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JP No,001(Apr,30 1998) - No,557(Dec,26 2008) was ziped.
----------------------------------------------------
All time in UTC
===== ASIA =====
SRI LANKA
15745 SLBC Jun 21 0056-0117 35433 English,
National anthem and IS, 0100 ID and opening announce, Koran, Music,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
=== MIDDLE EAST ===
UAE
13720 Sudan R.Service via Dhabbaya Jun 21 0524-0535 24332 Arabic and
English,
Talk, Theme music at 0525 and 0527 and 0534,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
13730 R.Dabanga via Dhabbaya Jun 19 0509-0520 34322 Arabic,
Talk, IS and SJ and ID at 0511,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17370 R.Dabanga via Dhabbaya Jun 21 0509-0519 34433 Arabic,
Talk, IS and SJ at 0516,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15750 R.Bar-Kulan via Dhabbaya Jun 19 0533-0546 25322 Somali,
Talk and somali pops, SJ at 0545,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
===== AFRICA =====
LIBYA
17725 V.of Africa Jun 21 1217-1224 34333 Swahili,
Afro pops, ID at 1221,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
ZIMBABWE
3396 Zimbabwe VOZ 0010 to 0015 weak audio on 25 June
[Wilkner]
===== EUROPE =====
=== NORTH AMERICA ===
=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===
BOLIVIA
3310.057 Bolivia Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba 0935 CP musica, ID by hombre y mujer . 23 June
[Wilkner]
4451.240 Bolivia, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma 0000 CP mx with om, better than usual signal 25 June
[Wilkner]
4787.754 Bolivia Radioemisora Ballivian, San Borja, Beni noted 0000 to 0020 on 24 June.
[Wilkner]
4795.87 Bolivia Radio Lipez, Uyuni 1010 yl with music, fair under t-storm 23 June
[Wilkner]
5580.2 Bolivia Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos 0000 noted on 25 June, 23 June same time
[Wilkner]
5952 Bolivia Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 0110- 0130 with narrow filter yl en espanol
[Wilkner]
BRAZIL
3375.476 Brasil Radio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira 0950 Brasilian om and musica 23 June
[Wilkner]
CUBA
11705 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Jun 15 1215-1234 32432 Spanish,
Talk, ID at 1231,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
GUYANA
3290 Guyana GBC 0933 into pop music with dj, t-storm, dj over music till 0950. 23 June
[Wilkner]
HONDURAS
3340 Honduras HRMI Radio Misiones Internacionales, Comayagüela 0100 very poor signal, 26 June
[Wilkner]
4045 usb Honduras, Isla de Roatan 1110 weather correction and directions, 23 June
[Wilkner]
PERU
3329.544 Peru, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco with usual yl and music, struggling signal
[Wilkner]
===== PACIFIC =====
AUSTRALIA
2485 Australia, VL8K Katherine NT 1030 news items , 23 June
[Wilkner]
NEW ZEALAND
Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 13730 2345 English 444 June 18 YL with comments on awards in the music industry. Then a YL interviewing a YL on a book she recently wrote.
[MacKenzie]
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
3905, Papua New Guinea, R.New Ireland, Kavieng. June, 26 0757-0801 Reggae, local Pop music alternating male seems in Pidjin. 35433,
[LOB].
VANUATU
3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. June, 26 0748-0756 tribal chorus followed by percussion music alternating male talks in English, female canned announcements, male outside. Reception earlier than usual, 25432
[LOB]
=== Site Unknown ===
5954.143 ?, ELCOR, "Radio Republica" at 0050 26 June, similar 0000, 23 June
[Wilkner]
=== CLANDESTINE ===
7530 Suab Xaa Moo Zoo Jun 15 *2230-2240 35333 Hmong,
2230 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Music, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15260 Moj Them R. Jun 21 *0130-0138 34333 Hmong,
0130 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15530 V.of Tibet Jun 21 *1331-1337 45444 Tibetian,
1331 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk,
Jamming from 1337,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15540 R.Freedom Jun 21 *1430-1440 33433 Somali,
1430 sign on with opening music, ID and opening announce, Koran, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
==== PIRATE ====
==== Un-ID ====
3380 UNID 0110 strong carrier poor audio 26 June
[Wilkner]
5480.304 UNID at 0020 on 25 June
[Wilkner]
==== LW / MW ====
===== QSL =====
===== ...and others =====
Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each 250 kW HF DRM-ready
transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of
Information (MOI) through First Gulf Company of Riyadh. First Gulf will
construct an entirely new HF station where the transmitters,
antennas, and other equipment will be installed at the existing Al Khumra
site outside Jeddah. The Al Khumra station was constructed by Continental
Electronics and its civil contractor between 1978 and 1980, and the site
presently accommodates multiple 2-megawatt and 1-megawatt Medium Wave
transmitters.
The new high-power HF DRM-ready transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's
digital broadcast capabilities and can reach targeted audiences at long
distance ranges with a clear, high quality signal. The DRM-ready
transmitters are similar to those recently supplied to Broadcast Australia
and to Radio-TV Malaysia, employing Transradio's latest DRM exciters with
its unique pre-correction features.
The transmitters will be delivered in the latter part of 2010 and the
station is planned to be fully operational by mid-2011.
http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=211
[Gupta]
////////////////
Effective June 23. Radio Kuwait conducted tests transmissions in Arabic
to North America via VT Communications on the following schedule:
2200-2400 on 15305 SKN 300 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Arabic Wed/Thu/Fri
0000-0200 on 11720 SKN 300 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Arabic Thu/Fri/Sat
0200-0400 on 9855 SKN 300 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Arabic Thu/Fri/Sat
No idea whether these emissions will be broadcast in next week, as regular.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 25)
KUWAIT Summer A-10 of Radio Kuwait in Arabic:
0200-0900 on 5960^KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME
0500-0930 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Holy Qura'n service
0800-1000 on 7250 KBD 500 kW / non-dir to WeAs Farsi, ex 0600-0800
0930-1745 on 11630#KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Holy Qura'n service
1005-1505 on 21540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
1100-1600 on 9750*KBD 300 kW / 275 deg to NEAf
1600-2100 on 6050&KBD 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME
1650-2000 on 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm
1750-2100 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic or/and English
^ till 0500 co-ch R.Japan NHK World in Japanese
# till 1600 strong co-ch by CNR 1/8 Minority sce
* from 1300 totally blocked by VOR in DRM mode
& 1700-1900 totally blocked by RL in Belorussian
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)
[Bueschel]
////////////////
I would like to inform you that I will be moving home in late June 2010.
As from the 27th of June 2010 at 2200 utc this email address will stop.
I will contract you with my new email address before the end of July 2010.
Until 2200 utc on the 27th of June my email address is: emrsw@blueyonder.co.uk
After the 27th of June you can contact Mike Taylor at EMR via studio@emr.org.uk
[Taylor]
////////////////
Radio Gloria International this Sunday on 6140 khz!
This Sunday the 27th of June 2010 we will be transmitting with 100 kw from Nauen (Berlin)
with a directional antenna to SW-Europe, beamed to southern Germany.
The time slot will be 09.00 to 1000 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.
.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for Summer 2010
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio (Nov)
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
[Taylor]
////////////////
SINGAPORE (IDN) - In the 1990s, pressured by the globalization push from the West, there was a great wave of media liberalization across Asia. Many governments reluctantly gave up control of the airwaves, first allowing private FM radio and later private television channels as well.
A decade or more after this wave of media liberation swept Asia, many communication experts in the region are now arguing whether private commercialized media really allows freedom of expression and promotes cultural diversity.
It has mainly resulted in private radio licenses going to entrepreneurs who want to use the radio to promote their other business interests or political ambitions, and sometimes both. Thus a new wave of media liberalization is now sweeping Asia -- that is the spread of community radio.
This was acknowledged by the recent Asia Media Summit in Beijing when for the first time a plenary session on community radio was introduced under the title "Promoting'On-Air Diversity': A Case for Community Broadcasting".
While community radio expanded rapidly in Latin America and Africa in the 1990s, in Asia it was slow to take off. Asia's first foray into community radio Mahaveli Community Radio (MCR) in Sri Lanka has faced government indifference since its launch in the late 1980s. But Philippines Tambuli community radio, which was inspired by the MCR experiment, has expanded in the past decade and a half to over 30 stations. Nepal -- whose inspiration was Tambuli -- has seen a dramatic increase in community based radio in the past decade which has tempted some to call community radio the mainstream radio in the Himalayan republic.
In Thailand, where there is an estimated 6000 community radio stations that have sprung up since the 1997 constitution paved the way for peoples' radio, the community radio is credited for having mobilized the peasants and farmers' 'red shirt' movement to take on the traditional ruling elites in Bangkok that includes the monarchy and the military.
But, since the 'red shirt' rebellion was put down by the Thai military in mid-May with the loss of some 89 lives in the centre of Bangkok, the Thai government has started to crack down on community radio in Thailand, especially in the north-east of the country, the epicentre of the rebellion. In recent weeks, the army has raided and closed down many of the community radio stations, which are sympathetic to the 'red shirt' movement.
Community radio became quite popular with rural peasants and urban marginalized people like taxi drivers, and it mushroomed during the administration of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who encouraged it because it gave a voice to his voter base. Since 2009, when the government finally came around to offering legality to the community radio sector, some 6000 applicants have applied for community radio frequencies.
NEPAL
A shinning example of the spread of community radio in Asia is Nepal, where there is an estimated 60 such stations across the country. Most of them were instrumental in mobilizing people to overthrow the monarchy and create a republic in 2006. But, its very success is threatening to undermine the sector.
"It was very tough at the beginning. It took the government 5 years to give us a license" recalled Raghu Mainali, Director of the Community Radio Support Centre in Kathmandu, in an interview given to this writer at a regional community radio conference in Bangalore earlier this year. "It was only after the 2006 democratic revolution that the government has opened up the airwaves."
Mainali laments that its very success (in helping to establish democracy in 2006) has also led to community radio being infiltrated by what he calls "undesirables". The problem has risen because community radio is not a category for granting of private radio licenses in Nepal, but non-profit organizations are allowed to apply for licenses.
"Because there is no categorization of community and commercial radio, not-for-profit organizations (applying for radio licenses) are loosely defined as community radio", explained Mainali. "After the success of the (democratization) movement all political leaders realize that community radio is a power. They also started to sometimes manipulate community radio or send their cadres to apply for licenses. Now we're in crossroads."
INDONESIA
Indonesia, which has also seen a proliferation of so-called community radio stations in the country of 205 million people, is also facing a similar situation because there is no category for community radio licensing.
Since the fall of the Suharto regime in 1998, the 'Reformasi' era has given rise to a community radio boom across the vast country. Hundreds of community radio stations broadcast in the country, but without a proper license. In its initial stages, many NGOs (non-government organizations), set up community radio stations, often with the help of foreign funding agencies.
But, Bowo Usodo, President of the Community Radio Association of Indonesia argues that many of the NGO models have lost steam after foreign funds dried up.
"In the last few years community radio stations which are sustainable are those set up by citizens in one village. Only about 25 percent of the 800 or so community radio stations set up by NGOs is alive today," noted Usodo. "NGOs tried to build participatory model when there was money there. That attracted some NGO people for a while (but) many NGOs go there to learn how to set up participation".
While this foreign funded NGO model has been instrumental in setting up community radio in many countries in the past two decades, this has also been its drawback. These models have not paid much attention to generating local funding to sustain the project beyond its seed funding cycle.
LOCAL VS GLOBAL
Some stations have also fallen prey to a foreign agenda, where western funding agencies have supported projects to promote freedom of speech in countries, which have not had a liberal open democratic system. This has created friction with governments and hindered the localization of the community radio, especially in economic sustainability.
Western funding agencies must also realize that in the age of globalisation community radio could play a leading role in helping people to protect, nurture and develop their local cultural expressions -- such as music and poetry -- in the face of the international global media onslaught such as from MTV.
Such a role for community radio is also an issue of freedom of expression. For many rural, remote or marginalized communities community radio could provide a great service in providing education and overcoming the literacy barriers. Some of these communities don't always belong to ethnic minorities.
In Laos, the government has encouraged the setting up of such community radio in remote tribal areas -- with the help of UNDP -- to educated illiterate ethnic communities. In the Philippines, the Tambuli project has set up community radio in collaboration with local municipal councils and agricultural colleges in provincial towns.
This has created an economically sustainable community radio model drawing indirectly public funds to the radio, while a Community Media Council consisting of community members constitute the policy making body of the community radio station.
Tambuli community radio's founder Louie Tabing describes radio in the Philippines, which has one of the world's largest commercial radio networks the Manila Broadcasting Corporation which owns some 435 radio stations across the vast archipelago, as a system of 'PPPP' -- profit, propaganda, privilege or prestige and power. He argues what is lacking in this system is the other "P" -- the people.
"Most of the stations are owned by rich families, who are themselves political king pins or who have affiliations to political groupings," argues Tabing. "Programmes are often marked by sensationalism, irresponsible reporting, entertainment inanities, partisan political bias and an utter lack of depth. Most stations are located in the capital cities and they fight for turf and listener ratings. Happenings outside the cities are seldom reported."
"It is in the midst of these realities that the idea of small radio located in the remote areas was born in the Philippines," he added.
Today there over 50 community radio stations operating in the Philippines located outside the cities, using low powered transmitters and independent of government and commercial interests. The challenge is to make these commercially viable and it can't be addressed by funding dissident political groups to set up community radio to confront governments.
* Dr Kalinga Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan born journalist, radio broadcaster, television documentary maker and an international communications analyst. He currently works as the Head of Research at the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) in Singapore.
2010 IDN-InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters
Source: Community Radio Coming Out Of the Shadows in Asia http://bit.ly/bRXjwe
[Gaviria]
////////////////
Ayer recibi una confirmación electrónica de la clandestina Radiyo Y'Abaganda
(Baganda Radio) 15410, via Issoudun, en tres semanas después de enviar varios
follow-ups.
Mi reporte original lo envié a info@ ababaka.com pero la respuesta vino de
ababaka.com @ gmail.com.
El texto del mensaje dice...
"Estimado Sr. Artur Fernandez Llorella,
Muchas Gracias por su carta.
Su informe de recepcion es correcto. Con este medio confirmamos que el 29 de Mayo
2010 a las 1700 horas UTC y en los 15410 KHz usted sintonizó a Radiyo Y'Abaganda,
via Issoudun, Francia.
Lamento el retraso de la respuesta, pero las cosas tienden a ser super agitado por aquí.
La Radio es llamada (((Baganda Radio))), puede obtener más información acerca de lo
que somos desde nuestro sitio web www.Ababaka.com
Nuestra transmisión en onda corta se alimenta directamente de nuestra radio en vivo por
Internet todos los Sábado a las 17.00 horas y durante una hora.
La lengua hablada en nuestro programa es luganda del pueblo Baganda.
Estamos cerca de 8-10 millones de personas, dentro de un país llamado Uganda en África
oriental.
Una vez mas pedimos disculpas por el atraso en escribirle, Se adjunta las tarjetas de la
estación.
Saludos
Alex Kalazani Kigongo
For www.Ababaka. com Admin. Team"
Por Artur Fernández Llorella
Cataluña, España
Tomado de playdx2003 Resumen nº 2952 24 junio 2010
[Gaviria]
////////////////
==================================================================
Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:
LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, BRAZIL.
Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
Alokesh Gupta, India.
Kouji Hashimoto, Japan.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Zacharias Liangas, Greece.
Tom Taylor, UK.
Robert Willkner, USA.
Volker Willschrey, Germany.
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Radio Heritage Foundation
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Also thanks to
BC-DX / GERMANY.
CONEXION Digital / ARGENTINE.
CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH / GERMANY.
CUMBRE DX / U.S.A.
DX INDIA / INDIA.
Globe Radio DX Club / INDIA.
HCDX / FINLAND.
IDXA / INDIA.
JSWC / JAPAN.
NASWA / U.S.A.
radioascolto.org / ITALY.
RUS-DX / RUSSIA.
WAVESCAN / AWR
WWDXC / GERMANY.
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JAPAN PREMIUM welcome your contributions.
----------------------------------------------------
You can read "JAPAN PREMIUM Archive" at
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~VZ6G-IWT/jp.html
JP No,001(Apr,30 1998) - No,557(Dec,26 2008) was ziped.
----------------------------------------------------
All time in UTC
===== ASIA =====
SRI LANKA
15745 SLBC Jun 21 0056-0117 35433 English,
National anthem and IS, 0100 ID and opening announce, Koran, Music,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
=== MIDDLE EAST ===
UAE
13720 Sudan R.Service via Dhabbaya Jun 21 0524-0535 24332 Arabic and
English,
Talk, Theme music at 0525 and 0527 and 0534,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
13730 R.Dabanga via Dhabbaya Jun 19 0509-0520 34322 Arabic,
Talk, IS and SJ and ID at 0511,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17370 R.Dabanga via Dhabbaya Jun 21 0509-0519 34433 Arabic,
Talk, IS and SJ at 0516,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15750 R.Bar-Kulan via Dhabbaya Jun 19 0533-0546 25322 Somali,
Talk and somali pops, SJ at 0545,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
===== AFRICA =====
LIBYA
17725 V.of Africa Jun 21 1217-1224 34333 Swahili,
Afro pops, ID at 1221,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
ZIMBABWE
3396 Zimbabwe VOZ 0010 to 0015 weak audio on 25 June
[Wilkner]
===== EUROPE =====
=== NORTH AMERICA ===
=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===
BOLIVIA
3310.057 Bolivia Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba 0935 CP musica, ID by hombre y mujer . 23 June
[Wilkner]
4451.240 Bolivia, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma 0000 CP mx with om, better than usual signal 25 June
[Wilkner]
4787.754 Bolivia Radioemisora Ballivian, San Borja, Beni noted 0000 to 0020 on 24 June.
[Wilkner]
4795.87 Bolivia Radio Lipez, Uyuni 1010 yl with music, fair under t-storm 23 June
[Wilkner]
5580.2 Bolivia Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos 0000 noted on 25 June, 23 June same time
[Wilkner]
5952 Bolivia Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 0110- 0130 with narrow filter yl en espanol
[Wilkner]
BRAZIL
3375.476 Brasil Radio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira 0950 Brasilian om and musica 23 June
[Wilkner]
CUBA
11705 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Jun 15 1215-1234 32432 Spanish,
Talk, ID at 1231,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
GUYANA
3290 Guyana GBC 0933 into pop music with dj, t-storm, dj over music till 0950. 23 June
[Wilkner]
HONDURAS
3340 Honduras HRMI Radio Misiones Internacionales, Comayagüela 0100 very poor signal, 26 June
[Wilkner]
4045 usb Honduras, Isla de Roatan 1110 weather correction and directions, 23 June
[Wilkner]
PERU
3329.544 Peru, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco with usual yl and music, struggling signal
[Wilkner]
===== PACIFIC =====
AUSTRALIA
2485 Australia, VL8K Katherine NT 1030 news items , 23 June
[Wilkner]
NEW ZEALAND
Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 13730 2345 English 444 June 18 YL with comments on awards in the music industry. Then a YL interviewing a YL on a book she recently wrote.
[MacKenzie]
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
3905, Papua New Guinea, R.New Ireland, Kavieng. June, 26 0757-0801 Reggae, local Pop music alternating male seems in Pidjin. 35433,
[LOB].
VANUATU
3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. June, 26 0748-0756 tribal chorus followed by percussion music alternating male talks in English, female canned announcements, male outside. Reception earlier than usual, 25432
[LOB]
=== Site Unknown ===
5954.143 ?, ELCOR, "Radio Republica" at 0050 26 June, similar 0000, 23 June
[Wilkner]
=== CLANDESTINE ===
7530 Suab Xaa Moo Zoo Jun 15 *2230-2240 35333 Hmong,
2230 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Music, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15260 Moj Them R. Jun 21 *0130-0138 34333 Hmong,
0130 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15530 V.of Tibet Jun 21 *1331-1337 45444 Tibetian,
1331 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk,
Jamming from 1337,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15540 R.Freedom Jun 21 *1430-1440 33433 Somali,
1430 sign on with opening music, ID and opening announce, Koran, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
==== PIRATE ====
==== Un-ID ====
3380 UNID 0110 strong carrier poor audio 26 June
[Wilkner]
5480.304 UNID at 0020 on 25 June
[Wilkner]
==== LW / MW ====
===== QSL =====
===== ...and others =====
Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each 250 kW HF DRM-ready
transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of
Information (MOI) through First Gulf Company of Riyadh. First Gulf will
construct an entirely new HF station where the transmitters,
antennas, and other equipment will be installed at the existing Al Khumra
site outside Jeddah. The Al Khumra station was constructed by Continental
Electronics and its civil contractor between 1978 and 1980, and the site
presently accommodates multiple 2-megawatt and 1-megawatt Medium Wave
transmitters.
The new high-power HF DRM-ready transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's
digital broadcast capabilities and can reach targeted audiences at long
distance ranges with a clear, high quality signal. The DRM-ready
transmitters are similar to those recently supplied to Broadcast Australia
and to Radio-TV Malaysia, employing Transradio's latest DRM exciters with
its unique pre-correction features.
The transmitters will be delivered in the latter part of 2010 and the
station is planned to be fully operational by mid-2011.
http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=211
[Gupta]
////////////////
Effective June 23. Radio Kuwait conducted tests transmissions in Arabic
to North America via VT Communications on the following schedule:
2200-2400 on 15305 SKN 300 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Arabic Wed/Thu/Fri
0000-0200 on 11720 SKN 300 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Arabic Thu/Fri/Sat
0200-0400 on 9855 SKN 300 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Arabic Thu/Fri/Sat
No idea whether these emissions will be broadcast in next week, as regular.
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 25)
KUWAIT Summer A-10 of Radio Kuwait in Arabic:
0200-0900 on 5960^KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME
0500-0930 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Holy Qura'n service
0800-1000 on 7250 KBD 500 kW / non-dir to WeAs Farsi, ex 0600-0800
0930-1745 on 11630#KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Holy Qura'n service
1005-1505 on 21540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
1100-1600 on 9750*KBD 300 kW / 275 deg to NEAf
1600-2100 on 6050&KBD 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME
1650-2000 on 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm
1750-2100 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic or/and English
^ till 0500 co-ch R.Japan NHK World in Japanese
# till 1600 strong co-ch by CNR 1/8 Minority sce
* from 1300 totally blocked by VOR in DRM mode
& 1700-1900 totally blocked by RL in Belorussian
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)
[Bueschel]
////////////////
I would like to inform you that I will be moving home in late June 2010.
As from the 27th of June 2010 at 2200 utc this email address will stop.
I will contract you with my new email address before the end of July 2010.
Until 2200 utc on the 27th of June my email address is: emrsw@blueyonder.co.uk
After the 27th of June you can contact Mike Taylor at EMR via studio@emr.org.uk
[Taylor]
////////////////
Radio Gloria International this Sunday on 6140 khz!
This Sunday the 27th of June 2010 we will be transmitting with 100 kw from Nauen (Berlin)
with a directional antenna to SW-Europe, beamed to southern Germany.
The time slot will be 09.00 to 1000 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.
.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for Summer 2010
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio (Nov)
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
[Taylor]
////////////////
SINGAPORE (IDN) - In the 1990s, pressured by the globalization push from the West, there was a great wave of media liberalization across Asia. Many governments reluctantly gave up control of the airwaves, first allowing private FM radio and later private television channels as well.
A decade or more after this wave of media liberation swept Asia, many communication experts in the region are now arguing whether private commercialized media really allows freedom of expression and promotes cultural diversity.
It has mainly resulted in private radio licenses going to entrepreneurs who want to use the radio to promote their other business interests or political ambitions, and sometimes both. Thus a new wave of media liberalization is now sweeping Asia -- that is the spread of community radio.
This was acknowledged by the recent Asia Media Summit in Beijing when for the first time a plenary session on community radio was introduced under the title "Promoting'On-Air Diversity': A Case for Community Broadcasting".
While community radio expanded rapidly in Latin America and Africa in the 1990s, in Asia it was slow to take off. Asia's first foray into community radio Mahaveli Community Radio (MCR) in Sri Lanka has faced government indifference since its launch in the late 1980s. But Philippines Tambuli community radio, which was inspired by the MCR experiment, has expanded in the past decade and a half to over 30 stations. Nepal -- whose inspiration was Tambuli -- has seen a dramatic increase in community based radio in the past decade which has tempted some to call community radio the mainstream radio in the Himalayan republic.
In Thailand, where there is an estimated 6000 community radio stations that have sprung up since the 1997 constitution paved the way for peoples' radio, the community radio is credited for having mobilized the peasants and farmers' 'red shirt' movement to take on the traditional ruling elites in Bangkok that includes the monarchy and the military.
But, since the 'red shirt' rebellion was put down by the Thai military in mid-May with the loss of some 89 lives in the centre of Bangkok, the Thai government has started to crack down on community radio in Thailand, especially in the north-east of the country, the epicentre of the rebellion. In recent weeks, the army has raided and closed down many of the community radio stations, which are sympathetic to the 'red shirt' movement.
Community radio became quite popular with rural peasants and urban marginalized people like taxi drivers, and it mushroomed during the administration of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who encouraged it because it gave a voice to his voter base. Since 2009, when the government finally came around to offering legality to the community radio sector, some 6000 applicants have applied for community radio frequencies.
NEPAL
A shinning example of the spread of community radio in Asia is Nepal, where there is an estimated 60 such stations across the country. Most of them were instrumental in mobilizing people to overthrow the monarchy and create a republic in 2006. But, its very success is threatening to undermine the sector.
"It was very tough at the beginning. It took the government 5 years to give us a license" recalled Raghu Mainali, Director of the Community Radio Support Centre in Kathmandu, in an interview given to this writer at a regional community radio conference in Bangalore earlier this year. "It was only after the 2006 democratic revolution that the government has opened up the airwaves."
Mainali laments that its very success (in helping to establish democracy in 2006) has also led to community radio being infiltrated by what he calls "undesirables". The problem has risen because community radio is not a category for granting of private radio licenses in Nepal, but non-profit organizations are allowed to apply for licenses.
"Because there is no categorization of community and commercial radio, not-for-profit organizations (applying for radio licenses) are loosely defined as community radio", explained Mainali. "After the success of the (democratization) movement all political leaders realize that community radio is a power. They also started to sometimes manipulate community radio or send their cadres to apply for licenses. Now we're in crossroads."
INDONESIA
Indonesia, which has also seen a proliferation of so-called community radio stations in the country of 205 million people, is also facing a similar situation because there is no category for community radio licensing.
Since the fall of the Suharto regime in 1998, the 'Reformasi' era has given rise to a community radio boom across the vast country. Hundreds of community radio stations broadcast in the country, but without a proper license. In its initial stages, many NGOs (non-government organizations), set up community radio stations, often with the help of foreign funding agencies.
But, Bowo Usodo, President of the Community Radio Association of Indonesia argues that many of the NGO models have lost steam after foreign funds dried up.
"In the last few years community radio stations which are sustainable are those set up by citizens in one village. Only about 25 percent of the 800 or so community radio stations set up by NGOs is alive today," noted Usodo. "NGOs tried to build participatory model when there was money there. That attracted some NGO people for a while (but) many NGOs go there to learn how to set up participation".
While this foreign funded NGO model has been instrumental in setting up community radio in many countries in the past two decades, this has also been its drawback. These models have not paid much attention to generating local funding to sustain the project beyond its seed funding cycle.
LOCAL VS GLOBAL
Some stations have also fallen prey to a foreign agenda, where western funding agencies have supported projects to promote freedom of speech in countries, which have not had a liberal open democratic system. This has created friction with governments and hindered the localization of the community radio, especially in economic sustainability.
Western funding agencies must also realize that in the age of globalisation community radio could play a leading role in helping people to protect, nurture and develop their local cultural expressions -- such as music and poetry -- in the face of the international global media onslaught such as from MTV.
Such a role for community radio is also an issue of freedom of expression. For many rural, remote or marginalized communities community radio could provide a great service in providing education and overcoming the literacy barriers. Some of these communities don't always belong to ethnic minorities.
In Laos, the government has encouraged the setting up of such community radio in remote tribal areas -- with the help of UNDP -- to educated illiterate ethnic communities. In the Philippines, the Tambuli project has set up community radio in collaboration with local municipal councils and agricultural colleges in provincial towns.
This has created an economically sustainable community radio model drawing indirectly public funds to the radio, while a Community Media Council consisting of community members constitute the policy making body of the community radio station.
Tambuli community radio's founder Louie Tabing describes radio in the Philippines, which has one of the world's largest commercial radio networks the Manila Broadcasting Corporation which owns some 435 radio stations across the vast archipelago, as a system of 'PPPP' -- profit, propaganda, privilege or prestige and power. He argues what is lacking in this system is the other "P" -- the people.
"Most of the stations are owned by rich families, who are themselves political king pins or who have affiliations to political groupings," argues Tabing. "Programmes are often marked by sensationalism, irresponsible reporting, entertainment inanities, partisan political bias and an utter lack of depth. Most stations are located in the capital cities and they fight for turf and listener ratings. Happenings outside the cities are seldom reported."
"It is in the midst of these realities that the idea of small radio located in the remote areas was born in the Philippines," he added.
Today there over 50 community radio stations operating in the Philippines located outside the cities, using low powered transmitters and independent of government and commercial interests. The challenge is to make these commercially viable and it can't be addressed by funding dissident political groups to set up community radio to confront governments.
* Dr Kalinga Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan born journalist, radio broadcaster, television documentary maker and an international communications analyst. He currently works as the Head of Research at the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) in Singapore.
2010 IDN-InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters
Source: Community Radio Coming Out Of the Shadows in Asia http://bit.ly/bRXjwe
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Ayer recibi una confirmación electrónica de la clandestina Radiyo Y'Abaganda
(Baganda Radio) 15410, via Issoudun, en tres semanas después de enviar varios
follow-ups.
Mi reporte original lo envié a info@ ababaka.com pero la respuesta vino de
ababaka.com @ gmail.com.
El texto del mensaje dice...
"Estimado Sr. Artur Fernandez Llorella,
Muchas Gracias por su carta.
Su informe de recepcion es correcto. Con este medio confirmamos que el 29 de Mayo
2010 a las 1700 horas UTC y en los 15410 KHz usted sintonizó a Radiyo Y'Abaganda,
via Issoudun, Francia.
Lamento el retraso de la respuesta, pero las cosas tienden a ser super agitado por aquí.
La Radio es llamada (((Baganda Radio))), puede obtener más información acerca de lo
que somos desde nuestro sitio web www.Ababaka.com
Nuestra transmisión en onda corta se alimenta directamente de nuestra radio en vivo por
Internet todos los Sábado a las 17.00 horas y durante una hora.
La lengua hablada en nuestro programa es luganda del pueblo Baganda.
Estamos cerca de 8-10 millones de personas, dentro de un país llamado Uganda en África
oriental.
Una vez mas pedimos disculpas por el atraso en escribirle, Se adjunta las tarjetas de la
estación.
Saludos
Alex Kalazani Kigongo
For www.Ababaka. com Admin. Team"
Por Artur Fernández Llorella
Cataluña, España
Tomado de playdx2003 Resumen nº 2952 24 junio 2010
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