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All time in UTC
===== ASIA =====
ARMENIA
9400 R. Sadaye Zindagi via Armenia Mar 12 *1459-1512 33433-34433
Dari, 1459 UT sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, Talk.
9400 R. Sadaye Zindagi via Armenia Mar 13 1502-1529* 33433-34433 Dari,
Talk, Closing announce at 1529, 1529 UT sign off.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Mar 18)
In A-11 on 11755 kHz at 1500-1530 40E,41NW Erevan Gavar site 300kW 100degr.
[Bueschel]
4810 V.of Armenia Mar 20 1528-1540 2332,
Music, IS from 1530, Opening music, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9400 R.Sadaye Zindagi via Armenia Mar 20 *1459-1528* 32432-34433 Dari,
1459 sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
CHINA
3950, China, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui. March, 20 0044-0052 female in Chinese talks segment, male on music sounding like an ads, male segment. 35333,
[LOB]
4330, China, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui. March, 20 0052-0100 Kazakh (listed) male in studio and outside talks, male on music as a bridge to female talks. 35333,
[LOB]
INDIA
4940, India, AIR Guwahati, Guwahati. March, 20 0024-0034 two male voices in Hindi talks, serene speech pattern, short string music, back talks. Adjacent QRM, 33333
[LOB]
5010, India, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai. March, 20 0034-0044 two male in Hindi discussion, short flute and voice music, female choral music. Some statics, 24322
[LOB]
JAPAN
3945, Japan, R. Nikkei 2, Chiba-Nagara. March, 26 0850-0900 soft Pop in Japanese music selections. 0900 sign off, sometimes in a battle against Vanuatu, 22222
[LOB]
KOREA DPR.
3970, Korea, North, KCBS Pyongyang, Wonsan. March, 25 0920-0923 briefly heard with instrumental music. 25222,
[LOB]
MALAYSIA
15295 V.of Malaysia Mar 19 0701-0713 35433 English,
News and talk, ID at 0705,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
SINGAPORE
17860 V. of Croatia via Singapore Kranji Mar 14 0750-0803
35433-45433 Croatian, Music, ID at 0759 and 0800 UT.
17860 V. of Croatia via Singapore Mar 15 0855-0903 45444 Croatian, Music
and news, ID at 0859 and 0900, News,
17860 V. of Croatia via Singapore Mar 16 0758-0808 35433 Croatian, Talk and
news and music, SJ at 0759, ID at 0800 and 0805 UT.
17860 V. of Croatia via Singapore Mar 17 0753-0810 35433 Croatian, Music
and news, ID at 0800 and 0804 UT.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Mar 18)
In A-11 season on 11675 kHz at 0800-1200 UT Kranji 100kW 140degrees.
[Bueschel]
17860 V.of Croatia via Singapore Mar 18 0901-0909 35433-45444 Croatian,
News and music, ID at 0905,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17860 V.of Croatia via Singapore Mar 19 0856-0905 45444 Croatian,
Music and news, ID at 0759 and 0800,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17860 V.of Croatia via Singapore Mar 22 0800-0810 35443-35433 Croatian,
News and talk, ID at 0800 and 0804,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
TAJIKISTAN
4765.06 Tajik R. Mar 18 1401-1419 35443
Talk, ID at 1404 and 1416 and 1417,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
4765.06 Tajik R. Mar 19 1315-1325 35433 Tajik,
Talk, ID at 1315,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
=== MIDDLE EAST ===
PAKISTAN
15490 R.Pakistan Mar 19 0038-0114 35433-35443-34443 Urdu,
Pakistan music, ID and IS at 0044, Opening announce, Koran and news,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
UAE
13590 R. Dabanga via Dhabbaya Mar 17 0514-0527 35333-35332
Vernacular, Talk, IS and SJ and ID at 0526 UT. (in A-11 on 13730 kHz
instead)
13720 Sudan R. Service via Dhabbaya Mar 17 0458-0510 35333-34333 Arabic,
Talk, ID at 0509 UT.
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 13 *0829-0840 25332-25322 Somali, 0829 sign
on with IS, Opening announce, Talk.
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 14 *0829-0840 35333 Somali, 0829 sign on
with IS, ID, Opening announce, Talk.
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 15 *0829-0840 25332 Somali, 0829 sign on
with IS, Opening announce, Talk.
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 16 *0829-0834 25232 Somali, 0829 sign on
with IS, Opening announce, Talk. (in A-11 on 13685 kHz at 0830-0930 UT)
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Mar 18)
[Bueschel]
UAE
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 18 *0829-0838 25322 Somali,
0829 sign on with IS, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 21 *0829-0836 25322-25332 Somali,
0829 sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
===== AFRICA =====
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
15190 R.Africa(P) Mar 19 0748-0841 25422-25432 English,
Talk and chorus music, URL announce at 0822,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Africa Mar 19 2258* 34333 English,
Closing announce, ID at 2258, 2258 sign off,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Africa Mar 20 2254-2256* 34433 English,
Closing announce and ID, 2256 sign off,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Africa Mar 21 0743-0823 25422-25432 English,
Talk and chorus music, Address announce and ID at 0816,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Africa Mar 22 0740-0805 25332-25322 English,
Talk, ID at 0740 and 0750 and 0753,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
ETHIOPIA
9704, R. Ethiopia, Addis Ababa-Gedja. March, 24 2020-2038 Amharic (listed) male talks, local music with some Arabic style, later another music but with some Pop style, back male. 34433,
[LOB]
LIBYA
17725 V.of Africa Mar 20 1246-1255 35433-25322 Swahili,
Talk and music, ID at 1252,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
MADAGASCAR
5010 R.TV.Malagasy Mar 20 1550-1558 25442-23442 Malagasy,
Afro pops music and talk, ID at 1552,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17790 Dem.V.of Burma Mar 20 1430-1445 25432 Burmese,
Opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk,
//11515kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
MALI
9635, R. Mali, Bamako. March, 25 0859-0909 Tribal music (voice and percussion), male in Vernacular talks, outside talks, back Tribal music. At peak 34433
[LOB]
NIGERIA
15120 V.of Nigeria Mar 21 1516-1535 35433 English,
News, Theme music and ID at 1526 and 1529,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
ZIMBABWE
4828, Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru. March, 24 2130-2145 Reggae music, male in English talks "Zimbabwe", back Reggae. Progressive enhance of het, at peak 33343
[LOB]
===== EUROPE =====
GERMANY
9440 R.Dardasha 7 via Germany Mar 18 *1701-1711 34433-35443 Arabic,
1701 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9440 R.Dardasha 7 via Germany Mar 19 *1700-1711 35333-25332 Arabic,
1700 sign on wtih opening music, SJ, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9440 R.Dardasha 7 via Germany Mar 20 *1700-1710 25332 Arabic,
1700 sign on with opening music, SJ, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9840 Hamada R.Int. via Germany Mar 19 *1930-1935 23222-25222 Hausa,
1930 sign on with opening music, OPening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9840 Hamada R.Int. via Germany Mar 20 *1930-1936 23332-22322 Hausa,
1930 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
=== NORTH AMERICA ===
USA
5755 WTWW Mar 21 0853-0905 33433 English,
Talk, ID at 0900,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===
BRAZIL
3355 Brasil, Radio Dif. Acreana noted fading out 1030, 23 March
[Wilkner]
4754.885 Brasil, Radio Imaculada Conceição, Campo Grande, MS 2250 to 2300 excellent program of music 19 March
[Wilkner]
Radio Nacional DA Amazonia 11780 2257 GMT Portuguese 444 March
17 YL with comments with an OM and they mention Brasil often.
[MacKenzie]
15190 R.Inconfidencia Mar 19 2259-2317 25432 Portugese,
Talk and music, ID at 2300 and 2302,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Inconfidencia Mar 20 2259-2324 25332 Portugese,
Talk and music, ID at 2318,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
CUBA
13680 R.Habana Cuba Mar 20 1342-1355 35333 Spanish,
Talk, IS from 1350, ID at 1351, //13780kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15250 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Mar 19 2340-2357* 35433 Spanish,
Music and talk, ID at 2350 and 2354, IS from 2355, 2357 sign off,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15250 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Mar 20 2336-2346 35443 Spanish,
Music and talk, ID at 2345, //13680kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15250 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Mar 21 2340-2352 35433 Spanish,
Music and talk, ID at 2351, //13680kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
GUYANA
3290 Guyana, Voice of Guyana was off for 24 hours, per John Herkimer tip, back 0950 -1006 with om Cricket talk, West Indies loss to Pakistan. 23 March
[Wilkner]
PERU
6047,15 Peru Radio Santa Rosa, Lima noted at 1210, 23 March
[Wilkner]
6173.933 Peru, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco 0955 -1010, music y om, "cinco y cinco minutos", signal seems to be improving. 23 March
[Wilkner]
6192.18 t. Peru, Radio Cusco, Cusco noted at 1210 and again 2230 to 2315. Very weak March 23
[Wilkner]
===== PACIFIC =====
AUSTRALIA
5995, R. Australia, Brandon. March, 25 0836-0847 male and female in English talks "Australia". QRM of 6000 KHz Family Radio, //9580, 22332
[LOB]
9710, R. Australia, Shepparton. March, 20 0900-0912 male and female in Tok Pisin talks "good night!, welcome R. Australia; broadcast; Sunday night", Bridge over troubled water music in gospel style, studio female in well humored discussion with male outside. 35433,
[LOB]
MICRONESIA
4755, Micronesia, PMA-The Cross Radio. March, 26 0903-0915 male preacher in English speech. Peak at 0906, weak 25322
[LOB]
4755.44 Cross R. Mar 19 0853-0905 34443 English,
Music and talk, ID at 0859,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
4755.44 Cross R. Mar 21 0836-0853 34443 English,
Music, ID at 0836,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
4755.44 Cross R. Mar 22 0842-0856 34443 English,
Music, ID at 0850,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
7325, Papua New Guinea, Wantok Radio Light (tentative), Port Moresby. March, 25 0847-0855 male talks, music. Very poor, 15321
[LOB]
VANUATU
3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. March, 25 0910-0920 male and female in local language talks alternating short Pacific music, Pop music, back male and female. 25322,
[LOB]
=== Site Unknown ===
=== CLANDESTINE ===
==== PIRATE ====
==== Un-ID ====
==== LW / MW ====
===== QSL =====
===== ...and others =====
22 Sponsors Needed!
_____________________
During the past month cities in both New Zealand and Japan in our
region have been shattered by terrible earthquakes..and we've been
reminded again how vital radio is to help survivors at these times.
Here at the Radio Heritage Foundation, we made a decision to put our
normal operations on hold and closely monitor radio services in
Christchurch, New Zealand after their killer quake on February 22.
Within a short time we concluded that existing services couldn't
provide local news and welfare programs because they couldn't get to
their studios [and still can't a month later] or they had been
destroyed.
Our response was to organize the only available mobile radio studio
in the island to relocate to New Brighton in the hardest hit eastern
suburbs, and within 10 days of the idea, Radio New Brighton 102.1 FM
was broadcasting live and local 24/7 to some shattered communities.
I'm delighted our board members from Australia, USA and the
Netherlands responded so fast to support this decision.
I've just returned from a hectic 9 days there with Chris Diack from
Classic Gold who shared our vision to bring a local radio station to
these people and has pulled together a team of volunteers with Aaron
Gardiner to bring hope back to people living in a city with a clouded
future after some 20% of the population self-evacuated.
It's a long way from researching, writing and publishing stories
about other radio stations and people, the daily activities we do to
preserve our heritage for future generations. But this time we've
become part of the story ourselves, and we've been honored to do so.
How long the station can continue we don't know. But with local
community and business support, the city may have a new local voice
as rebuilding lives, families and businesses slowly moves forward.
In the meantime, our overheads have continued to grow, and we are now
about 45 days behind in meeting these expenses. If you're able to
help us get back on track before March 31, will you do so today?
We need 22 people able to donate US$100 to bring us right up to date,
or US$50 will cover one of those 45 days we're behind...
Please use the donation button today at www.radioheritage.net and
help secure our continued daily operations.
There's a great connection between radio heritage and Radio New
Brighton...in 1937 the original 3ZB was set up in the area and
broadcast reassurance and welfare messages during the dark days of
WWII...and in 2011, Radio New Brighton continues this tradition
during these dark days post the killer earthquake of February 22.
Radio has always served and will continue to do so, and your donation
of US$100 or US$50 today will help us record these moments for future
generations to understand.
New Zealand residents who make a donation before March 31 are
eligible for one-third tax refunds on donations - NZ$150 will be
refunded NZ$50 for example.
Thank you
David Ricquish
Chairman
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net
[Email info@radioheritage with 'Quakeaway' in the subject line to be
removed from this mailing list]
PS.. we have 3 copies left of Keith Richardson's sold out book 'Never
A Dull Moment' including a fabulous CD of music, jingles and
interviews from the early 1960's and the first 3 donations of US$150
or more will get the book and CD shipped worldwide for free as a
thank you. Keith passed away a month ago and these are the final 3
copies of his book anywhere.....
[Radio Heritage Foundation]
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Radio Gloria is on 6140 khz this Sunday
Dear Listeners,
Radio Gloria is on the air this Sunday the 27th of March 2011.
The frequency will be 6140 khz, and the time slot will be 1400 to 1500 utc.
Good listening and good reception!
Good Listening 73s Tom
PS. MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for Summertime 2011
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio (June)
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
[Taylor]
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JAPAN NHK World - R. Japan - A-11 summer season file
Arabic
0600-0630 ME 11975iss
2015-2145 ME MW1350yer 89.3+107.2 MHz in Palestine
Bengali
1300-1345 swAS 11685sng
Burmese
1030-1100 seAS 11740sng
1430-1500 seAS 11740sng
2340-2400 seAS 13650
Chinese
0900-0930 AS 6090
1200-1230 AS 6090
1300-1330 AS/seAS 6190 9455
1430-1500 AS 6190
1530-1600 AS 6190
1600-1630 seAS 11730
2230-2250 AS 9560
2240-2300 seAS 13650
2340-2400 AS 15195
2340-2400 seAS 17810
English
0500-0530 AF/EU 5975rmp 11970iss
0500-0530 NoAM 6110sac
1000-1030 OC/Hawaii 9625 9840
1000-1030 seAS 9605
1100-1130 EUR 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1200-1230 NoAM 6120sac
1200-1230 seAS 9695
1300-1330 AS 15735uzb [alt 15660uzb]
1400-1430 seAS 11705
1400-1430 AS 15735uzb [alt 15660uzb]
1400-1430 EU/AF 21560iss
French
0530-0600 AF 11730iss 13840mdg
1230-1300 AF 17690mdg
Hindi
0130 0200 swAS 11740uzb
1430-1515 swAS 15745mdg
Indonesian
0945-1030 seAS 6140sng
1315-1400 seAS 11705
2310-2340 seAS 17810
Japanese
0100-0500 seAS 17810
0200-0500 AS 15195
0200-0300 seAS 11780sng
0200-0400 SoAM 11935bon
0200-0500 ME/AS 17560
0200-0500 CeAM 5960sac
0200-0500 AS 15325
0700-0800 AS 6145 6165
0700-1700 AS 9750
0800-0900 SoAM 9825
0800-1000 seAS/AF 11740sng 15290iss
0900-1000 SoAM 9795sac
1000-1700 seAS 11815
1300-1500 CeAM 11655sac
1500-1700 AF/swAS/SoAS 12045sng
1500-1700 EU/AF 17735iss
1700-1900 AF/ME 15445wer
1700-1900 EU/AF 11945iss
1700-1900 AS 6035 7225
1700-1900 SoAM 9835
1900-2200 CeAS/ME 11670
2000-2400 CeAS/ME 11910
2000-2100 OC 9625
2000-2200 AS 6085
2100-2200 OC 13640
2200-2300 ME 9620wer
2200-2400 AS 13680
2200-2400 SAM 15265bon
Korean
0915-0945 AS 6160
1130-1200 AS 6090
1230-1300 AS 6190
1400-1430 AS 6190
1500-1530 AS 6190
2210-2230 AS 9560
Persian
0400-0430 ME 11730uzb
1430-1500 ME 13680iss 88.0MHz Kabul
1630-1700 ME MW927tjk
Portuguese
0930-1000 SAM 6145chl
2130-2200 SAM 11880chl
Russian
0330-0400 EU MW738mos MW1386sit
0430-0500 EU 6165sit
0530-0600 AS 11715 11760
0800-0830 AS 6145 6165
1130-1200 EU 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1130-1200 AS 6185
1600-1630 EU MW738mos MW927tjk
Spanish
0400-0430 SAM 6195bon
0500-0530 CAM 6080bon
1000-1030 Ce-SoAM 6120sac 6195bon
Swahili
0315-0400 AF 7395mdg
1730-1800 AF 13730mdg
Thai
1130-1200 seAS 11740sng
1230-1300 seAs 9695
2300-2320 seAS 13650
Urdu
1515-1600 swAS 7410uzb MW927tjk
Vietnamese
1100-1130 seAS 9695
1230-1300 seAS 11740sng
2320-2340 seAS 13650
Relays:
bon Bonaire, Neth Antilles
chl Santiago, Chile
dhb Al Dhabayya, UAE
iss Issoudun, France
mdg Madagascar
mos Moscow, Russia
rmp Rampisham, wof Woofferton UK
sac Sackville, Canada
sit Sitkunai, Lithuania
sng Kranji, Singapore
tjk Dushanbe, Tajikistan
uzb Tashkent, Uzbekistan
wer Wertachtal, Germany
yer Gavar Yerevan, Armenia
URL: <http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/shortwave/all_201103.pdf>
(NHK Radio Japan, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 9;
final updated NHK, via Alexey Zinevich-BLR, dxld March 24)
[Bueschel]
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BULGARIA Summer A-11 schedule of RADIO BULGARIA March 27-October 30, 2011
ALBANIAN e-mail: <albanian @ bnr.bg>
0530-0600 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0530-0600 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0600-0700 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0600-0700 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
1600-1630 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1600-1630 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
1900-2000 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1900-2000 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
BULGARIAN e-mail: <bulgarian @ bnr.bg>
0000-0100 7400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoAM
0000-0100 9400 PLD 170 kW 258 deg to SoAM
0000-0100 9700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0000-0100 11700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0430-0500 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR Mon-Fri
0400-0500 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR Sat/Sun
1300-1400 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1300-1400 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1300-1400 11700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1300-1400 15700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1500-1600 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1500-1600 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
1500-1600 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1500-1600 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1500-1600 5900 PLD 170 kW 078 deg to CeAS
1500-1600 7400 PLD 170 kW 045 deg to CeAS
1500-1600 12000 PLD 170 kW 126 deg to NE/ME
1500-1600 15700 PLD 300 kW 185 deg to SoAF
1800-1900 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1800-1900 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
1800-1900 6000 PLD 170 kW 115 deg to NE/ME
1800-1900 6000 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1800-1900 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2100-2200 6000 PLD 170 kW 260 deg to SoEUR
2100-2200 9400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoEUR
DX MIX NEWS: Sun 0445, 1345, 1845.
ENGLISH e-mail: <english @ bnr.bg>
0630-0700 9600 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
0630-0700 11600 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1730-1800 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1730-1800 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
1730-1800 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2100-2200 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2100-2200 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
2300-2400 9700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to NoAM
2300-2400 11700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0200-0300 9700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0200-0300 11700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to NoAM
DX MIX NEWS: Fri 2130, 2330; Sat 0230, 0640.
FRENCH e-mail: <french @ bnr.bg>
0600-0630 9600 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
0600-0630 11600 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1700-1730 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1700-1730 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
1700-1730 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2000-2100 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2000-2100 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
0100-0200 9700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0100-0200 11700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to NoAM
DX MIX NEWS: Tue 2030; Wed 0130; Sun 2030; Mon 0130.
GERMAN e-mail: <german @ bnr.bg>
0530-0600 9600 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
0530-0600 11600 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1630-1700 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1630-1700 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
1630-1700 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1900-2000 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1900-2000 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
DX MIX NEWS: Tue 1950; Thu 0550; Sat 1920.
GREEK e-mail: <greek @ bnr.bg>
0500-0530 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0500-0530 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0500-0600 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0500-0600 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
1630-1700 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1630-1700 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
2000-2100 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
2000-2100 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
RUSSIAN e-mail: <russian @ bnr.bg>
0300-0400 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
0300-0400 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
0300-0400 5900 PLD 170 kW 078 deg to CeAS
0300-0400 7400 PLD 170 kW 045 deg to CeAS
0500-0530 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
0500-0530 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1400-1500 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1400-1500 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1400-1500 5900 PLD 170 kW 078 deg to CeAS
1400-1500 7400 PLD 170 kW 045 deg to CeAS
1530-1600 9700*SOF 050 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1600-1630 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1600-1630 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1800-1900 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1800-1900 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
DX MIX NEWS: Sat 1440, 1540, 1610, 1840; Sun 0340, 0510; Mon 0510.
SPANISH e-mail: <spanish @ bnr.bg>
0600-0630 11800 PLD 170 kW 260 deg to SoEUR
0600-0630 15800 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoEUR
1630-1700 11700 PLD 170 kW 260 deg to SoEUR
1630-1700 15700 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoEUR
2000-2100 6000 PLD 170 kW 260 deg to SoEUR
2000-2100 9400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoEUR
2300-2400 7400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoAM
2300-2400 9400 PLD 170 kW 258 deg to SoAM
0100-0200 7400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoAM
0100-0200 9400 PLD 170 kW 258 deg to SoAM
DX MIX NEWS: Sun 1650, 2020, 2320; Mon 0120.
SERBIAN e-mail: <serbian @ bnr.bg>
0600-0630 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0600-0630 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0700-0800 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0700-0800 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
1700-1730 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1700-1730 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
2100-2200 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
2100-2200 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
TURKISH e-mail: <turkish @ bnr.bg>
0500-0530 6100 PLD 170 kW 115 deg to NE/ME
0500-0530 7300 PLD 170 kW 126 deg to NE/ME
1730-1800 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1730-1800 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
1730-1800 6000 PLD 170 kW 115 deg to NE/ME
HORIZONT HS-1 Bulgarian
0900-1200 11900*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Mon-Thu
0400-0700 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Fri
0600-0900 11900*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Sat/Sun
EURANET English
0900-0930 11900*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Sat/Sun
* DRM mode
ADDR: 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia and P.O.Box 900, 1000 Sofia,
Bulgaria.
Phone: + 359 2 933 66 33; fax: + 359 2 865 05 60.
Website: <www.bnr.bg>
MW: Petritch (G.C: 41N28/023E19): 1 x 300 kW
[41 28 15.02 N 23 19 36.35 E]
Vidin (G.C: 43N50/022E43): 1 x 300 kW
[43 50 24.02 N 22 42 52.32 E]
SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N23/024E52): 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW
[42 22 42.00 N 24 51 48.00 E]
S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E11): 2 x 100 kW, 1 x 50 kW DRM
[42 48 36.19 N 23 11 10.03 E]
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 21)
CROATIA Summer A-11 schedule of Croatian Radio HS-1 in Croatian:
0459-1758 7410 DEA 100 kW 320 deg to WeEUR/NoAF
1759-2028 6165 DEA 100 kW 320 deg to WeEUR/NoAF
2029-0458 3985 DEA 100 kW 000 deg to WeEUR/NoAF
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 21)
[Bueschel]
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Friday, 25 March 2011 06:07
HARARE - Relentless jamming by President Robert Mugabe's forces is depriving Zimbabweans of a wide array of free entertainment sources provided by foreign governments.
Music and soccer have become the latest battlefronts, with talented musicians forced to sing praises of Mugabe while footballers play in tournaments named after him.
-
But the latest deployment of Chinese-made jamming has forced even the VOA to acknowledge routinely in its Zimbabwe broadcasts that the waves are jammed.
An announcer is now regularly heard to say: "This is Studio 7 for Zimbabwe broadcasting on 909 AM, but due to jamming your best reception would be on Shortwave..."
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Zanu (PF) made external broadcasts a major issue during the negotiations for a settlement in 2008, demanding that they be banned.
Recently, the controversially-appointed Broadcasting Authority announced it was ready to take applications, which would be a first step for the so-called pirates to come home. None of the big players have taken up the offer, citing continued insecurity in the country and the sheer economics of setting up independent broadcasting in a collapsing economy.
Surprisingly, Zanu (PF) officials are clamouring to be heard on the Voice of America Studio 7, which is virtually banned in Zimbabwe by Mugabe's government. Recently, senior Zanu (PF) and pro-Mugabe officials Rugare Gumbo, Joram Gumbo, Mines Minister Obert Mpofu and Attorney General Johannes Tomana have freely given interviews to the 'pirates'.
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38374:zanu-pf-jamming-on-studio-7&catid=53&Itemid=37
[Wilkner]
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While it's always important to be prepared, here at Etón, we've been putting extra emphasis on preparedness throughout March due to it being American Red Cross Month. Unfortunately, as we have been preparing for a potential disaster, one has taken place in Japan. The images coming from Japan are heart-wrenching, and we feel it's extremely important to do what we can to help those in need.
In order to help, simply donate an FR160 Microlink through Etón Corporation Headquarters and Etón will match contributions by donating an additional safety product to help victims in Japan. Your support will provide light, energy and information accessibility during this time of need.
To contribute, please call 1-800-872-2228 or send an email to info@etoncorp.com with the following information:
First Name
Last Name
Address
City
State
Zip
Phone Number
Email
SOURCE: Help Japan: Donate an Emergency Radio http://bit.ly/gDNmBw
[Gaviria]
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Save swissinfo.ch
Many thanks!
Hello,
The online petition, save-swissinfo.ch, has been running for several months. We would like to thank you sincerely for adding your signature. Since the petition was launched, the government has shelved its savings programme on the grounds of higher than expected tax income. It has also committed itself to continue funding half of the budget of swissinfo.ch until 2014.
To ensure long-term federal financing, the swissinfo.ch offering is currently under review by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. The aim is an efficient organisation that costs less to run and meets new international information requirements.
To make Swiss viewpoints and solutions heard in the global exchange of opinions, Switzerland needs a multilingual media voice.
I thank you for your support and hope you will continue to visit swissinfo.ch regularly.
Best wishes,
Walter Spahni
swissinfo.ch readers council
[Gaviria]
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Wednesday 23 Mar 2011
At the end of this week, the BBC's Russian Service will close its radio frequencies for good. The Russian Service began broadcasting to the Soviet Union in 1946.
From 1949 until 1987, the jamming of the signal by the Soviet authorities consumed vast amounts of money and technical expertise. However, jamming was never totally effective, and listening to the Russian Service as well as other western broadcasters had, by the 1970s, was trendy among the Soviet urban intelligentsia.
The BBC's Russian radio programmes evolved over time, but it was the opening up of the Soviet Union under Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that provided a massive leap forward. Mr Gorbachev said he had been a long-term listener.
In its heyday, the Russian Service provided a full range of news and current affairs, analysis, musical, medical, scientific, cultural and religious programmes. In the past week, the Russian Service has revived some outstanding material from the archives, including interviews with Paul McCartney and with Margaret Thatcher, answering questions from listeners across the Soviet Union.
In post-Soviet Russia, as Russia's own media emerged, partnerships were sealed with Russian stations, some of them with nationwide FM networks. However, with the cooling of British-Russian political links in recent years, partner stations in Russia ended the collaboration. This cut off a big chunk of the audience, in a country where people would not return to listening to short-wave radio.
However, public and media figures contacted by The Moscow Times were unanimous in their disappointment over the closure, praising the BBC Russian Service for its balanced coverage, lack of preaching and willingness to go beyond propaganda.
The BBC Russian Service goes on air for the last time on 26 March. However, the BBC's Russian output will continue on bbcrussian.com, where two radio programmes will be broadcast every Monday to Friday and one will be broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays.
Source: BBC Russian goes off air after 65 years http://bit.ly/frqujG
[Gaviria]
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The BBC Chinese Service has made its final radio broadcast in Mandarin after nearly 70 years.
Shortwave programming in Mandarin is a casualty of spending cuts announced by the BBC World Service in January.
From now on, Mandarin-speakers will be served only by the BBC's Chinese-language websites; a weekly radio broadcast in Cantonese will continue.
BBC managers say they have had to make tough choices because of a 16% cut in UK government funding.
BBC World Service Mandarin programming began back in 1941, pre-dating by eight years the proclamation of the People's Republic of China.
Listening in secret
To a country starved of information, BBC Chinese carried news from inside and outside China - most notably of the Vietnam War and Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s.
In June 1989, with the world's attention on the democracy protests in China, more and more Chinese tuned in.
Joseph Ren, who began working for the Chinese service in 1970, said the broadcasts were very important.
"Via our letter-boxes in south-east Asia, we got a lot of letters, so we knew that they were listening to us.
"They could hardly get any news about the world, and hardly anything about the rest of China, so they listened to us in secret just to understand the world and understand China itself."
Chinese sailors were avid listeners, carrying home what they had gleaned from the transmissions from London.
But with leader Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s, China began opening up.
Later, the internet delivered new ways to serve those hungry for global news. Anxious to control their citizens' access, the Chinese authorities built what is known as the Great Firewall, blocking many foreign news sites - including that of BBC Chinese.
The head of the Chinese service, Raymond Li, believes China's Mandarin-speakers will still be adequately served by the BBC.
"You need a bit of effort, but having said that, a lot of people as far as I know actually are using what they call proxy servers or proxy sites.
"It's not ideal. But then of course, away from online, actually we know the mobile technology has taken up. A lot of people in China are increasingly using mobile phones to access foreign media websites."
So for the BBC, the future is digital. And also, it seems, for the Voice of America, funded by the US government. It, too, plans to shift Mandarin to a web-only service.
The English-language version of one of China's largest papers, the Global Times, called it the "end of an era". The Western broadcasters contend they have simply moved with the times.
SOURCE: BBC Chinese Service makes final broadcast in Mandarin http://bbc.in/ezFoO1
[Gaviria]
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Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:
Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany.
LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, brazil.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
Kouji Hashimoto, Japan.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Tom Taylor, UK.
Robert Wilkner. 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.
HCDX / FINLAND.
radioascolto.org / ITALY.
RUS-DX / RUSSIA.
WWDXC / GERMANY.
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Next deadline : Mar.30 1500 UTC
Please send your loggings and tips to: gaku@apple.email.ne.jp
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///// Ohkini! from Kanto DXers Circle /////
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IWATA Gaku. JAPAN.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/
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.
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All time in UTC
===== ASIA =====
ARMENIA
9400 R. Sadaye Zindagi via Armenia Mar 12 *1459-1512 33433-34433
Dari, 1459 UT sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, Talk.
9400 R. Sadaye Zindagi via Armenia Mar 13 1502-1529* 33433-34433 Dari,
Talk, Closing announce at 1529, 1529 UT sign off.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Mar 18)
In A-11 on 11755 kHz at 1500-1530 40E,41NW Erevan Gavar site 300kW 100degr.
[Bueschel]
4810 V.of Armenia Mar 20 1528-1540 2332,
Music, IS from 1530, Opening music, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9400 R.Sadaye Zindagi via Armenia Mar 20 *1459-1528* 32432-34433 Dari,
1459 sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
CHINA
3950, China, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui. March, 20 0044-0052 female in Chinese talks segment, male on music sounding like an ads, male segment. 35333,
[LOB]
4330, China, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui. March, 20 0052-0100 Kazakh (listed) male in studio and outside talks, male on music as a bridge to female talks. 35333,
[LOB]
INDIA
4940, India, AIR Guwahati, Guwahati. March, 20 0024-0034 two male voices in Hindi talks, serene speech pattern, short string music, back talks. Adjacent QRM, 33333
[LOB]
5010, India, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai. March, 20 0034-0044 two male in Hindi discussion, short flute and voice music, female choral music. Some statics, 24322
[LOB]
JAPAN
3945, Japan, R. Nikkei 2, Chiba-Nagara. March, 26 0850-0900 soft Pop in Japanese music selections. 0900 sign off, sometimes in a battle against Vanuatu, 22222
[LOB]
KOREA DPR.
3970, Korea, North, KCBS Pyongyang, Wonsan. March, 25 0920-0923 briefly heard with instrumental music. 25222,
[LOB]
MALAYSIA
15295 V.of Malaysia Mar 19 0701-0713 35433 English,
News and talk, ID at 0705,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
SINGAPORE
17860 V. of Croatia via Singapore Kranji Mar 14 0750-0803
35433-45433 Croatian, Music, ID at 0759 and 0800 UT.
17860 V. of Croatia via Singapore Mar 15 0855-0903 45444 Croatian, Music
and news, ID at 0859 and 0900, News,
17860 V. of Croatia via Singapore Mar 16 0758-0808 35433 Croatian, Talk and
news and music, SJ at 0759, ID at 0800 and 0805 UT.
17860 V. of Croatia via Singapore Mar 17 0753-0810 35433 Croatian, Music
and news, ID at 0800 and 0804 UT.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Mar 18)
In A-11 season on 11675 kHz at 0800-1200 UT Kranji 100kW 140degrees.
[Bueschel]
17860 V.of Croatia via Singapore Mar 18 0901-0909 35433-45444 Croatian,
News and music, ID at 0905,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17860 V.of Croatia via Singapore Mar 19 0856-0905 45444 Croatian,
Music and news, ID at 0759 and 0800,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17860 V.of Croatia via Singapore Mar 22 0800-0810 35443-35433 Croatian,
News and talk, ID at 0800 and 0804,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
TAJIKISTAN
4765.06 Tajik R. Mar 18 1401-1419 35443
Talk, ID at 1404 and 1416 and 1417,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
4765.06 Tajik R. Mar 19 1315-1325 35433 Tajik,
Talk, ID at 1315,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
=== MIDDLE EAST ===
PAKISTAN
15490 R.Pakistan Mar 19 0038-0114 35433-35443-34443 Urdu,
Pakistan music, ID and IS at 0044, Opening announce, Koran and news,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
UAE
13590 R. Dabanga via Dhabbaya Mar 17 0514-0527 35333-35332
Vernacular, Talk, IS and SJ and ID at 0526 UT. (in A-11 on 13730 kHz
instead)
13720 Sudan R. Service via Dhabbaya Mar 17 0458-0510 35333-34333 Arabic,
Talk, ID at 0509 UT.
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 13 *0829-0840 25332-25322 Somali, 0829 sign
on with IS, Opening announce, Talk.
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 14 *0829-0840 35333 Somali, 0829 sign on
with IS, ID, Opening announce, Talk.
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 15 *0829-0840 25332 Somali, 0829 sign on
with IS, Opening announce, Talk.
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 16 *0829-0834 25232 Somali, 0829 sign on
with IS, Opening announce, Talk. (in A-11 on 13685 kHz at 0830-0930 UT)
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Mar 18)
[Bueschel]
UAE
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 18 *0829-0838 25322 Somali,
0829 sign on with IS, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17680 IRIN R. via Dhabbaya Mar 21 *0829-0836 25322-25332 Somali,
0829 sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
===== AFRICA =====
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
15190 R.Africa(P) Mar 19 0748-0841 25422-25432 English,
Talk and chorus music, URL announce at 0822,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Africa Mar 19 2258* 34333 English,
Closing announce, ID at 2258, 2258 sign off,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Africa Mar 20 2254-2256* 34433 English,
Closing announce and ID, 2256 sign off,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Africa Mar 21 0743-0823 25422-25432 English,
Talk and chorus music, Address announce and ID at 0816,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Africa Mar 22 0740-0805 25332-25322 English,
Talk, ID at 0740 and 0750 and 0753,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
ETHIOPIA
9704, R. Ethiopia, Addis Ababa-Gedja. March, 24 2020-2038 Amharic (listed) male talks, local music with some Arabic style, later another music but with some Pop style, back male. 34433,
[LOB]
LIBYA
17725 V.of Africa Mar 20 1246-1255 35433-25322 Swahili,
Talk and music, ID at 1252,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
MADAGASCAR
5010 R.TV.Malagasy Mar 20 1550-1558 25442-23442 Malagasy,
Afro pops music and talk, ID at 1552,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
17790 Dem.V.of Burma Mar 20 1430-1445 25432 Burmese,
Opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk,
//11515kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
MALI
9635, R. Mali, Bamako. March, 25 0859-0909 Tribal music (voice and percussion), male in Vernacular talks, outside talks, back Tribal music. At peak 34433
[LOB]
NIGERIA
15120 V.of Nigeria Mar 21 1516-1535 35433 English,
News, Theme music and ID at 1526 and 1529,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
ZIMBABWE
4828, Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru. March, 24 2130-2145 Reggae music, male in English talks "Zimbabwe", back Reggae. Progressive enhance of het, at peak 33343
[LOB]
===== EUROPE =====
GERMANY
9440 R.Dardasha 7 via Germany Mar 18 *1701-1711 34433-35443 Arabic,
1701 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9440 R.Dardasha 7 via Germany Mar 19 *1700-1711 35333-25332 Arabic,
1700 sign on wtih opening music, SJ, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9440 R.Dardasha 7 via Germany Mar 20 *1700-1710 25332 Arabic,
1700 sign on with opening music, SJ, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9840 Hamada R.Int. via Germany Mar 19 *1930-1935 23222-25222 Hausa,
1930 sign on with opening music, OPening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
9840 Hamada R.Int. via Germany Mar 20 *1930-1936 23332-22322 Hausa,
1930 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
=== NORTH AMERICA ===
USA
5755 WTWW Mar 21 0853-0905 33433 English,
Talk, ID at 0900,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===
BRAZIL
3355 Brasil, Radio Dif. Acreana noted fading out 1030, 23 March
[Wilkner]
4754.885 Brasil, Radio Imaculada Conceição, Campo Grande, MS 2250 to 2300 excellent program of music 19 March
[Wilkner]
Radio Nacional DA Amazonia 11780 2257 GMT Portuguese 444 March
17 YL with comments with an OM and they mention Brasil often.
[MacKenzie]
15190 R.Inconfidencia Mar 19 2259-2317 25432 Portugese,
Talk and music, ID at 2300 and 2302,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15190 R.Inconfidencia Mar 20 2259-2324 25332 Portugese,
Talk and music, ID at 2318,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
CUBA
13680 R.Habana Cuba Mar 20 1342-1355 35333 Spanish,
Talk, IS from 1350, ID at 1351, //13780kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15250 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Mar 19 2340-2357* 35433 Spanish,
Music and talk, ID at 2350 and 2354, IS from 2355, 2357 sign off,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15250 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Mar 20 2336-2346 35443 Spanish,
Music and talk, ID at 2345, //13680kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
15250 R.Nac.de Venezuela via RHC Mar 21 2340-2352 35433 Spanish,
Music and talk, ID at 2351, //13680kHz,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
GUYANA
3290 Guyana, Voice of Guyana was off for 24 hours, per John Herkimer tip, back 0950 -1006 with om Cricket talk, West Indies loss to Pakistan. 23 March
[Wilkner]
PERU
6047,15 Peru Radio Santa Rosa, Lima noted at 1210, 23 March
[Wilkner]
6173.933 Peru, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco 0955 -1010, music y om, "cinco y cinco minutos", signal seems to be improving. 23 March
[Wilkner]
6192.18 t. Peru, Radio Cusco, Cusco noted at 1210 and again 2230 to 2315. Very weak March 23
[Wilkner]
===== PACIFIC =====
AUSTRALIA
5995, R. Australia, Brandon. March, 25 0836-0847 male and female in English talks "Australia". QRM of 6000 KHz Family Radio, //9580, 22332
[LOB]
9710, R. Australia, Shepparton. March, 20 0900-0912 male and female in Tok Pisin talks "good night!, welcome R. Australia; broadcast; Sunday night", Bridge over troubled water music in gospel style, studio female in well humored discussion with male outside. 35433,
[LOB]
MICRONESIA
4755, Micronesia, PMA-The Cross Radio. March, 26 0903-0915 male preacher in English speech. Peak at 0906, weak 25322
[LOB]
4755.44 Cross R. Mar 19 0853-0905 34443 English,
Music and talk, ID at 0859,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
4755.44 Cross R. Mar 21 0836-0853 34443 English,
Music, ID at 0836,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
4755.44 Cross R. Mar 22 0842-0856 34443 English,
Music, ID at 0850,
[Ko.Hashimoto]
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
7325, Papua New Guinea, Wantok Radio Light (tentative), Port Moresby. March, 25 0847-0855 male talks, music. Very poor, 15321
[LOB]
VANUATU
3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. March, 25 0910-0920 male and female in local language talks alternating short Pacific music, Pop music, back male and female. 25322,
[LOB]
=== Site Unknown ===
=== CLANDESTINE ===
==== PIRATE ====
==== Un-ID ====
==== LW / MW ====
===== QSL =====
===== ...and others =====
22 Sponsors Needed!
_____________________
During the past month cities in both New Zealand and Japan in our
region have been shattered by terrible earthquakes..and we've been
reminded again how vital radio is to help survivors at these times.
Here at the Radio Heritage Foundation, we made a decision to put our
normal operations on hold and closely monitor radio services in
Christchurch, New Zealand after their killer quake on February 22.
Within a short time we concluded that existing services couldn't
provide local news and welfare programs because they couldn't get to
their studios [and still can't a month later] or they had been
destroyed.
Our response was to organize the only available mobile radio studio
in the island to relocate to New Brighton in the hardest hit eastern
suburbs, and within 10 days of the idea, Radio New Brighton 102.1 FM
was broadcasting live and local 24/7 to some shattered communities.
I'm delighted our board members from Australia, USA and the
Netherlands responded so fast to support this decision.
I've just returned from a hectic 9 days there with Chris Diack from
Classic Gold who shared our vision to bring a local radio station to
these people and has pulled together a team of volunteers with Aaron
Gardiner to bring hope back to people living in a city with a clouded
future after some 20% of the population self-evacuated.
It's a long way from researching, writing and publishing stories
about other radio stations and people, the daily activities we do to
preserve our heritage for future generations. But this time we've
become part of the story ourselves, and we've been honored to do so.
How long the station can continue we don't know. But with local
community and business support, the city may have a new local voice
as rebuilding lives, families and businesses slowly moves forward.
In the meantime, our overheads have continued to grow, and we are now
about 45 days behind in meeting these expenses. If you're able to
help us get back on track before March 31, will you do so today?
We need 22 people able to donate US$100 to bring us right up to date,
or US$50 will cover one of those 45 days we're behind...
Please use the donation button today at www.radioheritage.net and
help secure our continued daily operations.
There's a great connection between radio heritage and Radio New
Brighton...in 1937 the original 3ZB was set up in the area and
broadcast reassurance and welfare messages during the dark days of
WWII...and in 2011, Radio New Brighton continues this tradition
during these dark days post the killer earthquake of February 22.
Radio has always served and will continue to do so, and your donation
of US$100 or US$50 today will help us record these moments for future
generations to understand.
New Zealand residents who make a donation before March 31 are
eligible for one-third tax refunds on donations - NZ$150 will be
refunded NZ$50 for example.
Thank you
David Ricquish
Chairman
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net
[Email info@radioheritage with 'Quakeaway' in the subject line to be
removed from this mailing list]
PS.. we have 3 copies left of Keith Richardson's sold out book 'Never
A Dull Moment' including a fabulous CD of music, jingles and
interviews from the early 1960's and the first 3 donations of US$150
or more will get the book and CD shipped worldwide for free as a
thank you. Keith passed away a month ago and these are the final 3
copies of his book anywhere.....
[Radio Heritage Foundation]
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Radio Gloria is on 6140 khz this Sunday
Dear Listeners,
Radio Gloria is on the air this Sunday the 27th of March 2011.
The frequency will be 6140 khz, and the time slot will be 1400 to 1500 utc.
Good listening and good reception!
Good Listening 73s Tom
PS. MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for Summertime 2011
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio (June)
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
[Taylor]
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JAPAN NHK World - R. Japan - A-11 summer season file
Arabic
0600-0630 ME 11975iss
2015-2145 ME MW1350yer 89.3+107.2 MHz in Palestine
Bengali
1300-1345 swAS 11685sng
Burmese
1030-1100 seAS 11740sng
1430-1500 seAS 11740sng
2340-2400 seAS 13650
Chinese
0900-0930 AS 6090
1200-1230 AS 6090
1300-1330 AS/seAS 6190 9455
1430-1500 AS 6190
1530-1600 AS 6190
1600-1630 seAS 11730
2230-2250 AS 9560
2240-2300 seAS 13650
2340-2400 AS 15195
2340-2400 seAS 17810
English
0500-0530 AF/EU 5975rmp 11970iss
0500-0530 NoAM 6110sac
1000-1030 OC/Hawaii 9625 9840
1000-1030 seAS 9605
1100-1130 EUR 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1200-1230 NoAM 6120sac
1200-1230 seAS 9695
1300-1330 AS 15735uzb [alt 15660uzb]
1400-1430 seAS 11705
1400-1430 AS 15735uzb [alt 15660uzb]
1400-1430 EU/AF 21560iss
French
0530-0600 AF 11730iss 13840mdg
1230-1300 AF 17690mdg
Hindi
0130 0200 swAS 11740uzb
1430-1515 swAS 15745mdg
Indonesian
0945-1030 seAS 6140sng
1315-1400 seAS 11705
2310-2340 seAS 17810
Japanese
0100-0500 seAS 17810
0200-0500 AS 15195
0200-0300 seAS 11780sng
0200-0400 SoAM 11935bon
0200-0500 ME/AS 17560
0200-0500 CeAM 5960sac
0200-0500 AS 15325
0700-0800 AS 6145 6165
0700-1700 AS 9750
0800-0900 SoAM 9825
0800-1000 seAS/AF 11740sng 15290iss
0900-1000 SoAM 9795sac
1000-1700 seAS 11815
1300-1500 CeAM 11655sac
1500-1700 AF/swAS/SoAS 12045sng
1500-1700 EU/AF 17735iss
1700-1900 AF/ME 15445wer
1700-1900 EU/AF 11945iss
1700-1900 AS 6035 7225
1700-1900 SoAM 9835
1900-2200 CeAS/ME 11670
2000-2400 CeAS/ME 11910
2000-2100 OC 9625
2000-2200 AS 6085
2100-2200 OC 13640
2200-2300 ME 9620wer
2200-2400 AS 13680
2200-2400 SAM 15265bon
Korean
0915-0945 AS 6160
1130-1200 AS 6090
1230-1300 AS 6190
1400-1430 AS 6190
1500-1530 AS 6190
2210-2230 AS 9560
Persian
0400-0430 ME 11730uzb
1430-1500 ME 13680iss 88.0MHz Kabul
1630-1700 ME MW927tjk
Portuguese
0930-1000 SAM 6145chl
2130-2200 SAM 11880chl
Russian
0330-0400 EU MW738mos MW1386sit
0430-0500 EU 6165sit
0530-0600 AS 11715 11760
0800-0830 AS 6145 6165
1130-1200 EU 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1130-1200 AS 6185
1600-1630 EU MW738mos MW927tjk
Spanish
0400-0430 SAM 6195bon
0500-0530 CAM 6080bon
1000-1030 Ce-SoAM 6120sac 6195bon
Swahili
0315-0400 AF 7395mdg
1730-1800 AF 13730mdg
Thai
1130-1200 seAS 11740sng
1230-1300 seAs 9695
2300-2320 seAS 13650
Urdu
1515-1600 swAS 7410uzb MW927tjk
Vietnamese
1100-1130 seAS 9695
1230-1300 seAS 11740sng
2320-2340 seAS 13650
Relays:
bon Bonaire, Neth Antilles
chl Santiago, Chile
dhb Al Dhabayya, UAE
iss Issoudun, France
mdg Madagascar
mos Moscow, Russia
rmp Rampisham, wof Woofferton UK
sac Sackville, Canada
sit Sitkunai, Lithuania
sng Kranji, Singapore
tjk Dushanbe, Tajikistan
uzb Tashkent, Uzbekistan
wer Wertachtal, Germany
yer Gavar Yerevan, Armenia
URL: <http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/shortwave/all_201103.pdf>
(NHK Radio Japan, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 9;
final updated NHK, via Alexey Zinevich-BLR, dxld March 24)
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BULGARIA Summer A-11 schedule of RADIO BULGARIA March 27-October 30, 2011
ALBANIAN e-mail: <albanian @ bnr.bg>
0530-0600 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0530-0600 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0600-0700 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0600-0700 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
1600-1630 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1600-1630 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
1900-2000 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1900-2000 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
BULGARIAN e-mail: <bulgarian @ bnr.bg>
0000-0100 7400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoAM
0000-0100 9400 PLD 170 kW 258 deg to SoAM
0000-0100 9700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0000-0100 11700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0430-0500 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Mon-Fri
0430-0500 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR Mon-Fri
0400-0500 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Sat/Sun
0400-0500 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR Sat/Sun
1300-1400 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1300-1400 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1300-1400 11700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1300-1400 15700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1500-1600 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1500-1600 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
1500-1600 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1500-1600 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1500-1600 5900 PLD 170 kW 078 deg to CeAS
1500-1600 7400 PLD 170 kW 045 deg to CeAS
1500-1600 12000 PLD 170 kW 126 deg to NE/ME
1500-1600 15700 PLD 300 kW 185 deg to SoAF
1800-1900 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1800-1900 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
1800-1900 6000 PLD 170 kW 115 deg to NE/ME
1800-1900 6000 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1800-1900 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2100-2200 6000 PLD 170 kW 260 deg to SoEUR
2100-2200 9400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoEUR
DX MIX NEWS: Sun 0445, 1345, 1845.
ENGLISH e-mail: <english @ bnr.bg>
0630-0700 9600 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
0630-0700 11600 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1730-1800 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1730-1800 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
1730-1800 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2100-2200 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2100-2200 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
2300-2400 9700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to NoAM
2300-2400 11700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0200-0300 9700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0200-0300 11700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to NoAM
DX MIX NEWS: Fri 2130, 2330; Sat 0230, 0640.
FRENCH e-mail: <french @ bnr.bg>
0600-0630 9600 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
0600-0630 11600 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1700-1730 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1700-1730 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
1700-1730 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2000-2100 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
2000-2100 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
0100-0200 9700 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to NoAM
0100-0200 11700 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to NoAM
DX MIX NEWS: Tue 2030; Wed 0130; Sun 2030; Mon 0130.
GERMAN e-mail: <german @ bnr.bg>
0530-0600 9600 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
0530-0600 11600 PLD 300 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1630-1700 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1630-1700 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
1630-1700 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1900-2000 5900 PLD 170 kW 306 deg to WeEUR
1900-2000 7400 PLD 300 kW 295 deg to WeEUR
DX MIX NEWS: Tue 1950; Thu 0550; Sat 1920.
GREEK e-mail: <greek @ bnr.bg>
0500-0530 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0500-0530 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0500-0600 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0500-0600 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
1630-1700 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1630-1700 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
2000-2100 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
2000-2100 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
RUSSIAN e-mail: <russian @ bnr.bg>
0300-0400 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
0300-0400 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
0300-0400 5900 PLD 170 kW 078 deg to CeAS
0300-0400 7400 PLD 170 kW 045 deg to CeAS
0500-0530 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
0500-0530 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1400-1500 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1400-1500 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1400-1500 5900 PLD 170 kW 078 deg to CeAS
1400-1500 7400 PLD 170 kW 045 deg to CeAS
1530-1600 9700*SOF 050 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1600-1630 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1600-1630 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1800-1900 7400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
1800-1900 9400 SOF 100 kW 030 deg to EaEUR
DX MIX NEWS: Sat 1440, 1540, 1610, 1840; Sun 0340, 0510; Mon 0510.
SPANISH e-mail: <spanish @ bnr.bg>
0600-0630 11800 PLD 170 kW 260 deg to SoEUR
0600-0630 15800 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoEUR
1630-1700 11700 PLD 170 kW 260 deg to SoEUR
1630-1700 15700 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoEUR
2000-2100 6000 PLD 170 kW 260 deg to SoEUR
2000-2100 9400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoEUR
2300-2400 7400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoAM
2300-2400 9400 PLD 170 kW 258 deg to SoAM
0100-0200 7400 PLD 170 kW 245 deg to SoAM
0100-0200 9400 PLD 170 kW 258 deg to SoAM
DX MIX NEWS: Sun 1650, 2020, 2320; Mon 0120.
SERBIAN e-mail: <serbian @ bnr.bg>
0600-0630 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0600-0630 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Mon-Fri
0700-0800 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
0700-0800 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR Sat/Sun
1700-1730 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1700-1730 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
2100-2200 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
2100-2200 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
TURKISH e-mail: <turkish @ bnr.bg>
0500-0530 6100 PLD 170 kW 115 deg to NE/ME
0500-0530 7300 PLD 170 kW 126 deg to NE/ME
1730-1800 747 PET 300 kW non-dir to SoEaEUR
1730-1800 1224 VDN 300 kW 205 deg to SoEaEUR
1730-1800 6000 PLD 170 kW 115 deg to NE/ME
HORIZONT HS-1 Bulgarian
0900-1200 11900*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Mon-Thu
0400-0700 9700*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Fri
0600-0900 11900*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Sat/Sun
EURANET English
0900-0930 11900*SOF 050 kW 306 deg to WeEUR Sat/Sun
* DRM mode
ADDR: 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia and P.O.Box 900, 1000 Sofia,
Bulgaria.
Phone: + 359 2 933 66 33; fax: + 359 2 865 05 60.
Website: <www.bnr.bg>
MW: Petritch (G.C: 41N28/023E19): 1 x 300 kW
[41 28 15.02 N 23 19 36.35 E]
Vidin (G.C: 43N50/022E43): 1 x 300 kW
[43 50 24.02 N 22 42 52.32 E]
SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N23/024E52): 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW
[42 22 42.00 N 24 51 48.00 E]
S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E11): 2 x 100 kW, 1 x 50 kW DRM
[42 48 36.19 N 23 11 10.03 E]
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 21)
CROATIA Summer A-11 schedule of Croatian Radio HS-1 in Croatian:
0459-1758 7410 DEA 100 kW 320 deg to WeEUR/NoAF
1759-2028 6165 DEA 100 kW 320 deg to WeEUR/NoAF
2029-0458 3985 DEA 100 kW 000 deg to WeEUR/NoAF
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 21)
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Friday, 25 March 2011 06:07
HARARE - Relentless jamming by President Robert Mugabe's forces is depriving Zimbabweans of a wide array of free entertainment sources provided by foreign governments.
Music and soccer have become the latest battlefronts, with talented musicians forced to sing praises of Mugabe while footballers play in tournaments named after him.
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But the latest deployment of Chinese-made jamming has forced even the VOA to acknowledge routinely in its Zimbabwe broadcasts that the waves are jammed.
An announcer is now regularly heard to say: "This is Studio 7 for Zimbabwe broadcasting on 909 AM, but due to jamming your best reception would be on Shortwave..."
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Zanu (PF) made external broadcasts a major issue during the negotiations for a settlement in 2008, demanding that they be banned.
Recently, the controversially-appointed Broadcasting Authority announced it was ready to take applications, which would be a first step for the so-called pirates to come home. None of the big players have taken up the offer, citing continued insecurity in the country and the sheer economics of setting up independent broadcasting in a collapsing economy.
Surprisingly, Zanu (PF) officials are clamouring to be heard on the Voice of America Studio 7, which is virtually banned in Zimbabwe by Mugabe's government. Recently, senior Zanu (PF) and pro-Mugabe officials Rugare Gumbo, Joram Gumbo, Mines Minister Obert Mpofu and Attorney General Johannes Tomana have freely given interviews to the 'pirates'.
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38374:zanu-pf-jamming-on-studio-7&catid=53&Itemid=37
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While it's always important to be prepared, here at Etón, we've been putting extra emphasis on preparedness throughout March due to it being American Red Cross Month. Unfortunately, as we have been preparing for a potential disaster, one has taken place in Japan. The images coming from Japan are heart-wrenching, and we feel it's extremely important to do what we can to help those in need.
In order to help, simply donate an FR160 Microlink through Etón Corporation Headquarters and Etón will match contributions by donating an additional safety product to help victims in Japan. Your support will provide light, energy and information accessibility during this time of need.
To contribute, please call 1-800-872-2228 or send an email to info@etoncorp.com with the following information:
First Name
Last Name
Address
City
State
Zip
Phone Number
SOURCE: Help Japan: Donate an Emergency Radio http://bit.ly/gDNmBw
[Gaviria]
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Save swissinfo.ch
Many thanks!
Hello,
The online petition, save-swissinfo.ch, has been running for several months. We would like to thank you sincerely for adding your signature. Since the petition was launched, the government has shelved its savings programme on the grounds of higher than expected tax income. It has also committed itself to continue funding half of the budget of swissinfo.ch until 2014.
To ensure long-term federal financing, the swissinfo.ch offering is currently under review by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. The aim is an efficient organisation that costs less to run and meets new international information requirements.
To make Swiss viewpoints and solutions heard in the global exchange of opinions, Switzerland needs a multilingual media voice.
I thank you for your support and hope you will continue to visit swissinfo.ch regularly.
Best wishes,
Walter Spahni
swissinfo.ch readers council
[Gaviria]
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Wednesday 23 Mar 2011
At the end of this week, the BBC's Russian Service will close its radio frequencies for good. The Russian Service began broadcasting to the Soviet Union in 1946.
From 1949 until 1987, the jamming of the signal by the Soviet authorities consumed vast amounts of money and technical expertise. However, jamming was never totally effective, and listening to the Russian Service as well as other western broadcasters had, by the 1970s, was trendy among the Soviet urban intelligentsia.
The BBC's Russian radio programmes evolved over time, but it was the opening up of the Soviet Union under Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that provided a massive leap forward. Mr Gorbachev said he had been a long-term listener.
In its heyday, the Russian Service provided a full range of news and current affairs, analysis, musical, medical, scientific, cultural and religious programmes. In the past week, the Russian Service has revived some outstanding material from the archives, including interviews with Paul McCartney and with Margaret Thatcher, answering questions from listeners across the Soviet Union.
In post-Soviet Russia, as Russia's own media emerged, partnerships were sealed with Russian stations, some of them with nationwide FM networks. However, with the cooling of British-Russian political links in recent years, partner stations in Russia ended the collaboration. This cut off a big chunk of the audience, in a country where people would not return to listening to short-wave radio.
However, public and media figures contacted by The Moscow Times were unanimous in their disappointment over the closure, praising the BBC Russian Service for its balanced coverage, lack of preaching and willingness to go beyond propaganda.
The BBC Russian Service goes on air for the last time on 26 March. However, the BBC's Russian output will continue on bbcrussian.com, where two radio programmes will be broadcast every Monday to Friday and one will be broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays.
Source: BBC Russian goes off air after 65 years http://bit.ly/frqujG
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The BBC Chinese Service has made its final radio broadcast in Mandarin after nearly 70 years.
Shortwave programming in Mandarin is a casualty of spending cuts announced by the BBC World Service in January.
From now on, Mandarin-speakers will be served only by the BBC's Chinese-language websites; a weekly radio broadcast in Cantonese will continue.
BBC managers say they have had to make tough choices because of a 16% cut in UK government funding.
BBC World Service Mandarin programming began back in 1941, pre-dating by eight years the proclamation of the People's Republic of China.
Listening in secret
To a country starved of information, BBC Chinese carried news from inside and outside China - most notably of the Vietnam War and Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s.
In June 1989, with the world's attention on the democracy protests in China, more and more Chinese tuned in.
Joseph Ren, who began working for the Chinese service in 1970, said the broadcasts were very important.
"Via our letter-boxes in south-east Asia, we got a lot of letters, so we knew that they were listening to us.
"They could hardly get any news about the world, and hardly anything about the rest of China, so they listened to us in secret just to understand the world and understand China itself."
Chinese sailors were avid listeners, carrying home what they had gleaned from the transmissions from London.
But with leader Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s, China began opening up.
Later, the internet delivered new ways to serve those hungry for global news. Anxious to control their citizens' access, the Chinese authorities built what is known as the Great Firewall, blocking many foreign news sites - including that of BBC Chinese.
The head of the Chinese service, Raymond Li, believes China's Mandarin-speakers will still be adequately served by the BBC.
"You need a bit of effort, but having said that, a lot of people as far as I know actually are using what they call proxy servers or proxy sites.
"It's not ideal. But then of course, away from online, actually we know the mobile technology has taken up. A lot of people in China are increasingly using mobile phones to access foreign media websites."
So for the BBC, the future is digital. And also, it seems, for the Voice of America, funded by the US government. It, too, plans to shift Mandarin to a web-only service.
The English-language version of one of China's largest papers, the Global Times, called it the "end of an era". The Western broadcasters contend they have simply moved with the times.
SOURCE: BBC Chinese Service makes final broadcast in Mandarin http://bbc.in/ezFoO1
[Gaviria]
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Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:
Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany.
LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, brazil.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
Kouji Hashimoto, Japan.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Tom Taylor, UK.
Robert Wilkner. 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.
HCDX / FINLAND.
radioascolto.org / ITALY.
RUS-DX / RUSSIA.
WWDXC / GERMANY.
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Next deadline : Mar.30 1500 UTC
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