WORLD OF RADIO #1086, produced July 3, 2001 by Glenn Hauser *Wojtek Gwiazda calls for an International Shortwave Coalition; see http://www.geocities.com/rciaction/Editorial010628.html and comment to rciaction@yahoo.ca *WGN Extension 720 and BBC Up All Night simulcast July 4th, Give Me Liberty; webcast via http://www.wgnam.com *WWKB 1520 Buffalo changed back to music format June 30 to `Best Music of the 70s`. See http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20010629/1006086.asp *WEVD NY listeners group picketed offices to save it from Disney http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/26/nyregion/26RADI.html *KKWY 1630 Wyoming still doesn`t have proper antenna; pictures via http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/KKWY *R. Belle Haiti heard on 1700 kHz in Boston area *Pirate Cat Radio on 87.9 in Los Angeles; see http://piratecat.s5.com/aboutthecat.html http://www.piratecat.s5.com/events.html http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.14.98/slices-9819.html *Film Week from KPCC is on only one other station, which webcasts, WOR affiliate WSUI, http://wsui.uiowa.edu and provides transcripts *United Patriot Radio not raided, still on air; see Loren Cox`s take on it in DXLD 1-088, 1-090 *FCC authorized sale of KAIJ, Dallas shortwave *North American SW Broadcasters Association now headed by C. Ed Evans and Jeff White *Historic coast station in California KPH returning to air UT July 13 for commemorative Morse transmissions; see DXLD 1-087 or http://www.radiomarine.org *CSIC ready to broadcast again; long list of possible frequencies in DXLD 1-091; Marie Lamb still waiting for her rubber chicken *CBC Radio on summer vacation schedule, with different shows weekdays at 8 pm local, including Quirks & Quarks on Thursdays *Bahamas FM DXed in Kansas, Cool 96 FM. Thread about such in DXLD 1-088, 1-089, 1-090, 1-091 with links *BBC Technology, commercial division, about to digitalise Cuba`s aging broadcast infrastructure *Another Peruvian website of help to DXers by Ministry of Education; see DXLD 1-091 and http://www.minedu.gob.pe/web/el_ministerio/nuestra_situacion_hoy/datos/idatos.htm *Another Peruvian 3 MHz station, R. San Lorenzo *R. Guarani, Brazil, had American music show in English *Standard disclaimer *WOR 1086, https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ -- P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA or wghauser@hotmail.com *Thanks this week for financial support go to: Bruce Berr *Channel Africa, South Africa, has special broadcast Sunday July 8 *Congo Brazzaville returned from 4 to 5 MHz band *Ghana putting out spurs on 3 MHz band *Voice of Hope, Sudanese clandestine via Madagascar, gets official protest from Khartoum government to Netherlands *WWCR`s new 7460 clashes with Polisario clandestine *V. of Africa, Libya, English times as monitored June 23 *Director of Radio Espanya Independiente, long-running communist clandestine, has died *El Dial, Spanish DX magazine, latest issue available free in PDF via http://www.aer-dx.org/gratis.htm *BBCWS cuts to North America went through, so harder to hear in our mornings, but surprisingly added new evening frequencies to `Mexico` *Coalition fights on, http://www.savebbc.org including posts from Arbitron that internet is not replacing radio *BBC Chairman Sir Christopher Bland taking questions in live chat session, July 5 at 1700 UT via http://www.bbc.co.uk/livechat/index.shtml *R. Netherlands takes over former BBC to North America frequencies temporarily, with Showcase program featuring Jonathan Marks; and regular RN English programming from July 4; via Sackville, Delano *Alfa Lima International, Dutch pirate, plans regular weekly broadcasts on another former BBCWS frequency, Saturdays and maybe Friday evenings *MediaScan, successor to Sweden Calling DXers, final broadcast July 17, but e-newsletter to continue *Scandinavian Weekend Radio has another monthly broadcast July 7; see http://www.swradio.net *One of R. Bulgaria`s two 500 kW transmitters at Plovdiv is down for rest of A-01 season, so only one frequency for many broadcasts, including English *Now it`s Cyprus with movement against radiation fears from British transmitters; and how about new IBB MW 600 kW about to be built? *Lengthy joint monitoring sessions to determine actual frequency usage of Jordan and Mali, in DXLD 1-091 *R. Oman heard in Tennessee on two 19 MHz harmonics *Iraqi National Congress getting $6 million more from State Department -- so more clandestine broadcasting? *RKI relay via Canada suddenly has Chinese-style jamming; should move *R. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea rivals Port Moresby reception *Australia proposes digital technology for outback broadcasting *Outback SW transmitters should replace 2 MHz with 3 at night *Royal Flying Doctor Service frequencies might clash with out of band broadcasters *More articles about history of rare Pacific stations including WXLG Kwaljalein and KMTH Midway: http://www.radiodx.com/spdxr/ *Propagation outlook from Boulder July 3; flux range 140-195-140 *World of Radio 1086; Glenn Hauser inviting you back next week ###