WORLD OF RADIO #1068, produced February 7, 2001 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *RFPI testing new 7450 instead of 7480; reports wanted, at 0000-0800 including resumption of our [suspended] broadcasts; 15049 off but may return on 15065; see https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wormassw.html *See our new page linking to all our audio storage sites, summaries: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Audiomid.html *Excellent new portal http://www.PublicRadioFan.com heartily recommended for easy listening to webcasts, station sites *W-BACH adding in April a classical FM station for Bar Harbor, Maine *PBS stations in Long Island, NY plan merger *Public TV via cable may not be multi-channel once digital, thanks to FCC regulation *DirecTV wipes out bootleggers` smart H-cards, ``GAME OVER``; see http://www.hackHU.com *SCTV time on NBC an hour later than given last week; feel guilty while watching as cast members get no residuals from NBC *WBCQ starts regular service on 17495, including music, merriment and fun on Saturday afternoons only from Complex Variables Studio *WWCR promoting service to Japan on 7435 thanks to rhombic sidelobe; why WWCR likes rhombics. Usage of 2390 reduced from next season *You have now heard at least half of WOR 1068, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; or wghauser@hotmail.com Website for our schedules, DX Listening Digest, Nets to You, DX program schedule, much more: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ *Paul Harvey News and Comment gets early airing on WFLA 25 MHz *CBC and RCI special week: Troubled Waters, Feb 11-17 on several different programs; http://www.cbc.ca/water *R. Sweden well heard via Sackville, but gap with direct frequency varies, so must be playing pre-recorded tapes; WRN feed used, and Swedish has priority once feed for it established *Juelich, Germany, experimental relays of WYFR Feb 12-25 to Africa *BBCWS website redesigned; to get program schedule displayed you have to enter your ``nearest city``; no good on lynx text-based browsers, so old format still available: see DXLD 1-013; review by Richard Cuff in DXLD 1-014 *BBCWS preview: Essential Guide to the XXI Century: Goodbye Village, Hello City for five weeks *BBCWS to Africa, Story of Africa, best chance for North America *Another go at Israel`s English schedule, not including alternates *R. Hurriah about to launch clandestine programming into Iraq from Kurdistan, overtly US-supported; see DXLD 1-013; Kuwait MW otherwise occupied *Kurdistan SW target list: http://www.clandestineradio.com/martin/crw-kurd.html *R. Bopeshawa clandestine to Kurdistan very amateurish so far *R. Pakistan`s new frequencies at 0800 including a bit of English *All India Radio sent E-mail referring to earthquake special Internet Helpline via http://www.allindiaradio.com *Jeff Kadet reports on his month visiting Lao; see DXLD 1-017 soon *South Korea still has numbers station to the North *From http://sat-nd.com/topics/worldspace.htm the primary backers of WorldSpace finally identified as Sa`udi billionaires; ramifications for US satellite broadcasting. See DXLD 1-016 *V. of Hope, Sudanese clandestine somehow heard via Bonaire *R. Nacional del Paraguay missing from 9 MHz *Yucatan SW station back on air, Grupo RASA, relaying different stations *V. of Guyana Hindu broadcast wiped out by Christians at WYFR *RFI on 2m AM [not FM as I said] in Venezuela computed to be external mixing between TV video channel and SW from France; see DXLDs 1-013 through 017 under France [non] *Propagation outlook from Boulder Feb 6; flux range 180-155-170 *You have now heard over 99% of WOR 1068; Glenn Hauser, here, inviting you to hear me again next week ###