Family Radio Worldwide, Winter Schedule Additions

All times UTC

USA(and non) Winter B-11 of WYFR Family Radio via CIS transmitters
1500-1600 on 7565 A-A 100 kW / 187 deg to WeAs Pashto
1300-1400 on 12130 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg to SoAs Nepali
1400-1500 on 9440 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg to SoAs Assamese
1400-1500 on 11520 A-A 300 kW / 177 deg to SoAs Urdu
1400-1600 on 7550 A-A 500 kW / 177 deg to SoAs Punjabi
1600-1700 on 7505 A-A 300 kW / 177 deg to SoAs Urdu
1100-1200 on 13795 A-A 300 kW / 094 deg to EaAs English
1100-1400 on 9310 A-A 300 kW / 121 deg to SEAs Illocano/Tagalog/English
1200-1400 on 9390 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg to SEAs Cebuano/English
1300-1400 on 7560 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg to SEAs Burmese
1400-1500 on 5835 A-A 500 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English

USA(and non) Winter B-11 of WYFR Family Radio via Radio Netherlands Worldwide
1600-1700 on 9590 MDC 250 kW / 320 deg to EaAf Swahili
1700-1800 on 7385 MDC 050 kW / 310 deg to EaAf English
1800-2000 on 7395 MDC 250 kW / 320 deg to EaAf English
1900-2100 on 6020 MDC 050 kW / 255 deg to SoAf English

USA(and non) Winter B-11 of WYFR Family Radio via TWN
1500-1700 on 9940 TAI 250 kW / 352 deg to CeAs Russian
1300-1500 on 11540 HUW 100 kW / 285 deg to SoAs English
1500-1700 on 6280 TSH 300 kW / 285 deg to SoAs English/Hindi
0800-0900 on 11895 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to EaAs Korean
0900-1000 on 11565 TAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
0900-1100 on 9545 TAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
0900-1100 on 9945 TAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1100 on 9920 TAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1600 on 6240 BAJ 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1600 on 9280 PAO 100 kW / 335 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 11535 BAJ 100 kW / 335 deg to EaAs Chinese
2100-2400 on 9280 PAO 100 kW / 335 deg to EaAs Chinese
2200-2400 on 6230 BAJ 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
2300-2400 on 9540 TAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
0000-0100 on 11630 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
0000-0100 on 11865 PAO 100 kW / 180 deg to SEAs Indonesian
0900-1100 on 9465 PAO 100 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
1000-1100 on 9455 TAI 100 kW / 267 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1100-1200 on 6220 HUW 100 kW / 265 deg to SEAs Burmese
1100-1200 NF 11915 TAI 300 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Indonesian, ex 11550
1100-1300 on 11520 BAJ 100 kW / 180 deg to SEAs Tagalog/Indonesian
1300-1500 on 11520 BAJ 100 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English/Indonesian
1200-1300 on 7460 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1200-1300 on 11570 HUW 100 kW / 265 deg to SEAs Burmese
1300-1400 on 7540 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Vietnames
(DX Mix News 708 via Alokesh Gupta, India)

The Radio Scene in New York City: Earliest Known Reception Report

Many weeks ago, we planned on presenting the story of the first known reception report, in association with New York City’s first radio broadcasting station. However, due to the long series of tragic political events in North Africa & the Middle East, and the equally tragic events in the South Pacific and Japan, the usage of this topic in Wavescan was necessarily postponed for some time. Nevertheless, today we present this fascinating radio story that took place nearly one hundred years ago.
A recent front page news item in an American radio magazine, Radio World, tells about a possible propagation problem in New York, this mighty city of majestic skyscrapers. In today’s feature here in Wavescan, we present the story of the early radio scene in the city of New York, the details about the earliest known reception report, and a possible new radio problem.
We go back to the year 1906, and on December 31, the very last day of that year, the noted wireless inventor, Lee de Forest, successfully transmitted an experimental wireless signal across a room in his radio laboratory in the Parker Building in New York City. Two months later, he began a series of radio broadcasts from the same location, using what he called an Arcphone radio transmitter. On January 12, 1910, de Forest made an on-location broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, a date that stands high as the first known broadcast of its type in the history of radio development.
Soon afterwards, De Forest constructed a second Arcphone transmitter that was installed in the premises of the Cahill Telharmonium Co at the corner of Broadway & 45th Street. A Tellharmonium is described as an early version of keyboard music similar to the Hammond organ. Several music broadcasts were made from this additional new location.
It was in 1915 that de Forest installed a longwave transmitter at his commercial company’s facility in Highbridge New York, and soon afterwards he launched a regular broadcasting service under the experimental callsign 2XG. Station 2XG was a small unit operating on 800 metres, 375 kHz, with a power of just 125 watts.
Actually, this historic and quite famous station, 2XG, was on the air from several different locations during its five year experimental tenure, though Highbridge in the Bronx was its actual main location. Other temporary locations included the Columbia Gramophone Building on 38th Street, and in 1919, the World Tower Building.
Programming from experimental station 2XG included regular music, special music, radio concerts, educational talks, and on the spot broadcasts. On the occasion of the 1916 presidential elections, station 2XG carried a live report well into the evening, broadcasting the tallies as they became available, as did the well known Pittsburgh station KDKA some four years later.
When it appeared that Chief Justice Charles Hughes had won the election to become the 29th president of the United States, station 2XG announced this during the evening broadcast as the result of the election, and then signed off and left the air. However, the election call was inaccurate, and next morning, late returns showed instead that Woodrow Wilson was re-elected for a 2nd term.
In April 1917, along with most other experimental radio stations throughout the United States, station 2XG was closed down, and it was off the air for a little less than two years. When the war time ban was lifted, station 2XG returned to the air at its familiar Bronx location in February 1919.
In December 1919, Lee de Forest moved his transmitter from the Bronx and installed it in the new World Tower Building in New York. The licensing authorities looked upon this as an infringement of regulations and in February 1920, they required the station to close. De Forest transferred the station from New York City to San Francisco, a move that would just about qualify it as the longest move for a radio station in the United States.
However, one of the engineers working for the de Forest company in New York, obtained a license to establish a new mediumwave broadcasting station in the city known colloquially as the Big Apple. The new WJX was inaugurated on October 13, 1921, though the station was short lived, and it was deleted from official records less than three years later.
Now, about the historic early reception report. At the time, in January 1917, station 2XG was on the air every evening in New York with a program of concert music. In an endeavor to learn the effective coverage area of these longwave broadcasts, announcements were made during the programming, requesting reception reports from listeners. As a result, more than 200 reports were received by post.
One of these reports, quite lengthy indeed, was written by Mr. W. G. Hunt, manager of the radio department in a telegraph office in Newark, New Jersey. This voluminous report, dated Wednesday January 24, 1917, gives complete details of all of the music and the announcements in the evening broadcast. This detailed reception report is the earliest we have seen anywhere in the world.
The front page news item referred to at the beginning of this topic, states that a new skyscraper is under consideration in New York City. The planned new building would be located just two blocks from the Empire State Building, and it would be almost as tall as the Empire State Building.
As the trade magazine, Radio World, reports in its publication on October 6 last year, radio management in New York is concerned that the new building will cast a significant shadow in New York for FM stations currently atop the Empire State Building. The new building is likely to cost around $3 billion, states Radio World, but it would be several years before the building becomes a reality.
(AWR/Wavescan/NWS # 114 via Adrian Peterson)
(Photo/Lee DeForest)

Bonaire relay station to continue test transmissions

The Bonaire relay station will be carrying out test transmissions for Family Radio commencing, continuing for a maximum of two weeks. The test transmissions will carry Family Radio’s English programming.

Details as follows:

2229-0100 UTC, targted to Brazil on 15315 kHz (beam 133 degrees) commencing Friday Jun 26

0001-0158 UTC to South America on 15580 kHz(beam 182 degrees) commencing Saturday Jun 27
(R Netherlands)

Family Radio Worldwide - A08 multilingual schedule update

All times UTC

Arabic
0400-0500 9355 44
0500-0600 9930 87
0700-0800 11530 87
1600-1645 15770 44
1900-2000 17750 44
2200-2245 17845 87
2100-2245 18930 44
2000-2045 21525 87

Cantonese
0600-0700 5985 315

English
0400-0700 9680 315
0700-0800 9715 285
0900-1145 9755 285
0700-0845 9930 87
0600-0700 11530 87
2100-2200 11565 44
0600-0700 11580 44
0300-0400 11740 222
2200-2345 11740 315
1300-1645 11830 315
0200-0245 11835 285
0200-0300 11855 222
1300-1400 11865 315
1600-1645 11865 315
1300-1600 11910 355
1800-2145 13615 315
1700-2000 13690 355
2100-2145 13690 355
1400-1500 13695 355
1600-1700 13695 355
2300-0000 15255 151
0300-0400 15255 151
2200-0200 15440 285
1500-1545 15770 160
2200-2245 15770 87
1200-1300 17555 160
2000-2100 17725 140
2000-2045 17750 44
2300-0000 17750 160
1200-2145 17795 285
0000-0045 17805 142
1800-2200 17845 87
1900-2000 18930 44
1600-2145 18980 44
1600-1800 21455 44
1600-1700 21525 87

French
2300-0000 6985 355
0600-0700 9355 44
1000-1100 9625 140
0600-0700 9930 87
0500-0600 11530 87
0800-0845 11530 87
2200-2245 11565 44
0500-0600 11580 44
1600-1645 11910 355
1000-1100 11970 151
1300-1400 11970 151
1200-1300 13695 355
0000-0100 15255 151
2100-2200 17725 140
1700-1745 17885 87
1800-1900 18930 44
1900-1945 21455 44
1800-2000 21525 87

German
0500-0600 7780 44
0404-0500 9985 44
2000-2145 15695 44
1700-1800 17750 44
1800-1900 21455 44

Italian
1800-1900 21455 44
0600-0700 9985 44
0700-0745 11580 44
1800-1900 17750 44
1600-1700 21670 44

Mandarin
0500-0600 5985 315
1500-1600 11865 315
1300-1400 13695 355

Polish
0700-0745 7780 44
2000-2100 18930 44

Portuguese
0900-1045 6175 160
0100-0145 7520 142
0800-1045 9605 142
0800-1000 9625 140
1200-1245 9625 140
0700-0745 9985 44
0400-0500 11530 87
0800-1045 11770 142
0000-0345 15190 142
2200-2300 15190 142
2200-2245 15695 44
1400-1500 15770 160
2100-2200 15770 87
1300-1400 17555 160
1700-2000 17725 140
2200-2300 17725 140
0000-0100 17725 140
0000-0100 17750 160
2300-0000 17805 142
0100-0200 17845 160
1500-1545 18980 142
1700-1800 21525 87

Romanian
0600-0700 7780 44
2000-2100 15600 44

Russian
0500-0600 7520 44
0304-0400 7780 44
1900-2000 15600 44
1600-1800 18930 44

Spanish
0500-0600 5850 181
0700-0945 5850 181
0900-1000 5950 355
2000-0200 5985 181
0300-0445 5985 181
1000-1600 6085 181
1700-1900 6085 181
0304-0400 6915 355
0600-0700 6915 355
1100-1145 6915 355
1200-1345 7780 222
0700-0745 9355 44
1100-1145 9355 160
0504-0700 9505 222
0800-0945 9505 222
0800-1100 9550 160
1100-1345 9605 222
0300-0400 9680 315
0700-0745 9680 315
0300-0400 9715 285
0300-0700 9715 285
0800-1145 9715 285
0500-0600 9985 44
0300-0345 11580 160
1400-1545 11670 222
0200-0300 11740 222
0400-0445 11740 222
0000-0200 11835 285
0800-1145 11855 160
2000-0200 11855 222
0300-0400 11855 222
1400-1500 11865 315
0800-1000 11970 151
1100-1300 11970 151
1400-1545 11970 151
1700-1800 13615 315
2000-2100 13690 355
1500-1600 13695 355
1200-1545 13800 160
1200-2345 15130 285
2300-0200 15215 160
0100-0300 15255 151
0400-0445 15255 151
2100-2200 15600 44
1200-1400 15770 160
1400-1545 17555 160
0100-0145 17725 140
0100-0245 17750 160
2304-0100 17845 160
1400-1500 18980 142
1700-1845 21670 44
(Evelyn Marcy/WYFR)

WYFR A-08 summer schedule update

USA [non, ARMENIA, KAZAKHSTAN, MOLDOVA, RUSSIA, TAJIKISTAN, UKRAINE]
Summer A-08 of WYFR Family Radio via TV Radio Waves(TRW):

All times UTC

1400-1700 on 5845 DB 100 kW / 137 deg Hindi
1200-1300 on 5970 K/A 250 kW / 313 deg Korean
1100-1500 on 6135 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg Chinese
1400-1500 on 7215 IRK 250 kW / 224 deg Nepali
1800-2000 on 7240 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg Arabic/English
1000-1100 on 7245 K/A 100 kW / 178 deg Japanese
1400-1600 on 7320 TCH 250 kW / 240 deg English1800-1900 on 7320 ARM 300 kW / 290 deg German
1900-2000 on 7320 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg German
1900-2000 on 7340 MSK 250 kW / 264 deg Spanish
1000-1200 on 7430 A-A 200 kW / 094 deg Chinese
2000-2200 on 7430 KCH 250 kW / 309 deg English
1400-1600 on 7510 TAC 200 kW / 131 deg Bengali
1600-1800 on 7520 SMF 250 kW / 131 deg Persian
1400-1500 on 9365 TAC 200 kW / 131 deg English1400-1500 on 9405 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Punjabi
0900-1200 on 9450 IRK 250 kW / 110 deg English/English/Korean1400-1700 on 9450 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg >>>>> not active
1200-1300 on 9465 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg Cebuano
1900-2000 on 9490 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg Italian
1700-1900 on 9495 TAC 200 kW / 311 deg Russian
1500-1600 on 9500 NVS 250 kW / 195 deg Urdu >>> from May 13
1200-1500 on 9615 IRK 500 kW / 180 deg Indonesian/Indonesian/English
1800-1900 on 9615 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg Polish
1400-1500 on 9625 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg Tamil
1600-1700 on 9735 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Punjabi
1100-1500 on 9865 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg Chinese
1000-1100 on 9900 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg English1100-1200 on 9900 VLD 250 kW / 220 deg Ilocano
1500-1700 on 11505 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg Punjabi/Urdu
1300-1400 on 11520 A-A 200 kW / 132 deg Burmese
1600-1700 on 11630 ARM 250 kW / 110 deg Punjabi >>> from May 13
1500-1600 on 11655 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Marathi >>> from May 16
1100-1500 on 11725 P.K 250 kW / 244 deg Chinese
1200-1400 on 11895 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg Vietnamese/English
1400-1500 on 12055 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg Gujarati
1900-2100 on 12060 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg French
1400-1600 on 12065 ARM 300 kW / 110 deg Urdu
1400-1600 on 12075 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg Kannada/Marathi
1100-1500 on 12150 A-A 250 kW / 094 deg Chinese
1400-1500 on 13590 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg Telugu
1500-1600 on 13665 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg Marathi
1300-1500 on 13810 A-A 500 kW / 121 deg English
1100-1300 on 13850 VLD 200 kW / 220 deg Tagalog/Indonesian
1200-1300 on 15490 NVS 250 kW / 155 deg Indonesian
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX May 21)
(Source: DX Mix News # 521 via wb, Germany)