Paul Robinson
Monday September 24, 2007
The Guardian
Last weekend on Radio 4's Saturday Live guest contributor Tony Blackburn revealed that the greatest radio revolution to hit his household was the newly-acquired WiFi radio which enables him to listen to a plethora of radio stations across the globe. The revelation was surprisingly apposite from the man whose voice was the first to be heard on Radio 1 by 19 million listeners and for whom the greatest audience competition, at the time, came from Radio 4's 8am news bulletin.
Radio 1 (and Radios 2, 3 and 4) are 40 years old on Sunday and in that time they have seen competition explode. When Radio 1 launched on 247 metres medium wave, a frequency now ironically used by national commercial station Virgin Radio, it had virtually no competition. The pirate radio stations which gave birth to the BBC pop station had virtually disappeared as a result of the Marine Offences Act and there was Radio Luxembourg in the evening with its fading signal on 208m. Blackburn was himself an ex-pirate as were other Radio 1 DJs, because legal commercial radio didn't start in the UK until October 1973 with LBC and Capital in London. The other source of talent was either the Light programme, which was renamed Radio 2 - Terry Wogan went from there to Radio 1- or Radio Luxembourg with future Radio 1 DJs from Jimmy Savile to Steve Wright doing a stint in its fortress-like building.
Read more from Media Guardian at:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,2175373,00.html
Monday, September 24, 2007
New Radio Heritage Documentaries
The Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.net has released two new radio heritage documentaries through Radio NZ International.
The first of these is currently available as a podcast at www.rnzi.com (Other Audio/Mailbox) and is a rare recording of the 1963 Top 20 radio show from 2ZC Hawkes Bay in New Zealand.
The documentary comes complete with music, station IDs for 2ZC, local adverts and typical sound effects of the period.
The documentary is linked with the article 'From Hawkes Bay to Replay' at the Radio Heritage Foundation website www.radioheritage.net which contains photos of the DJ and the panel operator and a personal story behind the scenes of the 2ZC Top 20
show.
On Monday, October 1 2007, RNZI broadcasts a second documentary featuring the history of Pacific radio during the 1941-1950 period.
This covers the broadcasting scene around the region during WWII, the occupation of Japan, and the reconstruction period for SE Asia, the Philippines and other locations.
The documentary includes classic Pacific music melodies of the period, and also covers new stations in Samoa, Fiji and other colonies of the time, as well as reviewing broadcasting from Australia and NZ during wartime censorship.
After broadcast during the Mailbox program on RNZI, this documentary is also available via podcast at www.rnzi.com .
The Radio Heritage Foundation is a non-profit charitable trust. Hundreds of pages of articles about Pacific radio and searchable Pacific radio databases are available for free at http://www.radioheritage.net/ .
Coming soon at http://www.radioheritage.net/ - Shanghai Radio in 1941.
The first of these is currently available as a podcast at www.rnzi.com (Other Audio/Mailbox) and is a rare recording of the 1963 Top 20 radio show from 2ZC Hawkes Bay in New Zealand.
The documentary comes complete with music, station IDs for 2ZC, local adverts and typical sound effects of the period.
The documentary is linked with the article 'From Hawkes Bay to Replay' at the Radio Heritage Foundation website www.radioheritage.net which contains photos of the DJ and the panel operator and a personal story behind the scenes of the 2ZC Top 20
show.
On Monday, October 1 2007, RNZI broadcasts a second documentary featuring the history of Pacific radio during the 1941-1950 period.
This covers the broadcasting scene around the region during WWII, the occupation of Japan, and the reconstruction period for SE Asia, the Philippines and other locations.
The documentary includes classic Pacific music melodies of the period, and also covers new stations in Samoa, Fiji and other colonies of the time, as well as reviewing broadcasting from Australia and NZ during wartime censorship.
After broadcast during the Mailbox program on RNZI, this documentary is also available via podcast at www.rnzi.com .
The Radio Heritage Foundation is a non-profit charitable trust. Hundreds of pages of articles about Pacific radio and searchable Pacific radio databases are available for free at http://www.radioheritage.net/ .
Coming soon at http://www.radioheritage.net/ - Shanghai Radio in 1941.
(Source: Radio Heritage via HCDX)
France 24 now broadcasting across Africa via satellite
SES New Skies announced today that France 24 is now broadcasting across Africa on the NSS-7 satellite located at the orbital position of 338° East. NSS-7 is the primary satellite for video distribution in Africa, and 338° East has a significant legacy as a strong, diverse and thriving African programme neighbourhood comprising French, English, Arabic and Portuguese language content and is a key gateway to reaching pan-African audiences.
France 24’s English and French channels are broadcast on the GlobeCast platform on NSS-7’s East hemi C-band beam, which offers coverage of Europe, the Middle East and all of Africa. The exact transmission parameters are: Transponder EHL7/ERL7, 4055 MHz, right hand circular polarization.
(Source: SES New Skies/R Netherlands Media Network)
New classic rock station to launch in Dublin
A new radio station will commence broadcasting to the Dublin area this weekend under a temporary licence from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, and will operate every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until 2 December. The Rock, based in Dun Laoghaire, will broadcast classic rock music aimed at the over-30s on 94.9 MHz FM and 1278 kHz AM.
(Source: Radiowaves.fm http://www.radiowaves.fm/
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Pennsylvania Air National Guard retires Commando Solo II aircraft
The Pennsylvania Air National Guard 193rd Special Operations Wing has retired commando Solo II, its 1963 aircraft which operated a flying radio and television station over Haiti, Grenada, Afghanistan, Iraq, Panama, Bosnia, Kosovo and other world hotspots. The plane was put to rest yesterday in a ceremony at Fort Indiantown Gap and is now on permanent display at the gap for public viewing.
The EC-130E aircraft, the military’s only airborne broadcasting system, was used for psychological operations. It logged nearly 12,000 flying hours with the wing, including nearly 2,700 combat flying hours. Last year, the aircraft was replaced by Commando Solo III, an upgraded broadcast system based on the EC-130J.
(Source: PennLive/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
TWR in Benin plans December sign-on
Trans World Radio’s engineering team is making progress in readying the new transmitting facility in Benin, West Africa. rogramming is scheduled to begin airing in December. The transmitter and an air conditioning unit are on-site. Two additional containers with power generators and essential antenna parts are in transit and due to arrive in Africa in the coming weeks.
According to TWR, the team signed the licence agreement last year, and TWR-Africa has persevered through several subsequent challenges regarding the transmitter project, including delays in ordering and receiving equipment and seeking out program producers.
Construction of the high power mediumwave station in Benin is making steady progress. Missionaries, including the Cox and Kennedy families, have been working hard to get the station operational. Paul Cox, a broadcast engineer, is overseeing the installation of the transmitter and other technical aspects.
(Source: Mission Network News/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
According to TWR, the team signed the licence agreement last year, and TWR-Africa has persevered through several subsequent challenges regarding the transmitter project, including delays in ordering and receiving equipment and seeking out program producers.
Construction of the high power mediumwave station in Benin is making steady progress. Missionaries, including the Cox and Kennedy families, have been working hard to get the station operational. Paul Cox, a broadcast engineer, is overseeing the installation of the transmitter and other technical aspects.
(Source: Mission Network News/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Blog Logs - DXpedition DXing
The last weekend I was at DX Camp in Chascomus with the following DXers: Arnaldo L. Slaen, Enrique Wembagher and my son Nicolas Eramo (Jr).
Bolivia
4699.3 Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 2334 - 2337, Sep 15, Spanish, Musical Program "La Factoria del Ritmo", ID "Exitos de Radio San Miguel estan contigo", SINPO 24332, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Brazil
4845.1 Radio Cultura Ondas Tropicaes (p), Manaus, 2325 - 2331, Sep 15, Portuguese. Comments and musical program, SINPO 24332, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Burkina Faso
5030 Rdiff. du Burkina, Ouagadougou, 2304 - 2307, Sep 15, Comments by man announcer and Musical Program, SINPO 34433, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Djibouti
4780 Radio Djibouti, Doraleh, 2017 - 2022, Sep 15, Vernacular, dialogue between two man announcer's, Djibouti mentioned several times, SINPO 34343, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Ecuador
3279.9 La Voz del Napon, Tena, Napo, 1001 - 1003, Sep 16, Quecha, music and comments by man announcer, SINPO 24332, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Indonesia
3976 RRI Pontianak, 1019 - 1021, Sep 16, Vernacular, comments by female announcer, SINPO 24442, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
4605 RRI Serui, 0936 - 0945, Sep 16, Indonesian, comments by female announcer and then local music, SINPO 24222, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Israel
6970 Galei Tzahal (p), Lod, Tel Aviv, 2048 - 2054, Sep 15, Hebrew, man and female announcer, Comments, Music interpreted by Luciano Pavarotti, SINPO 22222, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
North Korea
2850 KCBS (p), Pyongyang, 0926 - 0930, Sep 16, Korean, Musical Program, SINPO 34333, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Papua New Guinea
3235 Radio West New Britain, Kimbe, 1013 - 1015, Sep 16, Vernacular, music and comments by female announcer, SINPO 24442, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
3905 Radio New Ireland, Kavieng, 1005 - 1008, Sep 16, Vernacular and English, Comments or news by man announcer, ID in vernacular, SINPO 34333, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Unid
4995.9 UNID, 1042 - 1050, Sep 16, Chinese, comments by man and female announcer, SINPO 24442, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Zimbabwe
3396 ZBC, Gweru, 2054 - 2059, Sep 15, Vernacular, Comments by man announcer and music, SINPO 34333, (Eramo, Chascomus, Argentina)
Receiver: SONY ICF 2010
Antenna: Longwire 30 mts
(Source: Nicolas Eramo, Argentina via Cumbre DX)
Saturday, September 22, 2007
RAI shortwave services set to end September 30
David de Jong writes: Italian media news service Newslinet reports that the broadcasting center of Rome Prato Smeraldo has received orders to shut down as of 30 September. Currently the radio broadcasts of Rai International are available in 26 languages on shortwave, satellite and Internet. 60 editorial staff are involved on the production side, of whom half are on temporary contracts. Their future is uncertain, as is that of Rai International.
The decision to shut down the shortwave broadcasts is a consequence of the new contract made between the Italian government and public broadcaster Rai and its international department Rai International. It is still unclear whether some broadcasts might continue on satellite and Internet. Most probably Italian programmes will be continued as they are used for mediumwave broadcasts during the night (Notturno Italiano) and are also relayed throughout several FM outlets, especially in the US, Canada and Australia.
Italy has been active with shortwave broadcasts since I July 1930, and since 1934 in foreign languages under the Mussolini fascist regime. Italy - which became a democratic republic directly after World War II - has been active with its international service since 3 September 1946, when English, Spanish, French and Portuguese broadcasts restarted in a totally new setting, and were expanded to the 26 languages in which it broadcasts today.
Since 1995 the broadcasts have been the responsibility of the 100 % Rai-owned company Rai International, which took over from the ‘Direzione Esteri’ of Rai. Rai International is currentlyfocusing more on its television activities. The workers’ union Libersind has sent a petition to the Italian government in order to keep the foreign broadcasts.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
KWWN Update and KCKN proposed DX Test
KWWN 1100 kHz Las Vegas, NV
Bill Croghan, WBØKSW, Chief Engineer for Lotus Broadcasting of Las Vegas tells us the new KWWN has been on the air now for about three days as of Sept. 21, running unmodulated carrier (except for ID's) often at less than 1 KW for tuning and testing.
"It has been many short tests mostly at the lower power levels, but we have run the day pattern at the full 20 KW," he relates. "As you might imagine, a 20 KW two tower day pattern wasn't to difficult, but the 2 KW night pattern with four towers, on the next property over from two diplexed 1 KW stations located near in frequency, has been a challenge. We expect to start running longer tests, still primarily unmodulated, next week and the week after and hopefully will ask the FCC for Program test authority in the next two weeks. After receiving that, we will probably start sending the Deportes, Hispanic ESPN programming with ID's at the top of the hour for
KWWN. It's a long drawn out process that must proceed at the FCC required rate and through the hoops they mandate. I'll let you know when we start doing more."
Once they are through the testing phase, Bill has promised a full fledged DX Test over KWWN. If you hear them testing before then, you can send your reception reports to: Lotus Broadcasting, c/o Bill Croghan, 8755 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89147.
KCKN 1020 kHz Roswell, NM
Jerry Kiefer has promised us a DX Test (maybe two) from his station. Right now it looks like early November.
"I'll have an exact date shortly, sometime the first week or two of November on a Sunday night to get some good winter skywave," Jerry said in a recent e-mail. Our thanks go to retired BTC Coordinator Les Rayburn for getting the wheels turning on these two tests. We'll provide more information when the details are nailed down.
(Source: Jim Pogue - KH2AR@comcast.net via HCDX)
www.dxtests.info
Bill Croghan, WBØKSW, Chief Engineer for Lotus Broadcasting of Las Vegas tells us the new KWWN has been on the air now for about three days as of Sept. 21, running unmodulated carrier (except for ID's) often at less than 1 KW for tuning and testing.
"It has been many short tests mostly at the lower power levels, but we have run the day pattern at the full 20 KW," he relates. "As you might imagine, a 20 KW two tower day pattern wasn't to difficult, but the 2 KW night pattern with four towers, on the next property over from two diplexed 1 KW stations located near in frequency, has been a challenge. We expect to start running longer tests, still primarily unmodulated, next week and the week after and hopefully will ask the FCC for Program test authority in the next two weeks. After receiving that, we will probably start sending the Deportes, Hispanic ESPN programming with ID's at the top of the hour for
KWWN. It's a long drawn out process that must proceed at the FCC required rate and through the hoops they mandate. I'll let you know when we start doing more."
Once they are through the testing phase, Bill has promised a full fledged DX Test over KWWN. If you hear them testing before then, you can send your reception reports to: Lotus Broadcasting, c/o Bill Croghan, 8755 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89147.
KCKN 1020 kHz Roswell, NM
Jerry Kiefer has promised us a DX Test (maybe two) from his station. Right now it looks like early November.
"I'll have an exact date shortly, sometime the first week or two of November on a Sunday night to get some good winter skywave," Jerry said in a recent e-mail. Our thanks go to retired BTC Coordinator Les Rayburn for getting the wheels turning on these two tests. We'll provide more information when the details are nailed down.
(Source: Jim Pogue - KH2AR@comcast.net via HCDX)
www.dxtests.info
Friday, September 21, 2007
KNLS Alaska B07 schedule
ALASKA KNLS. B-07 sked effective from 28 October 2007
All times UTC
English
0800-0900 7355
1000-1100 6150
1200-1300 6150 6915
1400-1500 6150
Mandarin
0800-0900 9615
0800-1200 7355
1300-1400 6890
1300-1600 7355
1600-1800 6915
Russian
0900-1000 6150
1100-1200 6150
1500-1800 6150
(KNLS web site via Alan Roe-UK WDXC-UK, updated by wb Sept 21)
(Source; WWDXC-Top News BC DX 826)
HD Radios to Be Sold on QVC
9.21.2007
Three HD Radio receivers will be shown on QVC next Wednesday.
The HD Digital Radio Alliance said the receivers would be featured at 10 p.m. on Sept. 26, which is during the NAB Radio Show.
The models to be sold are the Polk Audio I-Sonic Audio Entertainment System, which includes a DVD/CD player as well as HD Radio reception capability. The Visteon HD Pulse, an HD-R tabletop clock radio will be available, as will the Radiosophy HD 100.
The alliance said it will promote the show on QVC with a national radio advertising campaign in 100 markets.
QVC Senior Vice President of Merchandising Mary Campbell said the broadcast will be an opportunity for consumers to learn about the technology and purchase products.
Alliance President/CEO Peter Ferrara called QVC “a unique home retail environment that is ideal” for helping consumers discover new content on HD Radio.
(Source: RW)
Radio's Top 20 Market Listing
9.21.2007
Quick can you name radio’s top 20 markets (see above)? Here they are, with their 12+ populations:
1. NEW YORK 15,344,600
2. LOS ANGELES 10,902,400
3. CHICAGO 7,784,400
4. SAN FRANCISCO 5,969,400
5. DALLAS-FT. WORTH 4,973,000
6. HOUSTON-GALVESTON 4,639,000
7. PHILADELPHIA 4,350,000
8. ATLANTA 4,267,500
9. WASHINGTON, DC 4,210,000
10. BOSTON 3,874,600
11. DETROIT 3,866,500
12. MIAMI-FT. LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD 3,538,400
13. PUERTO RICO 3,328,500
14. SEATTLE-TACOMA 3,328,100
15. PHOENIX 3,173,200
16. MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL 2,683,000
17. SAN DIEGO 2,515,100
18. NASSAU-SUFFOLK (LONG ISLAND) 2,359,300
19. TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER 2,350,000
20. ST. LOUIS 2,308,400
(Source: RW)
Quick can you name radio’s top 20 markets (see above)? Here they are, with their 12+ populations:
1. NEW YORK 15,344,600
2. LOS ANGELES 10,902,400
3. CHICAGO 7,784,400
4. SAN FRANCISCO 5,969,400
5. DALLAS-FT. WORTH 4,973,000
6. HOUSTON-GALVESTON 4,639,000
7. PHILADELPHIA 4,350,000
8. ATLANTA 4,267,500
9. WASHINGTON, DC 4,210,000
10. BOSTON 3,874,600
11. DETROIT 3,866,500
12. MIAMI-FT. LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD 3,538,400
13. PUERTO RICO 3,328,500
14. SEATTLE-TACOMA 3,328,100
15. PHOENIX 3,173,200
16. MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL 2,683,000
17. SAN DIEGO 2,515,100
18. NASSAU-SUFFOLK (LONG ISLAND) 2,359,300
19. TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER 2,350,000
20. ST. LOUIS 2,308,400
(Source: RW)
Amateur Radio ARLD DX Newsletter
ZCZC AE39
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 39 ARLD039
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT September 20, 2007
To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD039
ARLD039 DX news
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.
MADAGASCAR, 5R. Willi, DJ7RJ will be QRV as 5R8RJ from Nosy, IOTA AF-057, from September 26 to October 26. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL direct to home call.
NEPAL, 9N. Yuki, JH1NBN is QRV as 9N7BN from Kathmandu while on business here. He is normally QRV on 20 and 17 meters SSB around 1830z, but on a limited time schedule. QSL to home call.
BURUNDI, 9U. A group of operators will be QRV as 9U0A from September 26 to October 9. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using all modes, with an emphasis on the low bands and digital modes. QSL via DL7DF.
MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Fernando, C91R is QRV until August 2008. Activity is on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters using all modes, but concentrating his activity on RTTY. QSL via CT1BXT.
ANGOLA, D2. Koji, JM1CAX is QRV as D2NX from Luanda. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via JH7FQK.
SPAIN, EA. A group of operators will be QRV as AM3MM from the Montserrat Monastery from September 22 to 24. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via EA3MM.
US VIRGIN ISLANDS, KP2. Operators NP3D, K4FO and AK2P will be QRV as KP2/NP3D, NP2/K4FO and WP2/AK2P, respectively, from St. Croix Island from September 23 to 30. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. They also plan to be active in the upcoming CQ WW RTTY contest as KP2/NP3D as a Multi-Op entry. QSL contest call and KP2/NP3D via W3HNK. QSL all others to home calls.
BELGIUM, ON. The Belgian Air Force Amateur Radio Association will be QRV as ON47FOUGA from September 24 to 30 to mark the last flight of the Fouga Magister and its 47 years in service. QSL via ON6KN.
DENMARK, OZ. Lutz, DL3ARK and Peter, DL4AMK will be QRV as OZ/homecalls from Langeland Island, IOTA EU-172, and Hov Lighthouse, ARLHS DEN-035, from September 22 to 29. This includes an entry in the SAC SSB contest. They will be active around the usual IOTA and Lighthouse frequencies. QSL to home calls.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2. Operators SM6CVX, G3KHZ, G4EDG and CT1AGF will be QRV as P29VCX from Nukumanu Island, IOTA OC-284, from September 24 to 29. They will visit other islands as well. Activity will be on all HF bands, with an emphasis on 160 and 80 meters. QSL P29VCX via SM6CVX.
EGYPT, SU. Gab, HA3JB is QRV as SU8BHI until November 30. Activity is on all HF bands using CW, RTTY, SSTV and PSK, with some SSB. He will also participate in the upcoming CQ WW RTTY and CW contests. QSL direct to home call.
DODECANESE, SV5. Drew, GM3YOR is QRV as SV5/GM3YOR from Symi, IOTA EU-001, until September 30. He is active in his spare time. QSL to home call.
WEST KIRIBATI, T30. Toshi, JA8BMK will be QRV as T30XX from Tarawa beginning September 25 for about a week. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW and SSB with some RTTY and PSK31. QSL direct via JA8UWT.
ICELAND, TF. Roger, G3SXW and John, G4IRN are QRV as TF/home calls from Reykjavik until September 23. Activity is on 40 to 12 meters using only CW. QSL to home calls.
WILLIS ISLAND, VK9W. George, AA7JV and Tomi, HA7RY will be QRV as VK9WWI from September 25 to October 5. Activity will be on the low bands. QSL via HA7RY.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Scandinavian Activity SSB Contest, NCCC CW Sprint, CIS DX Contest, AGCW VHF/UHF Contest, SKCC Weekend CW Sprint and the 222 MHz Fall Sprint are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see September QST, page 91, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details.
NNNN /EX
(Source: ARLD DX News via Dave Raycroft)
Somalia's Radio Shabelle shuts down
Mogadishu’s independent Shabelle radio station announced on Wednesday it was shutting down after security forces surrounded its offices and opened fire, destroying equipment over the past two days. ”We are sadly announcing that our media network has ceased all its media activity after forces from the transitional government of Somalia randomly fired at our premises,” Shabelle said in a statement posted on its website.
“The damage caused by heavy gunfire directed at our premises is immense so we can’t continue operating our radio station. All the equipment, including our main studio, are destroyed,” the statement added. Shabelle chairman Abdimaalik Yusuf Mohamud said: “We are also ceasing our operations because of the increasing threat to our staff and our building.”
“This is totally inhuman and a savage attack on Somalia’s struggle to freedom of speech,” he added in a statement released after the station shut. The security forces, who last weekend stormed the station and detained 17 staff, have accused one of Shabelle’s journalists of hurling a grenade at a police patrol.
Global media watchdogs have assailed the government, saying its crackdown on the independent press has made Somalia the world’s second dangerous place for journalists after Iraq. At least seven journalists have been killed in Somalia this year and media watchdogs have urged all sides to ensure better protection for reporters, several of whom have also been wounded or robbed.
(Source: AFP/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
Radio Netherlands Program Preview Sept. 22 - 28
Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands' English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands this week, beginning on Saturday.
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
*** The State We're In ***
We ask why systemic rape is one of the primary weapons of war in the Congo and we meet the victims as well as the people who treat them.
We also look at the right to a roof over your head and hear the story of the Zimbabwean woman whose government made her, and hundreds of thousands of others, demolish their own houses.
We hear from a victim of the US sub-prime mortgage controversy.
And do you still have the right to a roof over your head even when that roof is a highway overpass? We meet the Jakarta slum dwellers who think so.
We ask what makes a hero? Is the man who made the only serious attempt to assassinate Hitler, and now the subject of a major Hollywood film, a hero? His son is still unsure.
And we meet real life hero Dr Dave, who is spending his golden years tending to patients in a primitive clinic on the Thai Burma border.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1500 (South Asia), 1800 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
Note that on Saturday we also run repeats of:
Network Europe on SW: 1400 (South Asia)
The Research File: 1430 (South Asia)
Amsterdam Forum and Echoes: 1900 and 1944 respectively (Central, East and South Africa)
SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER
*** Amsterdam Forum ***
Does giving aid to the poor end poverty? Not according to the American economist William Easterly.
In his book The White Man's Burden, Professor Easterly argues that western charity actually makes the problems of the world's poorest people worse.
He explains his viewpoint at a round-table discussion on the failings
of foreign aid.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1500 (South Asia), 1800 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
Repeated: Sat 1900 (Central, East and South Africa)
*** Echoes ***
Our new listener feedback programme. Mindy Ran responds to your comments, queries and complaints about our programmes. And featuring every week A Critical Eye - commentary from Perro de Jong.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1045 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1145 (Eastern N America), 1545 (South Asia), 1845 & 2045 (Central, East and South Africa), 0045 (Eastern N America), 0145 (Central N America), 0445 (Western N America)
Repeated: Sat 1945 (Central, East and South Africa)
Note that on Sunday we also run repeats of:
Flatlanders or EuroHit 40: 1400 (South Asia)
Arts and Culture: 1430 (South Asia)
The State We're in: 1900 (Central, East and South Africa)
MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** Flatlanders ***
"The Challenges of Integration"
In the first of a five-part series, Radio Netherlands Worldwide and four other international broadcasters look at the issue of immigration. The United Nations estimates that there are nearly 200 million migrants. That's three percent of the world's population.
In the first programme, we look at the history of immigration in the Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, Australia and Japan.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)
Repeated: Sun 1400 (South Asia), Wednesday 1500 (South Asia) 1900 (Central, East and South Africa)
TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** The State We're In, Midweek Report ***
We ask why systemic rape is one of the primary weapons of war in the Congo and we meet the victims as well as the people who treat them.
We also look at the right to a roof over your head and hear the story of the Zimbabwean woman whose government made her, and hundreds of thousands of others, demolish their own houses.
We hear from a victim of the US sub-prime mortgage controversy.
And do you still have the right to a roof over your head even when that roof is a highway overpass? We meet the Jakarta slum dwellers who think so.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)
Repeated: Thu 1430, 1500 (South Asia), 1900 (Central, East and South Africa) Sun 1900 (Central, East and South Africa)
WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** Arts and Culture ***
"Short Circuit"
Literally synaesthesia means "a crossing of the senses". In practice synaesthetes may see colours when they hear music, or experience taste when they are touched. Letters and numbers have individual colours and words can appear as paintings.
For a long time is was thought that synaesthetes were fabricating their experiences, but recent neurological studies show that they do in fact perceive things like music or words with several senses. In "Short Circuit", people with synaesthesia talk about the difficulties of explaining what they see, hear and taste. We also hear from two artists who use their work to translate the complex landscape of their minds.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)
Repeated: Fri 1500 (South Asia), 1900 (Central, East and South Africa), Sun 14:30 (South Asia)
THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** The Research File ***
New approaches in healthcare and medicine
We hear that drug testing on bio-engineered human skin greatly reduces the need for animal testing; family-style communal meals in nursing homes improve people's well-being a very large research programme has started to see if dementia can be prevented.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)
Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), 1900 (Central, East and South Africa), Sat 1430 (South Asia)
FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** Network Europe ***
A Pan European team links up across the continent each week to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
The programme is a unique example of European co-operation, produced by the continent's leading international broadcasters, it reflects the diversity of European society and voices. Each week we drop in on specialists around Europe and catch up with our extensive network of correspondents for their unique take on the events shaping the week.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)
Repeated: Tues 1500 (South Asia), 1900 (Central, East and South Africa), Sat 1400 (South Asia)
(R Netherlands)
New radio station to launch in October
CHWC, 104.9 the Beach a new FM radio station serving Ontario's West coast began its mandatory Industry Canada testing last week. The test period will last four weeks and once successfully completed, Bayshore Broadcasting Corporation, owner of the station, will
begin broadcasting local FM radio service to Goderich, Bayfield, Grand Bend and the rest of Ontario's West Coast.
"This is a radio station's sea trial so to speak" said Rob Brignell, General Manager of 104.9 the Beach. "Everyone on the Beach team is very gratified as they begin to hear the results of their months of preparatory work come together. " Work continues at 104.9 the Beach office and studio's located at 300 Suncoast Drive, just south of the Suncoast Drive and Highway eight intersection and in the studios of 98 the Beach, sister station to the one in Goderich.
While the construction crews continue to put the finishing touches to the building, Beach staff are programming all of the computers and consoles that are the electronic heart and sole of the radio station.
"We have been working hard to find the best on air people to staff the station" said Don Vail, Beach Program Director. "We have almost every vacancy filled and are just waiting for a couple of confirmations and we will be ready to go. We will let everyone know in the very near future who your local radio personalities will be.
The target date for launching the station is October 15. Bayshore Broadcasting Corporation, located in Owen Sound, owns and operates 6 radio stations on the Shores of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. 560 CFOS is a heritage AM station serving Grey and Bruce counties for over 65 years. Mix 106 and Country 93, in Owen Sound, are regional FM stations serving Grey, Bruce
and Simcoe Counties. 98 the Beach in Port Elgin, 97.7 the Beach in Wasaga Beach and 104.9 the Beach in Goderich.
Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
Source: http://www.lakeshoreadvance.com/Local%20News/339132.html
begin broadcasting local FM radio service to Goderich, Bayfield, Grand Bend and the rest of Ontario's West Coast.
"This is a radio station's sea trial so to speak" said Rob Brignell, General Manager of 104.9 the Beach. "Everyone on the Beach team is very gratified as they begin to hear the results of their months of preparatory work come together. " Work continues at 104.9 the Beach office and studio's located at 300 Suncoast Drive, just south of the Suncoast Drive and Highway eight intersection and in the studios of 98 the Beach, sister station to the one in Goderich.
While the construction crews continue to put the finishing touches to the building, Beach staff are programming all of the computers and consoles that are the electronic heart and sole of the radio station.
"We have been working hard to find the best on air people to staff the station" said Don Vail, Beach Program Director. "We have almost every vacancy filled and are just waiting for a couple of confirmations and we will be ready to go. We will let everyone know in the very near future who your local radio personalities will be.
The target date for launching the station is October 15. Bayshore Broadcasting Corporation, located in Owen Sound, owns and operates 6 radio stations on the Shores of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. 560 CFOS is a heritage AM station serving Grey and Bruce counties for over 65 years. Mix 106 and Country 93, in Owen Sound, are regional FM stations serving Grey, Bruce
and Simcoe Counties. 98 the Beach in Port Elgin, 97.7 the Beach in Wasaga Beach and 104.9 the Beach in Goderich.
Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
Source: http://www.lakeshoreadvance.com/Local%20News/339132.html
All India Radio frequency changes and Radio World update
All India Radio frequency changes wef 26th September,2007(0945 UTC)
AIR has changed frequency for its Vividh Bharati Service from 10330 kHz to
9870 kHz and txer site to SPT,Bangalore 500 kW from HPT,Khampur(Delhi),
250 kW.Consequently,following changes have been made in the A07 Schedule:
Vividh Bharati Service 0025-0435 UTC 9870 B'lore(ex 10330 Delhi)
Vividh Bharati Service 0900-1200 UTC 9870 B'lore(ex 10330 Delhi)
Vividh Bharati Service 1245-1740 UTC 9870 B'lore(ex 10330 Delhi)
Russian 1615-1715 UTC 10330 Delhi (ex 9875 Delhi)
Chinese 1145-1315 UTC 11840 Delhi (ex 11840 B'lore)
Swahili/Hindi 1515-1730 UTC 9950 D15 Delhi(ex 9950 D16 Delhi)
Hindi 1615-1730 UTC 15075 Delhi (ex 15075 B'lore)
GOS-I 2245-0045 UTC 11645 Delhi (ex 11645 B'lore)
(Source: Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi,India)
All India Radio Chennai's 89th week of Vaanoli Ulagam (Radio World) Tamil DX program will broadcast on 23rd September (Sunday). The Content of the program is like this.
In the first segment listener's letters from around the world.
In the second segment, 'Radio History' contains Radio History in Namibia with their Signature Tunes.
In the third segment, 'Radio Today' contains, lot of recent news in detail
In the fourth segment, part with the DX Logging in English.
The fifth segment we give the most common words used in DXing. [DX Terminology]
In the six segment, Net for Dxing we give the detail review of useful nets
In the seventh segment, we reveiw the DX Books and CD's
Those who are want to get the special 75th week limited edition World Smallest QSL card No:5 (6x3.5CM), Book mark and New 50th week Pennant, send your Reception Report with 1 New IRC to the following address.
Indian listener must send Rs.10/- mint stamps for return QSL. Do not send the US $
N.C. Gnanaprakasam,
Program Executive,
Vaanoli Ulagam,
Thiraikadal Adivarum Thamizh Naatham,
All India Radio,
Kamarajar Salai,
Chennai 600004,
Tamilnadu, India.
The schedule of the Tamil DX Program 'Vaanoli Ulagam' (Radio World) is broadcast Sundays between 1115-1215 UTC (for about 15 minutes) on the following frequencies
To Sri Lanka:
1053 kHz Tuticorin (200 kw)
15050 Khampur, Delhi (250 kw)
17860 New Delhi (100 kw)
7270 Chennai (Avadi) (100 Kw)
To SE Asia:
13695 Bangalore (500 kw)
15770 Aligarh (250 kw)
17810 Panaji (250 kw)
(Source: Jaisakthivel, Producer and Presenter, Chennai)
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Narrower Bandwidth Recommendations, Too
by Leslie Stimson, 9.20.2007
Leslie Stimson is the News Editor and Washington Bureau Chief for Radio World.
Speaking of bandwidth:
A separate document, so far called “NRSC-G100,” illustrates “the relationship of transmitted analog AM bandwidth with interference considerations as related to receiver test results,” Salek said.
Remember that awhile back, we reported that NPR Labs was characterizing 30 or so receivers, on the bench and in the field; that research was for the NRSC. The tests were to determine how much of the bandwidth they recover from an AM transmitted signal.
“Mainstream receivers never did go out as wide as the 10 kHz NRSC standard,” said Salek. The idea is, why not better match up the transmitted signal with what the radio can receive?
Discussion in the document describes how to narrow the transmitted analog or digital bandwidth. The general recommendation is 7 kHz, he said.
When Clear Channel narrowed the transmitted bandwidth on its AMs to some 5 kHz about two years ago (a story that RW broke), the concept was controversial. That’s why this discussion is not part of the standard but placed in a separate document.
Clear Channel Radio’s Jeff Littlejohn, who led the Clear Channel narrowing move, co-chairs the subcommittee, which will exist until at least CES. After that, the roughly 15-member group may go on hiatus until needed again.
(RW Online)
Leslie Stimson is the News Editor and Washington Bureau Chief for Radio World.
Speaking of bandwidth:
A separate document, so far called “NRSC-G100,” illustrates “the relationship of transmitted analog AM bandwidth with interference considerations as related to receiver test results,” Salek said.
Remember that awhile back, we reported that NPR Labs was characterizing 30 or so receivers, on the bench and in the field; that research was for the NRSC. The tests were to determine how much of the bandwidth they recover from an AM transmitted signal.
“Mainstream receivers never did go out as wide as the 10 kHz NRSC standard,” said Salek. The idea is, why not better match up the transmitted signal with what the radio can receive?
Discussion in the document describes how to narrow the transmitted analog or digital bandwidth. The general recommendation is 7 kHz, he said.
When Clear Channel narrowed the transmitted bandwidth on its AMs to some 5 kHz about two years ago (a story that RW broke), the concept was controversial. That’s why this discussion is not part of the standard but placed in a separate document.
Clear Channel Radio’s Jeff Littlejohn, who led the Clear Channel narrowing move, co-chairs the subcommittee, which will exist until at least CES. After that, the roughly 15-member group may go on hiatus until needed again.
(RW Online)
NRCS Will Vote On Revised AM Standards
by Leslie Stimson, 9.20.2007
Leslie Stimson is the News Editor and Washington Bureau Chief for Radio World.
AM is sexy at the NRSC.
Here’s an exclusive to this report: There’s big doings upcoming when the standards body meets next Wednesday in Charlotte — five votes expected in one day. There haven’t been that many votes in a day since the big action on the IBOC standard, I’m told.
What’s happening? AM standards are getting a makeover.
The AM Subcommittee has spent the last three years working on revising those standards. Now the work is done, says committee co-chair Stan Salek of Hammett & Edison.
The group has revised NRSC-1 (AM preemphasis/deemphasis and broadcast audio bandwidth specifications) and NRSC-2 (emission limitation for AM broadcast transmission).
It’s also proposing to delete NRSC-3 (audio bandwidth and distortion recommendations for AM broadcast receivers) and move the receiver response curves, the most relevant portion of the standard, into NRSC-1, according to Salek.
The standards, now in draft form, also have been updated to incorporate IBOC information.
A lot of what the group has done here is streamline and update the voluntary standards. Much of that text was last written to accommodate AMAX, the promotional program to get receiver manufacturers to produce radios that had increased bandwidth. Remember that? The idea was to improve the AM part of the receiver. (In fact, Stan and I both worked at NAB during that time, and AMAX was a big deal then.)
You can read the current standards on the NRSC site. The new ones will be posted sometime after the show, NAB tells me.
(RW Online)
Leslie Stimson is the News Editor and Washington Bureau Chief for Radio World.
AM is sexy at the NRSC.
Here’s an exclusive to this report: There’s big doings upcoming when the standards body meets next Wednesday in Charlotte — five votes expected in one day. There haven’t been that many votes in a day since the big action on the IBOC standard, I’m told.
What’s happening? AM standards are getting a makeover.
The AM Subcommittee has spent the last three years working on revising those standards. Now the work is done, says committee co-chair Stan Salek of Hammett & Edison.
The group has revised NRSC-1 (AM preemphasis/deemphasis and broadcast audio bandwidth specifications) and NRSC-2 (emission limitation for AM broadcast transmission).
It’s also proposing to delete NRSC-3 (audio bandwidth and distortion recommendations for AM broadcast receivers) and move the receiver response curves, the most relevant portion of the standard, into NRSC-1, according to Salek.
The standards, now in draft form, also have been updated to incorporate IBOC information.
A lot of what the group has done here is streamline and update the voluntary standards. Much of that text was last written to accommodate AMAX, the promotional program to get receiver manufacturers to produce radios that had increased bandwidth. Remember that? The idea was to improve the AM part of the receiver. (In fact, Stan and I both worked at NAB during that time, and AMAX was a big deal then.)
You can read the current standards on the NRSC site. The new ones will be posted sometime after the show, NAB tells me.
(RW Online)
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
BBC Radio Five Live makes announcer replacement
BBC Radio Five Live drivetime co-presenter Jane Garvey is to replace Martha Kearney as presenter on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. The BBC announced last week that Garvey would be leaving Five Live because of "family commitments" when it announced details of the station's revamp.
Garvey is swapping her daily drivetime co-hosting job with Peter Allen for a less intensive schedule on Woman's Hour, where presenting duties are shared between several presenters. Read more at: Media Guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/radio/story/0,,2171859,00.html
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