WORLD OF RADIO #982, produced March 24, 1999 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *Another week of confusion, March 28-April 4 between start of DST in Europe and North America *WOR times on WRN expected to shift one UT hour earlier from March 28; or maybe April 4 on NAm service; see http://www.wrn.org *From Sunday April 4 at 0800 UT, all our times on WWCR and WBCQ shift one UT hour earlier on same frequencies; latest info on our website https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *RFPI times stay at same UT, but seem one hour later by local clock in DST areas *RFPI back on 15049, 21460-USB, including Spanish in mornings *R. Yugoslavia's English to North America; about to change *Belgrade's independent B-92 closed down hours before bombing; but still on http://ww.b92.net and satellite *Pristina FM station voluntarily closes; crackdown on Serbian media, but more and more independent outlets *Albania expands to all-night for the crisis *Tirana's English and Albanian to North America schedules *R. Bulgaria's new summer English schedule [clashes with WGTG] *V. of Russia funded for another year *R. Reason (Racja) planned on SW from Poland to Belarus *R. Ukraine Int'l new English schedule; some transmitters silent *R. Budapest's new English schedule *R. Budapest heard in NAm on 11 meters, but about to go off *France to be only 11m station for summer *R. Prague's new English on higher frequencies *Deutsche Welle budget cut opposed *DW plans long periods of English on 49m *Switzerland's new English schedule; including Singapore relay *R. Netherlands continues with two Bonaire frequencies to Africa *The no-nonsense DX program, WOR 982; wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; fax if really necessary 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser; info all our broadcasts and publications at our website https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *BBC WS major timing changes from March 28; Write On/Waveguide; Weekend; Focus on Faith; Farming World; Science Extra; Outlook; Insight; From Our Own Correspondent; Letter from America *BBC previews: Composer of the Month; Performance; Counterpoint; Coffee--A Hellish Brew; Going South *R. Sweden's English to North America, new season includes 18 MHz *Kuwait and WSHB scheduled to clash on same 18 MHz frequency *Kuwait also could clash with RFPI *Radio Korea Int'l new schedule in English via Skelton, Sackville *R. Australia program and time changes March 28 *British company buys Australian transmission network, including SW sites *R. New Zealand Int'l changes time of new UT Thursday Mailbox airing; staying on one hour later than expected; frequency lineup *LRA36 [Antarctica] special for USA Sat March 27 at 2330-0100 on 15476; maybe weekly. Also heard testing another evening *Argentina plans 300-600 new MW stations including X-band *R. Panorama, San Juan de Recopampa Peru, verified; schedule and info *Peruvian on 4534.1 identified, with strong signal *Clarifying info on FARC clandestine, Voz de la Resistencia; Comandante Gildardo; tribe named U'wa *Colombian 32 MHz VHF link's location, station *New Costa Rican 3 MHz station planned at Jaco *KTBK, 1700 kHz in Texas plans Saturday evening DX test *Black Rock Radio/KMUD pirate plans test on 9 MHz band *CBC journalists settled strike at last minute, but not technicians *Sudan registered on imaginary? frequencies including 15, 11 MHz *Master DXer John Tuchscherer, Neenah, WI, died March 15 at age of 88 *Propagation outlook from Boulder, March 23: flux peak 150 *So goes WOR 982; I'm Glenn Hauser ###