MV Baltic Radio slated for Sunday broadcast

MV Baltic Radio is on next Sunday the 2nd of August 2009 at 09.00 to 10.00 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.

M.V.Baltic information
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for summer 2009
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International

We wish you good listening and good reception!

(Tom Taylor)

Abkhaz Radio heard on 9535 kHz

ABKHAZIA (autonomous Republic)

Georgia Abkhaz Radio, Sukhumi noted June 13 opening at new 0245 UTC, under Radio Exterior de Espana, on 9535 parallel to 9495. Closed at 0300, 9495 continued till 0530. 9495 also observed at 1100-1125 and 1400-1600. Own programs except Radio Rossii relay 0500-0530 and 1435-1600.

On July 22 I heard them at 1500-1700 on 9495 with Radio Rossii Dubl 4 and 1700-1715 with own news programme in Abkhaz and Russian, a repeat of the 1100 news. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, BDXC-UK Communication)
(Mike Barraclough, UK/worlddxclub/Contact-Aug 09)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

Aussie's Radio Symban heard on 2368 kHz
Australia, 2368.50, Radio Symban (presumed), 1253-1337, July 30. Best reception after my local sunrise, which was about 1311. Heard their Greek style music and singing. When I got home from the beach I immediately checked their website for audio, to see if it was the same type of music and singing I had just heard and it was, that I cannot confirm that it was parallel. Was unable to hear any announcements (maybe they didn’t have any?), only heard music and songs. Had tuned in earlier at 1204, to find the signal mostly below threshold level, but even then I could briefly make out some singing. David Sharp today measured this at 2368.486 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA)

very nice catch, Ron ! - GVH

Response from Radio Symban (2368.50 kHz)
Hi Ron,
Thank you very much for your email. We are extremely delighted by your report and comments and we must admit we are very urprised that our signal was heard in your part of the world considering we are in test mode for a few days and are only transmitting at 50 Watts. There is nothing else attached to the system as yet, which causes us to strongly believe that our new aerial and when our new transmitter is connected soon to replace the 50 Watt, we expect big things. Please stay tuned as there is big changes due to Radio Symban, we are sure you will know when this happens. Again many thanks and we look forward in hearing from you. Enjoy...
Regards,
Angelo
(Radio Symban - Sydney Australia)
(via Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, July 30)

Bayrak Radio audio clip
1098 KHz. Bayrak Radio the turkish radio of Cyprus listened in Kos Island.
The audioclip is available here:
http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/7370794.html
(Francesco/playdx2003)

Bhutan BS running on low power
Bhutan Broadcasting Service on 6035 is running on low power using the old transmitter as the new transmitter was giving some problem and is currently off air.Weak signals noted this morning. (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi)

Bolivian monitoring
6134.80, Radio Santa Cruz, 2255-2310. Not much of a signal yet as the band is just getting started here in Florida. Noted a male in Spanish comments which was very weak. Other stuff also on the frequency mixing in. On the hour, heard music for a few minutes. Signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolland,FL)

5952.40, Emisora Pio XII, 2314-2330.At tune in,noted a male and female in Spanish language conversation. Lot's of splatter from WYFR on 5950, but Emisora Pio XII still has good audio. At 2323 somekind of promos being presented between a male and female. It seemed to be live. Noted music at 2326. Signal remained fair during the
period. (Chuck Bolland,FL)

3309.98 Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba 0930 to 1030 UT noted every day in Florida.(Chuck Bolland, FL/BCDX-9200

4716.62 Radio Yura, Yura noted 1000 to 1100 fade with weak signal.

4781.73 Radio Tacana, Tumupasa. 2330 to 0000 with weak signal, some audio.

4796.45 Radio Lipez, Uyuni with om espanol 1015.

4834.93 Radio Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza.

4865t. Radio Logos, Santa Cruz 2340 to 2350 deep fades. Lady in Spanish.

5580.2 Radio San Jose, San Jose de Chiquitos 2330 to 0000. Station is very regular Bolivian.

5952.53 Radio Pio XII Siglo, *1100.Seem regular sign on time.

5952.4 Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 2320-2327. Quechua talks to reports, Indian tunes. SINPO 43432, adjacent interference. (Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 7) (BCDX #920)

China monitoring
China, 5030.00, China National Radio One, 1030-1045, Noted a male and female in Chinese Language comments. Signal was threshold during the period, but checked 6175 KHz and noted parallel program, so this helped pull out the signal on 5030 KHz. Was hoping to hear Malaysia here, but that never happened. China was fair by 1045. (Chuck Bolland, July 30, 2009)

China, 6175, China National Radio One, 1040-1050 With steady Chinese language comments from a male and female. Much of this sounds like news with break aways to other individuals who comment. Signal here was fair and mixing with a Portuguese language station which turned out to be WYFR which went off the air at 1045. Much better, since China is in the clear now with a good signal. (Chuck Bolland, July 30, 2009)

China, 6150, China National Radio One, 1047-1055 Thought I'd check this freq to see what China was doing here? Noted a parallel signal with 6175 KHz here. CNR1 was the dominate station on this freq, but a second station underneath is heard, which probably is Taiwan? CNR1 is definitely doing its' job if they are here to block Taiwan. (Chuck Bolland, July 30, 2009)

Chinese Firedrake jammer
Chinese Firedrake against Taiwanese Sound of Hope. 14420 at 1425 UT on July 2nd.
13970 and 15150 kHz at 1330 UT, July 3rd.
13970 and 14420 kHz at 1410 UT, July 4, signal S=5-6 in Europe.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 2/4/BC-DX 920)

CBC World Report gets new anchor
Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:11 PM ET
CBC News
Peter Armstrong is to host World Report on CBC Radio One and Mark Kelley will host a news talk show on CBC Newsworld, CBC announced Thursday. CBC is reshaping its news programming and reassigning journalists as part of a news renewal initiative. The changes take effect this fall.Armstrong, who is returning to Toronto from a posting in Jerusalem, will be the new host of morning radio news program World Report, heard across the country. Armstrong has worked for CBC from Quebec City, Saint John, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. Kelley will host a news talk show centred on breaking news events, from 7 to 9 p.m. ET, on the all-news channel CBC Newsworld. He has been a correspondent for The National and was formerly an anchor on CBC News: Morning
and Disclosure.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/07/30/cbc-journalists.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r5:c0.0743895:b26833390
(Fred Waterer/ODXA)

Cuba's DXers' Unlimited link
Dxers Unlimited's weekend edition 25-26 July 2009
http://dxersunlimited.blogspot.com/2009/07/dxers-unlimiteds-weekend-edition-25-26.html
(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, Rachel Baughn/MT)

Radio propagation update news
The NZ4O Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2009-26
has been published on Friday 07/31/2009 at 1400 UTC, valid 0000 UTC Saturday
08/01/2009 through 2359 UTC Friday 08/07/2009 at http://www.wcflunatall.com/kn4lf6.htm .
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o@arrl.net

NZ4O Daily Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive:
http://www.wcflunatall.com/kn4lf5.htm
NZ4O Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast & Archive:
http://www.wcflunatall.com/kn4lf6.htm
NZ4O 160 Meter Radio Propagation Theory Notes:
http://www.wcflunatall.com/kn4lf8.htm
NZ4O Solar Cycle 24 Forecast Discussion & Archive:
http://www.wcflunatall.com/kn4lf72.htm
NZ4O LF/MF/HF/VHF Frequency Radiowave Propagation Email Reflector:
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/spaceweather
NZ4O Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted:
http://www.wcflunatall.com/globalwarminglie.htm

TWR Malawi committed to relay station
Per communications just received from James Burnett, Regional Engineer at Trans World Radio Africa, their TWR Malawi partner has committed to getting the Malawi shortwave relay station on the air by the end of the year.(Brandon Jordan, Cumbre DX)

Radio Progresso and Jerry Tolle
Reading recently about the closing of Radio Progreso after the military coup in Honduras,and the late Jerry Tolle who signed its veries, reminded me of my QSL from that station.Since QSLs sometimes take months or years, and since I expected to be moving occasionally while my parents were settled in their home, I used their address for many foreign reception reports. A March 1971 report for 4920 soon brought a long personal letter, with details about the station and its equipment, from Jerry E. Tolle, Gerente. The letter was in Spanish so I suspected he might be a native Honduran, although the language might have been the result of my reporting in Spanish. I was very surprised a short time later when my parents were visited by Jerry’s parents. They said he had grown up near my parents’ Kansas City, Kansas, home (I think it was next door, but it may have been a few houses away). In those days there were a number of Hondurans on SW, and a few were good verifiers, but Radio Progreso is the one I’ll always remember. (Wendel Craighead, KS)

Russia - Radio Tartarstan A09 schedule revision
All times UTC
0410-0500 Tatar/Russian 15110 to Russia/250kW via Samara
0610-0700 Tatar/Russian 9690 to Russia/250kW via Samara
0810-0900 Tatar/Russian 11925 to Russia/100kW via Samara
(AOKI/World News by Noel R. Green/DSWCI)

Radio Netherlands Program Guide - August 1-7

Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands Worldwide's English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands Worldwide this week, beginning on Saturday.
SATURDAY 1 August
*** The State We're In ***

This week, a special edition of The State We're In: the right to bike. We compare life in the bike lane in two cities - San Francisco and Amsterdam. We also hear from a man for whom having a bike is a matter of life and death - he's a bicycle ambulance driver for his village in Uganda. And we talk to a committed cyclist in Manhattan who lost twenty bikes to thieves and reached a point where he became an unwitting bike thief himself.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1535 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Network Europe Week ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Note that we run Network Europe Week every hour on Monday until 1600

*** Network Europe Extra ***

Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0300 North America
1200 North America
1500 Europe

SUNDAY 2 August
*** Radio Books (primary programme) ***

'The Distance' - by Jeroen Theunissen

Belgian poet and novelist Jereon Theunissen was born and lives in Ghent. His story 'The Distance' is about homelessness - but not the sort we usually think about. A Canadian man takes a job with a mining company in a remote part of the world. He is oblivious to local protests, understands little of the local language and sets off on a vacation which could change his perspective.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0930 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1430 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1530 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1830 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1930 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2030 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0430 North America
1030 Africa and Asia
1230 North America
1700 Europe
2230 Asia, North America, Safm

MONDAY 3 August
*** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***

This week on Curious Orange... it's the third and final part in our series celebrating the 400-year relationship between the Netherlands and New York.

We'll hear about Peter Stuyvesant - the 'Duke of New Amsterdam' with the silver peg leg and imposing profile. Producer David Swatling will tell us how the autocratic leader made some enemies in the struggling colony, but also brought it to its most illustrious period before losing it all to the English.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1540 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1540 Europe
1740 Europe
2240 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Network Europe Week ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1700 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1500 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530
1900 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

*** Euro Hit 40 ***

Europe's No.1 chart Show.

*** Classic Dox ***

Classic Dox presents the best of Radio Netherlands Worldwide documentaries from our archives on subjects ranging from human rights and development to arts, culture and history - as well as insightful or moving personal stories - many of which have won awards at international festivals.
'Verbal Fireworks' (originally broadcast 26-06-2005)

Alix Olson is an award-winning spoken word performance artist/activist whom a conservative women's organisation put on their list of the Top Ten Dangerous Women in America. Olson also introduced slam poetry to Europe at Rotterdam's Poetry International in 2000.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America, Africa, Asia
1200 North America

*** European Jazz Stage/ World Music ***

The stage is cleared for a lot of European jazz talent. The finalists of the 2007 European Jazz Competition for under-30s were British group Empirical, and ensembles from France, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. You can hear them all. You want to know who won? Then you've got to listen to the show!

All of that, on the European Jazz Stage with Daniel Frankl.

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***

Phenomenal performances by Dutch top orchestras.

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2007

'A tried and tested method to organise sound', is one description of the passacaglia. A ceaselessly repeated theme provides structure to varying melody lines. Live! at the Concertgebouw presents passacaglias by Rudolf Escher and Anton Webern. There's also a composition by the conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Benjamin, called Palimpsests.
The programme is hosted by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2008

With three orchestral pieces by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, Live! at the Concertgebouw is trying to get away from the cliché image of Finland, the land of a thousand lakes and never-ending forests. Vladímir Ashkenazy talks to programme host Hans Haffmans, and conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

TUESDAY 4 August
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***

This week, a special edition of The State We're In: the right to bike. We compare life in the bike lane in two cities - San Francisco and Amsterdam. We also hear from a man for whom having a bike is a matter of life and death - he's a bicycle ambulance driver for his village in Uganda. And we talk to a committed cyclist in Manhattan who lost twenty bikes to thieves and reached a point where he became an unwitting bike thief himself.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1030 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1430 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1530 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1030 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1530 Europe
1730 Europe
2230 Asia, North America

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

WEDNESDAY 5 August
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** Reloaded (primary programme) ***

Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1515 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1945 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

*** Newsline ***

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

THURSDAY 6 August
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** Earthbeat (primary programme) ***

Heirloom gastronomy. Find out what happened to the purple carrots and tartan turnips of our past as we take a look at forgotten vegetables. Also on the show, we'll be uncovering the toxic roads of Europe, and a guest talks of uncovering in cold places as we meet the arctic eco-swimmer.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1545 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1540 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

FRIDAY 7 August
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** Bridges with Africa (primary programme) ***

We take a sober look at this question: how strong is Al Qaeda really in Africa? Expect no simple answers.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0430 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1730 Europe
2230 Asia, North America

*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
(R Netherlands)

Media Broadcast updates summer A09 schedule

Germany - Summer A-09 of Media Broadcast

Part 1 0f 4

All times UTC

Voice of Croatia
0100-0500 9925 NAU 100 kW 325 deg to NWAm Croatian/English/Spanish
2200-0300 9925 WER 100 kW 240 deg to SoAm Croatian/English/Spanish
2300-0300 9925 WER 100 kW 300 deg to NEAm Croatian/English/Spanish

Radio Japan NHK World
0330-0400 6130 WER 250 kW 045 deg to RUS Russian
0430-0500 6130 WER 250 kW 060 deg to RUS Russian
0530-0600 9850 WER 500 kW 195 deg to WeAf French
0530-0600 11750 WER 500 kW 180 deg to WeAf French
0830-0900 15190 WER 500 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1200-1230 9790 WER 250 kW 300 deg to WeEu English
1300-1345 17595 WER 500 kW 075 deg to SoAs Bengali
1345-1515 17595 WER 500 kW 090 deg to SoAs Hindi/Urdu

Polish Radio External Service
1030-1100 11915 WER 100 kW 300 deg to WeEu Polish
1030-1100 11995 NAU 100 kW 100 deg to EaEu Polish
1100-1130 13745 WER 100 kW 060 deg to EaEu Russian
1100-1130 13840 WER 100 kW 090 deg to EaEu Russian
1130-1200 5965 WER 100 kW non-dir to WeEu German
1130-1200 5975 WER 100 kW 040 deg to WeEu German
1200-1300 7330 NAU 100 kW 005 deg to WeEu English
1200-1300 9525 WER 100 kW 300 deg to WeEu English
1300-1330 11835 WER 100 kW 060 deg to EaEu Russian
1300-1330 13690 WER 500 kW 060 deg to EaEu Russian
1330-1430 9440 JUL 100 kW 060 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1330-1430 11975 JUL 100 kW 070 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1430-1500 11750 JUL 100 kW 085 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1430-1500 11955 WER 100 kW 045 deg to EaEu Russian
1500-1530 9440 JUL 100 kW 070 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1500-1530 11750 WER 100 kW 075 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1530-1600 5975 WER 100 kW 045 deg to WeEu German
1530-1630 9670 JUL 100 kW 085 deg to EaEu Polish
1630-1700 9670 WER 100 kW 060 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1700-1800 7265 WER 040 kW 300 deg to NoEu English DRM
1700-1800 9790 ISS 100 kW 025 deg to NoEu English
1800-1830 6140 WER 100 kW 075 deg to EaEu Russian
1800-1830 9695 WER 100 kW 120 deg to EaEu Hebrew
1830-1900 6175 WER 100 kW 075 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1830-1930 6140 WER 100 kW 075 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1900-1930 6050 WER 100 kW 045 deg to EaEu Russian
1930-2000 6030 WER 040 kW non-dir to WeEu German DRM
1930-2000 6135 WER 100 kW 040 deg to WeEu German
2100-2200 6155 WER 100 kW 055 deg to EaEu Polish
2100-2200 7245 NAU 250 kW 220 deg to WeEu Polish

WYFR (Family Radio):
1800-1900 3975 WER 100 kW non-dir to CeEu Hungarian
1800-1900 9635 NAU 250 kW 230 deg to SoEu Spanish
1800-1900 9895 WER 100 kW 105 deg to SEEu Romanian
1900-2000 3975 WER 100 kW non-dir to SEEu Serbian
1700-1900 9565 NAU 250 kW 065 deg to EaEu Russian
1600-1700 11670 NAU 500 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1700-1800 11850 WER 500 kW 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1600-1700 13645 WER 500 kW 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
1700-1800 11885 WER 500 kW 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
1800-1900 11600 WER 250 kW 150 deg to NoAf Arabic
1900-2000 9590 WER 500 kW 150 deg to NoAf Arabic
1900-2000 11840 WER 500 kW 210 deg to WeAf French
2000-2200 6115 NAU 250 kW 210 deg to WeAf Arabic
2200-2300 7420 WER 250 kW 210 deg to WeAf Arabic
1700-1800 13840 WER 100 kW 180 deg to NEAf Arabic
1800-1900 13790 WER 500 kW 180 deg to WCAf Hausa
1900-2200 9610 WER 500 kW 180 deg to WCAf English
2000-2100 9595 WER 500 kW 180 deg to WCAf French
2100-2200 9720 WER 500 kW 180 deg to WCAf French
1600-1700 15750 NAU 500 kW 155 deg to EaAf Amharic
1700-1800 15750 NAU 500 kW 155 deg to EaAf Swahili
1400-1500 13605 WER 250 kW 075 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1300-1500 15255 NAU 500 kW 084 deg to SoAs Bengali
1400-1500 13660 WER 500 kW 090 deg to SoAs Sinhala
1400-1600 15670 WER 500 kW 090 deg to SoAs Hindi
1400-1600 15715 WER 500 kW 090 deg to SoAs Kannada
1500-1600 13830 WER 250 kW 075 deg to SoAs Gujarati
1500-1700 15370 NAU 500 kW 095 deg to SoAs Tamil
1600-1700 11680 WER 500 kW 090 deg to SoAs Hindi
1700-1800 11730 WER 250 kW 075 deg to SoAs Punjabi
1400-1500 15690 ISS 500 kW 088 deg to SoAs Malayalam
2200-0100 11965 GUF 250 kW 170 deg to SoAm Portuguese
0000-0100 9760 GUF 250 kW 215 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0300 9760 GUF 250 kW 215 deg to SoAm Spanish
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 31)
(DX Mix News #583 via wb, Germany, Alokesh Gupta, India, Rachel Baughn/MT)

Media Broadcast (former T-Systems) operates transmitters in Germany leased by shortwave stations, clandestines, and independent stations throughout the world. Located in northwest Germany, MB, is recognized as one of the leading transmission sites in Europe.
(World QSL Book)

Update on new Brazilian station on 60 meters

Name: Radio Maria
Callsign: ZYF-692
Frequency: 4885
Power: 1 kW

Tentative schedule: daily 0400- 2100 UTC

Studios located at Taguatinga (Brasilia)
Xmtter Site located at Anapolis-GO

This station was formerly Radio Carajas, later got to be Radio Voz do Coracao Imaculado, and after a period of inactivity was purchased by Fundacao Nossa Senhora Aparecida, an institution of the Catholic Church, which is reactivating it as Radio Maria.
Horacio A. Nigro
Montevideo
Uruguay
(DXplorer June 29/BC-DX #920 via wb, Germany)

4885 Radio Maria. At the time of observation, catholic preaching, musical break and phone-ins w/ listeners' prayers to Our Lady [yes, maybe a phone nr.]. (...): not Radio Difa Acreana nor Radio Club do Para, but tests from a new station owned by the Our Lady of Aparecida Foundation; tx site at Anapolis GO, day time power 1 kW/night time power [says 212 kW which is a mistake, so most probably 212 watt or then 0.12 kW if there was some typing mistake],
ANATEL registered call sign ZYF 692, name "Radio Voz do Coracao da Imaculada."

Other data:
GC: 16 15 25 00 S 49 01 08 00 W, Base tower: 91.4 m ASL One main tx, 2 standby units. Manufacturer "Indelmond" - Industria e Comercio de Aparelhos Electronicos, Lda. Tx model [doesn't say which]:
TBI-OT-1.

Radio Voz do Coracao Imaculado, ex-Radio Carajas, was inactive and was sold four years ago to the Our Lady of Aparecida Foundation which is reactivating this channel under the new name "Radio Maria", so new ownership, new station albeit using the rig and site of the original station.
(BC-DX #920)

Radio Peace adjust shortwave frequency

Radio Peace Technical Team to Make Frequency Change

Spotsylvania, Virginia, July 28, 2009 - During a routine maintenance and resupply trip this week, the Radio Peace technical team plans to fine tune both of the transmitters which carry Christian broadcasts to tens of thousands of people in South Sudan, southern Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and North Sudan. In the process, engineer Livingstone Kiniaru will change the frequency of the 4750 kHz shortwave transmitter to 4740 kHz to avoid an interference problem that has been created by another broadcaster in the neighboring country of Uganda. This rather simple adjustment will allow the Radio Peace programs to be heard clearly in five languages once again across its coverage area in South Sudan and southern Darfur. Pray that this technical procedure will be successful and that both Livingstone and mechanic Sam Sele will have safe travel to and from Radio Peace this week. Also, pray for our transmitter operators and security crew who live at the broadcast facility in South Sudan.
(Global Endeavor/ http://www.globalendeavor.com/)

0230-0400 UTC Daily English/Arabic/Vernaculars 4740 to Southern Sudan (ex 4750)
1600-1745v UTC Daily English/Arabic/Vernaculars 4740 to Southern Sudan (ex 4750)

Radio Peace's lead organizations are Educational Media Corporation and the Persecution Project Foundation, along with various support groups.

Address: Educational Media Corporation, P.O. Box 905, Spotsylvania, VA 22553 USA and Persecution Project Foundation, P.O. Box 1327, Culpeper, VA 22701-6327 USA

Website: http://www.edmedia.org/ http://www.persecutionproject.org/

Email: info@edmedia.org and info@persecutionproject.org

(BDXC)

Sri Lanka's SLBC slated for improvements on July 29

Empowering the new transmitters and opening the digital archives in the national radio will takes place this morning.

Wednesday, 29 July 2009 07:50
Empowering the new transmission equipments and opening of the new digital Archives at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation will be taken place under the patronage of Minsiter Anura Priyadarshana Yapa this morning. SLBC has increased its broadcasting capacity by fixing 6 new transmission machines in the Colombo premises. Main Engineer of the SLBC Wimal Priyadarshana says this heighten the listening quality of national radio. New digital archives has also been set up in order to conserve old and important tapes and records of the national radio. SLBC archives is the leading electronic media archives in the Asian Region.

Meanwhile SLBC Chairman Hudson Samarasinghe says media can achieve an enormous task in enhancing relationship between the Sinhalese and Tamil communities. National radio has started several projects in order to achieve this responsibility. MR.Samarasinghe revealed these facts at a media briefing held Colombo to introduce the latest radio drama series produced by Young Asia Television Company. These dramas will be broadcast on Wednesdays and Fridays both Sinhala and Tamil National Services. He further said that measures have been taken to increase quality of broadcast by fixing modern equipments. The national radio will give priority to enhance relationship among the ethnic communities.
(SLBC Press Release)
Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi, India

Radio Netherlands website improvements

As regular readers of this blog know, the performance and accessibility have been impaired by technical problems that have affected the RNW websites. Today our webmaster told me that on Wednesday 29 July they will place the RNW blogs into a separate database, which hopefully will not be affected by the ongoing website problems. So I am cautiously optimistic that we will see an improvement in performance. Once again, thank you for your patience.
(Andy Sennitt/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Blog Logs

This edition of shortwave BLOG LOGS, represents a portion of logs recently cut from my Broadcast Logs column in Monitoring Times magazine at www.monitoringtimes.com/, due to space constraints. Contributions are always welcome for the magazine or blog, and may be directed to the above email address in the masthead. Thanks very much to the contributors and blog readers for your kind words and continued support.
Gayle Van Horn

All times UTC

Frequencies in kHz, English unless otherwise indicated // parallel frequencies.
* sign-on - sign-off *

Anguilla Caribbean Beacon 6090, 0349. SIO 333. Replay for the late Doc Scott’s sermon series. (MacKenzie).

Bolivia
Radio Kawsachun Coca 6075, 1050-1057. Aymara programmming with brief talks and items about farming problems in Peru. SINPO 34433 (Slaen).

Bulgaria
Radio Bulgaria 9700, 2330. History Club program on the history of the Bulgarian Post. SIO 555. Noted on // 11700 (SIO 554) (Fraser).

Canada
China Radio International relay 6080, 0425. Comments and editorial on the Industrial Bank
of China. “CRI” station ID // 6030 (SIO 333) (MacKenzie).

Voice of Vietnam relay 6175, 0340. Announcers exchange of chat and news and Obama’s problems regarding Iran (MacKenzie).

China
Firedrake (non-stop Chinese music jamming). Scan from 7100-1900, 1220-1240 + 1320 + 1409. Noted on 8400 // 9000 both with good signals. During the gap at 1400,* observed 8400 kept their transmitter on, while 9000 was off the air. Frequency 8400 came back on at 1404, while 9000 kHz signed off at 1405 (Howard).

Clandestine
RADS-Radio Nacional Saharaui 6300, 2220-2232. Arabic programing of announcers’ talk and Arabic music vocals. SINPO 24342 (Slaen).

Costa Rica
Radio Exterior Espana relay 9630, 0338. Spanish programming from announcer duo including news and ID (MacKenzie).

Cuba
Radio Habana Cuba 5990, 2305. News and Reports on CRI program. SIO 554. Noted on 6220, 0358-0405.+ Strong interference from Spain's Radio Exterior Espana on 6055. (Frodge).

France
Radio France International 15605, 1750. Program of pop vocal music tunes with an SIO of 453 (Fraser).

Germany
Croatian Radio/Voice of Croatia 9925, 2215-2225. Croatian news to 2220, followed by international newscast, ID, sports roundup and weather update. Next feature on sardines and anchovie cuisine (Frodge).

Guam
Trans World Radio (Agana) 9910, 1212-1221. Mongolian (per schedule). Lady announcer speaking, followed contemporary Christian music at 1213. Additional announcer talk at 1214. Poor signal. Evans)

India
All India Radio-Bengaluru, National Channel 9425, 1431-1500. English news buttetin to National Channel identification with frequencies. Program Vivdha interviewing a professor concerning urban planning and management. The Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule continues for this program (Howard).

Indonesia
RRI Makassar 4749.95, 1159-1232.+ Song-of-the-Coconut-Island interval signal, followed by Jakarts program. Local talk from 1226-1232 tune out. Fair signal quality (Wilkins).

Israel
Galei Zahal 6973, 0143-0200. Hebrew programming of announcer’s talk segments between pop music ballads. Live comedy routines at 0148 to announcer’s talk-over wind instruments. Reveille and station ID at 0158 and martial-like music. Presumed commercial string and newscast at 0300. Signal fair at best (Barbour).

Madagascar
Radio Sweden relay 7395, 2030. Report on first swine flu case in Sweden. SIO 454 (Fraser).

Malaysia
Klasik Nasional 5964.92, 1106-1125. News in progress to Klasik Nasional jingle. Qur’an verses alternating with flute music and commentaries. Tuned out at 1125 (Wilkins).

Malaysia/Sarawak
Limbang FM and Wai FM 7270 via RTM, 1308-1335 + 1405. Program in vernacular to “RTM” news and DJ’s pop music. Singing “Limbang” jingle. Poor-fair signal quality with China’s PBS Nei Menggu interference. At 1405, caught the change over to Wai FM programming, singing “Wai FM” jingle (Howard).

Mali
RTV du Mali 5995, 0730-0745. “Ici Radio Mali” in French at 0730 then into newscast. Presumed commentary or editorial, sprinkled with “Radio Mali” IDs for poor signal quality (Barker).

New Zealand
Radio New Zealand International 6170, 0800-0835. Time signal pips to station ID and five minute newscast. Music from the Pacific program with island music. Great early morning listening (Barker).

Northern Marianas
KFBS (saipan-Marpi) 11650, 1221-1230. Religious talk in Russian to contemporary Christian vocal music at 1225. Talk from lady announcer at 1230. Signal poor but steady (Evans).

Oman
BBC WS relay (presumed) 9430, 0211-0215.* Listed as the Azeri service with news items and sound bites. Station pulled the plug in mid-sentence at 0215. Signal fair (Barbour).

Romania
Radio Romania International 9790, 2226. Romanian news features, SIO 453. Noted on // 11940 // 9675 // 7440 with SIO 453 (Frodge) RRI 11735, 1708 with Romanian Business Environment program. SIO 454 (Fraser).

Russia
Radio Rossii via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka 5920, 1242-1300.* Pop Russian and English music tunes. Station ID and time pips, carrier off at 1302. Fair audio with moderate warble. Signal // to 5940 Magadan (fair) 7200 via Yakutsk (weak) and 7320 via Magadan (weak). Audio was fine on the other frequencies, 7200 is the only one continuing past 1300 (scheduled for 1500 sign-off (Howard).

Rwanda
Deutsche Welle relay 11865, 2110. Report on G-8 meeting in Italy, SIO 454. Noted on // 15205 (also Rwanda) (Fraser).

Singapore
BBC relay via Kranji 9740, 1118. News regarding U.S. Supreme Court nominee and a BBC promo. Various news items, audible too weak amid interference (Barbour).

Spain
Radio Exterior Espana 9665, 1940. Cultural news items between musical bridges, SIO 453 (Fraser).

Thailand
BBC WS relay (Nakhon Sawan) 11750, 1238-1245. Announcer duo with harsh political comments regarding Gordon Brown. Good signal with some fading. (Evans). Harsh political comments ? Geez... ya oughta hear what we say about Obama !!!

USA
WBCQ Monticello, Maine (presumed) 5109.85, 2255-2303. Funky music to brief NPR news at 2300. No ID heard, SIO 354, best to monitor in USB (Frodge).

Armed Forces Radio Network/AFRTS 7811 (via Key West, FL) 2238. Sports program, mentions of “AFRN.” SIO 323 (Frodge).

WINB 9265, 2245. Screaming preacher for poor signal quality (Frodge).

WRMI Miami, FL 9955, 2213-2230. Spanish programming with mentions of “pueblo de Cuca" (Cuba Libre ?) SIO 4+33 on peak with grinder interference (Frodge).

WWCR 7465, 2205. Golden Age of Radio show on the Great Gildersleeve. SIO 454 (Fraser).

Venezuela
Radio Nacional de Venezuela via Havana, Cuba relay. Talks about DXing. Station ID noted as, “Radio Nacional de Venezuela, Canal Internacional.” SINPO 34433 (Slaen).

Thank you to the following contributors
Scott Barbour
Bruce Barker, PA
Jim Evans, TN
Bob Fraser, ME
Harold Frodge, MI
Stewart MacKenzie, CA
Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina
JohnWilkins, CO

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2009 Jul 28 2021 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and web SWPC contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#

Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
20 - 26 July 2009

Solar activity was very low. No flares were observed. The visible disk was spotless.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels during 20 - 22 July. Fluxes rose to moderate levels during 23 - 24 July. Fluxes rose to high levels during 25 - 26 July.

Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels during 20 - 21 July. Activity increased to major storm levels from 0300 - 1200 UTC on 22 July. Activity decreased to quiet to unsettled levels for the remainder of the day and continuing through 25 July. Activity decreased to quiet levels at all latitudes on 26 July. ACE solar wind measurements indicated the storm conditions on 22 July were associated with the onset of a coronal hole high-speed wind stream.
Solar wind velocities began to gradually increase early on 22 July and eventually reached a maximum of 601 km/sec at 24/0158 UTC. Velocities gradually decreased during the rest of the period.
Interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) changes associated with the onset of the high-speed stream included an increase in IMF Bt (peak 18 nT at 22/0533 UTC) and a sustained period of southward IMF Bz (minimum -18 nT at 22/0703 UTC).

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
29 July - 24 August 2009

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels during 21 - 22 August. Normal to moderate flux levels are expected during the rest of the period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 29 July - 04 August. Quiet levels, with isolated unsettled periods, are expected during 05-06 August due to a recurrent coronal hole. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 07 - 08 August. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels during 09 - 10 August, again due to recurrence. A decrease to quiet levels is expected during 11 - 17 August. A subsequent increase to active
to minor storm levels is expected on 18 August due to another recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels on 19 August followed by a further
decrease to quiet levels during the rest of the period.


Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2009 Jul 28 2021 UTC
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2009 Jul 28
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2009 Jul 29 69 5 2
2009 Jul 30 70 5 2
2009 Jul 31 70 5 2
2009 Aug 01 70 5 2
2009 Aug 02 70 5 2
2009 Aug 03 70 5 2
2009 Aug 04 70 5 2
2009 Aug 05 70 8 3
2009 Aug 06 70 7 3
2009 Aug 07 69 5 2
2009 Aug 08 68 5 2
2009 Aug 09 68 8 3
2009 Aug 10 68 8 3
2009 Aug 11 68 5 2
2009 Aug 12 68 5 2
2009 Aug 13 68 5 2
2009 Aug 14 68 5 2
2009 Aug 15 68 5 2
2009 Aug 16 68 5 2
2009 Aug 17 68 5 2
2009 Aug 18 68 18 5
2009 Aug 19 68 8 3
2009 Aug 20 68 5 2
2009 Aug 21 69 7 3
2009 Aug 22 70 5 2
2009 Aug 23 70 5 2
2009 Aug 24 70 5 2
(NOAA)

BBC Russia launches online history archives

The website of the BBC Russian service – bbcrussian.com – launched an archive of significant historical radio programs from the past 45 years today. Among the voices featured in the audio archive are Alexander Kerensky, Prime Minister during the 1917 Russian Revolution; Nobel Laureates for Literature Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Joseph Brodsky; one of Russia’s great poets Anna Akhmatova; and Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva.
It also features former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Beatle Paul McCartney – both of whom took part in live phone-ins with audiences in the USSR in the Eighties.
The archive – which can be accessed through the radio page on bbcrussian.com – brings together more than 50 hours of audio from nearly half a century. It is divided into sections on Culture, Society, Britain, History and Music.
The oldest recording in the archive is BBC Russian’s coverage of the funeral of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965. First recorded in 1982, author Alexander Solzhenitsyn reads his seminal work One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich. More recently, there are archive recordings of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist who was murdered in 2006 in Moscow. There are also many recordings of the BBC Russian commentator Anatoly Goldberg who, for many generations of listeners in the Soviet Union, was a household name.
Among the programmes, clips and speeches are old editions of iconic programmes like Sevaoborot – featuring legendary broadcaster Seva Novgorodsev – Citizen Of The World, and London A-Z.
Sarah Gibson, Head of BBC Russian, says: “The Russian service continues to take pride in the range of topical voices it puts on air. This archive will allow a new generation to hear some of the pivotal events and people which have appeared on the BBC in Russian, many of whom have had a profound impact on Russian life over the last century.”
Now that the vintage programmes have been digitised, BBC Russian plans to donate the original tapes of its historical archive to the Hoover Institution in the United States.
(Source: BBC World Service International Publicity/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Voice of America summer schedule update

Voice of America - A09 Multilingual schedule update

Part 1 of 2

All times UTC

Afan Oromo
1730-1800 on 11520 11905 11925 12140 13870 Mon-Fri

Albanian
0500-0530 on 5945
1600-1630 on 9605
1830-1900 on 3995

Amharic
1800-1900 on 11520 11905 11925 12140 13870

Arabic
1630-0400 on 990 1170 1431 1548
(Radio Sawa) 0400-1630 on 990 1170 1548
Arabic-Sudan 0300-0330 on 4960 5995 9650
Hello Darfur 1800-1830 on 4960 9650 11635
1900-1930 on 5880 9650 11635

Azerbaijani
1730-1800 on 5830 7215 13580

Bangla
0130-0200 on 11735 15205
1600-1700 on 1575 7260 9320

Burmese
0000-0030 on 1575 6035 7430 9325
1130-1230 on 11965 15620 17775
1430-1500 on 1575 5865 9325 11910 12120
1500-1530 on 5865 9325 11910 12120
1500-1530 on 1575 Sat/Sun
1530-1600 on 1575 5865 9940
1600-1630 on 5865 9940
2300-2400 on 6185 7430 9325

Cantonese
1300-1500 on 1170 7365 9355

Chinese
0000-0200 on 9545 11830 11925 15150 15385 17765
0200-0300 on 9545 11830 11925 15385 17765
0700-0900 on 13610 13740 15250 17775 17855 21705
0900-1000 on 11825 11965 13610 13740 15250 15665 17775 17855
1000-1100 on 9575 11825 11965 12040 13610 15250 15665 17855
1100-1200 on 1170 6110 9575 11785 11825 11990 12040 15255
1200-1230 on 6110 9845 11785 11825 11990 12040 15255
1230-1300 on 6110 9845 11785 11805 11825 12040 15255
1300-1400 on 6110 9845 9985 11785 11805 11990 12040
1400-1500 on 6110 9845 11615 11805 11990 12040
2200-2300 on 6135 7205 9510 9845 11925 13775

Creole
1130-1200 on 9660 15390 Mon-Fri
1630-1700 on 15390 17565
2100-2130 on 11895 13725 15390

Croatian
0430-0500 on 5975
1830-1845 on 6060 7295

Dari
0130-0230 on 1296 9335 12140
(Radio Ashna) 1530-1630 on 1296 9335 15090 15380
1730-1830 on 1296 9335 11565 11580
1930-2030 on 1296 7555 7595

English
to Africa
300-0400 on 909 1530 4930 6080 9885 15580
0400-0430 on 909 1530 4930 4960 6080 9885 15580
0430-0500 on 909 4930 4960 6080 9885 15580
0500-0600 on 909 4930 6080 12080 15580
0600-0700 on 909 1530 6080 12080 15580
1400-1500 on 4930 6080 13570 15580 17585
1500-1600 on 4930 6080 13570 15580 17895
1600-1700 on 909 1530 4930 6080 9885 15580 17715
1700-1730 on 6080 9885 11835 15580
1700-1800 on 15675 Sat/Sun
1730-1800 on 6080 9885 15580 17895
1800-1830 on 6080 9885 11975 15580 17895
1800-1830 on 909 4930 Sat/Sun
1830-1900 on 909 4930 6080 9885 11975 15580 17895
1900-2000 on 909 4930 4940 6120 6080 9885 15580 17895
2000-2030 on 909 1530 4930 4940 6080 9885 15580 17895
2030-2100 on 909 1530 4930 6080 9885 15580 17895
2100-2200 on 1530 6080 15580

English
to Far East/South Asia/Oceania
0100-0200 on 7430 9780 11705
1100-1130 on 1575 Mon-Fri
1130-1200 on 1575
1200-1300 on 1170 6140 7575 9510 9760 12075
1300-1400 on 7575 9340 9510 9760
1400-1500 on 7545 7575 9760 11715
1500-1600 on 7545 7575 9700 12150
2200-2300 on 5895 5915 7460 7480 9415 11955
2230-2400 on 1575 Fri/Sat

English
to Europe/Middle East & North Africa
1400-1500 on 15530 17740
1500-1600 on 12005 15530

English
to Zimbabwe
1730-1800 on 909 4930 11605 15775 Mon-Thu
1810-1820 on 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri
1720-1740 on 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri-Sun

English
to Afghanistan
2030-0030 on 1296 7555

Special English
0030-0100 on 1575 1593 7430 9715 9780 11725 15205 15290
15560 17820
0130-0200 on 1593 6040 9820 Tue-Sat
1500-1600 on 6160 7520 9485 9760 15550
1600-1700 on 12080 13570 17895
1600-1700 on 1170 Mon-Fri
1900-2000 on 7480 9780
2230-2300 on 9570 11705 15145
2300-2330 on 1593 9570 13755 15145
2330-2400 on 1593 7460 9570 13755 15145 15340

Part 2 of 2

French
to Africa
0530-0600 on 1530 4960 6035 6095 9885 13710 Mon-Fri
0600-0630 on 4960 6035 6095 9885 13710 Mon-Fri
1830-2000 on 1530 6170 9815 17550
2000-2030 on 6170 9815 12080 15730 17550
2030-2100 on 4940 9815 9830 12080 15225 15730 Sat/Sun
2100-2130 on 9815 9830 12035 12080 Mon-Fri

Georgian
1530-1600 on 11945 15460
1600-1630 on 9850 15460
1700-1800 on 7480 15455

Hausa
0500-0530 on 1530 4960 6045 9600
0700-0730 on 4960 11785 17800
1500-1530 on 11890 11905 13750
2030-2100 on 4940 6170 7355 9815 15185 Mon-Fri

Indonesian
0000-0030 on 9535 11805 13705
1130-1230 on 9700 9890 12010
1400-1500 on 7550 9945 Thu-Sat
2200-2400 on 7225 9535 11805

Khmer
1330-1430 on 1575 5955 11540
2200-2230 on 1575 6060 9325 15340

Kinyarwanda & Kirundi
0330-0430 on 6095 7340 11905
1600-1630 on 11640 12015 15730 Sat

Korean
1200-1300 on 1350 5890 7225 9490
1300-1330 on 1350 5890 7225 11740
1330-1500 on 1188 5890 7225 11740
1900-2100 on 648 6060 7365 9510

Kurdish
0500-0600 on 7230 9770 15380
1300-1400 on 9825 13680 15130 15530
1400-1500 on 1593 9825 13680 15130
1700-1800 on 9770 11950 15130
2000-2100 on 1593

Laotian
1230-1300 on 1575 9810 11930

Ndebele
1800-1830 on 909 4930 11605 15775 Mon-Thu
1820-1830 on 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri
1740-1800 on 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri-Sun

Pashto
0030-0130 on 1296 7555 9335
(Radio Ashna) 1430-1530 on 1296 9335 15090 15380
1630-1730 on 1296 9335 11565 11580
1830-1930 on 1296 7555 7595

Pashto
(Radio Deewa) 0000-0300 on 9380 11535 12015
1200-1800 on 7495 9310 9380 9780

Persian
0230-0330 on 9695 11870 17855
1530-1600 on 1593 6040 9405 11780
1600-1700 on 1593 6040 9840 11780
1700-1730 on 1593 6040 9840 9855
1730-1800 on 1593 6040 7455 9840
1800-1830 on 648 1593 5860 6040 7455
1830-1900 on 648 5860 6040 7455
1900-1930 on 5860 6040 7455
1930-2030 on 5860 7455 9310

Portuguese
to Africa
1000-1030 on 17740 21590 Sat/Sun
1700-1730 on 1530 11960 12080
1730-1800 on 1530 9815 11960 12080 15730
1800-1830 on 1530 11960 12080 15730 Mon-Fri

Shona
1700-1730 on 909 4930 11605 15775 Mon-Thu
1800-1810 on 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri
1700-1720 on 909 4930 11605 15775 Fri-Sun

Somali
0330-0400 on 5945 12110 15430
1300-1400 on 12110 15170
1600-1630 on 1431 12110 15430
1630-1800 on 12110 15430

Spanish
1130-1200 on 9885 13715 15590 Mon-Fri
1200-1230 on 9885 13715 15590
2300-2400 on 5890 6110 9825

Swahili
0300-0330 on 7380 9440 Mon-Fri
1630-1730 on 9815 15365 15730

Tibetan
0000-0100 on 7250 9480 9855
0300-0600 on 15265 15490 17735
1400-1500 on 7465 11510 11975
1600-1700 on 7330 7565 9565

Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 11520 11905 11925 12140 13870 Mon-Fri

Turkish
0330-0400 on 7265 Mon-Fri
1045-1100 on 15240 17565 Mon-Fri
1830-1900 on 9840 12025 Mon-Fri

Urdu
0000-0100 on 972 1539 7460 9515
(AapKiDunyaa) 1300-1400 on 972 1539 11835 15725
1400-2400 on 972 1539

Uzbek
1500-1530 on 801 9670 12110 13755 15450

Vietnamese
1300-1330 on 1575 5955 9720
1500-1600 on 1170 5955 7455 9355
(R. BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 17/DX Mix News #581, # 582via wb, Germany)

High speed internet goes live in East Africa

Internet broadband has become a reality in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda for the first time after one of the four awaited undersea cables was finally switched on today. The Seacom cable went live simultaneously in the four countries in addition to South Africa, and the Kenya portion of the cable was immediately connected to five Internet service providers. However, Seacom officials declined to name the ISPs because their customer contracts barred them from revealing such information.
Seacom, a privately-funded consortium, laid the cable at a cost of US$865m. It is due to be connected to Rwanda in two weeks. The commissioning was marked with a live telecast by Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete in Dar es Salaam with the media in Kampala, Maputo, Johannesburg, London and Marseilles. “The arrival of this cable signals the beginning of a new era in the telecommunications sector,” said Mr Kikwete. “History has been made.”
Cisco Systems vice-president Le Roux, whose firm provided the technology for the cable, said: “Today is the day technology has arrived in Africa.” Seacom announced that it would offer wholesale prices in the range of $100 per Megabyte, with even more subsidised costs of between $10-$25 to schools, and research and health institutions.
“I can emphatically state that broadband will change the connectivity and economy of Africa,” said Seacom president Brian Herlihy in a live feed from the Tanzanian capital.
(Source: Daily Nation/R Netherlands Media Network)

Algeria to adjust work week to Sunday-Thursday

Algeria’s government has decided to break with the 33-year-old practice of observing the weekend on Thursdays and Fridays. The cabinet has ruled that starting from next month the official weekend will be moved to Friday and Saturday, in line with the practice in many Middle Eastern states.
Investors complain that having the weekend on Thursdays and Fridays, with Saturdays and Sundays as working days, meant they only had three days a week to conduct business with partners outside Algeria. The practice had been costing Algeria between $500 and $700 million in lost business each year, according to estimates from business lobby groups.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen also mark the weekend on Thursday and Friday. Kuwait switched to a Friday-Saturday weekend two years ago as part of efforts to promote its non-oil economy.
“It’s a very good move,” said one Algerian businessman who works with foreign companies. “If they moved it to Saturday and Sunday it would be even better,” said the businessman, who did not want to be named.
(Source: Reuters/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

This will likely effect the following Radio Algerienne shortwave schedule, posted 22 July 2009. Monitoring observations are welcomed from blog readers.

Broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
transmitters via Issoudun, France

Radio Algerienne, Algeria
All times UTC

Arabic
0400-0600 7295* targeted to Africa & Spain
0500-0700 9535* targeted to Africa & Spain
1800-1900 11775** targeted to Africa & Spain
1900-2000 9375** targeted to Africa & Spain
1900-2000 11775* targeted to Africa & Spain
2000-2100 9375* targeted to Africa & Spain
2000-2100 7495** targeted to Africa & Spain
2100-2300 5875** targeted to Africa & Spain
* May 09-09 Sept; ** 29 Mar 09-25 Oct 09. All transmitters via Issoudun, France.
Schedule confirmed from on-air monitoring, and is a revision from previous listings via WRTH 09 and the station’s A09 release.
(Mike Ford, UK/World News by Noel R. Green/DSWCI)

Number of German online radio stations increases

The number of German online radio stations has sharply risen in the past few years. By April 2009, there were 1,914 online radio stations. By the end of 2009, the number will increase to approximately 2,200 – a five-fold increase in stations since 2006, when there were around 450).
Nearly four fifths of German online radio stations are available only on the Internet. The others are live streams of FM radio stations (so called simulcast streams). Online radio presents significant opportunities for FM stations. They can extend their scope and obtain completely new target groups through specialised web offerings. By now, over 120 online channels from FM radio stations exist in Germany.
With the publication of Webradio Monitor 2009 the Bavarian regulatory authority for commercial broadcasting / BLM and Berlin strategy consultant Goldmedia present a comprehensive market overview of providers, use, scope, and ad revenue among German online radio stations. The study is based upon extensive primary data research, through surveys of all online radio providers in Germany, conducted from May to June of 2009.
Based upon a large, representative sample of German online radio stations, Goldmedia estimated that they had 7.5 million users per day at the end of 2008. Through massive growth of broadband Internet and an increasing number of online radio offerings, the user level will climb to about 21 million by 2013. As this takes place, online radio will win increasing attractiveness for the advertising industry. However, standardised performance data to confirm ad effectiveness and document the market situation is still missing.
The current scope of online radio stations varies significantly, demonstrating the growth potential of the online radio market. According to Goldmedia analyses, the streams of the local FM radio stations reach up to 8,000 users daily, and the statewide broadcasters reach up to 125,000, depending on how well known they are. Highly successful online-only streams are accessed up to 500,000 times daily.
Based on provider responses, online radio stations are listened to for an average of 73 minutes per day. At 91 minutes, the simulcast streams of FM broadcasters have a distinctly longer use per day than online-only channels, which average 64 minutes. The online radio providers surveyed expect an average daily use of 147 minutes by 2012 and a stronger alignment of usage behaviour for online-only offers and for FM radio streams.
(Source: Webradio Monitor/BLM/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Additional information
http://www.pr-inside.com/number-of-online-radios-grows-rapidly-r1404085.htm

Solar cycle update

There is a growing solar plage at approximately S16W11. It has the latitude of a solar cycle 23 magnetic disturbance and could begin producing sunspots during the next 48 hour period. If it were to produce sunspots we could be looking at a further extension of already record long solar cycle 23.

Or it could turn out to be a lower than normal latitude solar cycle 24 sunspot group. Stay tuned.
73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o@arrl.net
eList Owner/Moderator

Radio Netherlands Program Guide - July 25-31

Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands Worldwide's English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands Worldwide this week, beginning on Saturday.

SATURDAY 25 July
*** The State We're In ***

This week on The State We're In, we explore whether there's a right to die with dignity - and if there is, whether it includes euthanasia. We also look at the right to reproduce: who has that right, and those who long to have it.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1535 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

*** Network Europe Week ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Note that we run Network Europe Week every hour on Monday until 1600

*** Network Europe Extra ***

Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0300 North America
1200 North America
1500 Europe

SUNDAY 26 July
*** Radio Books (primary programme) ***

'The City Must Know Everything' - by Khalid Boudou

Award-winning author Khalid Boudou was born in Morocco in 1974 and has lived in the Netherlands since he was four years old. In his story 'The City Must Know Everything' a man wanders the centre of town where for years he worked as a social worker. But the job has taken a toll on his psyche.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0930 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1430 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1530 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1830 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1930 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2030 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0430 North America
1030 Africa and Asia
1230 North America
1700 Europe
2230 Asia, North America, Safm

MONDAY 27 July
*** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***

This week on Curious Orange it's Pioneers & Patroonships - part 2 in our series celebrating the 400-year relationship between the Netherlands and New York.

This week we meet some of the brave pioneers who made up the farming settlements, or patroonships, in the new Dutch colony. We'll hear about their relationships with the natives and how they began to build the port city of New Amsterdam. We'll also find out why the New Netherland experiment nearly failed.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1540 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1540 Europe
1740 Europe
2240 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Network Europe Week ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1700 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1500 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530
1900 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

*** Euro Hit 40 ***

Europe's No.1 chart Show.

*** Classic Dox ***

Classic Dox presents the best of Radio Netherlands Worldwide documentaries from our archives on subjects ranging from human rights and development to arts, culture and history - as well as insightful or moving personal stories - many of which have won awards at international festivals.
Seamus Heany: Bogging in Again (originally broadcast 04-11-2006)

Seamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Since then he's been quoted by presidents, his translation of Beowulf became a best-seller, and he praised rapper Eminem for encouraging interest in poetry among young people. Perro de Jong met the poet at Poetry International 2006.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America, Africa, Asia
1200 North America

*** European Jazz Stage/ World Music ***

It's an unlikely story. A musician born in the heartland of classical music, in Vienna - Austria - moves to the USA in 1958 and turns the jazz scene on its head. The name of this Mozart of the jazz world is Joe Zawinul. This week's European Jazz Stage is a tribute to this influential keyboard player who extended the boundaries of jazz beyond belief.
All of that, on the European Jazz Stage with Daniel Frankl.

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***

Phenomenal performances by Dutch top orchestras.

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2007

Live! at the Concertgebouw explores the minor modes. d minor, is it sombre, devotional or pious? Listen to Symphony no. 6 by Johann Wilhelm Wilms to find out. And there's also c minor, the key of Schubert's Symphony No. 4. That's not all, the concert includes devotional pieces by Felix Mendelssohn and Johann Sebastian Bach, too.
The programme is hosted by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2008

The more we find out about Beethoven, the more we are forced to see his music in a different light, says director Paavo Järvi. Hear what he means when he is leading the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra through Beethoven's Overture Fidelio and his Piano Concerto No. 5. Also in the programme are works by Bartok and Kodály. Your host, as usual, is Hans Haffmans.

TUESDAY 28 July
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***

This week on The State We're In, Midweek Edition, we explore whether there's a right to die with dignity - and if there is, whether it includes euthanasia. We also look at the right to reproduce: who has that right, and those who long to have it.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1030 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1430 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1530 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1030 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1530 Europe
1730 Europe
2230 Asia, North America

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

WEDNESDAY 29 July
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** Reloaded (primary programme) ***

Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1515 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1945 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

*** Newsline ***

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

THURSDAY 30 July
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** Earthbeat (primary programme) ***

In this week's Earthbeat we focus on a controversial dam project in Turkey. Citing environmental concerns, an international consortium pulled out of the Ilisu Dam Project earlier this month. The dam, which is set to become one of the world's largest, would flood a massive ecosystem and a historic town. The project is the topic of widespread public opposition in Turkey, with big-name celebrities leading the opposition.

And we look at a recently crowned World Heritage Site in the Netherlands: the Wadden Sea. This enormous tidal region stretching along the Dutch, German and Danish coast host tens of thousands of migratory birds and other wildlife. Environmental groups in the Netherlands are lauding the decision, although the government says it won't affect legislation governing the Wadden Sea. But the fishing community is concerned. They say they've heard that promise before.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1545 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1540 Europe
2300 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe

FRIDAY 31 July
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America

*** Bridges with Africa (primary programme) ***

We will focus on pirates and how to negotiate with them. We have an interview with a Dutch negotiator who got a Belgian ship out of their clutches after 171 phone calls in 68 days.

And we kick off our special summer music season with African reggae giant Tiken Jah Fakoly.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0430 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1730 Europe
2230 Asia, North America

*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
(R Netherlands)

Blog Logs - Peru

All times UTC

3329.53, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 1010-1030, Jul 08, 09 and 10. Music and Spanish, deep fades and CHU splatter. Also 0050-0100, Jul 03, good audio. (Wilkner)

4746.89, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho, 2304-2335, Jun 30 and Jul 07, Spanish talk, SINPO 15321. (Méndez and Wilkner)

4775, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 1029-1040, Jul 14. Spanish talk, signal was threshold. (Bolland)

4790.1, Radio Visión, Chiclayo, 0532-0548, Jul 01. Spanish religious talk and hymns in program "La Voz de la Salvación", 25322. (Méndez). Irregular schedule, off 1000 on Jul 09 and other days; heard 0930, Jun 30. (Wilkner)

4824.49, La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, *0914, Jun 26. Announcement with echo chamber effect. (Wilkner). Also heard at 1130-1140, Jul 19, program “Realidades”, promo for webpage: http://www.radiolavozdelaselva,org/ . (Rodriguez)

4826.45, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, 2340, Jul 05; 1000-1115. Each day in July, talk with weak but steady signal, no fades. (Wilkner)

4835.43v, Radio Marañon, Jaén, 0954-1030, Jul 07, 10, 16 and 18. Huaynos music and talks in Spanish, 1000 and 1017 canned promos, advertisements and station ID's. Live time check announcement. Signal was poor to good with deep fades. (Bolland)

4857.45, Radio La Hora, Cusco, 2300-2400, Jul 08 and most evenings. Spanish comments between fades of the signal into the noise. (Bolland and Wilkner)

4888.2, Radio Félicy (or Felici ?), 2330-0106, Jul 19. Vernacular evangelical talk with many Peruvian rhythms. With only very little Spanish mentioned Ministry of Praise and Worship Nazareth and Libreria Nazareth. With low microphone modulation I could not understand what the announcer said. On Jul 20 around 1106, I noticed a similar programming, in some references I think I heard the name of Radio Félicy or Felici. I do not know, if it is a reactivation of Radio Macedonia or a new station.(Rodriguez)

4940, Radio San Antonio, Villa Atalaya, 1130. As ID uses part of promo of Sistema Radial Alcaravan Radio, but they include the name "Radio San Antonio....Dos sistemas radiales propagan sus ondas para llevar paz y servicio a la comunidad... San Antonio ...Ondas de Paz...". (Rodriguez)

4949.94, Unid - *1100 daily, 1059 carrier on, very weak. Jul 03, weak some audio but indistinct. Possibly Radio Madre de Dios, Puerto Maldonado, if still operating. (Wilkner)

4955, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 2233-2312, Jul 03 and 07. Quechoa talk, Andean flute, SINPO 25322. (Grimm via lista Radioescutas, and Méndez). Also heard at 1015, Jun 30. (Wilkner)

4974.8, Pacífico Radio, Lima, 0545-0610, Jul 03. Religious talk in Spanish, audible in LSB, 14321. (Méndez)

5039.21, Radio Libertad, Junin, *1020v-1045, Jul 10 and 14. No ID at sign on, music, 1041 Spanish comments, some transmitter drift first few minutes, fair. (Bolland and Wilkner)

5460.1, Radio Bolivar, Cd. Bolivar, 2330-2400, Jun 29, Spanish. (Wilkner)

6019.4, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0614-0638, 0955-1005 and 2329-2345, Jul 06, 09, 14 and 17. Usual Preacher in his "weeping" Spanish sermon: "Campaña de la prosperidad, Iglesia Pentecostal Dios es Amor", time check, canned ID and promos, SINPO 24322. (Bolland and Méndez)

6049.58, Unid - 1035-1045, Jul 18. Weak carrier here under HCJB signal. I am thinking it might be Radio Santa Rosa, but there is no audio to help out, so reporting this as an Unid. (Bolland)

6173.9, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 0015-0100, Jul 03 and 12. Spanish talk and Peruvian music, only in LSB, SINPO 13321. (Méndez and Wilkner)

6195.65, Radio Cusco, Cusco, 2324-2335, Jul 15. So far the frequency is clear of any major stations and I can just hear program events from Cusco. Spanish talk, very weak and not a solid signal. The audio is fading in and out periodically. (Bolland)
(DX Window # 381/DSWCI)