--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: E2100007 Date: 01/31/97 From: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN Time: 06:02pm \/To: BRIAN JOHNSON (Read 5 times) Subj: RE: BCB DX Brian Johnson writes in a message to Scott Christensen BJ> Yeah! I heard Bill moved over to WCCO. In fact, someone else BJ> had told me about him working there. It's funny I haven't been BJ> able to pick them up on 830 kHz lately. Have they changed their BJ> nite time power? Happy Monitoring...Brian. No, but last year they finally had to take out the open wire antenna feed and put in coax. That and the sun spot minimum might be the reasons... --- COUNTERPoint 2.3 * Origin: MacRefuge * 612-426-6687 * (1:282/24@fidonet) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: E2200000 Date: 01/31/97 From: KEN MCKENZIE Time: 04:04pm \/To: FRED HATFIELD (Read 5 times) Subj: Who's the moderator? Hi Fred Long time, no chat! :-) FH> If you are still reading, send your message to: FH> FH> fred.hatfield@sstar.com Do you ever hear from Mark Burkart? Paul Scalzo? Have a good day. Ken [ mckenzie@uniserve.com ] --- Blue Wave/OS2 v2.30 * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, BC (604-266-7754) (1:153/7715) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: E2400000 Date: 02/02/97 From: GUIDO SCHOTMANS Time: 11:06am \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: Rvi Budget Cuts Fup As you probably already know, Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal is facing drastic budget cuts. As from November there will be no more Spanish, German and Arabic programmes anymore, and shortwave usage will be reduced from 300 to only 140 hours via Waver. But ! Nine Flemish Euro MP's have sent a letter to Media Minister Eric Van Rompuy in protest against the abolition of programmes in Spanish, German and Arabic at Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal. The MP's has also written to the BRTN chief-executive Bert De Graeve. They say the cuts will have a negative effect on Belgium's voice in the World. German and Spanish are world languages and especially information aimed at Germany -Belgium's main trading partner- is important. Arabic is important for the immigrant population in Flanders. They want alternative savings to be considered. 73 de Guido. ********************************************************** Guido Schotmans, DX-ANTWERP, P.O.Box 16, B-2660 Hoboken, BELGIUM Fido : 2:292/878 e-mail : gs@innet.be dxa@innet.be ********************************************************** --- JCQWK MM 1.0 #0313 Before I speak, I'd like to say a few words... * Origin: DXA--BBS Antwerp/Belgium +32-3-8253613 (2:292/878) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: E2500000 Date: 02/03/97 From: JOSTEIN MORK Time: 11:10pm \/To: BRIAN JOHNSON (Read 6 times) Subj: BCB DX > Those radio and television commercials are generally geared to a > thirteen year old mentality or less. That way, the advertisers aimed at a > younger audience who usually persuade their parents what to buy. The most I'm in grave danger of getting comments from the moderator with this nswer in the shortwave eco. It should have been in Intercook I guess: I remember those old people I visited. They had their shelves full of breakfast cereals, the same brands that frequented the TV screens, I guess they too watched the comm's...... :) > true today. Thank God for shortwave radio. At least it is commercial free. Well, for me, not used to commercial radio it were rather fun, but one got tired after a while. So over to radio. A dxer on the sw tip of Norway heard this ann on Dec. 28th. :"Your solid gospel station, WTBW 15-70 AM." This station is listed with 13W at night. Can this be possible.??? From Florida to Norway with their 13W's???? Greetings Jostein --- BBBS/2 v3.33 How-C * Origin: dreamers bbs - +47 74 27 91 13 - Music/art/code (2:212/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: E2500001 Date: 02/03/97 From: GUIDO SCHOTMANS Time: 06:51pm \/To: KARL-JOHAN TEROEY (Read 6 times) Subj: Radio Eviva On 1566 Khz > Anybody here have any info about Radio Eviva on 1566 kHz? > No info in WRTH 1977 which I received a few days ago. > The station mostly have Swiss folk music and country music on the me It's a pity to see that the information in the WRTH is sometimes not really up-to-date, especially concerning local stations. I've received the 97 edition a few days ago and discovered already several shortcomings under Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia, Switzerland. I've seen that some other echo-users posted the address already. Here some other info about the station posted in SW.Ger a few months ago : SWITZERLAND From Beromuenster Tx site private "Radio Eviva" will start on Oct 1st also, using 1566 kHz 500 kW. All conducted Sept transmissions were on test basis only by Swiss PTT, to adjust the tx and antenna equipment, and to overcome interfering problems in local telephone machines in the neighborhood of the tx installation. 1566 kHz can be heard very well like a local station on daytime target to an estimated latitude line between Saarebruck, Frankfurt, and Nuremberg in the north. Signal strength level becoming weaker beyond Frankfurt, when tested driving on Autobahn highway to Cologne region. (Christian Bruelhart-SUI, Sept 29) 73 de Guido. ********************************************************** Guido Schotmans, DX-ANTWERP, P.O.Box 16, B-2660 Hoboken, BELGIUM Fido : 2:292/878 e-mail : gs@innet.be dxa@innet.be ********************************************************** --- JCQWK MM 1.0 #0313 BETA: Better Expect Trouble Ahead * Origin: DXA--BBS Antwerp/Belgium +32-3-8253613 (2:292/878) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: E2500002 Date: 02/04/97 From: GEORGE WOOD Time: 12:39pm \/To: ALL (Read 6 times) Subj: MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers 2264 Apparently-to: scdx@get.pp.se From: "George Wood" ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: MediaScan :: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS :: from Radio Sweden :: Number 2264--Feb. 4, 1997 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Satellite, shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden. This week's bulletin was written by George Wood. Packet Radio BID SCDX2264 All times UTC unless otherwise noted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for all the comments about the proposal to add frames to the Worldwide Web version of these bulletins. A number of people have written to say they can't view frames. As a result, the bulletins are available in both forms. See: http://www.sr.se/rs/english/media Our Web pages have undergone a minor upgrade, and should load faster and be a bit easier to navigate. We're also now offering Swedish news headlines every weekday, for those who can use Javascript. Our pages start at: http://www.sr.se/rs/ NORDIC MEDIA NEWS SWEDEN--According to a new study by Radioundersoeskningar AB, radio listening in Sweden has increased. 82.5 percent of Swedes listen to the radio at least once during an average day. The average listener spends 185 minutes a day tuned into the radio, an increase of 4 minutes compared to the last survey three months ago. 60.3 percent listen to Swedish Radio's non-commercial public service channels. 31 percent prefer the new private commercial stations. Community radio listenership has dropped to 1.5 percent. (TT) THOR--Last time we reported on the new Sirius 2 satellite to be launched to Sweden's position at 5 degrees East later this year. There's a rivalry between Sweden and Norway to establish the foremost Nordic satellite position. The Norwegians have three satellites at 1 degree West: Thor, TV-Sat 2, and Intelsat 707. A new satellite, Thor 2, was to have been launched on February 22nd. But after the explosion of a Delta 2 rocket at Cape Canaveral last month, the Thor launch with a similar rocket has been pushed back until May at the earliest. A panel has been named by the US Air Force to investigate the explosion. In the meantime, all Delta 2 launches have put been on an indefinate hold. "If we look at similar situations in the past," says Knut Reed, managing director of Telenor Satellite Services, "we can expect a delay of between one and three months." He adds that Telenor will be "doing our best to let our customers start distribution of new channels to the Nordic market as soon as possible". ("Dagens Nyheter" and "Tele- satellit News") Thor 2 can relay 15 analog, or at least 75 digital TV channels, and Norway's Telenor, which operates the satellites at 1 degree West, has great hopes to start digital broadcasts. They've been working with Nethold to use Thor 2 to launch a new package. ("Dagens Nyheter") This may explain why there's still no marketing here of the existing Nethold Scandinavian digral package on Astra. NETHOLD--Nethold has formally announced that it will be ending analog transmissions of FilmNet on Astra on the first of April. (Richard Karlsson, "Aftonbladet") That may open up a transponder for Britain's new Channel 5. After April 1st FilmNet will only be available in analog D2-MAC on Thor. DR2--Another channel at 1 degree West has attracted some controversy, but few viewers, as Radio Sweden's Copenhagen correspondent Christopher Follet reports in today's program, about Denmark's second public service channel, DR2, which is only available on satellite and cable. CABLE TV--As we reported last time, Sweden's largest cable operator, Telia Kabel TV, has come in for criticism for moving the French channel TV 5 Europe from its basic tier to a pay package with channels from Britain, Italy, Spain, and Germany. In today's program, Telia's press officer, Hans G. Larsson tells us why they've moved TV 5. He says the reason is to free up channels for the introduction of digital transmissions. Telia hopes to have digital systems in operation before the end of this year. The Swedish Tenants Union has formally complained to the anti-trust authorities here about the power of the cable companies. The issue was also brought up in parliament by the chairman of the Cultural Committee, Aake Gustavsson, who asked about the possiblity of listeners determining which channels were available on cable. Minister of Culture Marita Ulvskog agreed, but wanted to wait for the findings of a study that will be presented soon. The study, conducted by former Minister of Education Lennart Bodstroem, is investigating how to include more Nordic TV stations in the Swedish cable TV systems. (TT) Talking to Radio Sweden, Hans G. Larsson said Telia Kabel TV would prefer to offer all channels on an a la carte basis, so that viewers could pick and choose. But he said the stations themselves have blocked such an alternative. DIGITAL TELEVISION--Responding to the government's bill to introduce terrestrial digital television in Sweden, the Swedish Conservative Party has objected, saying technical developments will soon make the system obsolete, and the coming introduction of digital cable television makes terrestrial digital unnecessary. The legislation is supported by the ruling minority Social Democrats, along with the Central and Liberal Parties, which ensures a majority in parliament. The Left and Green Parties support the legislation as well. However, the Left Party wants parliament, rather than the government, to decide which companies will be licenced for digital broadcasts. The Greens have called for digital spectrum to be devoted to live broadcasts of parliament and other political debate. The Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company wants to offer such a service, based on the American C-SPAN. However the Minster of Culture has expressed scepticism about the plan. (TT) The Conservatives' position, seemingly ignorant of the development of digital television in Europe (the Swedish standard is the European standard, see below under Britain) is probably explained because the legislation would probably give the public service non-commercial Swedish Television a pre-eminent position in digital terrestrial television. The Conservatives traditionally oppose public service broadcasting, and prefer private, commercial television. TELE-X--TNT and the Cartoon Network have started on Tele-X in MPEG-2, on 12.322 GHz. ("SATCO DX Chart Update") EUROPE BRITAIN--Rupert Murdoch's British Sky Broadcasting has finally announced belated plans for digital broadcasting. But despite the delay, BSkyB is getting involved in a big way, and in two rival transmission schemes. "The Financial Times" has reported that BSkyB is going ahead with plans to launch a 200 channel digital satellite service, late this year. The newspaper says that BSSkyB is poised to order one million digital decoders from four manufacturers. More surprising, according to reports, BSkyB will be launching its service on the recently launched Astra 1F satellite, using 14 of that satellites' 28 transponders. Previous reports that said that BSkyB had booked capacity on the Astra 2A satellite, planned to orbit later this year. Astra 1F shares the 19 degrees East orbital position with the earlier 5 Astra satellites, where BSkyB's existing channels are found. 2A is to be positioned at another location, 28 degrees East. Writing in "What Satellite TV" magazine, commentator Barry Fox has strongly criticised using 2A, since it would mean that existing BSkyB subscribers would have to not only buy digital receivers and upgrade their dish LNBs for higher frequency models, but would also have to move their dishes away from the existing Astra output, or add some kind of dual-position extender. If the report is true that the BSkyB digital package will be on Astra 1F, this would make the digital upgrade much easier for existing viewers. BSkyB has also teamed up with leading terrestrial British broadcasters Carlton Communications and Granada to apply for 3 of the available 4 licences for British digital terrestrial TV (DTT). Under the name British Digital Broadcasting, the new company wants to offer 15 digital channels, including subscription channels from the BBC. The British DTT plans includes 6 digital networks or "multiplexes", each capable of broadcasting at least 5 channels. Two have been reserved for the existing terrestrial broadcasters, the BBC and the ITV commercial network. The other four will be awarded by the Independent Television Commission. The service is expected to be on the air by mid- 1998. The BDB bid faces competition from the American-owned International CableTel, Britain's third largest cable operator, which has also applied for 3 of the 4 available networks. The BDB plan calls for three premium subscription channels showing top films and sports events. Another 12 channels will be offered as part of a basic subscription package. (Reuters) Hopefully, by having a foot in each camp, BSkyB will ensure that the decoders for its satellite service will be compatible for DTT as well! GERMANY--Canal Plus is, as previously reported, planning to reduce or even give up its share of the German pay-TV channel Premiere, and the commercial channel Vox. The weekly news magazine "Fokus" says Bavarian media mogul Leo Kirch is prepared to take over Canal Plus's 37.5 percent stake in Premiere. Kirch currently holds 25 percent of the channel and Bertelsmann the remaining 37.5 percent. (Reuters) According to the Italian weekly "L'Espresso", Italian media magnate Silvio Berlusconi is planning to sell his 33 percent stake in the German sports channel DSF. The reported buyer is Persimon AG, a Liechtenstein company loosely linked to Leo Kirch. Under German anti- trust laws, Kirch is not allowed to hold a controlling interest in Persimon. ("Tele-satellit News") SPAIN--The first digital TV service for Spain launched January 31, on Astra, despite efforts by the government to introduce a common decoder standard. CanalSatellite Digital, controlled by Sogecable (which is partly owned by Canal Plus), claims its decoder standard is both legal and EU compatible (but apparently it only works with its own package, and no others). The Spanish government favors a different platform to be offered by Telefonica de Espana, in which the state owns a 20.9 percent share. It will be available later this year, on Hispasat, rather than Astra. A digital "dogfight" has broken out, as the Spanish cabinet has approved legislation supporting EU regulations requiring that any TV decoder on the market be compatible with all potential EU digital systems. Sogecable says the regulations will hamper its new digital service. ("Tele-satellit News" and Reuters) ASTRA--There are now 185 digital TV channels on the Astra satellites. Most are scrambled. Here are some recent additions: Transponder 56 is carrying an MPEG-2 channel with no name, but it is the same as the Cinedom 2 service included in the German DF1 package. Canal Satellite Espana is using transponders 76, 78, 92, and 94. There is a mosaic channel in the clear on transponder 78. The rest is scrambled. Transponder 103 is carrying three DF1 channels, Aktion 1, 2, and 3. (James Robinson) EUTELSAT--The Greek Nethold/Multichoice package has started in MPEG-2 on Hot Bird-2 (13 degrees East) on 11.823 GHz. The Arabesque package is testing on 12.015 GHz in MPEG-2, but ART Europe is still in PAL in the evening. The AB Sat promo on 11.766 GHz has changed from super to wide beam. ("SATCO DX Chart Update") Italy's RAI 1, 2, and 3 are in clear MPEG-2 on Hot Bird 2 on 11.804 GHz. The Vatican's Tele Pace is also included in this package, and is now 24 hours. (James Robinson) VOA Express radio has left Eutelsat II-F1 11.163 GHz. ("SATCO DX Chart Update") Algerian TV has moved from 11.678 GHz (super beam) to 11.095 (wide beam) on Eutelsat II-F3 (16 degrees East). TDRS--All DMX channel on TDRS 4 have moved to TDRS 6 at 47 degrees West. ("SATCO DX Chart Update") JONES--Jones Intercable Inc. is expanding its educational programming overseas. The Knowledge TV programming is already available in China, the Philippiines, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Korea. Since February 3 it has also been available in Britain. Eventually Jones hopes to distribute Knowledge TV via satellite through-out Europe, South America, Africa, and India. (AP) SPORTS--The European Commission is expected to propose this week that the TV rights for major sports events be protected from being sold to channels reaching only a minority of the population. EU members would draft lists of which events are of such national importance that they must be sent uncoded or via channels that can be seen by a majority of residents. (TT) MORSE CODE--The French maritime authorities sent their last message in Mose Code at midnight between January 31 and February 1. The 160 year old system has been phased out in favor of digital and satellite rescue links. The US Coast Guard abandoned telegraphy in 1995, and it is scheduled for worldwide maritime extinction in 1999. (AP and Reuters) MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA ARABSAT--Kuwait TV has returned to Arabsat 2A 12.646 GHz. ("SATCO DX Chart Update") ORBIT--Orbit News, C-SPAN, CNN International, Discovery, Cine Cinefil, and Monte Carlo TMC have all left the Orbit package on Intelsat 705 (18 degrees West). 11.056 GHz is no longer in use. ("SATCO DX Chart Update") ASIA/PACIFIC INTELSAT--Khabar TV from Kazakhstan has started on Intelsat 703 (57 degrees East) on 11.650 GHz, in SECAM. ("SATCO DX Chart Update" and "Elektronikvaerlden") JAPAN--Sony Corp. says it is negotiating to enter the broadcasting business in Japan in a venture led by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. News Corp. and Japan's largest distributor of PC software, Softbank, formed Japan Sky Broadcasting in December. They plan to begin experimental broadcasts with 12 digital channels in April, and will increase to 150 channels by April 1998. According to a report in the "Nihon Keizai" newspaper, Sony would take a 30 percent stake in JSkyB. (AP) Japan Satellite Systems has announced it will launch its 6th satellite, JC-Sat 6, next year. The company has placed an order with Hughes for an HS-601 spacecraft that will be launched by the Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Service in June 1998. The new satellite is expected to enter service in July 1998, and will carry digital satellite television, including PerfectTV, which launched late last year, as well as JSkyB. ("Tele-satellit News") AUSTRALIA--Australia risks damaging its reputation if it axes the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's international radio and TV services, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In a confidential submission to a government-commissioned inquiry, which --- NetMgr 1.00.g4+ * Origin: GET, Lidingo, Sweden, +46-8-7655670 (2:201/505) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: E2500003 Date: 02/04/97 From: GEORGE WOOD Time: 12:39pm \/To: ALL (Read 6 times) Subj: 02:MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers 2264 Apparently-to: scdx@get.pp.se From: "George Wood" recommended last month that both services be scrapped, the Foreign Affairs Department argued that it was in Australia's national interests to retain them. The report on the future of the ABC recommended that the Radio Australia shortwave service and Australian Television be closed to allow the ABC to concentrate on its domestic responsibilities. Criticism has come from other quarters as well. The Northern Territory's International Business Council has urged the government not to scrap Australian Television. In a letter to Prime Minister John Howard, the concil says the proposed axing of the service would harm Australian business interests in Southeast Asia. And Northern Territory Chief Minister Shane Stone says Australian trade with Asia and the Pacific will be jeopardized if the ABC international radio and television services are closed. (AP) AMERICAS LAUNCHES--Nahuel 1A and GE-2 were successfully launched with Ariane V93 on January 30, the heaviest Ariane payload ever. Argentina's Nahuel 1A has 18 Ku-band transponders, and will replace both Nahuelsat C1 and C2. GE-2 has 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, and will replace Satcom K2 at 85 degrees West. ("SATCO DX Chart Update", "Tele-satellit News" and Reuters) WBIS--Superstation WBIS from New York City is broadcasting on Galaxy 7 on C-band transponder. It carries Fox Sports. (Robert Smathers) NBC--NBC is shutting down its Spanish-language cable news network, Canal de Noticias, amid growing competition and plans to expand the reach of MSNBC and CNBC to Latin America. Canal de Noticias has not been profitable since its launch in March, 1993. The network reachs about 5 million households, most through cable, but also over the air and through direct satellite systems. About 1.2 million of those homes are within the United States. The network has faced growing competition. CBS rcently acquired TeleNoticias, which reaches more than 10 million homes, and renamed it CBS TeleNoticias. CNN is planning to launch CNN en Espanal in March. (AP) COLUMBIA--The FCC has given permission to Columbia Communications to construct 2 new satellites. The Pacific relay Columbia POR at 172 degrees East will operate in conventional and extended C-band, as well as Ku-band frequencies. The Atlantic relay Columbia AOR at 47 degerees East will opeation in conventional and extended C-band frequencies. Columbia hopes to have both in service before the end of the century. ("Tele-satellit News") ------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden Calling DXers/MediaScan is the world's oldest radio program about international broadcasting. Radio Sweden has presented this round-up of radio news, features, and interviews on Tuesdays since 1948. It's currently broadcast on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Radio Sweden broadcasts in English: To Europe: Satellite: 13:30, 17:15, and 19:30 hrs on Astra transponder 33 (ZDF) and Tele-X (Kanal 5 -- 12.475 GHz) (through March) and on Eutelsat II-F1, 10.987 GHz (NBC Europe), 7.56 MHz (from January 1, 1997) 21:00 hrs via the World Radio Network on Astra transponder 22 (VH-1) In all cases (except Eutelsat) our audio subcarrier is 7.38 MHz We're also broadcasting to Africa and the Middle East via WRN at 00:30 Central African Time (Saturdays only also 02:30 CAT) on Intelsat 707 3.9115 GHz in MPEG-2, Audio Stream WRN1. Shortwave: 19:30 hrs 1179, 6065, 7240, and 9655 20:30 1179 and 6065 kHz 21:30 1179, 6065, and 7230 kHz 22:30 1179, 6065, and 7325 kHz Asia/Pacific: Satellite: Via WRN on AsiaSat-2 on 4.000 GHz, MPEG-2 DVB, Audio Stream WRN1, at 20:00 and 23:00 hrs UTC (06:00 and 09:00 AET). Shortwave: 13:30 hrs 7155 and 13740/15240* kHz 14:30 hrs 9435/9485* kHz 01:30 hrs 7265/7290* kHz North America: Satellite: 02:30 hrs UTC via WRN on Galaxy 5 transponder 6 (WTBS), audio 6.8 MHz (9:30 PM EST, 6:30 PM PST) Shortwave: 12:30 hrs on 15240 and 11650/13740* kHz 14:30 hrs on 15240 and 9485/11650* kHz 02:30 hrs on 6200 kHz 03:30 hrs on 7115 kHz Latin America: 00:30 hrs on 6065 kHz 01:30 hrs on 7265/7290* kHz * = may shift from day to day Each program Monday to Friday, recorded at 13:30 hrs UTC, is available in the RealAudio format at: http://www.sr.se/rs/english/sounds/english.ram Each day's program, recorded at 01:30 hrs UTC, is also available from WRN in RealAudio format. 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You can also find the programs among the offerings of Internet Talk Radio at various sites, including: ftp://town.hall.org/radio/Mirrors/RadioSweden/MediaScan Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood by fax to +468-667-6283 or by e-mail to: wood@rs.sr.se Reports can also be sent to: Radio Sweden S-105 10 Stockholm Sweden Contributions should be NEWS about electronic media--from shortwave to satellites--and not loggings of information already available from sources such as the "World Radio TV Handbook". Clubs and DX publications may reprint material as long as MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers and the original contributor are acknowledged. We welcome comments and suggestions about the electronic edition, Sweden Calling DXers, and our programs in general. The mailing list for the Electronic Edition is now open to general subscription. If you can send e-mail over the Internet, send a message to: subscribe@rs.sr.se You ought to get a confirmation message in reply. 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