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ABKHAZIA R. Republic Abkhazia [formerly varying around 9496] now from 9489.7 to
9491.3, peaking around 1430-1515, in Russian (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany,
World DX Club Contact) And also from 0514 until 0524* (Büschel, BC-DX)
AFGHANISTAN [non] Blasting in here 1400-1500 on 17720, Radio Solh (Dari for “Radio
Peace”), the name in WRTH 2004 (p82) for the US psyops broadcasts aimed at
Afghanistan, originally “Information Radio” (Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK) Mostly Central
Asian music, info inserts, about al-Qaeda and the Taleban (Mika Mäkeläinen,
Finland, dxing.info) In Pashto it would be: Sola Radyo (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania,
DX Listening Digest) All broadcasts are 500 kW at 80 degrees from Rampisham,
UK, in Dari, Pashto, Urdu: 0200-0500 11810, 0700-1200 21620, 1200-1300
17710, 1300-1500 15265, 1500-1630 17710 (Observer, Bulgaria)
ALASKA KNLS was slow to post its November frequency schedule on its own website,
and it turned out that FCC registrations were incorrect, too. English at 0800-
0900 was actually heard by Noel Green, UK on 9615; and at 1300-1400 also
on 9615, by Roger Chambers, NY. Plans were at 0800 to move to 7365 from
Dec 26, and to 11765 from Jan 30 (gh)
ARMENIA V. of Armenia English B04: 1925-1945 on 4810 and 9965, now 7 days a
week with the Sunday 0800-0930 broadcast
on 15270 dropped; also IDs as “Public
Radio of Armenia” (Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK,
Wolfgang Büschel)
BANGLADESH Bangladesh Betar B-04 English:
1230-1300 S & SEAs; V. of Islam 1745-1815
Eu; 1815-1900 Eu, all on 7185, 9550 Daily
(Ashik Eeqbal Tokon, Rajshahi, Bangladesh,
GRDXC) Can anyone confirm 7185 and 9550
actually on the air? (gh) 9550 is not at all
32 MONITORING TIMES January 2005
Shortwave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser
P.O. Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 73702
glennhauser@monitoringtimes.com
www.worldofradio.com
Israel Gone? Belgium Going
We have headlined the demise of Israel’s shortwave broadcasts
before, but they always got reprieves. We hope that happens again, but
at press time the outlook was dismal. Doni Rosenzweig reports:
I asked around and was told that a notice was sent through Kol Israel,
that Israel Radio SW is due to cease as of Dec. 31, as the homepage
http://www.israelradio.org/ says. While Israel Radio is available on
the Internet, many Arab countries are blocking access to the IBA Web
feeds. This time around, people were told that their program budgets
would improve if SW is cut, so there is much wider support for cessation
of SW this time. They are now planning to stop all SW transmissions,
including Reshet Bet in Hebrew. You can fax or email Member
of Knesset (MK) Ehud Olmert, the Minister of Communications. He
saved foreign language Kol Israel broadcasts the last time around. MK
Ehud Olmert: Fax: +972-2-666-2909 email: eolmert@moital.gov.il
(See the schedule below)
R. Vlaanderen Internationaal announced they’re scrapping radio
services in English, French and German at the end of B04 (27 March
2005). News bulletins in these languages will be available on the Web
site. There will also be a drastic reduction in the use of SW for RVi
broadcasts in Dutch – most of the non-Belgian transmitter sites will
be dropped, says Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands, in DX Listening
Digest.
Frans Vossen of RVi explained in the swprograms group: The RVi
Web site will be relaunched with a new look. The name of the station
will also be changed, to VRT-Internationaal. “The old and traditional
mediumwave, and especially shortwave, output will be reduced,” says
VRT Radio Director Frans Ieven. These are outmoded delivery methods
and “there are other cheaper and more efficient means of reaching
people than with gigantic shortwave transmitters.” Brussels Calling in
English, French and German are being scrapped, replaced by translations,
on the Web site, of the main points from the Flemish and Belgian
news stories. Only SW surviving will be 4 hours per day of programs
in Dutch, most of it relays of domestic VRT stations, and only beamed
to south Europe.
Kai Ludwig, DXLD, pointed out: RVi program cancellations would
save almost no money. Nor does RVi have any financial trouble; this is
only a strategic decision.
Comment to: Mr. Leo Cortens, Counselor and Consul, Embassy
of Belgium, 3330 Garfield Street NW, Washington, DC 20008; Phone
(202) 333-6900, Fax (202) 333-5457; The Belgian ambassador to the
USA is Mr. Frans van Daele, phone (202) 333-6900, Fax: (202) 625-
7567. E-mail: washington@diplobel.be Web: http://www.diplobel.
us/ Perhaps engaging them in dialogue will help out. Can’t hurt, says
Richard Cuff, swprograms.
Listeners who wish to protest can also contact the Flemish Media
Minister: Mr Geert Bourgeois, Alhambra Building, Avenue Emile Jacqmain
20, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. email: kabinet.bourgeois@vlaanderen.
be reports Colin Clapson, VRT, in SCDX/MediaScan.
Express your opinion to RVi about its forthcoming SW cutbacks:
info@rvi.be or use the form provided on the web site at http://www.
rvi.be/html/rvi_web/uk/aboutrvi/contact/contact_form.html says
John Figliozzi, swprograms.
Silvain Domen, Belgium, DXLD says you can also post a message
on the guestbook at RVi’s website. Many well known names in there
already! http://www.rvi.be/guestbook_uk/
On RVi Radio World, Frans Vossen wrapped it up: As from the end
of March, the entire operation abruptly stops, from one day to the other.
No more SW, MW, satellite, not even sound on the internet. Nothing,
zilch, zero. Nobody will be made redundant: we will all be transferred
to the VRT news via the internet service, where we will write updated
news items in English, German and French for the news site, http://
vrtnieuws.net I always thought it was our mission to inform people
in foreign countries about all aspects of life in Flanders. I also thought
shortwave was an efficient way of achieving this. If the politicians think
otherwise, they should explain their view.
More endangered stations and services: see EGYPT, SYRIA below
EIKE BIERWIRTH’S COMPREHENSIVE B-04 SW SCHEDULES
http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/bc-b04.txt
And the complete page at: http://www.eibi.de.vu/
HFCC B04 (with a considerable fraction censored out)
http://www.hfcc.org/data/index.html
(Steve Lare, MI, DX Listening Digest)
All times UTC; All frequencies kHz; * before hr = sign on,
* after hr = sign off; // = parallel programming;
+ = continuing but not monitored; 2 x freq = 2nd harmonic;
B-04=winter season; [non] = Broadcast to or for
the listed country, but not necessarily originating there;
u.o.s. = unless otherwise stated
on the air. 7185 is still on the air but severe co-channel interference during B04
season (Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, WRTH Bangladesh editor)
BOLIVIA In late October, a station on 4917 at 0950 mentioned San Miguel, the Bolivian?
(Fernando Viloria, Venezuela, DXLD) Heard around 2300 on 4917.63 with
program called La Voz de mi Comunidad and clear ID for Radio San Miguel,
Riberalta (Björn Malm, Quito, Ecuador) By mid-November, R. San Miguel was
instead on 4902.17, at 0022-0101 with ID on the hour, good signal (Chuck
Bolland, FL, DXLD) By 0141 excellent signal on 4902.30 (Gerry Bishop, FL, ibid.)
A few hours later at 1000 on 4902.08, and the next day at 0927 on 4902.17,
tentatives (Ron Howard, CA, ibid.)
BULGARIA R. Bulgaria, B-04 English:
0730-0800 Au 11600 13600
1230-1300 WEu 11700 15700
1830-1900 WEu 5800 7500
2200-2300 WEu 5800 7500
0000-0100 NAm 7400 9700
0300-0400 NAm 7400 9700 (Bob Thomas, CT, DXLD)
CAMEROON R. Garoua used to be on 5010 and
7240. Two years ago I visited the former transmitter
which had not been touched since a transformer
burned up about five years earlier. The transmitter
building and antenna are still guarded, but a swarm
of killer bees are breeding inside the transmitter.
It was said that the President of Cameroon does
not want the radio station back on the air to avoid
an uprising in the region (Jens Christian Seeberg,
Denmark, DSWCI DX Window)