DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated May 2:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.971, May 2 at 1405, JBA carrier, no doubt LRA36
on signature off-frequency, mostly oceanic path from Esperanza to
Enid, so still active on Thursdays; and Tuesdays altho I could not
detect it on April 30. Later today May 2 at 1820 also heard in Germany
by Harald Kuhl, ``almost readable, with talk program`` on ``15476``
USB plus carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1980, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15140, May 2 at 1823, RHC in dead air instead of Arabic. Hope
the announcer did not choke! Something is always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 13710, May 1 at 2056, OM solo hymn in English about
``Faithfulness`` then announcement in Chinese! This is supposed to be
the Radio Feda = Arabic hour of MWV; not the first time WCB has
upmixed their languages. Chinese supposed to follow from 2100 on
11610: so was that one in Arabic? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1980, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALI. 13630, May 1 at 2057, Chinese lesson in English, S6-S8; must
be Bamako CRI relay as scheduled at 2000-2100, plus anomalally another
30 minutes of English until 2130 starting French. Lack of reports
lately of any of these relays but I have not been seeking them, just
ran across this. Sporadically active? // for this is 11640: not heard
there aside big Cuban numbers signal on 11635 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD
OF RADIO 1980, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 570, May 2 at 1105, dominant signal is Spanish from the
south, religious program, YL with American accent mentions ``Bible
church``, OM with not, plugging a bunch of meetings/revivals? with
specific home addresses in San Antonio TX, Salinas, El Centro and
several other places in California, from one evening to the next from
April 26? to May 5. By 1122 predicating with frequent keyword
``restauraciÃn`` Ã la previous owner of KVOH. Wondered if KLIF had
gone the way of KEXB, flipped to partial Spanish gospel huxtering, but
think it better-just-be XEBJB Monterrey NL, which despite a ``regional
mexicana`` music format is a.k.a., ``Nueva Vida`` which of course
connotes religion, at least at this daypart.

Raymie Humbert recently compiled a list of stations with religious
concessions, but not including XEBJB; in Monterrey on AM, only 1140
XEMR; see DXLD 19-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 590, May 2 at 1119, music and ads, 590 frequently plugged,
finally ``Sabrosita`` slogan heard, which = XEPH, 25/10 kW in MÃxico
CDMX, rather than something closer like XEFD in Tamaulipas (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1979 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday May 1 from 2100 on WRMI 9955 S8/S9+10, also on WBCQ
7490.15v, JBA S3-S5. Also confirmed UT Thursday May 2 at 0100 on WRMI
7780, fair.

WORLD OF RADIO 1980 contents: Antarctica, Bougainville, Brasil, China,
Cuba non, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran,
Korea North non, Kurdistan non, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mali, Mongolia
non, Myanmar, Nigeria non, Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea,
Russia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, USA, Venezuela non; Hitlist and
DX/SWL/Media programs; and the propagation outlook

WOR 1980 uploaded at 2318 UT Thu May 2 ready for listening. Or via
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services. SW broadcasts should be:

0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW ND
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [NEW] to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [May 11, alt weeks] ND
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 5950 7730 [some canceled?], NW/WNW/WNW
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW ND
1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] ND
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

[it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle, so
freshest new airings are on weekends]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.17v, May 2 at 0036, WBCQ is S9+20 with TOMBS about
Planet X, but doubt it`s the new 500 kW transmitter which AW said
would start testing with RF May 1, so we have been checking it all
day. I expect initially they will not be running it full-bore, but
also expect it would not be off-frequency like the old transmitter.

Random chex later May 2 still find no sign of powerful new transmitter
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1980, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11712.3 approx., May 2 at 1412, SSB talk, but cannot get
it to resolve by tuning USB or LSB back and forth. Could be third
harmonic of a ham around 3904, where nothing is heard, lower band not
propagating in the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0038 UT May 3