Clandestine Radio Watch 086
--------------xxxxxxxxxx CRW 086 xxxxxxxxxx--------------
CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH
October 31, 2001
Clandestine Radio Watch (CRW) is a biweekly summary which centrali-
zes the latest news and developments affecting the study of clan-
destine radio in an easy-to-read format. Editions are published on
the CRW web site. Access to CRW is free.
CRW is both not-for-profit and non-partisan. We welcome your inte-
rest, input and queries. Contributions, input and support, logs, QSL
verification info, as well as background material can be sent to us.
CRW issues may also contain parts in Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German
or Portuguese.
CRW Team
Editor-in-Chief : Martin Schoech : schoech@clandestineradio.com
Correspondents:
Baltics Bureau : Robertas Petraitis : tornado493@hotmail.com
Houston Bureau : Owen Williamson : williamson@clandestineradio.com
Washington Bureau : Nick Grace C. : grace@clandestineradio.com
Next issue - CRW 087 : November 10, 2001
Old and new issues of CRW can be found at http://listen.to/crw
or at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crwatch/messages
CRW is the newsletter for ClandestineRadio.com, the largest web-
site on Clandestine Radio at http://www.ClandestineRadio.com
------------xxxxxxxxxx Breaking News xxxxxxxxxx----------------
AFGHANISTAN : see 'CRW 086 Special Afganistan'
------------xxxxxxxxxx Schedules xxxxxxxxxx--------------------
Schedules - BELORUSSIA
Radio Racja
On Demand Global Net: http://www.racyja.pl - archive audio
0400-0600 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 6.035
0500-0900 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 0.612
1000-1200 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 6.180
1800-2000 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 6.010
1900-2100 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 1.080
(BBCM Oct 24, 2001 condensed for DXLD 1-158)
Re DXLD 1-158: The Radio Racja schedule is the current one, i.e.
from Sunday all transmission will be one UT hour later. 612 is no
Poland-based transmitter but Radio Baltic Waves at Vilnius. And
Radio Racja is in the Bialystok area on FM, so the MW and SW outlets
are meant for Belarus`
(K.Ludwig-D Oct 26, 2001 in DXLD 1-159)
...............................................................
Schedules - CHINA
Voice of Tibet
Voice of Tibet Sked : Here is message just received from Oystein
Alme of "Voice of Tibet":
"Dear Mr Harjot Singh, VOT QSL confirms reception reports - please
notivy your location and address.
You will find VOT 12:15 to 13 UTC after 3 mins SIS - at 15.400 -
15.680 and 15.705. First 30 mins in Tibetan - then 15 mins in
Mandarin. Remember we often shift due to jamming efforts from
foreign station. Kind regards, Oystein Alme"
Their "Voice of Tibet"E mail address is: oystalme@online.no
(H.S.Brar-IND Oct 29, 2001 in GRDXC-ML)
...............................................................
Schedules - ERITREA
Voice of Democratic Eritrea
0000-2359 On Demand Global http://www.meskerem.net - archive audio
1400-1500 ......Sa TIGRINYA Eu Ter: 5.925
1700-1800 .M..Th.. TIGRINYA Af Ter: 15.670
(BBCM Oct 24, 2001 condensed for DXLD 1-158)
...............................................................
Schedules - ETHIOPIA
Tigrean International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy
A just distributed schedule update for Deutsche Telekom transmis-
sions shows new broadcasts from Tigrean International Solidarity for
Justice and Democracy on Wed and Sat 1600-1629 on 15700 (Jülich, 125
deg.)
(K.Ludwig-D Oct 30, 2001 in DXLD 1-163)
This entry has a rather strange start date, the 3rd day of the 71st
month of the 92nd year:
15700 1600 1629 48 103 125 217 47 037192 310302 TIS
(G.Hauser-USA, from sked via R.Weyl, W.Büschel-D in DXLD 1-163)
------------xxxxxxxxxx Logs xxxxxxxxxx-------------------------
Logs - AFGHANISTAN
see 'CRW 086 Special Afganistan'
...............................................................
Logs - ANGOLA
Rádio Ecclésia
11795 28/10 0548 Rádio Ecclésia, via Jülich, debate entre
políticos, com participação de ouvintes por telefone, 34333
(C.Romais-B Oct 28, 2001 in Radioescutas-ML)
...............................................................
Logs - ETHIOPIA
Radio Dejen
12110 Radio Dejen 1629 oc, 1700 sign on with ID and excellent level
on Oct 20.
(H.Johnson-AFS Oct 20, 2001 in CDX LS Logbook)
...............................................................
Logs - IRAN
Voice of Mojahed
5660v V.O.Mojahed Oct 22 1535-1611 34433 Farsi, Talk. // 6480v.
8540v. 8840v. 9310v kHz.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 22, 2001 in JAP 183)
5630v Voice of the Mojahed 1455 UTC heard with commentary, into
sppech by a YL at 1500 UTC. Frequency variates between 5630, 5650
and 5670 to avoid Iranian bubble jammer. 5670 happens to be an air
traffice frequency. Good signal.
(R.Lam-SNG Oct 23, 2001 in CDX 370)
...............................................................
Logs - IRAQ
Voice of the Iraqui People
9568.6 V.O.Iraqi People Oct 22 1635-1650 33443-32442 Arabic, Talk
and Arabic music. ID at 1643. (Kouji Hashimoto)
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 22, 2001 in JAP 183)
...............................................................
Logs - KURDISTAN
Voice of Kurdistan Toilers
4235.1 Voice of Kurdish Toilers in Arabic at 1613 on Oct 11, ID as
Huna Sowt A-Karda-hi Kurdistan at 1623.
(H.Johnson-AFS Oct 11, 2001 in CDX LS Logbook)
Voice of the People of Kurdistan
6995 V.O.People of Kurdistan Oct 22 1612-1626 34433 Kurdish,
News and Talk. ID at 1616 and 1624. //4060.7kHz.
(Ko.Hashimoto-JPN Oct 22, 2001 in JAP 183)
...............................................................
Logs - NIGERIA
Radio Voice of Biafra International
12125 kHz, LV de Biafra Internacional, 1920-1934, 20 Octubre 2001,
extenso cx en vernacular (igbo?) leido por locutor, varias menciones
a "Nigeria", "Biafra", ID a las 1931 "You are tuned to Voice of
Biafra International...., coming to you from Washington D.C. ...
thank you". Mx nigeriana. SINPO: 34433.
(A.Slaen-ARG Oct 20, 2001 in ConDig 130)
...............................................................
Logs - SOMALIA
Largely a bust. Nada on Radio Mogadishu 6750 range, Radio Baidoa
6800 range, and Radio Gaalkacyo 6985. Flirted with Radio Banaadir a
few times 7002 during the 1800 hour, but could never get an ID.
Presumed Radio Hargeisa on 7530, but I never stuck around to ID it.
(H.Johnson-AFS Oct 2001 in CDX LS Logbook)
...............................................................
Logs - SRI LANKA
Tamil Oli Radio
21590 kHz, Tamil Oli Radio (via DTK), 1252-1305, 27 Octubre 2001, px
en tamil con cxs entre dos locutores, ID a la hora en punto por
locutora. SINPO: 44444.
(A.Slaen-ARG Oct 27, 2001 in ConDig 130)
...............................................................
Logs - SUDAN
Voice of Freedom and Renewal
6985 (t) Voice of Freedom and Renewal Heard Arabic music at 0320 and
1530 a few times, but I could never catch an ID.
(H.Johnson-AFS Oct ?, 2001 in CDX LS Logbook)
...............................................................
Logs - USA
UPR
6900 UPR was heard daily during the 0200 hour, such as Oct 10th,
when he was bitching about the end of Genesis on WWFV.
(H.Johnson-AFS Oct 10, 2001 in CDX LS Logbook)
...............................................................
Logs - ZIMBABWE
Radio Voice of Peace
7215 Radio VOP excellent signal at 1748 on Oct 8. Check this
several times, but never heard any jamming as had been suggested by
one DXer in the past.
(H.Johnson-AFS Oct 8, 2001 in CDX LS Logbook)
------------xxxxxxxxxx QSL Verifications xxxxxxxxxx------------
Qsl's - AFGHANISTAN
see 'CRW 085 Special Afganistan'
...............................................................
Qsl's - USSR
A QSL of Radio Liberty from 1965 has been added to the CRW Clan-
destine Radio Gallery thanks to M.Hüppelshäuser from Germany.
See it via http://www.clandestineradio.com/martin/bild-cla.html
------------xxxxxxxxxx Miscellaneous xxxxxxxxxx----------------
Misc - AFGHANISTAN
see 'CRW 085 Special Afganistan'
...............................................................
Misc - BELORUSSIA
BBCM on Radio Racja
Source: Radio Racja. Main Studio: Bialystok.
Category: Both domestic and external.
Date of Issue: 24-Oct-2001 10:21.
Last Modified: 23-Oct-2001 14:01.
Comments: Radio Racja (Ratsyya in Belarusian - racja/ratsyya means
"reason") is a Belarusian-language radio station based at Bialystok,
Poland. Its broadcasts are aimed at Belarusians in Poland as well as
Belarus. It began broadcasting in November 1999. The Belarusian
Union of the Polish Republic is majority shareholder in the Racja
company. All broadcasts are subject to Summer/Winter time changes.
[so below is summer, or winter timing?? --gh]
Languages: Belarusian. E-mail: rac@user.unibel.by
Web Site: http://www.racyja.pl
On Demand Global Net: http://www.racyja.pl - archive audio
0400-0600 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 6.035
0500-0900 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 0.612
1000-1200 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 6.180
1800-2000 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 6.010
1900-2100 Daily BELARUSIAN EuDom Ter: 1.080
(BBCM Oct 24, 2001 condensed for DXLD 1-158)
...............................................................
Misc - ERITREA
BBCM on Voice of Democratic Eritrea
Source: Voice of Democratic Eritrea.
Category: Clandestine.
Media Provider: Eritrean Liberation Front Revolutionary Council.
Date of Issue: 24-Oct-2001 10:21.
Last Modified: 16-Oct-2001 17:32.
Comments: Voice of Democratic Eritrea, Voice of the Eritrean Libera-
tion Front - Revolutionary Council (Tigrigna "Demtsi Democrasiyawit
Eritrea"; Arabic "Sawt Eritrea al-Dimuqratiya - Sawtu Jabhat
al-Tahrir al-Eritrea") was first observed on 21st November 1997. The
radio is hostile to the government of Eritrea. It is believed that
Voice of Democratic Eritrea originally broadcast via a transmitter
in Sudan which was shared with other Eritrean opposition radio
stations including Voice of Truth. The broadcasts via Sudan were
last heard some time in 1999. The current transmissions, via hired a
Deutsche Telekom transmitter, were first reported in June 2000.
Languages: Tigrinya.
0000-2359 On Demand Global http://www.meskerem.net - archive audio
1400-1500 ......Sa TIGRINYA Eu Ter: 5.925
1700-1800 .M..Th.. TIGRINYA Af Ter: 15.670
(BBCM Oct 24, 2001 condensed for DXLD 1-158)
...............................................................
Misc - IRAN
Iranian police have confiscated more than 1,000 satellite dishes
By AFSHIN VALINEJAD, Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian police have confiscated more than 1,000
satellite dishes in two days as part of an apparent crackdown to bar
access to several U.S.-based channels run by Iranian opposition
groups. An unidentified Tehran police source said the dishes had
been confiscated Thursday and Friday, the state-owned daily Iran
reported on Saturday. Some 150,000 illegal dishes were expected to
be confiscated.
In 1995, the then hard-line parliament banned satellite dishes in an
effort to purge Iran of Western influences, but the ban wasn't
strictly enforced and rooftops and balconies were soon littered with
dishes. Security officials refused to say why the latest crackdown
was launched, but the Farsi-language Iran newspaper said the crack-
down was directed at recent street violence in Iran. The violence
has apparently been flamed by footage of soccer fans shown throwing
stones at shop windows and banks after recent matchesinvolving Iran.
Such images have been beamed into Iran from several U.S.-based
channels run by Iranian dissidents.
The Farsi-language television programs also feature popular Iranian
music singers frowned on by local authorities. "I don't think this
measure is a proper way of confronting the dishes. I think its con-
sequences will be more negative than positive," reformist lawmaker
Sohrab Bohluli Qashqaie told The Associated Press.
Residents hide their dishes with tarpaulins, or try to disguise them
to resemble air conditioning units or water coolers. Hearing of the
latest crackdown, some owners have been bringing their dishes
inside.
The reformist daily newspaper Nowruz, close to the Islamic Iran
Participation Front, called the crackdown an "act which has been
proved fruitless time and again." The front is the largest pro-
reform party in Iran
(AP Oct 29, 2001 via Mike Cooper-USA in DXLD 1-162)
...............................................................
Misc - MYANMAR
Satellitenfernsehen erlaubt, mehr E-mail, Einstieg ins Internet
Wie die aktuelle Ausgabe der vom Hamburger Institut für Asienkunde
herausgegebenen Zeitschrift Südostasien aktuell berichtet, ist von
burmesischer Regierungsseite am 14. September angekündigt worden,
künftig den Antragstellern Lizenzen für das Satellitenfernsehen
generell zu erteilen. In der Vergangenheit waren bisher etwa 2000
Lizenzen erteilt worden und nun liegen – nach offiziellem Ausschluss
strafrechtlicher Verfolgung für bereits installierte, aber noch
nicht angemeldete Schüsseln - 20.000 Anmeldungen vor. Dies sei aber
noch nicht die offizielle Zahl. Die Anmeldung erfolgt gegen eine
Gebühr.
Auch sollen zu den bereits existierenden etwa 3100 E-mail-Zugängen
weitere 4000 inländische E-mail-accounts eingerichtet werden. Der
Zugang zum WorldWideWeb ist aber nach wie vor unzulässig.
Quelle und detailliertere Angaben:
Südostasien aktuell, Jahrgang XX, Heft 5, Septmeber 2001, S. 461-62
(via J.Lohuis-D Oct 25, 2001 in A-DX)
...............................................................
Misc - USA
Pirate station spoofing Steve Anderson's United Patriot Radio
There is a pirate which is spoofing Steve Anderson's United Patriot
Radio. They call themselves United Militia Bingo Radio. I have heard
them on both 6900 and 6925. I heard them once on a weekend when
Steve Anderson was still running. Remember, he did not operate
weekends. Wednesday night I heard them on 6900, but we were having a
thunder storm, and I could not copy them. Last night, between 01:00
and 02:00 they were on 6925. Samples of Steve's voice, mixed in with
other things, very funny. They even gave an e-mail address, though I
do not know if it is valid or not: yhwhradio6925@yahoo.com Those few
reports we have seen of Steve Anderson's having been heard might
actually be this pirate, though if you listen a bit, it is obvious
that this is not coming from Anderson himself. Signal is fair, not
nearly as strong as UPR itself, and, at least last night, it was in
AM, and very good audio quality
(T.Hendel-AL-USA Oct 26, 2001 in DXLD 1-159)
Officials `doing everything` to track down ex-militia member Steve
Anderson --- By Carol Coffey
Although they are still following leads and tips, law enforcement
officials say that ex-militia member Steve Anderson remains at
large. A detective with the Kentucky State Police and the supervisor
of Kentucky`s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms say they are
still doggedly working Anderson`s case, but have yet to apprehend
the man who just over a week ago, riddled a Bell County Sheriff`s
Deputy`s car.
Carl Valisko, the supervisor of the Kentucky office of the ATF, said
officials are "doing everything we can" to work with the London and
Harlan Kentucky State Police posts to track down Anderson.
As a part of that joint effort, the KSP and the ATF have announced a
$5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Anderson.
The "ATF announced the issuance of a reward of $5,000 for informa-
tion leading to the arrest of ATF Fugitive Stephen Howard Anderson,"
a wanted poster and release say.
The ATF released a statement late last week saying the reward was
being offered.
"On Sunday, Oct. 14, Stephen Howard Anderson, a 54-year-old white
male from Pulaski County, fired multiple gunshots at a Bell County
Deputy Sheriff after fleeing from a traffic stop in Bell County.
Anderson`s abandoned vehicle was recovered near Middlesboro. A
search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of a large amount of
ammunition and several pipe bombs," the release reads.
"As a result of the search of Anderson`s vehicle and a subsequent
search of Anderson`s residence in Pulaski County, federal explosives
charges have been filed against Anderson in U.S District Court in
the Eastern District of Kentucky. ATF is assisting the Kentucky
State Police in the investigation," the release continued. "Anderson
is still at large and is considered armed and dangerous."
Anderson is still considered armed and dangerous by law enforcement
officials.
Although there is no new information on Anderson, some new informa-
tion was learned last week about the deputy Anderson allegedly fired
at earlier this week.
The 17-year-old girlfriend of a sheriff`s deputy who was involved in
a shoot-out in Bell County was in the deputy`s cruiser when Anderson
allegedly opened fire on it, Sheriff Harold Harbin said.
The girl, who was injured by shards of glass as the cruiser was shot
up, was treated at a hospital and released.
Deputy Scott Elder, 25, was taking his girlfriend home before his
shift began at 8 p.m. Sunday. On the way, Elder stopped Anderson,
who another motorist said had been driving erratically and had no
lights on U.S. 25E near Middlesboro.
During the stop, police said Anderson became angry and eventually
pulled an automatic weapon on Elder. Harbin said Elder yelled to his
girlfriend to lie on the floorboard while he ran behind the patrol
car.
Harbin said no action would be taken against Elder because he was
off duty when he was taking his girlfriend home.
After the shoot-out, police said Anderson drove his truck into the
mountains, where cruisers couldn`t follow.
Federal, state and local law enforcement officials executed a fede-
ral search warrant Tuesday at Anderson`s home. The ATF has not offi-
cially released any information about what items were seized from
Anderson`s home, but it apparently took officers several hours to
clear the scene.
Story created Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 9:53 AM
(Somerset Commonwealth Journal via DXLD 1-159)
This is the only Anderson story we could find on Oct 26 in this or
the Lexington paper since last Saturday (G.Hauser-USA in DXLD 1-159)
Anderson Still Missing
Here's another article on the current unknown whereabouts of Steve
Anderson, former operator of United Patriot Radio on 6900 kHz.
Thanks go to Niel Wolfish of Toronto for this one, which is from the
newspaper in Louisville, KY.
www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2001/10/27/ke102701s94178.htm
(G.Zeller-USA Oct 27, 2001 in DXplorer-ML)
Neighbors wary of fugitive extremist Hate-Filled Heart
By Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal
ELROD, Ky. -- When Steve Anderson bought a farm in Pulaski County
eight years ago, he came dressed in what seller Marvin Cromer took
to be Amish garb -- black clothes, black hat -- and wearing a long
beard.
But Anderson, now a fugitive who fled into the mountains of Eastern
Kentucky earlier this month, soon switched to camouflage coveralls
and Ku Klux Klan robes. He held latenight target practice that kept
neighbors awake. He even played host to a small Klan rally about
three years ago in which a cross was burned.
Anderson, 54, also operated a home-based shortwave radio station,
where his commentary against blacks, Jews, immigrants and most
things connected to the U.S. government drew the attention of the
Federal Communications Commission, which rescinded his radio license
in May, and the Anti-Defamation League, which complained to the FCC
about Anderson's broadcasts. Anderson continued to broadcast despite
the FCC action.
"If I had it to do over again," Cromer said, shaking his head about
the farm sale, "I wouldn't."
Anderson has had minor brushes with the law since moving to Pulaski
County in 1993. But on Oct. 14, he allegedly opened fire on a Bell
County sheriff's deputy's cruiser and then fled.
Just five days earlier, Anderson told the story of "Joe Patriot" to
his radio listeners. Patriot, he said, had been pulled over by a
deputy for having a dusty license plate on his truck, and was asked
to show his driver's license -- or "national ID," as Anderson calls
them. Patriot brandished his assault rifle and opened fire, telling
the deputy that the gun is the only "national ID" he needs.
The story was eerily similar to what police say actually happened.
Anderson was pulled over north of Middlesboro because of a broken
tail light. Deputy Scott Elder was about to send Anderson on his way
with a warning when he noticed a couple of gun clips lying on the
seat, according to the Bell County sheriff's office.
When Elder asked about the clips, Anderson allegedly pulled up a
rifle hidden beside him and began firing, striking Elder's cruiser
about 25 times. Elder, who took cover behind the cruiser, was
unhurt; his girlfriend, who was in the cruiser, suffered minor cuts
from glass.
Anderson drove into the nearby mountains, where authorities said his
truck was found the next morning with a pipe bomb and ammunition
inside.
'A matter of time'
The shooting didn't surprise Pulaski County Sheriff Sam Catron, who
said he and his deputies have had minor run-ins with Anderson over
the years. But he was arrested only once.
"He just didn't go across that line where we could take any legal
action," Catron said. "Our hands were tied because we didn't have a
violation, but we knew it was only a matter of time."
Anderson first arrived in Pulaski County about a dozen years ago
from the Cincinnati area, where he had been involved in Klan activi-
ties and a motorcycle club, Catron said.
He first showed up in public records on May 29, 1993, when he bought
the farm in the rural Elrod area between Somerset and Mount Vernon
for $12,000.
Neighbors said they thought Anderson originally came from Florida,
where his mother had been a teacher. They said he worked some as an
electrician.
The one time he was charged with a crime involved a 1993 incident
when he disarmed two hunters and destroyed their shotguns. Anderson
-- who stands 6-foot-2 and weighs 230 pounds -- became angry that
the two men were shooting crows on property near his farm. He took
their shotguns and bent the barrels.
Anderson was armed at the time but didn't fire a shot. Catron and
about four deputies arrested Anderson, who was indicted on a charge
of first-degree wanton endangerment and chose to represent himself.
In pleadings filed by Anderson in Pulaski Circuit Court, he made a
constitutional argument for a 12-person jury, the number of jurors
that would have heard his case anyway. In another, he sought to
suppress evidence obtained by wiretapping or electronic surveil-
lance, something that was not used in the investigation.
Anderson also demanded at one point that Judge Daniel Venters
"support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the
Kentucky Constitution."
Failure to honor the demand would "be accepted as prima facie
evidence that his honor is in violation of his oath of office and
represents a conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. Constitution," the
filing said.
When he posted bond, Anderson filed an affidavit saying he was a
pauper -- and that because of his religious beliefs "and for the
principles of my own character" he was "unable to possess any
lawful money of the United States under the Constitution of
America."
Ultimately, Anderson pleaded guilty to second-degree wanton
endangerment, a misdemeanor. He served one year on probation and
paid to repair the shotguns.
United Patriot Radio
Outside Anderson's small house with white vinyl siding are two large
satellite dishes and a radio tower, presumably for the shortwave
broadcasts of his United Patriot Radio. He also maintained a Web
site.
Anderson's farm is ringed with a fence looped with razorsharp wire.
The farm gate is secured with a padlock, as is the mailbox, and the
property is posted with "No trespassing" signs that warn "all
persons, officers and governmental agencies, including but not
limited to: federal officers of the IRS, HEW, HUD, Environmental
Health and Social Service workers and other unconstitutional
agencies" to go away.
Anderson has boasted over the years that the home was booby-trapped,
according to neighbors and Catron. But Catron said there were no
such surprises when federal and state agents entered the home on a
search warrant after the shooting.
Officials removed weapons and other items but have not said exactly
what they took.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, Anderson is involved in the
Christian Identity Movement, a loosely-defined group that claims
Jews are the offspring of the devil. Marilyn Mayo, the associate di-
rector of national fact-finding for the league, said her group began
tracking Anderson after he was a guest on other radio broadcasts
several years ago.
"He has basically advocated confronting law enforcement," she said.
"He's actually told other callers and listeners if they are confron-
ted by officers they should resist and go for their weapon, as he
did himself."
Mark Pitcavage, the league's director of fact-finding, said Anderson
"has the potential for being very dangerous. . . . He is very highly
armed and has a history of making very violent threats, and now he
is under more stress."
Until April, Anderson was involved in the Kentucky State Militia, a
paramilitary group that helped arrange an April meeting in Grayson
County that included combat training. The group said it booted
Anderson out because he refused to shut down his radio operation.
But Anderson still has friends in the militia. James Latham of Radio
for Peace International, which has monitored Anderson's broadcasts,
said the militia's former leader, Charlie Puckett, was on Anderson's
radio show months after Puckett threw Anderson out of the group.
Latham, who is based in Costa Rica, said he has monitored Anderson's
five-nights-a-week broadcasts since December. Each night, he would
broadcast for four to six hours. Some segments would feature pro-
grams produced elsewhere and others would have Anderson, either
alone or with a guest, talking.
"He would often make threats against the government," said Latham.
According to Anderson's Web site, he had his own radio station
because the "Jew World Order owns and controls all the media, except
for a few Patriot stations."
Anderson, who was forced by the FCC to give up his broadcast license
after his signal began interfering with others, said licensed
stations "place themselves under the rule of the destroyers of
freedom." On his Web site, he calls himself "a well-trained,
heavily armed, right-wing extremist with an attitude!"
'Eric Rudolph II'
Earlier this year, after Anderson was expelled from the militia, the
Commonwealth-Journal, a daily newspaper in Somerset, began a series
of articles about hate that mentioned Anderson. In August, Anderson
accused the newspaper of trying to have his farm raided, and he
singled out articles by news editor Carol Coffey.
"The local newspaper is continuing to comment to try to get me
raided," he said, according to a transcript of his remarks provided
to Coffey by the Anti-Defamation League. "Coffey, she's a Jew and
she doesn't like the (Christian) Identity shows."
He went on to threaten Coffey with retaliation if he was raided.
The newspaper reported the statements to Catron and turned over
information it collected on Anderson to state police. Coffey, who is
not Jewish, said she wasn't scared of Anderson but that the longer
he remains on the loose, the more uncomfortable she feels.
Mayo, of the Anti-Defamation League, said Anderson may be difficult
to capture because of a network of supporters willing to harbor him,
and because he has survivalist training.
"Some of his supporters call him 'Eric Rudolph II,' " she said.
Rudolph is suspected in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in
Atlanta and a fatal abortion-clinic bombing. He has not been seen
since fleeing into the North Carolina mountains in early 1998.
Police say they don't know where Anderson is, but they think he has
left the Bell County area, possibly with help.
"Us, the state police, ATF, FBI, everybody -- we had dogs. We went
over every inch of that ground and didn't find anything," said Bell
County Sheriff's Deputy John Hoskins. "Right now, we're just
checking out every tip we get and hope we find him."
Don Halcomb, who lives a stone's throw from Anderson's house, said
he thinks Anderson may be back in the area. Last week, someone stole
three game birds from his Brush Creek Farm, where he raises
everything from emu to deer.
"I don't know who else would do it," he said.
Halcomb had little interaction with Anderson, and said he's surpri-
sed they never had a runin since Halcomb follows the teachings of
Judaism from a Christian perspective and often flies the Israeli
flag at his home.
"If he does come around, I promise you, I can match him tit for
tat," he said.
(Louisville Courier-Journal Oct 27 2001 via DXLD 1-160)
------------xxxxxxxxxx Sources xxxxxxxxxx----------------------
Thanks to the following contributors : Andrea Borgnino, Claudio
Morales, Jürgen Lohuis, Patrick Smith, Roland Hofwiler, Yves
Sorokobi
Source Abbreviations:
ACH : Anti-Castro Historiography-USA
A-DX : A-DX-mailing list-Austria
BBCM : BBC Monitoring-UK
BCDX : Broadcast DX-Germany
CDX : Cumbre DX-USA
ConDig : Conexion Digital-Argentina
CRW : Clandestine Radio Watch-Germany
DXLD : DX Listening Digest-USA
EDXP : Electronic DX Press-Australia
HCDX : Hard-Core-DX-mailing list-USA
OBS : Observer-Bulgaria
PDX : Play DX-Italy
QIP : QSL Information Pages-Germany
TDP : Transmitter Documentation Project
TFW : The Four Winds Online-Italy
BBCM items are Copyright BBCM 2001.
______________________________________________________