TWR Radio 155

www.twrradio155.org.za/

As listeners from nearly every nation tune into the world’s biggest sporting event, a brand new sports programme, called Up For The Corner, commenced on 9 June ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. The daily broadcast will air on TWR Radio 155 and the internet from the 9th of June to the 12th of July, covering the duration of the sporting event. Refer to the bottom of the page for broadcast times.

Based in the host city for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, Johannesburg, South Africa, the sport programme includes the freshest details on the games with a unique Christian perspective. “We have a great opportunity to engage with football fans during the tournament,” said CEO Adrian Barnard from 2K Plus, a broadcast partner of Up For The Corner. 2K Plus is the World’s only Christian sports media agency, and has reported on Olympic Games and World Cups since 1991. Feba South Africa, Rhema FM 91.9, and HCJB Global will also help produce the sport programme.

Up For The Corner’s coverage will include news, commentary and analysis on the World Cup, as well as Christian outreach events and interviews with Christian footballers, such as Brazil’s Lucio and Kaka. Steve Bickers, an experienced BBC World Service sports producer, produces and presents the programme, assisted by local 2K Plus reporter Solomon Ashoms and sports journalist, Marcos Falcao from London. The focus of the programme is to express a Christian perspective on the sport, culture and community surrounding Africa’s first Soccer World Cup.

Additionally, Up For The Corner is being produced in both Spanish and French. “We pray that our partnership for the Gospel will be a strong witness as well as the content in the programmes,” said Adrian Barnard. To promote a relevant, alternative, Christ-centred lifestyle to sports fans around the world is one of the outcomes desired by producers of Up For The Corner. But above all, on a backdrop of colours from all flags and races of the world, this programme wishes to bridge all participants of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ with the knowledge of God.

TWR will be airing Up For The Corner on the following platforms at the following times:
Monday to Saturday - [Central African Time]

08:00 on Vivid Satellite Platform (Ch number varies)
13:30 on TWR Radio 155 (DStv Audio Channel 155) – which will be simulcasts on TWR Malawi
22:00 on TWR Radio 155 (DStv Audio Channel 155) – which will be simulcasts on TWR Malawi
And at the above times as a live broadcast on www.twrafrica.org and http://www.twrradio155.org.za/.

The programme will also be available from the 2K Plus Gateway website; and on the TWR Africa website as a daily podcast.
Source: World Cup Radio Programme Kicks Off http://bit.ly/9m6IpF

MORE...

About TWR Radio 155

In 1968 TWR began pursuing the possibility of building a radio station in southern Africa. Six years later, on 1 November 1974, TWR went on the air from the Kingdom of Swaziland - an answer to some 25 years of prayer by Christians in South Africa.

Today, from Swaziland and Johannesburg, programmes in 60 languages are beamed to southern, East and West Africa via short- and medium wave, FM and satellite.

Many programmes are also aired to the area known as the 10/40 window.

TWR Radio 155 today...

Trans World Radio - South Africa (TWR-SA), with offices and studios in Kempton Park and Pinetown, is the national partner of TWR.

On 4 December 1994 – Trans World Radio (Johannesburg, South Africa) increased its number of transmitting stations to ten with the start-up of broadcasts from a transmitting station south of Johannesburg, South Africa. With the addition of the Johannesburg transmitting site, TWR has dramatically expanded its area of broadcast coverage on the African continent.

Satellite delivery lets TWR Radio 155 relay its programs simultaneously to broadcast outlets in dozens of countries, allowing TWR to operate special broadcast centers in multiple languages. On several continents, listeners can receive TWR programming through home satellite dishes or from broadcasts on 24-hour satellite channels. TWR continues to leverage online technology to reach millions over the internet via the audio streaming process.

TWR Radio 155, in partnership with Triple M Productions, provides high-quality programming to local broadcasters is a very effective means to increase the listenership of the stations. Christian, secular, and even some government stations broadcast a wide variety of TWR programming.

LISTEN: http://infant.antfarm.co.za/twr/player.asp

Taken from the website: http://www.twrradio155.org.za/about.php
(Yimber Gaviria, Colombia)

Radio Heritage Newsletter

Newsletter # 26
June 2010
Hello everyone

Welcome to our latest update on what's happening, our first in a few months now

Since we started this project, we've been encouraged and delighted by the global response from many thousands who share our vision to celebrate radio heritage and its connections with popular culture and nostalgia....and to step in and save ephemera and other radio related artifacts....see our latest success story later on in this newsletter!

Celebrating Popular Culture
New right now, Radio in Papua New Guinea, a documentary you'll find at http://www.rnzi.com/ (Mailbox audio for June 14) Diamonds of the Dial the story of 75 year old heritage radio calls in Australia.

Updated editions of the famous PAL Radio Guides for the entire Asia-Pacific region, new radio book reviews and other content you'll find now at http://www.radioheritage.net/ .

Use the Google Search button to dig out stories about stations, people and places you're interested about.

AM Radio gets airplay in the popular press
Thanks to Bill Hester, one of our supporters, here's a link http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/124955-am-gold-82/PO to an article written by Canadian Jay Somerset at http://www.popmatters.com/ .

It's about 'The Day the [AM] Music Died' - a well researched look at how oldies music just sounds different on AM radio, and how new artists and the decline in talk radio may just be combining to bring back music to the AM radio dial.

Actually, Radio World magazine in the USA, http://www.radioworld.com/ has an ongoing series of features about AM radio which we highly recommend reading, and in their latest June 16 edition (available free online) you'll also read 'QSL From Long Ago And Far Away' [page 4] and Keep the Heritage Alive, (page 33), two items about the Radio Heritage Foundation and the value of keeping old radio ephemera.

There's also a nice feature by James O'Neale in the same issue [page 34] called, I Remember the Power of Night-Time Radio, which remembers the 50kW clear channel signals that covered the US radio dial, a theme we'll be exploring ourselves at www.radioheritage.net shortly with a nice feature from the afore-mentioned Bill Hester.

We'd also like to thank all of you who continue to send in photos, stories, magazine and newspaper articles and more, such as those from Phillipa Downie whose Dad helped establish commercial radio in New Zealand and then went on to be the first manager of 2AP in Apia, Samoa.

Keep digging these gems out and send them on to us to share!

Constant Calls in a World of Fads, Fashions and FM
Talking of gems, you'll enjoy one of our recent features, Diamonds of the Dial, which looks at the 40 Australian heritage AM stations that have broadcast with the same callsign for at least 75 years!

It's also miraculous to find 40 station owners willing to keep their original station callsigns instead of flipping calls for the latest fad or fashion!

The same exercise for Californian AM radio stations found only about 5 or 6 that met the same criteria...75 years on the air with the same callsign, amongst them KFI and KNX both in Los Angeles and KXO El Centro.

FM is getting older by the day
Of course heritage isn't just restricted to AM radio, there's also FM which has now been around for some 70 years in the USA, and even 60 years in Australia (if we include the long forgotten early ABC-FM broadcasts from the 1950's)

One from the Yes! Success Files
Explaining the cultural value of radio heritage has its challenges. The University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand recently decided to auction off the original pioneer transmitter used in the first AM broadcast in the country just to clear space (and no doubt to make a few dollars), luckily the public outcry from local citizens and organizations such as the Radio Heritage Foundation led to a very rapid retreat from the idea. We're pleased they followed our advice to lease the equipment to a local museum instead.

It's one of a growing number of success stories we're quietly chalking up behind the scenes, and if you'd like to volunteer some time to protect items of radio heritage in your community, drop us a line and tell us more about what you'd like to keep safe for future generations.

Thanks for your donations
The worldwide financial crisis has been having a tough impact on our finances and therefore our ability to get more content online.

Last year we raised US$3500 in donations, paid 20% of our bills and put in 2000 plus hours of unpaid time on our work, so we really need your words of encouragement, annual supporter donations (US$10 or more), and sponsorship or partnership of specific projects, such as meeting operating costs, funding some of those unpaid hours, and more features and articles at http://www.radioheritage.net/

Will you help?

You can donate online right now, and also choose some of the radio books and CD's we've got available, buy your books, music and magazines through our online Amazon store and support our Google Ad advertisers.

I really recommend Keith Richardson's book and CD package (Never a Dull Moment) for a highly entertaining inside story about early Top 20 radio in the Pacific and great tales from behind the mike. I talked with Keith just today and his health is not so good and he also tells me he's down to just a few copies of his book left, so don't leave it too late to get your copy from us.

In the meantime, thanks for your ongoing support and do visit http://www.radioheritage.net/ to refresh your radio memories!

Warm regards
David Ricquish
Chairman
(Rachel Baughn, MT)

BBC Antarctic midwinter broadcast available online

Once a year, staff at the four British Antarctic bases - Rothera, Halley, King Edward Point and Bird Island - cluster round their shortwave radios to hear the BBC’s Gabrielle Walker present half an hour of music requests and special messages from their loved ones back home. The programme is produced and presented for the 45 scientists and technical staff who keep the Antarctic bases of the British Antarctic Survey running through the long, cold darkness of the polar winter.

This year’s broadcast took place at 2130-2200 UTC yesterday (21 June) on 5950, 7295 and 7360 kHz. But it’s now available online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2010/06/100621_antarctic_midwinter_special_2010.shtml if you want to hear what the BBC describes as “possibly the World Service’s most unusual broadcast.”
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

1929 broadcast featuring Thomas Edison recovered

A 1929 recording of a radio broadcast of Thomas Edison has been recovered from a recording made on a machine that no longer exists. Audio experts had to recreate the early sound recording device based only on old photos and descriptions of the machine. Called the “pallophotophone,” the machine recorded onto movie film light emissions made from sound.

Writing for the Times Union, Paul Grondahl says “Listening to the elderly Edison lose his place, become confused and nearly weep over the depth of his admiration for Ford more than 80 years after he spoke those heartfelt words to a live audience has the power to cause a lump to rise in one’s throat.”

Full story at: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=942480#ixzz0rUuIqn20

Listen to the audio at: http://www.timesunion.com/multimedia/video/TUvideo.asp?title=Hear+the+audio&vidid=96943642001&bccapt=Listen+to+the+audio+of+Thomas+Edison +speaking.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Blog Logs

the latest from DXers monitoring the shortwave bands

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on/ sign-off*



Argentina
6060, Radio Nacional, 0214-0233.* Doing fairly well mixing with Cuba. Station IDs to promo for fútbol, played the World Cup “Africa” jingle that I have heard before via Madagascar. Latin American ballads, did not hear any of their other frequencies. (Joe Wood, TN)

Costa Rica
3350, Radio Exterior Espana relay, 0449-0500. English/Spanish. Male/female announers with point/counter-point talk over middle-of-the-road music. Into solid music at 0454. Time pips and ID at 0500. (Joe Wood, TN)

Cuba
5040, Radio Habana, 0520. Spanish ID by male announcer with mentions of several Latin American countries and a request for letters from each. This is the first time I have heard RHC on this frequency. Very good signal (Joe Wood, TN).

Equatorial Guinea
15190, Radio Africa, 2115-2135. English religious talk. “Radio Africa” ID announcement at 2133 along with email address and address in Ghana. Gospel music followed. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Honduras
3340, Radio Misiones Intl (HRMI) (Comayaguela) (presumed), 0301-0315. Spanish. Slow ballad style music (possibly contemporary religious). Short announcements by man between selections. More talk than music at 0312. Weak signal with noise and fading. First log of anything on 3340 this year. Quick check at same time tonight found only a carrier. (Evans, TN)

Israel
15785, Galei Tzahal, 0130-0140. US and Euro-pop music. Hebrew program announcements. Signal Poor to fair. Much better on // 6973. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Liberia
4024.99, Star Radio, 0620-0640. Signal very weak with talk. Presumed. Too weak to pull out any further details. (Brian Alexander, PA)

New Zealand
11725, Radio New Zealand Intl. (Rangitaki). 0534-0605. English. This program reminds me why I have always considered RNZI one of the best shortwave broadcasters. Excellent music program featuring mostly cover versions of island musicians playing popular music from the 1950-1970’s. Pips and ID at 0600, followed by newscast. Signal very good (Joe Wood, TN).

Peru
6019.25, Radio Victoria, 1008-1015, Noted male/female in Spanish language comments.
Although there's interference from 6020 station, using LSB brings out Victoria's signal pretty well, resulting in a fair level. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Pirate (US)
6925 USB, Voice of Chaos, 0010-0025. Station ID and email address. Pop music by Tom Jones, Led Zeppelin and others. Short editorial about the nuclear arms race. Very good. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Sri Lanka
15745, SLBC, 0100-0217. English programming with preview of upcoming programs at 0100. ID. Inspirational talk at 0101. Time checks to Sunday Morning Show at 0105 with lite pop music. Birthday greetings. La Macarena song. News at 0200-0212. Local choral music at 0215 and religious talk. Fair signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Taiwan
9774, Fu Hsing BS (tentative), 1253-1300.* Chinese service. Traditional Chinese instrumental music. Signal poor with adjacent interference. Best to monitor in LSB, unable to confirm if // 9410, due to heavy interference from two stations there. Am IDing this based on language, unique frequency and sign off time. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

USA
7506.20, WRNO, 0255. End of program in English, says to stay tuned for Johnny in Arabic, 0256 Christian program in Arabic. I first heard Arabic here on a Thursday (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

5446.5u USA, AFRTS (Key West). 0527-0533. English. Sports news program talking about Tiger Woods. Ments of the NBA Championship, and into an item the high level of pitching in the Major Leagues. Good signal. (Joe Wood, TN).

Radio RFA announces new QSL series

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the release of the second card in the QSL series celebrating musical instruments of Asia. This card shows a traditional Burmese harp, also known as the saung or the saung gauk. It is an arched harp that usually has 13 to 16 strings that are traditionally made from silk though nylon strings are now more prevalent. The harp is played while sitting on the floor and holding it in one’s lap; the strings are plucked with the right hand while the musician uses their left hand to dampen the strings which improve note clarity and help produce staccato notes. This card will be used to confirm all valid reception reports from July 1 – August 31, 2010.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org .
RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener.
RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to:

Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America.

pon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.
(A.J. Janitschek/RFA)

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC

Australia DX Report #207 available for download
Australian DX Report audio news magazine about shortwave broadcasting includes field monitoring research in the 6 MHz, 7 MHz and 9 HHz bands. I also features, news and information about shortwave roadcasting, propagation, a solar activity report, monitoring notes, and extracts from schedules of the new A10 season.

It's 16 mins duration, and may be accessed from the Australian Internet Radio Service website, at http://airm.edxp.org/

You may download/listen to/save the episodes as MP3 files on your laptop/desktop/iPad, set up a Podcast, or receive/save them on your mobile phone or other portable internet-enabled digital device. You may also subscribe via the site's RSS/Atom feed - full details are at the site.

Links to the episodes are also available on my Facebook service within a few minutes of their release.

The shows are very popular - in the four weeks to June 15, 2010, there have been 2158 downloads by subscribers, 1093 site visitors, and 316 episode hits. All-time Channel views have now exceeded 30,000, and now total 30,129!

The episodes are also available on-air, over WWCR Nashville, 0200-0215 on Sundays, on 4840, and on Mondays 1145-1200 on 15825, and via WWCR's streaming audio (live) at http://wwcr.com/

Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 207, and enjoy the musical interludes!
(Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia)

Bolivia on 6155.26
Radio Fides, 1010-1030. Threshold signal here with a male in Spanish language comments. Believe I can hear a female talking also. The audio periodically faded in for a moment or two, but never anything steady. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

C Crane catalog available
A full version of the C. Crane Company Catalog. This catalog is in Adobe Acrobat* format. The text is searchable and you can print the catalog. Adobe Acrobat Reader* version 3.0 or higher is required to view this catalog.

Download
https://www.ccrane.com/instruction-manuals/ccrane-catalog.pdf
(Yimber Gaviria, Colombia/playdx)

Indonesian logs
9525.88, Voice of Indonesia, 1050-1100. Usual good signal, noted a male and female in English language comments resembling an AM Radio type format of some music and chatter. Signal went off the air abruptly at 1057, but came back 20 seconds later. At 1058 music and female gives credits and then into Indonesian(?) with URL. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

9525.83, Voice of Indonesia, 1030-1045. Female's English comments with an ID at 1031 as "Voice of Indonesia ..." Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

DX News 02
Visit the blog http://www.ipernity.com/home/75006
http://www.ipernity.com/home/75006 and / or download free the new e-newsletter on radio DXing and listening, in Portuguese, to the address:

http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/8689638469/DX_NEWS_02.doc.html
http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/8689638469/DX_NEWS_02.doc.html
(Jorge Frietas, Brasil/Cumbre DX)

Germany's Südwestrundfunk re-starts DRM transmission
http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=207
(Alokesh Gupta, India/drma)

Pacific Asian Radio Guides
Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net

New PAL Radio Guides
now available online
Mediumwave and Shortwave

New versions of both the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] and SW [shortwave] radio stations across the region are now available from the Radio Heritage Foundation website http://www.radioheritage.net/.

The Pacific Asian Log [PAL] Radio guides list all known AM and SW radio stations operating in the region with detailed information about operating times, languages, location, and much more...across many thousands of individual stations.

Information in the new Pacific Asian Log Radio Guides is also useful for travellers, travel agents, corporates and others who need to keep clients and staff informed.

The PAL Radio Guides are compiled in Seattle [USA] by our editor-in-chief Bruce Portzer from monitoring reports, official sources and feedback from listeners across the region.

Search the two new guides online now by options such as location and frequency or download copies for your own personal use from http://www.radioheritage.net/.

You can also search our other frequently updated online guides to Australian narrowcast AM radio [Australia 1611-1701 AM] and the New Zealand Low Power FM Radio dial [NZLPFM Radio]

Feedback, corrections and updates from users are always welcome and will be incorporated in future versions. Simply email us with your comments to info@radioheritage.net.
(Radio Heritage Mail)

European Music Radio slated for Sunday broadcast

EMR this Sunday, June 20 at 0900 UTC

0900-1000 UTC on 6140 kHz


Programs:

09.00 Tom Taylor Program

09.20 Mike Taylor (Mail Box Program)

EMR Internet radio service on Sunday and Monday

Program repeats are at the following times:

10.00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00, 22:00 UTC

Please visit http://www.emr.org.uk/ and click on the EMR internet radio button which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).

Please send all reception reports to: studio@emr.org.uk

Good Listening 73s Tom
(Tom Taylor)

All India Radio updates external services

India

The following are the recent changes noted to AIR External Services.

11620 Aligarh 0015-0430 (Ex 0100-0430)
7410 Bangalore 1745-1945 English (W.NW Africa) (Ex 7550)
7550 Delhi 1745-1945 English, 1945-2045 Hindi
2045-2230 English (Europe) (Ex7400, 7410)
9940 Delhi 1745-1945 English, 1945-2045 Hindi
2045-2230 English (Europe) (Irregular)
15075 Delhi 1615-1730 Hindi (Back on air)
9810 Panaji 0130-0230 Nepali (Back on air)
15185 Panaji 0315-0415 Hindi, 0415-0430 Gujarati,
0430-0530 Hindi (Back on air)

The updated lists are available as follows:

Complete SW in kHz order
External Services in Language order
External Services in Time order
Complete SW Stations order

(Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, DXindia June 15)
(BC-DX #968, wb, Germany)

KNLS Alaska A10 shortwave schedule

Effective to: 30 October 2010

ALl times UTC
broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated

English
0800-0900 11765
1000-1100 11765
1200-1300 7355, 9680
1400-1500 11765

Mandarin
0800-0900 11870
0900-1000 11870
1000-1100 11870
1100-1200 11870
1300-1400 9920
1300-1400 9795
1400-1500 7355
1500-1600 9920
1600-1700 9920
1700-1800 9920

Russian
0900-1000 9615
1100-1200 11765
1600-1700 11765
1700-1800 11765
(Walter Eibl-D, wwdxc June 09)
(BC-DX # 968, wb, Germany)

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Program Preview June 18-25

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 19 JUNE
*** The State We're In ***

Eyewitness to horror: 3 December 1984 may well have been the worst environmental catastrophe in history. This collection of voices, recorded on location in Bhopal, retells what it was like for the people who lived through that night, when hundreds of tons of toxic gas were accidentally released on the sleeping population.

Bhopal champion: Sathyu Sarangi was living in another city when he heard about the disaster. He arrived in Bhopal two days later and what he saw that night has kept him there for the last 25 years, fighting for the most vulnerable people in the city. Taking charge: The Chingari Trust helps children and grandchildren of victims who were exposed to toxic gas in Bhopal. Correspondent Chhavi Sachdev met them in person and talks to Jonathan about the spirit of resilience she encountered.

Hearts for the prime minister: Teenager Safreen Khan grew up in Bhopal. Despite having respiratory problems, she walked 800 km (500 miles) to the prime minister's house to draw attention to the problems she and others in her generation face. She helped organise the sending of paper hearts to the Indian PM - hoping to inspire him to help bring justice to the children of the tragedy.

Union Carbide: Union Carbide sent us a prepared statement stating their position on the disaster and its after-effects. They also sent us an audio clip, expressing sympathy for the victims.

Truth and reconciliation - Canada: Generations of aboriginal children were sent to residential schools where they were culturally denuded and often abused.

Now there's a special commission to heal old wounds. Chief Robert Joseph explains what happened to him and why he thinks the TRC is worth it.

Truth and reconciliation - South Africa Catherine Mlangeni's son was killed by a letter bomb sent to him by South African police. She participated in TRC hearings, but still doesn't have the answers she's waited years to get - and is still waiting for.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
14.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
18.00 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
20.00 East and central Africa 11970, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
10.00 Africa and Asia
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe
22.00 Asia and North America

*** 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.`

This week:
· Flemish nationalists win big in Belgium's election - we look at the results.
· Is Europe taking a scary turn to the right?
· Violence in Kyrgyzstan - we look at the view from Russia.
· Bloody Sunday report exonerates massacre victims.
· Romania's health care system on life support.
· Italy fines tourists for purchasing counterfeits - just in time for summer.
· Web trends: the internet's love-hate relationship with the vuvuzela.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.30 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
17.00 Europe
22.00 Asia and North America

SUNDAY 20 JUNE
*** Radio Books ***

'Rage' - by Marjolijn Februari
Dutch philosopher and author Marjolijn Februari won the Multatuli Prize for her debut novel in 1989. Her latest novel The Literary Circle was nominated for the 2008 Golden Owl Award and is due to be published in English translation. Her Radio Books story is about a troubled 17-year-old who feels he's at a turning point in his life. But which way will he turn?

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
18.30 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
19.30 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
04.30 Africa, Asia and North America
10.30 Africa and Asia
12.30 North America
14.40 Europe

*** Network Europe Extra ***

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

This week:
Talking about the British novelist JG Ballard, whose archives
recently arrived at the British Library. Also in the show - festival
season in Romania this summer. And a look at music as torture -
literally.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1530 South Asia 11835, 15745

MONDAY 21 JUNE
*** Classic Dox ***

'Baking Holy Bread' (Orig. broadcast Oct 2001)
Profile of Antoine de Bakker who for 40 years earned his living making and improving machines used to produce hosts for the Catholic Church. Producer Liesbeth de Bakker talked to him on the eve of his retirement, as well as nuns in Scotland who benefited from his machines. The programme won a Bronze Medal at the New York Festivals.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.30 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.30 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
10.30 Africa and Asia
12.00 North America

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
15.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
18.00 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
20.00 East and central Africa 11970, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
22.00 Asia and North America

*** 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):
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
17.00 Europe

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

Your host Hans Mantel takes a closer look at the tenor saxophone. In the early 20th century it was regarded as a novelty instrument, but it developed into something really special in jazz music. Classical saxophone is usually just one sound, but in jazz on saxophone everybody has their own voice.

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***
The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic conducted by the Danish maestro Michael Schønwandt, plays music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Francis Poulenc,

Maurice Delage and George Bizet. Hosted by Hans Haffmans.

*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***
Eyewitness to horror: 3 December 1984 may well have been the worst environmental catastrophe in history. This collection of voices, recorded on location in Bhopal, retells what it was like for the people who lived through that night, when hundreds of tons of toxic gas were accidentally released on the sleeping population.

Bhopal champion: Sathyu Sarangi was living in another city when he heard about the disaster. He arrived in Bhopal two days later and what he saw that night has kept him there for the last 25 years, fighting for the most vulnerable people in the city.

Taking charge: The Chingari Trust helps children and grandchildren of victims who were exposed to toxic gas in Bhopal. Correspondent Chhavi Sachdev met them in person and talks to Jonathan about the spirit of resilience she encountered.

Hearts for the prime minister: Teenager Safreen Khan grew up in Bhopal. Despite having respiratory problems, she walked 800 km (500 miles) to the prime minister's house to draw attention to the problems she and others in her generation face. She helped organise the sending of paper hearts to the Indian PM - hoping to inspire him to help bring justice to the children of the tragedy.

Union Carbide: Union Carbide sent us a prepared statement stating their position on the disaster and its after-effects. They also sent us an audio clip, expressing sympathy for the victims.

TUESDAY 22 JUNE
*** 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):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe

*** Commonwealth Story ***

A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2009 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

'The sound of one hand clapping' - by Becky Apteker from South Africa.
A young Zulu couple grieve for their lost son.


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

Broadcast times on WRN
10.00 Africa and Asia
22.00 Asia and North America

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection', is performed by the Netherlands Radio Choir and the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.

Hosted by Hans Haffmans.

*** Classic Dox ***

'Truffle Wars' (Orig. broadcast Nov 2001)
In 2001 producer Ann-Marie Michel travelled to Italy's Umbria region, famous for its truffles. She discovered a war being waged for this precious, if odorous, delicacy. Truffle hunters were even killing their rival's truffle hunting dogs. What is it that makes this unusual foodstuff so remarkably valuable?

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
15.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
18.00 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
20.00 East and central Africa 11970, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
22.00 Asia and North America

WEDNESDAY 23 JUNE
*** 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):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
15.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
18.00 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
20.00 East and central Africa 11970, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
22.00 Asia and North America

*** Reloaded ***

Weekly highlights presented by Mindy Ran

*** Classic Dox ***

'Diner Pensant' (Orig. broadcast June 2006)
A 'diner pensant,' or dinner discussion, is a unique Dutch phenomenon. Producer Michele Ernsting sits down to a four-course meal with Professor of Food Philosophy Michiel Korthals to talk about the role of food in society. What's more important - to know where our food comes from or to simply enjoy eating it?

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America

THURSDAY 24 JUNE
*** 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):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe

*** The State We're In - South Asia edition ***

Join your host Chhavi for a focused look at Zimbabwe, a country which has seen years of severe political repression, a recent cholera epidemic, and an inflation rate measured in the millions of percent that eventually led to the adoption of the American dollar very recently. Stay tuned to hear from three mothers who tell us about keeping their families together, the minister of water resources and management, and the folks who run Radio Voice of the People.

*** Earth Beat - South Asia edition ***

Join your host Chhavi Sachdev as we explore the theme of water: we test drive a portable potable invention - the life straw. We hear the definitive answer to whether the next World War will really be over water, and finally we have an inspirational story from Lake Chilka in Orissa.

*** South Asia Wired ***

Afghan analyst Martine van Bijlert talks to Dheera Sujan about her insiders view of the complicated and multi-layered relationship Afghanistan has with the international community.

*** Classic Dox ***

'Let Them Eat Cake' (Orig. broadcast July 2002)
Historians agree that Marie Antoinette never uttered the most famous quote attributed to her. But legend has it she brought the recipe for her favourite Kugelhopf cake from Austria to France. Producer Mindy Ran visits the kitchen of food historian Lisette Kruijff to sort through the myths and bake a deliciously sweet Kugelhopf as they chat.

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
15.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
18.00 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
20.00 East and central Africa 11970, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
22.00 Asia and North America

FRIDAY 25 JUNE
*** 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):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe

*** Bridges with Africa ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa. The show goes beyond the clichés of starving children and war-ridden countries and seeks to bring you genuine voices from a vibrant continent.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
18.00 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
20.00 East and central Africa 11970, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
04.30 Africa, Asia and North America
17.00 Europe
22.00 Asia and North America

*** Earth Beat ***

The nine-month odyssey of a man who tried to build a toaster from scratch leads us to question technology: can electronics ever be made without using harmful substances mined in harmful ways? On the other hand, how can gadgets help us live in a more sustainable way?

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

*** Classic Dox ***

'The Food of the Gods' (Orig. broadcast July 2001)
Chocolate is the western world's most craved edible product. For some it's comfort food, for others a substitute for sex. Producer Dheera Sujan traces the history of the fussy cocoa plant and its precious bean. She talks with chocoholics and explores the role the Dutch played in popularising the chocolate drink.

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America

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

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
15.04 South and Southeast Asia 12080, 15595
18.04 East Africa 12045, Central and East Africa 11655, South Africa 6020
20.04 West Africa 21525, 11655, South and Central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
14.04 Europe
22.00 Asia
23.00 North America and CBC
(R Netherlands)

Radio City set for Saturday relay

Dear Listeners,
This Saturday the 19th of June 2010 Radio City will return to the airwaves via Nexus (ex. IRRS) with 150 kW on 9515 kHz.

The time slot is 08.00 - 09.00 UTC

Our contact address is still citymorecars@yahoo.ca
Best regards Radio City - the Station of the Cars
Good listening
Tom Taylor

Shortwave on an iPhone ?

All you have to do is build a quadrature sampling detector

Stan Horzepa: "[A] software defined radio (SDR) application for the Apple iPhone, iPod touch and iPad called iSDR. It is a portable software-defined radio receiver designed for experimenters, shortwave listeners and Amateur Radio operators -- and it is free! A caveat: receiving live on-the-air signals with iSDR requires purchasing or constructing a quadrature sampling detector (QSD) RF front-end device that connects between an antenna and the microphone input jack of the iPhone, iPod or iPad."
(ARRL/Kim Elliott)

Additional info: http://digitalconfections.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=54

Photos of listeners to the Swiss shortwave service, 1930s-1950s

"This year the internet portal swissinfo.ch is marking its 75th anniversary. The Swiss shortwave service was set up in 1935 and was renamed Swiss Radio International (SRI) in 1978. Listeners from all over the world were very motivated to write in, as a look in our archive reveals."
(Kim Elliott)

Radio Canada International via your toaster ?

In an amusing piece, the website canadaeast.com tells us how residents in Tantramar marsh hear voices from their bathtubs, refrigerators, washing machines and toasters. These are apparently coming from the nearby Sackville transmitter site of Radio Canada International (RCI), though I am slightly puzzled at the sentence “Speaking in tinny, muffled tones, these voices ramble, sing and chat in Italian, Chinese, Portuguese and various other sing-song languages of the world” as RCI does not broadcast in Italian.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Artist is, so far, unable to hear Radio Canada International shortwave on a kitchen sink
Victoria Handysides: "The people of the Tantramar marsh [New Brunswick] hear voices. ... Through the miracle of external rectification - aka: 'the rusty bolt effect' - folks around the region have been receiving misdirected radio waves for over half a century. They're unintentionally intercepting Radio Canada International broadcasts from CBC's shortwave broadcasting transmitter, built in the marshy wetlands to send radio waves across the globe. 'The plumbing acts as an antenna,' area artist and burgeoning historian Amanda Christie said. ... Christie, a 33-year-old Sackville resident, is attempting to record the area's buzzing and undocumented history; she's creating an audio/visual art project to tell the tale. ... The filmmaker/gallery worker has never heard the waves through her own appliances, so she's trying to fake it. Christie has constructed a homemade sink, with makeshift antenna copper piping. ... So far, nothing yet - but Christie's resolve is strong."
(CanadaEast Interactive, June 17/Kim Elliott)

Tougher action aganist Dutch pirate radio stations

The Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands (AT) is stepping up action to prevent illegal radio radio broadcasts. The agency will not only close down stations that are on the air without permit, but will also target aerial towers “obviously intended for illegal broadcasts”.

As a first step, AT inspectors will pay warning visits to land and home owners on whose premises suspicious constructions are spotted. “If these are used illegally, they will be fined 2,500 euros plus a conditional fine of 2,250.” The total fine that illegal broadcasters risk “can total up to 33,750 euros”, according to AT spokesman Gernant Deekens.

The new approach will first be used in the relatively rural northeastern province of Drenthe. Pirate stations are often run from hideouts in sheds and barns, playing popular music to a local audience for a couple of hours a day. It is often felt that “official” radiostations are catering insufficiently for regional tastes, prompting enterprising individuals to set up their own transmissions on AM or FM. The quality of the transmitters is often such that the broadcasts are causing interference on other channels, often without the pirates even being aware of it.

“Pirate radios are causing a lot of trouble in the north and east of the Netherlands,” according to AT Chief Inspector Peter Spijkerman. “Their illegal broadcasts are interfering with legal radio stations here and in neighbouring Germany. Air traffic communication, too, is disrupted by illegal transmissions. This can lead to dangerous situations. We primarily want to take preventive action, but if people break the law, we’ll give the pirates tit for tat,” Mr Spijkerman warned.
(Source: RNW News/Radio Netherlands)

North Korea moves quietly onto the internet

In the past few months, a block of 1,024 Internet addresses, reserved for many years for North Korea but never touched, has been registered to a company with links to the government in Pyongyang. It is unclear how the country’s secretive leadership plans to make use of the addresses. It seems likely they will be assigned for military or government use, but experts say it is impossible to know for sure.

Additional story at: http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/350262/north_korea_moves_quietly_onto_internet/ (R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Polish Radio to stream election special Sunday night

Polish Radio’s English section will be streaming a live election night special on Sunday 20 June from 1930 UTC. The programme, presented by John Beauchamp and Peter Gentle, will have pundits trying to make sense of the results, vox pops from outside polling stations and all the latest presidential election news. The live audio stream will be accessible from the Home Page of the website.
(Source: Polish Radio)

Voice of Russia, A10 summer schedule update

Voice of Russia

Effective to: 30 October 2010

All times UTC
broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
target areas: aqf (Africa) as (Asia) eu (Europe) me (Middle East) na (North America) pa (Pacific) sa (South America)

English
0000-0100 7440na 9890na
0200-0300 7440na 9890na
0300-0400 DRM 15735as
0300-0400 9665sa 15425na 15585as
0400-0500 13775na
0500-0600 13775na
0600-0700 15405pa
0700-0800 15405pa 17495pa
0800-0900 DRM 12060eu
0900-1000 17495pa
0900-1000 DRM 12060eu
1200-1300 11500as 11755as
1400-1500 4975as/me 9455as 11500as
1500-1600 4975as/me 9455as 9735me 11985af/me 12040eu 13855af 11985af
1600-1700 4975as/me 11985af/me 11985af 12040eu 13855af
1700-1800 4975as/me 11985af 12040eu 13855af
1800-1900 4975as/me 12040eu
1900-2000 12040eu
2200-2300 9890na
2300-0000 9890na
(VOR Elena Osipova/6 15 2010)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2010 Jun 15 2151 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
07 - 13 June 2010

Solar activity ranged from very low to moderate levels. Very low levels prevailed from 07-11 June, but activity increased to moderate on 12 June due to an M2/Sn flare at 0057 UTC from Region 1081 (N24, L=99, class/area Dao/90 on 13 June), which was associated with a type II radio sweep and a Tenflare. There was a weak CME associated with this event but it was not earthward directed. Region 1081 grew quickly after being assigned on 11 June but seemed to be stabilizing or possibly decaying late on 13 June. An additional M1/Sf occurred on 13 June at 0539 UTC from Region 1079 (S24, L=123, class/area Bxo/10 on 12 June) which also had an associated Type II radio sweep. A CME was observed off the West limb in association with this event. The spot class and area for Region 1079 on 13 June were highly uncertain due to its location on the west limb.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. A weak enhancement of proton flux levels was noted between 0600-1000 UTC on 12 June, most likely related to the M2 event that occurred at 12/0057 UTC.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels throughout the period.

The geomagnetic field was predominantly quiet during the week with the exception of some isolated unsettled periods and an isolated active period at high latitudes on 13 June. Solar wind data from the ACE spacecraft showed generally nominal conditions with the exception of a weak coronal hole high speed stream on 10 June and a solar sector boundary change that started late on 12 June.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
16 June - 12 July 2010

Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal background levels for the most of the forecast period with the exception of 17-18 June and 27 June - 03 July due to recurrent high speed streams.

The geomagnetic field is expected to be unsettled with a chance for active periods for 16-17 June due to a coronal hole high speed stream. Quiet levels are expected for 18-24 June, followed by another increase to mostly unsettled levels with isolated active periods for 25-30 June due to another coronal hole high speed stream. Quiet levels are expected for 01-12 July.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2010 Jun 15 2151 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2010 Jun 15
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2010 Jun 16 72 12 3
2010 Jun 17 70 10 3
2010 Jun 18 70 5 2
2010 Jun 19 70 5 2
2010 Jun 20 70 5 2
2010 Jun 21 70 8 3
2010 Jun 22 72 8 3
2010 Jun 23 72 5 2
2010 Jun 24 75 5 2
2010 Jun 25 75 12 3
2010 Jun 26 75 15 3
2010 Jun 27 75 15 3
2010 Jun 28 75 8 3
2010 Jun 29 75 10 3
2010 Jun 30 75 8 3
2010 Jul 01 72 5 2
2010 Jul 02 72 5 2
2010 Jul 03 72 5 2
2010 Jul 04 72 5 2
2010 Jul 05 72 5 2
2010 Jul 06 72 5 2
2010 Jul 07 72 5 2
2010 Jul 08 72 5 2
2010 Jul 09 72 5 2
2010 Jul 10 72 5 2
2010 Jul 11 72 5 2
2010 Jul 12 72 5 2
(NOAA)

Tomas Hood Propagation website:
http://propagation.hfradio.org/

Space Weather:
http://www.spaceweather.com/

Shortwave Blog "Bytes"

All times UTC (NF - new frequency)

Australia and Malaysia order DRM transmitters
Broadcast Australia and RTM Malaysia order Continental Electronics DRM Transmitters

Broadcast Australia has asked DRM member company Continental Electronics to supply two new DRM-ready 100 kilowatt transmitters for two of its short-wave stations. The purchase represents the first step in Broadcast Australia’s plan to enhance its digital short-wave (HF) broadcast capabilities throughout its network of transmitters. The state-of-the-art Continental
Model 418G-DRM transmitters will enable Broadcast Australia to transmit programming in analogue AM and digital (DRM) modes from both stations, Tenant Creek and Shepparton. Both transmitters are expected to be on the air and fully operational by late summer.

Radio-Television Malaysia (RTM) has chosen the same Continental model for its new short-wave transmitters. The three 100 kilowatt DRM-ready HF transmitters from Continental, along with other associated equipment, are to be installed in the RTM transmitting station at Kajang, and will enable RTM transmissions in digital DRM format as well as conventional analogue AM.
RTM’s new transmitters are expected to be on the air and fully operational before the end of the year. (DRM Newsletter, June 2010)

Read the DRM Newsletter June 2010 issue here :
http://www.drm.org/old/index.php?id=367
(Alokesh Gupta, India)

Austria
VT Communications changes:
Polish Radio External Service in English from May 6:
1700-1800 NF 9770#MOS 300W / non-dir to NoEu, ex 9655* (Bc-DX 967)

# co-ch China Radio International in Cantonese to EaAf
* to avoid VOIROI/IRIB in Swahili to EaAf from 1730
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

BBC schedule update via Ascension Island, Cyprus, U.K., Uzbekistan
English World Service
0600-0700 NF 15105 RMP 500 kW / 168 deg to NEAf, ex 9410 ASC
0900-1100 NF 15285 SNG 100 kW / 025 deg to SEAs, addit. freq.
1800-1900 NF 5875 CYP 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs, ex 9485 CYP

Hausa
1930-2000 NF 11985 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf, ex 11955 ASC

Indonesian Sun-Thu UTC (Mon-Fri Local)
2200-2300 NF 9860 SNG 100 kW / 090 deg to SEAs, ex 7275 DHA (Bc-DX 967)

Belarus monitoring
6010, 6040, 6070, 7235, and 7280 kHz have been on the air throughout the day since these transmissions were reactivated. They appear to be more or less 24 hrs, but the period 2300-0200 UT is hard to confirm.6190 kHz can be heard here at BLR sunrise when Germany is still in darkness.

6080, 6115, and 7265 kHz only heard evenings (from appr. 1500 UT) with sign off at 2100 UT or even earlier. On May 26 I heard 6010, 6070 kHz identifying "Radyo Brest" at 1530 UT.(Olle Alm-SWE, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 27/BC-DX 967)

Bonaire story
This was the text of a brochure which I wrote in 1989 following a visit to the station. The show is just on line at http://jonathanmarks.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=622794
(Jonathan Marks/BCB-TX)

China Radio relay via Cerrik, Albania
Summer A-10 update
2000-2157 on 5960 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
1600-1757 on 5970 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu in German
1800-1957 on 5970 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in French
0000-0157 on 6020*CER 300*kW / 305 deg to NoAm in English
0200-0257 on 6020*CER 300*kW / 305 deg to NoAm in Chinese
1800-1957 on 6055 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
2200-2257 on 6175 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu in Portuguese
2300-2357 on 6175 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu in Spanish
2000-2157 on 6185 CER 150 kW / 193 deg to EaAf in Arabic
2200-2357 on 7210 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu in Spanish
1100-1157 on 7220 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Bulgarian
2000-2157 on 7235 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
0900-0957 on 7285 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Romanian
2000-2157 on 7285 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
1200-1257 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Serbian
1500-1557 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to N/ME in Turkish
1600-1757 on 7380 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu in German
0900-0957 on 9440 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu in Romanian
1800-1957 on 9480 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in French
0500-0657 on 9515 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
1600-1757 on 9555 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
1500-1557 on 9565 CER 150 kW / non-dir to N/ME in Turkish
0000-0157 on 9570*CER 300*kW / 305 deg to NoAm in English
0200-0257 on 9570*CER 300*kW / 305 deg to NoAm in Chinese
0500-0657 on 9590 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in Arabic
1800-1957 on 11695 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
0500-0657 on 11710 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME in English
1600-1757 on 11725 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in Arabic
0500-0657 on 11775 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in Arabic
0700-0857 on 11785 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in Chinese
1400-1557 on 11920 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
1100-1257 on 13650 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
1400-1557 on 13670 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf in French
0700-0857 on 13710 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu in English
* 2x150 kW in parallel
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17/BC-DX 967)

DRM link
http://www.drm.org/old/index.php?id=367
(DRMNA)

Frequency change of Radio Free Chosun
Korean
2000-2100 NF 7505 TAC 200 kW / 065 deg to KRE , ex 7515
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 1/BC-DX 967)

Georgia on 9535
[Abkhazia] Abkhaz Radio irregulary is heard 0700-0730 vary on 9535 kHz and 1700-1720 on MW 1350 kHz (May 20-June 2).(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 2/BC-DX 967)

Kalingrad
Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution place. Another GE
image update.

54 54 29.39 N 21 42 14.14 E

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.908163&lon=21.703929&z=15&l=5&m=b
http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=54+54+29.39+N+
+21+42+14.14+E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=19.808511,57.084961&ie=UTF8&ll
=54.908149,21.70392&spn=0.035379,0.111494&t=h&z=14

New two foto images of Bolshakovo transmitter site on GE Panoramio,
contributed by Pavel Michailowitsch.

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/27533443.jpg

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/33557054.jpg

this picture of Peer Axel Kruse, Flensburg-Germany is older of Sept 2007.
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/origi
nal/4648429.jpg
wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 8/BC-DX 967)

Kuwait
Summer A-10 of Radio Kuwait in Arabic:
0200-0900 on 5960^KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME
0500-0930 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Holy Qura'n service
0800-1000 on 7250 KBD 500 kW / non-dir to WeAs Farsi, ex 0600-0800
0930-1745 on 11630#KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Holy Qura'n service
1005-1505 on 21540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu
1100-1600 on 9750*KBD 300 kW / 275 deg to NEAf
1600-2100 on 6050&KBD 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME
1650-2000 on 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg to NoAm
1750-2100 on 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic or/and English

^ till 0500 co-ch R.Japan NHK World in Japanese
# till 1600 strong co-ch by CNR 1/8 Minority sce
* from 1300 totally blocked by VOR in DRM mode
& 1700-1900 totally blocked by RL in Belorussian
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

21540 Radio Kuwait in Arabic with more than fair signal of S=9+15dB at
1200 UT June 6. Co-channel REE Noblejas in Sp on weekends was very weak
UNDERNEATH, and latter hardly readable.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 6/BC-DX 967)

New program from Radio Miami International
Germany (Gambia non) From: "Radio Miami International"
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010
Subject: Re: UNID via Media & Broadcast 15225, RMI provided ?

Hi Wolfgang.
This new program for the Gambia began on May 22. It's 15 minutes per week, and the program is in various local languages as well as English segments.

The organization which sponsors and produces the program is the Save the
Gambia Democracy Project. Their website is

All the best.
Jeff
WRMI Radio Miami International
175 Fontainebleau Blvd., Suite 1N4
Miami, Florida 33172 USA
Tel 305-559-WRMI (9764)
Fax 305-559-8186
(Jeff White RMI, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 6)

Radio Mashaal
Pashto, extended from July 15
0700-0800 12130 IRA, 15670 KWT, 15715 WER, 15740 UDO
0800-0900 12130 IRA, 15360 UDO, 15670 KWT, 15715 WER
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 4/BC-DX 967)

Voice of America
New schedule for Voice of America in Georgian from June 28:
1530-1600 11945 IRA 250 kW 324 deg
15460 LAM 100 kW 092 deg, deleted
1600-1630 9850 LAM 100 kW 092 deg
15460 WER 250 kW 090 deg, deleted
1600-1700 9435 LAM 100 kW 092 deg
13745 WER 250 kW 090 deg, retimed
1700-1800 7425 BIB 100 kW 088 deg
11940 BIB 100 kW 085 deg, unchange
(BC-DX 967)

You Tube Radio Wars
Radio Wars Between North and South Korea
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service, 8 minute report, includes interview with Open Radio For North Korea, a North Korean defector, a look at jamming and a report on activists sending helium balloons with money, leaflets, DVD's and radio's over the border:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ug6bnhjy7o

The English service of the Voice of Korea, the DPRK's international broadcasting service, broadcasts a statement in response to a South Korean investigation into the sinking of the warship Cheonan. In the statement, the DPRK threatens "all out war" if the south retaliates. 3560kHz monitored at 1500UTC on May 20 in Tokyo. 5 minutes 44:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc8XZIq2B6U
(Mike Barraclough/worlddxclub)

WYFR in English
from May 3via Ascension Island and South Africa
1600-1700 on 6010 MEY 100 kW / 020 deg to SoAf, additional txion
1900-2000 on 7270 MEY 250 kW / 342 deg to CeAf, additional txion
2000-2100 on 11690 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf, additional txion
2000-2100 NF 12055 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CeAf, ex 15195
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17/Bc-DX 967)

ASCENSION ISL/CYPRUS/SINGAPORE/U.K./UZBEKISTAN

Frequency changes of BBC:
English WS
0600-0700 NF 15105 RMP 500 kW / 168 deg to NEAf, ex 9410 ASC
0900-1100 NF 15285 SNG 100 kW / 025 deg to SEAs, addit. freq.
1800-1900 NF 5875 CYP 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs, ex 9485 CYP

Hausa
1930-2000 NF 11985 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf, ex 11955 ASC

Indonesian Sun-Thu UTC (Mon-Fri Local)
2200-2300 NF 9860 SNG 100 kW / 090 deg to SEAs, ex 7275 DHA

Radio Bulgaria, DX program

This is Radio Bulgaria’s weekly DX Program for radio amateurs and short wave fans and DXers which is included in our one-hour broadcasts starting as follows: Friday at 21.00 UTC on 5900 and 7400 kHz beamed to West Europe, at 23.00 UTC and Saturday at 02.00 UTC on 9700 and 11700 kHz to North America, as well as in the half-hour broadcast at 06.30 UTC on 9600 and 11600 kHz to West Europe.

In this issue by DX Editor Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF, with Broadcast Tips by Rumen Pankov:

The 3C – Equatorial Guinea & Annobon Island DXpedition

Updated information from the web site: ”We will head to the Island of Bioko Thursday, June 3 and begin our activities the next day as 3C9B. We will spend as much time as possible on the radio. There we will pick up our supplies to live on Annobon Island for 14 days.

On June 7 our airplane will leave for Annobon and when everything is ready, we will start the DXpedition as 3C0C. Our pilot EA5YN and EC4DX will announce news on our web site as it happens. We also want to inform you that we are taking a 5 element Yagi antenna for 50 MHz.

E4X – Palestine

The DXpedition team has been working quite hard to make most of the propagation they have, working on all bands CW, SSB & RTTY. They report a pirate has been using their call sign on 20 meters SSB. Try to verify who it is before you log anything.

The DXpedition will be on the air through this weekend, June 6. and say they will try to upload their logs three times a day, as their internet connection is apparently working well for them.
QSL via EA5RM.

FW-Wallis/Futuna

425 DX News reports that Japanese operators will be active July 14 - 24 from Wallis Island. The plans are to operate 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and FM with 100 watts and simple antennas. A side trip has been confirmed for July 15 from around 22 -23Z to around 01 Z July 17 and they will be signing FW5M/p. On Wallis Island they have been issued the call signs FW5M, FW5FM and FWD2A. The FMD2A is probably an error and will be changed to a more common callsign upon their arrival on Wallis Island.

Ham Visitors to South Africa May Use Special Call Sign Prefix During World Cup

Through an agreement between the South African Radio League (SARL) and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, those radio amateurs who will be attending the FIFA World Cup in South Africa may use a special ZS call sign during the event. SARL is South Africa’s IARU Member-Society. After registering with SARL prior to arrival in South Africa, hams may attach ZS10 to the front of their own call sign (i.e.ZS10/K1SFA) from June 11 to July 11. Hams interested in obtaining permission to use ZS10/ must complete the form and e-mail it to worldcup@sarl.org.za , along with a copy of their passport page showing the ham’s photograph and a copy of their current Amateur Radio license. Hams will need to keep both a copy of the form and their license while in South Africa.

In anticipation of the World Cup, SARL and its affiliated clubs have been using a special event call sign ZS10WCS since September 2009. SARL will provide a commemorative QSL card for these amateurs who work ZS10WCS. Direct QSLs must include a self-addressed envelope and one IRC or $1. Amateurs may also QSL via e-mail to wcs@sarl.org.za , but those hams sending an e-mail QSL will only receive an e-mail QSL in return, and not the commemorative printed QSL card.

B R O A D C A S T T I P S

Myanmar. Myanma Radio in the Burmese language was heard in Sofia on 7200 kHz from 23.25 to 00.26 hours after it had been for two months on 7186 kHz. With another program Myanma Radio was received after 00.05 hours on 5986 kHz.

Bahrain. Radio Bahrain was reported with a program in English after 00 hour on 6010 kHz. Radio Bahrain but in Arabic was broadcasting at the same time on 9745 kHz.

Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, SLBC, has come back to the frequency of 15745 kHz and was heard with a program in English of its own between 01 and 01.30 hour on 9770 and 15745 kHz, also announcing the frequency of 6005 kHz. After 01.30 hour it became relaying a religious program from the USA. SLBC was also heard with programs in local languages after 00.20 hour on 7190 and 11905 kHz, and after 16.30 hours on 11750 kHz.

Caucasus. Radio Voice of Justice from Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was heard again with a program in the Azer language between 13 and 13.26 hours on 9676.3 kHz.

Sudan. Radio Miraya was received on its new frequency of 9480 kHz between 04 and 06 hours, announcing that it also broadcasts in Arabic and English from 03 to 04 hours on 9470 kHz, from 04.30 to 16 hours on 15710 kHz and from 14 to 17 hours on 15650 or 15710 kHz.

Russia. Radio Voice of Russia English Language Service is on the air from 14 to 19 hours on the tropical frequency of 4975 kHz, from 14 to 16 hours on 9455 kHz and from 15 to 21 hour on 12040 kHz.

DPR Korea. Radio Voice of Korea was heard in Sofia with a program in English after 18 hours on the tropical frequency of 3560 kHz, as well as on 15245 kHz. Three different programs in the Korean language are reported at 17 hours – one on 6399 and 6251 kHz, the other on 9666 and 11681 kHz and the third on 15245 kHz.

With this we have come to the end of our weekly DX Program. Your opinions and suggestions will be appreciated and all reception reports confirmed with the QSL card of Radio Bulgaria. Please address your letters to English Section, Radio Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria or by e-mail to english@bnr.bg . an online reception report form is available at www.bnr.bg – click on English and navigate.
So, 73 and DX!
Source: Radio Bulgaria - DX program

(Yimber Gaviria, Colombia)

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on/ sign-off*

Antarctica
15476, LRA36, From 1425 till transmitter off at 1520 (the latest I have heard them). Signal began very poor, slowly improved, but quickly downhill after about 1455. Program mostly of Latin American ballads. The talking segments had low audio compared to the nice songs (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Argentina
15344.18, Radio Nacional. Special World Cup coverage of the Argentina game from 1421 to 1457. Numerous “Radio Nacional” IDs. Two time pips at 1430. Naturally the announcer was excited.(Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

15345, Radio Nacional, 0211-0228. Dramatization to station IDs as, “Radio Nacional, Buenos Aires.” List of actors in the performance to time pips at 0230, 0234-0300. Variety of music (Bossa Nova, etc.) to time pips at 0300 and ID. Back to more songs. Signal mostly fair. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Ascension Island
17640, 1440. BBC World Service relay. Report on the Walk to the North Pole. SIO 453. (Bob Fraser, ME).

Bolivia
5952.45, Emisora Pio XII, 0205-0215, It's almost impossible to hear a weak signal on this band at this time with so many boomers on every 10 KHz, but Pio XII can be just barely heard here with a female in Spanish language comments. Signal is threshold. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 0955-1005, Was rather surprised when I tune across this freq and actually heard some Spanish comment from a female. The comments continued through the top of the hour. Signal remained threshold however. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

6134.83, 2335-2359. Radio Santa Cruz. Program of popular music Had to notch out the station on 6135 kHz which sound like the Brazilian that operates there. The music continued to the hour while the interference continued too. At 2356 canned Spanish comments. Signal was impossible to hear on the hour due to heavy hitters coming on the air, blocking everthing. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

6134.79v, 0150-0219.* Radio Santa Cruz. The few times that I have recently checked this, have found almost fair reception. fútbol coverage, which is why they were running late. Many time checks, one team must have been local as there were numerous “Santa Cruz.” several IDs and a final canned sign-off announcement with “Buenas noches Bolivia”. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Brazil
5990, Radio Senado, Brasilia DF, *0852-0935.+ Sign on with local Brazilian music. Portuguese ID announcements at 0900. Mostly continuous local music. Fair to good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Bulgaria
11700, 2318. Radio Bulgaria. Events & Developments. SIO 554. (Bob Fraser, ME)

China
9505, 1255-1300.* Voice of the Strait. Thanks to a reminder from Hiroshi (via Mauno Ritola), I found VOS in Chinese, with pips and off. About 10-15 seconds later the transmitter started up on 4940 and audio began at 1301. Too bad that the ID in English gets lost in the switch over! (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Czech Republic
9440,k 2240. Radio Prague. Report on establish in a gorilla preserve in Cameroon. SIO 554. (Bob Fraser, ME)

Dominican Republic
6025, 0303-0442. Radio Amanecer. IDs for “Radio Amanecer Internacional.” Segments of religious songs and religious (or health?) talks. SIgnal poor to almost fair. Glad to find this still doing well. Running well past their normal sign-off time. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Ethiopia
6030, *0321-0330. Radio Oromiya. Another Monday with no Cuban jamming or Radio Martí here. Usual repetitive xylophone-like interval signal. Unusable after distinctive interval signal.(Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

France
15690, 1710. Radio Taiwan International relay via Issoudun. We've Got Mail letterbox program with musical bridges. SIO 453. (Bob Fraser, ME)

Indonesia
9525.90, 1013-1030. Voice of Indonesia. Noted a female in English language comments. he seems to be giving details of events that happened on June 12 through out recent history. When finished she gives URL information for Voice of Indonesia. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

9680, 1018-1030. RRI Jakarta. Noted a female in Japanese language comments. Do they have a segement of Japanese here? At 1024, a male continues in Indonesian language comments. Checked the WRTH and it didn't list Japanese as a language broadcast here. Program continued in Indonesian. At 1027, ID in Indonesian language. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

9525.89, *0944-1015.+ Voice of Indonesia. Abrupt sign on in listed Korean. Local music. Into English at 1000 with news at 1001. Too weak with high noise level to discern much program content. (Brian Alexander, PA

Israel
15785.0, 2135-2205.+ Galei Tzahal. Back on this frequency after several months silence. Hebrew talk. Local pop music. Signal fair to good. Weak on // 6973. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Japan
6115, 1005-1015. Radio Nikkei-2,(presumed) Steady music program. Looked for a parallel signal. There was music on 3925 KHz where Radio Nikkei-1 is situated, but could not tell if Nikkei-2 and Nikkei-1 were parallel because the signal on 6115 kHz was too weak to hear clearly. While Nikkei-1 on 3925 had a good signal going for it. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Laos
7145, Lao National Radio, Vientiane. Since May 28 I have been unable to hear this, but on June 10 noted them at 1209. Station gone by recheck at 1336. On June 12 was not on the air at 1254. Seems to have become erratic!(Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Madagascar
7105 (USB + carrier mode), RTV Malagasy, Had almost fair reception with pre-World Cup coverage at 1355 with songs (“We Are the World”, etc.. Into excited World Cup coverage till 1410 tune out. Believe we will now be hearing a lot of “We Are the World”, as I also heard the same song today via Radio Fly (Papua New Guinea). Outstanding reception conditions for SW coverage of the World Cup!(Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Myanmar
7200.0, Myanma Radio. Heard Korea going off at 1249, leaving Myanmar in the clear. Vernacular language, pop and indigenous music. From 1331 to 1334* a lecture completely in English, provided by the Minorities and Distance Learning Services; running four minutes late. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

New Zealand
6170, 0900. Radio New Zealand International. Signal time pips to time announcement. Station ID into newscast. SIO 343. (Bob Fraser, ME)

Papua New Guinea
3915, 1214-1257. Radio Fly. Mostly pop songs to one segment with announcer between songs, but mostly non-stop music. Adjacent splatter in Korean from strong (unjammed) 3912. At first was unable to hear // 5960, but by 1257 it was stronger than 3915, which was fading out. Played “We Are the World”; after 1300 noted 5960 mixing with talking in Chinese (PBS Xinjiang). Signal very poor by 1350. This is the first decent reception I have had since my last one on June 7. (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)

Romania
5960, 2200. Radio Romania International. Evening newscast read by lady announcer. SIO 454. (Bob Fraser, ME).

Sudan
7200, 0257-0306. Radio Omdurman (Omdurman). Arabic. Traditional vocal music. Announcements by man at 0259, beeps on the hour, more announcements, and news by man. Strong signal with little fading. (Jim Evans, TN)

Turkey
9830, 222o. Voice of Turkey. Hues and Colors of Anatolia. SIO 454. (Bob Fraser, ME).

USA
7506.20, 0342-0400.* WRNO (presumed). Christian program in Arabic along with Middle Eastern music. First time I have heard this language here. No ID at sign off. Appreciate the kind assistance of Tarek Zeidan (Denmark), who listened to my audio clip and confirmed it was a Christian religious program and he notes: no ID but typical Christian radio in Arabic, like WYFR and AWR. Thanks go out to Tarek! Per Wikipedia (shortwave broadcasting in the United States): “On March 13, 2010, WRNO began transmitting a weekly religious broadcast in Arabic for a portion of its broadcast schedule.” (Ron Howard, CA/Cumbre DX)