WORLD OF RADIO #1005, produced Sept. 29, 1999 by Glenn Hauser *Last week on WBCQ, WOR faded out due to propagation disturbance *V. of Tibet quickly moved off WWCR clash during World of Radio *New search engine for radio monitors: http://www.radio-portal.org *Larry Van Horn evalutates the new Icom R-75 SW receiver *Drake offering spare parts and crystals at reduced prices for receivers, transceivers: http://www.rldrake.com/tech/parts ... *New VOA director Ungar makes second appearance on Talk to America Friday Oct 1, under new organizational structure *WBCQ program changes: Idio-Audio; Real Radio *Different Kind of Oldies Show this week and next: first anniversary, live, requests invited See playlists at http://theplanet.wbcq.net/bigsteve.html *WTJC heard on new off-frequency, mixed with teletype (recording) *Hugh Downs, retired from TV, continues essays on Perspective, ABC Radio; some stations carrying it, including AFRTS *This American Life about scanner scum this weekend *CBC News president Robert Culbert resigns, fuelling fears huge cutbacks are coming *Paul Ormandy's South Pacific DX Resource website moved to: http://radiodx.com/spdxr *RNZI still stuck on 17675 only *UNAMET wants to use Darwin ASAP to reach East Timor *R. Australia (not ADFR) starting weekday hour to forces in Timor *Standard disclaimer *In the midst of WOR 1005 *Thanks to LeRoy Long in Oklahoma for financial support *Contact us at wghauser@yahoo.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702; fax if really necessary 1-580-233-2948 *Our website: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio and click on Subscribe to Review of International Broadcasting Online at the top *V. of Islam, Malaysia, expands English broadcast *Laos well heard in English music program *Is Oman still in English at 2300 on 9735; loggings of the other English hour, blocked here by HCJB; low modulation, simulcast of FM service, to Europe *Galei Zahal, Israel again on SW; and added live audio on the web [ http://glz.shape.co.il ] *New frequency from Voice of Israel in English *V. of People of Kurdistan moves out of 40 meter hamband *V. of Russia new program Bless My Soul, O Lord, masterpieces of Orthodox music *R. Caroline again on SW via Latvia last weekend *One-watt temporary MW station RNI in England heard in Newfoundland *Wales Radio International a new customer weekly on Merlin, sked *R. Luxembourg plans comeback on MW in November *R. Mogadishu, pro-Aydid reported back on the air Sept 29 *Zimbabwe SW schedule for Radio 2 and Radio 4 networks *Channel Africa well heard on new English frequency *Special event ham operation for Boer War centenary Oct 7-13 *Chilean MW station DXed in Newfoundland *HCJB bracing for Pichincha eruption as alert status raised *Websites for FARC and ELN Colombian rebels no longer to be found, but the strange military site continues, starting with animation: http://www.ejercito.mil.co *Support RFPI in current membership drive, offering premiums of magazine subscriptions, books; listen on 6975, 15049, 21460-USB [or see http://www.rfpi.org ] *Dominican Republic's R. Villa enjoyed by many, and they want reports, address *Trans-equatorial FM DX season into southern Brasil has started with Barbados stations heard; also Peru *Proposal to designate 87.9 MHz for Emergency Radio Data Service; drawbacks *Propagation outlook from Ottawa, Sept 22 [not 27]; see http://www.geolab.nrcan.gc.ca/geomag *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Sept 28 *That's WOR 1005; I'm Glenn Hauser ###