** ALBANIA [non]. 5850, Jan 23 at 2259, WRMI playing Greek music fill, S9+20, 2300.0 Dino Spanish ID, 2300.5 NOT Radio Tirana relay but 29 minutes of World Music fill, starting with harp, Paraguayan? But it`s Christian hymn tune; then the long Ode-to-Joy/European Union piece. I let this be my nap accompaniment with VG reception. 2929.5, ``Okeechobee Ocean`` ID, 2330.0 into Radio Prague relay in English. Nevertheless, please bring back Tirana`s only relay spot on WRMI, audiblizing it beyond the low-power German relay in Europe (if that is still running) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGUILLA. 11775, Jan 23 at 1820 check, Caribbean Beacon DGS still active for a second day; the clock is ticking for another shutdown. Richard Langley says the local newspaper reports that electrical power has been restored thruout the island, so that`s not the problem for sporadic activity (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15370-AM, Jan 23 at 1530, RHC is S9+30 and undermodulated, but NO FM SPURS all over the 19m band for the first time in weeks! As if they finally took note of my almost daily reports, and Kai Ludwig`s explanation of the likely cause. But could be a fluke; we`ll keep checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1914, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KIRITIMATI. 846, Jan 23 at 0646, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISITENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-USB, January 23 at 2345, heavy beat rock music from some pirate, good at S9; 2351 synthyl DJ says it was Iron Maiden, then heavily produced jingle for ``Cool on the Airwaves``; next song something about Ukrainian unrest. 2355 refers to website ?fateunrest.com --- not sure of first word; a human voice might have been more readable. 0000 Jan 24, full ID with address coolamradio@hotmail.com says it is a music special, next something by the group Propaganda. Still going at 0031 recheck. Cool AM is an established Euro-pirate but this is obviously a North American relay. These say it`s via Clever Name Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,40008.0.html
For SSB it sounds really good, and here`s how digitalmod evaluates it: ``Great audio compressed into 3 kHz. Really sounds great on my POLKS :P By the look of the sideband dance, the music is expertly equalized at and below 1500 Hz``
Then Cool AM itself replies: ``TnX CNR for the Relay! Program was made in 2016 - it was also airplayed on the German station Radio Channel292 (with 292 jingles ) Presentation by DeeJay Samantha Jones!
André, CoolAM Radio - ShortWave
http://coolam-productions.tk
Transmitters Do It On Air!!!
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1913 monitoring: confirmed final SW broadcast Tuesday January 23 at 2030 on WRMI, 7780 very poor, 9455 poor to fair.. We are already getting into longer days, making a return to 11580 a good idea already, at least in this direxion.
WOR 1914 contents: Anguilla, Antarctica, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Bougainville, Bouvet Island, Brasil, Canada, China, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea non, France, India, Japan/Korea North non, Kurdistan non, Myanmar, Nigeria non, Oklahoma non, Pakistan and non, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, USA and non, Vatican non, Vietnam non; and the propagation outlook
WOR 1914 monitoring: ready for first airing Tuesday January 23 at 2130 on WRMI 9455, now fair-good; was uploaded with about 6 minutes to spare. Again/still inaudible on 9330v-CUSB, WBCQ at 0030 UT Wed Jan 24, if it really be on air. 9265 WINB is very poor. Next:
Wed 1030 WRMI 9455 to WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Thu 2230.5 WRMI 5850 to NW
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1915?]
Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast access:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9395 // 7780, Jan 23 at 2130, music, apparently Oldies on WRMI, rather than `Power Hour`; what happened?
9395 // 9455, Jan 23 at 2302, now this WRMI pair are // with network news, at first assumed VOA but there`s a commercial break and soon reference to townhall.com --- that`s a relatively new network which has also appeared on WBCQ (or at least when duplicating its AM or FM station), and also shows up on far-right talk stations such as KZLS 1640 OK. In fact its website is titled ``conservative news, politix`` --- if it`s conservative, it`s not news, but openly slanted. Can you imagine something proudly calling itself ``liberal news``? For us it`s just NEWS, facts without a slant. Who`s behind townhall? They admit on the aboutus page that it`s Salem, i.e. cool with witchhunts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0122 UT January 24
