Guam, KTWR - A07 multilingual schedule

KTWR Trans World Radio - Guam
25 March – October 28 ,2007
All times UTC

FREQ STRT STOP CIRAF ZONES POWR DAYS LANGUAGE
All times UTC
07430 1230 1400 42,43,44 100 1234567 Mandarin
07520 1400 1500 42,43,44 100 1 7 Mandarin
07520 1400 1545 42,43,44 100 23456 Mandarin
09370 1200-1330 42-44 100 234567 Mandarin
09370 1200-1400 42-44 100 1 Mandarin
09455 1345-1400 41 100 1234567 Santhali
09635 1100-1130 49 100 23456 Vietnamese
09635 1100-1145 49 100 1 7 Vietnamese
09585 1300-1330 49 100 1234567 Sgaw Karen
09635 1400-1415 41 100 1 4567 Boro
09635 1400-1415 41 100 23 Bengali
09635 1415-1430 41 100 1 7 Manipuri
09700 1330-1400 41,49 100 1234567 Assamese
09910 1100-1200 42-44 100 1234567 Mandarin
09910 1200-1230 42-44 100 23456 Mandarin
09910 1200-1215 42-44 100 1 7 Mandarin
09975 1100-1145 43,44 100 23456 Cantonese
09975 1100-1200 43,44 100 1 7 Cantonese
09975 1145-1200 43,44 100 234 Hakka
09975 1145-1200 43,44 100 56 Swatow
09975 1200-1230 49 100 23456 Vietnamese
09975 1200-1300 49 100 1 7 Vietnamese
09975 1300-1330 49 100 1234567 Khmer
09975 1345-1400 41,49,50 100 1234567 English
09975 1400-1500 41,49,50 100 234 English
09975 1400-1430 41,49,50 100 56 English
11570 1230 1300 41 100 23456 Kokborok
11570 1245 1300 41 100 7 Kokborok
11570 1400-1515 44-45 100 1234 Korean
11570 1400-1530 44-45 100 567 Korean
11590 1000-1100 42-44 100 1234567 Mandarin
11765 2200-2230 42-44 100 1234567 Mandarin
11840 0800-0845 51,55,56,58-60 100 7 English
11840 0800-0900 51,55,56,58-60 100 23456 English
12105 0930-1100 42-44 100 1234567 Mandarin
12120 1100-1130 42-44 100 7 Mandarin
12120 1100-1200 42-44 100 123456 Mandarin
12120 1200-1300 41,49 100 1234567 Burmese
12130 2200-2215 43,44 100 7 Cantonese
12130 2200-2245 43,44 100 23456 Cantonese
12130 2200-2300 43,44 100 1 Cantonese
13690 2215-2300 42-44 100 1234567 Mandarin
13730 1015-1100 42-44 100 1234567 Mandarin
13765 1000-1100 42-44 100 1234567 Mandarin
15170 0805-0900 49,50,54 100 23456 English
15200 0900-0915 54 100 123 67 Balinese
15200 0900-0915 54 100 45 Torajanese
15200 0915-0945 54 100 1234567 Madurese
15200 0945-1045 54 100 1234567 Indonesian
15200 1100-1130 49,54 100 1234567 Javanese
15200 1130-1200 54 100 1234567 Sundanese
(Via George Ross,KTWR)
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Rachel Baughn & Gayle Van Horn Monitoring Times SW Guide)

Trans World Radio A07 multilingual schedule

TWR INDIA A07
UTC UTC Freq Lang Days Site Power
Start Stop

2345 2400 9380 7410* Bengali Sat Alma Aty 200
0000 0015 9380 7410* Bengali Fri/Sun Alma Aty 200
*9380 Till 1st Sept'07, 7410 From 2nd Sept'07
0015 0030 12085 Nepali Mon/Tues Novosibirsk 200
0015 0045 12085 Nepali Sun Novosibirsk 200
0045 0115 12085 Newari Sun Novosibirsk 200
0030 0100 12085 Bhojpuri Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 200
0030 0100 12085 Dzonka Sat Novosibirsk 200
0100 0145 12085 Nepali Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 200
0130 0145 12085 Nepali Sat Novosibirsk 200
0100 0130 12085 Hindi Sat Novosibirsk 200
0115 0145 12085 Hindi Sun Novosibirsk 200
0045 0100 12035 Hindi Daily Irkutsk 250#
0100 0115 12035 Hindi Daily Irkutsk 250@
# wef 29th April,2007
@ wef 25th March,2007
1245 1315 9445 Punjabi Sun Novosibirsk 250
1245 1300 9445 Gojri Mon/Tues Novosibirsk 250
1315 1430 9445 Hindi Sat/Sun Novosibirsk 250
1300 1315 9445 Garhwali Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1315 1330 9445 Dogri Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1330 1415 9445 Hindi Mon/Tues/Fri Novosibirsk 250
1330 1400 9445 Hindi Wed/Thurs Novosibirsk 250
1400 1415 9445 Braj Bhasa Wed/Thurs Novosibirsk 250
1415 1430 9445 Bhojpuri Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1430 1445 9445 Hindi Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1430 1500 9445 Punjabi Sun Novosibirsk 250
1445 1515 9445 Punjabi Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1430 1530 9445 Punjabi Sat Novosibirsk 250
1500 1530 9445 Urdu Sun Novosibirsk 250
1515 1545 9445 Hindi Mon-Fri Novosibirsk 250
1230 1245 9415 Bundeli Mon Irkutsk 250
1230 1245 9415 Dhodiya Tues/Wed Irkutsk 250
1230 1245 9415 Maithili Thurs/Fri Irkutsk 250
1230 1245 9415 Santhali Sat Irkutsk 250
1230 1245 9415 Tibetan Sun Irkutsk 250
1245 1330 9415 Hindi Sun Irkutsk 250
1245 1315 9415 Urdu Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1245 1300 9415 Kui Sat Irkutsk 250
1300 1315 9415 Ho Sat Irkutsk 250
1315 1345 9415 M.Bengali Mon/Tues/Wed Irkutsk 250
1315 1330 9415 Mewadi Thurs/Fri Irkutsk 250
1315 1330 9415 Bengali Sat Irkutsk 250
1330 1345 9415 Marwadi Sun Irkutsk 250
1330 1345 9415 Dzonka Thurs/Fri/Sat Irkutsk 250
1345 1400 9415 Bundeli Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1345 1415 9415 Maithili Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1400 1430 9415 Kumaoni Sun Irkutsk 250
1400 1415 9415 Kashmiri Sat Irkutsk 250
1415 1430 9415 Magahi Mon Irkutsk 250
1415 1430 9415 Mundari Tues/Wed Irkutsk 250
1415 1430 9415 Kuruk Thurs/Fri/Sat Irkutsk 250
1430 1445 9415 Sadri Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1430 1500 9415 Sindhi Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1445 1500 9415 Chodri Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1500 1515 9415 Bhili Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1500 1530 9415 Kutchi Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1515 1530 9415 Monchi Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1530 1545 9415 Gamit Mon-Wed Irkutsk 250
1530 1545 9415 Vasavi Thurs/Fri Irkutsk 250
1530 1545 9415 Awadhi Sat/Sun Irkutsk 250
1545 1600 9415 Urdu Mon-Fri Irkutsk 250
1545 1600 9415 Hindi Sat Irkutsk 250
1600 1615 11955 Pashto Sat/Sun Samara 250
1600 1630 11955 Pashto Mon-Fri Samara 250
1615 1645 11955 Dari Sun Samara 250
1630 1645 11955 Dari Mon Samara 250
1230 1300 11570 Kokborok Mon-Fri Guam 100
1245 1300 11570 Kokborok Sat Guam 100
1330 1345 9700 Santhali Sun Guam 100
1330 1400 9700 Assamese Mon-Sat Guam 100
1345 1400 9455 Santhali Daily Guam 100
1400 1415 9635 Boro Sun Guam 100
1400 1415 9635 M.Bengali Mon/Tues Guam 100
1400 1415 9635 Boro Wed/Sat Guam 100
1415 1430 9635 Manipuri Sat/Sun Guam 100
Reports to :
Trans World Radio - India
L - 15, Green Park
New Delhi - 110016
India.
Phone : +91 11 26515790
Email : info@twr.in
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi)

Pakistam closes down illegal FM station

Pakistani authorities have shut down an illegal FM radio station set up by pro-Taliban clerics in Islamabad during growing concern about the spread of Islamist influence.
“We took action as soon as the issue was brought to our notice. We have stopped the transmissions,” a spokesman for the government’s electronic media regulator said. He declined to say how the transmissions had been stopped but said further action would be taken if warranted.
Islamists have been running numerous illegal radio stations in the conservative northwest of the country, where some areas on the Afghan border are hotbeds of militancy.
(Source: Reuters/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Local public radio stations in Macedonia want their status maintained

The public local radio stations in Macedonia are demanding that the new law on broadcasting and electronic communications grants them their old status. Representatives of 20 public local radio stations came up with the demand during a meeting yesterday in Struga.
According to Jordanka Dojranlieva, the head of the Association of Public Local Radio Stations (JLRS), problems have occurred in the course of the privatization process due to be wrapped up by 29 May. Given the fact that public local radio stations are not mentioned in the draft version of the new law on broadcasting, the Association has tabled amendments seeking that their status be maintained and privatization deadlines be suspended.
The situation in the public radio stations is very difficult given the overdue wages. More than 80 percent of 300 employees don’t receive monthly wage. They are also deprived of healthcare and pension insurance.
(Source: Macfax Online/R Netherlands Media Network weblog)

Asian broadcasters urged to share more content

Asian broadcasters need to share more content, and use this to attract viewers to their new digital channels, a conference in Kuala Lumpur has heard. Keith Pierce of Aljazeera English told the ABU Digital TV symposium that by sharing programmes, broadcasters could acquire content cheaply and boost the value of their digital channels. Speaking at an industry debate on the final day of the symposium, he said that when he had worked for an Indonesian channel, programmes from Hong Kong and Mexico had proved popular among the channel’s viewers. “We should be sharing a lot more content than we are between Malaysia and Indonesia, and across the region,” he said.
Other speakers agreed that good content was key to the success of digital channels in the Asia-Pacific region, and that it must differ from the content available on existing analogue channels. Chris Jaeger of Broadcast Australia said the lack of innovative content was a reason for the relatively low take-up of new Australian digital channels. He also said strong collaboration - a “collective vision” - was needed between government regulators and broadcasters. If they got the vision right, other aspects of digital TV broadcasting would fall into place.
Bill Curtis of Kordia, a company that provides broadcast services to New Zealand TV and radio networks, said some broadcasters who wanted to introduce digital services were being held back because their regulators and governments had not begun to develop a transition plan.
Ana Eliza Faria e Silva of Brazil’s TV Globo said digital TV services would succeed in the developing world only if governments subsidised broadcasters.
Rohan Perera of Sri Lanka’s national broadcaster, SLRC, said the organisation needed financial support from the government for the transition to digital broadcasting but as yet was not receiving any.
(Source: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union/R Betherlands Media Network Weblog)

Blog Logs - China DXpedition part 2

Special thanks to Ron Howard, for sending in more loggings from his China vacation. Now thats the way to DX!
Gayle VH

All times UTC
AUSTRALIA. CVC, 15335, 0833-0859*, March 27, OM DJ with "The Edge", a program of pop/rock songs, gives address (The Edge, P.O. Box 6361, Maroochydore, BC, Queensland), audio streaming at CVC.TV, mostly good, off in mid-song. (Howard, China)

CHINA. CRI, 87.9 FM, 1333-1400, March 26, noted while scanning FM, OM DJ in English and Chinese, with many English pop songs, IDs "87.9 FM, Easy FM" & "CRI". (Howard, China)

CLANDESTINE. 9485, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Taiwan, *1300-1325, March 26, piano IS, OM with list of abductees names (believe in Korean), started out stronger than the Yamata broadcast but faded out and lost by 1325, assume they signed-off at BoH. No sign of any jamming. This is their new frequency (ex: 9950). (Howard, China)

INDIA. 15020, AIR GOS, 1055-1100*, March 27, news in English, ID: AIR GOS, schedule given for their next broadcasts, fair. (Howard, China)

RUSSIA. 7200, R. Rossii, 2010-2025, March 25, Russian programming (songs, phone numbers given, talking, etc.). Heard with good audio (no warble at all), so assume this is a different site at this time, fair-good. March 27, 1002-1011, R. Rossii via Yakutsk/Tulagino, poor to fair reception with poor audio (warble), similar to reception back in Calif. (Howard, China)
(Ron Howard)

Shortwave group outlines annual meeting

www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0100/t.3626.html
3.23.2007
Details are out on the upcoming annual meeting of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters.
The event in May is at the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind. Members, shortwave stations, equipment manufacturers, program producers, listeners and others are expected. Digital Radio Mondiale developments will be a main topic.

The agenda includes a tour of HCJB's engineering center, recently renamed the Global Technology Center.

Charlie Jacobson will discuss DRM receivers he has tested as well as HCJB's DRM receiver package. Don Spragg of Continental Electronics will talk about the company's DRM upgrades for shortwave transmitters and tests of DRM transmitters on 26 MHz for local broadcasting.

Also speaking: Brent Weeks of HCJB in Ecuador and Mike Adams of the Far East Broadcasting Company, who is NASB's vice president. "We hope to have a representative from the DRM Consortium in Europe, and a sample of one of the latest DRM receivers from Europe to monitor DRM transmissions during the meeting," organizers stated.

Attendees will visit NASB member LeSEA Broadcasting in South Bend, which operates World Harvest Radio shortwave stations in South Carolina, Maine and Hawaii.

Kim Elliott, audience research officer at VOA, and Gerhard Straub of the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau will speak. John Brewer of HCJB in Singapore will discuss radio in Indonesia; George Ross from Trans World Radio will show photos of KTWR on the Pacific island of Guam.

Adrian Peterson of Adventist World Radio's "Wavescan" program, who has written about American shortwave in Radio World, will present "The World's Oldest Radio Cards, 1901-1945." The annual NASB Business Meeting is also part of the event.

There is no registration fee. For a schedule and info, e-mail info@wrmi.net.

The NASB Web site has details about hotel reservations at a meeting rate.
(Source: Zacharias Liangas/Cumbre DX)

North Korea may be jamming Shiokaze

KOREA D.P.R./JAPAN/TAIWAN North Korea jams the "Shiokaze" from Yamata site.

Youmiuri Shimbun reported on March 29:

"Inventment Committee of the Missing Japanese probably related to North Korea" announced that "Shiokaze" broadcast over KDDI Yamata transmission site (2030-2100 UT 6045 kHz) was jammed. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications presumed the jamming was from North Korea. The committee, along with the Japanese government, will ask North Korea via ITU to stop jamming. The jamming was officially detected by the national monitoring facility at Miura peninsula near Tokyo on March 28. The committee says jamming the official licensed radio broadcast is a violation of sovereignty.

According to Asian broadcasting Institute:
They may use alternative frequencies 6080,6085,6185 kHz to cope with jamming if necessary. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications measured the jamming was from the suburbs of Pyongyang. Although the jamming is detected in Tokyo, reported reception in Seoul and western Japan is rather good. It is presumed the reception in Pyongyang is also good, instead of jamming, due to the "skip" phenomena of shortwave.

Since May 2006, North Korea has jammed "Shiokaze" broadcast from VT communications facilities. This is the second time that they jam the transmission from Yamata site. The first was in March 1993, when North Korea withdrew NPT, for a few days against Korean service of Radio Japan.
(Source: Takahito Akabayashi, Japan/HCDX)

Weekend relays on 9290 kHz

If it's the weekend, time to tune-in to the relays on 9290 kHz.Our special thanks to Tom Taylor for the update.

MV Baltic Radio

6045 kHz
April 1st at 1200 UTC on 6045 kHz

MV Baltic Radio listeners can take pleasure in music out off the mainstream. We will play music from singers, who are also actors. We remind you of the wild times and the beat music. Also we have a lot of information about the tourism country Mecklenburg- West- Pomerania. This country will be the host for the participants of the G8 meeting in a few weeks.
Relay via 9290 kHz

March 31st Latvia Today 11.00 - 12.00UTCRadio Casablanca 12.00 - 13.00 UTC
April 1st
Latvia Today 14.00 -15.00 UTC
Latvia Today have the QSL cards and confirm receptions please write to E-mail info@radioswh.lv
Good listening!

Sentec: Meyerton, South Africa - A07 multilingual schedule

UTC Start End kHz kW Days Target Language
Note: Day 1 = Monday

Adventist World Radio
17:00 17:30 9600 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili
17:30 18:00 9600 250 1234567 East Africa Masai
18:00 18:30 3215 100 1234567 Namibia English
18:00 18:30 3345 100 1234567 Zimbabwe English
18:00 18:30 9610 250 1234567 East Africa English

BBC
03:00 04:00 6005 500 1234567 West Africa English
03:00 03:30 6050 500 1234567 East Africa Swahili
03:00 06:00 3255 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
03:00 06:00 6190 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
04:00 05:00 7120 250 1234567 West Africa English
04:00 04:30 9835 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili
04:30 05:30 3390 100 12345 S.Moz Portuguese
04:30 05:30 6145 250 12345 N.Moz Portuguese
04:30 05:30 7290 500 12345 Angola Portuguese
05:00 07:00 11765 250 1234567 West Africa English
05:30 06:00 15400 250 67 East Africa Kirundi
06:00 16:00 6190 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
06:00 16:00 9860 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
07:00 07:30 17695 500 1234567 Central Afr French
13:30 15:30 11705 500 6 East Africa Swahili
15:00 17:00 11860 500 12345 7 East Africa Various
15:00 15:30 11860 500 6 East Africa English
16:00 22:00 3255 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
16:00 22:00 6190 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
16:15 17:00 11860 500 6 East Africa English
17:00 19:00 7380 250 1234567 East Africa English
17:45 18:00 7230 500 1234567 East Africa Swahili
18:00 18:30 5985 250 1234567 Indian Oc.Isles French
20:30 21:00 3390 100 12345 S.Moz Portuguese
20:30 21:00 6135 250 12345 N.Moz Portuguese
20:30 21:00 7380 500 12345 Angola Portuguese

Channel Africa
03:00 05:00 3345 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
03:00 04:00 5960 500 1234567 East Africa English
03:00 04:00 6120 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili
04:00 05:00 7310 500 1234567 Central Afr French
05:00 08:00 7240 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
05:00 06:00 9685 500 1234567 West Africa English
06:00 07:00 15255 250 1234567 West Africa English
08:00 12:00 9620 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
12:00 13:00 9620 100 1234567 Southern Afr Chinyanja
13:00 14:00 9620 100 1234567 Southern Afr Silozi
14:00 16:00 9620 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
15:00 16:00 17770 500 1234567 East Africa English
15:00 16:00 17800 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili
16:00 17:00 15235 500 1234567 West Africa French
17:00 18:00 15235 500 1234567 West Africa English
19:00 20:00 3345 100 1234567 Southern Afr Portuguese
20:00 22:00 3345 100 1234567 Southern Afr English

China Radio International
15:00 18:00 6100 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
18:00 19:00 6100 100 1234567 Southern Afr Chinese

Deutsche Welle
05:00 05:30 9825 500 1234567 East Africa English
14:00 15:00 15410 250 1234567 East Africa Amharic

Family Radio
19:00 21:00 3230 100 1234567 Southern Afr English
19:00 20:00 5930 250 1234567 East Africa Swahili
21:00 22:00 6045 250 1234567 East Africa English

FEBA Radio
14:30 15:00 12125 250 1234567 Sudan Nuer
15:00 15:15 12125 250 1234567 Ethiopia Amharic
15:30 15:45 12125 250 1234567 Sudan Dinka
15:45 16:00 12125 250 1234567 Moz/Tanzania Makonde
16:00 17:00 12125 250 1234567 Ethiopia Amharic

Radio Okapi
04:00 06:00 11690 250 1234567 Central Afr French/Various
16:00 17:00 11890 250 1234567 Central Afr French/Various

Radio France International
06:00 07:00 11830 250 1234567 Angola/W.Afr Portuguese
07:00 08:00 15170 250 1234567 West Africa French
11:00 12:00 17525 250 1234567 Central Afr French
12:00 14:00 15160 250 1234567 West Africa French
16:00 17:00 15160 250 1234567 West Africa English
20:00 22:00 7160 250 1234567 West Africa French

Radio Sonder Grense
00:00 05:30 3320 100 1234567 N. Cape Afrikaans
05:30 08:00 7185 100 1234567 N. Cape Afrikaans
08:00 16:00 9650 100 1234567 N. Cape Afrikaans
16:00 24:00 3320 100 1234567 N. Cape Afrikaans

South Africa Radio League
08:00 09:00 7205 100 7 Southern Afr English
08:00 09:00 17695 250 7 East Africa English
19:00 20:00 3215 100 1 Southern Afr English

Trans World Radio
03:27 03:57 7215 250 7 Ethiopia Oromo
03:30 03:45 7215 250 123456 Ethiopia Amharic
06:00 06:45 11640 500 12345 Nigeria English
06:00 06:15 11640 500 67 Nigeria English
16:00 16:30 9675 250 1234567 Burundi Kirundi
16:25 16:55 9660 500 1234567 Somalia Somali
16:45 18:00 9930 250 1234567 Ethiopia Amharic/Oromo
16:57 17:12 9660 500 2345 S. Sudan Juba
16:57 17:27 9660 500 1 67 S. Sudan Juba
17:03 17:33 7265 250 1 34 6 Mozambique Sena/Yao
17:03 17:48 7265 250 2 5 7 Mozambique Sena/Yao
17:55 18:25 9620 500 1234567 Mali,S.Niger Pulaar/French
18:10 19:40 9720 250 1234567 West Africa Various
18:30 20:00 9510 500 6 West Africa Various
18:30 20:15 9510 500 7 West Africa Various
18:30 19:30 9510 500 345 West Africa Fulfulde/Yoruba
18:30 19:45 9510 500 12 West Africa Various
18:30 19:15 9745 500 1234567 Nigeria Hausa/Kanuri

United Nations Radio
17:00 17:15 7170 100 12345 Indian Oc.Isles French
17:00 17:15 11715 500 12345 Central Africa French
17:30 17:45 7130 100 12345 Southern Africa English
(Source: Cathy Otto)

Radio Bulgaria - A07 English schedule

Effective 25 March - 28 October 2007
English

All times UTC, broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated, kHz
Target Areas: na (North America) eu (Europe)
0200-0300 9700na 11700na
0630-0700 9600eu 11600eu
1130-1200 11700eu 15700eu
1730-1800 5900eu 9600eu
2100-2200 5900eu 9700eu
2300-0000 9700na 11700na
(Source: Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times SW Guide via R Bulgaria)

Radio Netherlands adds third mediumwave freq for games

Our Programme Distirbution Department has arranged for a third mediumwave frequency to carry coverage of the two Champions League football matches between PSV and Liverpool on 3 and 11 April. The 600 kW transmitter at Pori, Finland on 963 kHz will also be on the air, augmenting 1314 and 702 kHz. Until 1 January this transmitter carried the programmes of Finnish public broadcaster YLE, but has been silent since then. The official coverage zone is NE Europe, though it always put a strong signal into this part of Europe too.
Full schedule for match coverage (updated)

(R Netherlands Media Network weblog via Andy Sennitt)

Sound of Hope begins satellite broadcasting to China

The Sound of Hope Radio Network began satellite broadcasting to mainland China on Monday (26 March) this week. Sound of Hope satellite Station One and Station Two will broadcast to East Asia through Eutelsat SA’s two channels 24 hours a day, covering the majority of mainland China, Taiwan, and countries in Southeast Asia.
The Sound of Hope Radio Network, based in California, started broadcasting to mainland China in March 2004. Currently, besides the new satellite broadcasting, the network also provides 14 hours shortwave and mediumwave programmes daily that cover the entire mainland. Besides direct broadcasts through the Internet, the Sound of Hope also provides Chinese and English broadcasts to the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, Taiwan and many cities in Southeast Asia simultaneously.
The receiving parameters of Sound of Hope Satellite Station W5 (70.5 degrees East) are:
Position : East Longitude 70.5 degrees
Download frequency : 11334 MHz
Polarity : Vertical
Forward Error Correction (FEC) : 1/2
Symbol Rate : 6511
(Source: Sound of Hope Radio Network via Epoch Times/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Swedish radio reorganizes services for immigrants

As a result of a major channel reorganization in Sweden, changes to programs for immigrant communities will go into effect from 2 April. Programs in immigrant languages will be broadcast on the P2 network throughout the country, including the Greater Stockholm area. Radio Sweden says that the P2 frequency in Stockholm, 96. 2 MHz, provides listeners with a much better quality signal.
However, Swedish radio will continue to rerun programmes during the evening in Stockholm on P6 at 89.6 MHz. Some of the times for the reruns have been adjusted. The following programmes from Radio Sweden will be broadcast during the evenings: German 1830, Russian 1900, and English 1930 UTC daily. The broadcasts from radio stations in other countries are being discontinued.
The weekly programme “Inside Sweden” on P2 will, from 6 April, be broadcast in Stockholm every Friday at 1130 UTC on 96.2 MHz (incorrectly announced as 96.2 kHz on the programme). It will be repeated in the evening on P6, 89.6 MHz at 1700 UTC.
(Source: Radio Sweden/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Maldives private broadcasters granted five national frequencies

Private broadcasters in the Maldives will face strong competition to secure FM frequencies after authorities have announced only five national and eight Male’ based signals will be available. Chief Executive of the Telecommunications Authority (TAM), Mohamed Amir, announced this morning that he expects those figures will be the limit.
Amir explained numbers will be restricted because of “limited resources” and “existing broadcasts” on the FM bandwidth. He said reserve frequencies did exist but TAM had decided not to make these available yet. The Authority wants a bedding-in period to resolve any technical problems. But TAM is also not convinced many of the applicants are serious.
With only five frequencies available for ten applicant broadcasters, competition will be cutthroat at the birth of private radio broadcasting. Amir says competition will identify broadcasters “who are capable” of investing in infrastructure to broadcast. The Telecommunication Regulatory Board will determine which broadcasters receive frequencies. Amir denied there would be any political interference in this decision. He said the board was “semi-independent”, although all members are appointed by the President, without any parliamentary approval.
In addition to competition for frequencies, broadcasters limited to Malé will attract less revenue from advertising. But Amir said that TAM is not concerned with “the business case for broadcasting, but with limited resources”. Amir agreed that the need to apply separately for a broadcast licence from the Ministry of Information and a frequency from TAM was complicated for broadcasters.
He said “there has been some cooperation” between the authorities and the Information Ministry has consulted TAM “when necessary”. But broadcasters are concerned that there was no cooperation until the final stages of the process. Amir said “personally I would have preferred more” cooperation to create a single application process. But he said that agreement to keep the regulation of broadcasting and infrastructure separate had been taken at ministerial level, “and there must have been reasons for that.”
(Source: Minivan News/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Aussie commercial radio industry furious over new license conditions

The commercial radio industry in Australia is furious about new licence conditions which have been imposed on its regional stations by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. The changes mean that if a regional radio station is sold or merged into another media group, staff numbers at the station cannot be cut and the size of its production facilities must be maintained.
The head of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner, says the new conditions are not as restrictive as those originally proposed, but are still highly intrusive. “It’s taking government regulation back to the dark ages where they are fiddling in the day-to-day operations of commercial enterprises,” she said.
Communications Minister Helen Coonan says the industry was consulted. “We’ve worked through the concerns of all of her members and we’ve put in a great deal of flexibility,” she said.
She says the changes are designed to protect media diversity in regional areas. “Concerns were expressed that the reform to the media laws would mean that they would lose all their local presence - in other words they would lose local radio stations operating within their communities and it was an attempt to get the balance right so they wouldn’t just get hubbed and streamed material,” Senator Coonan said.
(Source: ABC News Online/T Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Blog Logs - MARE

That wild and crazy bunch from Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts has been at it again at their receivers, so today's samples are via the latest newsletter.
Special thanks to Joe Wood for his kind words about this blog in the newsletter. It is appreciated, and hope it brings in about a "bizillion" new MARE members! Best of DX to Joe and MARE members.
Gayle Van Horn

AUSTRALIA: 9580 Radio Australia, 1240, program about crime problems by Muslims youth gangs in Australia, //9590. (Racenis 18-MAR)

CANADA:
9625 CBC Northern Quebec Service; 1249 in English. (Racenis 18-MAR)
9650 Radio Korea Int'l, 1254, Korean music. (Racenis 18-MAR)

COSTA RICA: 6125 Radio Exterior de Espana; 0156-0205+, 19-Mar; Lite music to ID @0200 then M&W in Spanish w/news. SIO=433. Uruguay will have to wait. (Frodge-MI)

FRENCH GUIANA: 9750 BBC WS relay, 1245, Newshour program with item about how the stunts in James Bond movies stretch the laws of physics //9660-USA. (Racenis 18-MAR)

GERMANY: 15680 Christian Voice Communications relay by Wertachtal 3/15, 1500-1530. Lite religious programming with talk by a woman and man, several songs, discussion of the HIV problem in India, station ID. Clear signal for 15 minutes, then lots of QRM later. E-mail request for a verification, resulted in two responses within 24 hours, from "Rick" at CVC who promised a QSL was being placed in the mail while Deutsche Telekom's Walter Borodowsky sent an e-mail verification. (Miller)

INDIA: 10330 All India Radio (tentative); 1703, 22-Mar; M in LL w/sub-cont'l tunes. SIO=2+53 (Frodge-MI)

ISRAEL: 6973.26 Galei Zahal (p); 2346-2353+, 23-Mar; M in Hebrew w/lite pop mx & phone calls. Not heard for copule of weeks. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)

UTILITIES: 2598/U St John's Coast Guard Radio with marine weather info for St Lawrence Seaway, etc. 0810-0819 in EE, then into French, with more weather. "BREAK" @0833 & apparently off. weak but clear, 0801-0833 4/Mar--Zichi DXp
8879/U Gander Radio ATC; 1918, 19-Mar; wkg Speedbird & Air France. (Frodge-MI)
13264/U Shannon Volmet, Ireland; 1708, 18-Mar; Euro aviation wx; ID repeated @1710. (Frodge-MI)
13306/U New York Radio ATC wkg a/c; 1707, 18-Mar (Frodge-MI)
14170/U VE6POL Mundare AB; 1722, 22-Mar; 90 w. wkg Toulon, France ARO (Frodge-MI)
14215/U OZ2PBS Denmark; 1726, 22-Mar; wkg N8FXH Bridgeport WV, not hrd (Frodge-MI)

PIRATES: Crystal Ship; 6875, 2321-0005*, 3-19/20. Music & audio clips from old movies & TV shows. Mx included; Jenny, Heavy Metal, Tracks of my Tears and two versions of Fade to Black. Several IDs mentioning the Blue States. Postal addy given as POB 1, Belfast NY 14711 USA. Sig ranged from fair to very good with fades. (Wood, TN)
MAC Shortwave: 3275.9/AM Music & ID program including Red Baron, Rockabilly stuff, Happy Organ & Chug a Lug etc. SIO 454 0348-0417 4/Mar--Zichi DXp)
WDDR: 6925/u Music Head Like a Hole & ID @2342 fair 2330-2345 3/Mar-- Zichi DXp)
(Source: MARE # 444 via Harold Frodge, MI)

Israel approves new radio station for settlers and Shas

The Israeli Communications Ministry has approved two new regional radio stations; one for the political party Shas called Sephardic-Torah radio, and the other for settlers in the West Bank called West Bank radio, Ynetnews reported. According to the Communications Ministry spokesman, Dr. Yechiel Shabi, the channels will be directed towards the two groups that do not listen to other radio stations. Sources at the Ministry said that many pirate stations had been launched for these audiences over the years.
(Source: IsraelInsider/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Iran: Voice of Islamic Republic - A07 Spanish schedule

25 March - 28 October 2007
All times UTC
Spanish

All times UTC broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

Target Areas; ca (Central America) sa (South America) eu (Europe)

0030-0100 7300ca 9655ca 9905ca
0100-0130 7300ca 9655ca 9905ca
0130-0200 9905sa
0200-0230 9905sa
0230-0300 9905sa
0300-0330 9905sa
0530-0600 15530eu
0600-0630 15530eu
2030-2100 6255eu 7300eu 9800eu
2100-2130 6255eu 7300eu 9800eu
(Source: Jose Miguel Romero/HCDX)

Polish Radio begins Hebrew service

The Hebrew Section of Polish Radio External Service has finally started broadcasting its half an hour daily transmission.
Joanna Najfeld reports
The program of the Hebrew section of Polish Radio External Service, inaugurated on Sunday, March 25th, at 18:00 hours UTC, consists of a news from Poland bulletin and magazines on Polish-Jewish relations, as well as life, traditions and culture of the Jewish community in Poland'The program itself is half and hour a day. It's enough time to give basic news from Poland and the European Union, maybe even from Russia, Polish Radio External Service Hebrew Section broadcasts everyday at 18:00 UTC hours in the shortwave spectrum on 9695kHz with repeats on satellite the following day.
If you are fluent in Hebrew and would like to try your hand at journalism, the Hebrew section is open to cooperation. For more information, please contact Polish Radio.
Web: (w/streaming & on-demand audio) www.polskieradio.pl/plonia

(Source: Paul Gager/Austria/HCDX)

Greenland heard on 3815 kHz

GREENLAND 3815 After a long period here with no reception, KNR, Tasiilaq is again audible this evening on 3815 kHz, but only in USB-mode. Heard from tune in 2118-2127 UT with talk in Greenlandic and Eskimo songs with orchestral music, SINPO 33333 with a whisteling tone on the frequency. (Anker Petersen-DEN, DXplorer Mar 21)
(Source: WWDXC Top News (BC-DX # 800 via Wolfgang Bueschel)

Egyptian Radio - A07 English schedule

EGYPTIAN RADIO & TV UNION (ERTU) BROADCAST ENGINEERING
25 March - 28 October 2007

UTC KHz METERS PROGRAM TARGET AREA
English
0200-0330 7270 41 N.AMERICA
1215-1330 17835 16 S.ASIA
1600-1800 11740 25 C. & S.AFRICA
1900-2030 15375 19 W.AFRICA
2115-2245 9990 31 EUROPE
2300-0030 9460 31 E.N.AMERICA
(Source: Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times SW Guide via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

Egyptian Radio - A07 multilingual schedule

EGYPTIAN RADIO & TV UNION (ERTU)
BROADCAST ENGINEERING
25 March - 28 October 2007

UTC KHz METERS PROGRAM TARGET AREA

0030-0430 9460 31 ARABIC E.N.AMERICA
0045-0200 7270 41 SPANISH N.AMERICA
0045-0200 9360 31 SPANISH C.AMERICA
0045-0200 6135 49 SPANISH C.AMERICA
0700-1100 15115 19 GENERAL PROGRAM W. AFRICA
1015-1215 15170 19 ARABIC M.EAST & AFGHANISTAN
1100-0300 12050 25 GENERAL PROGRAM N.AMERICA & EUROPE
1230-1400 15810 19 INDONESIAN S.E.ASIA
1300-1600 15365 19 ARABIC W.AFRICA
1330-1530 15490 19 PERSIAN TADZHIKSTAN
1430-1600 15195 19 PASHTO AFGHANISTAN
1500-1600 13815 22 UZBEKI UZBEKISTAN
1530-1730 17810 16 SWAHILI C.& E.AFRICA
1500-1600 9990 31 ALBANIAN ALBANIA
1600-1700 15155 19 AFAR E. & C.AFRICA
1600-1800 11665 25 URDU S.ASIA
1600-1800 6210 49 TURKISH TURKEY
1700-1730 15155 19 SOMALI E. & C.AFRICA
1730-1900 15155 19 AMHARIC E. & C.AFRICA
1800-1900 6225 49 RUSSIAN W.RUSSIA
1800-1900 9990 31 ITALIAN EUROPE
1800-2100 9420 31 HAUSA W.AFRICA
1900-0030 9825 31 VOICE OF THE ARABS C.& E.AFRICA
1900-2000 9990 31 GERMAN EUROPE
2000-2200 7210 41 ARABIC AUSTRALIA
2000-2115 9990 31 FRENCH EUROPE
2030-2230 9345 31 FRENCH W.AFRICA
2215-2330 9360 31 PORTUGUSE S.AMERICA
2330-0045 9360 31 ARABIC S.AMERICA
2330-0045 9735 31 ARABIC C.AMERICA
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

Call to scrap Hong Kong's "BBC" raises press freedom fears

A 78-year-old Hong Kong broadcaster modelled in part on the BBC should be scrapped, a government-appointed panel said today, sparking fears that the freedom of the press was under attack. The fate of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) , arguably the most liberal and critical public broadcaster operating on Chinese soil today, had hinged on a public broadcasting review whose report was released today after a year.
Many had expected the panel to recommend hiving off RTHK - which now functions as a fully funded government department - into an independent, statutory public broadcasting corporation. Instead the panel, which is seeking to overhaul the city’s public broadcasting, called for a “newly minted” public broadcaster altogether, with no role for RTHK.
“(We want) a clean slate … We wish this future public broadcasting corporation to start afresh,” said Raymond Wong, a veteran broadcaster who chairs the Committee on Review of Public Service Broadcasting. ”You cannot have (RTHK) to overnight transform into a public broadcasting corporation …It’s only fair that you start with nothing,” he told reporters.
RTHK’s bureaucracy, existing terms and conditions of employment including staff on iron-clad civil service contracts, were some factors cited by Wong as going against it. But some groups criticised the findings as narrow and expressed concerns the government was trying to muzzle the broadcaster’s voice. ”This might undermine core values of human rights, including press freedoms,” said Serendade Woo, the Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association. ”RTHK’s existed for so long, it’s full of experience. It would be easier to transform, than to scrap,” she added.
RTHK’s plight mirrors the tensions that have simmered in Hong Kong since the former colony reverted to Chinese rule in 1997, and incessant fears that Beijing would further erode the latitude now enjoyed in one of Asia’s freest media arenas. RTHK has faced pressure from government and hard-line Beijing voices, especially after sensitive interviews, such as those with Taiwan politicians like Vice-President Annette Lu.
The government said it would launch a public consultation at year end, before deciding on a way forward. ”This government will not do anything which will affect press freedom and freedom of speech,” said Joseph Wong, the city’s Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology to reporters.
(Source: Reuters)/.R Netherlands Media Network Weblog

Digital radio should begin in Australia by close of 2008

The Australian Federal Government says that digital radio broadcasts should start in the state capitals by the end of next year. Introducing legislation covering the licensing, planning and regulation of the new services into the House of Representatives, Veterans’ Affairs Minister Bruce Billson said that they should include national, commercial and community radio from the beginning.
Mr Billson told the House that the transition to digital was the most important strategic issue facing Australian radio since the introduction of FM. But he promised that the government would not enforce an unrealistic and costly conversion from analogue.
Mr Billson said the first services would use the European Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) standard, the most widely used system internationally and for which a wide range of reasonably priced receivers was available. To give commercial broadcasters stability, there would be a six year moratorium on new digital licences after broadcasting began in each licence area.
While digital services would start in the capitals, the government was committed to the service being extended to rural and remote Australia. Mr Billson said the national broadcasters (ABC and SBS) should play a key role in driving consumer take-up of digital radio. The new system would be reviewed by 2011.
(Source: The Age/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Bill approves RTÉ broadcasting outside Ireland

The Bill providing for the broadcasting of RTÉ outside of Ireland was passed by the Irish Government last Thursday, and at the same time the Irish in Britain and around the world were given access to free live RTÉ news bulletins on the Internet. The free simulcasts of RTE news television bulletins, including the 6pm and 9pm news bulletins as well as current affairs programmes are available on the RTÉ website.
Over 1.2 million people already use the RTÉ website each month - and over 44 per cent of them are located outside Ireland. The first week of live simulcasting included the transmission of the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin. As well as the news bulletins people can watch current affairs programmes including Prime Time, Nationwide, Questions and Answers, Capital D, Oireachtas Report and The Week In Politics which will also be streamed live.
The Bill providing for the broadcasting of RTÉ in Britain has been sent to President Mary McAleese to be signed so that it can become law. Once signed, RTÉ will be legally obliged to provide a television station for the Irish in Britain and around the world. This is expected to happen as soon as possible with many politicians saying RTÉ should be in Britain by the end of the year.
(Source: Irish Post/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Pakistan - A07 English schedule

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation - A07

English

25 March - 28 Oct. 2007
All times UTC

Target areas: af (Africa) eu (Europe) va (Various areas)

0730-0800 daily 15100eu 17835eu
0800-0830 daily 15100eu 17835eu
1600-1615 daily 9380va 11550af 11570va
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India)

Radio Canada International - A07 multilingual schedule

25 March - 28 October 2007
All times UTC, broadcast daily unless other wise stated
Target Areas: AF (Africa) AS (Asia) ME (Middle East) NAM (North America) SAM (South America) LAM (Latin America)
Rus (Russia) Car (Caribbean) Ukr (Ukraine)

Arabic
0200-0259 ME 5840hb 5955smg
0300-0359 ME 7230smg 9520aut 11790mdg
1105-1204 NAM 7325
1900-1959 ME/nAF 13650 15180rmp 93.3FM 93.4FM 93.6FM
1905-2004 NAM 9515

French
1705-1904 NAM 9515 9800/DRM
1900-1959 AF 7235skn 11765kas 13730smg 15235
1900-1959 EU 5850hb 15325
2005-2104 NAM 9515
2100-2159 nAF 7370smg 9690hb 15325
2300-2329 AS 9525kim 12035yam 13660yam

Mandarin
0000-0059 AS 9690kim 11895kim
0105-0204 NAM 6100
1300-1329 AS 9660yam 15170yam
1305-1404 NAM 7325
1430-1459 AS 11935yam 15295yam
1500-1600 AS 7220yam 9770yam 11805yam
2105-2204 NAM 9515
2200-2229 AS 9525kim 9870kim 12035yam

Portuguese
0005-0034 NAM su-mo 6100
2100-2129 SAM fr-su 15455 17800
2130-2159 SAM fr-su 15455 17860
2200-2229 SAM fr-su 17860
2230-2259 SAM fr-su 17860
2300-2329 SAM fr-su 13710
2330-2359 SAM fr-su 13710

Russian
1405-1434 NAM 9515
1435-1504 NAM mo-fr 9515
1500-1529 Rus 11935hb 15325wof
1600-1629 Rus 11935wof 15325rmp

Spanish
0000-0059 LAM 11990 13725
0200-0259 LAM/Car 9755 13710
0205-0304 NAM 6075
1205-1304 NAM 7325
2200-2259 SAM 11990 15455
2205-2304 NAM 6100
2300-2359 SAM/Car 11990 15455

Ukrainian
0035-0104 NAM su-mo 6100
1435-1504 NAM sa-su 9515
1600-1629 Ukr sa-su UR-3
1700-1759 Ukr sa-su 5850hb
(Retyped by Alan Roe-UK WDXC-UK, from pdf file on RCI website, March 15)

All via SAC Sackville, except when relay sites given.
aut Moosbrunn-AUT hb Hoerby-SWE kas Kashi-CHN kim Kimje-KOR
kun Kunming-CHN mdg Madagascar rmp Rampisham-UK skn Skelton-UK
uru Urumchi-CHN wof Woofferton-UK yam Yamata-JPN
smg S.Maria de Galeria-VAT
(wb, Mar 22)
(Source: WWDXC Top News (BC-DX # 800 via Wolfgang Bueschel)

FEBA - A07 multilingual schedule

FEBA RADIO Broadcast Schedule,Summer A07
25th March to 28 October 2007

All times UTC

Tx Site Codes -ARM Armavir Russia KIG Kigali Rwanda
ASC Ascension Island MEY Meyerton South Africa
DHA Dhabayya MOS Moosbrunn Austria
DB Dushanbe Tajikistan NVS Novosibirsk Russia
ERV Yerevan Armenia SAM Samara Russia
IRK Irkutsk Russia TAC Tashkent Uzbekistan

Day 1 = Sunday (ITU Convention)

NORTH INDIA, NEPAL, TIBET - A07 Summer Schedule
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code

0015-0030 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7375 41 TAC
0030-0100 s...... HINDI 7375 41 TAC
0030-0045 .mtwt.. BANGLA 7375 41 TAC
0030-0045 .....fs BHOJPURI 7375 41 TAC
0045-0100 .m..... CHATTISGARHI 7375 41 TAC
0045-0100 ..t.... ORIYA 7375 41 TAC
0045-0100 ....t.. MAGAHI 7375 41 TAC
0045-0100 ...w.fs HINDI 7375 41 TAC

0100-0115 smtwtf. HINDI 9820 31 MOS
0100-0115 ......s KUMAUNI 9820 31 MOS
0115-0130 smtwtfs MARATHI 9820 31 MOS

1200-1230 smtwtfs TIBETAN 15215 19 DHA

1300-1315 s.t.... NEPALI 12000 25 DHA
1300-1315 .m..t.. ORIYA 12000 25 DHA
1300-1315 ...w... SANTHALI 12000 25 DHA
1300-1315 .....f. MUNDARI 12000 25 DHA
1300-1315 ......s CHATTISGARHI 12000 25 DHA
1315-1330 ...w... CHATTISGARHI 12000 25 DHA
1315-1330 smt..fs BANGLA 12000 25 DHA
1315-1330 ....t.. MAITHILI 12000 25 DHA

1330-1345 s..wt.. PUNJABI 12000 25 DHA
1330-1345 .m..... KANGRI 12000 25 DHA
1330-1345 ..t.... BHILI 12000 25 DHA
1330-1345 .....f. BRIJ BASHA 12000 25 DHA
1330-1345 ......s MARWARI 12000 25 DHA
1345-1400 smt.... GUJARATI 12000 25 DHA
1345-1400 ...wtfs KASHMIRI 12000 25 DHA

1400-1415 smtwt.. URDU 9530 31 TAC
1400-1415 .....fs HINDI 9530 31 TAC
1415-1500 smtwtfs HINDI 9530 31 TAC

1500-1530 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7375 41 TAC

SOUTH INDIA - A07 Summer Schedule
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code

0100-0130 smtwt.s TAMIL 7225 41 ERV
0100-0115 .....f. BADAGA 7225 41 ERV
0115-0130 .....f. TAMIL 7225 41 ERV
0130-0200 smtwtfs TELUGU 7225 41 DHA

1400-1430 s.twtfs MALAYALAM 12025 25 DHA
1400-1415 .m..... MALAYALAM 12025 25 DHA
1430-1445 ....t.. LAMBADI 12025 25 DHA
1430-1445 ......s KONKANI 12025 25 DHA
1430-1500 s...... KANNADA 12025 25 DHA
1445-1500 .mt.tfs KANNADA 12025 25 DHA
1445-1500 ...w... TULU 12025 25 DHA

PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN - A07 Summer Schedule
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code

0145-0245 s...... URDU 12035 25 NVS
0145-0230 ..t.tf. URDU 12035 25 NVS
0145-0215 ...w... URDU 12035 25 NVS
0145-0200 .m....s URDU 12035 25 NVS
0200-0215 .m....s PUNJABI 12035 25 NVS
0215-0230 .m..... URDU 12035 25 NVS
0215-0230 ...w... PUNJABI 12035 25 NVS
0215-0230 ......s POTHWARI 12035 25 NVS
0230-0245 ...w.f. POTHWARI 12035 25 NVS
0230-0245 ....t.. PUNJABI 12035 25 NVS
0230-0245 .mt.... SIRAIKI 12035 25 NVS
0230-0245 ......s URDU 12035 25 NVS
0245-0300 smtwtfs HINDKO 12035 25 NVS

0200-0215 smtwtfs PASHTO 9855 31 DHA
0215-0245 smtwtfs DARI 9855 31 DHA
0245-0300 smtwtfs HAZARAGI 9855 31 DHA

0230-0245 ..tw... BALUCHI 6145 49 DHA
0230-0245 .m..... BALUCHI Iran 6145 49 DHA
0230-0245 s...tfs SINDHI 6145 49 DHA
0245-0300 smtwtfs PASHTO 6145 49 DHA

0430-0500 .....f. BALUCHI Iran 9735 31 DB
1415-1515 ..tw..s URDU 9500 31 NVS
1415-1500 sm..tf. URDU 9500 31 NVS
1500-1515 sm..tf. BALTI 9500 31 NVS

1430-1500 smtwtfs PASHTO 9830 31 ARM
1500-1530 smtwtfs DARI 9830 31 ARM
1530-1545 smtwtfs HAZARAGI 9830 31 ARM
1545-1600 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 9830 31 ARM

1630-1700 smtwtfs PERSIAN 9850 31 ARM

AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN - A07 Summer Schedule

Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code

1430-1500 smtwtfs NUER 12125 25 MEY
1502-1517 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 25 MEY
1530-1545 smtwtfs DINKA 12125 25 MEY
1545-1600 smtwtfs MAKONDE 12125 25 MEY
1600-1630 s...tfs AMHARIC 12125 25 MEY
1600-1630 .mtw... GURAGENA 12125 25 MEY
1630-1700 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 25 MEY

1600-1630 smtwtfs AFAR 11655 25 ARM

1630-1700 smtw... TIGRINYA 9865 31 DHA
1630-1700 ....tfs AMHARIC 9865 31 DHA
1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 9865 31 KIG
1730-1757 smtwtfs TIGRINYA 9865 31 KIG

1700-1730 smtwtfs OROMINYA 6180 49 DHA

1830-1900 smtwtfs FRENCH (Cent+West Af) 15130 19 ASC
2145-2215 ....tf. HASSINYA/PULAAR (WAf) 11985 25 ASC

MIDDLE EAST - A07 Summer Schedule

Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code

0400-0500 smtwtfs ARABIC 15530 19 SAM
0500-0530 s....fs ARABIC 15530 19 SAM

0430-0500 .....f. BALUCHI Iran 9735 31 DB

0600-0645 .....f. MALAYALAM 6125 49 DHA
0645-0730 .....f. TAMIL 6125 49 DHA

1900-2030 smtwtfs ARABIC 9550 31 KIG
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, India)

Blog Logs - Medium Wave

Today, I have shifted gears slightly to bring blog readers, the lastest of what DXers from MARE, are hearing on medium wave. Looks like the gang has been busy at the dials. Best of DX !
Gayle VH

620 WTMJ 1115 Milwaukee, WI SIO-322, ad for North Shore Funeral Home in Shorewood (Feriman's Fine Funerals anyone?), then Clark Howard show. ((Racenis 03-MAR)

640 WOI Ames IA 0644 "WOI Ames-Des Moines" 3/4 (Russell-DXP)

730 WLIL Lenoir City TN 0621 C&W mx, "AM clear channel 730 WLIL". Call sounded like WLIn at times. 3/4 (Russell-DXP)

730 WOHS Shelby NC 0632 "The Boss", call sounded like WOHF. 3/4 (Russell-DXP)

820 WOSU Columbus OH 0730 "WOSU" BBC news. 3/4 (Russell-DXP)

830 WTRU Kernersville NC "The Truth", Michael Medved show. 0734-0806. several WTRU ids. WCCO nulled with loop. 3/4 (Russell-DXP)

830 WCCO 0744 "Psychic Sue" taking phone calls. 3/4 (Russell-DXP)

880 CHQT Edmonton AB oldies mx, "check out our website at Cool880.com" 0832 This was trading places with Manitoba while WCBS was nulled as best as possible. 3/4 (Russell-DXP)

1060 KRCN Longmont CO; 0050-0104+, 13-Mar; NASCAR Today; call ID spot @0059; Longmont spots @0102. U/KYW. Hrd for 1st time on DXpedition 9 days ago. CO #6. (Frodge-MI)

1090 KEXS Excelsior Springs MO; 0029, 13-Mar; Sounded like closing anmt, Catholic Talk KEXS AM 10-90. Just caught a peak in the mix w/several. Hrd for 1st time on DXpedition 9 days ago. MO #27 (Frodge-MI)

1090 WAQE WI Rice Lake "Classic Country 10-90" C&W WI broadcasting network 3/14 1230 (DT)

1410 WLAQ Rome GA; 2333, 15-Mar; Dave Ramsey Show, WLAQ, ? Valley spot. Poor in mix w/several; GA #27 (Frodge-MI)

1410 WLAS Lafayette IN; 2312. 15-Mar; C&W, 95.3 The Wolf. Poor mixing mainly w/UNID rlgs stn. IN #29 (Frodge-MI)

1410 WING Dayton OH; 2217-2300+, 14-Mar; 14-10 ESPN Radio; 14-10 Wing AM; Dayton Mall & OSU Buckeyes spots @2217 when it came up on top suddenly (but didn't stay up). Not much of a challenger to CKSL till 2217, then only fair. (Frodge-MI)
(Source: MARE # 443 via Ken Zichi)

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation - A07 multilingual schedule

Language Freq Band Transmission Target Area
khz (MB) Hours(UTC)

Far East
Chinese 9380 31 1200 - 1230 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
Chinese 11570 25 1200 - 1230 41, 42, 43, 44, 45

South East Asia
Urdu 11580 25 0045 - 0215 41,44,45,49,50,51,54,55,59
Urdu 15480 19 0045 - 0215 41,44,45,49,50,51,54,55,59

South Asia
Assami 9340 31 0045 - 0115 41
Bangla-1 9340 31 0115 - 0200 41
Bangla-2 9350 31 1200 - 1245 41
Nepali 9350 31 1245 - 1315 41
Hindi-1 9340 31 0215 - 0300 41
Hindi-2 9350 31 1100 - 1145 41
Gujrati 9350 31 0400 - 0430 41
Tamil-1 15620 19 0315 - 0345 41
Tamil-2 17480 17 0945 - 1015 41
Sinhali 17480 17 1015 - 1045 41

Middle East, Iran,Africa
Turkish 6215 48 1630 - 1700 38,39
Irani 6235 48 1715 - 1800 40
Arabic 6235 48 1815 - 1900 37-39
Urdu 11570 25 0500 - 0700 40
Urdu 15100 19 0500 - 0700 38,39,46,47
Urdu 9380 31 1330 - 1530 37-39
Urdu 11570 25 1330 - 1530 38,39,46,47
English 9380 31 1600 - 1615 37-39
English 11570 25 1600 - 1615 38,39,46,47
Urdu 6235 48 1915 - 0045 40

East/South Africa
English 11550 25 1600 - 1615 8s,52,53,57

West Europe
English 15100 19 0730 - 0830 17,18SE,27-29
English 17835 17 0730 - 0830 17,18SE,27-29
Urdu 15100 19 0830 - 1104 17,18SE,27-29
Urdu 17835 17 0830 - 1104 17,18SE,27-29
Urdu 7530 40 1700 - 1900 17,18SE,27-29
Urdu 9380 31 1700 - 1900 17,18SE,27-29

CAIS & Russia
Turkish 4835 62 1515 - 1545 39NE,40
Dari 4835 62 1515 - 1545 39NE,40
Russian 9300 31 1415 - 1445 29,30E
Pushto 6235 48 0500 - 0545 39E,40

PST = Pakistan Standard Time
PST = UTC + 5
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi,India)

A closer look at April Monitoring Times 2007

April is a few days away, which means, time for a quick preview of what I will be covering in the April Monitoring Times magazine.
On the shortwave scene, my April column of QSL Report features a focus on projected postal increase for international rates from the U.S. Postal Service. I'll tell you what will become of air mail letter post and first class mail international.
Did you know that Swiss Radio International is celebrating their 70th anniversary? Read on and you can find out how to get a copy of Switzerland - 70 Years of Quality Reporting.
From there, take a look at April's QSL contributions from amateur radio, two clandestine stations, Croatia, French Guiana, German relays from Polish Radio and Radio Farda, four medium wave stations, Monaco, Myanmar, three pirate stations, and American Forces Network.
Radio Nacional do Amazonia kicks off the April Broadcast Logs at 0030 UTC, where forty three stations take you on a world tour to 2312 UTC.
Don't forget the center Shortwave Guide for the latest English shortwave and DRM by-hour frequencies. Frequencies are revised monthly, and readers tell us it remains the most current and reliable source for hobbyists.
Don't miss out on April Monitoring Times ! There's plenty to keep you busy at the dials. To find out more about MT, please rfer to: www.monitoirngtimes.com
Gayle Van Horn

Radio Netherlands sets extra frequencies for UEFA Champions League football

This year’s UEFA Champions League football competition has reached the quarter-final stage, and a Dutch team, PSV, is still in the competition. RNW will be carrying live commentary in Dutch on the home tie against Liverpool on Tuesday 3 April, and the return leg at Anfield on Wednesday 11 April, on the following frequencies:

3 April 2007
PSV - Liverpool.
Transmission starts 1800 UTC. Kick-off 1845 UTC.
1800-2100 UTC
702 kHz (Monte Carlo) for SW France, Central Europe
1314 kHz (Norway) for NW Europe
6125 kHz (Flevo) for SW Europe

2000-2100 UTC
6040 kHz (Grigoriopol) for Europe

11 April 2007
Liverpool - PSV
Transmission starts 1800 UTC. Kick-off 1845 UTC.

1800-2200 UTC
702 kHz (Monte Carlo) for SW France, Central Europe
1314 kHz (Norway) for NW Europe
6125 kHz (Flevo) for SW Europe

2000-2200 UTC
6040 kHz (Grigoriopol) for Europe
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Pirate radio activity from Free Radio Weekly

This weeks selection of pirate logs is via Free Radio Weekly newsletter.Thanks to all the gang and let's hear it for good DX in the coming days!
Gayle VH

A1B
A1B- 6925U 0016-0132* 3/18/07 SIO=343. Mostly a prgm of dance mx, but also some CW segments mixed into the bcst. OM ancr and a computer vox gave A1Bradio@yahoo.com addr. (Zeller-OH)

All Your Base Radio
All your Base 6925 usb 3/18/07 00:13-01:32 "all your base are belong to us" in
code, Perody Queen song, all your base techno remix, (RD)

Channel Z Radio
Channel Z 6925 am 3/18/07 23:22-SIO 444 sign on with Channel Z, sounds like a
WNKR relay WNKR ID & giving out telephone numbers. Devil goes to Jamaica. (RD)

Grasscutter and Sunshine Radio
Grasscutter & Sunshine 6925 usb 3/20/07 22:54-23:55 SIO 433 repeat of show
on 3/20/07 Multiple IDs & Hello's from both Sunshine & Grasscutter. Commander Bunny overtook the broadcast at 23:50 as signal faded (RD)

Mystery Radio (Euro pirate)
6220AM 3/18 0139-0239 A show of music, I did know Abba's Momma Mia Id was in CW (mystery) and male voice. Nice music. (333 Majewski CT)

Radio Maple Leaf
3/18/07 6925 KHz USB Maple leaf Radio on with 'O Canada' at 2125z 444; short 2 ½ minute announcement with Organ Carousal music background promoting the Funderground.com website encouraging Pirate and other loggings. The same
announcement was repeated a short time later.(Lang-CT)

The Crystal Ship
6875AM 3/19 0047-0115* The Poet with a fifties music show, tunes like Yaky Yak, and Johnny be good (Chuck Berry). After Id, played Steely Dan, Who (Young Man) and Country Joe and the Fish. (434 Majewski CT)

WTCR
WTCR,6925usb,3-18-07,0040-0111,sio=255 very good, strong, modern/smooth jazz, soft pop, song: What's Love Got To Do With It, song: Unchain My Heart, qsl via Box 1, Belfast NY. (Hassig-IL)

WTCR 6925 usb 3/18/07 00:1501:10- SIO 433 Lets Dance, Young American, let the good time roll, Walk on the Wild Side, Whats Love got to Do,
Unchain my Heart, (RD)
(Source: FWR # 580 via Bill Finn)

Voice of Russia - A07 English schedule

All times UTC, broadcast daily unless othewise stated
Target Areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) na (North America)
va (Various areas)

25 March - 28 October 2007
0000-0100 7250na 9665na 12755na
0100-0200 7250na 9665na 12775na
0200-0300 9665na 9860na 13635na 13775na
0300-0400 DRM 15735as
0300-0400 9435na 9515na 9665na 9860na 9880na 12065na 13635na
0400-0500 9435na 9515na 9860na 9880na 13635na 13775na
0400-0500 DRM 15735as
0500-0600 17635pa 21790pa
0500-0600 DRM 15735as
0600-0700 17635pa 21790pa
0700-0800 17495pa 17635pa 21790pa
0800-0900 17495pa 17635pa 21790pa
0800-0900 DRM 12060eu 15780eu
1400-1500 6045as 7165as 9745as 11755as 15695as 15660as
1400-1500 DRM 9450eu
1500-1600 4965me 4975me 7370eu 9625as 9660as 11985me 12040eu
1600-1700 6070as 7350as 7370eu 9405as 9890eu 11985va 12055va 12115as 15540va
1700-1800 7350as 9405as 9850af 11510af 11985af
1700-1800 Sat/Sun 9820eu 9890eu
1800-1900 7370eu 9745af 9850af 9890eu 11510af 11630eu
1900-2000 7195eu 7310eu 9890eu 12070eu
2000-2100 9890eu 12070eu
(Source: www.ruvr.ru/index.php?lng=eng /Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times SW Guide)

Voice of America - A07 English schedule

25 March - 28 October 2007

All times UTC, kHz, all times daily unless otherwise stated
Target areas: va (Various areas) af (Africa) as (Asia)
0000-0030 7555as
0030-0100 9715va 9780va 11725va 15185va 15205va 15290va 15560va 17820va
0100-0200 9600va 9600va 11705va
0130-0200 Tues-Sat 13740va
0300-0330 4930af 6080af 7340af 9885af 12080af 15580af
0330-0400 4930af 6080af 9885af 12080af 15580af
0400-0430 4930af 6080af 9575af 11835af 12080af 15580af
0430-0500 4930af 4960af 9575af 11835af 12080af 15580af
0500-0600 4930af 6080af 12080af 15580af
0600-0700 6080af 6180af 12080af 15580af
1200-1300 6140va 9645va 9760va 11680va
1300-1400 9645va 9760va
1400-1500 4930af 6080af 7125va 9760va 13570af 15185va 15195va 15580af 17685af 17895va 1500-1600 4930af 6080af 6160va 7125va 9590va 12080va 13735va 15105va 15195va 15445va 15550va 15580af 17895af
1530-1600 6160va 9590va 9760va 12080va 15550va
1600-1700 4930af 6080af 12080va 13600va 15580af 17895va
1700-1730 6080af 15580af
1700-1800 Sat/Sun 4930af
1730-1800 6080af 15410af 15580af
1730-1800 Mon-Fri 4930af 13755af 15775af
1800-1830 6080af 15580af 17895af
1800-1830 Sat/Sun 4930af
1830-1900 4930af 15410af 15580af 17895af
1900-2000 4930af 4940af 6080af 7480va 9670va 15410af 15445af 15580af 17895af
2000-2030 4930af 4940af 6080af 15445af 15580af
2030-2100 4930af 6080af 7555as 15445af 15580af
2030-2100 Sat/Sun 4940af
2100-2200 6080af 7555as 15580af
2200-2300 7215va 7555as 9415va 11725va 15185va
2230-2300 7260va 9570va 13725va 13755va 15145va
2300-0000 7260va 7555as 9570va 13725va 13755va 15145va
(www.voanews.com/Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times SW Guide)

RFO and Radio Australia sign program sharing aggreement

The exchange of news and information across the Pacific is to be enhanced following a co-operation agreement between French global network RFO and Radio Australia. Under the three year deal, RFO Radio News Caledonia and Radio Australia have started sharing news and information programmes in French.
Listeners in New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna and Tahiti can hear the latest Pacific news via the “24 Hours in the Pacific” program, a French language news service prepared by Radio Australia and broadcast on RFO News Caledonia, each morning and afternoon. The program will also be heard on Radio Vanuatu.
The agreement will enhance coverage of major events including the forthcoming Pacific Games in Western Samoa.
(Source: Radio Australia/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Botswana gains three national commercial radio stations

The National Broadcasting Board (NBB) of Botswana has granted offers to three bidders for national commercial radio stations. If the three bidders, Yarona FM, Gabz FM and new entity Duma FM agree to undisclosed conditions of the offers, they could be licenced by next month. NBB Chairman Dr Masego Mpotokwane confirmed that the Board had given draft licence conditions to the three companies and that everything would be finalised at a meeting next month.
Mpotokwane said there were six citizen-owned companies bidding for the licences, and emphasised that the licences were strictly reserved for local companies. He added that even majority shareholders in the companies are citizens.
Station Manager for Yarona FM Dumi Lopang on Friday expressed cheers at the news, saying that they would be able to compete with government-owned commercial channel RB2. Lopang said that they were ready to go nationwide and that they would soon introduce changes to their programming to increase Setswana content, talk content and news content from urban and peri-urban centres around the country. He said they planned to have more features from across the country and that youth would have more access to information through the station: “We want to ensure that people around the country contribute and participate in our broadcasting. We want to make an impact.”
Lopang revealed that the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) had offered to lease its masts to them. A condition of their licence is for them to cover 90 percent of the country in 15 years. Lopang said he was confident that they would reach the target within the set time and that they intended to broadcast in urban and peri-urban areas before the end of the year.
National Director of the Botswana chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Botswana) Modise Maphanyane said that the new licences were a welcome development that MISA had eagerly awaited. He said that there would be a diversity of views throughout Botswana unlike the present situation in which people in rural areas had no option but to consume only government views that Radio Botswana offered.
(Source: Mmegi/The Reporter/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Al-Qadhafi reportedly buys Gabon's Africa No. One

Text of report by Ivorian newspaper L’Inter on 21 March
In 2005, we wrote in these same columns that the management of radio station Africa No.1 was financially strapped, and it was therefore difficult to meet the charges due for the Panafrican medium. At the time, the Gabonese minister of communication made an announcement to the press reporting the hard times, which could possibly lead to the closing down of Africa No.1. With things having reached this point, the radio station officials had allowed back licensing fees owed to the National Audiovisual Communication Council (CNCA) in Abidjan to build up. As a result, the broadcasting of Africa No.1 FM programmes was suspended in the Ivorian economic capital.
Nevertheless, good fortune seems to have smiled at the station’s employees, and the African network will take off again very soon. Actually, it was bought by a big financier in the person of Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi. Information making its way around high-ranking circles recently indicates that the Libyan Guide is the new owner of Africa No.1. The amount of the deal pulled off by the president of Libya and his counterpart El Hajj Omar Bongo of Gabon: 5 million euros (about 3.2 billion CFA francs). Africa No.1 will no longer be under the control of the Gabonese Government, but of the Libyan Republic. Given this new start, no one doubts that the arrears owed to the CNCA will be paid, to the delight of listeners in Cote d’Ivoire.
(Source: L’Inter, Abidjan, in French 21 Mar 07 p 14 via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Zimbabwe to launch world news channel by close of April

News24, a new 24-hour news radio channel owned by ZBC [Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation] is set to start operations by the end of next month, Zimbabwe’s information minister announced on ZBC’s Spot FM on 22 March. Information and publicity minister Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu announced the launch of the station whilst conducting a tour of the ZBC studios in the midlands city of Gweru, Spot FM said.
The ZBC Spot FM report said: “News24, the 24-hour radio station which initially was under New Ziana and later transferred to ZBC ownership is set to commence operations in just a month’s time. There are just a few touches that need to be made. Dr Ndlovu told ZBC management that if they present their requirements in good time, resources would be availed for the project. He emphasized that priority is to be given to the project which is fundamental in telling the true Zimbabwean story. News24 will use the Short Wave link, which means it will go international. It is hoped the new station will counter negative publicity churned out by the international media.”
The station also announced that Happison Muchechetere will head the News24 channel, which would “represent Zimbabwean interests, the same way CNN and BBC news channels represent American and British interests.”
Muchechetere told Spot FM that News24 would broadcast “basically 24 hours, seven days a week. We intend to reach out to SADC [Southern Africa Development Community], as far as North Africa, and as far as Europe. We are going to give a Zimbabwean perspective of news.”
(Source: ZBC Radio Spot FM, Bulawayo, in English 0500 gmt 22 Mar 07 via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Czech Republic: Radio Prague - A07 English schedule

Target Areas: af (Africa) as (asia) eu (Europe) na (N America) pa (Pacific) va (Various)

ENGLISH
0000-0027 daily 7345na 9440na
0100-0127 daily 6200na 7345na
0300-0327 daily 7345na 9870na
0330-0357 daily 9445as 11600as
0700-0727 daily 9880eu 11600eu
0900-0927 daily 9800eu 21745as
1030-1057 daily 9880eu 11665eu
1300-1329 daily 13580eu 17540as
1330-1357 Fri/Sat DRM 9850eu
1600-1657 daily 5930eu 17485af
1700-1727 daily 5930eu 17485af
2000-2027 daily 5930eu 11600va (as/pa)
2130-2157 daily 9410af 11600na
2230-2257 daily 7345na 9415na
(Source: Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times SW Guide)

Czech Republic: Radio Prague - A07 Multilingual schedules

25 March - 28 October 2007

All times UTC kHz m kW Target areas

CZECH
0830 - 0857 11600 25 100 S.W. Europe
15710 19 100 E. Africa/ Mi. East
0930 - 0957 9880 31 100 N.W. Europe
21745 13 100 S. Asia
1100 - 1127 11665 25 100 N. Europe
15710 19 100 S. Asia
1230 - 1257 6055 49 100 C. Europe
7345 41 100 S.E. Europe
1530 - 1557 5930 49 100 W. Europe
17485 16 100 E. Africa
1730 - 1757 5930 49 100 E. Europe/Asia/Australia
17485 16 100 C. Africa
1930 - 1957 5930 49 100 W. Europe
11600 25 100 S.& E. Asia/Australia
2100 - 2157 9410 31 100 C. Africa
11600 25 100 S.W. Europe/S. America
2330 - 2357 7345 41 100 S. America
9440 31 100 N. America
0130 - 0157 6200 49 100 N. America
7345 41 100 S. America
0230 - 0257 7345 41 100 N. America
9870 31 100

GERMAN
0630 - 0730 5930 49 100 W. Europe
7345 41 100 Europe
1000 - 1027 6055 49 100 C. Europe
9880 31 100 W. Europe
1200 - 1227 6055 49 100 C. Europe
7345 41 100 W. Europe
1200 - 1227 6055 49 100 C. Europe
7345 41 100 W. Europe
1300 - 1327 *1) 9850 31 35 C. Europe, DRM (Fri. - Sat.)
1500 - 1527 5930 49 100 W. Europe
1630 - 1657 *2) 11825 25 250 W. Europe

SPANISH
0800 - 0827 11600 25 100 S.W. Europe
15710 19 100
1400 - 1427 11625 25 100 S.W. Europe
13580 22 100
1800 - 1827 5930 49 100 S.W. Europe
13580 22 100
1900 - 1927 5930 49 100 S.W. Europe
13580 22 100
2030 - 2057 5930 49 100 S.W. Europe
11600 25 100 S.W. Europe/S. America
2300 - 2327 7345 41 100 S. America
9415 31 100
2330 - 2357 *3) 6000 49 250 South America-Caribbean
0000 - 0027 *4) 11665 25 100 S. America
0030 - 0057 7345 41 100 C. America
9440 31 100 S. America
0200 - 0227 6200 49 100 C. America
7345 41 100 S. America

FRENCH
0600 - 0627 5930 49 100 W. Europe
7345 41 100 S.W. Europe
0730 - 0757 9880 31 100 W. Europe
11600 25 100 S.W. Europe
1330 - 1357 13580 22 100 N.W. Africa
17540 16 100
1630 - 1657 5930 49 100 W. Europe
17485 16 100 C. Africa
1830 - 1857 5930 49 100 W. Europe
13580 22 100 S.W. Europe/ N.W. Africa
2200 - 2227 7345 41 100 N. America
9415 31 100

RUSSIAN
0400 - 0427 9445 31 100 E. Europe
11600 25 100 E. Europe/ S.W. Asia
1130 - 1157 11665 25 100 E. Europe
15710 19 100 E. Europe/ S.W. Asia
1430 - 1457 7345 41 100 E. Europe
13580 22 100 E. Europe/ S.W. Asia
1800 - 1827 *5) 5840 49 200 E. Europe

(Source: Jose Miguel Romero/HCDX)

RAI Italia - A07 English schedule

Effective 25 March - 28 Oct. 2007
All broadcast daily
Target Areas: af (Africa); me (Middle East); na (North America) pa (Pacific) va (Various target areas)
All times UTC, kHz
0055-0100 daily 11800na
0100-0115 daily 11800na
0445-0500 daily 6110af 6145af 7235af
1935-1955 daily 5960eu 9845eu
2025-2045 daily 5970va (af/me) 11875va (af/me)
2205-2230 daily 11895va (as/pa)
(Source: Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times SW Guide)

RAI Italia A07 multilingual schedules

Effective 25 March - 28 October 2007
All times UTC, kHz

North America
1400-1425 Italian 15280 17780
1830-1905 Italian 15380 17780
2240-0055 Italian 11800
0115-0130 French 11800
0130-0315 Italian 11800
0315-0335 Spanish 11800

Central and South America
2240-0055 Italian 9840
0055-0115 Spanish 9840
0115-0130 Portuguese 9840
0130-0230 Italian 6110 9840 11765
0230-0315 Italian 9840
0315-0335 Spanish 9840

North West Africa
0435-0445 Italian 6145 7235
1330-1355 Arabic 9670 11795
1500-1525 Italian 9670 11770
1630-1655 French 7180 9845 11855
1700-1800 Italian 7130 9845
2025-2045 Arabic 6110 7130
2050-2110 Portuguese 6110 7130
2110-2130 Spanish 6110 7130

North East Africa
0435-0445 Italian 6110
1330-1355 Arabic 11915
1500-1525 Italian 11720
1700-1800 Italian 6140
2135-2155 Arabic 6000 7180

Central Africa
1600-1700 Italian 17790
1700-1800 Italian 15320 15390
2050-2110 Portuguese 15240

East Africa and Middle East
0435-0455 Amharic 11900
0455-0530 Italian 11900
0530-0550 Somali 11900
0600-0620 Arabic 11900
1630-1655 Arabic 11810
1700-1800 Italian 6140 11970
1910-1930 Somali 11890
2050-2110 Portuguese 11875

Far East, Japan and Australia
1000-1100 Italian 11920

Mediterranean area - "Notturno dall'Italia"
2200-0400 Italian 567 657 846 900 6060
"Tutto il calcio minuto per minuto" on Sunday
1250-1630 Italian 9670 11885 17570 17780 21515

Mediterranean Area
1500-1525 Italian 9670 11720

West Europe
1530-1555 French 9670 11855
1555-1625 Italian 9670 11855
1805-1825 German 6040 9845
2000-2020 Danish 6110 9780 Tue/Thu/Sun
2000-2020 Esperanto 6110 9780 Sat
2000-2020 Swedish 6110 9780 Mon/Wed/Fri

Russia
0345-0405 Russian 6135 9710 11830
0600-0620 Russian 9670 11795
1605-1625 Russian 9705 11885
2000-2020 Russian 6185 9565 11775

East Europe
0405-0425 Ukrainian 6135 9710 11830
0505-0525 Lithuanian 9670 11795
0530-0550 Romanian 9670 11795
0700-1300 Italian 6140
1335-1355 Albanian 9610
1400-1415 Slovene 9570
1415-1435 German 9570
1435-1455 Croatian 9570
1500-1520 Turkish 9870 11775
1520-1540 Greek 9870 11775
1540-1600 Bulgarian 9870 11775
1810-1825 Czech 6130
1825-1840 Slovak 6130
1840-1900 Polish 6130
1910-1930 Serbian 6130
1935-1955 Hungarian 6130
2115-2135 Romanian 5970
2135-2155 Czech 5970
2155-2210 Slovak 5970
2210-2225 Polish 5970
(Source: Roberto Scaglione, www.bclnews.it,/ via Andrea Borgnino IW0HK)

Spain, Radio Exterior Espana - A07 English service

Effective 25 March - 28 October 2007
UTC, kHz
Target Areas: af (Africa) eu (Europe) na (North America)
0000-0100 daily 6055na
2000-2100 Mon-Fri 9665eu 11625af
2100-2200 Sat/Sun 9840eu 11625af
(Source: Gayle Van Horn, Monitoring Times SW Guide via WWDXC-Top News (BC-DX 798) via Wolfgang Bueschel)

US Council on Foreign Relations confuses BBG and BBC

“Concerned about low levels of listeners to VOA’s Arabic service, the BBC replaced it in 2002 with Radio Sawa…” That’s according to a backgrounder on The Changing Scope of US International Broadcasts published on Saturday. It’s surprising how many times I’ve seen references to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) rendered as BBC. Perhaps it’s worth thinking about giving the Broadcasting Board of Governors another name. Apart from that typo, the backgrounder is a useful primer for those confused at the structure of US international broadcasting.

(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Botswana plans to improve radio and television reception

The Director of Botswana’s Department of Broadcasting Services, Bapasi Mphusu, says the Department is engaged in improving radio and television reception across the country through the Transmission Expansion Project which resumed in April 2006 and is expected to be completed by March 2009. He said that, on completion, 95 per cent of the country will be covered by radio as compared to the present 80 per cent .
Television reception will improve from the current 40 per cent to an impressive 75 per cent. Mr Mphusu said through satellite dishes and decoders, television is 100 per cent accessible. He said Btv is trying its level best to increase local programmes. Mr Mphusu said the station has signed contracts with two companies to produce four local programmes to be aired starting September for about six months.
(Source: Botswana Press Agency/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)