WORLD OF RADIO #986, produced April 21, 1999 by Glenn Hauser *Last week most WWCR airings were a phone feed of necessity *Mundo Radial for April/May starts April 23 on WWCR, Fri 2115 15685; and new sked on RFPI 15049, 21460-USB: Mon & Fri 1400, Thu 1530 *WGTG found on strange frequency *Different Kind of Oldies Show April 24 preview *AT&T High Seas Operator WOO, WOM, KMI back on SW by FCC order *Link for Dr. Demento on the web: http://www.krellan.com/demento/ *DuMont TV anniversary April 30 with reunion webcast from Chicago; http://www.mbcnet.org/ *CBC Radio applies to run sponsor IDs and name programs for sponsors *April Fool's joke that Disney would sponsor CBC *R. for Peace International plans 100 kW transmitter with new powerline *R. Mosoj Chaski, Bolivia, now on the air *Brazilians change frequencies and clash on 6 MHz *R. Kudirat Nigeria, clandestine, makes unexpected comeback; background *R. Minurca, Central African Republic, confirms it's still on SW with low power, and expects higher power in a few weeks *Congo/Brazzaville gets second official station *Emerald Radio, Ireland returns to WWCR April 26-30 *RVI confirms Bonaire was using wrong antenna; Music from Flanders and other programs are excellent *DW schedule for Mailbag North America *Geocities is case sensitive, so Marconi URL last week should have been http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Show/1111/index.html *So is Angelfire; we're at https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ and some of our pages after / start with cap [Email is wghauser@yahoo.com or P-mail] P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; fax if really necessary 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser *Spain's Sephardic language schedule; English to Europe *V. of Greece in English to North America *R. Tirana harmonic on 20m hamband *Romania heard on unannounced frequency *V. of Russia heard on 17 MHz band *Belarus relaying Mayak and other Russians on tropical SSB frequencies *R. Ukraine's SW status: lots of transmitters off, programs canceled; but when they can be heard *Monitoring Times page with latest broadcast, utility HF/VHF/UHF military freqs: http://www.grove-ent.com/balkanscrisis.html *Also with updated war info, Mohawk Valley SWL Club site at https://www.angelfire.com/mo/mvswlc/index.html *NATO's FM and MW broadcasts to Yugoslavia *Another Balkan clandestine MW frequency *BBC correspondent John Simpson in Yugoslavia accused by British government of bias; he rejects smears and BBC backs him *Science on a Plate, new programme on BBC WS *Israeli Defence Forces' Galei Zahal back on SW with strong signal *Sara Manobla of Israel Radio English section has retired *Jordan confirmed back in English on SW *Iraq reported in English on split frequency *Pakistan has new morning English show *IBC Tamil via Germany to Sri Lanka on new frequency *R. Free Asia plans to broadcast within Cambodia may be prevented *China Radio International replaces two programs with Opera House, On the Road *Manchuria radio country now in reception window to Ontario *R. Echo of Hope Korean clandestine on new frequency *Australia has new licence category for international SW from here [sorry about some bad edits in a hurry] *Propagation outlook from Boulder issued April 20; flux peak 140 *Standard disclaimer *Glenn Hauser concluding World of Radio 986 ###