WORLD OF RADIO #1030, produced March 29, 2000 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *Due to DST, our schedule will be one hour different, depending *RFPI times stay at same UT, but 6975 has been off for antenna repairs and will come back on a different frequency *New program schedule for RPFI at http://www.rfpi.org *Three URLs for detailed new-season frequency schedules FCC: http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pnd/neg/hf_web/hfff0z00.txt IBB: http://sds.his.com:4000/fmds_z/schedules/freqsked.txt HFCC: http://www.hfcc.org/data/a00/a00allx2.exe *V. of Vietnam has new relay via Canada on two 9 MHz frequencies *R. Thailand back on 15 MHz in English to North America *R. Japan relays via Canada change from 11 to 6 MHz *R. Pakistan exact new frequencies in English at 1600 *FEBC Philippines has two English broadcasts, cancelled in May *R. Australia's best frequencies for North America *R. Austria via Canada in morning already an hour earlier; evening direct *V. of Germany canceled Mailbag to NAm; sparse feedback *V. of Russia's best frequencies to NAm *R. Vilnius, Lithuania back on 9 MHz *R. Tirana, Albania, new English schedule *R. Yugoslavia, new English schedule *R. Ukraine International English no longer to NAm; and 1000 kW transmitter is off indefinitely *R. Romania International, new frequencies for English at 1300 [full English sked in DXLD 00-46] *R. Prague, English to NAm *Don't you believe Emerald Radio's schedule on their own website; correct info on WWCR site, thru April 2 *BBC's domestic Asian net now on web http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork *RVI Belgium confirms English to NAm is every day at 2230 *V. of Mediterranean, Malta [non] new English schedule *RTV Gabon reactivated on 4 MHz band *R. Liberte, Congolese clandestine has company from Pakistan now; why is SSB preferred? *R. Ecclesia, Angola, wants to resume SW *Elephant Rock Island ham DXpedition March 31-April 9; see http://www.qsl.net/zs5ham *Zimbabwe easier to hear on internet than SW; 3 streams now from http://www.zbc.co.zw *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, WOR 1030, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 or wghauser@hotmail.com By fax if really necessary 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser. Our website for schedule, DXLD, etc.: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Thanks this week for financial support: Pete Bentley *Peruvian DX news: R. La Voz de las Huarinjas; JCC; R. Bolivar; R. Satelite *R. Apintie, Suriname has Portuguese program *GBC Guyana reactivated on SW *R. Verdad, Guatemala signs off around sunset *WRMI's new schedule shows relays of Prague, Slovakia, Budapest, Polonia; DX and entertainment shows. http://members.xoom.com/wrmi *Marion's Attic on WBCQ moving to Saturday night *FCC schedule shows WTJC and WGTG actually on even frequencies! *WMLK's available times this summer *WBCQ has same azimuth on both frequencies; reason for QSY *Half a gigadollar settlement in USIA sex-discrimination case; union steward Gary Marco's reaction *Save-VOA demonstration last week; special internet-only report on it via: http://www.voa.gov/savevoa.ram *Low power FM application windows opening in 10 jurisdictions: DC, AK, CA, GA, IN, LA, ME, Northern Mariana Islands, OK, RI, UT *OU files for 100 kW FM in Woodward OK, to bring public radio to vast unserved area *FCC fines WRHC Miami for unauthorized power, site, frequency *WTAW callsign in College Station TX moving to X-band *Propagation outlook from Boulder March 28; flux range 225 to 180 *Glenn Hauser, here concluding another World of Radio; this was 1030; I do hope you can hear me again next week ###