CONTINENT OF MEDIA 01-08, produced August 15, 2001 by Glenn Hauser *COM 01-08 for August into September, 2001 *Sponsored by RFPI, http://www.rfpi.org and by Universal Radio, offering quality amateur and shortwave radio equipment since 1942. For info or catalog call 1-800-431-3939 or visit them on the web at http://www.universal-radio.com or http://www.rffun.com *Classical music also used to keep away loiterers at mall in Oshawa, subway/bus station in Toronto *Ottawa website http://www.cellphonescanner.com webcasts conversations to show lack of privacy *CBC Radio 3, non-network, gets no respect, http://www.cbcradio3.com *One reason CBL left AM for FM: trolley line noise *Star Ray TV, ch 15 pirate in Toronto ex-VX9AMK, subject of Sept. 19 CRTC cease & desist hearing in Hull; http://www.srtv.on.ca *Cleveland OH FM pirate Grid Radio 96.9 busted, appeals court upholds *FM pirate in remote part of Oregon, R. Free Takilma *Remote FM translators targets of organized theft ring *New Low Power FM Station database: http://www.stratuswave.net/~bryan27/lpfm/ *San Diego media site with links: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/4656/01radionews.htm *The late John Doremus, ``Patterns in Music``, still heard on KNXR, 97.5, Rochester MN; 66 readings on 3-cassette or 2-CD album; [recording, one on TV commercials]; [the website we mentioned, http://www.johndoremus.com is still not set up, nor can we find one for KNXR itself]. Info: Tom Jones, KNXR, 1620 Greenview Drive SW, Rochester, MN 55902; 507-288-7700 *WTKM, Hartford WI, has mostly-polka format, http://www.wtkm.com *KCCU, Lawton OK, starts new Mantovani Hour in September, Friday afternoons, and webcast via http://www.kccu.org KCCU also will bring public radio to Wichita Falls TX by yearend, replacing KERA *University of Oklahoma public radio stations plan to start streaming by Sept. 1: http://www.kgou.org Their relay we used to hear on 105.7, KROU, is blocked by new station in Alva, OK, KTTL *Exaggerated figures on church attendance, belief, radio listening: http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/church1.htm http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/church3.htm http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/church4.htm http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/church16.htm *Clip of WRNO when it had to reinstate Radio Earth, (ra 2.0 plug-in): http://members.fortunecity.com/swradios/fea.html *Mexican equivalent of ARRL for ham info, FMRE http://www.fmre.org.mx *Two long articles on clandestine radio in Colombia via BBCM at https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/dxld1108.txt and https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/dxld1110.txt *Emilio Pedro Povrzenic, Argentina, monitors tropical bands daily, analyzes data in Latinoamerica DX; not on web, but send some IRCs to him at Primero de Mayo 1071, Villa Diego, SF, Argentina *Microwaves the answer to removing CO2 and CO from automotive exhaust *Modern TV site includes page about Indian Head testpatterns: http://www.moderntv.com/modtvweb/special/freegif-bw1.htm *Demand for Sitcom Reparations to four generations of Americans from http://www.theonion.com/ *Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason object to KCRW cancelling drama, but still audible on KQED, WETA, VOA *Concluding COM 01-08; our address P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ wghauser@yahoo.com In the meantime, do listen out for my other program, a new one every week, World of Radio ###