WORLD OF RADIO #1084, produced June 20, 2001 by Glenn Hauser *New Continent of Media 01-06 now available at our website, from June 22 on RFPI, and soon via DXing.com *New Mundo Radial now running on WWCR, Fridays 2115 (or 2110) on 15685 *Our Sat 1130 broadcast on WWCR 15685 disappears early in July *R. Morobe, Papua New Guinea, off the air with guy wires cut *ABC getting $75 million to revive TV service to Asia, Pacific *Thai military defies constitution in maintaining control over many radio stations; see DXLD 1-085 *R. Taibei International improves website with news and audio archives http://www.cbs.org.tw/english/index.htm [says will be down for upgrade June 26/29 to July 2] *Tyva is new name for Tannu Tuva; when local programs air on SW *All India Radio heard in Michigan on 4 frequencies at 1000 English *AIR Jeypore back on SW after two years, schedule; reports to All India Radio, Jeypore 764005, Orissa, India *SLBC Sri Lanka still using several 60m frequencies evenings *Iran`s clandestine programs in Arabic, V. of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq, and V. of the Islamic Palestinian Revolution; Radio Shalom and complete English schedule *Live video and audio from Iraqi TV via http://www.iraqtv.ws via Samoan domain actually in Lebanon *R. Bopeshowa, Kurdistan clandestine, as now scheduled *QSL in English received from Yemen; address update: P O Box 2371, Sana`a; v/s Mohammed H. Bather *R. Tanzania audible in Europe on 50m *R. San Marino not on SW, but 24h via http://www.radiosanmarino.sm *Vatican Radio resumed 4 MHz broadcasts *Rai, Italy, shifted English and French 5 minutes later *Via SW, MW, FM, cable, satellite, internet, WOR 1084, wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; check our website https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ *Promo by Jim Cutler for http://www.savebbc.org -- BBC has not responded to pleas to reverse decision to cut SW to NAm July 1 *SAQ, Sweden plans another VLF test July 1, with ham specials too See http://www.alexander.n.se http://www.rsgb.org/lastweek/gb2rs.htm *CFVP, Alberta, in the clear Sunday night with Marti and jammers off; German co-channel also off for an hour allowing European DX window *RCI Executive Director Robert O`Reilly retired suddenly, replaced by CBC insider. Sheldon Harvey`s point of view on this. For latest see http://www.geocities.com/rciaction *Personnel turnover at VOA; Director Sandy Ungar replaced by acting director Myrna Whitworth; Kelu Chao moves into acting program director position *What has finally become of the old VOA Bethany site: http://cnniw.yellowbrix.com/pages/cnniw/Story.nsp?story_id=21454536&ID=cnniw *WOR 1084 and DXLD 1-084 similar numbering now entirely coincidental *John Vodenik, who tried to keep Bethany open, has gone back to work at VOA, now at Delano *RFA Vietnamese transmitted from new unlisted site, Taiwan, as deduced by Olle Alm *Crisis at Radio Marti http://www.cubapolidata.com/carm/carm.html reports insufficient funds to pay settlement against OCB administrators; OCB director Herminio San Roman forced to resign July 27, in exile politics; two bills pending to abolish Radio and TV Marti: HR 1270, 1646 *At RFPI, Freespeech Radio News extended another month; and new weekly Like It Is, issues confronting African-Americans *Spanish music on 5000 kHz is R. Popular, Venezuela, getting into YVTO *DXLD 1-085 has lots of Peruvian DX from Bjoern Malm, Ecuador, including R. La Mejor; R. Ilucan; R. La Voz de Chiriaco; La Voz de San Juan; R. Bethel *Voz Cristiana, Chile, not only simulcasts its Miami station on 1700 but also heard with R. La Luz, Lima, Peru *R. Marabunta, sounds like Chilean on 48m, but Europirate relay *R. Difusora Taubate', Brasil, has new QSL, IDs in Spanish, English, increasing power, improving antenna *R. Clube Paranaense, Brasil, 77th anniversary June 27th *Propagation outlook from Boulder June 19th; flux range 195-145-205 *With a standard disclaimer, *Glenn Hauser, concluding World of Radio 1084 [note: two items in headlines were not actually covered this week: ``UPR calls it quits; Clear Channel stations resume webcasts``] ###