** AUSTRALIA. 15340, March 2 at 1414, RBA English ID at S9-S7, 1415 into South
Asian music and language. Why don`t they introduce in English which language it
is? Aoki shows on Thursdays only, it`s Marathi. Simultaneously, RBA is on 11980
in English at S9+20/10.
15590, March 2 at 1417, another South Asian song
is S9 to S9+10 here, and this turns out to be the third RBA transmitter,
scheduled Thursdays only in Telugu during this quarter-hour. These are all aimed
toward S Asia of course, but are some of the best signals on 19m now, so I
wonder if they are arriving long-path without having to traverse much of the
darkside (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 3330-CUSB,
March 2 at 0720, no signal from CHU again, while 7850-CUSB has a JBA carrier;
yet relatively near SW station WBCQBS 7490 is propagating at S9, better than
usual in the nightmiddle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM.
9880.026, March 2 at 1220, Christian hymn, YL talking in Korean, S9 fading to
S5. KSDA is scheduled this hour, so another station significantly off-frequency;
amid 9880 usage by other stations, China, Romania before and/or after (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 5935, Thursday
March 2 at 1325, Sea Breeze from JAPAN still here, barely audible in English,
and with tone pulse jamming. Expect them to QSY soon, maybe escaping jamming for
a few days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non].
11600, March 2 circa 1300, no signal from Denge Kurdistane; but recheck at 1409,
now S9+10 during big audio buzz, soon fixed with Kurdish talk mentioning
Istanbul. Aoki shows site as Moldova (Pridnestrovye) at 0600-1500, but a beam
switch at 1300 from 130 to 116, why? Then to Bulgaria at 1500, but Ivo has been
saying it`s then France instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, March 2 at 0714, VG S9+20 signal with news
of Solomon Islands, typical RNZI sounders. Yes, surprised to find them back on
this frequency. Online schedule still shows 11725 until 0758, then 9765, with
9700 supposedly only at 1059-1258 on the NNW antenna, a recent change from
11610. Maybe this explain the anomaly which may not recur:
``NB: Every
month on the first Wednesday is Maintenance day at our transmitter site from
2230 to 0600 UT (Thursdays 1030-1800 NZST) During this period there may be
interruptions to our programmes``. That period should have just finished (altho
NZST is not in effect now, rather NZDST of UT +13 until April 2). (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 48 NTSC, March 2 at 1455 UT,
KOCY-LP OKC is weakly visible in analog, with a little morning tropo
enhancement; remains without cutting off the air for a few minutes before fading
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UKRAINE [non]. 11580,
Thursday March 2 at 1330, RUI via WRMI, VG signal. News until 1335, nothing but
about Russian military axion in eastern Ukraine, and remaining resistance to
takeover of Crimea, for which Feb 26 will be the third anniversary. 1335
`Ukrainian Perspective` continuing anti-Russia news, shelling on Ukrainian
positions. Why haven`t we heard about this hot axion, if really current? Refers
to a Thursday February 23 press briefing, so I conclude this program is one week
old, NOT from today!
As previously noted, day-by-day file setup on WRMI
server will replay an old one if a new one has not overwritten it in time.
Others have noted outdated RUI programs on WRMI, from more than a week. In fact,
I found the upload dates on the System D server for the Saturday and Sunday RUI
broadcasts still showing as 7/2/2016! Listen whether they really sound that old
from last July? And therefore always the same from one weekend to the next? At
1341 today, item about Ukrainian arms producers participating in an exhibition
in Abu Dhabi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF
RADIO 1867 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday March 2 at 1230 on
WRMI 9955, S9 over lite pulse jamming at first, but relative jamming level
increases during the semihour as WRMI weakens; tnx a lot, Arnie! Yet WOR still
100% readable, including my error saying ``March 28`` instead of February 28
regarding Xmas Radio. // 6855 is S9 at start, but much higher local noise level
on it. By 1322 during R. Prague, little or no jamming on 9955. Next WORs:
Thu
2130 WRMI 11580 to NE
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2230 WRMI
11580 to NE, 6855? to WNW, 5950 to S
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat
0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2030v
WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR
1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to
SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue
1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 6855 to
WNW
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed
1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to
WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9395, March 2 at
0717, this WRMI is playing classic rock, Dylan, not // World Music on 5850,
6855, 7730. TruNews is gone! Until end of Feb, had been 24/7 on WRMI-6, 355
degrees, since Global 24 crashed a couple years ago. TruNews was initially on
two more frequencies, then cut back to this one. TruNews still shows on the WRMI
web schedule. Rather, Flowing Streams Ministry of which TruNews is/was the
flagship program. Nothing on the TruNews website now about SW, or any radio
broadcasts, but plenty of far-right extremist un-true slanted ``news``. Has Rick
Wiles fallen out with WRMI, or simply a financial decision, SW no longer worth
it??
9395, another check March 2 at 1421 finds more classic rock,
``Stairway to Heaven``; 1423 break at odd time for WRMI ID by Bob Biermann.
Never announces the music so I have to identify it: then ``It`s My Party`` by
Leslie Gore; 1430 a WRMI ID mentioning 9395 specifically; 1434 ``Desiderata``
(you are a child of the universe) --- NOT the parody, shux. 1438 ``Little Green
Bag`` by The George Baker Selexion; 1440 ``The Monkees``; 1443 some doo-wop;
1446 ``Smile a Little Smile For Me, Rose Marie`` by The Flying Machine, etc.,
etc.
All the announcements are by Biermann, and suspect he is programming
this now. Biermann`s regular hour is ``Your Weekend Show`` which started on
TruNews, then expanded to various times (including mid-week) on other WRMI
frequencies, so he has survived the sinking ship of TruNews. Surely a temporary
filler until another full-time client for 9395 can be found. A golden
opportunity to get some journalistically legitimate Public Radio service on
SW!!
I look for anything about this on WRMI`s FB, but nothing found;
rather this new show:
``Mirka Pratts February 22 at 3:12pm --- "LAS
NOCHES CON MIRKA" a partir de mañana jueves a las 8:p.m en WRMI Radio Miami
Internacional, vía Facebook donde grabaremos el programa que saldrá el viernes a
las 5:00 p.m en América y el Caribe y a las 11:00p.m en Europa. Los
esperamos!!!! 14 Likes2 CommentsLike · Comment · Share``
WTFK? Geez.
6-hour time difference anyway implies 2200 UT Fridays. Of course, both Europe
and America have more than one timezone! So ¿de qué se trata, Mirka?? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11520, March 2 at 0711, no
signal from WEWN overnight English frequency, which is normally weak but
audible. 5810 Spanish is inbooming a usual. On 25m, 11580 WRMIBS is good, while
it is normally JBA at this hour. Strange reversal, due to propagation, or is
11520 really off? Also a JBA carrier on 11870 which used to be WEWN`s other
overnight Spanish transmitter, and now nothing is scheduled there per HFCC and
Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 820, March 2 at
1304 UT, another talk station with WBAP nulled as much as possible. Think I hear
a traffic report mentioning Gary, 1306 UT into a show from Washington DC. Must
be the Bill Press show as scheduled on WCPT, 820 for Chicago which is now Willow
Springs IL, 5800/1500 U2 per NRC AM Log, ``Chicago`s Progressive Talk``, yet
affiliated with Fox, among other networx! Other Chi stations are still in,
including 780, 1000 and 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U
S A. 1200, March 2 at 1314, romantic music in Spanish over WOAI. No doubt it`s
WRTO Chicago, maybe still Univisión América but not their new sports network as
allegedly in the offing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This
report dispatched at 1721 UT March 2
