WORLD OF RADIO #1033, produced April 19, 2000 by Glenn Hauser *New frequency for RFPI and WOR is 6970, but off again recently; RFPI nominal schedule but check all frequencies at any time; RFPI`s new US address: P O Box 1094, Eugene, OR 97440 *WOR time Sunday evening on WWCR changed to UT Mon 0030 on 3215, soon moving again to Sun 2330 on 9475 *Starting now, different time on WBCQ-1, 7415, Wednesdays 2330 *This week I`m providing the media news on VOA Communications World See sked at http://www.trsc.com/cw *Italian authorities close down Rai MW (and SW?) transmitters on RF radiation complaints *Vatican SW transmitters near Rome also accused of causing cancer; but extraterritorial immunity *Beautiful Ukrainian a cappella service on Vatican Radio *Another token English newscast found from Voice of Greece *Finland broadcasing dead air instead of English to North America *Murmansk local radio relayed on 17 MHz marine band *April 29 is International Marconi Day; special event ham operations *April 29 is also date for special crossband operations in CW only from Portishead Radio, British coastal station about to close down. See DXLD 52, 54 and 55 and http://you.genie.co.uk/d.barlow *Radio Northsea International back in April temporarily and also webcasting at http://www.keconnect.co.uk/company/RNIRadio.html *BBC WS scheduled Write On and Waveguide at only one time to Americas and failed to broadcast it even then; another time added in May schedule, already confirmed in April *BBC April listings for East Asia had totally misconverted times *GBC Radio 2, Ghana, back on 90m shortwave after valve failure *4VEH Haiti has new website on 50th anniversary, but not a word about SW: http://www.radio4veh.org *Colombian clandestine La Voz de la Resistencia del Bloque Oriental and El Pueblo Responde still heard on 48m *Radio La Hora, Cusco, Peru, has new staffer eager to QSL follow-ups: Carlos Gamarra Moscoso, Avenida Garcilaso 411, Wanchaq, Cusco, Peru *Alberta DX session at super antenna-farm garnered Argentine X-bander *The non-government, non-communist, non-religious, non-musical, non- corporate DX program, WOR 1033, wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702, USA; fax to attention of Hauser, 1-580-233-2948. See out website for latest info on our broadcasts: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Producer of CBC This Morning about to quit, and host may too *Rarely heard-from minority live on the web this weekend from national convention of American Atheists, starting Friday April 21, speaker lineup. See and hear: http://www.atheists.org/convention/ *Jim Bohannon Show Friday evening on National TV Turnoff Week *Earth Day Living on Earth special April 22 1800-2200 UT on WETA, and? *Minnesota Public Radio purchases Marketplace Productions in LA *WMIB, 1660 in Florida plans another DX test with day power, early Sunday May 7 at 0400-0800 UT [not 0600-1000 UT as I said!] *KDGO, Durango, Colorado put out strong harmonic one morning only *Another disheartening story about shameful sexual discrimination at VOA includes Rita Rochelle in Washington Post April 17: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26838-2000Apr16.html *Radio New Zealand International schedule change May 7, off 15115; UAE and Canada clashes on 17675 fixed *Radio Australia long holiday weekend means programs missing, but ANZAC Day special live April 24 *V. of Indonesia's announced English schedule *China Radio International puts auditions atop regular broadcast; last week's new program lineup concerns subsections of Saturday show *V. of Mongolia`s 2nd harmonic again being heard in Europe *All India Radio GOS in English, complete schedule *A-00 schedule of English from Radio Tashkent, Uzbekistan *V. of Mojahed, Iranian clandestine on two 10 MHz frequencies *Israel Radio`s new English schedule since DST change April 14 *April 22 is 500th anniversary of Portuguese in Brazil; specials on BBC and check Brazilians too *New WTAW, 1620 in Texas has pix of new antenna and site at http://www.wtaw.com/construction.htm *Propagation outlook from Boulder, April 18; flux peak 220 April 29 *See our website: http://www.angelire.com/ok/worldofradio *Your input welcome to ghauser@hotmail.com *That's WOR 1033; Glenn Hauser inviting you back next week ###