Libya adjust summer schedule

LIBYA Summer A-07 of LJB Voice of Africa from May 6 via SAB=Sabratha:
1200-1400 17600 and 17725 in Swahili
1400-1600 17725 and 17870#in English
1600-1800 11835*and 15660 in French
1800-2000 9590!and 11835 in Hausa
# co-ch 1430-1445 BBC in Burmese Sat
* co-ch 1600-1700 VOA in Bangla, 1700-1800 BBC in Hindi/Urdu
! co-ch 1800-1900 VRT in Dutch
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX May 22/DX Mix News 470 )

Star Radio heard on 9525 kHz

ASCENSION ISLAND (broadcasting to Liberia). 9525, STAR Radio, 0720-0800* May 22, mostly in English; STAR Radio Contact program, with recorded messages from people in Liberia to friends and relatives, giving phone numbers to call; 0730-0732 no audio - just open carrier;
STAR Radio News Bulletin; program Liberia Today with many governmental issues; repeat of the earlier STAR Radio Contact program. Suddenly off at 0800 in mid-sentence. Fair reception. Cotton Tree News (CTN) programming was not on the air due to technical difficulties.
(Ron Howard-CA)
- - - George Bennett (Editor in Chief, Cotton Tree News[CTN], Freetown) wrote:
Thank you for noting this omission. Unfortunately last night we had difficulty uploading our audio file to Monrovia from whence it is sent to London and subsequently via satellite to the short wave transmitter on Ascension Island. We are studying the problem and will hopefully remedy it. But these technical difficulties with files sent electronically are bound to occur from time to time.
- - - Michael Toh (Acting Station Manager, STAR Radio starradio_liberia@yahoo.com wrote:
We are quite pleased with your reception report on STAR Radio shortwave. We are delighted as well to learn that you listened to some of our programs, including STAR Contact, Music Of our Land and Liberia Today, our news magazine program. We urge you to encourage others to join you listen to us. We are also appreciative of your suggestions or comments you may have to improve our broadcast quality. Unfortunately we cannot send you the QSL card you requested. However, we will make serious attempt in the future to send you one for your souvenir. Thanks again for your letter, and please feel free to contact us when the need arises.
(Ron Howard-CA)

Minivan Radio loses frequency bid

Private broadcasting in the Maldives moved a step closer as the Telecommunications Authority (TAM) announced the winners of broadcast frequencies today. Frequencies were awarded for five national radio stations, a national television channel and several local radio stations limited to single atolls. The winning companies must now sign agreements with the Information Ministry before the first broadcasts take place.
But the launch of government-licenced private broadcasting may signal the death of Minivan Radio, the opposition station which has pioneered independent broadcasting in the Maldives since 2004, after its parent company failed to win a frequency. When Minivan Radio started broadcasting for one hour, twice a week from Salisbury in the UK in 2004, it was the first time Maldivians had received radio news from a non-government source.
At its peak it was broadcasting for an hour every evening, and was a valued source of information to many Maldivians. But a decision was taken to stop broadcasting on shortwave earlier this year, in anticipation of winning an FM frequency, and the failure to do so is a serious blow.
Ahmed Naseer, the station’s founder, told Minivan News, “It is not the end of Minivan Radio. Not getting a licence from this government, which is illegitimate in my opinion, is not an obstacle.”
But current editor Fathimath Shaheeda said “it is too early to say what the plan is. Honestly, I can’t see other stations buying our content. We will wait and see. In some ways it is a good thing as we will not have to sign an agreement with the Information Ministry. The time will come for to sign agreements with the government, but it is not yet,” she added.

(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

KBS program cuts result in heavier jamming

Cuts in shortwave broadcasts to North Korea by the Korean Broadcasting System have resulted in heavier jamming of other broadcasts to North Korea. The intensfied jamming of Free North Korea Broadcasting, run by defectors, is also affecting another nongovernmental broadcaster, Open Radio for North Korea.
Currently, radio broadcasts for North Korea aired from South Korea are KBS’ Social Education Radio as well as nongovernmental Free North Korea Broadcast, Open Radio for North Korea, North Korean Missions Broadcast, and others. But KBS has significantly reduced its shortwave airtime and frequency use. Social Education Radio has discontinued its shortwave transmissions and is now only aired on mediumwave. The suspension of shortwave has freed jamming transmitters in North Korea which are now aimed at the other stations instead.
Park Se Kyung, Chairman of the “North-East Asian Broadcasting Institute”, believes KBS should restart its shortwave transmissions to North Korea. He says that, if KBS cannot implement this due to various internal and external constraints, a transfer of broadcast capability to outside parties should be aggressively examined.
Mr Park says that if nongovernmental broadcasts carrying the message of hope to North Korean citizens are to be safely transmitted, cooperation from KBS and its related organizations as well as the government’s policy of support is urgently needed.
Meanwhile, Reporters Without Borders has deplored the North Korean government’s resumption on 11 May of its jamming of independent and dissident radio stations, and called on the South Korean government and the international community to defend their right to broadcast freely.
“North and South Korea are celebrating the historic reopening of a railway line between the two countries, yet the Pyongyang regime is trying to stop North Koreans from getting news other than that served up by the regime,” the worldwide press freedom organisation said. “This is a violation of international law.”
North Korea’s ruling Labour Party, the only party allowed, last month denounced news from the outside world that allegedly aimed to destabilise the regime and ordered the security forces to stop all video cassettes, written material, mobile phones and CDs from entering the country. The jamming may have been part of these measures or, an Open Radio official told Reporters Without Borders, may have been linked to the reopening of the railway. Jamming of these shortwave stations had substantially declined since last July.
North Korea’s serious energy crisis apparently prevents the regime jamming all frequencies round the clock.
North Korea is ranked bottom in the Reporters Without Borders worldwide Press Freedom Index.
(Source: The Daily NK, Reporters Without Borders/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

BBC request permisison to air FM in Cambodia

Cambodia’s state news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse, AKP, on 23 May 2007 carried the following photo caption in English:
AKP: Phnom Penh -May 23, 2007
Minister of Information H.E Khieu Kanharith met with Mr Charles Hamilton BBC’s Project Director in Phnom Penh on May 22. During the meeting, Mr Charles Hamilton thanked the ministry of Information as well as the Royal Government of Cambodia for granted permission to BBC to air its programmes through RNK and TVK and he also requested another permission to set up Radio FM in Siem Reap province in the near future.
(Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse email, Phnom Penh, in English, 23 May 07 via BBC Monitoring)

Mi Amigo to air today on 9290 kHz

From Tom Taylor, comes word of today's broadcast of Mi Amigo. The broadcast will be be from 1900-2000 UTC, 9290 kHz.

Frequency updates for Iran

IRAN Frequency changes for VOIROI/IRIB from May 19:
1430-1527 new freq 11720#KAM 500 kW 118 deg, x11695 in Hindi
1730-1827 NF 9940 SIR 500 kW 322 deg, x9905*in German
1830-1927 NF 9940 SIR 250 kW 310 deg, x9905*in French
1930-1957 NF 7380 SIR 500 kW 295 deg, x7360 in Italian
# strong co-ch RAI International in Italian from 1500
* to avoid All India Radio in Arabic from 1745 and Chinese Music Jammer
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX May 22/DX Mix News 470)

All For Peace radio station in financial crunch

Media Network has learned that the Jerusalem-based Israeli-Palestinian radio station All for Peace has run out of money, and as a result all its salaried workers have been fired. Unless an urgent solution is found, only programmes made by volunteers will be aired from 1 June. The rest of the time will be filled with continuous music until they find the funding to carry on. The management of the station are still hopeful, but the mood amongst the staff is pessimistic.
(Source: Radio All For Peace/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

NO, the shortwave hobby is NOT dying !

I found Kevin Ryan's comments regarding DRM being the last hope for shortwave broadcasting fascinating. In fact. it has been a common theme among radio hobbyist for the last two to three years now that the shortwave broadcast service is dying.

But evidently someone forgot to tell the shortwave broadcasters that their HF service is life support. Yes, some of them have left the shortwave bands, and a few familiar voices are missing. I have been watching from the sidelines as that industry has fought the amateur radio community and other radio services tooth and nail for additional spectrum space. I have monitored US broadcasters transmitting outside the normal SWBC bands, and claim their reason for doing so is there is no room for them in the regular broacast allocations.

For instance, take the case of the 40 meter (7 MHz) ham band. Hams have been trying to harmonize this band worldwide since it was taken from them just prior to World War II. And as late as the last international conference in 2003, broadcasters were trying to foil that attempt. Hams won a partial victory during that 2003 conference, and broadcasters will have to move out of 7100 to 7200 kHz in Regions 1 and 3 by March 29, 2009. This marks the first time in the history of internationally coordinated radio spectrum allocations that an HF broadcasting band was shifted to accommodate the needs of another service.

Broadcasters are fond of speaking of their unfulfilled requirements for spectrum between 4 and 10 MHz. But dying services do not spent enormous amounts of time and money at international conferences fighting for more spectrum space if they do not need it. Insiders will tell you that HF broadcasters are hoping to compete with satellites and the Internet by leapfrogging from the noise and distortion of double-sideband AM to a brave new digital world, and continue to argue that they will need more spectrum to accomplish the transition. But if the radio listening community is correct, that just isn't a valid arguement.

So is shortwave broadcasting dying? The evidence would indicate it isn't.
Larry Van Horn
MT Assistant Editor

A closer look at June Monitoring Times 2007

June will be here in a few days, and so will the June issue of Monitoring Times. For the blog readers, here is a preview of what I will be covering on the shortwave scene.
The June column of QSL Report features a tip of Word to the Wise Dxer on IRCs. Did you know there remain some expired IRCs that remain in post offices...and it might be yours! I'll update you on the do's an don'ts and the pitfalls you may not be aware of.
The June QSL's represent contributor's verifying station from Ascension Island-Family Radio Worldwide, followed by Radio Canada International, two clandestine's, Ecuador, Guatemala, three medium wave stations, Radio Free Asia's Palau relay, a new pirate station, Radio Vatican and Venezuela's Radio Amazonas.
Singapore's BBC relay kicks off the Broadcast Logs column at 0005 UTC, followed by a worldwide station/country list to Vatican Radio at 2300 UTC.
MT's center Shortwave Guide includes the latest A07 English frequencies to keep you busy. Thanks to our readers for their kind comments on MT's Shortwave Guide being the best source for current 24-hour frequency schedules. .
June is almost here! Don't miss out on another great issue, chock full of shortwave QSLs, logs and a by-hour English schedule to keep you busy bandscanning for hours! To learn more about MT please visit http://www.monitoringtimes.com/ Have a great month with the best of DX!
Gayle Van Horn
Frequency Manager
QSL Report/SWBC Broadcast Logs Editor
Monitoring Times

Voice of Russia begins Russian service to Israel

The Voice of Russia has begun broadcasting a daily 2 hour Russian language show to Israel’s large Russian-speaking community via All for Peace Radio on 107.2 FM and 89.3 FM. WRN, the international transmission service provider, has organised this relay on behalf of Voice of Russia. The show begins at 7pm local Israeli time and includes the latest news, current affairs, sports and cultural news from Russia.
Mrs Rashel Staviskaya, Voice of Russia’s Vice Chairman said, “I am delighted that we have this unique opportunity to broadcast to the Russian-speaking community in Israel on All for Peace Radio 107.2 FM and 89.3 FM. Our programmes will offer relevant, interesting and up-to-date information about the modern Russia and, in turn, I hope they will assist in creating a link between Russia and this important community.”
All for Peace Radio 107.2 FM broadcasts a signal that reaches Jerusalem and the heavily populated Israeli coastal cities such as Tel Aviv and its 89.3 FM frequency covers the north of the country including Afula and Nazareth.
(Source: WRN/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Venezuelan AM station suffering from interference

Since March 2007, the signal of state-run Venezuelan radio station YVKE Mundial for Caracas [550 kHz] has suffered from interference. The motives for this are unknown; the problems, however, begin when the station broadcasts news or public affairs programmes, according to the station’s director, Cristina Gonzáles. The journalist also stated that during the last week the signal has been interrupted, as happened for 14 hours on 10 May.
A commission made up of Radio Nacional de Venezuela (RNV), YVKE Mundial and the National Telecommunications Commission (Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, CONATEL), is investigating these events in order to determine the motives.
(Source: IFEX/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Free Asia begins Arakanese service

The Radio Free Asia Burmese service yesterday launched a five-minute long Arakanese language service during its ethnic programme. News in the Arakanese language is to be aired towards the end of the RFA Burmese programme every Sunday at 1230-1330 UTC on 9320, 9455 and 13675 kHz. The RFA Burmese service will also launch a Mon language section from next Saturday. Shan, Karen, Karenni, Kachin, and Chin have had their respective language programmes airing on RFA’s service since last year.
Another Arakanese program, from Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma, also airs every Sunday.
(Source: Narinjara/R Netherlands Media Netowrk Weblog)

Radio France International begins Hausa Service

All times UTC
beginning May 21, 2007

Summer A-07 of RFI in Hausa from June 1:
0600-0630 on 9805 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg
0600-0630 on 11995 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg >> 7220 from Sep.2
0700-0730 on 11830 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg
0700-0730 on 15315 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg
1600-1700 on 15315 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

Bible Voice Broadcasting - A07 English service

0000-0100 f 6140as
0030-0100 fas 9620as
0100-0200 f 6140as
0700-0800 fas 5945eu
0800-0815 a 5945eu
0800-0845 s 5945eu
0815-0845 a 9655eu
1015-1045 Sun 5910as
1100-1115 Sun 5945as
1100-1200 Sat 5945as
1115-1130 twhf 5945as
1115-1200 m 5945as
1200-1215 vl 5945as
1400-1500 Sat/Sun 15680as
1500-1530 ta 13840as
1515-1600 sat 15680as
1530-1600 Sun 13590me
1530-1600 m 15680as
1540-1600 Mon 13590me
1540-1600 Tues 13590me
1540-1600 Whf 13590me
1545-1600 Sat 13590me
1600-1615 twhf 13590me
1600-1630 13590me
1600-1700 Sun 13590me
1615-1700 13590me
1630-1645 13590me
1630-1700 Sun 13590me
1700-1715 vl 13590me
1700-1730 Sun 13590me
1700-1730 13590me
1700-1800 Sat 9430me
1730-1800 9430me 13590me
1800-1815 Sat 11875as
1800-1830 Sun 6060eu
1800-1830 13590me
1800-1845 Sat 6060eu
1800-1900 Sat/Sun 9430me
1830-1900 f 9430me
1845-1900 Sun 9775af
1900-1930 Sat 9775af
1900-1930 6060eu
1900-2000 Sun 9775af
(Source: Bible Voice Broadcasting)

Correspondence may be directed to:
BVB
P.O. Box 425 - Station E
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6H 4E3
Web: (w/streaming audio) http://www.biblevoice.org
Email: mail@biblevoice.org
(Source: Gayle VH TP)

VT Communications Relays - Part One

U.K. [and non] Summer A-07 of VT Communications Relays. Part One of Two:
Radio Prague
0000-0027 11665 ASC 250kW 245deg SoAm Spanish
0330-0357 6080 SAC 250kW 268deg NoAm English
1300-1327 9850 RMP 035kW 095deg WeEu German DRM Fri/Sat
1330-1357 9850 RMP 035kW 095deg WeEu English DRM Fri/Sat
2330-2357 9685 SAC 250kW 212deg CeAm Spanish

China Radio International
0000-0057 9745 BON 250kW 290deg CeAm Spanish
1100-1157 9870 SGO 100kW 045deg SoAm Portuguese
1200-1257 17625 SGO 100kW 045deg SoAm Chinese
1300-1357 17625 SGO 100kW 045deg SoAm English
1500-1757 6100 MEY 100kW non-dir SoAf English
1800-1857 6100 MEY 100kW non-dir SoAf Chinese
2100-2157 17615 SGO 100kW 045deg SoAm Portuguese

Gospel for Asia
0000-0130 6145 DHA 250kW 085deg SoAs SoEaAs langs
1230-1500 15215 DHA 250kW 085deg SoAs SoEaAs langs
1600-1630 11695 DHA 250kW 085deg SoAs SoEaAs langs
2300-2400 6040 DHA 250kW 085deg SoAs SoEaAs langs

Voice of Vietnam
0100-0125 6175 SAC 250kW 212deg NoAm English
0130-0225 6175 SAC 250kW 212deg NoAm Vietnamese
0230-0255 6175 SAC 250kW 212deg NoAm English
0300-0325 6175 SAC 250kW 212deg NoAm Spanish
0330-0355 6175 SAC 250kW 212deg NoAm English
0400-0425 6175 SAC 250kW 212deg NoAm Spanish
0430-0525 6175 SAC 250kW 240deg NoAm Vietnamese
1700-1725 9725 MOS 100kW 300deg WeEu English
1730-1825 9725 MOS 100kW 300deg WeEu Vietnamese
1830-1855 9725 MOS 100kW 300deg WeEu French
1900-1925 9725 SKN 300kW 070deg EaEu Russian
1930-2025 9430 SKN 300kW 090deg WeEu German
2030-2125 11840 SKN 300kW 110deg SEEu Vietnamese

Moj Them Radio
0100-0130 15260 TAI 100kW 250deg Asia Hmong Tue/Thu

Hmong Lao Radio
0100-0200 15260 TAI 100kW 250deg Asia Hmong Wed/Fri

Adventist World Radio
0100-0200 15445 TAI 100kW 250deg Asia Vietnamese Sat

Radio Solh/Radio Peace
0200-0900 11665 DHA 250kW 045deg WeAs Dari/Pashto
0900-1200 11675 DHA 250kW 045deg WeAs Dari/Pashto
1200-1800 17700 RMP 500kW 085deg WeAs Dari/Pashto

Sudan Radio Service
0300-0330 5985 KIG 250kW non-dir EaAf English Mon-Fri
0330-0500 11805 DHA 250kW 240deg EaAf Arabic Mon-Fri
0400-0600 13720 DHA 250kW 240deg EaAf Arabic Mon-Fri
0500-0600 15325 DHA 250kW 240deg EaAf Arabic Mon-Fri
1500-1700 9840 MSK 250kW 190deg EaAf Arabic Mon-Fri
1500-1530 9840 MSK 250kW 190deg EaAf English Sat/Sun
1530-1600 9840 MSK 250kW 190deg EaAf Arabic Sat/Sun
1600-1700 9840 MSK 250kW 190deg EaAf Toposa Sat
1700-1800 9590 DHA 250kW 240deg EaAf Arabic Mon-Fri

Leading The Way
0330-0400 9845 SKN 300kW 090deg WeAs Persian/English Fri
0330-0400 9845 SKN 300kW 070deg RUS Russian/English Sun

WYFR
0400-0500 3955 SKN 250kW 106deg WeEu German
1230-1330 15340 DHA 250kW 085deg SoAs Bengali
1400-1500 9705 DHA 250kW 105deg SoAs Nepali
1400-1500 15520 DHA 250kW 090deg SoAs Hindi
1500-1600 15520 DHA 250kW 090deg SoAs English
1600-1700 11850 DHA 250kW 090deg SoAs English
1600-1700 15445 ASC 250kW 100deg SoAf Portuguese
1700-1800 13700 RMP 500kW 105deg ME Arabic
1700-1800 21680 ASC 250kW 085deg SoAf English
1800-1900 3955 SKN 250kW 106deg WeEu English
1800-1900 9845 DHA 250kW 230deg SoAf English
1800-1900 13720 SKN 300kW 140deg ME Arabic
1800-1900 13780 RMP 500kW 105deg ME English
1830-1930 17585 ASC 250kW 085deg CeAf French
1900-2000 5930 MEY 250kW 019deg EaAf Swahili
1900-2000 9840 DHA 250kW 330deg WeEu English
1900-2000 11970 DHA 250kW 285deg NoAf French
1900-2000 15165 RMP 300kW 105deg ME Arabic
1900-2100 3230 MEY 100kW 005deg SoAf English
2000-2200 15195 ASC 250kW 085deg WeAf English
2030-2130 11985 ASC 250kW 027deg WeAf French
2100-2200 6045 MEY 250kW 005deg SoAf English
2115-2315 11875 ASC 250kW 065deg CeAf English

Radio Okapi
0400-0600 11690 MEY 250kW 342deg Congo French/Lingala
1600-1700 11890 MEY 250kW 330deg Congo French/Lingala

RTA Radio Algeria
0400-0600 7260 SKN 300kW 180deg NoAf Arabic Holy Quran sce
0400-0600 9540 SKN 300kW 150deg NoAf Arabic Holy Quran sce
1900-2000 9765 RMP 500kW 190deg NoAf Arabic Holy Quran sce
1900-2000 11810 WOF 300kW 160deg NoAf Arabic Holy Quran sce
2000-2100 9765 RMP 500kW 180deg NoAf Arabic Holy Quran sce
2000-2100 12025 WOF 300kW 160deg NoAf Arabic Holy Quran sce
2100-2300 7150 SKN 300kW 180deg NoAf Arabic Holy Quran sce
2100-2300 9710 WOF 300kW 160deg NoAf Arabic Holy Quran sce

BBC WS
0400-0700 7440 KVI 050kW 190deg WeEu English DRM
1800-2000 7420 KVI 050kW 190deg WeEu English DRM
2000-2200 5875 KVI 050kW 190deg WeEu English DRM

BBC Darfur Salam Sudan
0500-0530 9735 MOS 300kW 150deg EaAf Arabic
0500-0530 12015 ARM 500kW 188deg EaAf Arabic,xCYP250kW/185deg
1700-1730 15515 WOF 300kW 125deg EaAf Arabic
1700-1730 17585 ASC 250kW 065deg EaAf Arabic

Radio Mustaqbal:
0600-0630 15455 DHA 250kW 240deg EaAf Somali Mon-Wed/Sat
0710-0740 15455 DHA 250kW 240deg EaAf Somali Mon-Wed/Sat

Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction:
0630-0700 15445 DHA 250kW 240deg EaAf English Mon/Wed/Fri
1400-1430 15470 ARM 200kW 188deg EaAf English Tue/Thu/Sat
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX May 21)
(DX Mix News # 469 via Alokesh Gupta, India; W.B. via BC-DX; Rachel Baughn, Monitoring Times)

End of Era - Rugby Time Station Closes

The Rugby time signal station in the United Kingdom, and operating on 60 KHz, closed it's doors on April 30, 2007. The once-mighty station which has a rich history going back to 1910 has succumbed to modern technology.

For over six years now, Rugby's short wave antennas, which once handled vast amounts of overseas traffic, have fallen into disuse. Three of the twelve antennas are still standing. The traffic once handled by the station has now been rerouted to satellite and trans-oceanic cable. In its last years, the station became a time signal station only. Once the site is cleared of the radio infrastructure, it will be used for a proposed housing development.
On April 30, Rugby switched off its signal at midnight and the new transmitter at Anthorn in Cumbria should have taken over immediately.

Unfortunately something went wrong and many radio synchronized clocks in the southern part of England malfunctioned. One user reported that it took two days before hearing the new signal. The new transmitter is of much lower power and doesn't have the same coverage as Rugby.
For anyone interested in reading up on the station's history, refer to: http://www.alan.melia.btinternet.co.uk/rugbyrs.htm

jerry.proc@sympatico.caWeb : http://jproc.ca

(Source: Jerry Proc/UDXF via Larry Van Horn)

Blog Logs - Brazil

This morning's Blog Logs, begin with a focus on what's being heard from Brazil. Have you sent your contributions in yet ?
Gayle VH

BRAZIL
All times UTC // parallel frequency
3254.8 Radio Educadora 6 de Agosto, Xapuri AC, 2332-2339, 11 May, talks; SINPO 35242.Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

3365, Radio Cultura, Araraquara, SP, 2312, Apr 30, Brazilian music, Portuguese announced ID as: "Cultura", 35443. (Grimm/DX Window324)

4825 Radio Educadora, Braganca PA, 2119-2131, 12 May, music, ID simply as "Educadora AM", municipality announcements; SINPO 35332. Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

4845 Radio Cultura Manaus, 0030-0108, 5/17/07, Portuguese. Up-beat musical selections and OM on occasion. ID’s at 0038 and 0108. Fair/good. (Barbour-NH/NASWA FS)

4885 Radio Club do Para, Belem PA, 2006-..., 12 May, football news; SINPO 25342, then rated 55433 at 2105.Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

4925.08, Radio Educacao Rural, Tefé, AM, 0155-0200*, May 08, Portuguese religious talk, hymn, closing ann, SINPO 24232. (Petersen/DX Window 324)

5990 Radio Sendao, Brasilia, 0955-1010, 5/18/07. Brazilian music. ID at 1000. Portuguese talk. Very good signal. (Alexander,PA/NASWA FS)

6089.96 Radio Bandeirantes (P), 0041-0104, 5/14/07, Portuguese. Talk by various anncrs b/w several ads/promos. Talk over anthem-like music at 0103. Poor/weak w/ DGS-6090 absent. (Barbour-NH/NASWA FS)

6135.0, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, SP, 2110-2135, Apr 27 and May 12, Portuguese talks, ann, mass, good // 9630. (Gonçalves and Korinek). Also heard 0930-0945, May 04, Portuguese, musical program, time check to ID: "Radio Aparecida, Rede Catolica do Radio", SINPO 44343. (Eramo/DX Window 324)

6135 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2135-..., 12 May, mass; SINPO 32431, QRM de POL (tent); \\ 9630.Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

6170, Radio Cultura, São Paulo, SP, 0958-1003, May 04, Portuguese, classical music, ID's: "Radio Cultura São Paulo", "Cultura Bom Dia", SINPO 24322. (Eramo/DX Window 324)

6180, Radio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasilia, DF, 2350-0000, May 04, musical program in Portuguese, announced lottery results, ads to "Radio Nacional da Brasilia.......", "Radio Nacional da Amazonia emisora Radiobras" and "Nacional informa a noticiario da Radiobras", SINPO 34333. (Eramo/DX Window 324)

9565 Radio Tupi, Curitiba PR, 0942-f/out 1045, 12 May, preacher; SINPO 15331. Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

9615 Radio Cultura, Sao Paulo SP, 0944-f/out 1055, 12 May, guitar pieces, talks; SINPO 25331.Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

9630 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 0938-1105, 12 May, folk songs, program announcements, talks; SINPo 35433. Also 2138-..., same day, rosary w/ the Pope; SINPO 55433.Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

9675 Radio Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP, 0940-1120, 12 May, Pope's address in Jornal Cancao Nova, mass; SINPO 35444. Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

11734.9 Radio Transmundial, St M RS, 1727-1446, 12 May, IDs, phone-ins; SINPO 23442.Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

11780 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia DF, 1425-1431, 12 May, phone-ins & listeners' messages; SINPO 35443, then QRM de stn in Chinese at 1430. Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

11815 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 1417-1450, 12 May, advertisements, program Show da Bola; SINPO 24433.Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

11829.5 Radio CBN Anhanguera, Goiania GO, 1421-1448, 12 May, f/ball news, advertisements; SINPO 24433.Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)

17815 Radio Cultura, Sao Paulo SP, 1422-1610, 12 May, Brazilian songs; SINPO 25432.Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX May 14)
(Source: DX Window 324/WWDXC Top News BC-DX # 808/NASWA Flash Sheet # 277)

Thailand cracks down on community radio stations

http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=288807
May 18, 2007 11 21 GMT
Thailand's coup-installed government launched a nationwide crackdown on community radio stations May 18, saying it will check nearly 3,000 stations for threats to "national security." The previous day, Thailand's government shut down three broadcasters that had aired comments from ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who voiced his concern for the poor and called for early elections.
(Zacharias Lianges, Greece/HCDX)

Deutsche Welle signs agreement with Macedonian Radio TV

Macedonian Radio Television and Deutsche Welle signed a cooperation agreement today. Deutsche Welle will broadcast a programme in Macedonian on the First Programme of Macedonian Radio every day from 8:30 to 9:00 [local time]. The agreement was signed by Boris Stavrov, Executive Director of Macedonian Radio Television, and Eric Beterman from Deutsche Welle.
This is a continuation of a long lasting cooperation which started in 1969 under the motto “Together in Europe”. In future, Deutsche Welle will also broadcast on TV in Macedonia, and on the Albanian language programme of Macedonian Radio.
(Source: Macedonian Radio Television/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)