WORLD OF RADIO #1080, produced May 16, 2001 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *New frequency schedule at RFPI, 7445-USB at night, 21815-USB day, 24h on 15049. So new schedule issued for WOR and COM; see https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wormassw.html *RFPI has new program, Fri 2100 and Mon 1700, Earthspan. See http://www.warpeace.org *RFPI Stop Hate on Radio campaign seeks donations; commitment form at https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/dxld1059.txt Send to P O Box 1094, Eugene OR 97440 *R. Oriental, Tena, Ecuador, back closer to nominal 60m frequency *R. Disney starting a station on FM in Buenos Aires *R. Rwanda staying on later in evening, easy catch in Europe *National Radio of Saharan Arab Democratic Republic measured on 40m *R. Ecclesia, Angola via Germany confirmed; extended [13810] broadcast is on Saturday, not Sunday *Deutsche Welle getting a new Intendant, Erik Betterman, a politician who doubts 30- or 60-minute foreign language broadcasts of much use *R. Yugoslavia returned to SW on May 14 (recording), English schedule; more in DXLD 1-069 and 1-070 *Not on SW, but colorful website, news audio on demand from R. Liechtenstein, http://www.radiol.li *Mike Cooper reviews English from Rai, Italy: subtle charm *R. Nadezhda, women`s station in Russia, forced off the air, now with website and plans webcasts: http://www.radionadezhda.ru *R. Sweden never moved to 15 MHz because it is dropping direct frequency since Sackville relay reception is so good at 0330 *Douglas Adams, creator of Hitchhiker`s Guide to the Galaxy, died at 49 May 11; many stories and links in DXLD 1-067, 1-068, 1-070, 1-071 under International Vacuum; his own website has tribute section: http://www.douglasadams.com *Adams described himself as a ``radical atheist`` *BBC Radio 2, evening of Tuesday, May 29, commemorates 50th anniversary of The Goons, including a new Goon Show production *We`re in the midst of WOR 1080; your input always welcome to wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Fax still available if really necessary, 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser *Discussion continues unabated about BBC WS ending SW to North America in July, in all recent issues of DXLD; comments by Ricky Leong, Andy Sennitt, Bill Bergadano, Ralph Brandi, Nicholas Mead, Kai Ludwig *BCBWS correct fax number: +44 20 7557 1258 *More comments by John Figliozzi, Will Martin *WWFV offers to relay BBC 24/7 for only $219K a year; or to inherit 5975 for it own purposes *Radio Canada International may have to close newsroom on weekends, affecting all languages. See http://www.geocities.com/rciaction *Talking billboards ``Radio Cadillac`` heard in Chicago, California, Florida on high end of MW band; see http://www.radio.cadillac.com *Seldom Heard Radio now weekly on WRMI, 7385, Sundays, 0500 UT *R. Australia finally has resumed broadcasts via Darwin *Visit to Cox Peninsula facility described in DXLD 1-069; 6 x 250 kW *New program on R. Australia, Bush Telegraph *Australian Defence Forces Radio still scheduled via RA [Shepparton] *Two East TImor MW stations monitored from Darwin, R. UNTAET and a Catholic station [``R. Timor``], Bacau *RRI Makassar, Indonesia, monitored on 9 MHz band *R. Thailand plans to add five languages, possible relay to Americas *AFN Diego Garcia may close this year as island to be returned to civilian population *MW transmitter in Afghanistan listed at 1000 kW *New mostly MW bandscan webpage set up by Mark Connelly: http://members.aol.com/RockportMWDX/index.html [note caps], and in the summary for this WOR at https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Propagation outlook from Boulder, May 15; flux range 145-180-130 *And so concludes another WOR, #1080; I`m Glenn Hauser ###