WORLD OF RADIO #979, produced March 3, 1999 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *New edition of Continent of Media, 99-02 soon appearing on RFPI and http://www.DXing.com For topic summary see our website (below) *New WOR time found on new WWCR schedule: Tuesday 2130 on 15685 *Spectrum finally did come back March 1 on WWCR *New program times on WWCR: Ask WWCR, Presidential Radio Address, Rock the Universe, VOA Communications World, Spiritual Awakening *Radio International, Persian on WWCR at new weekday time *New Radio Theatres recorded for airing on VOA, NPR *Different Kind of Oldies show previews for March 6, 13, 20 *March 13 DKOS will be live from SWL Winterfest *WLO Mobile taking over High Seas Operator business from ATT's KMI, WOO, WOM *Another HAARP ionospheric heating test from Alaska, March 26-27 See http://www.haarp.alaska.edu *Strike at CBC drags on; dire consequences predicted *Correct date for CHUC 1450 DX test is Saturday March 6 *Three MW DX tests for March 15 from KJJK MN, KNEU UT, WHMA AL *Dick Robinson of EEB sentenced for fraud in DEA battery case *WOWO Fort Wayne audio going on web; http://www.wowo.com *Stress Free Radio, KKSTN new on the web with New Age talk, music http://www.users.uswest.net/~megastu/kkstn.index.html *Correct RFPI URL for audio on the web needs www: http://www.clark.net/cwilkins/rfpi/webcast.html *New quarter at RFPI: Deep Ecology for the XXI Century; Global Community Forum/Far Right Radio Review; Rebel Radio; University of the Air: Sustainability; Voices of Our World *New unID Peruvian on 5 MHz band *R. Panorama, Peru, location disputed by Rafael Rodriguez *Brazilian ham plans broadcasts from South Georgia March 6-7 See http://www.e-net.com.br/dxcp *WOR 979; wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; fax if really necessary 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser http://www.angelire.com/ok/worldofradio *Keep trying for LRA36 Antarctica; we had cross mod from R. Marti, and numbers station was nearby *Angola running all night on 11 MHz *More on new Madagascar station, sounds like R. Makanika *R. Hargeisa, Somalia back on 7 MHz *R. Bukavu, Congo, heard on 6.7 MHz band *Western Sahara Polisario station says it is on 9 MHz band *New Italian pirate on 11 MHz *Belgium's summer frequencies in English, and via Bonaire *RTE via WWCR dropped repeat on 5 MHz; Singapore works better; also via Ascension *BBC comedian, Just a Minute panelist Derek Nimmo, 68, dies *BBC WS previews: Assignment on Dalai Lama; Performance *Iraqi SW frequencies as monitored *Israeli pirates legalized, but ruling immediately appealed *R. Riyadh, Sa'udi Arabia in English on SW, probably by mistake *Sa'udi semi-harmonic on 60 meters *North Korea's Radio for Soldiers at the Frontline reactivated *R. Kiribati remains off for another sesquimonth *Chicoms helping out Cubacoms with transmitter modernization, jamming? *Grundig believed to be bringing out Satellit 900 this year *Propagation remarks from Jim Moats *That's WOR 979; Glenn Hauser, here, hoping you'll join me again next week ###