MW SCAN - March 1998

First - a logbook from Doug Sharrard

930	0037	12.02	CFBC Saint John NB	"You're tuned to 930 CFBC"	EG	good	DSh
930	0045	12.02	un-id'd	REL talk about Abraham	EG	fair	DSh
1161	2320	02.02	Magic 1161, Hull	jingle, ID, 80s music	EG	poor	DSh
1161	2340	02.02	Tay AM, Dundee	easy listening music, OM DJ	EG	fair	DSh
1161	2357	02.02	Brunel Classic Gold, Swindon	"Good Times Great Oldies"	EG	poor	DSh
1161	2310	02.02	BBC 3CR, Bedford	Asian music, YL DJ	Hin	poor	DSh
1440	0111	04.02	WLPZ Portland ME	Adverts and sports news	EG	good	DSh
1510	0022	03.02	WNRB Boston MA	sports commentary	EG	fair	DSh
1655	0100	01.02	R Pedro, (Dutch pirate)	opera songs, ID, address	EG	v good	DSh

Second - the news items

CANADA: CJWW 600 Saskatoon SK has been granted a transmitter relocation remaining at 25000/8000 U4 (NRC 65/18); CKTA 1570 Taber AB has applied to move to Lethbridge AB to 1090 kHz 10000/5000 U3. (NRC 65/11)

RUSSIA: GTRK "Amur" 189 kHz. Address: per. Svyatitelya Innokentiya 15, 675000 Blagoveschensk. V/s is V.I. Kal'chenko, CE. Schedule : acc. to QSL (excl. R Rossii news): MF 2000-0000, 0300-0400, 0900-1000, Sat 2200-2300, Sun 0010-0100 (MR); "AST-RADIO" Addr. : 664000, Irkutsk, PO Box 1377. On 810 kHz // FM 101·4 MHz : 24 hours (BT, PM ); "NOVY GOROD" ("New City") is a new independent station in Krasnoyarsky Kray on MW 1053 kHz. ("Sibirskiy DX Bulletin"); Mordovskoe Radio broadcasts In Russian on 1062 kHz: evening 1520-1600 Mon-Fri, 1300-1400 Sat, 1400-1500 Sun (DK); "Narodnoe Radio" Addr.: 113326, Moscow, Pyatnitskaya ul. 25 On 1233 kHz : 0500-0615 and 1015-1600 (DK); "Svobodnaya Rossia" Two new freqs in Moscow: 918 and 1152 kHz. On 1600-1900 : 918, 1152 and 1359 kHz. (AB); GTRK "Orenburg" 270 kHz. email: trc51org@rzn.rosmail.com v/s A.V. Mihalin, Vice Chairman of Broadcasting. (MR); Radio Mediana, Perm 846 kHz: acc. to Denis Zaitsev, Asst. Dir. they are only on FM 104·1 since 1.1.1998 (MR)

UNITED KINGDOM: Liberty 963 has changed the frequency of their Southall transmitter to 972 kHz, with their East London one remaining on 963.; R Stoke Mandeville are being widely heard on their 1575 kHz channel during the daytime. (MH)

UNITED STATES: WPHG is a new station in Atmore, Alabama broadcasting on 1620 kHz. (NRC 65/19); KDIA is the new call for KXBT in Vallejo CA broadcasting on 1640 kHz. (NRC 65/19); KGXL is a new station on-air from Costa Mesa CA on 1650 kHz. (NRC 65/14)

CONTRIBUTORS

DSh

Doug Sharrard, Leicester

Grundig Yacht Boy 400, Anoraks-UK loop

Russian News from RUS DX#55 sent by Anatoly Klepov, included items from the following contributors:
AB	Alexsandr Brovkin, Moscow	BT	Boris Tchastoedov, Irkutsk	DK	Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan
MR	Mauno Ritola, Lappeenranta, Finland	PM	Pavel Miroshnikov, Irkutsk	and	"Sibirskiy DX Bulletin"

PUBLICATIONS

A reminder that the British DX Club publishes a comprehensive listing of the UK radio scene. "Radio Stations in the United Kingdom" is available for £2.50 within the UK, and £3.00 / 7 IRCs / US $5 / DM 10 for the Rest of the World. This price includes airmail postage within Europe, elsewhere add $1 or 1 IRC. UK cheques payable to British DX Club, otherwise banknotes.
Most of the 48 page booklet is a frequency listing of LW, MW and FM stations with cross references. There's a full address section and several pages giving a general description of the UK Radio scene, the Networks etc.

Copies can be ordered from: British DX Club, 126 Bargery Road, Catford, London SE6 2LR

That's it for this month. Thanks to Doug for his loggings, and hope to have more to type up next month. 73s Mark

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