WORLD OF RADIO #993, produced June 16, 1999 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *New cycle of Spanish DX reports begins June 18 on WWCR, RN Radio Enlace *New Continent of Media 99-04 appearing shortly on RFPI and http://www.DXing.com; topic list (also on WOR website) *WOR Extra 29 produced; release date not yet decided *I substitute this week for Kim Elliott on VOA Communications World, UT Sat June 19 on VOA News Now (not the half-hour edition) *New SSB feeder from Argentina *Buenos Aires has new split frequency X-band station *Unidentified from Peru on 5857.3v *Peruvian on North American pirate favorite 6955.5 identified *RFPI's Progressive News well done, and gets repeat at 0130 *Havana changes frequencies to Europe *Shortwave Audio Online -- http://www.albany.net/~alcue *Wayne Green did an "everything is fraudulent" pilot on WWCR last week *With Heart and Voice made over, featuring monkey-music *WBZ Boston has new talk lineup including Steve LeVeille; see his http://www.geocities.com/~radiosteve/ *Low power special aboriginal FM station in Toronto; and others *Ireland warns Dublin land-owners over pirate transmitters *BBC World, global TV news channel faces the axe after loss *BBC WS live coverage of Wimbledon *BBC previews: Heritage, Waveguide *ITU has SW radiobeacon in Norway, LN2A [for propagation studies] *Bob Zanotti's tribute to Arne Skoog *Via USB, AM, FM, subcarrier and internet, WOR 993, wghauser@yahoo.com or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, USA; fax if really necessary: 1-580- 233-2948 attn Hauser; check our website for latest on all our broadcasts and publications: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Spain's news in Catalan, Galician, Basque *RVI Belgium frequency change *R. Nederland relaying Kosova's Radio 21, including English; or via http://www.radio21.net *Allied Voice of NATO adds another MW frequency *Radio Belgrade's programs at : http://www.yubc.net *R. Ukraine Int'l on 17 MHz band et al. *R. Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia schedule *Sa'udi Arabian SW schedules for four domestic programs *Sudan with superpower MW signal into Massachusetts *La Voix du Sahel, Niger knocked off air by fire *Voice of Nigeria missing for two weeks under new government [slightly later: 7255 is still/again on; see our DX Report 99-26] *All India Radio's GOS English schedule *V. of Mongolia heard on second harmonic *ABI multi-media site on Korean numbers stations: http://www.246.ne.jp/~abi/ransu/ransu-e.htm *V. of Vietnam via Russia shifted frequency one night *Papua New Guinea extended hours *Vanuatu reported on 75 meters *New Zealand bothered by receiver-produced mixing product *Solar cycle is slow to rise *Propagation outlook from Ottawa *Propagation outlook from Boulder, June 15; flux peak 165 *Remember to check for us on VOA Communications World June 19 *Glenn Hauser, concluding WOR 993 ###