DX Listening Digest 9-016 has now been posted at http://www.dxld.org or http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld9016.txt
CONTENTS: WOR 1448 / AFGHANISTAN / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA RA / BANGLADESH +non / BELARUS / BENIN / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / CANADA RCI / CANADA CINA / CANADA CFRB/CBC / CHINA +non / CONGO DR +non / CROATIA +non / CYPRUS / CZECHIA +non / DESECHEO ham+ / DIEGO GARCIA / DJIBOUTI / EGYPT / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA +non / ETHIOPIA +non / EUROPE Pirate / FINLAND / FRANCE / GERMANY / GREENLAND / GUATEMALA / HONDURAS / INDIA +non DRM+ / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET +non webcasting / INTERNATIONAL WATERS +non BBC/Pirates / IRAN +non / JAPAN / KOREA NORTH non / KURDISTAN / LAOS / LIBYA / MADAGASCAR / MALI / MEXICO +non / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS +non / NIGERIA +non / PAKISTAN / PALAU / PALESTINE non? / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / PHILIPPINES / POLAND non / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SLOVAKIA DRM+ / SLOVENIA ham / SOLOMON ISLANDS +non / SOUTH AMERICA +non pirate / SPAIN / SUDAN +non / SWAZILAND +non / SYRIA / TIBET / TURKEY / UGANDA / UK +non BBCWS / UK Colourful/DAB / USA WWV/WSB+ / USA VOA / USA WYFR A09 / USA WWRB / USA WWCR / USA WNQM+/WOR / USA WOBH / USA WRNO / USA John Moritz / USA KGO / USA Inauguration / USA Christian radio / USA WSVE+ / USA KUNI / VATICAN +non / VIETNAM / YEMEN / ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE +non / UNIDENTIFIED 4980 / UNIDENTIFIED 5779 / UNIDENTIFIED 5900 / UNIDENTIFIED 6027 / UNIDENTIFIED 6125 / UNIDENTIFIED 9810 / UNIDENTIFIED 9830/11687/12015 / TESTIMONIALS / LANGUAGE LESSONS / MUSEA / SHORTWAVE MUSIC / PUBLICATIONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / PROPAGATION For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1448 SUMMARY: *BBCWS outsourcing programming to New Delhi, to save money *BBC TV news in USA anchored from Washington, not London *DTV transition makes that available in Oklahoma; `nightlight` service boring programming with DTV info for a month on some analog stations; see DX Listening Digest 9-015 *KCBS, 740, San Francisco, celebrating 100th anniversary already by including coastal or experimental predecessor *WCNZ, 1660 in Florida has switched from Relevant Radio religion to oldies; stunting? *WWRB has started streaming programming on one of its frequencies *VOA starts Burmese TV service, via satellite *Talk of quid-pro-quo with Azerbaijan allowing VOA back on FM there, in exchange for relays of Azeri broadcasts by US *Radio Nacional Amazônia, Brasil, 11780 puts big spurs on 11730, 11830; plans to buy new transmitters *Former head of Radio Canada International, Betty Zimmerman has died *Croatia plans new daytime frequency for Europe, 7370 ex-9830; some English broadcasts missing *Dentro-Cubans hope TV Martí will close down May 20, but Radio Martí will continue on SW *Desecheo ham Dxpedition monitored; why not add SW broadcasts? *New Eritrean clandestine Voice of Asena has already verified *All India Radio, Shillong, 4970, a favorite in California *Iran relays via Lithuania resumed February 12 *Plans for revival of Happy Station, from March 11 on WRMI, 9955 *Nicaragua replaced 4-letter broadcast callsigns with 6 characters, usually including one number *VK9NS, Jim Smith has died on Norfolk Island, well-known DXpeditioner *Al-Aqsa and Al-Quds TV relays on SW have stopped; were active while Lithuanian relays of Iran were off, but probably coincidental *Recommending Estelle Winters`s programs on Voice of Russia *Sri Lanka at odds with BBC over relays, censoring Tamil news; could US and German SW relay sites be endangered? *Syria still using reactivated 12085, including English at 2100 ### NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1448 Mon 0600 WRMI 9955 Mon 2300 WBCQ 7415 [confirmed Feb 9] Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 Tue 1630 WRMI 9955 Wed 0600 WRMI 9955 [or new 1449] Wed 1630 WRMI 9955 [or new 1449] WBCQ is also airing new or archive editions of WOR M-F 2000 on 7415 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://podcast.worldofradio.org or http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org Regards, Glenn Hauser ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. 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