** ARGENTINA [non]. RAE relays missing from WRMI 11580: see U S A
**
BRAZIL. 9665.989, Aug 17 at 0554, R. Voz Missionária has almost achieved a full
kHz of offness, S7 signal in Brazuguese gospel huxter, much better signal than
the others, JBA carriers circa 9674.97, 9725+, 9819 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 15190.732, Aug 16 at 2012, JBA carrier,
presumed Rádio Inconfidência, which JRX in Brasil reported reactivated as of Aug
13, not heard since June 5, on ``15190``, but it`s always been off-frequency,
now more so than before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
COLOMBIA [non]. 9955, Thu Aug 17 at 1308, WRMI, Spanish news of protest
demonstration in Buenaventura, with lots of location crowd noise. Hadn`t heard
about it elsewhere; is this news or olds? During `Informativo G24` the
Colombian-oriented but produced in Miami weekly news magazine, and thus the
closest thing to a Colombian external SW service. 1326 wrapup with program ID as
such.
Searching on Buenaventura manifestaciones, these ranged from May
19 to June 12. People were killed and injured. So what was this about? Here`s an
RCN story from May 19:
It
seems there had been riots and vandalism, and a `paro cívico`, meaning general
strike? A prolonged one by teachers protesting their treatment by the government
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, K17JN-D,
Enid`s only `local` TV station, really just a satellator, continues with six
3ABN subchannels, except 17-6 remains nothing but silent greenscreen labeled
`test`, August 17 at 1620 UT. So what are they testing? This was first noted
August 11. I don`t remember what used to be on #6. When I surveyed them in May
2016, it was AFTV == AmFacts, which is now on 17-3; and rabbitears.info now has
Amazing Facts on 17-5! All filed under Market 50 OKC, altho no one in OKC is
ever going to see this station except possibly as DX. 17-5 is really now Hope201
per the PSIP during a drama, Aug 17 at 1626 UT. The lineup at W9WI.com is not
accurate either, but this Adventist offshoot keeps shifting them (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1891 monitoring:
confirmed Wednesday August 16 after 2100 on webcast of WBCQ, while 7489.978 is
JBA (as measured a semihour earlier). Also confirmed Wed Aug 16 at 2330 on WBCQ,
9331.630v-CUSB, fair; creeping further upward. Next:
Thu 2330 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630 HLR
6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR
1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to
NE
Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE
Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030
HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0300v WBCQ
5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 2330 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7489.978, Aug 16 at 2042 WBCQ is JBA and
off-frequency here during `Financial Survival` prior to WOR at 2100 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11580, Aug 16 at 2017, WRMI
with BS here // stronger 11825, instead of an hour of diverse programming.
Mistake? Hope so, as anything but BS is to be preferred.
At 2017, I
quickly check some other frequencies: 9455 has gospel huxter in Spanish, so what
is it // to? I bet it`s `Creciendo en Gracia`, Wednesday, the only SS program
scheduled this hour on 11580, flipped. 9455 is S9 and stronger than 11580; 9395
is much weaker but seems still Oldies; 15770 is BS at S4-S6.
11580, Aug
17 at 1306, WRMI with no RAE relay in French, but instead a gospel huxter in
accented English; 1314 closing until ``next Sunday right here on this wonderful
station`` but no name. No ID at 1315 but right into next show `Hope for Today`;
and 1330 to `The Redemption Hour`; 1352 a different g.h. in accented English;
1359 WRMI ID and then ID as Radio Africa Network on ``21525`` (only). 1400 into
RAE music beat, but no RAE in Spanish; 1403 switch to other music fill.
Meanwhile I try to // 21525 which is JBA here, but at 1402 unseems //.
At 1415, 11580 with another g.h. in English and now I can barely make it //
21525. 1429 RAN ID with P O box in Zimbabwe. By 1504, 11580 should have rejoined
Brother Scare, but it`s not // 11825, instead gospel music, maybe still
duplicating 21525, again too weak to be sure.
So has 11580 been getting
a misfeed of the 21525 program line, or put there intentionally to fill absent
RAE? Their relay deal was initially said to be ``temporary``. Must check out the
other RAE relays whether they still exist, notably English at 01 on 9395! I see
that RAE has continued to upload new programs in all languages as of Aug 16-17
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. 9635.850, Aug 17 at
1258, S4-S6 in Vietnamese, so this VOV remains far off-frequency. David Sharp,
NSW had even measured it 40 Hz beyond 9636 on August 5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1709 UT August 17
