires have destroyed more than 225 structures.
More than 2000 firefighters, assisted by aircraft, are battling the
flames.

Hauser said the Arizona State Emergency Net on 7265 and 3990 is being
used extensively for emergency traffic, along with the Cactus
Intertie System of VHF/UHF repeaters http://www.cactus-intertie.org/
Operators from the Arizona Amateur Radio Club`s W7IO are on the air
at the State Emergency Operations Center in Phoenix, the capital.

SATERN has set up stations at Mesa, Winslow and Eager. SATERN Western
Territory Coordinator Warren Andreasen, K7CWA, says SATERN is using
the call sign W7TSA at its Southwest Division headquarters in
Phoenix. The organization has requested assistance from the ARRL, the
Amateur Radio Emergency Service and other Amateur Radio volunteer
resources to help in the emergency.

``Stations coming in will need to be self contained,`` Andreasen
said.

The Salvation Army is sheltering evacuees at Salvation Army sites in
Mesa and Glendale as well as in a sports dome and at high school in
Edgar. The number of fire refugees has been estimated to be as high
as 30,000. Additionally, The Salvation Army is has been coordinating
in-kind goods for the state`s emergency wildfire response and is
additionally providing mobile feeding support for the shelters and
for fire responders.

Nearly all of the 8000 residents of the town of Show Low were
evacuated over the weekend. Hauser reports that Dave Eply, N9CZV, who
lives in Show Low, has been handling health-and-welfare traffic for
those town residents who, despite the warnings, have chosen not to
leave. Eply, who works for the local utility company, is staying
behind to deal with the emergency. Other communities evacuated were
Pinedale, Clay Springs, Linden, Heber, Overgaard, Pinetop, Lakeside,
Hon Dah, Forest Lake and Wagon Wheel.

SATERN`s Web-based health and welfare information system is active.
Those seeking information on Arizona residents possibly affected by
the fire emergency may visit the SATERN Web site
http://www.satern.org and click on ``Health and Welfare Information
Request`` to start the process. (ARRL June 24 via John Norfolk,
OKCOK, DXLD)

** U S A. Anybody know who that C&W station is on 1090 tonight?  Seems
to be a daytimer running on autopilot with a satellite feed.  At
midnight EDT there was this non-ID: "Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg and
Italy: we're playing the best variety of country music in world... we
are Country Music Radio", then right back to music.  Ring any bells
for anyone? (Barry McLarnon, Canada, June 24, NRC-AM via DXLD)

Barry, Has to be daytimer WJKM in Hartsville, TN. Pulling this trick
at night is a way of life for them. Listen for "CMR" mentions. Call
letters are very seldom given (Steve Francis, Alcoa, Tennessee, ibid.)

I can confirm this is WJKM, Hartsville TN. Legal ID at 1 am CDT,
followed a few minutes later by two local ads (and now I'm hearing yet
another one as I type at 1:48 am). This is reported as a perennial
offender, though this is the first time I personally have heard this
semi-local after hours. Completely dominant on the channel here, about
50 miles west of the transmitter (Doug Smith, W9WI, Nashville TN,
ibid.)

** U S A. NEW RADAR DETECTORS INTERFERING WITH SMALL SATELLITES
© Copyright 2002 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc
By Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

New model auto radar detectors are interfering with small satellite
data systems across the USA, disrupting credit-card transactions at
gas pumps, Muzak systems in fast-food outlets and even stock trades.
"It's a very large problem for the industry," says Richard Dalbello,
executive director of the Satellite Industry Association.

Affected are the wide range of businesses that use small dishes to
link ATM machines to central databases, supply weather information to
private pilots and run paging networks.

These services had coexisted peacefully with radar detectors, which
operate in a different frequency band. But in the past three years,
detector makers have customized their new units for the nearby
satellite band to elude more sophisticated police radar guns, which
can spot detectors in the old frequencies.

Radar detectors are illegal for many commercial vehicles nationwide
and for all motorists in Virginia and Washington. The detectors have
not been subject to Federal Communications Commission interference
limits because, as receivers, they emit a small amount of radio waves
that, until recently, were innocuous.

Interference problems are sporadic but have spread the past six months
with the increasing sales of the latest units, satellite executive
say. These models comprise about 20% of the 10 million to 20 million
radar detectors on the road, industry officials say.

Especially vulnerable are small businesses with low rooftop satellite
antennas and heavy traffic from radar detector-toting motorists. Among
the main victims:

  Gas stations. In a filing with the FCC, ChevronTexaco says
interference at pay-at-the-pump credit card terminals "can result
in lost or incorrect sales." Sometimes retailers do not get paid.
  Fast-food outlets, convenience stores. Muzak systems have been
disrupted at many of its 200,000 retail locations, causing music
and advertisements to skip or mute.
  Small airports. Several private pilots have been unable to get
weather updates because of radar detectors in airport employees'
cars parked nearby.

"The satellite industry is seeing interference in all sectors,"
including financial service firms that handle stock trades, says
Joslyn Read of Hughes Network Systems, a satellite service provider.
Radar detector makers say they are switching back to the old
frequency, and 73% of newly made units are compliant. They say they
will be 100% compliant by January.

"We have solved it," says Mitchell Lazarus, lawyer for the Radio
Association Defending Airwaves, which represents the makers. But that
won't address the millions of offending detectors on the road or on
stores shelves. "You poisoned my pond, and now you just want to
leave," SIA's Dalbello says.

The FCC could order the makers to upgrade the new units more quickly.
"We expect to take action very soon," says the FCC's Julius Knapp. But
it's unlikely the agency would order a recall, officials say.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/06/17/radar.htm (via Dave
White, DXLD) WTFK??

** U S A. UPDATE: The clock is ticking and STILL, we just don't know…
Although the state legislature met in session again on June 19th,
there was no definitive action taken regarding the state budget for FY
'03, which begins on July 1st. As a result, WUOT is still in limbo.
The WUOT staff appreciates all the calls, letters and emails of
support we've received during the past few weeks. (Click here
http://www.wuot.org/SaveWUOT.htm to see pictures and read about the
rally held recently.) You've let your voices be heard that public
radio is important to you and to this community. Now it's up to the
legislature and the University.

Information about how to contact your representatives is available at
the links below. In addition, WUOT listeners may want to send a note
to UT's new president, Dr. John W. Shumaker, welcoming him to the
University of Tennessee and letting him know that UT Public Radio is
important to you. You may write President Shumaker at 831 Andy Holt
Tower, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 (from http://www.wuot.org June 23
via DXLD)

** U S A. The Atlantic Monthly March 2002 Pursuits & Retreats RADIO

MISSING PIECES
THE STRANGE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING ARIAS AND ADAGIOS
by Stephen Budiansky

For several years something distinctly odd has been happening to the
classical music played on WETA-FM, the National Public Radio station I
listen to in Washington, D.C. From time to time I've read complaints
that classical stations were "dumbing down" their programming, or
playing only the most popular warhorses, or swearing off twentieth-
century pieces, but none of those diagnoses ever seemed quite to match
the symptoms...

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/03/budiansky.htm
(via John Wesley Smith, KC0HSB, MO, March 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Gerd Horten, RADIO GOES TO WAR
The Cultural Politics of Propaganda during World War II

Publication Date: February 2002 Subjects: History; United States
History; Media Studies; American Studies; Television and Radio Rights:
World 232 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 23 b/w photographs, 2 tables
Clothbound: $45.00 0-520-20783-1 £29.95 Available Now

"By focusing on the medium of radio during World War II, Horten has
provided us with a window into an important change in radio
broadcasting that has previously been ignored by historians. The
depth of research, the book's contribution to our understanding of
radio and the war make Radio Goes to War an outstanding work."--
Lary May, author of The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of
the American Way

"Radio broadcasting, and its impact on American life, still remains
a neglected area of our national history. Radio Goes to War
demonstrates conclusively how short-sighted that omission is. As we
enter what is sure to be another era of contested claims of
government control over freedom of speech, the controversies and
compromises of wartime broadcasting sixty years ago provide an
ominous example of difficult decisions to be made in the future.
The alliance of big business, advertising, and wartime propaganda
that Horten so convincingly illuminates takes on a heightened
significance, especially as this relationship has tightened in the
last several decades. When radio and television go to war again,
will they follow the same course? This is cautionary reading for
our new century."--Michele Hilmes, author of Radio Voices: American
Broadcasting 1922-1952

DESCRIPTION
Radio Goes to War is the first comprehensive and in-depth look at the
role of domestic radio in the United States during the Second World
War. As this study convincingly demonstrates, radio broadcasting
played a crucial role both in government propaganda and within the
context of the broader cultural and political transformations of
wartime America. Gerd Horten's absorbing narrative argues that no
medium merged entertainment, propaganda, and advertising more
effectively than radio. As a result, America's wartime radio
propaganda emphasized an increasingly corporate and privatized vision
of America's future, with important repercussions for the war years
and the postwar era. Examining radio news programs, government
propaganda shows, advertising, soap operas, and comedy programs,
Horten situates radio wartime propaganda in the key shift from a
Depression-era resentment of big business to the consumer and
corporate culture of the postwar period.

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Radio and the Privatization of War
PART I. RADIO NEWS, PROPAGANDA, AND POLITICS DURING WORLD WAR II
Chapter 1: Radio News, Propaganda, and Politics: From the New Deal to
World War II
Chapter 2: Uneasy Persuasion: Government Radio Propaganda, 1941-1943
Chapter 3: Closing Ranks: Propaganda, Politics, and Domestic Foreign-
Language Radio
PART II. SELLING THE WAR TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: RADIO ENTERTAINMENT
AND ADVERTISING
Chapter 4: The Rewards of Wartime Radio Advertising
Chapter 5: "Radio Propaganda Must Be Painless": The Comedians Go to
War
Chapter 6: "Twenty Million Women Can't Be Wrong": Wartime Soap Operas
Epilogue: The Privatization of America
Notes
Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gerd Horten is Associate Professor of American History at Concordia
University in Portland, Oregon (University of California Press
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9102.html via Artie Bigley, DXLD)

** U S A. On a visit to Provincetown in about 1988-89, I tried to stir
up Ernie Cooper, but could not find him. Years later I wrote a story
about that trip and put it on my website as part of my internet travel
book site: Four Corners – A Literary Excursion Across America. It
wasn`t long after that Ernie wrote me a nice letter thanking me for
the story! He of course had read it by then. The story is still on the
web. Type DANPHILLIPS.GO.TO in the URL place on your browser, then
open THE DISTANT LISTENER story when the main page opens. It gives an
overall view of Ernie and his accomplishment and a somewhat
interesting coverage of the NRC during the early days... (Dan
Phillips, TN, NRC DX News Musings of the Members, June 24 via DXLD)

i.e. http://edge.net/%7Edphillip/DistantListener.html (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. ELAINE ELIAS'S BRAZILIAN SWING AT VOA
   Monday, June 24, 2002; Page C09

When it comes to playing and programming music, the finest jazz
artists excel at improvisation. Witness Brazilian pianist Elaine
Elias's performance at the Voice of America Auditorium on Saturday
night. When bassist Marc Johnson busted a string during a vigorous and
evocative trio salute to jazz legend Bud Powell, one of Elias's chief
influences, the aborted tribute gave way to an impromptu solo piano
recital in which Elias demonstrated winning resourcefulness and
harmonic finesse.

Capping the Smithsonian Associates' "Música de las Américas" series,
Elias often found inspiration in the music of António Carlos Jobim.
"Waters of March" was set in motion by splashing harmonies and
cresting rhythms. "Desafinado" juxtaposed sparse thematic variations
with the trio's brand of exhilarating swing. "Don't Ever Go Away"
tenderly recalled Elias's early infatuation with the composer's music.
Having clearly developed a close rapport with Johnson and drummer Joey
Baron, Elias was free to exploit a wide range of piano dynamics as she
moved from soulful musings to complex and sometimes racing harmonic
schemes.

Occasionally singing in Portuguese, her voice soft, wistful and
sensual, Elias created a series of romantic interludes that were
quietly enhanced by Johnson's warm tone and Baron's artful brushwork.

The drummer also helped distinguish several of the trio arrangements
with lighthearted touches, including sly rhythmic displacements,
curious and sometimes clangorous accents, and abrupt suspensions of
time. Johnson countered with lyrical bow work and several beautifully
contoured improvisations that could easily have stood alone. -- Mike
Joyce © 2002 The Washington Post Company (via Mike Cooper, June 24,
DXLD)

Repeated inquiries to VOA about *when* and *if* these occasional
concerts on its premises are ever broadcast, have resulted in no
information whatsoever (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. I don't know if this is the program broadcast by WWCR, but
there is a long-running television channel (available on analog C-band
satellite) called Shepherd's Chapel, which is based in Arkansas and
consists largely of a guy sitting at a desk conducting Bible studies.
I know very little about the outfit, but it's been on the air for at
least 15 years. It seems to have a much greater ratio of Bible verse
to pleading-for-money than most religious broadcasters (Mike Cooper,
June 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZAMBIA. I got a pleasant surprise this morning at 8 am (2200z) [UT
June 23] when I came across R. Zambia apparently signing off with
their National Anthem. I presume that they share the same one as South
Africa "God Bless Africa", as it was the same hymn that the ANC used
and was incorporated along with an Afrikaner song.

I am going on PWBR 2002 as it shows 6265 kHz s/off at 2200 which
corresponds to midnight locally. After the hymn/anthem finished which
incidentally was sung, a 1000 Hz tone came up for about 2 minutes and
the carrier ran for a minute or so. SINPO 35433. RX Icom R70.

I should point out in my former QTH I was down in a valley with a long
hill to the west, which completely blocked signals from central and
southern Africa on the short path. There are no western hills here as
I am higher and therefore should be able to receive more SP African
signals. Again this was on the 21 feet of wire strung along the
curtain rail (Robin L. Harwood, Norwood, Tasmania, DX LISTENING
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** AFGHANISTAN [non]. During the large and important Afghan Tribal 
Council (Loya Jirga) in Kabul, Jun 11-19 with more than 1600 
participating tribal leaders who were electing a President (Mr. Hamid 
Karzai) and a temporary Parliament, R Afghanistan extended its morning 
broadcasts on 15240 via Al Dhabbaya, UAE (?) to sign off at 0600* 
instead of 0400*, and the evening broadcasts via Norway on 18940 to 
*1230–1727*.

The early morning broadcasts were heard under R Australia, but the ``
evening``  broadcasts were heard daily in Denmark on a clear channel 
with SINPO varying from 25333 to 55444. They opened with patriotic 
Afghan songs and then the usual programmes in Pashto and Dari, both 
with ID: ``Radio Afghanistan, Kabul.`` On the Hour there was in most 
cases a time signal, an announcement heard as ``Soat Hastu 
Sitakesha``, an orchestral fanfare and then the ID above, followed by 
a long newscast read by two persons. Other program items were 
political and other comments, Afghan folkmusic and some drama before 
an abrupt sign off.

Most interesting, however, were the live reports from the Loya Jirga
which I heard on June 14 at 1357-1454 and on Jun 17 at 1423-1445. It 
was possible to hear the engaged speeches in Dari mentioning Hamid 
Karzai and Loya Jirga, and in between low talk between the 
participants and the Chairman announcing the next speaker. These were 
historical broadcasts - nobody had thought this possible 8 months ago!

The Norwegian company NORKRING which owns the four 500 kW transmitters
at Kvitsoy(K) and Sveio(S), decided to cut off some of the scheduled
transmissions from R Norway and R Denmark during the extended 
broadcasts from R Afghanistan:

1200-1230: 18920(K) was off.  15705(K), 15735(S) and 18950(S) were
heard.
1230-1255: 15705(K) and 18920(K) were off.  15735(S) and 18950(S) were
heard.
1300-1355: 17525(K) and 18920(K) were off.  9590(S) and 15735(S) were
heard.
1400-1455: 15735(K) (or now (S) ? Ed) and 17525(S) were heard.
1500-1555: 15735(K) was off.  13800(now from (S)) and 17525(S) were
heard.
1600-1655: 13800(K) and 15735(K) were off. 9595(S) and 17525(S) were
heard.
1700-1730: 13800(K) and 15705(K) were off. 7490(S) and 17505(S) were
heard.
1730-1755: 13800(K) was off.  7490(S), 17505(S) and from 1730:45
15705(K).
Obviously the 15705 Kvitsoy transmitter had been in use for R
Afghanistan on 18940 from 1230 until abrupt sign off 1727:00. The
carrier came on 17505 at 1730:30 and there was modulation at 1730:45.

``Good Morning Afghanistan`` is still relayed on 15240 and can be 
heard here at 0200-0300 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window via 
DXLD)

So is it your assumption that the schedule would shrink back to 
previous hours after June 19?? Has it? (gh, DXLD)

** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Could somebody help me with the e-mail address 
to Lt. Edward E. Shank, chief of 193rd Special Operations Wing, 
regarding the 8700 kHz broadcast. Since some of you have reveived QSL-
s, I thought that I would try my luck (Goran Hardenmark, June 19, 
hard-core-dx via DXLD) 

"Shank, Edward" edward.shank@paharr.ang.af.mil (Reijo Alapiha, 
Joensuu, Finland, ibid.)

** ARGENTINA. 1610.06 MW, Maranatha AM, Jun 6, 0007-0014, 0058-0103 – 
Initially Portuguese religious, ID at 0009 with ``Radio Baluarte`` 
being the clearest bit, then religious songs without any announcements 
(that I heard) until 0056. I flipped over to // 6215.03 intermittently 
0015-0056. At 0056 there was a detailed ID with the address and an
E-mail address that I could not copy, and an appeal for letters;
``Atencion Paraguay...`` announcements at 0057 and 0103.  The signal 
was fair to weak with deep fades, QRM was from Dr. Gene Scott on 1610 
[Anguilla]. No other Argentinean X-bander was audible (Jean Burnell, 
Newfoundland, via Dxplorer via DSWCI DX Window via DXLD)

** ARGENTINA. Concerning live coverage of the World Cup we should also 
keep an ear on communications channels like 29810, 20276, 15780, 15770 
SSB etc. I can remember that during past World Cups many SSB 
frequencies outside the broadcast and amateur bands were active 
relaying broadcast stations from several Latin American countries, not 
just Argentina. Several frequencies below 14000 and above 14350 were 
quite active, seemingly reaching for listeners in the Antarctic 
Peninsula. Good hunt (Harald Kuhl, Germany, DSWCI DX Window June 19 
via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. Aussie time station to QRT: Radio VNG, Australia`s time 
and frequency standard service, will cease transmitting July 1. The 
National Standards Commission has announced the closure, which 
follows many years of funding difficulties. VNG operates on 2.5, 5, 
8.638, 12.984 and 16 MHz. It has been on air since the early 1960s. A 
``talking clock`` announces each UTC minute on the 2.5, 5 and 16-MHz 
frequencies. The Commission will continue to respond to reception 
reports seeking QSLs until December 31, 2002. Listener reports should 
be sufficiently detailed for verification and include return postage. 
Send reports to Radio VNG, National Standards Commission, PO Box 282, 
North Ryde 1670, New South Wales, Australia (WIA/Victoria News Online 
via ARRL June 20 via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. I dimly remember that when the hand-over to 
Christian Voice was due the Darwin transmitter were tested with the 
"Waltzing Matilda" IS theme of Radio Australia, described as only 
available source of modulation at the transmitter site then. In other 
words, the "Waltzing Matilda" was evidently inserted locally at 
Darwin. Provided that the IS machines (carts or whatever) were kept at 
Darwin this observation would be not too mysterious.

Such a local insertion of interval signals seems to be not too 
uncommon. Nauen does it, and I guess Wertachtal, too. It also seems 
that Litomysl inserts the IS / announcement loop which precedes Radio 
Prague broadcasts locally, too: I found the German programme via 
Rimavská Sobota starting without IS, simply with audio kick-in after 
open carrier. And remember how Bijeljina played the Radio Yugoslavia 
from its own source prior to the programming from a very poor 
telephone feed when the microwave STL was destroyed during the Kosovo 
war (Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BIAFRA [non]. CLANDESTINE from CIS to NIGERIA. 12125, V.O. Biafra 
International, 15 June, 1916-2000, Speech by M with mention of 
Nigeria. Into pleasant Afro music.  What sounded like an ID at 1929 
but couldn't be certain. Long live impassioned speech by M 1929-1945 
with mentions of "people of Nigeria...", "We have free...", and 
military. 1945 M announcer briefly, into more easy Afro music. ID at 
1952 and deep-voiced M with speech. 1957 ID and address by W, followed 
by final ID by M as "This has been the V.O. Biafra Int. coming to you 
from Washington D.C. transmitting on... Thank you for listening to our 
program... our next broadcast, goodnight".  Then instrumental Afro 
music. At 2000 there was an ID for R. Canada Int. then ID/satellite 
info by M, and beam/frequenies/ID by W. This signal wasn't quite 
strong enough to copy program content (Dave Valko, PA, Cumbre DX via 
DXLD) 

** BOLIVIA. 6883, R. Bartolina Sisa, La Paz (Cf. DX Window 196). 
Bartolina Sisa was a heroic woman who fought against oppressors of the 
Bolivian area in the XVIII century, and died tragically. For all women 
of the Aymara nation, she is the most important person and fighter for 
freedom and human rights of the Aymara women (Arnaldo Slaen, 
Argentina, DSWCI DX Window June 19 via DXLD)

** CANADA. Re DXLD 2-099, Canada: Interesting to see the notes of the 
German guy who was listening to local DAB stations in Montréal. The 
"Stations Privées" for which he mentioned parallel frequencies would 
be:

TEAM 990 would of course be CKGM-990;
RADIOENERGIE would be CKMF-94.3;
MTL BEST MUSIC would be CHOM-97.7.

For the two others, ROCKDETENTE would be CITE-107.3; I would presume 
that RADIOMEDIA would be CKAC-730, but it could be an unID FM owned by 
the same corporation. 73- (Bill Westenhaver, QC, June 20, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** CANADA. Re CHNX QRT: The engineer's name was Mark Olson. Since Mark 
has now left and the station is without an engineer (something I 
confirmed with the station by telephone this morning) let me add a bit 
to this story. 

When Mark reported to Cumbre DX that they were gone in Sept last 
year, the official reason as "We have no [transmitter] replacement and 
no money in the budget for operating." 

No operating budget is the key phrase, because a replacement 
transmitter was available and offered last summer. Larry Baysinger [of 
Radio K'ekchi and Radio Amistad fame] offered to donate a 500 watt 
unit. The Cumbre DX radio project offered to pick up the costs of 
shipping the unit to CHNX. 

Mark seemed interested but would never give us the go ahead to ship 
the transmitter. But if his management wouldn't give him any operating 
funds, then a replacement transmitter would hardly have been needed. 

It is a shame that this couldn't have been worked out. We certainly 
tried to show that the SWL/DXer community was very interested in 
keeping the station on the air, including to the extent of paying to 
keep CHNX on the air (Hans Johnson, WY, Jun 20, Cumbre DX via DXLD) 

** CANADA. CBC Previews:

THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND: Saturday on The World This Weekend: the 
Himalayan kingdom of Nepal is the stuff of legends....of Shangri La, 
Mount Everest, sherpas and spiritual quests. But cutting through the 
dreamy images are the realities of civil war and royal massacre. 
Daniel Lak takes us inside contemporary Nepal. Also, Andy Campbell 
reports on the threatened strike in major league baseball. That's 
Saturday on The World This Weekend at 6:00 pm (7 AT; 7:30 NT) on both 
CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two. 

WEEKEND HOT SHEET, SUNDAY JUNE 23, 2001 --- 

THE SUNDAY EDITION: This week on The Sunday Edition, Michael Enright 
hosts a public forum on "The Asper Effect: Power, Politics and The 
Wayward Press." Is the firing of Russell Mills, publisher of the 
Ottawa Citizen, the final nail in the coffin of a free press in 
Canada, or merely a tempest in a teapot? And, Arlo's new religion: a 
documentary look at the spiritual awakening of hippie-era folksinger 
Arlo Guthrie. That's The Sunday Edition, right after the 9 a.m. news 
(9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. 

TAPESTRY: This week on Tapestry... Armenia: The Country That Was, The 
Country That Will Be. Alisa Siegel explores the culture and the often 
tragic history of a country that has embraced Christianity for 
seventeen centuries. Also, Don Hill talks with author Ruth Ellen 
Gruber about her book Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in 
Europe. It's a look at the revival of Judaism in Europe, sixty years 
after the Holocaust. That's on Tapestry, Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. 
(2:30 NT; 4:00 p.m. MT; 3:00 pm. PT) on CBC Radio One. 

CROSS-COUNTRY CHECKUP: This week on Cross-Country Checkup...The 
publisher of the Ottawa Citizen has been fired over an editorial 
critical of the prime minister. The incident is just one in a series 
of conflicts over who-can-write-what in Southam papers. Critics are 
calling it an attack on freedom of the press. Others argue that a 
media owner has the right to set rules. What do you think? How much 
say should owners have on what's written in their newspapers? Join 
host Rex Murphy Sunday on Cross Country Checkup, Sunday afternoon from 
4 until 6 (EASTERN) on CBC Radio One. 

THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND: Sunday on The World This Weekend: the Japanese 
attacked North America during the second World War with a secret 
weapon called Fu Go. 10,000 balloons made of mulberry paper floated by 
jet stream over the Pacific Ocean, carrying lethal payloads. But 
recorded sightings of the balloons were relatively few. That's because 
of war-time censorship...and the failure of Fu Go. Dave Miller lifts 
the veil on Japan's secret weapon gone awry. Also, Anne Spencer brings 
us the story of Woody Guthrie and the songs he recorded before his 
death. That's Sunday on The World This Weekend at 6 pm (7 AT; 7:30 NT) 
on both CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two (CBC Hotsheet excerpted by gh 
for DXLD)

** CANADA. JAMMING OF RADIO SIGNALS AUTHORIZED --- Special permission 
for RCMP, military restricted to G8 summit, Pope's visit 

By PAUL WALDIE, Friday, June 21, 2002

TORONTO -- The Canadian military and the RCMP have been given special 
authorization to jam radio and cellphone signals during the G8 Summit 
next week and the Pope's visit to Canada in July.

It's the first time police or the military have ever been allowed to 
block signals, an official said.

The authorization allows the Department of National Defence and the 
RCMP to use jamming devices around Calgary and Kananaskis, Alta., from 
June 17 to June 29 for the summit of leaders from Group of Eight 
nations. They will have the same power to jam signals in Toronto from 
July 16 to July 31 -- the Pope is scheduled to arrive in Canada July 
23 and depart July 29, with three Toronto appearances in between.

RCMP spokesman Corporal Benoît Desjardins said jamming is an important 
part of the security measures for both events.

"The RCMP must ensure the safety and security of those attending," he 
said yesterday.

"It could be used, for example, if there was threat of a detonation of 
some type of a remote-controlled device. We could jam the frequencies 
to make sure nobody could send a signal to that bomb."

He did not know, however, how the jamming would affect cell phones or 
commercial radio transmissions.

The order, signed by the Minister of Industry on June 6, exempts the 
army and police from provisions of the Radiocommunication Act, which 
prohibits "the interference with or obstruction of radiocommunication 
without lawful excuse."

The exemption "will provide a way to address the problematic 
application of the prohibitions," the order says.

It specifies that "every reasonable effort shall be made to confine or 
restrict to the extent possible interference with or obstruction of a 
radiocommunication . . . to the smallest physical area, the fewest 
number of frequencies and the minimum duration required to accomplish 
the objectives of the interference or obstruction."

David Warnes, a senior adviser in Industry Canada's telecommunications 
branch, said yesterday that it is the first time this kind of order 
has been granted.

He added that cellphone jammers are illegal in Canada, but the 
department will soon release a policy on the devices.

The department held public consultations on cellphone jammers last 
year and it is considering permitting them in theatres, hospitals and 
other public places. Jamming devices are also illegal in the United 
States, but there is a growing underground market for the devices, 
which can be bought for about $2,200. A survey of 2,000 people last 
year by Decima Research found about 50 per cent support for jammers in 
public places (Toronto Globe & Mail June 21 via Fred Waterer, DXLD)

** CANADA. From globeandmail.com, Thursday, June 20, 2002

BUILDERS OF THE TEAM'S ALL-SPORTS NETWORK MUST FACE THE MUSIC
[by] WILLIAM HOUSTON

The architects and builders of CHUM's all-sports radio network took 
the fall yesterday for 14 months of futility.

Fired by CHUM Group Radio were vice-president of programming Ross 
Davies and vice-president of sales Tim Steele. Also dismissed were
Paul Williams, the vice-president and general manager of The Team 
sports radio network, and his No. 2 executive Gerald McGroarty. Other 
dismissals included The Team's marketing director and sports director, 
according to sources. (Calls to Davies, Williams and Jim Waters, the 
president of CHUM Group Radio were not returned.)

Bill Bodnarchuk, who is now vice-president and general manager of 
CHUM's Team 1050 in Toronto as well as CHUM-FM, said the sports radio 
network is alive and reasonably well, but will become more 
decentralized, with an increased emphasis on local content. "There 
will be some programming that will still run coast to coast," he said. 
"But we will be moving as quickly as we can to add local programming 
to our markets across the country, and that includes Toronto. "We're 
committed to sports, but we want to turn the focus to compelling local 
radio content."

In Vancouver and Ottawa, the CHUM all-sports stations have enjoyed 
some success. CHUM will attempt to improve in its other main markets -
- Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal, Halifax -- with beefed up 
local content.

Bodnarchuk described CHUM's Toronto station, Team 1050 as a 
"superstation" that will provide some national content to other
stations. CHUM is also sticking with its all-sports concept because it 
is locked into long-term contracts with sports talent, such as
afternoon drive host Jim Van Horne, who's earning more than $200,000 a 
year.

Although CHUM airs an old-time rock 'n' roll format on the Internet, 
there are, apparently, no plans to reformat some sports stations with 
that programming. 

The departure of Williams, who sold CHUM on the idea of a national 
all-sports network more than a year ago and put together the
operation, was not a surprise. His exit and that of McGroarty had been 
the subject of speculation for months because of the Team's meagre 
growth and weak content.

It appears that Davies, who has been with CHUM for about 20 years, 
paid the price for accepting the Williams sports network strategy.
"It's really too bad, but CHUM blew up Davies because he bought, lock, 
stock and barrel the Williams plan," a radio source said. "And the 
plan was a loser right from the start."

    Why network has failed

Notes on why the CHUM sports radio network has not worked:
Sports radio is a niche concept that excludes half the potential 
audience (women) and, therefore, succeeds only in large markets, such 
as Toronto. The problem was, Toronto already had a sports station (The 
Fan 590).

CHUM's national programming concept was questionable from the start. 
Radio sports is mostly about local coverage and there is not enough 
national advertising to pay for a product that skews locally. Montreal 
listeners, for example, don't care a lot about the Toronto sports 
teams.

Williams hired poorly. After more than a year, not one CHUM sports 
host has emerged as a high-profile personality. The Team was 
criticized for inadequate marketing and promotion, particularly in 
Toronto. Williams, who formerly worked at The Fan, attempted to copy 
The Fan programming strategy rather than developing something new.

Copyright 2002 | Bell Globemedia Interactive Inc. (via Bill 
Westenhaver, DXLD)

** CANADA [and non]. Though it's not really radio, it could fit into 
the next edition of "World of Telephones."73-Bill Westenhaver

U.S. HOUSE DECLARES BELL DID NOT INVENT THE TELEPHONE
By OLIVER MOORE, Globe and Mail Update

The mayor of Brantford, Ont., last night dismissed a move by the U.S. 
House of Representatives to give credit for inventing the telephone to 
a previously obscure Florentine immigrant named Antonio Meucci.

Heritage Minister Sheila Copps was unavailable to comment on this blow 
to Canadian pride, but Brantford Mayor Chris Friel rose to the 
occasion, defending one of the Southwestern Ontario town's great 
claims to fame.

"Absolutely, the credit remains with Graham Bell; he was the one who 
brought it to a successful conclusion," Mr. Friel said. "There was a 
whole bunch of people rushing for it; the question was who was going 
to get it done. And Alexander Graham Bell got it done."

Brantford residents have long claimed that Bell came up with the 
telephone in their town. The Bell Memorial Homestead proudly
proclaims that Melville House  which the family moved into upon 
emigrating from Scotland "provided the stage for a budding young
inventor to change the realm of communications forever."

And Bell Canada's corporate legend confidently says that the inventor 
told his father about the idea for a telephone while in Brantford, in 
1874, and summoned his assistant by placing the first telephone call 
two years later in Boston. "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you," he 
said using his Liquid Transmitter.

But backed by several Italian-American groups, the resolution's 
sponsor, New York Congressman Vito Fossella, remains unconvinced, his 
press secretary, Craig Donner, said yesterday. He cited evidence that 
Meucci had in fact demonstrated his teletrofono years before Bell took 
out his patent.

"This was probably the biggest idea he had," Mr. Donner said. "He 
continued to work on it through [to] his death in the 1880s. It was 
his life's work."

According to Mr. Fossella, Meucci was too poor to buy a proper patent 
and was forced to purchase a series of renewable, one-year, notices of 
impending patent. After 1874 he was unable to renew even the notice. 
Two years later, Mr. Fossella says, Bell patented his own device.

"Antonio Meucci was a man of vision whose enormous talents led to the 
invention of the telephone," Mr. Fossella says, "and while he
did not receive the recognition he deserved during his incredible 
life, his time has finally come."

Meucci did retain lawyers to pursue his competitor but died before the 
case could be heard. Mr. Fossella says that the U.S. government was, 
in fact, preparing to annul Bell's patent on grounds of  
misrepresentation and fraud when the case was discontinued.

"The U.S. Supreme Court acted appropriately during Mr. Meucci's 
lifetime," the Congressman said in a statement the day his
resolution was adopted, "and Congress has acted appropriately today."

Mr. Friel says that Bell would certainly have been willing to give 
credit to other inventors, where credit was due, but that he is
also on the record as saying in 1917.

"The telephone was conceived in Brantford in 1874 and born in Boston 
in 1876," he said at the dedication of a memorial.

Copyright 2002 | Bell Globemedia Interactive Inc. (via Bill 
Westenhaver, DXLD)

** CUBA. Cuban national organization to mount Field Day station: Now 
that ARRL Field Day is open to amateurs throughout the Americas and 
the Caribbean, the Cuban national Amateur Radio organization plans to 
participate. Near Havana, the Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba 
(FRC) will activate a contest station with the call sign T40AGR. FRC 
President Pedro Rodriguez, CO2RP, says the station will use 
noncommercial electric power and have two transmitters on HF. T40AGR 
also will be active on 6 and 2 meters. The FRC wants to stress the 
importance of Amateur Radio in emergency situations and has invited 
media and plans demonstrations of digital modes as well (Pedro 
Rodriguez, CO2RP via ARRL June 20 via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) Field day URL: 
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2002/rules-fd-2002.html  

** CUBA. Dear Mr. Hauser, I apologize for bugging you about something 
so trivial again, but I was just listening to "World of Radio" on RFPI 
and heard you mention a story about one Michael Finney, a broadcaster 
on Radio Havana, which left me flabbergasted. For years I've suspected 
that "Langston Wright" is a pseudonym combining Langston Hughes and 
Richard Wright, both noted African-American writers and members of the 
Communist Party, but I never imagined that whoever it was behind the 
mike had sought asylum in Cuba under such dramatic circumstances. I 
failed to get the source from which you quoted; could you please email 
me at your convenience with that information? Thank you for that 
little gem, it made my evening. Sincerely, (Brian McNeil, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) Sent him WSJ story from DXLD 2-100 (gh)

** CUBA. LAS AUTORIDADES PROHIBEN EL PC  
   Carta de Cuba, la escritura de la libertad
 
29 de marzo de 2002 Por: Régis Bourgeat, Despacho Américas / Americas 
desk Reporters sans frontières, París Francia

Nota del editor de Internet: En lo que es obviamente una reacción al 
poder que conceden los avances informáticos a los individuos comunes 
en todas  partes, el gobierno cubano ha prohibido el acceso a estos 
recursos a la mayor parte de los ciudadanos. Como toda sociedad 
represiva, emulando a Hitler, Stalin y otros, Castro y sus secuaces 
temen al libre fluir de la información. No obstante esta prohibición, 
sabemos que cada vez mas cubanos logran conocer la realidad  a través 
de la Red, visitando páginas como esta. Debemos señalar que, tal como 
reportamos hoy 29 de marzo de 2002, esta prohibición no ha logrado 
impedir que se forme el primer centro educativo informático 
independiente, con la expresa misión de preparar y diseñar cursos y  
brindar servicios de búsqueda de materiales de Internet para los 
disidentes, opositores y periodistas independientes. 

En Cuba, un decreto aprobado por el Ministerio del Comercio Interior 
prohíbe, desde el 16 de enero de 2002, la venta de ordenadores 
personales (personal computers, PC) a los particulares. Según un 
artículo publicado el 25 de marzo en el periódico digital wired.com, 
el decreto n' 383/2001 prohíbe "la venta de ordenadores, impresoras, 
máquinas de policopiar, fotocopiadoras y cualquier otro instrumento de 
impresión masiva" a cualquier asociación, fundación, organización 
civil sin interés de lucro y a los particulares. En el caso de que se 
considere indispensable la compra del equipo, o de sus piezas sueltas 
o accesorios, deberá solicitarse una autorización al Ministerio del 
Comercio Interior.

En efecto, según una fuente local consultada por RSF, en un centro 
comercial del barrio de La Playa, en La Habana, un cartel publicitario 
indica que "a partir del 16 de enero de 2002, se suspende la venta de 
piezas sueltas, o de accesorios informáticos, a personas privadas". 
Otros establecimientos, consultados por teléfono, han confirmado esta 
información. Sin embargo, un establecimiento de La Playa no ha 
aplicado todavía esta medida cuya adopción, según wired.com, provocó 
una polémica en el seno del gobierno. La medida se extendió a toda la 
provincia el 1 de febrero de 2002.

Se ignoran las razones que han llevado a adoptar tal decisión. Aunque 
siempre ha estado estrictamente controlada la venta de cualquier 
material de reprografía, para impedir la aparición de publicaciones 
independientes, la de ordenadores personales y faxes se había 
liberalizado en los últimos meses, siempre que se pagaran en dólares. 
La prohibición se ha producido después del lanzamiento de una página 
web del Instituto Cubano de Economistas Independientes -ilegal- 
http://www.cubaicei.org dirigido por la célebre economista disidente 
Marta Beatriz Roque. El acceso a la página desde Cuba fue bloqueado el 
7 de diciembre, cuando aun no se había cumplido una semana de su 
lanzamiento. Elaborada en Miami, se trata del primer sitio que ofrece 
informaciones sobre la disidencia, únicamente procedentes de la 
oposición interna.

Luis Fernández, portavoz del gobierno cubano en Washington, respondió 
con evasivas a las preguntas de wired.com sobre la realidad de la 
prohibición de los PC: "Si no tuviéramos que hacer frente a un 
embargo, habría ordenadores para todos". "¿Cómo no se va a restringir 
el acceso a Internet en un país que se enfrenta a un embargo, y en el 
que faltan los medicamentos?", explicaba el 7 de febrero de 2001 
Sergio Pérez, entonces director de la empresa pública Teledatos, en un 
artículo en el diario oficial Granma. Pero en Cuba, las dificultades 
para el acceso a Internet no tienen solamente causas económicas. El 
acceso a la red se encuentra estrictamente regulado. Su utilización 
está sometida al respeto "a los principios morales de la sociedad 
cubana y a las leyes del país". Solo pueden acceder las empresas 
extranjeras y las instituciones gubernamentales. Aunque existen dos 
cibercafés, el primero de ellos está reservado para los turistas, y al 
segundo solo pueden acceder los miembros de la asociación oficial  de 
escritores y artistas cubanos, la UNEAC.

Desde septiembre de 2001, cuatro oficinas postales de La Habana 
ofrecen a los cubanos la posibilidad de crearse una dirección 
electrónica y de acceder a la red. Sin embargo, la navegación está 
limitada a las páginas aprobadas por las autoridades, denominadas "la 
Intranet". En cuanto al precio, es disuasorio: 4,5 dólares 
norteamericanos (5 euros), cuando el salario medio mensual es de 
12 dólares. Algunas organizaciones de la sociedad civil y de defensa 
de los derechos humanos publican frecuentemente artículos en sitios de 
Internet con base en Miami, enviándolos por fax o dictándolos por 
teléfono.

En Cuba, donde la Constitución establece que "la libertad de palabra y 
de prensa está sometida a los objetivos de la sociedad socialista", 
solo está autorizada la prensa oficial. Un centenar de periodistas 
independientes, agrupados en una veintena de agencias de prensa y de 
asociaciones, no reconocidas por el Estado, son objeto de un constante 
hostigamiento. Medio centenar de periodistas han tenido que abandonar 
la isla, desde 1995.    73'S        (via Oscar, Miami, June 21, DXLD)

** CUBA [non]. GRANMA -CUBA- 19 de junio de 2002
RADIO-TV MARTÍ: EL NIDO DE VÍBORAS CUESTA DEMASIADO 

Muchos norteamericanos no soportan más que en un momento de serias 
dificultades económicas, el dinero del contribuyente sea derrochado 
por causas perdidas

POR JEAN-GUY ALLARD -especial para Granma Internacional-

TEORICAMENTE, Radio-TV Martí tiene que derrochar sus millones para
provocar "disidencia" en la Isla. Así lo decidieron sus creadores de 
la Casa Blanca y de la CIA. Pero desde hace algunos meses a esta
dependencia de la Miami Connection, los tiros le han salido por la
culata. Y la disidencia, Salvador Lew, el director, la tiene entre
los propios miembros de su personal.

Sin hablar de la otra controversia que se manifiesta en el Congreso, 
donde el número de críticos de la OCB -Oficina de Transmisiones hacia 
Cuba-, organismo responsable de las mal llamadas Radio y TV Martí, va 
creciendo al mismo ritmo que el de los oponentes a las prohibiciones 
de viajar a Cuba y al bloqueo. 

Según el Nuevo Herald, existe en la emisora nada menos que "un 
ambiente de suspicacia interna que ha provocado un virtual estado de 
sublevación en el personal". El diario explica que el "programa 
federal para transmitir información a Cuba", se ha convertido, según 
sus empleados, "en un acopio de amistades y conocidos de sus 
directivos, cuyos sueldos han comprometido ya los $25 millones del
presupuesto de este año".

Desde su llegada a la emisora, Salvador Lew, el septuagenario director 
de la OCB, nombrado personalmente por George W. Bush -con un salario 
anual de 132 000 dólares- ha transformado el lugar en una 
"embotelladora", también según el Nuevo Herald. Y una "botella", en el 
lenguaje popular cubano miamense, es un puesto de trabajo conseguido 
por influencias.

LUCRATIVAS COLABORACIONES PARA CUARENTA "SOCIOS"

Más de cuarenta "amistades" del veterano periodista han encontrado así 
un trabajo bien pagado desde su nombramiento el 26 de julio del 2001, 
es decir, en menos de un año. Casi todos obtuvieron prebendas de 
"colaboradores" con sueldos "que nunca se habían pagado".

En su investigación del caso Lew, el Nuevo Herald nombra a unas de las 
más "jugosas" contrataciones del polémico director, protegido del 
Presidente, entre las cuales está la de Olga Connor, una amiga, quien 
"cobra" por dos programas culturales, de una hora cada uno, la 
"humilde" cantidad de 45 770 dólares... ¡440 dólares la hora, un
record en la historia de Radio Martí! 

Comentario de Lew: "Yo no sabía que ella ganaba eso".

El "presidencial" director ha "ubicado" también a sus socios Antonio 
Rivera, anteriormente apartado de la estación, y Lázaro Asencio, de 75 
años, un amigo de la infancia en Las Villas -provincia al centro de 
Cuba-, quien cobra 80 000 dólares anuales, y dirige la "orientación" 
noticiosa de la emisora tras la partida de Roberto Rodríguez Tejera. 
Su brazo derecho es Agustín Alles, también de 75 años, quien fue 
director de noticias de la emisora desde 1991 hasta 1995... un puesto 
del cual fue catapultado tras demostrar varias veces su total 
incompetencia.

Lew ha atribuido también una sinecura pagada con 275 dólares la hora a 
su amiga Sassy Alfaro, poeta clarividente, quien dirige un programa de 
fin de semana consagrado a la santería, la religión sincrética cubana.

Otro amigo de Lew, Rolando Espinosa, famoso por ser un ex socio del
negociante bandolero Demetrio Pérez Junior, "enseña" la historia de
la Isla, a cambio de 125 dólares la media hora.

TERRORISMO "PATRIOTICO"

Para justificar estas nuevas contrataciones, Lew a menudo ataca el
"patriotismo" (anticubano, por supuesto) de sus antiguos empleados.

"No tienen amor por su patria", comentó públicamente. Se supone que
este "amor" debe traducirse por una cobertura noticiosa manipulada en 
función de los sectores más extremistas de la retrógrada ciudad.

Así, Lew seleccionó, entre sus amistades, a algunos de los elementos 
más fascistoides de la camarilla miamense. Un hecho poco sorprendente 
cuando uno sabe en qué círculos se mueve este amigo de George W. 
Bush..., quien, en La Habana batistiana, pertenecía al gabinete de 
abogados encargado de las causas del famoso padrino Santos Traficante.

Personajes como Armando Pérez Roura, "destacado" batistiano miembro
de los grupúsculos Alpha 66 y Unidad Cubana. Para hablar en claro,
un terrorista.

Y esto a pesar de que Pérez Roura, el "rey de la radio miamense" es
gerente general de Radio Mambí.

Lew le otorgó cuatro horas y cinco minutos de programación semanal,
recalentando las grabaciones de las emisiones ya difundidas. Pérez
Roura no le cobra para sus predicaciones (dice), pero su personal 
manda cada semana una factura de 175 dólares a Lew para el transporte 
de los preciosos casetes.

Otro terrorista acogido por Lew: Rafael Díaz-Balart, el padre del
congresista mafioso Lincoln Díaz-Balart. "Don Rafael" tuvo el
privilegio de ser viceministro de Gobernación de la sanguinaria
dictadura de Fulgencio Batista, aplastada por la Revolución.

Una amiga de Lew, Nancy Pérez-Crespo, también empleada de Radio Mambí, 
recibe un salario anual de 45 000 dólares para dirigir una emisión 
diaria donde invita, sistemáticamente, nada menos que a la furibunda y 
vituperante Ninoska (Lucrecia) Pérez-Castellón, hija y esposa de 
terroristas batistianos. Además de ser la voz de la estación WQBA, 
Ninoska es ahora la líder (más o menos autoproclamada) de su Consejo 
para la Libertad de Cuba -Pérez-Castellón pertenece a esta misma tropa 
histérica que no niega su solidaridad con los Orlando Bosch, Luis 
Posada Carriles y los demás partidarios de la violencia extrema.

Gracias a esta brocheta de fanáticos de la Cuba de "antes", Radio y TV 
Martí -el "programa federal para transmitir información a Cuba", según 
la terminología usada por el Herald-, oficialmente financiados (con 26 
millones de dólares para el 2002) por el Gobierno de los Estados 
Unidos, difunde diariamente hacia la Isla el mensaje de individuos 
vinculados, a la vez, al terrorismo y a la dictadura batistiana. 
Tremendo resultado para un Presidente (no electo) que da a Cuba 
lecciones de democracia.

Como si esto no fuera suficientemente escandaloso, Lew ha añadido a la 
larga historia de abusos de estas dos emisoras oficiales del gobierno 
norteamericano, unos casos de discriminación sexual en contra de 
cuatro mujeres. Dos de ellas, Christina Sansón y Martha Yedra, 
respectivamente directoras de noticias y de la programación, fueron 
reemplazadas por hombres menos calificados, y en sus declaraciones 
juradas indicaron que han estado sujetas a comentarios 
discriminatorios. Otras dos, Michelle Sagué y Carmen Steegers, no sólo 
no obtuvieron promociones, sino que fueron desplazadas hacia puestos 
inferiores. Las cuatro depositaron quejas oficiales al Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, la autoridad en materia de radio y teledifusión. 
Sin resultado alguno.

Por otro lado, un colaborador negro de Radio Martí (uno de los muy 
pocos trabajadores de color en el personal de 200 empleados) ha visto 
su cheque de pago pasar de 100 dólares a 85, mientras veía los de sus 
nuevos colegas alcanzar niveles nunca vistos en la emisora.

TELEVISION INVISIBLE Y RADIO SIN PUBLICO

Los excesos de Salvador Lew y su tropa serían seguramente ignorados
si no fuera por los mediocres resultados de Radio Martí y la
invisibilidad de TV Martí. 

Dos sondeos difundidos por Lew en enero pasado "demostraban" un nivel 
fenomenal de audiencia de Radio Martí en Cuba. Realizados por 
"periodistas independientes" (de los que atiende económicamente la 
CIA), la encuesta revelaba que un 90% de la población escuchaba la
estación ocasionalmente, mientras el 60% la oía "todos los días" y
"todo el tiempo".

Un nivel tan "fenomenal", que todo el mundo se burló de Lew y sus
asesores de relaciones públicas. Otro sondeo, hecho a solicitud del
propio Gobierno de EE.UU., revelaba, seis meses antes, que la 
audiencia de la emisora era de menos del 5%, la más baja de su
historia.

En cuanto a TV Martí, el propio Lew reconoce que está virtualmente
"fuera del aire". La estación fantasma difunde (al desprecio de todas 
las leyes internacionales) a partir de un aeróstato, en Cudjoe Key. La 
operación extremadamente costosa fracasó desde el primer instante, al 
no poder penetrar el espacio radial cubano.

Pero esta situación molesta siempre a más políticos: ''Es mi intención 
llevar este problema a la comisión de asignaciones de la Cámara. Nadie 
ve sus transmisiones'', declaró al Nuevo Herald el congresista 
republicano por Arizona, Jeff Flake. Mientras, su colega demócrata por 
Massachusetts, Bill Delahunt, se preguntaba "si es legítimo usar esos 
fondos en algo que no funciona".

LA LOBA Y SUS CACHORROS 

Algo desmoralizada, la "Loba Feroz", Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, congresista 
mafiosa de Miami, quien preside el Subcomité de Relaciones 
Internacionales y Derechos Humanos de la Cámara de Representantes, 
convocó a unas audiencias sobre el futuro de Radio-TV Martí, "una 
iniciativa creada hace 17 años para difundir mensajes contra el 
Gobierno de Fidel Castro", según el texto del despacho de AP.

Según esa agencia norteamericana de noticias, la oficina de Ros-
Lehtinen precisó que las audiencias tendrán "el propósito de responder 
a la pregunta básica de qué efectividad han tenido los mensajes 
transmitidos por Radio y TV Martí desde su creación".

Curiosamente, la AP señala que "las posibilidades de que el servicio 
fuera entregado a terceros por un menor costo de operaciones" sería 
también planteado. Seguro que la Loba ya tiene listo algún socio que 
se encargará de este negocio redondo.

Entre los participantes anunciados para el debate, estará Dan Fisk,
asesor del inefable Otto Reich. 

En los últimos años, cada intento para eliminar de los presupuestos la 
radio sin audiencia y la televisión invisible fue contrarrestado por 
los cachorros de la "Loba Feroz". Pero los tiempos cambian y son más 
numerosos los políticos como los representantes Flake y Delahunt, 
quienes no soportan más que, en un momento de serias dificultades 
económicas, el dinero del contribuyente sea derrochado por causas 
perdidas (via José Alba, Conexión Digital via DXLD)

** CUBA [NON]. VOICE OF FOUNDATION IS BACK ON THE AIR  
   Radio show builds a bridge between exiles and islanders

By Madeline Baró Diaz, Miami Bureau, Posted June 17 2002 

MIAMI   The Cuban American National Foundation is back on the airwaves 
with a show that's reaching Cubans on both sides of the Florida 
Straits.

"The goal of this project is to bridge all distance," said Ramón 
Humberto Colás, one of the show's hosts. "We want to transmit a little 
hope and optimism." 

The new program, Entre Cubanos, began broadcasting on May 17 and airs 
from 10 to 11 a.m. [1400-1500 UT – got it right this time – gh] on 
WQBA 1140 AM on Fridays. The foundation pays for the air time but 
hopes it will catch on as a daily show, said CANF Executive Director 
Joe Garcia.

The show debuted 10 months after the foundation announced the 
controversial decision to end its Voice of the Foundation short-wave 
broadcasts to the island.

The end of the broadcasts was among the reasons cited for an exodus of 
foundation directors that included former spokeswoman Ninoska Pérez. 
At the time, foundation leaders said they were exploring other ways
of broadcasting to Cuba. 

Pérez, who has her own show on WQBA, said the foundation's new program 
is far from replacing the Voice of the Foundation, which she directed. 
From 1990 to its demise, the Voice of the Foundation was broadcast 
several hours a day, six days a week, Pérez said. 

"I was disappointed that they closed the Voice of the Foundation, 
which had served the Cuban opposition for so long," she said. "To 
think a one-hour show locally will replace that is absurd. In any 
event, I'm glad that they're at least broadcasting once a week."

Entre Cubanos, or "Between Cubans," features interviews with 
dissidents, independent journalists and others living in Cuba, Colás 
said. During each show a topic is discussed, such as labor rights in
Cuba. 

The hosts are Colás, a Cuban dissident and co-founder with his wife of 
the independent library movement in Cuba who came to the United States 
late last year; Omar López Montenegro, executive director of CANF's
Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba; and Brenda Moreira, who has been 
involved in several foundation and community projects and is the wife 
of CANF Director Domingo Moreira.

WQBA can be heard in parts of Cuba, Colás said. When he lived on the 
island, he could pick up several Spanish-language stations from the 
United States on his radio, including Radio Martí and the Voice of the
Foundation.

On Entre Cubanos, there are no call-in segments like on many other 
Spanish-language radio shows. Garcia said the program is supposed to 
focus on issues Cubans have in common, rather than on differences.

"The program is not about debating or disputing what we know," Garcia 
said. "It is about moving beyond and getting a clear vision."

Max Castro, senior research associate at the University of Miami's 
North-South Center, said he had not yet heard the show, but it seemed 
the foundation was moving into a new phase.

"There's no debate in Miami, in the sense that it's already a won 
debate," Castro said. "It makes more sense to reach out to Cuba from a 
strategic standpoint."

Other radio hosts have been talking to dissidents on the island for 
years, long before the foundation's new show came along, Castro said. 

"It hasn't really changed the political equation in Cuba," Castro said 
of other programs that have incorporated dissidents.

But Colás said hosting a radio show will give Cubans on the island 
hope.

"It is like speaking to your brother, your friend and also the 
adversary you had in the neighborhood," Colás said. "It is speaking to 
a people that need to see the light and need to dream."

Source: sun-sentinel.com (via Sergei Sosedkin, DXLD)

** FINLAND. As for your musing that the Yleisradio address might
not be complete, I think that it is, as I remember. (I didn't tape the 
show.) It certainly sounded like the address given on the Radio 
Finland website, and the 00024 Yleisradio address is correct, 
according to the Finnish post office's postal code search page:
http://www.posti.fi/postinumeroluettelo/
I guess that the FBC HQ gets enough mail that it has a separate postal 
code (Bill Westenhaver, QC, June 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. French language course is aired on RFI Sats in the 1200, 
1400 and 1600 UT broadcasts. The approach is different than the 
typical language course. The program I heard was tied to different 
items of French literature. In the course of learning phrases and 
words, you also get to learn a bit about some of the different French 
writers (or writers who wrote in French). The course book I received 
seems to be different. It is tied to French songs. The entire book is 
in French. The songs, which will be used in the course, are 
transcribed in the book. I don`t know the level of the course 
(beginner, intermediate, advanced). It may help to have some basic 
understanding o French (Kevin Cozens, Programming Matters, ODXA 
Listening In, June via DXLD)

Indeed! Just like the French, expecting you to learn their language 
without the inconvenience of presentation in the language you already 
speak! (gh, DXLD)

** GERMANY [non]. DW not in English to NAm, UT 0300 on 15105 past 3+ 
days. It`s in Swahili! (Bob Thomas, CT, June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. Subject: Information on RADIO RASANT Special 
Broadcast. 
From: scipark@erols.com  (Myke Weiskopf) 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave 
Date: 19 Jun 2002 15:48:28 -0700 

Dear Listeners and DXers, 

On 12th April 2002 we startet [sic] transmissions of RADIO RASANT, 
the students' radio from the Städtische Realschule Sundern, a modern 
type of secondary school in Sundern, Germany. It is a students' radio 
project, all speakers are aged 14 up to 16 years. As far as we know: 
It's a unique project: there's no other project like this, done on 
shortwave by students. The first broadcast about activities against 
hostility against foreigners here in Sundern was a great success. We 
got a lot of reports and criticism to this broadcast. That was great. 
Thanks so far. 

Now we managed our second broadcast via IRRS. It is about a local 
employment project where companies, schools and employment agencies 
work together to minimize unemployment situations here. We think that 
this project is unique and we would like to introduce this project to 
all our listeners. The broadcast will again be in German. This is the 
schedule: 

Saturday, 29th June 2002, 1200-1300 UT on 13840 kHz 
and Sunday, 30th June 2002, 1200-1300 UT on 13840 kHz (repetition) and 
as Internet- Radio at http://mp3.nexus.org at the same times. 

We want to ask you to spread this information among all listeners as 
far as possible. We would like to receive a lot of reports. Perhaps 
there will be a third transmission of RADIO RASANT. We will not be 
back before September 2002 because the students will celebrate their 
summer holidays in the near future for about 6 and a half weeks. 

Thanks again and good reception. vy 73s 

Reinhard Marx, RADIO RASANT project manager, at Städtische Realschule 
Sundern, Rotbuschweg 28, D- 59846 Sundern, Germany 
phone: ++49 (0)2933 77021/ -22  fax:      ++49 (0)2933 77073 
http://www.radiorasant.org  (via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD) 

** GREENLAND. Re 3812: Tasiilaq is the largest town in East Greenland 
with a population of around 1700 inhabitants. It was formerly called 
Ammassalik, or in Danish: Angmagssalik. It is located on 65.35 North, 
38.00 West. The town is beautifully situated in a fjord surrounded by 
high mountains. You can read more about Tasiillaq and see beautiful 
photos on its website: 
http://www.greenland-guide.dk/ammassalik/tasiilaq.htm 

According to WRTH 2002 KNR broadcasts from Tasiilaq on 96.0 MHz FM 
with 50 watts. If any DX-er is lucky enough to hear this station, the 
address is: Tasiilaq Tusaalaa, Ittimiini B.883, DK-3913 Tasiilaq, 
Greenland. However, that will be very difficult both on FM and SW. 
During the present Polar summer with sunshine 24 hours a day north of 
the Arctic Circle the propagation on 3.8 MHz with 100 watts is hardly 
more than within the local area! During mid day the band is not open 
here in Denmark, but I tried Jun 10 at 2000-2200 and nothing was 
audible on 3812. At that time the Maximum Usable Frequency towards 
Denmark is still around 16 MHz. The town is located so close to the 
Polar circle that today, Jun 19, Sunset is at 0129 and Sunrise two 
hours later at 0337. So much daylight is not favourable for 
transmissions on the low SW frequencies. In the old days KNR used to 
broadcast on SW within the ITU authorized bands, but this is in the 
amateurband outside the 75 meterband. It is also strange that it comes 
from a small town on the East coast, when KNR has its basis in Nuuk 
(Godthaab in Danish) on the West coast (DSWCI DX Mirror Ed. Anker 
Petersen, Denmark, June 19 via DXLD)

** HUNGARY. Staff at Radio Budapest were not shouting that rallying 
cry last week, I`m sure, when they heard that their department was 
going to be trimmed down. It`s even worse than I thought, so a 
listener tells me. Tibor Gaal writes from Hungary to say that the 
transmissions in Hungarian on shortwave are now virtually relays of 
the first domestic programme, Kossuth Radio. In January the DX 
programme in Hungarian was scrapped. The only DX program they`ve got 
now in Hungary is a sporadic one on a station called Civil Radio, 
which is on 98.00 MHz in Budapest, a local FM station. It`s a non-
profit operation and shares its frequency with two other operators, 
Fiksz Radio and Harmonia Radio, two other non-profit stations. 

For listeners who understand Hungarian, you can go and visit the DX 
program`s website: http://www.mediatortenet.hu and click on DX 
Magazin. You`ll find an archive of DX Programmes. This is the 
beginning of the May edition. Apparently they produce one half-hour 
programme per month: SOUND DX Magazin (FRANS VOSSEN, RVI Radio World 
via John Norfolk, DXLD)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Long rave about satellite radio:
http://salon.com/tech/feature/2002/06/19/satellite_radio/print.html
Salon without the ads:
http://test.angel.net/nic/salon-home.cgi 
(via Chet Copeland, DXLD)

** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non].
All the following is from the New York Times web site:

'2182 KHZ': ARCTIC DISTRESS CALLS
By DWIGHT GARNER

2182 KHZ 
By David Masiel.
294 pp. New York: Random House. $22.95.

The title of David Masiel's first novel, ''2182 kHz,'' refers to the
international distress channel -- the place luckless captains of ocean
vessels go to report dire situations. It's a cold title but an apt 
one: Masiel's confidently anarchic book broadcasts distress on six or 
seven frequencies at once; it's its own little pirate radio station of 
weirdness and pain.

''2182 kHz'' takes place almost entirely at sea, along the lonely 
expanse of Alaska's North Slope, and it concerns itself with the kind 
of guys who sign on to work up there on oil rigs, ocean tugs and 
icebreakers. (Masiel, who's in his early 40's, spent 10 years doing 
this sort of work.) You've got to be a little nuts to be attracted to 
this life -- the hours are appalling, the food is subhuman, you can be 
away from land for months at a time, temperatures can hit 60 degrees 
below zero, waves can run 50 feet in storms -- and Masiel's characters 
are indeed a little out there. They're like zonked-out refugees from a 
Ken Kesey novel smuggled into Jack London's world -- miscreants who
can make Paulie Walnuts of ''The Sopranos'' look like Walter Cronkite. 
Men Without Ritalin.

Among the most appealing of these lunatics is a tug captain who's 
known as the Chemist. What's great about the Chemist isn't that he's a 
self-described anarcho-fascist who wears leather and rows of silver 
earrings, nor that he's just pierced his own nipples with a sail 
needle, nor that he likes to read ''Finnegans Wake'' in the control 
room and listen to brain-scrambling metal bands like Throbbing 
Gristle. (It's no great feat for a writer to create characters like 
this; just add eccentricities.) What's great about the Chemist is that 
he prowls the deck of his tug, like some punk-rock Ahab, never issuing 
direct orders but instead simply screaming these two words at his 
crew: ''Do Things!''

The good news about ''2182 kHz'' isn't that the Chemist's men follow 
his instructions -- they barely listen to him -- but that Masiel does. 
Anyone who reads much fiction by young American writers is used to 
hoping, often in vain, that a novelist will do things -- that is, that 
he or she will bother to hang his or her clever observations on an 
actual story. Masiel isn't the most ingenious, or artful, first 
novelist you're going to come across this year, but he may be the most 
natural storyteller. Even the mistakes he makes (and he makes his 
share) are the kind you secretly don't mind, the kind that keep his 
plot fully in gear. 

The protagonist of ''2182 kHz'' is a likable hard-luck case named 
Henry Seine. Henry's spent 10 years working the Arctic offshore, and 
the time has taken its toll: he's 32 but looks 40; his attractive wife 
back in Washington State, tired of living alone for months at a time, 
has just sent him five Dear John letters (she would have sent fewer, 
but she was worried they wouldn't get through) that he received in one 
brutal clump. The men Henry works with generally like him, even though 
he's a bit of an ''environmentalist whack-nut,'' a guy who cares too 
much about niceties like the proper disposal of human and bilge waste. 
They begin to like him a little less when men start dying all around 
him.

Through Henry's eyes, we get an expert (and frequently hilarious) tour 
of a world that's ostensibly presided over by huge, bland corporations 
like Exxon but in reality is subcontracted out to a few hundred 
borderline psychopaths, the sort of guys who were ''beaten senseless 
every day of the seventh grade,'' men who are students of prison highs 
-- chewing nutmeg, drinking Listerine -- and who frequently operate 
heavy machinery while stoned out of their minds. One of the 
achievements of Masiel's book, however, is that with one or two 
exceptions he doesn't turn his manic characters into caricatures;
he resembles the short-story writer Thom Jones in his ability to 
combine an eye for madness and absurdity with a deep feeling for the 
lives of people in extreme situations.

At its heart, ''2182 kHz'' is a series of search-and-rescue missions 
that are as engrossing as anything this side of ''A Perfect Storm,'' 
with an offbeat love story thrown in for good measure. The first of 
these rescue missions is Henry's own. He's the only survivor of a 
capsizing brought on by the Chemist's unrequited love for a woman 
named Julia on another boat; the Chemist takes a risky (and deadly) 
shortcut through dangerous water while trying to beat Julia's boat 
back to port. Henry is thrown clear of the tug but lives, because he's 
managed to climb into a survival suit. The scenes of him bobbing in 
the frigid ocean, alone, in the dark, adrift on a raging sea, have an 
austere grandeur: ''He climbed and dropped and sensed a thousand feet 
of black ocean eating him from below. . . . The pit seemed 10 miles
deep, 20 miles, stretching down and down, his body falling until he 
realized his falling was actually rising, a sensation of flying too 
fast as his inner ear struggled to keep up with the reality of his 
body's movement.'' O.K., so maybe this quotation doesn't sing out of 
context (Masiel isn't that kind of writer), but you'll have to trust 
me -- this scene, which goes on for pages, will leave you feeling as 
seasick and horrified as Henry is. 

The woman responsible for Henry's eventual rescue is Julia, the object 
of the Chemist's obsession and the only woman within what feels like a 
million miles. Henry becomes obsessed with her, too, and has better 
luck. (Their sex is so exuberant he begins to worry that in a fit of 
ecstasy she's going to rip out the series of fresh stitches in his 
cheek.) Henry and Julia hatch a plan to save a scientist stranded on a 
rapidly melting ice floe hundreds of miles away, an adventure that 
will ultimately cost a few more crew members' lives.

Masiel is capable of pushing his plot over the top; there's a 
ridiculous bit where Henry and his men knock out a captain in order to 
steal the tug needed to reach the stranded scientist. But no matter. 
What keeps ''2182 kHz'' grounded is Masiel's intimate knowledge of 
this world. As the plot skims along, you're treated to gripping little 
disquisitions on things like ''free radicals'' (monster waves that can 
pop out of fairly calm seas) or how to properly lash down tug lines or 
how to sleep in rough weather without getting your nose broken. In 
Henry Seine, Masiel gives us a man who's haunted (almost literally) by
ghosts -- those of his dead shipmates, his lost wife, his emotionally 
remote father. Henry's father was a crabber who died a few hours after 
fighting with Henry, who'd tried to warn him that his boat was 
overloaded; among his final words to his son were, ''Gonna whip some 
college on me, huh?'' The best thing about ''2182 kHz'' may be that 
David Masiel would never dream of whipping any college on us. His book 
is proof that good instincts, and a lack of pretension, can take you a 
surprisingly long way.

Dwight Garner is an editor at the Book Review.
(via Stefano Valianti, Italy, BDXC-UK via DXLD)

** IRAQ [non]. CLANDESTINE from? to IRAQ. 9154.7, V of Ashur heard at 
tune in 1830 June 18 during an Assyrian* folk song followed shortly by 
an Arabic ID by male voice 'Izaat Ashur min al-Watan'. 

I heard some other vernacular IDs by a female voice apparently in 
Assyrian languages. They broadcast news in Arabic at 1840 with 
commentaries hostile to the current Iraqi regime, no trace of them 
after 1857. S7 with intense utility interference and frequent fading. 
*The name "Assyria is the chronicle of Arbela (modern Arbil); they are 
not by any means affiliated to the northern Iraq Kurdish community and 
in fact they are  historical enemies (Mahmud Fathi, Germany, Cumbre DX 
via DXLD) 

** ISRAEL. ISRAELIS THREATEN TO DROP CNN AFTER TURNER COMMENT
Ewen MacAskill and Oliver Burkeman in New York
Thursday June 20 2002, The Guardian

Israelis yesterday began to take punitive action against the US global 
television network CNN, whose founder, Ted Turner, accused the country 
of engaging in terrorism. 

One of Israel's biggest satellite companies, Yes, bowed to the furore 
Mr Turner's remarks created by allowing in CNN's biggest rival, Fox 
News, owned by Rupert Murdoch. Some Yes board members also threatened 
to pull the plug on CNN for 24 hours or even longer.  

But a spokewoman for CNN, Susanna Flood, said that at a meeting 
between CNN and Yes in London yesterday Yes "gave us an assurance
that it has no intention of taking CNN off".  

In a further protest, the Yesha council, which represents Jewish 
settlers in the West Bank and Gaza, banned CNN reporters from
entering settlements. The council accused CNN of being "unfair and 
unbalanced".  

CNN has faced criticism from Israelis for its coverage of the Middle 
East crisis. Accusations of bias were fuelled by Mr Turner's
interview in the Guardian on Tuesday in which he said Israel was 
engaged in terrorism against the Palestinians: "Aren't the
Israelis and Palestinians both terrorising each other?"  

Mr Turner later put out a statement seeking to cool the row: "I regret 
any implication that I believe the actions taken by Israel to protect 
its people are equal to terrorism."  

But the Israeli communications minister, Reuven Rivlin, said that if 
Mr Turner had made his comments in Israel, he would have been
declared persona non grata.  

Celebrating Fox's success in making inroads into Israel, Doug Murphy, 
vice-president for international distribution, said: "We've been in 
negotiations since about October 2001, and we're thrilled to be up and 
running now."  

He added: "It's a necessary channel there. Our mantra is 'fair and 
balanced', and that has sunk in with Israelis who have been spending 
time here in the United States. Then they've gone back to Israel and 
said that's the type of viewpoint that they want."  

But Fox has been the target of much criticism in the US from those who 
accuse it of a rightwing and pro-Israeli bias. A report last year from 
the pressure group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, said that 
"Fox's entire editorial policy revolves around the idea that the 
mainstream media have a liberal bias that Fox is obligated to 
rectify".  

The channel recently adopted a policy of referring to Palestinian 
suicide bombers as "homicide bombers".  

In Israel, a Yes broadcaster and a source close to the head of 
Israel's three cable providers, now engaged in a merger, told Reuters
the companies will consider whether to take CNN off the air. At least 
two board members had demanded that Yes take CNN off the air
for at least 24 hours.  

A source close to Ram Belinkov, who will be chief executive of a 
merged company of the three cable providers, Matav Cable Systems
Media, Tevel and Golden Channels, said: "Turner's comments were the 
latest in a long line of biased coverage" against Israel.  

Yes, 45% of which is held by state-controlled phone company Bezeq 
Israel Telecom, competes with the cable companies in providing
television services. It has about 300,000 subscribers in Israel. 

Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited (via Bill Westenhaver, DXLD)

** ITALY. 3170  R Studio X , Momigno,  Jun 01, 0450–0530, English 
announcements, and songs in English and Italian, 35434. (It broadcasts 
regularly on MW 1584)  (Gian Luigi Naj, Asti, Italy, DSWCI DX Window 
June 19 via DXLD). Thus it is a harmonic (DSWCI Ed) And ought to be on 
3168 – a WORLD OF RADIO affiliate (gh)

** ITALY. We have had to reduce our schedule as the fees for 
broadcasting from Italy have gotten out of hand. These high fees also 
forces out the AWR operation in Forlì (Alfredo Controneo, IRRS to Hans 
Johnson Jun 18, Cumbre DX via DXLD) Sked is now: 
    M-F 0530-0630 13840 
    Sat-Sun 0800-1200 13840 (Norton IRRS via Cumbre DX via DXLD) 
However, when I looked at their website the other day, the morning 
broadcast was not listed (gh, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GERMANY

[non?] Another point: ´´Information on the exact location and 
technical characteristics of this transmitter will not be available 
for public disclosure at this time.´´ also not really fits to Jülich. 
On Sunday I quickly tuned into 13840 and found a quite weak signal 
which seemed to match the tiny Milano outlet, so I did not monitor it 
more closely, at this time not suspecting that this could be in fact a 
transmitter abroad... (Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 19, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 2624, Frontline Soldiers R, Channel 1, reactivated 
June 1, 1940-2000*, Korean ann, revolutionary songs, not // 3025.6. 
Low audio and strong QRN, QSA 3. It is very seldom on the air. (Roland 
Schulze, Philippines, DSWCI DX Window June 19 via DXLD) Not reported
since May 2001 (DSWCI Ed). 3025.6, Frontline R, Channel 2, Jun 1, 
1940-1956*, Korean program. QSA 4 (Schulze, ibid.)

** MOROCCO. The official government site http://www.rtm.gov.ma was not 
working when I checked it out; however, R. Mediterranée Internationale 
does work at http://www.medi1.com – very little about SW other than a 
mention of their solitary SW frequency but this site certainly has a 
very interesting collexion of recipes! (Dr John Barnard, AB, Signals 
Unlimited, June CIDX Messenger via DXLD)

** NETHERLANDS. I can confirm that the station on 15070 kHz was indeed 
Radio Alpha [Lima] International. Program details were correct. I was 
very surprised that they are allegedly using on 250 watts, judging by
their website. It sounded louder but again the time of 0400z was 
probably at their grayline. It did rapidly fade-out. It was the first 
time I have logged and importantly had confirmed an authentic hobby 
pirate station (Robin Harwood, Tasmania, June 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. [Re AUSTRALIA]. From Ray Moore's details of 1503 AM 
reception on June 9, it sounds like he was listening to Radio Sport, 
New Zealand. They operate synchro transmitters from Wellington (5kW) 
and Christchurch (2.5kW) in New Zealand on 1503. On June 6, a charity 
boxing match 'Fight for Life' was held for youth suicide victims, and 
it may have been an excerpt from a rebroadcast of this match, or 
another boxing match. It's midwinter (in fact solstice is today) down 
here, and we hear Florida AMers with regularity so no reason why Radio 
Sport hasn't got to N. Ft Myers in return (David Ricquish, NZ DX 
Times, Wellington NZ, June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI Revised Frequency Schedule
0000-0458 - 17675
0459-0658 - 11820
0659-1105 -  9885 
1106-1305 -  9515 (ex 11675)
(via John Figliozzi, June 21, GRDXC via DXLD)

John habitually omits schedule before 0000 as basically inaudible in 
ENAm (gh, DXLD)

** OMAN. 15355, R Sultanate of Oman, Jun 14, 0208-0325, clearly 
audible with Arabic and English (Ray Merrall, UK, DSWCI DX Window June 
19 via DXLD)

** OMAN. 13725 (ex 15140) June 16, 1520 R Sultanate of Oman talk in 
Arabic SINPO 35333 (Swopan Chakroborty, Cumbre DX via DXLD) 

** PERU. On Jun 16, the Peruvian Minister of Defence, Sr. Aurelio 
Loret de Mola, declared the southern city of Arequipa in Emergency 
after three days of severe uprisings against the Peruvian Government. 
Active SW stations in Arequipa are:
3375 R San Antonio 1000-1330 2200-0130
5940 R Bethel 1000-0300
5996 R Melodia 24 h
6141 CPN  R. 0845-2300v               
(AFP in Danish Press, and updated DBS-4, DSWCI DX Window June 19 via 
DXLD) Already reflected in R. Tacna on 9404.8 at 1100 as previously

** PERU. Lo que puedo decir es que para quien quiera escuchar noticias 
de tienen que sintonizar:

Radio Tarma en 4775; el noticiero empieza a las 1200 UT 
Radio Cora 4914, noticias desde las 1000 
una radio arequipeña Radio Melodía en 5995 
- y Oriente en 6188 con senhal fuerte... [Yurimaguas]

Recomendaría Unión, pero tiene una pésima modulación... aparte he 
llamado un millón de veces a la radio y nadie sabe dar razón el por 
qué transmiten tan mal... te responden: pero sí, estamos saliendo ...y 
uno le explica y no entienden... en fin, cero criterio. Saludos
(Alfredo `spacemaster` Cañote, Perú, June 20, Conexión Digital via 
DXLD)

** PERU. 5499.25 /5500.58 Radio San Miguel, la provincia de San 
Miguel, el departamento de Cajamarca. June 15 2002 - 2330 UT. From a 
BM preview of April 26 all in SWB got an alert re an unID LA on this 
frequency -- obviously a test transmission with nonstop, mostly 
Ecuadorian music without any talk. Back again May 4 with nonstop music 
without talk, but this time with Peruvian music. May 15 came the 
solution to this "problem" when "Radio San Miguel" was reactivated on 
this new frequency. Seems to broadcast regularly -- yesterday evening 
a little higher up in frequency: 5500.58 -- announcing 5500 kHz, 1450 
and 101.1. This date a lot of talk about the election of a new mayor 
"alcalde" -- mentioned several "distritos" among others "Llapa" and 
"Calquis". I logged "Radio San Miguel" last time in May last year on 
6339.67 kHz (see SWB 1458). At that time they have ID as "San Miguel 
Arcángel Radio". . Now I can only hear "Radio San Miguel"- IDs and 
sometimes "San Miguel súper radio". Now when you get this little 
"preview" San Miguel has been on air for some days so perhaps some of 
you already got an ID.

Info from "Ventanaperú": Provincia de San Miguel, cuya capital es San 
Miguel de Pallaques. Sus distritos son: Calquis, El Prado, La Florida, 
Llapa, Nanchoc, Niepos, San Gregorio, San Miguel, San Silvestre de 
Cochán, Unión Agua Blanca; con una población total de 59,641 hab. 73 
från (BM in Quito! bjornmalm@yahoo.es SW Bulletin via DXLD)

** PHILIPPINES. Dear Glenn: It appears that the VOA is planning a 
major overhaul of one of their transmitter sites in the Philippines at 
the former Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, La Union province. In an 
advertisement in the June 18, 2002 issue of the Philippine Daily 
Inquirer, the IBB called out to interested parties to qualify 
themselves with the agency to perform demolition and construction work 
on the site, as well as the erection of a five-tower antenna array for 
a 1 MW medium-wave transmitter and related facilities. The value of 
the contract is expected to be in the $1 million - $5 million range. 
Thanks and regards (Paul Santos, Philippines, June 21, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. Dear Glenn: I read your commentary in DX 2-097 on the 
death of Martin Burnham in the Philippines and was struck by what I 
thought was an uninformed remark about why he and his wife Gracia were 
kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf more than a year ago. True, they were in 
my country on religious business but they were not seized because of 
it. They were merely on vacation when the Abu Sayyaf swooped down on 
them and took them hostage. It could have happened to anybody.

God rest Martin Burnham's soul and that of fellow kidnap victim 
Ediborah Yap who died with him that fateful June day. Thanks and 
regards (Paul Santos, Philippines, June 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Leader of group that killed him was subsequently hunted down and 
killed by forces, per news reports (gh, DXLD)

** POLAND. During a recent program answering listeners` letters, the 
presenter mentioned that R. Polonia no longer carried Polish language 
lessons. The rather lengthy series was repeated many times over the 
years. However, it was decided to discontinue the series due to 
programming restraints and the fact that the texts were a relic of the 
old communist era. Some of the  text material reflected that era, 
which the station didn`t want to emphasize. It was not economically 
feasible to write a new series or set of text books (Fred Waterer, 
Programming Matters, ODXA Listening In, June, via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. The Voice of Russia has celebrated the 60th anniversary of 
its Indian broadcasts. The director of the Indian cultural center in 
Moscow Satbir Singh underlined the extreme importance of the 
broadcasts that were first launched in the years of World War II. He 
pointed out that broadcasts in the languages of various ethnic 
communities of Indostan let people learn many things about new Russia. 
The first foreign minister of Russia Vyacheslav Trubnikov spoke about 
the Voice of Russia's contribution to the efforts to promote relations 
between Russia and South Asia (Voice of Russia News, 06/19/02 via 
Sergei Sosedkin, IL, DXLD) 

** SOUTH CAROLINA. OK, wedged in between South Africa and Syria, with 
those two asterisks you use to denote a country, is a listing for the 
nation of. . . . . South Carolina.

As someone who grew up there, I agree a strong case can be made that 
South Carolina isn't really part of the United States. . . . . or, 
hell, Western civilization when you get down to it. But has something 
happened back there my relatives aren't telling me? Or are you, as 
those wacky young people like to say, yanking our cranks? As Desi 
Arnez used to say, "Splain plez!" 73, (Harry Helms, CA, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Hi Harry, Nothing personal, I assure you, but I felt it appropriate 
for us -- spelt U-S -- to distance ourselves from the Bro. Stair case, 
and it makes it easier to find instead of mixing in with all that USA 
stuff. I do, of course, also treat OKLAHOMA as a special heading, if 
not country, for quite different reasons. SC of course does have a 
history of separatism, and I have also come out in favor of 
autonomy/independence everywhere, producing as many radio countries as 
possible. 73, (Glenn to Harry via DXLD)

Glenn, Thanks for the explanation! I knew you were goofing, but the 
genesis of the joke sailed over my somewhat bewildered head. 73, 
(Harry Helms, ibid.)

** SPAIN. 15290 kHz, Radio Exterior de España. June 18 at 2035-2055*. 
SINPO 35443. Interview about scientific research in English. Spanish 
by radio at 2045. The same program was also heard on 9570 with SINPO 
24332 (NAGATANI Iwao, Kobe, JAPAN, Japan Premium via DXLD) 

** SWEDEN. Swedish LF Transmitter On Air Next Sunday. LF enthusiasts 
will be interested to note that the annual transmission from the 
historic Alexanderson alternator at Grimeton Radio, SAQ, in Sweden 
will take place on 17.2 kHz next Sunday, the 30th of June, at 0830 
UTC. The transmission will be repeated at 0845, 1230 and 1245 UTC. 
The amateur special event station SA6Q will be active from 0700 to 
1400 on 7015, 7050, 14035 and 14215 kHz plus 136.8 kHz LF. Reception 
reports can be sent by e-mail to: info@alexander.n.se or by fax to 
0046 340 674195. (RSBG Main News for June 23 via G4RGA, 
uk.radio.amateur via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** TIBET [non]. The Voice of Tibet (via Yangi-Yul, Tajikistan ?) was 
heard as follows with SINPO-ratings mentioned:

1213-1300:
15170 (New) Jun 16 22332
15225 (New) Jun 15 25333  (at 12:43:30 shift to 15330)
15330 (New) Jun 15 24232 (from 12:43:30)
15635 Jun 15 34333
15660 (New) Jun 16 24333* (at 12:43:30 shift to 15670)
15670 Jun 16 25343* (from 12:43:30)
21560 Jun 15 22332 (Beijing voice jamming)
21570 Jun 16 21221

*Voice of Tibet changed frequency exactly at 12:43:30. The CNR2 voice
jammer continued on 15660 until 1248 and was effective again on 15670
from 1249 ! Both the Voice of Tibet and the CNR2 jammer signed off at
1300.

1430-1515:
21570 Jun 16 23433
21650 Jun 14 25433
21650 Jun 15 44444  
(Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window June 19 via DXLD)

** TURKEY. Want to be a script writer? You have the opportunity at the 
Voice of Turkey. No pay, but our script will be read out in full 
without any editing and with your by-line. Osman Erkan is the head of 
the English department at VOT. He badly needs material for DX-Corner. 
He, himself, is not a SW listener.

No doubt, you have something to say on some SW subjects. Write it out 
on paper. No need to be brief; expand all you want. Mail to: TRT-Voice 
of Turkey, Osman Erkan, DX Corner, P O Box 333, 06.443 Yenisehir, 
Ankara, Turkey.

Also, the VOT English service has a call-in show ``Live from Turkey``, 
every Tuesday 1841-1920 on 9785, 500 kW. This call-in show has few, if 
any callers.

To participate, phone Turkey near the start of the show at 90-312-
4912896. Give your own number and hang up. You will not be asked what 
you want to talk about. VOT will call you back, at their expense, and 
you can converse with Osman Erkan as long as you want about any 
subject matter. Erkan is even willing if you would like to read a poem 
over the air!

The people at VOT are very nice, so I expect that you should at least 
alk about Turkey and shortwave. You can be heard, worldwide! (David 
Crystal, Israel, June CIDX Messenger via DXLD)

Unless, of course, you wish to express your loyalty to ex-presenter of 
both shows Reshide Morali... BTW, Yenisehir is supposed to be spelt 
with a cedilla (comma) under the S, making it an sh sound, but I 
haven`t found any way to produce this character with MS Word or 
extended ASCII, altho I do have its equivalent š. C-cedilla is easily 
done with control-comma-c, but not its essy counterpart! Lacking that, 
it ought to be respelt Yenishehir. And what about the unique Turkish 
I`s, upper and lower case, with and without dots? (Glenn Hauser, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** UNITED KINGDOM See story in DXLD 2-092

Chris Bickerton, presenter of the BBC World Service`s Focus on Africa 
for more than 30 years, died of cancer two weeks ago. His demise was 
reported in the World Service`s main news bulletins, prompting 
hundreds of messages of condolences from listeners all over the 
continent. ``Chris was the rock around which Focus was built,`` an 
official obituary on the BBC website observes. ``Some listeners even 
named their children after him.``

What this devoted audience did not know was that early in 2001 
Bickerton was told by BBC bosses his services would not be required 
beyond the end of the year - partly because he had reached the age of 
60, and, partly because managers wanted to `Africanise` the 
presenters. He was offered a few hundred pounds as a `goodwill 
gesture`.

There was dismay and anger among his colleagues, who pointed out that 
other BBC presenters are allowed to continue beyond the age of 60 - or 
even 90, in Alastair Cooke`s case. A petition, signed by every member 
of the department, urged the management to think again since ``Chris 
is the most professional, knowledgeable and experienced presenter we 
have in this department``. The signatories, most of whom were 
themselves African, also noted that ``listeners want presenters that 
have a feel for the story/items in the programme. Chris, with 30 
years` experience, certainly has as much sensibility for the stories 
as most Africans on staff.``

The suits agreed to postpone his departure, whilst negotiating an 
improved settlement. Meanwhile, Bickerton was diagnosed with cancer of 
the oesophagus, though he continued to to come to work when he was 
well enough. A month later he had surgery to remove the tumour, but in 
April he learned that the cancer had spread aggressively and was 
inoperable.

No leaving party was ever organised for Chris Bickerton: not so much 
as the carton of orange juice and packet of crisps customarily 
produced at the departure of someone after a few weeks works 
experience. No speech was made, no gratitude expressed. Now, however, 
the fine words are flowing: the BBC website has dozens of tributes, 
and it seems that some corporate celebration of his life is to be 
organised. Many old colleagues think the suits should spare themselves 
the effort and hypocrisy, and hand over a large cheque to his widow 
and young son instead (Private Eye, June 14th, via Mike Barraclough, 
UK, June 21, DXLD)

** U K. Thought you might like to see this piece from the New 
Statesmen by a UK gentleman who has a DAB digital radio, and his 
impressions thereof: 
http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/site.php3?newTemplate=NSArticle_Life&newDisplayURN=200206170036

73- (Bill Westenhaver, QC, DXLD) 

** U K. BBC FACES UNFAIR DISMISSAL CLAIMS AT RACE TRIBUNAL 
Ashley Davies Tuesday June 18 2002 The Guardian 

The BBC was today accused of running parts of the World Service like 
the "old empire" at an employment tribunal. John Barsby, the chairman 
of the National Union of Journalists, said the BBC was not making 
enough of an effort towards racial equality. He was speaking at the 
tribunal of Perry Grambas, a former BBC World Service contract 
producer who claims he was sacked because of his race. Mr Grambas, who 
is Greek, had worked for the BBC World Service for seven years before 
being moved to BBC news and current affairs. Barsby said: "In our 
experience, we fear people in the World Service language service have 
not had the same opportunities as those in other areas of the BBC. "It 
is incumbent on them to make more of an effort. Many people there do 
try but some people there believe we are still in the old empire." The 
tribunal also heard from Julian Siddle, who was programme output 
producer on the World Today programme when Mr Grambas worked there. 
Referring to BBC claims from earlier on in the tribunal that Mr 
Grambas learned new production skills too slowly, Mr Siddle said he 
felt Mr Grambas had been given "an unnecessarily hard time". "He was 
as good as, if not better than, other producers," he said. The 
tribunal continues. Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited (via Bill 
Westenhaver, June 19, DXLD)

** U S A. FLORIDA MAN CONVICTED IN DELIBERATE INTERFERENCE TRIAL 

NEWINGTON, CT, Jun 20, 2002 --- A Florida Citizens Band enthusiast 
accused of jamming Amateur Radio operations and transmitting without 
a license has been convicted in federal court on eight misdemeanor 
counts. The jury took about 30 minutes to decide that Willam Flippo 
of Jupiter was guilty of four counts of operating without a license 
and four counts of deliberate and malicious interference. Federal 
District Court Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley noted that, while the charges 
were misdemeanors, it was important that the amateur airwaves be free 
of interference in the event of an emergency. He ordered that Flippo 
remain in custody and undergo a psychiatric evaluation prior to 
sentencing. 

The prosecutor in the case, Neil Karabdil, credited members of the 
Amateur Radio community with bringing Flippo to justice. The list 
included ARRL 1999 ARRL International Humanitarian Award winner Ed 
Petzolt, K1LNC, who helped the FCC gather evidence in the case; Bert 
Morschi, AG4BV; Palm Beach County Emergency Coordinator Dave 
Messinger, N4QPM; and Chuck Mulligan, N4SDW. 

"This is a very good day for Amateur Radio, and a very good day for 
justice," Petzolt said following the trial. "Let the word go out that 
we will not tolerate this sort of thing on our frequencies, and you 
will be caught." Petzolt cited local amateurs and the efforts of the 
FCC, including Special Counsel for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth 
"and everyone else who kept the faith," for helping to bring the case 
to a successful conclusion. 

"Never give up and never surrender," Petzolt advised those facing 
similar malicious interference situations. "If you do, they win." 
According to Petzolt, who testified in the trial, Flippo primarily 
had targeted the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group for jamming and 
regularly interfered with amateur operations, especially on 10 and 2 
meters, over an approximately three-year period. Following up on the 
amateurs` complaints, personnel from the FCC`s Tampa District Office 
visited the Jupiter area at least twice in 1999 and reported tracking 
the offending signals to Flippo`s residence. 

Anything But Routine 

The six-and-a-half-day trial that began June 10 was anything but 
routine. A day after attempting to fire his public defender attorney, 
Robert Adler--who countered that Flippo was trying to undermine his 
own trial--Flippo, then still free on $100,000 bond, drove himself to 
the hospital June 13 claiming he`d suffered a stroke. He was released 
the following day. Hurley recessed the trial but took the unusual 
step of revoking Flippo`s bond June 17 after a physician told the 
judge that medical tests determined that Flippo had not had a stroke. 
Known as "Rabbit Ears" within the CB community, Flippo reportedly 
begged Hurley not to return him to jail because he had high blood 
pressure. 

The federal trial was twice postponed last year after Flippo, now 60, 
argued successfully that serious health problems would prevent him 
from participating. He made similar claims earlier this month during 
another hearing to determine if he was capable of standing trial. A 
federal magistrate determined, however, that Flippo was competent to 
stand trial, and the trial date was set. 

Flippo conceded during testimony that he did not have a license to 
transmit, but he claimed to have a letter of authorization from the 
Palm Beach County Emergency Management Office to use his radio during 
Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and that he considered it still valid. He 
did not admit to transmitting on amateur frequencies, however. The 
letter`s alleged author, Mulligan, testified that the letter had been 
altered. 

Flippo further testified that he`d been given a 10-kW amplifier by 
the FCC after he`d complained of suffering interference while 
handling emergency communications during the hurricane. He also 
claimed that amateurs had planted listening devices on his property 
and taped his voice to play back on ham frequencies to frame him. 
Some members of the Palm Beach County CB community also showed up for 
the trial, but only as spectators. None testified on Flippo`s behalf 
in the case. 

Tape-recorded evidence of a 911 call Flippo had made in 1999 while 
also alleged to be transmitting on 2 meters supported a jamming claim 
by Petzolt. At the time, Petzolt and then-FCC agent Larry Sowers were 
in Petzolt`s vehicle behind Flippo while Sowers was gathering 
evidence for the case. The jury apparently did not believe the 
argument, made by Adler, that Petzolt had "jammed himself" by 
retransmitting Flippo`s mobile public address system audio via his 
own 2-meter transmitter. 

Flippo was convicted last year in state court of criminal mischief-- 
also a misdemeanor--after ramming Petzolt`s vehicle the same evening 
the 911 call was made. Following his state conviction, Flippo was 
sentenced to a year`s probation. The judge also ordered him to 
dispose of any radio equipment in his possession. A ban on possessing 
radio gear also was a condition of his bond in the federal case. 
Taking the stand for the prosecution, Sowers detailed the allegations 
against Flippo. His testimony included the introduction of taped- 
recorded and other evidence gathered by the FCC. Anthony Burgos of 
the FCC`s Tampa office also testified for the prosecution. 

Federal authorities arrested Flippo in July 2000. The criminal 
charges of which he now stands convicted covered violations allegedly 
committed between June 1999 and April of 2000. The defendant already 
faces a $20,000 fine levied in 1999 for unlicensed operation, willful 
and malicious interference to Amateur Radio communications, and 
failure to let the FCC inspect his radio equipment. 

Further Charges Possible 

Following Flippo`s conviction and after the jury had left the 
courtroom, Hurley expressed concerns that Flippo had committed 
perjury during the trial. "It is clear to me you made an effort to 
sabotage this case," he told Flippo. 

Hurley also said he was concerned "regarding the violence in this 
case" and said he was convinced that Flippo was the aggressor in the 
car-ramming incident. Further worried that Flippo might not return to 
court for his sentencing hearing, Hurley remanded him to the custody 
of US marshals and ordered him returned to jail. 

Flippo`s wife, Jan, and his two daughters, one of them in a 
wheelchair, were in court on the trial`s final day. Flippo reportedly 
hung his head after the jury returned a guilty verdict on the second 
count. He had no comment for a reporter as he was led back to jail. 
Sentencing could take place in about a month. According to the FCC, 
Flippo faces a maximum penalty of eight years in prison--one year on 
each count. He also faces up to $80,000 in fines (ARRL June 20 via 
John Norfolk, OKCOK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. ARNL June 21: 
ENFORCEMENT: FLIPPO IS TRIED IN WEST PALM BEACH 

A non-ham who allegedly jammed ham radio communications has been 
convicted in West Palm Beach Florida on charges of operating a radio 
transmitter without a license. We have this report. 

A federal jury in Florida took less than two hours to convict a 
Jupiter Farms man of broadcasting without a license and maliciously 
jamming ham radio operations in northern Palm Beach County. According 
to the Palm Beach Post, 60 year old William Flippo sat with head bowed 
and eyes closed as court deputy James Caldwell read out eight counts 
of "guilty." 

But getting to this verdict took years of investigation by local hams 
and the FCC along with a trial that lasted 6 1/2 days. It was 
described by the newspaper as an often bizarre trial that included 
testimony about mysterious jamming devices found in trees, strange 
events going back to Hurricane Andrew and a forged letter that 
surfaced at the last minute. 

Flippo`s conviction caps years of conflict between him and the 
Jupiter-Tequesta Repeater Group. This is a 70-member Amateur Radio 
club whose members claimed that Flippo had jammed their transmissions 
and had made threats against them. 

So club members complained to the Federal Communications Commission. 
An FCC Engineer involved in the investigation testified that he had 
tracked the interference to Flippo`s home and two of his vehicles. 
Club members said that the interference stopped when Flippo was 
arrested in July 2000. 

By way of defense, Flippo maintained that most of the radio equipment 
found in his home, in three of his vehicles and filling a 24-by-24- 
foot building behind his house belonged to other people. He also 
asserted that some of it was given to him by Palm Beach County for 
emergency use after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and other gear was part 
of a vintage radio collection. 

Flippo also claimed to have a letter, written in 1994 by the emergency 
coordinator for amateur radio operators in Palm Beach County, 
authorizing him to test his emergency equipment daily. But the alleged 
author of the letter, Charles Mulligan, testified that it was a 
forgery. Mulligan believed it was created from a 1992 letter to Flippo 
dealing with events surrounding Hurricane Andrew. 

And this is where it got even stranger. Halfway through the trial, 
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hurley took the extraordinary step of 
revoking Flippo`s bail. This, even though the charges were all 
misdemeanors. Hurley ordered Flippo into custody, saying that the 
defendant was trying to sabotage the trial by feigning illness. Flippo 
had checked into a hospital, claiming symptoms of a stroke, which 
delayed the trial for two days. 

After the verdict, Judge Hurley ordered Flippo to remain in custody 
until sentencing and to undergo psychological testing. The judge said 
he was deeply concerned about the escalating cycle of violence in the 
case. He singled out an incident in which Flippo rammed into a vehicle 
owned by club member Ed Petzolt, K1LNC. The judge also questioned 
whether Flippo had perjured himself by repeatedly denying he ever used 
amateur radio frequencies. 

When he is sentenced, Flippo faces a maximum of 8 years in a Federal 
prison and an $80,000 fine. This is in addition to an earlier 20,000 
fine levied against him back in 1999 for unlicensed operation and 
other violations of the FCC`s rules. 

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I`m Don Wilbanks, KC5MFA. Norm. More 
on the Flippo case in future amateur Radio Newsline reports (Palm 
Beach Post, Miami Sun, numerous others, Amateur Radio Newsline June 21 
via John Norfolk, DXLD)
 
** U S A. It seems that the operation of KBGG-1700 as WSJZ-1700 was 
rather short lived, as per the FCC site at 
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=87105&Callsign=KBGG

Current Call Sign: KBGG 
Facility ID Number: 87105 
Call Sign Begin Date 
KBGG 06/18/2002 
WSJZ 06/06/2002 
KBGG 11/12/1997 
It appears that they were WSJZ for only 12 days :). Was this an FCC 
error that was soon corrected? It seems that a WSJZ-1700 QSL will be a 
rarity:). 73,(Deane McIntyre, AB, NRC-AM via DXLD)

1700, KBGG IA, Des Moines, They have indeed changed back from WSJZ, 
after using those calls for a few days. Heard at 0259.50 EDT 6/20 ID 
".......KBGG Des Moines." Into CNN Headline News. I wonder why the 
change back? FCC messed up? (Pat Martin, OR, ibid.)

* U S A. I see an experimental digital AM station is slated for New 
Jersey, operating on 1700 kHz with 50 watts. There`s been a lot of 
controversy about how well the proposed IBOC digital system will work 
on AM, particularly at night, so it should be interesting to see how 
that experiment works out (Nigel Pimblett, Medicine Hat, The Broadcast 
Band Column, June CIDX Messenger via DXLD)

** U S A. AM IBOC OPPONENTS: MANY LISTENERS WILL SUFFER

"Millions of listeners will lose their choice of radio if full or 
partial [IBOC] conversion is achieved," argues C. Crane Company, an 
equipment manufacturer that produces radios it says offers "AM 
reception with audio fine-tuned to reproduce the human voice." Crane 
says there are too many questions about interference that must be 
answered before IBOC can be deployed and suggests that more portable 
IBOC receivers be tested. It also wants iBiquity to compile a list of 
receivers that have "adjacent-channel interference problems or 
inadequate filtering." For its part, while acknowledging that further 
testing is necessary for nighttime AM IBOC, iBiquity says the tests 
for daytime service found "little or no noticeable impact" on third-
adjacent analog channels and that the benefits of AM IBOC "greatly 
outweighed any impact" to first- and second-adjacent analog 
channels.``

Above From Radio and Records June 19. BTW, I like first and second 
adjacent AM stations. That's why I have a loop at home and selective 
radio in the car. Sorry to see them go! Regards, (Brock Whaley, 
Atlanta, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. John and Frank, hosts of The Right Perspective, UT Sat 0200-
0400 on WBCQ 7415, have started their own ``The Two Friends Radio 
Network`` lately. They`re live out of the Hal Turner studios. Both 
continue to dis their old digs citing broken promises, being strung 
along, lies, not having we site maintained, etc. All of this John & 
Frank are in the process of upgrading and remedying. So, they have 
left Omega Radio Network (Bob Thomas, CT, June 17, DX LISTNENING 
DIGEST)

** U S A. Allan Weiner was upset June 14 during his live show Friday 
evening [UT Sat 0000-0100 on 7415], due to reports that got back to 
him regarding his upcoming ship project. Someone spread rumors he was 
going to outfit it with transmitters and antennae and set sail. Not 
so! All he was going to do was take the Katy for a spin and conduct 
remotes via cell phone. He`d use one of the three 50 kW transmitters 
in Monticello, Maine. No pirating! Everything by the rules. Not going 
to put anything at risk. So, he scolded those who put out the rumors 
and suspended raising funds form listeners. The project will be 
privately funded. Ship is in Boston harbor (Bob Thomas, CT, June 17, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Hi Glenn! Managed to get home in time to catch the first run 
of WOR at 2200 Wednesday. (Usually I'm not home by 6 PM EDT, which is 
why I preferred the previous 7:30 PM EDT airtime.) Reception on 7415 
was pretty good, though there was a bit of QSB about 10-12 minutes in. 

I wasn't getting 17495, but then, it was presumably skipping over me.

I think that, while you called it WOR#1136 at the beginning of the 
show, you called it #1135 in the middle and at the end (Bill 
Westenhaver, QC, June 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Oops. Did it again! For some reason, WBCQ 17495 was *much* stronger 
when checked Sat June 16 at 1605 during Allan Weiner [non] Worldwide 
playback, than during WOR Wednesday at 2200 (gh, OK, DXLD)

Reception on yesterday's WOR at 2200 on 17495 was poor. About an S1 or 
S2 sometimes fading out to nothing. Are we experiencing a solar flare 
or something? I'm in the Atlanta, GA area using a DX-390 (Lou Johnson, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. INTERNET RADIO AUTHOR BLASTS PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES
"As if the government were going out of its way to discourage the 
Internet."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2002           

The decision today to impose performance royalties on Internet radio, 
royalties broadcast stations do not have to pay, was decried by the 
author of the first published guide to Internet radio. "It is as if 
the government were going out of its way to discourage the Internet," 
said  L.A. Heberlein, author of the recently-released ROUGH GUIDE TO 
INTERNET RADIO.  

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO INTERNET RADIO says the changes radio is going 
through now are as large as the advent of the transistor which allowed 
radios to become portable personal devices in the 1960's. The book 
lists thousands of radio programs of all kinds now available over the 
Net.

Heberlein, a Seattle novelist and software entrepreneur, says the year 
he spent listening to Internet radio researching the book was "a 
chance to experience the amazing diversity of human creativity, 
something I would love to see everyone share."

The royalties imposed by Billington today were not as high as those 
proposed by the Copyright Arbitration Rights Panel (CARP) in May.  
"Billington's decision avoids the worst of CARP's excesses," Heberlein 
says.

Heberlein's statement is reproduced in full below.  Further 
information is available at:  http://www.heberlein.net 

####

PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES ON INTERNET RADIO STATIONS

Today, June 20, the Librarian of Congress, James Billington, delivered 
a final ruling on performance royalties that will be charged to 
Internet radio stations, bringing an end to a hot controversy that has 
raged for months.    

In February, the Copyright Arbitration Rights Panel (CARP) proposed a 
royalty schedule that small Internet radio stations said would put 
them out of business. Many small stations did, in fact, pull their 
streams off the Net out of fear of the onerous royalties. On May 20, 
Billington issued a stay which halted implementation of the CARP plan 
for 30 days, and set today's date for delivering a final decision.  
Today that much-anticipated decision was delivered.

The biggest disappointment to most Internet radio stations is that 
Billington did not adopt a percentage-of-revenue model, such as that 
currently used by all radio stations to pay songwriters' royalties.  
Instead, Internet radio stations are required to pay a flat fee for 
musical performances, whether they have any revenue or not. Poor 
struggling radio stations pay the same as the richest.

Billington did bring the fees down from the stratospheric charges 
proposed by CARP.  Net-only stations will now pay half as much as CARP 
proposed. CARP would have billed them twice the royalty paid by 
stations that also own transmitters.  Net-only stations will now pay 
the same rate as stations that own transmitters - .07 cents per song 
per listener. Noncommercial stations pay less  - .02 cents per song 
per listener.  

Billington eliminated CARP's strange notion that royalties at 
noncommercial stations should be higher for archived shows than for 
live shows. (Under CARP's plan, if you listened to a program as it 
aired, say at 10 a.m., the royalty would be one rate. At 11 a.m., it 
would have cost twice as much. Now both incur the same royalties.)

Billington's decision avoids the worst of CARP's excesses. The 
royalties will not put Internet radio out of business. They will be 
the death-knell for some individual stations, especially small web-
only streams dependent on scarce web advertising dollars. And they 
will be present an impediment to the rapid spread of Internet 
streaming. But it will not be an insurmountable obstacle. Internet 
radio will continue to grow rapidly, and to thrive, until the Internet 
becomes so much a part of our radio experience that it changes the 
very definition of the word "radio."  

There is probably no way Billington could have avoided imposing the 
royalties, because of the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright 
Act (DMCA). But this only illustrates how bad a law the DMCA is.  
Passed by a Congress heavily paid off by the music industry, which was 
terrified of being put out of business by Internet piracy, the DMCA is 
actively anti-Internet.  

Nothing more clearly illustrates the anti-Internet bias of the DMCA 
than this difference in royalty rates. There is no performance royalty 
for broadcast radio. There is now a performance royalty for Internet 
radio. The exact same program is treated completely inconsistently, 
depending on how you listen to it. When I am listening to the radio in 
the car on the way home from work, there is no performance royalty.  
When I get home and turn on the computer to continue listening to the 
same program, a performance royalty is now charged. Why? What possible 
difference is there between the listening I was doing five minutes ago 
and the listening I am doing now?  This isn't Napster, where I get a 
copy of the music, and can trade it to my friends. I'm still just 
listening to the radio. Why does listening to the same radio station 
on a different piece of hardware invoke a royalty?  

It is as if the government were going out of its way to discourage the 
Internet. It is exactly the opposite of the way sales taxes are 
treated, with Net users avoiding sales taxes they would have to pay in 
stores.  

In its knee-jerk fear of all technology, the music industry has 
forgotten that radio is its best friend. Record companies break down 
the doors of little radio stations trying to get their music on the 
air. Occasionally they face charges for illegally paying radio 
stations to play their music. (This is called payola.) Now they have 
successfully demanded reverse payola.   

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and these royalties on Internet 
radio are only one act in a continuing drama. Owners of "intellectual 
property" are daily gaining further and deeper restrictions on what 
has traditionally been considered fair use. Future observers looking 
back may say that this struggle over ownership of ideas, concepts, 
songs, pictures, thoughts and even individual words was the major 
issue of this period we are now living through. Today anyone with an 
interest in wider access to diverse voices lost one more small battle.
   
L.A. Heberlein, 6041 Palatine Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103
+1 206 915 5727 la@heberlein.net http://www.heberlein.net

L.A. Heberlein is the author of THE ROUGH GUIDE TO INTERNET RADIO 
(just released), which catalogues the wonderful diversity of radio 
programming available over the Internet.

For further information, contact:

David Wechsler, Rough Guides Publicity, 345 Hudson / 4th Floor,  
New York, NY 10014  Phone #212 414 3712  Fax # 212 414 3352
dwechsler@roughguides.com 
(From: L. A. Heberlein, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. CURTAIN CALL FOR WEBCASTS?
SOME DECRY ORDER TO PAY ROYALTIES TO MUSICIANS 
 
By Christopher Stern, Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 21, 2002; Page E01 

Thousands of Internet radio stations may find their transmissions 
financially jammed after the Librarian of Congress yesterday adjusted 
the royalty fees that the webcasters must pay musicians and record 
companies for broadcasting their songs online....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20412-2002Jun20.html 
(via Tom McNiff, Burke, Virginia, USA, DXLD)

** U S A. WEB RADIO DECISION UPSETS INDUSTRY
   By REID KANALEY, Philadelphia Inquirer

Webcasters and recording-industry officials alike expressed
unhappiness with a system of music royalties dictated by the Librarian
of Congress yesterday for the nascent Internet radio industry.

Webcasters said they would fight the royalties because many small
operators and basement disc jockeys could be crushed by the new
charges they now must pay to the record companies, even though the top
rate is half what an arbitration panel proposed in February.

"We'll not be able to survive under this structure," said Kevin
Shively, spokesman for the classical music site Beethoven.com, one of
thousands of Web sites that offer radiolike programming accessible to
anyone with an Internet connection and a computer equipped with a
sound card and speakers.

Representatives of musicians and record labels were also displeased.
The decision "disregarded voluminous economic and business evidence
supporting a significantly higher rate," said John L. Simon, executive
director of SoundExchange, the entity set up to collect the royalties.

The Librarian of Congress, who oversees the U.S. Copyright Office, set
the rates after a two-year review of the matter.

Shively and others said Webcasters had no choice but to lobby for
legislation to ease the royalties - which range up to 7/100 of a cent
per song per listener - or seek court action to stop their Sept. 1
implementation.

Webcasters said they would prefer to be charged a percentage of their
revenue, as is the case with royalties collected from traditional
radio broadcasters for payment to music publishers.

The recording industry had asked the librarian, James H. Billington,
for 40/100 of a cent per song per online listener.

The charges might sound minuscule, but with millions of people now
listening to Internet radio, the per-play fees would add up to tens of
thousands of dollars for some Internet radio operators making little
or no money - and the fees are retroactive to 1998, when the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act, the legislation requiring the royalty, was
signed into law.

Because they operate primarily on advertising revenue, "the majority
of Webcasters really are not making that much money," Susan Pickering,
director of the International Association of Webcasters, said.
Pickering said the industry needed a payment model based on a
percentage of the Webcaster's revenue to benefit both the Webcasters
and the music industry. "The more these companies grow, the higher the
revenue, the more they pay," she said.

But, Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of
America, said the royalties set yesterday meant that "artists and
record labels will subsidize the Webcasting businesses of
multibillion-dollar companies." (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

What no one has yet mentioned in anything I've read is that this could
negatively impact DRM via shortwave. This is because shortwave
transmissions go far beyond the 150-mile exemption, and the 
transmissions will be, after all, digital. Thus, shortwave radio 
stations broadcasting digitally could be liable for fees owed for 
copyrightable programming.

Interesting in that all this legalese had special "nonsubscription"
wording -- it won't apply to XM or Sirius because they're subscription
based.

Apologies in advance if I have interpreted these issues incorrectly. 
While I'm good at translating legalese, I haven't been a student of 
copyright law nor the DMCA.

The folks at http://www.saveinternetradio.org have a very
thorough review of this -- better than I could have done.

Two members of Congress have already come out in opposition to the
process. Apparently Congress' original instructions focused on the 
"willing seller / buyer" model -- and Kurt Hanson believes that 
instruction may have forced the Library of Congress into today's 
decision without any clear options (Richard Cuff, PA, swprograms via 
DXLD)

** U S A. Yet another look at what's been happening to Pacifica. 73- 
Bill Westenhaver 
- - - - - - - - - - - - 
THE BATTLE FOR INDIE RADIO 
By Jesse Walker 
http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/06/20/pacifica/index.html 

Another long article, including i.a. news of KPFX, a separate web 
station from KPFK (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. Every two or three years when there's a city of Dallas 
budget shortfall the WRR issue comes up. According to the most recent 
article in Dallas Morning News, the city council is debating whether 
or not to fund a study to appraise the value of the station in today's 
market (in 1996 it was appraised at 38 Million). There is lukewarm 
support on funding an appraisal and parting with the station. The 
station is self supporting and turns a small profit by design. Ad 
revenues are down 40% from last year though. I think there was an 
article about this in Monday's Dallas Morning News which still might 
be available on their website (Wally Wawro, WFAA-TV Dallas, TX, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

** U S A. CITY COUNCIL TO GET AN APPRAISAL OF WRR-FM 
DALLAS GETTING OFFERS; REGARDLESS, IT WON'T STOP CLASSICAL BROADCASTS 
06/18/2002  By DAVE MICHAELS / The Dallas Morning News 

The Dallas City Council agreed Monday to seek an appraisal of its 
classical radio station, WRR-FM (101.1), in response to recent offers 
from companies that want to buy the station's frequency. 

The overtures have come from two stations that want to trade places on 
the dial with WRR and make up the difference in value with cash. 

"Every few years somebody shows up and asks the city if it would be 
willing to sell WRR," said Ramon Miguez, the assistant city manager 
who oversees the station. "There is sufficient interest for us to 
explore it." 

Council members, cautious about major changes to their prized radio 
station, gave the idea a lukewarm endorsement during a meeting of the 
arts, education and libraries committee. Whatever happens, council 
members and city staff stressed, they would not stop broadcasting. 
"The staff feels we should consider exploring our options," said 
Veletta Forsythe Lill, the committee's chairwoman. "My greater fear is 
that we are considering getting rid of our important cultural assets." 
Council members said seeking the appraisal has nothing to do with 
trying to find funds to pull the city out of a projected $81 million 
budget shortfall. 

WRR has been a classical station since the 1950s. It is the only city-
owned commercial radio station in the country, and its broadcasting 
radius reaches 100 miles. 

Although advertising revenues have dipped this year by 40 percent, the 
station will still earn a profit, officials said. The station has been 
profitable since 1994, general manager Greg Davis said. 

Mr. Miguez declined to identify the companies interested in WRR's 
signal or their buyout offers. He said he hoped to have an appraiser 
selected by early August. 

The council would then have to vote to authorize funds for the 
appraisal. Some council members said Monday that they were less than 
enthusiastic about paying for it. 

"If there is somebody out there who is very serious about changing 
frequencies," council member Mary Poss said, "I would hope they would 
pay for these experts." 

WRR was last appraised in 1996, when consultants pegged its value at 
$38 million. That was the last time the city considered selling the 
station, which was coveted by an Ohio-based radio chain offering $25 
million. Council members decided against selling it. 

At Monday's meeting, some members said that changing frequencies could 
result in fewer listeners. Mr. Davis said the station should not give 
up its position on the dial for a less-desirable frequency. "Classical 
music demands the best dial position and the best frequency," he said. 
(Dallas Morning News via DXLD)

** U S A. RADIO BEAT: PANEL TURNS UP VOLUME ON VOICES FROM THE PAST
   Thursday, June 20, 2002
   By BILL VIRGIN, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

Not many current radio listeners were around to hear Wally Nelskog
when he was one of the top disc jockeys in the Seattle area, but they
can still catch him on the air.

Of course, they have to be able to tune in amateur radio or "ham"
broadcasts to do it.

A more practical way to hear Nelskog is to see him in person at a
Museum of History and Industry presentation at 2 p.m. Saturday, June
29. The "Talk of the Town" panel includes representatives of more than
40 years of music radio in Seattle: Nelskog from the 1950s, Pat O'Day
(whom Nelskog once hired at a Yakima station) from the 1960s, Bruce
Murdock from the 1970s and Jim Keller from the 1980s.

An Everett native, Nelskog was a big deal in Seattle radio, on such
stations as KRSC and KJR, and had his own television show, "Wally's
Hi-Jinks." But he was also a significant figure in the radio business
for owning, operating and starting stations, from Anchorage to
California. He got out of ownership in 1986 with the sale of three
stations including KIXI AM and FM.

Nelskog remembers a business that was "more fun" with more personality
than today's radio. It was certainly good for stories likely to be
told at the MOHAI forum. During one broadcast from the window of a
Spokane record store, Nelskog interviewed an up-and-coming entertainer
named Sammy Davis Jr., who danced on the store's counter -- and
scratched it. The irate owner, not realizing Davis' future, made
Nelskog pay to repair it.

Now 82, Nelskog stays active on the amateur radio bands. "Once a ham,
always a ham -- and I mean that both ways."

In other radio notes:

KSER-FM (90.7) has resumed online streaming of its broadcasts. While
many stations have dropped such Webcasts because of the debate over
music royalties, KSER manager Ed Bremer said he decided to go ahead.
"I'm confident public radio stations will be able to stream without
the same considerations online-only and commercial radio face," he
said.

©1999-2002 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** U S A. 'FUV: FLAP OVER TOWER COULD SILENCE US
  By DAVID HINCKLEY, Daily News Staff Writer

With another FCC hearing coming next week on the eight-year battle 
over a new antenna for WFUV (90.7 FM), frustrated Fordham University 
officials say the stakes for their campus station are simple.

"If we can't construct a new tower, at some point WFUV will go out of
business," says station manager Ralph Jennings. "It will be gone."

The question is where the tower should go. Fordham started building a
480-foot structure in January 1994 near its border with the New York
Botanical Garden. That July, when the tower was 260 feet high, the
Garden got a stop-work order.

The garden argued it was ruining the view and ambiance of the historic
Haupt Conservatory. "A tower there is just not acceptable," says
garden spokesman Karl Lauby. "It's a jarring intrusion."

Today, with the tower in limbo, Jennings says WFUV is broadcasting
with a temporary antenna that delivers about 56% of the station's
authorized power.

Since public radio stations depend on listeners/donors for operating
cash, this reduced reach has had a financial impact beyond the $1.8
million Fordham says it has spent on the case.

Lauby says the garden does not want to put WFUV out of business, but
is firm in insisting it find a less intrusive site.

Fordham spokeswoman Elizabeth Schmalz says the school has tried.

"We've looked at more than 30 sites," Schmalz says. "But the only one
so far that meets all of our criteria -- technologically, politically
and financially feasible -- is the one on campus."

She says Fordham has offered to drop the tower height to 380 feet, an
offer Lauby says "is really no offer at all.

"They're required to do that by the city Department of Buildings," he
says. "But 380 feet is unacceptable, too. So is 260 feet. There's no
way to mitigate something this size. You can't grow vines on it and
pretend it isn't there."

In the '70s, WFUV's antenna was on top of the university's Keating
Hall. Fordham petitioned the FCC to move it in 1983, saying it damaged
the historic building and did not meet radiation standards.

Engineers hired by the garden argue that Fordham could put the antenna
back atop Keating, using modern construction techniques to solve the
old problems.

"An antenna on Keating would have 93% of the reach of a signal from a
380-foot tower," says Lauby.

Fordham disagrees.

The FCC has scheduled two hearings on Thursday, June 27 -- one 10
a.m.-noon at the Conservatory and one 2-4 p.m. in the McGinley Student
Center at Fordham.

The subject is environmental impact, and no final decision is 
expected. The biggest question may be whether a mysterious new
potential off-campus site is revealed, though Fordham was making no
promises.

"We're very encouraged the process is going forward," says Fordham
vice president for government and urban affairs Joe Muriana. He says
the university's current view is somewhere between cautious optimism
and wait-and-see.

But while the case seems to have gone on forever, Jennings says it
will not. "We can't go on indefinitely with temporary transmitter 
permits," he says. "At some point, if we're not using our full range, 
other stations will petition to move into the places we can no longer 
be heard.

"I think it's been demonstrated that people want WFUV [which averages
more than a quarter million listeners a week]. To the garden, this
tower would be a blip on the horizon -- one of many in an urban
environment. To us, it's the difference between existing and not
existing." Original Publication Date: 6/19/02 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** U S A. Glenn, have you read this book? (Artie Bigley, DXLD)
http://ishi.lib.berkeley.edu/history/grads/dissertations/1994/horten.html


No, perhaps not published as book, just dissertation, viz.:

RADIO GOES TO WAR: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF PROPAGANDA DURING WORLD 
WAR II 
Author: Horten, Gerhard Jakob
Field: America since 1607
Year: 1994
Committee: 
  Lawrence Levine, Chair 
  James Gregory 
  Todd Gitlin 
Pages: 350
UCB Call Number: 308t 1994 800 

Abstract: 
In the 1940s, radio was the primary medium in the United States. Well 
over ninety percent of American families owned at least one radio set, 
and listened to it for an average of four hours daily. When the 
country converted to a "wartime culture" beginning in 1941, radio 
became the primary propaganda vehicle, because it provided a 
continuous daily link between the American people and the U.S. 
propaganda agencies. Surprisingly enough, while there are numerous 
studies on Hollywood's involvement in the war effort and on the 
importance of international U.S. broadcasting, no one has written a 
study about the role of domestic American radio during the war years. 
My dissertation fills this void: it provides a comprehensive analysis 
of the cultural politics of radio propaganda during the Second World 
War. 

Propaganda, as I show, permeated every aspect of radio broadcasting: 
government information series and radio addresses, to be sure, but 
also radio comedy and soap operas as well as radio advertising. My 
argument focuses on what I call the cultural politics of wartime radio 
propaganda. Radio was unique in that it combined entertainment, 
propaganda and commercial sponsorship. Because of its ability to 
smoothly fuse entertainment and advertising, it had always been the 
favored medium for goodwill advertising and corporate public relations 
campaigns. During the war, it quickly absorbed propaganda into this 
creative mixture. No straight-forward propaganda could compare with 
the entertainment value of shows like Jack Benny, Bob Hope or Fibber 
McGee and Molly, nor did government propaganda have the same 
manipulative potential. At the same time, however, no product 
advertisement even came close to the patriotic propaganda voiced by 
popular radio stars in the name of commercial sponsors. As advertisers 
and commercial sponsors became the semi-official spokesmen for the 
American propaganda effort, radio wartime culture reflected and 
facilitated this enhanced role of corporate political leadership. The 
cultural politics of wartime radio propaganda re-legitimatized the 
corporate order and solidified its position for the post-war period 
(University of California Berkeley via Artie Bigley, DXLD)

** U S A. WWRB TESTING NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ANTENNA TO SOUTHEAST ASIA 
Press Release For Immediate Release 20 June 2002 
POC: Peter J. Taggart

Today, the Federal Communications Commission approved tests of Radio 
Station WWRB's newest antenna system, the 340  azimuth dual feed 
rhombic antenna. The frequencies that the FCC has authorized tests on 
range from 5 to 27 MHz; more specifically, 5.070, 5.085, 7.315, 9.495, 
12.160, 12.172, 15.825, 17.495, and 26.800 MHz. The testing will occur 
at various times and frequencies with no defined schedule as of now. 
Radio Station WWRB is the only private for hire radio station offering 
widely varying antenna directions; for coverage maps, please visit our 
web site at http://www.wwrb.org or 
http://www.worldwidereligiousbroadcasting.org 
(Dave Frantz, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

26800??? Means 25800? Which is inside the 11m SWBC band. Why go out-
of-band way up here? Note all the other frequencies have already been 
pioneered by other US stations, but presumably WWRB must avoid using 
them when they are on: WWCR, WHRI, WINB, WBCQ. Reaching SE Asia over 
the pole from Tennessee will hardly be reliable (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. WWRB heard testing new antenna on 5070, June 21 at 2245 
(George S. Thurman, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWCR is now carrying a program called Shepherd's Chapel with 
Pastor Buddy Johnson. I only listened to a bit of the program, but a 
program with this same title and pastor's name was carried by Steve 
Anderson's United Patriot Radio last year (Hans Johnson, WY, Jun 16, 
Cumbre DX via DXLD) 

When? The closest I can find in the June 1 online schedule is:

Sunday = UT Monday on 3210:
0300 10:00-11:00P Shepherd's Call (L) G. Haygood/B. Johnson 
Sunday on 12160
2200  5:00-6:00P  Shepherd's Call (L) G. Haygood/B. Johnson 
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Tnx to Ed Kusalik, a photo of WINB`s 40th Anniversary 
Pennant appears on page 4 of ODXA`s Listening In, June. This was a 
probably vain attempt to get enough mail to convince clients that 
people are actually listening to this dismal station, which has never 
reached anything near its potential, as America`s oldest extant 
private SW station. The pennant is really too much. The (presumably 
golden) fringe is larger than the body of the pennant, which consists 
of a US flag, with WINB 1962-2002 OVERLAYED on top of the flag. Is 
this not unpatriotic improper use of the flag??? (Glenn Hauser, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. All-news WTOP's 50,000-watt 1500 AM, Wheaton, MD transmitter 
will be off the air from 9 PM on Saturday to about 5 AM on Sunday for 
scheduled electrical work. 73, (Larry - N4VA -Springfield, VA amfmtvdx 
via DXLD) Larry Vogt? 

50 kW powerhouse, all news WTOP 1500 kHz will go off the air 9 PM on 
Saturday (0100 UT Sunday) to about 5 AM on Sunday (0900 UT Sunday). 
This is according to http://www.dcrtv.com Good time especially for us 
in the Washington DC metro area to hear what else is out there (Ulis 
Fleming, MD, hard-core-dx via DXLD)

** U S A. http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/files/061702.html

"R.I.P., P.I." by Arianna Huffington

The last episode of "Politically Incorrect" will be broadcast on June 
28. I'm going to be on it one last time, and I've promised myself I 
won't cry on the air. Once the cameras go off -- well, that's another 
story.

You see, the show has been a touchstone for me over the last nine 
years -- both in the evolution of my political ideas and the changes 
in my personal life.

My first appearance was in November 1993, when the show was on Comedy
Central and taping in New York. I was on with Harry Shearer, Rep. Jim
Traficant, and Dr. Peter Kramer, who had just published "Listening To
Prozac." Since then, Shearer -- the brilliant satirist, and voice of 
half 'The Simpsons' characters -- has become a close friend and co-
conspirator, Traficant has been convicted of racketeering, and I've 
gone on to launch a mini-crusade disagreeing with Dr. Kramer's rosy 
assessment of the miraculous effects of Prozac.

Doing "PI" was always a stimulating two-way street. Sometimes it gave 
me the chance to mount my soapbox and sound off on subjects I care 
passionately about, and sometimes it opened my mind to new topics and 
ideas that I then went on to write about.

For that initial appearance, I had flown up from Washington, where I 
was living with my Republican congressman husband and our two 
preschool daughters. When I do the last PI next week, it will be from 
Los Angeles, where, after a divorce from my husband and the Republican 
party, I now live as a registered independent, with my 5-foot-6-inch 
teen-age daughter and her tweener sister.

In between, I made a few dozen appearances on PI, crossing swords --
sometimes playfully, sometimes earnestly -- with everyone from Michael
Douglas to Jesse Jackson to Cindy Crawford to Chevy Chase to G. Gordon 
Liddy to Tom Arnold to Coolio. PI's appeal has always been the simple 
notion of bringing together eclectic groups of pundits, politicians, 
and performers and letting the fur fly.

In the process, the show challenged the larger shibboleths of 'proper'
comment and debate in America. People tend to talk mostly to like-
minded people who communicate in the same way. We naturally tend to 
fall into cliché. PI was about breaking those clichés, and the best 
moments came from unexpected juxtapositions: when a comedian popped 
the balloon of a pontificating politico, when a rapper had the last 
word on campaign finance reform, or when Jerry Falwell revealed -- 
yes, it's true -- a playful sense of humor.

In fact, the show was responsible for unleashing my own long-
suppressed inner clown. In bed, no less. In 1996, during the 
Republican and Democratic national conventions, Bill Maher lured Al 
Franken and me between the sheets to do political commentary from a 
specially constructed bed for a segment called "Strange Bedfellows." 
It was the beginning of an oddball act of the same name that Al and I 
took on the road, trading barbs and double entendres at colleges, 
conventions, and trade shows. As an added bonus, I was probably the 
only woman in my profession to claim a tax deduction for lingerie. 
(I'm not sure whether Al deducted for his or not).

Another thing I'll miss is traveling around the country -- to places 
like New Orleans, San Francisco, Aspen and San Diego -- to tape 
special on-location editions of PI. It was on one of these road shows 
that Chris Rock and I covered an Al Sharpton rally in Chicago, 
chanting "No justice, no peace" in our Greek accents (O.K., maybe that 
was just me.)

For nine years, PI has been the best place on television to find edgy,
political satire. But, because it's a comedy show, people often forget 
the fact that it also offered a rare forum for certain "orphan issues" 
-- important topics overlooked by the mainstream media.

PI delved into such knotty matters as the ongoing madness of the war 
on drugs and the destructive role of money in politics not just once 
in a blue moon, but night in and night out. I regularly marveled at 
the ardor and wonkish knowledge Bill brought to these issues. In fact, 
he gave two rousing speeches on these topics at the 2000 Shadow 
Conventions that rivaled the experts in detail and far exceeded them 
in entertainment value. It is this blend of skills that makes him a 
first class satirist in the tradition of Jonathan Swift, wielding his 
savage wit in the service of passionate conviction.

For some weird reason, I always ended up doing PI on emotionally 
charged days in my life, including the show we taped the day I moved 
in to my post-divorce home in LA. The movers were still carting in 
boxes when I hurried off to the studio. Then there was the now 
infamous show I did a few days after Sept. 11. It was the first post-
attack PI, and showed Bill at his best: respectful of what truly 
mattered but courageously challenging everything else.

As "Politically Incorrect" ends its remarkable 1,600-plus show run, 
the appropriate farewell is not a eulogy but a 21-pun salute to a man 
-- and a show -- that encapsulate what our culture needs now more than 
ever: independence, fearlessness, and an increasingly rare willingness 
to speak truth to power.

On the personal side, it's also a time to celebrate a treasured 
friendship that, thankfully, isn't at the mercy of the whims of 
skittish sponsors and network executives.

Bill has said that he considers his last show not so much an end as a 
new beginning -- "kind of like being transferred to another diocese." 
Well, my friend, you can count on me to sing in your choir, whatever 
parish you wind up in (via Tom Roche, June 20, DXLD)

Maher belatedly has an active website, with a message board; he`s not 
getting universally positive reviews like Arianna`s –
http://www.billmaher.com (gh, DXLD)

** UZBEKISTAN. 17775, R. Tashkent 1340-1400 June 17. Exotic middle 
easternish music, program on Special Olympics in Uzbekistan. Female 
sign-off announcement w/ "Goodbye-everyone at Radio Tashkent", and IS. 
I was getting ready for work, listening to SW on a "boom-box" with SW 
bands, a 2 foot long antenna, not good for serious DXing. But I 
noticed the 17 MHz band seemed to have unusually strong signals, so I 
turned on R-8 rx to find Radio Tashkent with full 555 signals (Rick 
Barton, AZ, Cumbre DX via DXLD) 

** YEMEN. Can anybody assist me identifying this station. 9780.6 kHz, 
2230z 19/6. Man chanting similar to Qur`an but continuously. It didn't 
exactly sound like those I have frequently heard from Islamic 
stations. Yemen is listed but I am unsure if it was that. Today we had 
some early morning rain which damped down the powerlines and other 
electromagnetic radiation around this village. Probably need more 
information to positively ID. Once again I am only using 21 feet of 
wire strung along a curtain rail. Actually there might be more as the 
end of the wire is coiled up, possibly adding extra induction. My 
receiver is an Icom R70 thru a AT 230 tuner. I do wonder what 
reception will eventually be like when I graduate to an outside 
antenna (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Tasmania, June 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I would certainly suspect Yemen, which is perpetually off-frequency, 
tho it`s a bit late for them to be on (gh, DXLD)

** ZANZIBAR. 6015, R Zanzibar, Tanzania, Jun 17, 0259, IS, OM and YL 
ann, Qur'an, 23422 (Samuel Cássio, Brasil, DSWCI DX Window June 19 via 
DXLD)

** ZIMBABWE [non]. CLANDESTINE from MADAGASCAR to ZIMBABWE. 7309.97, 
Radio V. of the People, June 15 *0330-0338, OC on at 0329, brief mic 
feedback-like noise, 0330 pleasant instrumental music w/M announcer 
giving ID "This is Radio V. of the People. Good morning World. In 
today`s talks...." and mention of rights, Zimbabwe, and Africa. 
Immediately into W host w/interview of M but it was difficult to get 
the topic due to heavy accent and horrible 7305 slop QRM.  Signal was 
fairly strong though (Dave Valko, PA, Cumbre DX via DXLD) 

WHRI appears to still be off 7315 as of Jun 21. It also seems that VoP 
has a lot more English in their transmissions now (Hans Johnson, 
ibid.) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 6076.2v, East Asian station, May 31, 1320-1400, very 
muffled audio, female and male talks, from *1400 covered by another 
station. Weak signal (Roland Schulze, DSWCI DX Window June 19 via 
DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6080, South East Asian, May 31, 1320-1400, Hill tribe 
music sounding as coming from Vietnam, talks about a radio theatre, 
1350 Chinese music. Weak signal (Roland Schulze, DSWCI DX Window June 
19 via DXLD)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

CLANDESTINE 
+++++++++++

OBSERVER #194 / 21-06-2002
----------------------------------------------------------------------
OBSERVER is an edition of RADIO BULGARIA compiled by Ivo Ivanov & 
Angel Datzinov Items here may be reproduced if it is mentioned 
"OBSERVER-BUL". All times in UT
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SOME INTERESTING CLANDESTINE STATIONS (in time order):

IBC Tamil Oli Radio in Tamil:
0000-0100 Daily       11570 NVS 100 kW / 180 deg
Radio Afghanistan in Pashto/Dari:
0100-0557 Daily       15240 DHA 500 kW / 045 deg [NOT cland -gh]
Voice of Mezopotamya in Kurdish:
0400-1200 Daily       15675 TAC 100 kW / 256 deg
Radio Ezra in English:
0500-0530 Sun         17735 P.K 100 kW / 068 deg [NOT cland –gh]
Radio Avaye Ashena in Farsi:
1000-1100 Sun          9710 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg
Voice of Mezopotamya in Kurdish:
1200-1600 Daily       11530 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg
Voice of Tibet in Tibetan/Chinese:
1212-1300 Daily       15635 DB  100 kW / 117 deg (alt. 15645)
                      15655 A-A 100 kW / 135 deg (alt. 15670)
                      21585 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg (alt. 21520)
IBC Tamil Oli Radio in Tamil:
1230-1330 Daily       17495 MDC 050 kW / 055 deg
Radio Afghanistan in Pashto/Dari:
1230-1727 Daily       18940 KVI 500 kW / 095 deg [NOT cland  --gh]
Radio Afghan Voice in Pashto/Dari:
1330-1430 Daily       17870 MOS 500 kW / 090 deg 
Voice of Khmer-Krom in Khmer:
1400-1500 Tue         15660 VLD 250 kW / 230 deg
Radio Free Vietnam in Vietnamese:
1400-1430 Mon-Fri     15235 TAC 200 kW / 130 deg
Voice of Tibet in Tibetan/Chinese: 
1432-1520 Daily       21650 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg
Democratic Voice of Burma in Burmese:
1430-1530 Daily        5945 TAC 100 kW / 132 deg
                       9500 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg
                      17495 MDC 050 kW / 055 deg
Voice of Iran in Farsi:
1530-1730 Daily       17510 ISS 500 kW / 090 deg
Radio International in Farsi:
1630-1715 Daily        9940 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg
IBRA Radio in Pashto/Dari:
1645-1715 Daily       13590 WER 125 kW / 075 deg [NOT cland – gh]
Radio Barobari in Farsi:
1645-1730 Daily        7480 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg
Netsanet Le Ethiopia in Amharic:
1700-1800 Wed,Sun     12110 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg <<<<< not active / 
                      cancelled???
Dejen Radio in Tigrina:
1700-1800 Sat         12110 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg <<<<< not active / 
                      cancelled???
Sagalee Oromiya in Oromo:
1730-1800 Mon,Thu     12110 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg <<<<< not active / 
                      cancelled???
Radio Sedoye Payem e Doost in Farsi:
1800-1830 Daily        7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg
IBRA Radio in Hausa:
1900-1930 Daily       13710 NAU 125 kW / 205 deg [NOT cland – gh]
Jakada Radio International in English:
1900-1930 Mon,Wed,Fri 12125 ARM 200 kW / 235 deg
Voice of Biafra International in Igbo/English:
1900-2000 Sat         12125 ARM 200 kW / 235 deg
Fang Guang Ming Radio in Mandarin:
2100-2200 Daily        5925 SIT 100 kW / 259 deg
                       9945 ARM 100 kW / 285 deg
IBRA Radio in Arabic:
2230-2330 Daily        9405 JUL 100 kW / 190 deg [NOT cland - gh]
Democratic Voice of Burma in Burmese:
2330-0030 Daily        9490 JUL 100 kW / 080 deg
                      11715 MDC 200 kW / 055 deg
73 from (Ivo and Angel! Observer, Bulgaria, June 21 via DXLD)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DRM
+++

The crucial point: Where is the market, the "target audience" for DRM 
in the so-called first world? There seems to be a common belief that 
hardly anybody listens to shortwave anymore due to the weaknesses of
the "ancient modulation". Is it simply the lack of sense for the smoky
charm of AM broadcasts that people keeps away? I doubt it. A friend of 
mine recently wrote me that his shortwave-capable radio is almost 
unemployed now. Not because he mislikes the AM sound so much. Not so, 
instead he states that shortwave would offer nothing of interest. I do 
not want to deepen this thought further for obvious reasons (YLE could 
be elsewhere soon); anyway such observations are the primary reason 
why I do not join the DRM hype, away from the already discussed point 
that 22 kbit/s are no "FM quality". (Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 19, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

MAP SITES
+++++++++

Amigos de la Lista, Seguidamente, una serie de sitios interesantes con 
los MAPAS más diversos, desde rutas y calles de todo el mundo, hasta
planisferios celestes, mapas antiguos y accidentes geográficos que 
pueden ser de interés para radioescuchas y diexistas:

El Universo: http://e-universo-iespana.es/el-universo/Marte.htm

Mapas de Asia: http://www.asiaondemand.com/asianmaps

Mapas de Africa: http://www.newafrica.com/maps

Maps On Us: http://www.mapsonus.com

Ciudad Internet Mapas: 
http://www.ciudad.com.ar/ar/servicios/mapas/home.asp

Climas en espaNol: http://espanol.weather.com

Todo Mapas. Ciudades: http://www.todo-mapas.com.ar/ciudades.htm

Espacial.com: http://www.rutasargentinas.tv

Fotoargentina: http://www.fotoargentina.com.ar/mapimag1.htm 

Mapas de Yahoo: http://maps.yahoo.com

Boletin de Meteored.com: http://www.meteored.com/isobaras.htm

Planisferios y mapas celestes: 
http://www.astrored.org/efem/planisferios.html

Guia del Mundo: http://www.eurosur.org/guiadelmundo/01_paises.htm

Mapas físicos del mundo:
http://chollolinks.tripod.com/mapas/mapas_fisicos_mundo.html

Galería de Mapas:
http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/spanish/modules/mapglry.htm

Mapas y guías del mundo: http://www.internet-comunidad.net

Netmapas: http://www.netpmapas.com/priFm.html

UN Atlas de los Océanos: http://www.oceansatlas.org/index.jsp 

HRW Atlas Mundial: http://go.hrw.com/atlas/span_htm/world.htm

Maps: http://www.maps.com

Todo Mapas. Mundo: http://www.todo-mapas.com.ar/mundo.htm

Netmaps: http://www.netmaps.net 

Mapas del Mundo: http://www.ofertaturistica.com.ar/Mapas_Mundo.htm

Atlas Mundial: Mapas y Geografia del Mundo
http://www.geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm?PM=ss11_geography

Mapas del mundo antiguo:
http://www.culturaclasica.com/mapas/central_mapas_del_mundo_antiguo.htm

De viaje: http://www.deviaje.com/cartografia

Planisferios celestiales: 
http://leo.worldonline.es/observat/efem/planisf.htm

(Fuente: Clarín, via Gabriel Ivan Barrera, Argentina, Conexión Digital 
via DXLD)                            ###

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FIRST BROADCASTS ON WBCQ: Wed 2200 on 17495, 7415; UT Thu 0415 7415
FIRST BROADCASTS ON WWCR: Thu 2030 on 15825, Sat 0500, Sun 0230 5070
FIRST BROADCASTS ON RFPI: Fri 1930, Sat 0130, 0730, 1330, 1800, 2400.
                          on some of: 7445-USB, 15038.6, 21815-USB
[however, RFPI has usually not been starting new WOR till Sat 1800]

** AFGHANISTAN [non]. New schedule for Radio Afghanistan in 
Pashto/Dari:
0100-0557 (ex 0130-0327, re-ex 0200-0357) 15240 DHA 500 kW / 045 deg 
co-ch RA English
1230-1727 (ex 1330-1627, re-ex 1400-1657) 18940 KVI 500 kW / 095 deg 
(55444) (Ivo and Angel! Observer, Bulgaria, June 18 via DXLD)

** AFGHANISTAN [non]. RFE/RL/Radio Free Afghanistan in Pashto and Dari 
noted on June 15:
0300-0500 on NF 17670 (55444) <<<<< additional \\ 11705 13790 15705 
                                    17560
0700-0800 on NF 21815 (45444) <<<<< additional \\ 15345 17775 19010
73 from (Ivo and Angel! Observer, Bulgaria, June 18 via DXLD)

** ARMENIA. Re the Armenian schedule in BC-DX #577: I was tuning 
across the 11 MHz band c1600 June 12 and came across a strong 
transmission on 11685 at 1610 with music and then an ID for Yerevan. I 
assume the language was Armenian. Terminated abruptly at c1641. I note 
the HFCC shows an Armenian registration for 11685 towards W Eu at 
1600-1700 so this is probably it - but not included in their schedule! 
11685 1600-1700 zones 27&28  ERV  500 kW 305 degr  ARM ARM MCB
(Noel R. Green, UK, Jun 13, BC-DX Jun 19 via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. 1503, unID Aussie produced audio for the third time this 
month June 9 1015-1024 with a good three minute peak 1019-1022 with 
two men discussing a sporting event, a brief burst of music and short 
comment by a woman, then a third man introduced as the "director of 
[liveright ?] boxing here" who spoke for a short time. All in Aussie 
accented English. A little further on, as the station was fading back 
into the noise, music could be heard in the background sounding like 
it was played in a stadium and then perhaps announcer starting to 
describe the action. Local sunrise 1034 this morning. This is by far 
the best "down under" signal this spring. 1512, 1629 and 1638 produced 
traces of audio back on April 29 but nothing intelligible. (Ray Moore, 
N Ft Myers FL - Receiver: Drake R8 and Homebrew - Antenna: 23" Spiral 
loop, Comdel pre-amp, IRCA Soft DX Monitor June 19 via DXLD) see also 
MALAYSIA

** AUSTRALIA. VNG AUSTRALIAN TIME STATION TO CLOSE
   Compiled by Bryan Clark

The following letter has come in from Dr Richard Brittain, Secretary, 
National Time Committee, National Standards Commission, P. O. Box 282, 
North Ryde, NSW 1670.

Re: Radio VNG Australia's Standards Frequency and Time Signal Service.

``It is my unfortunate duty to confirm that this service will finally 
cease to operate from 1 July 2002 after approximately 38 years of 
service as a unique part of Australia's technical infra-structure.
Therefore, sadly this is likely to be my last general communication 
with the users of Radio VNG. I am very proud to have been associated 
with the service over the last eight years, and I will retain many 
fond memories of the people, challenges and successes associated
with operating this service.

Responses to all QSL requests that we have received are about to be 
dispatched. Further, the Commission will continue to respond to QSLs 
for receptions up to the 30 June 2002, This facility will continue 
until 31 December 2002. 

The Commission also continues actively seeking alternative means of 
disseminating traceable time and frequency in Australia through its 
National Time Committee. This has been recently reconstituted 
following the retirement of Dr John Luck its long serving Chairman, 
and will continue to promote the development of the national time 
system.

Finally, the Commission is keen that the plant and equipment from 
Radio VNG be found a suitable home in retirement. Ideally this will 
reflect the contribution that Radio VNG made to Australia's national 
time system and technical infrastructure for so many years. Should you
have any suggestions and/or wish to discuss this matter further, 
please contact me at the Commission, Ph 02-9856 0328 (direct), e-mail 
rbrittain@nsc.gov.au

Thank you again for your support and interest in Radio VNG over the 
years; it has been a great honour and pleasure working with you.``

For DXers wanting to get a QSL for VNG, there's only a couple of weeks 
left to log them on 2500, 5000, 8638, 12984 or 16000 kiloHertz. All 
frequencies are on 24 hours, except 16 MHz which operates from 2200 to 
1000 UTC. Voice announcements are carried on 2.5, 5 and 16 only - the 
other frequencies carry Morse identifications. Reports with return 
postage (e.g. 1 IRC) should be addressed to Radio VNG at the above 
North Ryde address (Bryan Clark, NEW ZEALAND DX TIMES JUNE 2002 via 
DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. A strange thing is happening on Voice International, 
Australia. After a tipoff, I tuned their Hindi service - this is now 
at 1300-1600 (NOT 1100-1700) on 13635. At 1255 the R. Australia IS 
Waltzing Matilda is played before VI opens at 1300. I have noticed 
that 13635 is not as strong as 13685 but both are supposed to be 
beaming 303deg. I wonder if 13635 is coming out of Shepparton for some 
reason? (Noel R. Green, UK, June 17, BC-DX via DXLD)

Re Voice International - Australia. I tuned in to 15365 and 13685 just
before 0900 this morning and heard very weak signals at s-on.
Interestingly, both were playing Waltzing Matilda as an IS! I thought 
this was exclusive to R Australia, but obviously not!

I could also hear 13775 but didn`t note Matilda on there, although it 
was almost buried in splash from DW 13780, so I could have missed it.

So - 13635 at 1300 is probably Darwin (not Shepparton as I wondered), 
but why it should be weaker than 13685, and both listed via 303 deg, I 
don't understand (Noel R. Green-UK, BC-DX Jun 18 via DXLD)

May you can explain something about "Waltzing Matilda" theme, is that
rather a folk song freely used by everyone ?? (wb)

I don't think that the Walzing Matilda song is particular to Radio
Australia ... it used to be a "quasi National Anthem" ... instead of 
God Save the Queen or Advance Australia Fair ... however may some sort 
of problem with switching ... Radio Australia's gear is nearing the 
end... (John Wright, Australia, ARDXC Jun 18 via BC-DX via DXLD)

I wondered if it might be a switching problem, but I doubt that now. 
The song "Waltzing Matilda" is well known to me - and all that it 
means in Australia - but they now tend to make a big thing of their 
new anthem "Arise [sic] Australia Fair" - I think that`s the correct 
title. At least we are aware now of what VI is doing so shouldn`t be 
confused if someone reports a mix up! Thanks for this (Noel R. Green, 
UK, BC-DX Jun 19 via DXLD)

Well, there is a certain version of WM used by RA; was it the same? 
Maybe VI and RA are sharing a feedline to Darwin thru RA Melbourne, 
whence the Waltzing Matilda IS originate? (gh, DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. HCJB World Radio - Australia plans to commence 
operations on Dec 22, 2002, from its new facility at Kununurra, WA. 
Stage 1 is underway, involving construction of the transmitter 
building on the 200 acre site, which will be air-conditioned and 
capable of housing two 100 kW transmitters. The first transmitter has 
been donated to HCJB Australia by its American colleagues and is 
scheduled to arrive on-site in November. There will be three antennas, 
each mounted on 37 metre tower some 300 metres away from the 
transmitter hall. These are aligned to give broadcast signal coverage 
to those Asian countries which lie at 307 degrees to Kununurra, 
including India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Indonesia and 
Thailand. Another antenna is directed to the East to cover the South 
Pacific, including New Zealand and Fiji. Two of the antennas will 
operate in the 19 mb and 16 mb, as it is believed that two frequencies 
are required to ensure high signal strength coverage. The studios are 
here in Melbourne, in the suburb of Kilsyth, and will allow for five 
hours daily to Asia, five hours daily to the South Pacific plus one 
hour weekly to Ethiopia in Oromo. The planned schedule is: 0700-1200 
to South Pacific 1230-1730 to India Stage 2 requires release of land 
adjacent to the Kununurra property. Personnel are being recruited in 
Melbourne (program producers, presenters, technical officers,, 
business manager, publicity manager, personal assistant), and in 
Kununurra (transmitter technical operators) Program, feed to the 
transmitters is being studied, and may be via a satellite link, a 
wide-bandwidth telephone circuit or the Internet (HCJB News via Koji 
Yamada, Tokyo, EDXP June 18 via DXLD) 

** BELARUS`. 19130, 1617 18/6, Belaruskoye R, 2 x 9565, bizarre 
patriotic program, OM: "belarus, belarus, belarus, belarus!!" then 
list of sporting achievements, then patriotic song (Tim Bucknall, N.W 
England, Icom R75, Welbrooke ALA 1530 loop, harmonics yahoogroup via 
DXLD) In English?

** BURMA [non]. I heard a station on 9500 playing music at 1525 today 
before close down at 1530. The signal was only poor and no ID was 
heard - DVB via NZL? (Noel R. Green, UK, June 17, BC-DX via DXLD)

Not audible on either 9500 or 15620 at 1430 check June 19 (gh, OK, 
DXLD)

9500, According to IBB monitoring database, Democratic Voice of Burma 
via Rangitaiki, NZ is scheduled at 1430-1530 [15620 replaced by 9500], 
though opening occurred from about 1410 UT some days. 9500 doesn't 
propagate into Eu this season, ed. (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, BC-DX 
June 19 via DXLD) See also PAKISTAN

** CAMBODIA. 11940, V. of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Jun 6, *0000-0105*, 
probably a test program, En, Fr, Thai and Cambodian, but from 0100 
just a carrier tone. The transmitter still has the same modulation 
problems as before.

Last time I could hear it was on Oct 2, 2001. QSA 5 with splatter QRM
*0100-0200* from Chinese music jammer on 11945 which covered 11935-
11952 [against TWN 11945, I guess, BC-DX ed.].

Same day there was a test tone 1156-1203, then modulation until 1210 
when the tx broke down for the rest of the day! On Jun 7 I heard an
unmodulated carrier 0000-0005 when it broke down. At 0018-0020 it was 
back with Fr talk after which it broke down for the rest of the 
morning (Roland Schulze, Philippines, dswci DXW Jun 7 via BC-DX via 
DXLD)

** CANADA. This might be old news, if so bear with me. If not, well 
.....read on.

I received a letter from Scott Snailham yesterday in reply to my 
letter addressed to him stating that he no longer works for 
CHNS/CHFX/CHNX having left in April 2000. Scott was the last prime 
veri-signer at the station until that time.

He states: "Unfortunately, to my knowledge, CHNX is no more, as of at 
least this year, if not before. The transmitter was scrapped, and the 
whole thing was a victim of the bottom line mentality that exists in 
commercial radio today. If it doesn't generate revenue, then it's a 
waste, and thus not worth doing. A shame really, as it existed since 
1930 in one form or another........" (his letter goes on).

He also states that the station CHNS/FX is again without an engineer 
(overworked amd underpaid being the reason for the previous engineer 
leaving). An end of an era, folks with the demise of CHNX (an all too 
frequent occurrence for my liking in the radio operations world, I'm 
afraid, with radio staffing/economics amd with shortwave stations 
disappearing...hmm) RIP CHNX. I last heard it in May 2001. (Ian 
B.[axter?], ARDXC via DXLD) I think that`s about when they went off 
after one last gasp (gh, DXLD)

** CHILE. Voz Cristiana, Santiago, plans a reduction in on-air hours 
from Jun 16. As of that date, the schedule becomes: 6070 2200-1200, 
9635 1200-2000, 11745 2100-1100, 11935 1100-1300, 15375 0000-1400, 
17680 1400-0000, 21550 1300-1400. (11690 will be deleted completely) 
(EDXP June 18 via DXLD) Wonder what`s going on here; rather drastic

Changes for Voz Cristiana in Spanish via Santiago 100 kW / 340 degrees 
effective June 16:
11690   0100-0800 <<<<< DELETED
11935   1100-1300 <<<<< RETIMED ex 0800-1300
21550   1300-1400 <<<<< RETIMED ex 1300-0100
(Ivo and Angel! Observer, Bulgaria, June 18 via DXLD)

** COLOMBIA. 6064.4 continúa con emisiones de prueba muy irregulares 
con música llanera y en las noches boleros, en la hora en punto o 
media hay un pequeño mensaje de predicación. En la visita a Cristina, 
administradora de la Librería "Colombia para Cristo" fue muy poco la 
información que me pudo ampliar, no por falta de interés, sino por
falta de la misma. Me comentó que la emisora es operada desde la zona 
rural de Puerto Lleras en una finca donada a la organización, es 
operada por voluntarios con muy poca preparación radial pero "con
mucha voluntad del señor". Cada semana hay un envío a la misión por lo 
cual recomienda que las cartas para reportes se han canalizados a 
través de ella en : Calle 44 No. 13-69, Cristina Miranda (Rafael 
Rodríguez R., Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia, June 18, Conexión Digital 
via DXLD)

** CUBA. Tuesday, 18 June, the Wall Street Journal, Leisure & Arts, p. 
D-9, features a story about Radio Havana with a picture of Simon 
Wollers at the microphone. Some parts of the WSJ Website are free and 
others are paid, so non-subscribers might need to visit a local 
library if interested (Anton Kasemacher, June 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

The free part of the Wall Street Journal Linkname: Radio Havana Cuba 
newsman is a former San Francisco travel agent URL:
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1024357492496569200,00.html
(via Daniel Say, swprograms via DXLD) No pix here, unfortunately

OUR MAN IN HAVANA, By BRETT SOKOL

Havana
Like many newsmen across America, Simon Wollers often finds himself at 
odds with his radio station's management. Of course, since Mr. Wollers 
works in the newsroom of the Cuban government's Radio Havana Cuba -- 
whose CEO is el presidente, Fidel Castro -- he picks his battles 
carefully.

"This isn't about million-dollar contract disputes; this is pure 
journalism," Mr. Wollers explains inside Radio Havana Cuba's aging 
downtown studio, a ramshackle mix of broadband Internet connections 
and 30-year-old reel-to-reel tape machines. Every weekday from 6 p.m. 
to midnight the station's English-language service goes live, beaming 
a powerful shortwave signal across the entire U.S., easily heard at 
6000 khz on the Eastern seaboard and at 9820 khz in the Midwest and on 
the West Coast. A tropical communist take on NPR, Radio Havana Cuba 
leavens its sober pronouncements on world affairs with sports scores 
and Latin jazz. "We're not on the air just as an excuse to sell 
advertising," Mr. Wollers says, heaping scorn on his American news 
colleagues. "We're not driven by ratings." Which is a good thing, 
since it's hard to tell just who -- if anyone -- is listening. But 
then Mr. Wollers has more on his mind than market share.

The station, founded on May Day 1961, is charged with bringing "the 
truth of the Cuban revolution" across the Florida Straits, a counter 
to the U.S.'s own Cuba-aimed Radio Marti and "the voice of all those 
who fight for their self-determination and against imperialism."

That's a heavy responsibility to place on any comrade's shoulders, 
especially one who looks less like a steely-eyed guerrilla fighter and 
more like the 47-year-old former San Francisco travel agent that Mr. 
Wollers is. Still, the salt-and-pepper-haired, dual British and 
American citizen takes his mission seriously. Unlocking a door marked 
"90 Pesos Fine For Smoking," Mr. Wollers leads the way into a room 
whose shelves are lined from floor to ceiling with tape reels -- Fidel 
Castro's speeches dating back to 1959, more than 15,000 hours worth 
and counting. "It's a lot of words," Mr. Wollers agrees with a 
chuckle. But, he insists, this dusty archive is no ideological morgue.

"I believe in the social project Cuba has embarked upon," he declares 
earnestly. "For all of its faults and contradictions, this is the best 
system in the world." Such a conviction may seem downright bizarre in 
the post-Soviet world, particularly to the masses of Cubans navigating 
their economy's black market, or relying on cash remittances from 
Miami relatives, just to get by.

Still, Mr. Wollers (the name is an alias) isn't the only foreign true 
believer who has opted for a life in Havana and a monthly salary of 
about $150 (not including food rations and a state-assigned 
apartment). After being "vetted by security" four years ago 
(Salvadoran union activists he'd worked with in the '80s vouched that 
he was no CIA spy), he took a desk at Radio Havana Cuba alongside 
several other Americans -- including Langston Wright (aka Michael 
Finney).

A member of the black militant Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Mr. 
Finney was involved in a 1971 New Mexico shootout that left a state 
trooper dead. With two fellow RNA members, he subsequently hijacked a 
passenger jet off the tarmac at Albuquerque's airport and landed in 
Havana. Although the FBI remains unable to apprehend Mr. Finney (he's 
one of 77 Americans granted asylum by Mr. Castro), they can at least 
hear his soothing tenor delivering the latest news bulletins on their 
radio every night.

Asked how he feels working alongside a wanted fugitive, Mr. Wollers 
merely rolls his eyes and says the true criminals are in the White 
House. Mentioning Cuba's freedom-of-speech record elicits the party 
line as well.

"There are restrictions on the press here," he concedes, "but we're at 
economic war with the most powerful nation on earth. There have to be 
elements of defense. Fidel himself has said if the embargo is lifted, 
there will be more freedom to criticize."

In the meantime, American listeners shouldn't hold their breath 
waiting for coverage of the Varela Project, a dissident-organized 
petition drive demanding a public referendum on civil liberties and 
private enterprise. Radio Havana Cuba managed to find the time for 
detailed javelin-throw results from the Athens Athletic Grand Prix, 
sunspot-activity updates and the always earth-shattering "World of 
Stamps." But "we don't have the resources to do in-depth reporting on 
everything," Mr. Wollers offers, a bit sheepishly.

Not even one brief story?

He frowns and counters testily: "I don't think we need a plebiscite. 
Cuba has one of the most democratic systems ever. Fidel is up for 
election every five years, just like everybody else."

Not that Mr. Wollers doesn't have his own frustrations. Sometimes a 
superior will appear just before airtime, bearing a new anti-George W. 
Bush diatribe from Communist Party leaders, or even a missive fresh 
from the pen of Mr. Castro himself. Mr. Wollers might agree with its 
sentiments, but the language is often painfully stilted, a mishmash of 
leftist jargon that grates against his station's otherwise cultured 
style.

"Miami Mafia?" he says with a grimace, incredulously repeating the 
official term for Miami's virulently anti-Castro Cuban-exile 
community. It's a linguistic improvement on Fidel's previous sobriquet 
for exiles -- the worms -- but one just as apt to set American chins 
a-scratchin'. "People listening to us in New York don't know what 
Miami Mafia means. It would be better to say Cuban-American right-
wingers." Mr. Castro's own recent alternative isn't much better: 
"Miami terrorist mob."

"Sometimes you have to just throw up your hands," Mr. Wollers sighs.
Mr. Sokol is a staff writer at the Miami New Times.
Updated June 18, 2002 (via Daniel Say, swprograms via DXLD)

This is one of the VERY FEW articles about an international broadcast 
station in a non specialist publication that INCLUDES the frequencies. 
A new trend? (I can not resist) OF COURSE NOT! (Larry Nebron, ibid.)

** CUBA [non]. Re TV Martí, DXLD 2-099:

UHF channels -- at least at one time -- were allocated for use on 
Channels 18, 50 and 64. An old document I have archived still links to 
the FCC dB with this information at: 
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1995_Orders/fcc95160.txt 
If the Washington technocrat powers-that-be had any neurons still 
firing, they'd parallel TV Martí evening TV broadcasts with one or two 
shortwave frequencies and/or an AM channel. Every time I've been in 
the lower Keys, I've tried for the early morning TV Martí 
transmissions on UHF as well as Channel 13, but with no luck. In most 
cases, a tethered balloon at Cudjoe Key was noted in the sky the 
afternoon before. Go figure (Terry L. Krueger, June 18, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

[Note: tho I am not positive, the surname is most likely Montés, but 
never seems to be accented, at least not in English text like that 
following. I tire of fixing them one by one, as the Replace funxion in 
MS Word does not support accents. Not to mention Belén, László, Ávila. 

--- gh]

** CUBA [and non]. Posted on Sun, Jun. 16, 2002

SHE LED TWO LIVES -- DUTIFUL ANALYST, AND SPY FOR CUBA
BY TIM JOHNSON

PARKVILLE, Md. - In a brief e-mail message laden with emotion, the 
mother of Ana Belen Montes -- a top spy for Cuba -- lays bare the 
anguish she feels over her daughter's plight.

''We do not agree with what Ana did but I still love her very much,'' 
Emilia B. Montes wrote to a reporter. ``She was my first born, a very 
good daughter who never gave me any heartaches until now. She is still 
a good, smart and loving person. She had the best intentions, [but] 
just went about it the wrong way.''

Exactly how Ana Montes went the ''wrong way'' is not obvious at first 
glance, a worrisome phenomenon at a time when investigators are 
searching for telltale signs of alienation in order to spot potential 
terrorists.

Indeed, Montes appears to have enjoyed an all-American upbringing. But 
a more probing look reveals the contours of an emotional makeup that 
may have led her to betray her country -- and even her family -- to 
become the most important known spy for Cuba to penetrate the U.S. 
intelligence apparatus.

Meticulous and trim, the 45-year-old Montes seemed the antithesis of a 
rebel. She had climbed a career ladder at the super-secret Defense 
Intelligence Agency, becoming the most senior analyst on Cuba. She 
carefully saved her substantial salary, kept her apartment neat, went 
to the gym almost daily and kept to routine. She refrained from 
gossip, even with her most loyal friends. If anyone seemed safe and 
reliable, it was Ana Montes.

But somewhere along the way, Montes entered a labyrinth of mirrors 
where deceit and reality intermingle. When she emerged, even her own 
family did not recognize her.

''I'm still flabbergasted,'' her mother said in a brief telephone 
conversation, talking with more than a little reticence. ``We waited 
and waited to find out it wasn't true.''

No such luck. In March, Montes confessed in U.S. District Court to one 
count of conspiracy to commit espionage. She had become a crown jewel 
for the Cuban intelligence service, one of the most effective in the 
world. Experts say she spilled a flood of secrets to her Cuban 
handlers.

''They wanted everything. They just sucked everything out of her,'' 
said one security official knowledgeable about the case. ``[Fidel] 
Castro trades in this kind of information.''

A LIFE OF PERIL

Clandestine activities belied no-risk demeanor

Close friends were stricken. They discovered that Ana Montes, who 
seemed to shun risk, led a life of enormous peril. She rose at odd 
hours to listen to high-frequency coded messages from Havana. She 
trooped from one pay phone to another to send beeper messages. And she 
disappeared on exotic vacations -- often alone.

''Her family is devastated, her reputation is ruined, and her money 
and all that is gone,'' said an old friend, who insisted on anonymity.

It is no ordinary family. Montes has a brother who works for the FBI 
in the Atlanta area and a sister who is a translator for the FBI in 
South Florida. The sister helped bring down a large Cuban spy ring, 
the so-called Wasp Network, last year.

Montes is now held in a secret location, where debriefers are 
assessing the damage she caused. The Justice Department says Montes 
began working for Cuban intelligence by 1985. They now know whether 
she was a ''walk-in'' who offered her services, or whether she was 
recruited or blackmailed to work for Havana. But they are not sharing 
what they know.

And they won't reveal it until Montes appears in September for 
sentencing. It is then that a judge will hand her a 25-year term, and 
five additional years of parole, if federal officials attest that she 
has cooperated fully.

NO SIGN OF ENRICHMENT

Motivation seemed to come from ideology and emotion

By all indications, Montes did not receive a penny for her betrayal. 
She worked for Havana out of ideological conviction, dismay at U.S. 
policy, and perhaps an amalgam of emotions sown in adolescence along 
the leafy streets of this northern Baltimore suburb.

It is here that Montes began to battle most strongly with her father, 
Alberto L. Montes, a Freudian psychoanalyst who dealt sternly with his 
four children and tried to inculcate his conservative values in them.

''He was a very strict disciplinarian,'' recalled Emilia Montes, who 
later divorced her husband. ``When I was young, people used to say 
that the children of psychiatrists have problems. They clashed. He was 
strong-willed, very much like her.''

Dr. Montes, who was born in Puerto Rico in 1928, went to medical 
school in upstate New York, then joined the Army in 1956, going first 
to West Germany, where Ana was born, then moving with his family to 
Topeka, Kan., for seven years. He specialized in adult psychiatry at 
the respected Menninger Clinic.

By the time the Montes family moved to the Baltimore suburbs in 1967, 
the father had quit the Army and the family appeared to live the 
American Dream. Dr. Montes earned a large income in private practice, 
the family lived on a cul-de-sac in an upper middle-class 
neighborhood, and the children attended top-notch public schools.

''Dr. Montes was a good psychiatrist, very well regarded in the 
community,'' said a fellow psychiatrist, Jaime Lievano, who still 
lives in Baltimore. ``He had specific training in Freudian analysis.''

The family clung to its Puerto Rican roots, even as Ana Montes and her 
younger sister and two younger brothers stood out at the local Loch 
Raven High School for their Hispanic heritage.

''Look at the faces,'' Principal G. Keith Harmeyer said as he flipped 
through the school yearbook for 1975, when Ana Montes graduated. Only 
two other students had Hispanic surnames.

Next to her senior photo, Ana Montes noted that her favorite things 
were ``summer, beaches, soccer, Stevie W., P.R., chocolate chip 
cookies, having a good time with fun people.''

While Dr. Montes kept his psychiatric practice at a local clinic, his 
wife developed her own career as an investigator for a federal 
employment anti-discrimination office, and grew active in Hispanic 
community affairs.

It is there that Emilia Montes had a serious run-in with Cuban exiles.

''The Cubans and I had our encounters. They don't fight clean,'' she 
said, speaking with a candor that appears to be part of her feisty 
nature.

A SPAT WITH EXILES

Mother was involved in immigrant activism

Even today, Hispanic community activists remember the spat in the mid-
1970s, when Emilia Montes led a federation of Hispanic immigrants from 
all over Latin America in a quest for a slot in a Showcase of Nations 
city festival. A rival group of well-connected Cuban exiles said that 
it should win the slot.

``Emilia Montes said, `This is not true. The Cubans don't represent 
everybody. We've got more than just Cubans around here, said Javier 
Bustamante, a fellow activist.

''They had a knock-down, drag-out fight,'' added Bustamante, who is 
from Spain.

Backed by the umbrella Federation of Hispanic Organizations, and 
speaking on her local radio program, Emilia Montes succeeded in 
defeating the Cuban exile group.

''She was out for the little guy,'' recalled Jose Ruiz, who is a city 
liaison with the Hispanic community. Chuckling, he added: ``She was a 
character. She had her moments.''

By 1977, when Ana Montes had left the family home and was attending 
the University of Virginia, the parents fell into an acrimonious 
divorce and custody battle for the two youngest children, Alberto M. 
and Juan Carlos.

The court awarded Mrs. Montes custody of the two sons, the family home 
and a 1974 Plymouth, and a small alimony.

If Ana Montes ever mended her troubled relationship with her father, 
it wasn't readily apparent.

''At one point, she actually wrote him a letter trying to make peace 
with her past,'' recalled a friend of Ana's from her time at the 
University of Virginia. ``He wrote back. He was totally 
unapologetic.''

Dr. Montes eventually remarried, rejoined the Army and moved to the 
Hawaiian island of Oahu. He retired from the Army in 1995 with the 
rank of colonel, divorced his second wife and moved to South Florida, 
where he died of a heart attack two years ago.

Ana Montes graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979 with a 
degree in foreign affairs. She moved to Washington, D.C., where she 
enrolled in 1982 in a two-year master's degree program at the School 
of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She 
focused on Latin America. Her degree was not awarded until 1988.

While she was studying, Montes got a clerical job at the Department of 
Justice that required a security clearance. She moved to the Defense 
Intelligence Agency as a junior analyst, focusing on Nicaragua, in 
September 1985.

By then, she already was a spy for Cuba.

How the Cuban intelligence service enlisted Montes is the subject of 
endless speculation among Cuba watchers. Some say it was a romance. 
Others say it was blackmail. Still others, including her lawyer and 
her mother, say it was sympathy for a small nation in the shadow of a 
colossus.

''She felt sorry for the Cubans,'' Emilia Montes said of her daughter. 
``It wasn't Castro. It was seeing them living in misery. She was very 
young and idealistic.''

Wherever the truth, Ana Montes rubbed elbows with scores of people 
inside and outside the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and at the State 
Department, taking part in and eventually leading briefings on Cuba. 
Colleagues and acquaintances describe her as no-nonsense.

''She was an unusual person,'' said an official who knew her casually 
and like many of her acquaintances declined to speak for attribution. 
``She could be very warm and engaging on a personal level. She was 
kind of witty. She had a very sharp mind. But when you're discussing 
work or in a work environment, she could be very aloof and dogmatic.''

PRESSURE TO MARRY

Boyfriend was employed by U.S. Southern Command

Montes dated occasionally, and like many daughters of Hispanic mothers 
came under pressure to find a partner and head to the altar.

'Her mom was on her all the time: `Why aren't you married?' '' 
recalled the old friend.

Montes did, in fact, have a boyfriend in recent times -- Roger 
Corneretto, a civilian employee in Miami of the U.S. Southern Command, 
which oversees U.S. military operations in the hemisphere, including 
Cuba.

''She was going to get married,'' said Lilian Laszlo, a Baltimore 
resident and close friend of Emilia Montes.

Corneretto was transferred to the Joint Chiefs of Staff office in the 
Pentagon after Montes' arrest last year, shocked and grieving at the 
discovery of his girlfriend's double life.

Corneretto declined to talk with The Herald.

Montes is known to have traveled to New York City regularly, as well 
as to have taken overseas vacations alone to places like the Dominican 
Republic, where she may have received Cuban training to master the 
coded radio messages and computer decoding software that her espionage 
demanded.

How U.S. counterintelligence agents got onto Montes is not clear.

A former Cuban Interior Ministry cryptographer, Jose Cohen, who now 
lives in exile in South Florida, said he believes U.S. 
counterintelligence engineered a huge feat by cracking an encrypted 
Cuban message, perhaps to Montes.

''It is easier to win the lottery three times over than to break these 
codes,'' Cohen said.

APARTMENT SEARCHED

FBI reportedly found evidence on computer

Whatever the tip-off, FBI agents 13 months ago searched Montes' 
apartment and surreptitiously copied the hard drive of her Toshiba 
laptop computer, recovering 11 pages of text between her and Cuban 
intelligence agents, court documents say. Montes' failure to fully 
erase the material appeared to be an act of carelessness unusual for 
her.

The Justice Department says Montes had turned over photos, documents 
and abundant classified material to Cuba. It says she revealed the 
identity of four undercover U.S. agents, handed over information about 
U.S. military games, and provided assessments to Cuba taken from the 
most top-secret internal files of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Montes, with a top-level clearance, had access to the Intelink 
computer network that connects about 60 federal intelligence, defense 
and civilian agencies involved in intelligence gathering and 
assessment.

''She had access to basically everything,'' the security official 
said. ``You're talking about programs that cost millions of dollars to 
develop. And she could get anything.''

As she funneled secrets, Montes also molded debate about Cuba on 
Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon and the State Department. In 1998, 
she was a principal drafter of a Pentagon paper that concluded that 
Cuba no longer represented a military threat to the United States.

In 1999, Montes was a principal briefer on an inter-agency war-game-
like exercise about Cuba that may have required her to review U.S. 
military capabilities toward Cuba should turmoil erupt on the island, 
one U.S. official said.

Montes became a ''vociferous'' advocate of a controversial proposal to 
allow active U.S. military personnel into Cuba to develop relations 
with officers of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, the official 
said. Critics feared that such a plan would expose U.S. military 
personnel to possible recruitment or compromise by Cuban intelligence.

Normally, with a spy like Montes in their sights, FBI agents would 
shadow her for months, even years, with the intention of identifying 
her handlers and bringing down an entire network.

But nine days after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the agents swooped in 
to arrest Montes, fearing that she represented an overriding security 
risk.

To this day, the Montes arrest has not generated the publicity of 
other major spy cases, such as the 1994 arrest of Aldrich Ames, a CIA 
employee whose betrayal of his country may have cost the lives of nine 
U.S. moles in the Soviet Union, and the early 2001 arrest of Robert 
Hanssen, a veteran FBI counterintelligence officer who earned $1.4 
million as an agent for Russia.

Some think Montes ranks in the league of major turncoats.

''You could make the case that the potential for damage was more 
severe than with either Hanssen or Ames,'' an official said. ``She 
could have told them what, where and when [eventual U.S. military 
action would occur], and it would cost a hell of a lot of lives.''

As it is, some of the victims are alive and suffering silently.

Montes' brothers and sisters declined to speak about her.

''I'll be happy to talk to you sometime down the road, but not right 
now,'' said Juan Carlos Montes, the youngest sibling at 40, who 
operates a restaurant in South Florida.

''I still have sleepless nights,'' Montes' mother said. ``Your 
precious child in handcuffs in a jail. I can't bear it.''
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Herald staff writer Juan O. Tamayo and researcher Elisabeth Donovan 
contributed to this report. © 2001 miamiherald and wire service 
sources. All Rights Reserved. http://www.miami.com (via David E. 
Crawford, Titusville, Florida, DXLD)

** CUBA [and non]. Posted on Sun, Jun. 16, 2002   BY TIM JOHNSON

   INFILTRATION, SEDUCTION AMONG CUBAN SPY TACTICS IN U.S.
 
WASHINGTON - Ana Belen Montes' confession in March brought the latest 
evidence of how Fidel Castro's regime seeks to spy on the United 
States, targeting the Cuban exile community, Capitol Hill, the 
military and CIA, and universities, experts say.

Time after time, Cuba's Directorate of Intelligence has run double 
agents, letting them fall into U.S. hands, or wash up on U.S. shores, 
as presumed defectors.

After insinuating themselves into exile groups