BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

Updated GE image as well.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Dec 4)
IND AIR Leh MW 1053 / x3330 4760 x6000 kHz
34 07 24.90 N 77 35 24.57 E
INDIA 4775nominal 12 Dec 2010 at 1125 UT, AIR Imphal noted on 4755
instead of scheduled 4775 kHz, must be another punching error.
ID at 1130 UT followed by Christmas carols.
[later] AIR Imphal on 4755 kHz. Today (13 Dec 2010) morning also AIR
Imphal continued on 4755 kHz. So they switched off tx after the night
transmission and switched it on in the morning without checking the
frequency.
(Jose Jacob.IND VU2JOS, DXindia Dec 12/13)
Still on 4755 kHz, at 1515 UT Hindi news by OM.
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, DXindia Dec 13)
[KASHMIR] 4950 R. Kashmir Srinagar, *0122-0213*, Dec 13. Open
carrier/tone noted at 0118 UT tune in; their sign on/off times vary as
much as 4 to 5 minutes; even the format varies some; because of the later
sign on time today they did not play the national song ("Vande Mataram")
after the AIR IS; mostly played pop subcontinent songs; had two segments
with series of what sounded like ads; went off the air suddenly; audio
seemed rather distorted; best in USB due to Angola carrier; slowly fading
down after 0200 UT. Only possible for me in the wintertime.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer Dec 13)
Orissa becomes Odisha.
The Lok Sabha Tuesday cleared legislation seeking to rename Orissa as
Odisha and the language spoken in the state as Odia from Oriya.
The bill to alter the name of the eastern state was introduced in this
year's budget session and was passed on the first day of the month-long
winter session by electronic balloting.
MPs overwhelmingly supported the constitutional amendment bill to do away
with the legacy of British name given to the state.
The central government had received a proposal from the Orissa government
in 2008 after the state assembly moved a bill to change both names in
deference to the manner in which the name of the state is pronounced in
the local language.
The state is called Udisa in Hindi and Orissa in English, and the language
Udiya in Hindi and Oriya in English as per the constitution.
This required an amendment to the constitution and had to be approved by
two-thirds majority of the house.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who moved the bill, said the house was
honouring the wishes of the people of the state by clearing the
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