Clandestine Radio Watch 185
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CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH 185
June 30, 2005
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------------xxxxxxxxxx Breaking News xxxxxxxxxx----------------
ZIMBABWE : SW Radio Africa saved from closure
COLOMBIA : Suspende transmisiones Radio Insurgente
VIETNAM : New station : Little Saigon Radio (Logs, Other)
LEBANON : New station : Radio Mashreq (see Other)
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ZIMBABWE : SW Radio Africa saved from closure
The Station Manager of SW Radio Africa, Gerry Jackson, has sent out a
press release stating that the station has been saved from closure. SW
Radio Africa will therefore be able to continue broadcasting on
mediumwave 1197 kHz from 0300 to 0500 UT every morning. This signal is
clearly heard throughout South Africa and over most of Zimbabwe.
Programming can also be accessed worldwide, 24 hours a day, at
http://www.swradioafrica.com where the broadcasts are streamed live and
also archived.
Gerry Jackson adds that regrettably, due to the relentless jamming of the
shortwave signal by the Zimbabwe government, the station is unable to
provide a shortwave service at the moment.
SW Radio Africa is also experimenting with Podcasting. To hear the
station this way, download ipodder, open the application and in the box
'Add feed manually' paste this address:
http://www.2bctnd.com/swradioafrica/rss.xml
Andy Sennitt comments: This is welcome news, and very much needed as we
see on our TV screens pictures of the desperate plight of many people in
Zimbabwe. We wish our colleagues at SW Radio Africa lots of success in
their continued struggle to tell the world the truth about what is
happening there.
(A.Sennit-HOL in Media Network blog Jun 24, 2005 via DXLD-ML)
?? No SW? It was just heard yesterday by Steve Lare, as in 5-103.
1700-1800 on 15145. Let`s check again today to see if she is still not
being completely candid, for the best of reasons.
(G.Hauser-USA Jun 24, 2005 in DXLD-ML)
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COLOMBIA : Suspende transmisiones Radio Insurgente
Se han suspendido por un tiempo indefinido todas las transmisiones de
Radio Insurgente, "La Voz de los Sin Voz", en frecuencia modulada y en
onda corta.
extraído de: http://argentina.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/302814.php
(G.F.Durán-ARG Jun 25, 2005 in ListaConDig-ML)
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Schedules - ASIA
Radio Free Asia
RFA currently bcs from 1100-0700; there are no txions between 0700 and
1100. Daily programming incl Mandarin for 12 hrs, Cantonese for two hrs,
Uyghur for two hrs, and Tibetan for eight hrs.
USA RFA schedule in A-05, valid from March 28, til October 30th, 2005.
RFA uses IBB txs in IRA/I=Iranawila Sri Lanka, new KWT/K=Kuwait,
SAI/S=Saipan, TIN/T=Tinian NoMariana Isls.
And relays in HBN/P=KHBN Palau Isl, IRK=Irkutsk-RUS, TWN/N=Taiwan, UAE=Al
Dhabayya-UAE, VLD/V=Vladivostok-RUS,
and WER=Wertachtal Germany.
Addit tx sites have been researched but deleted from this list upon
request of RFA to suppress this info, to avoid pressure from China upon
the host countries. Are we to assume that China has no way to find out
this sensitive info except through DX publications? [gh]
Some new IBB Kuwait entries have been added.
All registered J-05 [high summer season] frequencies have been deleted.
*=new/addit/updated
RFA A-05
0000-0100 LAO 12015I 13830 15545T
0030-0130 BURMESE 11540 13680T 13820I 17835S
0100-0200 UYGHUR 9350 11520 11895UAE 11945UAE
17640T 17695T
0100-0300 TIBETAN *9365K 11695UAE 11975WER 15225T 15695 17730U
0300-0600 MANDARIN 13670T 13760T 15130T 15685T
17495 17525 17615S 17880S 21690T
0600-0700 MANDARIN 13670T 13760T 15165T 15685T
17495 17525 17615S 17880S
0600-0700 TIBETAN 17510 17720U *17780K 21500T 21690UAE
break
1100-1200 LAO 9355S 9545T 15560I
1100-1200 TIBETAN 7470U 13625T 13830 15510UAE *17855K
1200-1400 TIBETAN 7470U *11590K 13625T 13830
15510UAE 17855S
1230-1330 CAMBODIAN 13645T 15525I 15670
1230-1330 BURMESE 9455I 11540 12030T *13675T *13745T
1400-1500 CANTONESE 9780T 11715S 13790T
1400-1500 VIETNAMESE 7380U 9455S 9635T 11535
11605N 11680I 13685I 13775P
1500-1600 TIBETAN 7470U *11540K 11705T 11795UAE 13825
1500-1600 MANDARIN 7540 9455T 9905P 11765T 12025S
13675T 13725T 15495T
1500-1700 KOREAN 7210IRK 9385S 13625T
1600-1700 UYGHUR 7465 9350I 9370 9555UAE 11750I
11780T
1600-1700 MANDARIN 7540 9455S 9905P 11795T 12025S
13675T 13715T 15530T
1700-1800 MANDARIN 7280T 7540 9355S 9455S 9540T *9670T
9905P 11795T 13625T 13715T
1800-1900 MANDARIN 7280T 7530 7540 9355S 9455S 9540T
9865T 11700T 13625T 15510T
1900-2000 MANDARIN 7260T 7530 7540 9355S 9455S 9760T
9865T 9905P 11700T 11785T 13625T 15510T
2000-2100 MANDARIN 7260T 7530 7540 9355S 9455S 9850T
9905P *11700T 11740T 11785T 13625T
2100-2200 MANDARIN 7105T 7540 9850T 9910P 9920N
11740T 11935T 13625T
2100-2300 KOREAN 7460U 9385S 9770T 12075T
2200-2300 CANTONESE 9355S 9955P 11785T 13675T
2230-2330 CAMBODIAN 9490I 9930P 13735T
2300-2359 MANDARIN 7540 9910P 11760T 13670T 13775S
15430T 15585T
2300-2359 TIBETAN 7470U *7550K 9395 9805UAE 9875T
2330-0029 VIETNAMESE 9975 11580U 11605N 11670T 12110I
13735S 15535V 15560P
(various sources via wwdxc BC-DX June 23, 2005 for CRW)
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Schedules - IRAN
Seda-ye Jambushi Iran e Farda (Iran of Tomorrow Movement)
Deleted txion for Seda-ye Jambushi Iran e Farda, Farsi from June 13
1600-1645 on 7490 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs/ME.
(R BUL Observer 369 Jun 21, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
Voice of Iran
Deleted txion for Voice of Iran in Farsi eff from June 13:
1530-1730 11575 SOF 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs/ME
(R BUL Observer 369 Jun 21, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
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Schedules - SOMALIA
Radio Solmal
Radio Solmal tests on June 17:
1430-1500 on 17550 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Fri to EaAf Somali
1600-1630 on 17550 JUL 100 kW / 130 deg Fri to EaAf Somali
(R BUL Observer 369 Jun 21, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
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Logs - ASIA
Radio Free Asia
9920 20 Jun R.Free Asia, 21:34-21:40, Mandarin, locutor, locutora con
cuña publicitaria y Mx de fondo, comentarios, SINPO 44433.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 20, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
NORTH MARIANAS Radio Free Asia-RFA 15510 1957 GMT Chinese 444 June 14 OM
with comments with no jammer music being heard.
S.MacKenzie-CA-USA Jun 145, 2005 in shortwavedxing-ML
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Logs - CHINA
Voice of Tibet
17525 kHz Voice of Tibet via Tashkent. June 28 at 1212(S/on)-1234. SINPO
35333. Started with song and ID was heard at 1215 as "... Voice of Tibet
...". Talk by a man and song followed. 17525 kHz June 29, S/on with song
at 1100, but covered by Chinese music station at 1102.
(I.Nagatani-J Jun 28-29, 2005 in JAP 375)
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Logs - CUBA
Radio Martí
11930 17 Jun R.Martí,21:10-21:20, Es, boletin de noticias, comentarios a
un informe sobre la falta de libertad de expresión en Cuba, corresponsal
desde Wasington para noticias radio Martí, SINPO 43343.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 17, 2005 in NoticiasDX)
9805 21 Jun R.Martí, 05:03-05:25, Es, locutor, ID, Px deportivo con
invitados, comentarios sobre NBA y Beisbol, SINPO 55444.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 20, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
7405 26 Jun R.Martí, 05:15-05:20, es, locutor con invitado en Px de
caracter politico, SINPO 44333.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 26, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
9805 26 Jun R.Martí, 05:06-05:15, es, locutor con boletín de noticias,
cuña de ID, Px "Sin pedir permiso", invitado analista político,
comentarios sobre la situación política del Brasil, SINPO 44333
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 26, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
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Logs - ERITREA
Voice of Democratic Alliance
9560.42 V.of Democratic Alliance via R.Ethiopia Jun 27 *1500-1508
32442-33443 Tigrigna, 1500 IS, ID, Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 27, 2005 in JAP 375)
Voice of Liberty
15675 V.of Liberty Jun 15 *0600-0605 33332-32332 Tigrigna, 0600 sign on
with opening music, Opening announce, Eritrea pops music.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 15, 2005 in JAP 375)
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Logs - ETHIOPIA
Tensae Ethiopia Voice of Unity
15660 Voice of Unity, transmission for Ethiopia, 1520-1525, June 19,
Amharic, talk by male & female, vernacular songs, 25542
(A.L.Slaen-ARG Jun 19, 2005 in Lista ConDig-ML)
Voice of Ethiopian Medhin / Voice of Ethiopian Salvation
15670 V.of Ethiopian Salvation via DTK Jun 26 *1600-1610 33433-35433
Amharic, 1600 sign on with IS and ID, Opening music and opening announce,
Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 26, 2005 in JAP 375)
Voice of Oromo Liberation
15670 V.of Oromo Liberation via DTK Jun 21 *1700-1710 35433 Oromo, 1700
sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk and music.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 21, 2005 in JAP 375)
Voice of the Path of Ethiopian Unity
15565 V.of Path of Ethiopian Unity via DTK Jun 19 *1830-1840 35433
Amharic,
1830 sign on with IS, ID, Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 19, 2005 in JAP 375)
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Logs - IRAN
Radio Fardá
9510 18 Jun R.Fardá, 07:21-07:30, Fs, locutora con ID, Px con Mx
melodica, SINPO 45433.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 18, 2005 in NoticiasDX)
5860 23 Jun R.Fardá, 19:05-19:10, Fs, locutora con ID, Mx pop y disco,
SINPO 34332
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 23, 2005 in HCDX)
15375 R.Farda Jun 26 1354-1359* 35433 Farsi, Talk and music, ID at 1355,
1359 sign off,
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 26, 2005 in JAP 375)
Radio Seda-ye Mellat-e Iran / Voice of the Iranian Nation
116200 Voice of Iranian Nation(p), 1510-1515, June 19, Farsi, long talk
by male, 25552
(A.L.Slaen-ARG Jun 19, 2005 in Lista ConDig-ML)
11620 Voice of the Iranian Nation, via Bulgaria, at *1429-1435 UT on Mon
Jun 27, back on its winter freq from 11630 to avoid QRM from Xinjiang PBS
broadcasting in Uighur. Opened with instrumental mx and women's choir and
1430 ID in Persian: "Radio Seda-ye Mellat-e Irana", 25333. But then it
was totally covered on 11620 by AIR, Delhi, broadcasting its Letterbox in
English and promising QSL's.
(A.Peterson-DEN, dswci DXW Jun 29, 2005 via BCDX 718)
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Radio Partow
5810 The station you questioned might be "Radio Partow", an Iranian
clandestine station, tested at the beginning of April for a short period
on 5810 kHz at 1530-1600 UT over Tashkent-UZB.
"Partow" means "light" in Persian. Radio Partow's website
www.radiopartow.com provides internet on-demand broadcast, but it seems
they no longer transmit on SW.I noticed that the name of their audio
files includes "CFC" such as "0402satCFC.wma" "0403sunCFC.wma". So the
word "CFC" has some relation to this station.
(Takahito Akabayashi-JPN Jun 21, 2005 in BCDX 717)
Radio Partow wird in Schweden produziert und von nicht-kommerziellen
Lokalstationen ausgestrahlt. Auch der Server steht in Schweden:
radiopartow.com
domain: radiopartow.com
status: lock
owner: Mostafa Assadpoor
organization: Mostafa Assadpoor
email: hostmaster @ radiopartow.com
address: Stintavagen 1
city: SKOGAS
state:
postal-code: 14230
country: SE
phone: +46
fax: +46
admin-c: admin @ fsdata.se#0
tech-c: admin @ fsdata.se#0
billing-c: financial @ nordreg.se#0
nserver: dns1.se
nserver: dns2.se
created: 2004-09-27 13:57:16 UTC
modified: 2004-09-27 13:57:16 UTC
expires: 2006-09-27 09:57:15 UTC
source: joker.com live whois sce
query-time: 0.079827
db-updated: 2005-06-23 03:51:21
(W.Büschel-D Jun 24, 2005 in BCDX 717)
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Logs - KURDISTAN
Voice of Mesopotamia
With WEWN gone from 11530, I am still not hearing V. of Mesopotamia, e.g.
at 1328 check June 26, tho there may have been traces of a carrier. Nor
should I really expect to at the summer solstice, while in the winter the
signal from Moldova can be very good here if unimpeded. Can someone
further east confirm whether VOM is still going?
(G.Hauser-OK-USA Jun 26, 2005 in DXLD-ML)
11530 V.of Mesopotamia Jun 21 1425-1437 34433 Kurdish, Music and talk, ID
at 1429.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 21, 2005 in JAP 375)
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Logs - LAOS
Hmong Lao Radio
15260 Hmong Lao R. via Taiwan Jun 22 *0100-0107 35433 Laotian, 0100 sign
on with Flute's IS, Opening announce, Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 22, 2005 in JAP 375)
Made a point of listening to Hmong Lao Radio, via WHRI South Carolina,
Saturday June 25 on 11785: there were brief bits of different kinds of
Hmong Hmusic, but mostly talk; first tuned in at 1227 with a bit of
instrumental; 1237 a YL vocal; 1241 hmentioned Brooklyn Park, hMinnesota,
and somewhere in Wisconsin; there was weak co-channel interference under,
seemingly Chinese. Yes, that would be the VOA via Thailand at 30 degrees
towards China and North America ---or the inevitable Chinese jammer. 1236
with St. Paul P O Box; 1247 string hmusic and ID which sounded to me like
regular Lao rather than Hmong, starting with ``Thini Sattani Withayu``;
1254 what sounded like a sad love song (a lot of their hmusic would be
classified that way by a Western ear --- but is it really?); 1258 a bit
of very rustic hmusic; 1259 to WHR OCS ID.
Also during the hour-later broadcast on Sunday, June 26, 1313 with a
Hmong song, but too much else going on to stay with it, so I`m not
certain if the Sunday show is a repeat of the Saturday show or a
different one. Beamed 315 degrees from Furman, per HFCC A-05, this is
obviously a domestic SW service. To pretend it were beamed from SC to
Laos the azimuth would need to be closer to due hnorth, er, north.
(G.Hauser-OK-USA Jun 26, 2005 in DXLD-ML)
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Logs - MALDIVES
Minivan Radio
11800 Minivan R 1620 with a semi-hindi song . Hone ins , ID Minivan with
possible numbers and freqs at 1632 then with talks 42442
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jun 18, 2005 in CDX-ML)
11800 Minivan R. via DTK Jun 15 *1600-1608 33333-32332 Vernacular, 1600
IS, ID, Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 15, 2005 in JAP 375)
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Logs - MYANMAR
Democratic Voice of Burma
Democratic Voice of Burma 6/23/05, 9435 kHz., SINPO 44333, presumed
Burmese, 2345 -. Interview of a male by female, alternating sections by
man and same woman, Several sections of readers over music (all covers of
Western songs) several longer talks by the same man and woman. ID
sequence at 0004. Off at 0029.
(M.Taylor-WI-USA Jun 23, 2005 in DXLD-ML)
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Logs - RUSSIA
Radio Liberty
9635 17 Jun R.Liberty, 21:05-21:10, Ru, locutor, locutora, Nx, ID "Radio
Slovoda Europa", referencias a Kosovo,SINPO 53453.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 17, 2005 in NoticiasDX)
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Logs - SOMALIA
R Freedom
15670 R.Freedom via DTK Jun 21 *1630-1659* 35443-35433 Somali, 1630 sign
on with opening music, ID, Opening announce,Koran, Talk and music.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 21, 2005 in JAP 375)
Radio Horyaal
No [means 'New' ?] txions for Radio Horyaal in Somali via DTK T-Systems:
1730-1800 Sat-Thu 11925 JUL 100 kW / 145 deg to EaAf
Strong signal on \\ 12130 SAM 250 kW / 173 deg to EaAf
JUL=Juelich, SAM=Samara
(R BUL Observer 370 Jun 28, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
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Logs - SUDAN
Voice of Sudan
8000 V of Sudan 1535 OM talks in Arabic possibly a public address Tune in
1544 with horn of Africa song ID at 1553 as Idaatu sawt audan and
possibly off at 1600 3x4443 [both radios overloaded at this freq]
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jun 19, 2005 in CDX-ML)
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Logs - UGANDA
Radio Rhino Int Africa
17870 R.Rhino Int.Africa via DTK Jun 21 1501-1512 35322-35333 English, ID
at 1501 etc, News.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 21, 2005 in JAP 375)
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Logs - VIETNAM
Little Saigon Radio
11840 [11540? JB], Little Saigon Radio, test b/cs noted in the
Philippines at 1138-1150 Jun 22. At tune-in at 1138, VT mx was being
played, 1145 brief amt by YL, during which ref. was made to Little Saigon
Radio, following which the mx resumed. During a 2d anmt at 1149, Little
Saigon Radio was clearly mentioned. SIO at tune-in was only about 333,
but improved rapidly to about 444 before noise again
reduced it to 433 late in the period.
(T.C.Patterson-PHL Jun 22, 2005 in HCDX via DXplorer-ML)
Radio Hoa-Mai
11555 Radio Hoa-Mai via KWHR June 18 *1329-1357* Similar programming that
is being heard, with I.S. of Bells tolling, sign-on in VT with ID for
'radioa Hoa- Mai..' , followed with program in VT, with short musical
breaks. Noted with sign-off announcements at 1355 and gave the web site
information (2x) off with Bells tolling.
(E.Kusalik-AB-CAN Jun 18, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
11555 Radio Hoa-Mai, transmission for Vietnam, 1330-1337, June 19,
Vietnamese, s/on, identification by female, short song, announcement.
Talk by female, 25552
(A.L.Slaen-ARG Jun 19, 2005 in Lista ConDig-ML)
11555 R.Hoa-Mai via KWHR Jun 26 *1329-1337 44444 Vietnamese, 1329 Gong's
IS, ID and opening announce, Opening music, Talk.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jun 26, 2005 in JAP 375)
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Logs - WESTERN SAHARA
National Radio of the Arab-Saharan Democratic Republic
7466 17 Jun R.N.Saharaui, 21:00-21:05, Ar, locutor con ID, titulares, Nx,
referencias al Magreb y pueblo saharaui,SINPO 44444.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 17, 2005 in NoticiasDX)
7466 17 Jun R.N.Saharaui, 23:02-23:15, es, locutor con ID, Mx sintonia,
locutora anunciando horario "desde las 12 hasta la 1 de la madrugada"
(UTC+1), Mx latina, SINPO 43343.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 17, 2005 in NoticiasDX)
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Logs - ZIMBABWE
SW Radio Africa
15145, SW Radio Africa, June 25, 1732-1800*, Afr mx and songs, prgm
“Positive,” with Ms. Mundawarara, about living with HIV and AIDS, more
Afr mx, 1755 sign-off anmt, SWRA on from 7 to 8 PM [1700-1800 UTC] “for
the 1st week in June on shortwave” and on MW at 1197 kHz between 5 to 7
AM [0300-0500 UTC] every morning and 24 hours a day at
www.swradioafrica.com, reception good-fair, no jamming noted. Nice to
hear this one still on.
(R.Howard-CA-USA Jun 25, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
15145 25 Jun SW R.Africa, 17:14-17:35, In, locutora con entrevistas, seg.
Mx local, dan frecuencias y dirección contacto, ID, SINPO 55454.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-E Jun 26, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
Hi Glenn, SW Radio Africa, 15145, 1700-1800 currently heard here in
Zimbabwe, 27 June. Jamming is on 15137 by the local regime, so SWRA can
be heard almost totally in the clear. DXers should check 15137 to report
on any jamming of SWRA which is on 15145.
(D.Pringle-Wood-ZWE Jun 27, 2005 in DXLD 5-106)
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Qsl's - VIETNAM
Radio Hoa-Mai
Nice to inform you, that I have received a PDF e-QSL card from Radio
Hoa-Mai for my reception report sent on June 4, 2005. Received in 12 days
with a friendly message from Radio Hoai-Mai, Nguyen ConBang.
(G.I.Barrera-ARG Jun 16, 2005 for CRW)
Gabriels qsl can be seen in the CRW Clandestine Radio QSL-card gallery at
http://www.schoechi.de/pic-cla.html . It is the first known qsl of Radio
Hoai-Mai. [M.Schöch-CRW]
11555, Radio Hoa-Mai responded to an e-mail report to radio@hoamai.org
with a brief e-mail from CongBang Nguyen and a full data PDF attachment
in 3 days apparently asking for addition reports with a note to "please
keep in touch." The attachment provides a postal address: P. O. Box 4175,
Garden Grove, CA 92842.
(R.D'Angelo-PA-USA Jun 19, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
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Other - AFGHANISTAN
Taleban set up two more radio stations, announce ambitious Afghan plans
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Taleban set up two more radio stations, announce ambitious Afghan plans
More text at:
http://medianetwork.blogspot.com/2005_06_05_medianetwork_archive.html
Excerpt from report by Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency
Peshawar, 11 June: The Taleban have set up two more radio stations in
Afghanistan and say that the total number of Taleban radio stations will
reach 20.
Speaking to the Afghan Islamic Press from an unknown location today,
Taleban spokesman Mofti Latifollah Hakimi said that the Taleban have
recently set up two more radio stations, which have begun broadcasting
fairly successfully. Hakimi added: "With the setting up of these two
stations, the total number of active Taleban radio stations is now three.
We are intending to activate more such stations."
(Source: Afghan Islamic Press news agency, Peshawar, in Pashto 0959 gmt
11 Jun 05 via BBC Monitoring) (via Creative-Radio-ML)
BBC MONITORING ASSESSMENT OF NEW TALEBAN WEBSITE
BBC Monitoring has observed a new website operated by the Taleban Islamic
Movement of Afghanistan. The site, which was first observed on 20 June,
is called Voice of Jihad (Pashto: Da Jehad Zhagh) and is located at
http://www.alemarah.com/ The website declares that it is run by the
Cultural Commission of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The site's
Arabic page (Sawt al-Jihad) is still under construction.
[...]
Separate site
A separate pro-Taleban website in Pashto is published by the Aadad
Cultural Society at http://www.aadad.com It says the Aadad Cultural
Society is an independent, non-aligned organization aiming to promote
true Islamic culture among young people.
Source: BBC Monitoring research in Pashto and Dari 23 Jun 05 (via
DXLD-ML)
A whois search shows that both sites are/were hosted in the USA.
Alemarah.com has apparently been taken off by the provider; accessed on
24 June at 0400 UTC, the site only shows the message "No website is
configured at this address".
(B.Trutenau-LTU Jun 24, 2005 in DXLD-ML)
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Other - CHINA
Hackers chinos contraatacan la censura de Pekín
| 2005-06-26 | La Crónica de Hoy
(http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?idc=188735)
( EFE en Pekín )
Los "piratas informáticos" chinos reaccionaron a las últimas medidas de
censura en Internet, iniciadas por el gobierno chino, con un ataque a la
página web del Buró de Seguridad Pública de Pekín, informó hoy la prensa
independiente.
Cinco días después de que saliera a la luz que el mencionado Buró recluta
a 4 mil vigilantes que controlarán los contenidos de las páginas web, los
" piratas informáticos" chinos lograron entrar en su página oficial y
modificar su contenido, como pudo comprobarse durante varios días en la
red.
"Una compañía de seguridad que no puede proteger su propio sitio web no
debería de hablar sobre seguridad", escribieron, desafiantes, los hackers
(piratas informáticos) en la sección de noticias de la mencionada web,
que funcionó varios días sin que sus responsables se percataran del
cambio.
Los vigilantes que capta el Buró, cuya denominación oficial será
"oficiales de seguridad de Internet", tienen la misión de "borrar toda
clase de información insana y salvaguardar las páginas web".
Realidad. En la práctica, deberán comunicara a la policía cualquier
visita de un cliente de cibercafé a una página web pornográfica, intentos
de obtener datos confidenciales o la distribución de "falsa información",
según señaló con anterioridad el diario South China Morning Post.
Los reclutados han de estar especializados en informática e Internet y
tener "un buen conocimiento de la política gubernamental", lo que parece
indicar que su cometido también implicará el control de información
contraria a la línea oficial del gobierno comunista.
El gobierno chino utiliza cada vez medios más sutiles y sofisticados para
ejercer su censura, desde el uso de filtros que no dejan pasar web sobre
el Tíbet y Taiwán hasta falsos foros en Internet en los que internautas
pagados por el Gobierno crean discusiones artificiales en las que
introducen propaganda estatal.
China es, con 92 millones de internautas, el segundo país del mundo en
número de usuarios de la red de redes, después de Estados Unidos, y se
espera que a finales de año la cifra ascienda a 120 millones.
(La Crónica de Hoy, México via O.de Céspedes-FL-USA Jun 26, 2005 in
ListaConDig-ML)
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Other - CUBA
El avión de TV Martí enfrenta a Rice y Rumsfeld
http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/11951509.htm
RUI FERREIRA (mailto:rferreira@herald.com)
El Nuevo Herald
Alos más altos niveles de Washington, D.C., una discreta pugna se viene
desarrollando por el avión C-130 de TV Martí, que trasmite semanalmente
programación hacia Cuba.
El secretario de Defensa, Donald Rumsfeld, a cuya oficina pertenece el
aparato, lo quiere de vuelta en las operaciones en Irak y Afganistán,
mientras que la secretaria de Estado, Condoleezza Rice, se ha opuesto
firmemente y ha cabildeado con la Casa Blanca al respecto.
El aparato comenzó a volar en agosto del año pasado, pero diplomáticos
estadounidenses admitieron a El Nuevo Herald que el régimen de la isla ha
tenido cierto éxito en interferir las transmisiones, porque éstas se
siguen haciendo en las frecuencias habituales.
Esta semana, al tanto de la polémica y preocupada por su posible
desenlace, la congresista Ileana Ros-Lehtinen escribió sendas cartas al
presidente George W. Bush y a la secretaria Rice, a las cuales El Nuevo
Herald tuvo acceso. "Lo felicito por sus esfuerzos" antiterroristas, pero
"le escribo en este contexto para manifestarle mi preocupación por
informaciones según las cuales el Departamento de Defensa quiere dar otro
destino al [avión] C-130 Commando Solo que está actualmente dedicado a
actividades relacionadas con Cuba", escribió la congresista en la carta a
Bush.
"No podemos ni debemos olvidar la amenaza que representa la dictadura de
[Fidel] Castro en nuestro espacio de influencia", por lo cual el avión
"es un instrumento crítico en la implementación de esta agenda [...] y en
nuestros
esfuerzos para precipitar el final del régimen castrista y llevar una
transición hacia la democracia a la isla", manifestó Ros-Lehtinen.
En la carta a Rice, la representante republicana recordó cómo semanas
después de los atentados terroristas de septiembre del 2001, fue
arrestada la analista del Pentágono Ana Belén Montes por espiar para
Cuba, precisamente porque sus informes ``podían ser enviados a quienes se
encuentran enfrascados en actividades terroristas contra Estados Unidos".
Según fuentes del Capitolio, la pugna de Rice y Rumsfeld tiene como base
un punto de vista diferente en cuanto a cómo lidiar con el régimen de La
Habana. Si bien la secretaria de Estado es conocida por sus duras
criticas al régimen cubano, el secretario de Defensa ha sido muy parco en
ese aspecto. "Si miramos las cosas en su justa perspectiva, hasta hoy el
Pentágono no ha dado marcha atrás en el informe militar sobre la amenaza
cubana. A lo mejor no ha habido cambio de posición o no han querido
cambiar de posición", dijo una de las fuentes a El Nuevo Herald.
En 1998, el Pentágono publicó un informe en el cual sostuvo que el
régimen de la isla no representa una amenaza militar para Estados Unidos.
El informe ha sido fuertemente cuestionado por analistas y cubanos
exiliados, particularmente tras la revelación de que Belén Montes
participó en su confección y pudo haber influido en sus conclusiones.
Pero en una rápida consulta a las pocas declaraciones de Rumsfeld sobre
Cuba, se constata que desde que llegó al Pentágono no ha exteriorizado
una preocupación particular sobre una posible amenaza militar cubana.
En una entrevista con la cadena Univisión en febrero del año pasado,
Rumsfeld dijo abiertamente que el conflicto con la isla debe ser tratado
diplomáticamente.
"Eso es algo que se está manejando por canales diplomáticos. Sé que a lo
largo de diversas administraciones el gobierno ha estudiado diversas
políticas que indican nuestra posición", pero ``también creo que hay
cosas que son diferentes en situaciones diferentes".
En abril del 2003, cuando le preguntaron directamente si abogaba por una
invasión a Cuba, el secretario de Defensa dijo: ``No podemos intentar que
todos en este mundo vivan igual que nosotros".
"En un mundo complicado hay países que viven de forma diferente, y por lo
tanto no es un asunto para Estados Unidos tratar que los demás sean como
nosotros", añadió.
Y en una fecha tan reciente como el pasado 5 de mayo, cuando en la
conferencia anual del Consejo de las Américas, en la capital
estadounidense, alguien se interesó por su opinión sobre la situación en
Cuba, Rumsfeld no dejó margen para dudas con una respuesta evasiva.
"Bueno, usted sabe, miramos a nuestro alrededor en todo el mundo y vemos
que hay cubanos por doquier, en este país, en muchos países. Y son
inteligentes, trabajadores y activos. Y yo me acuerdo cuando Castro llegó
[al poder], y apuesto a que usted también se va a acordar cuando él se
vaya", dijo el secretario de Defensa.
_rferreira@herald.com_
(El Nuevo Herald Jun 22, 2005 via O.de Céspedes-FL-USA en ListaConDig ML)
Seguirá volando el avión de TV Martí
http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/news/world/cuba/11970887.htm
RUI FERREIRA (mailto:rferreira@herald.com)
El Nuevo Herald 06/24/2005
De momento y hasta nuevo aviso, el avión C-130 que asegura la transmisión
semanal a Cuba de la emisora TV Martí no será desplazado hacia Irak o
Afganistán como pretende el Departamento de Defensa.
Según dijo ayer un alto funcionario del Departamento de Estado, bajo cuya
supervisión se encuentra la Oficina de Transmisiones hacia Cuba (OCB), la
Casa Blanca mantiene la postura tomada en agosto del año pasado de
dedicar el aparato a la estación televisiva gubernamental.
"El Presidente [George W. Bush] sigue comprometido con romper el bloqueo
informativo del régimen [del gobernante Fidel] Castro, y hasta que no
haya un medio más permanente, el avión no será desviado de esta misión",
dijo la fuente, que no quiso identificarse por la sensibilidad del tema.
El miércoles, El Nuevo Herald reveló que el avión de TV Martí se
encuentra en el medio de una sorda pugna entre los departamentos de
Defensa y de Estado, ya que el primero quiere enviarlo a las labores en
los conflictos de Irak y Afganistán, mientras que el segundo desea
mantenerlo en su misión actual, pese a que diplomáticos estadounidenses
indicaron que el régimen de la isla ha tenido un éxito relativo en
interferir las transmisiones.
El C-130, conocido como Command Solo, es uno de los seis aviones que el
Pentágono dispone para realizar emisiones de radio y televisión, indicó
una fuente legislativa que investigó el tema. Cuatro de ellos están
dedicados a otras actividades, y uno se mantiene de reserva.
Pero los costos de su mantenimiento corren por cuenta del Departamento de
Estado, quien no dispone de un avión propio para esas actividades. Uno de
los elementos de la pugna entre el Pentágono y el Departamento de Estado
es quién asumirá los $10 millones que cuesta un nuevo aparato para
dedicarlo a TV Martí y su mantenimiento, valorados en $4 millones
anuales. Desde hace unas semanas, el Congreso ha estado discutiendo las
asignaciones financieras en el marco del presupuesto del 2006, pero ni el
Departamento de Estado ni el de Defensa han incluido esos $10 millones en
sus presupuestos, como desea la Casa Blanca.
En los últimos años, el presupuesto de Radio y TV Martí tradicionalmente
ha rondado los $25 millones al año.
Una fuente legislativa que ha presenciado las discusiones congresionales
dijo a El Nuevo Herald que ``es evidente que ninguno de los dos quiere
asumir esos gastos".
El escollo consiste en que el Departamento de Estado piensa que debe ser
el Pentágono quien compre y opere el avión nuevo, mientras que el
Departamento de Defensa piensa que eso corresponde al de Estado, porque
es quien controla el presupuesto de TV Martí.
El lunes, la representante republicana por la Florida Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
envió sendas cartas al Presidente y a la secretaria de Estado,
Condoleezza Rice, manifestando preocupación por un posible desvío del
C-130 de sus funciones actuales.
Ayer, el alto funcionario del Departamento de Estado admitió que las
gestiones para conseguir los $10 millones para el nuevo avión "no eran
pan comido", pero ``la administración confía en que conseguirá el
dinero". Según el representante republicano por la Florida Lincoln
Díaz-Balart, vicepresidente del Comité de Reglamento de la cámara baja,
``no hay nadie en la administración cuestionando decisiones en las cuales
el Presidente se encuentra fuertemente comprometido".
(El Nuevo Herald Jun 24, 2005 via O.de Céspedes-FL-USA en ListaConDig ML)
FUNDING ROW THREATENS TV AND RADIO MARTÍ AIRBORNE BROADCASTS
A report in the Miami Herald says that a yearlong delay in the purchase
of an airplane to broadcast TV and Radio Martí's signals to Cuba has
stoked concern on Capitol Hill that the C-130 currently being used may be
reassigned to Iraq.
Two government departments in Washington disagree about who's going to
pay the $10 million to buy a replacement for the the C-130 turboprop
currently used, known as Commando Solo. The Defense Department would be
responsible for purchasing and operating the aircraft, but the State
Department has funded the Martí broadcasts for more than a decade.
The purchase and equipping of a new plane specifically dedicated to Cuba
broadcasts was part of a long list of initiatives against Cuba launched
by the White House last year, but because of the internal disagreement
between government departments the administration has yet to purchase the
plane.
The Miami Herald says that in letters to Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President Bush, Miami
Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen refers to "grave concerns
about reports that the C-130 Commando Solo airborne platform transmission
currently dedicated to Cuba-related activities may be reassigned."
(A.Sennit-HOL Jun 23, 2005 in Media Network blog via DXLD)
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Other - EGYPT
OPPOSITION GROUP TO START RADIO TRANSMISSION TESTS ON SATELLITE |
Text of report by Muhammad al-Shafi'i published by London-based newspaper
Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 17 June
The "Save Egypt Front" [Arabic: jabhat inqadh misr], a grouping of
Islamists, liberals and "London Brothers" tendency members, will start
test transmission of its radio station on the Hot Bird satellite at the
end of this week.
Egyptian Islamist Usamah Rushdi, the press spokesman for the Egyptian
opposition front and the political spokesman abroad for the Islamic Group
in Egypt, said in a telephone contact with Al-Sharq al-Awsat: The new
radio will broadcast around the clock and will include three hours every
evening that will be dedicated to live relay by hosting Egyptian figures
from inside the country and abroad and provide a platform for telephone
contacts with the opposition leaders. But Dr Ahmad Sabir, executive
member of the front, disclosed to Al-Sharq al-Awsat that the new radio
would be called "Al-Inqaz" [salvation] and it was bought from a group
called Al-Balagh that transmitted on Hot Bird a radio under the same
name. He added that six hours have been leased daily to the
representatives of Al-Ghad party that is led by Egyptian Deputy Ayman
Nur.
Source: Al-Sharq al-Awsat website, London, in Arabic 17 Jun 05 (via BBCM
via DXLD 5-098)
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Other - EL SALVADOR - HISTORY
Las Mil y Una Historias De Radio Venceremos
Saludos para todos. Algunos de Ustedes, mis queridos colegas, me han
solicitado información sobre el libro.
Autor: José Ignacio López Vigil
LAS MIL Y UNA HISTORIAS DE RADIO VENCEREMOS
ISBN 84-8405-132-3 548 págs. $9.00
Es una serie de relatos. En todas las historias hay elementos básicos de
lo que en América Latina entendemos por comunicación popular y
alternativa. Naturalmente, una comunicación hecha en situaciones límites,
en condiciones poco imaginables para los locutores que trabajan con aire
acondicionado y un letrero de silencio en la puerta de la cabina.
Digamos, entonces, que son narraciones de las mil y una aventuras vividas
por los compas que hicieron posible esta radio. Historias que no
pretenden, por cierto, probar ninguna teoría comunicacional. La narración
muestra, no demuestra. Queda al ingenio del lector descubrir la moraleja
de cada relato.
Para pedidos y/o información adicional, pueden visitar el elnace que les
paso a continuación http://www.uca.edu.sv/publica/ued/ucaeditores.html
(E.D.Escoto-HND Jun 27, 2005 in Onda Corta PR-ML)
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Other - IRAN
With elections nigh on June 17, Iran has increased jamming on SW, and
from the ground of satellite services, in order to block news from
outside. IBB may be stepping up Ku-band satellite transmissions to
compensate
(A.Zawitzky-? Jun 16, 2005 in DXLD 5-097)
BBG Works to Overcome Iran's Jamming of Persian Satellite News Broadcasts
(www.bbg.gov/_bbg_news.cfm?articleID=127)
BBG Press Release
Washington, DC, June 17, 2005 -
The Broadcasting Board of Governors today announced it is using a third
satellite to help overcome jamming of Persian-language news broadcasts
during Iran's election period.
The broadcasts affected include Voice of America's (VOA) direct-to-home
Persian-language satellite television news programs, Radio Farda, and VOA
English. The three are carried on the Eutelsat Hotbird satellite and
Telstar 12. Today, the BBG Office of Engineering added a third satellite
transmission. This additional signal makes it more difficult for Iranian
authorities to block the broadcasts in many locations.
BBG Chairman Kenneth Y. Tomlinson condemned Iranian attempts to jam
satellite television and radio services that carry U.S. international
broadcasting for Persian audiences: "That the government of Iran would
jam Persian television and other U.S. international broadcasts
illustrates how threatened the authorities are by truth." Tomlinson said
the BBG would continue to counter efforts to block open and free
information by providing programs on multiple satellites and
transponders.
VOA's Persian service features News & Views, a daily one-hour television
news and information program repeated four times with news updates. This
week's 90-minute Looking Ahead program, also produced by VOA Persian,
featured Principal Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Near
Eastern Affairs Elizabeth Cheney. Radio Farda, a joint venture between
VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, is a youth-oriented 24/7
Persian-language radio service that broadcasts political, social, and
economic news, information, public affairs, and music to Iran. Iran also
has stepped up jamming on Radio Farda AM and shortwave frequencies.
Iran's presidential elections are being held today and a runoff is
possible. In the past, Iranian jamming of satellite television has
occurred around the time of elections and other key political events. The
BBG constantly works to overcome jamming.
Iranian authorities also direct Iranian Internet service providers to
filter out the ability to connect to the VOA News and Radio Farda
websites www.VOANews.com and www.radiofarda.com. They also prevent
e-mails from VOA from being received by their citizens. The BBG has been
working to counter these efforts through an Internet anti-censorship
program.
The BBG is an independent federal agency which supervises all U.S.
government-supported non-military international broadcasting, including
the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL); the
Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa); Radio Free
Asia (RFA); and Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Martí). Through
its broadcast services, the BBG provides the United States and its
leaders direct and immediate access to a worldwide audience of over 140
million people. Nine members comprise the BBG, a bipartisan
presidentially appointed body. Current governors are Chairman Kenneth Y.
Tomlinson, Joaquin Blaya, Blanquita W. Cullum, D. Jeffrey Hirschberg,
Edward E. Kaufman, Norman J. Pattiz, and Steven Simmons. Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice serves as an ex officio member.
For more information, contact: Howard Mortman, BBG, 202-203-4545.
Subscribe to BBG.GOV:
http://enews.voanews.com/bin/ftaf?id=666A1A22096CC81348FC1D0BA996031D
(BBG Jun 17, 2005 via H.Biener-D for CRW)
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Other - IRAQ
VOICE OF THE MOJAHEDIN OBSERVED ON MEDIUMWAVE
BBC Monitoring observed radio Voice of the Mojahedin on mediumwave 720
kHz at 1200 gmt on 25 June 2005. The previously-observed parallel 90.1
MHz frequency could not be confirmed on this occasion as it is now
blocked in Baghdad by a new local FM station, Today Radio. The service is
no longer observed on the Hot Bird satellite at 13 degrees east, and
their website and accompanying audio stream at
http://www.radiomojahedin.com no longer exists. Voice of the Mojahedin
uses Iranian facilities to broadcast in Arabic to Iraq. The station's
programming suggests it is affiliated with the Tehran-based Supreme
Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which has an Arabic/English
website at http://www.sciri.org
Source: BBC Monitoring research 25 Jun 05 (via DXLD 5-106)
WRTH 2005 shows Iran has two powerful transmitters on 720: 750 kW at
Mahidasht, and 400 kW at Tayebad, one of which is closer to Baghdad than
the other
(G.Hauser-USA Jun 28, 2005 in DXLD 5-106)
Voice of the Mojahedin not only uses high-power IRIB transmitters, it
also appears to be a program produced in the studios of IRIB. The now
defunct website www.radiomojahedin.com was hosted on an IRIB server, so
was the audio streaming, and on the Hotbird satellite the radiochannel
was part of the IRIB package.
(B.Trutenau-LTU Jun 29, 2005 in DXLD-ML)
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Other - ISRAEL
Los terroristas de Hizbulah usaban el satélite español para transmitir
televisión a América
COPIADO DE LA EDICION ELECTRONICA: "Somos Cubanos por una Cuba Libre y
Democrática" (http://www.somoscubanos.com/)
PD / Agencias
Jueves, 30 de junio 2005
Durante más de un año, el satélite Hispasat, propiedad de España, ha sido
el vehículo con el que los terroristas de Hizbulah han inundado de
mensajes y propaganda millones de hogares de Américas Latina. Este
miércoles y tras una airada protesta de la Federación de Comunidades
Judías en España, el ministro de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, José
Montilla, anunció que el Gobierno Zapatero ha decretado el cierre de las
emisiones del canal libanés Al Manar, utilizado por Hizbulah.
El anuncio de Montilla tuvo lugar durante la respuesta a una pregunta de
la diputada socialista por Barcelona Lourdes Muñoz, quien manifestó su
extrañeza ante el hecho de que el canal Al Manar se emita en el
continente americano a través del satélite Hispasat. Montilla aclaró que
el cierre fue decretado el pasado 23 de junio.
"Desde esa fecha los mensajes de Hizbulah no llegan a América Latina
utilizando el satélite español Hispasat, con lo cual el Gobierno español
pone fin a
una situación que nunca debió producirse y que, desde luego, no es
responsabilidad de este Gobierno", alegó Montilla.
El Gobierno Zapatero afirma no haberse enterado de lo que pasaba hasta la
una denuncia realizada el 20 de abril de 2005 por la Federación de
Comunidades Judías en España.
Montilla afirma que "el Gobierno se movilizó inmediatamente" para
determinar si eran ciertos los hechos.
El ministro dice que una vez realizadas las indagaciones oportunas, se
determinó que la organización utilizaba el canal libanés Al Manar, que a
su vez tenía el enlace ascendente desde España a través de la empresa
Globecast, que es quien tenía el contrato con Hispasat.
En dichas investigaciones, según Montilla, también se determinó que
Globecast "firmó el contrato con Hispasat el día 1 de abril de 2004"
siendo presidente del Gobierno José María Aznar y presidente de Hispasat
Pedro Antonio Martín Marín, antiguo secretario de Estado de Comunicación
con el anterior Gobierno y, por tanto, "persona de confianza de Aznar".
El ministro ha apuntado que después de estas constataciones y consultada
la Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT) con fecha de 20
de junio, "se confirma que Globecast no tiene autorización administrativa
para el servicio de difusión de televisión y, en base a tal hecho, con
fecha 23 de junio de 2005, el Gobierno decreta el cierre de las
emisiones".
(somoscubanos.com Jun 30, 2005 via O.de Céspedes-FL-USA in
ListaConDig-ML)
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Other - LEBANON
Two items on the radio station "Radio Mashreq" targeting Lebanon from
Israel.
Item I - Internet presence (2005)
Radio Mashreq has its own website: http://www.almachrek.org . The station
can be reached by email via almachrek@aol.com.
Item II - Background info (2004)
SECRET ISRAELI RADIO TRANSMITTING STATION BROADCASTS TO LEBANON
Date: Sunday, November 10 [2004] @ 11:54:00 EST
Topic: Local News
The Islam Online website gave details of a secret Israeli radio
transmitting station which broadcasts in the Arab language and is aimed
at the Lebanese people.
The paper noted that the station started to broadcast in the summer 2002
and its transmission station is in the Metula area, close to the mutual
boarder. The paper added that the radio broadcasts on the AM-756
wavelength and its purpose is to encourage popular opposition of the
Syrian occupation and of the continued stationing of Syrian army troops
in Lebanon. The station also operates an Internet site called
www.carmelnews.org. The paper also added that the station is operated by
the Israeli secret service just as the other Arab language stations.
http://www.bachirgemayel.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=46
(via B.Trutenau-LTU Jun 30, 2005 in DXLD-ML)
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Other - MALDIVES
Minivan Radio
Audio files of the Minivan Radio target broadcasts are now available on
the website http://radio.minivannews.com .
(B.Trutenau-LTU Jun 30, 2005 in CDX-ML)
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Other - MEXICO
Radio Insurgente en FM via Radio Klara (Valencia)
Estimados amigos, reciban un cordial saludo, hoy desde Sacañet en
Castellón e podido escuchar a Radio Insurgente via Radio Klara por los
104.4 de la FM, según se publica en su pagina web:
http://www.radioklara.org/programacio.html
Los domingos de 14:00-15:00 hora local, 12:00-13:00 UTC emiten Radio
Insurgente, se puede escuchar en directo por internet.
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-V-E Jun 1x, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
Zapatistas decretan “alerta roja general”
Bogotá – Colombia
Lunes 20 de junio de 2005.
Redacción Actualidad Étnica
La Comandancia General del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional de
México decreto este 20 de junio una aleta roja general en respuesta a las
acciones emprendidas por el gobierno del presidente Fox, en el marco del
“plan de lucha contra el terrorismo y contra las drogas”, según
denunciaron los miembros del EZLN. Dentro de la estrategia del gobierno,
se ha orientado al ejercito mexicano la realización de un trazado de toda
la zona de influencia zapatista, “colocando cuarteles e instalando
campamentos militares, abriendo caminos, haciendo ejercicios de
patrullaje y entrenamiento, sobretodo en la zona de Montes Azules,
considerada reserva de la biosfera; además se realizan una serie de
operativos para destruir cultivos de marihuana presuntamente en tierras
zapatistas y evitar el tráfico de migrantes de la frontera con
Guatemala”.
En un pronunciamiento de siete puntos, los zapatistas comunican al pueblo
mexicano y al mundo entero su decisión, la cual incluye “el cierre de los
caracoles y las oficinas de las juntas de buen gobierno que se encuentran
en las comunidades zapatistas de Oventik, La Realidad, la Garrucha,
Morelia y Roberto Barrios, así como todas las sedes de las autoridades de
los distintos municipios autónomos rebeldes zapatistas”. Se anuncia
además el proceso de evacuación de los miembros de las diferentes juntas
de buen gobierno y de las autoridades autónomas, a fin de ponerlas a buen
resguardo y de manera indefinida. Aclaran que los servicios básicos de
salud comunitaria se4 mantendrán en funcionamiento, bajo la
responsabilidad de personal civil.
El EZLN anuncia que ha llamado a filas a todos sus miembros destacados en
labores de tipo social y que a partir de la fecha han sido suspendidas y
por tiempo indefinido, todas las transmisiones de la radio insurgente,
«la voz de los sin voz», en frecuencia modulada y en onda corta.
Igualmente fueron suspendidos los servicios del Centro de Información
Zapatista
Los zapatistas exhortan a los miembros de comunidades civiles nacionales
e internacionales que se encuentran en trabajos de campamentos de paz y
en proyectos en comunidades, para que abandonen el territorio rebelde,
aclarando que la permanencia allí será bajo la absoluta responsabilidad
de los cooperantes.
Por ultimo, deslinda de las acciones que pudieran desarrollar a futuro, a
todas aquellas personas y organizaciones civiles políticas, culturales,
ciudadanas, no gubernamentales, comités de solidaridad y grupos de apoyo
que se han acercado al movimiento indígena mexicano encarnado en el EZLN
desde 1994, en apoyo de una lucha civil y pacifica por el reconocimiento
constitucional de los derechos y las culturas indígenas
(J.Miguel Romero Romero-V-E Jun 25, 2005 in Frecuencia-DX-ML)
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Other - NEPAL
Nepal : Maoist Radio on the Rise
by sarahana
Following is a translation of a report by nepalinfo.civiblog.org, titled
Dueto government failure: Maoist Radio are [sic] becoming popular.
Dang-based Swargadwari F.M. used to provide news from time to time in
thedistricts of Gulmi, Arghakhanchi and Pyuthan. However, the
establishment ofcontrol over the media having brought a halt to news
broadcast, peoplelooking for true and factual news have had no choice but
to listen to eitherLondon-based BBC Radio or the Maoists' Janaganatantra
Nepal's broadcast.
Currently, even if the residents of these districts are not able to
listento Radio Janaganatantra's main regional broadcasts, they have been
scouringfor locations at a height in order to listen to the evening and
morningnews.
In the latest issue of Janadesh, which is considered to be a
Maoistmouthpiece, Gulmi's Kishor Panthi has written: In addition to
Gulmi,Arkhawang, Purkot, Dhurkot, Nayagaun, Arkhale and the district
headquarterTamghas, one is able to listen to Radio Janaganatantra in
various locationsof the eastern region. However, since the Maoists do not
have the modernequipment the government does, it is difficult to catch a
transmission whennot at a height. Moreover, several locations have not
been able to receivethe broadcast after Chaitra 5 (March 18, 2005). A
businessman from the thebordering town of Gulmi and Palpa, Kharjyang,
says, "When there is a newincident, we are obligated to listen to this
radio to get reliableinformation because since Magh 19 (Feb 1, 2005), we
have found the newsbroadcast from government radio to be untruthful."
Likewise, a fairly-known journalist based in the district
headquarterTamghas holds the view, "Radio Janaganatantra has displaced
the government'sRadio Nepal. We want Radio Janaganatantra to be even more
establishedamongst the people."
Claiming to be a regular listener of Radio Janaganatantra, a teacher
fromthe Gulmi-Arkhale region says, "We have to make it possible to listen
toGanatantra F.M. in all places. In this situation where the king has
chainedmedia and press, Radio Janaganatantra has fulfilled the needs of
thepeople." On the question of Janaganatantra, a businessman
fromArghakhanchi-Bhagwati shares a fond memory, "One day while I was
listeningto the radio [public] in the morning, Bahini said - Dai, it
looks like people's rule has come to Nepal. Having heard this from a
campus-going bahini, I went to listen as well. Radio Janganatantra was
playing, and from it the news was being broadcast. Since then I have been
listening regularly. Prior to this I had not known that Radio
Janaganatantra was available inthis area."
On the topic of Radio Janaganatantra, a journalist from the
Kathmandu-based newspaper Kantipur has said, "When an incident occurs, to
obtain rightful information we have been listening to Radio
Janaganatantra in Kathmandu over the phone."
Recommending that Radio Janaganatantra ought to give instant information
on any incident, a journalist from Butwal told us, "I have listened to
Radio Janaganatantra even here over the phone. It has to gain more weight
and by communicating rightful news it has to prove itself to be people's
radio." An elderly man of over 75 years from Gulmi-Purkot says, "Not only
is it pleasing to listen to Radio Janaganatantra's news, but also the
songs and the tunes that aspire for a people's rule. But I think the
duration is very short." When there is any incident, BBC Nepali service
is also heard, and the people have taken it upon themselves to decide the
truthfulness of any news.
With a view that this report only wishes to paint a picture on what the
intrusion on public radio has resulted in, we have presented this
reportage with some editing. The control over media has caused problems
for citizens not only in the west but all over the country. For this
reason, some have also had no choice but to listen to India Radio or the
Chinese broadcast; some watch BBC, and some CNN.
http://samudaya.org/articles/archives/2005/06/maoist_radio_on.php
(samudaya.org Jun 26, 2005 via A.Gupta-IND for CRW)
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Other - PNG
BOUGAINVILLE. AUTONOMY GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER PNG'S TROUBLED BOUGAINVILLE
ISLAND
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050615/wl_asia_afp/pngbougainville
(yahoo.com Jun 15, 2005 via D.Preston-? in DXLD 5-099)
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Other - SOMALIA
Link to Radio Galkayo
The related link to Radio Galkayo [at clandestineardio.com] is no longer
functioning. You can replace it with http://www.somaliahamradio.8k.com
(S.Voron-SOM Jun 16 for CR.Com)
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Other - SYRIA
The Arabic Radio - new email addresses
Probably due to spamming, the email addresses published by The Arabic
Radio on its website http://www.arabicsyradio.org have been changed,
addresses with the domain @arabicsyradio.org are no longer valid. The new
addresses given are baradasy@usa.com for the chief editor and
alleposy@post.com for the site's webmaster.
(B.Trutenau-LTU Jun 30, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
The Arabic Radio - no more on SW?
The website [http://www.arabicsyradio.org] still has links to daily audio
files (the last one dated 25 June), but contrary to the past, it no
longer gives a shortwave schedule. Have the SW transmissions ceased?
(B.Trutenau-LTU Jun 30, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
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Other - UGANDA
Radio Rhino Int'l Africa reduces schedule
Quote from Radio Rhino International Africa website
http://www.radiorhino.org , dated 30 June 2005:
"Dear listeners, beginning the first of July until further notice, Radio
Rhino International Africa will only broadcast every Wednesday and Friday
of the week, at the usual transmission time. Our frequency remains 17.870
Short Wave. Much as we are committed to continue broadcasting dailly
[sic], but due to financial constraints, we are unable to."
(via B.Trutenau-LTU Jun 30, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
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Other - USA
IN WASHINGTON, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A BAD IDEA
Professor George Ayittey of American University floats his proposal for
"Radio Free Africa" again, this time on PBS: "The best gift that rich
countries can give Africa is Radio Free Africa and Radio Free Africa will
do for Africa what Radio Free Europe did for Europe." NewsHour, 13 June
2005 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june05/debt_6-13.html
U.S. international broadcasting to East Asia, the former Soviet Union,
and the Middle East falls short of its potential because finite
transmitting, talent, and newsgathering assets are divided into separate
entities that compete with each
other. It's only fair that U.S. international broadcasting to Africa, the
target area where it's now most successful, is similarly divided, so it
can fall short of its potential, too.
(kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD 5-100)
This comment is at the very end (G.Hauser Jun 19, 2005 in DXLD 5-100
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Other - VIETNAM
Target broadcast tests: Little Saigon Radio
Acc. to informed sources, the US-based Little Saigon Radio is currently
testing via transmitters in Taiwan on 11540 at 1130-1200 and 7380 at
1500-1530. Little Saigon Radio is produced by Little Saigon Broadcasting
Inc. and is available 24h via local AM stations in the USA and via
Webcasting. More info about the station on their website:
http://www.littlesaigonradio.com . The SW transmissions are also
mentioned in this article in Vietnamese:
http://nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=26472&z=3 .
(B.Trutenau-LTU Jun 20, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
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Other - ZIMBABWE
SW Radio Africa
...Who pays for the station remains an issue. SW Radio Africa is clearly
not working for commercial gain and must therefore be reliant on
donations. So, where does the station get its money from? Gerry Jackson
explained, "We get our funding from non-government organisations (NGOs)
and foundations --- we don`t name them because talking about it allows
the Zimbabwean government to hit us with a hammer. The important point is
that we have complete editorial control, and this is the point where
nobody believes me, but it`s true: nobody tells us what to say".
Reports indicate, however, that SWRA may not be being entirely honest
when it says that it is entirely funded by NGOs. It seems likely that the
station is in receipt of money from the US government, even if not
directly from one of the intelligence agencies.
Even if SWRA is entirely funded by NGOs, the whole issue raises the
question of `soft money` in broadcasting: is a station financed by an NGO
any less propaganda than one supported by the CIA or MI6? According to
Nick Grace, this has led to the situation with clandestine broadcasts
becoming more confused than ever: "The USA government is beefing up
funding for Iranian exile programming and perhaps more to Syria and
Lebanon. How is that funding to be distributed?"
Nick continues, "In the old days we knew the CIA and MI6 were behind
stations. Now the web has gotten muddled; with all the NGOs getting
involved, it`s like chaos theory has been applied. You have the Open
Society Institute, the International Bar Association and so on. Then you
have stations like the Democratic Voice of Burma, supported by a
Norwegian organisation to the tune of $1 million".
The question is, what about SWRA? "Looking at the logistics of SWRA, it`s
clear that they definitely have support from a variety of sources. Now,
the Mugabe government would love a quote like that to bash the station,
but does that make the programming illegitimate?" asked Grace
rhetorically. "SWRA`s programmes support freedom of speech, not the
Movement for Democratic Change, and freedom of speech is a threat to the
stability of the regime," he said.
SWRA openly works with the International Bar Association, but no other
potential funding source is in the public domain. The so-called National
Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a likely candidate for the funding of
stations like SWRA.
Despite describing itself as a private foundation, the NED was created by
the US Government in 1983. Since then it has been regularly criticised by
both left and right for interfering in foreign countries. It also
illustrates the difficulty in conclusively labelling a station as
government-funded; despite being a private organisation, the NED is in
receipt of money from the US government, money which is then distributed
to groups worldwide. According to Peter Baker, writing in the Washington
Post on 20 March, the NED receives $80 million per year. Ironically
SWRA`s reluctance to divulge its supporters is likely to intensify
speculation about their backers, not quash it
(from a 3-page article, illustrated with Nick Grace in shades et al., by
Jason Walsh, Free Radio?, June Short Wave Magazine [UK], via DXLD 5-098)
Radio Voice of the People
The Harare-based Radio Voice of the People - which is transmitted on SW
for listeners in Zimbabwe via the Radio Netherlands Relay Station in
Madagascar - now has its own website: http://www.vopradio.co.zw . The
website is hosted in Zimbabwe.
(B.Trutenau-LTU Jun 30, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
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