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THE PACIFIC-ASIAN LOG 7th Edition – January 2005 – by Frequency Introduction Acknowledgements This is the seventh edition of the Pacific Asian Log. First issued in August DX publications, DX Clubs, E-bulletins, e-mail reflectors, and web sites are my 2001, The PAL lists all known medium wave broadcasting stations in southern main sources of information. They include Arctic DX Club, Australian Radio and eastern Asia and the Pacific. It covers an area extending as far west as DX Club (ARDXC), Hard Core DXing (HCDX), International Radio Club of Afghanistan and as far east as Alaska, or roughly one half of the earth's America (IRCA), Jembatan DX, Medium Wave Circle (MWC), New Zealand DX surface! It now lists over 4000 stations in 60 countries, with frequencies, call Radio League (NZDXRL). DXing China (1000 Lakes DX Page), Dxlinks.info signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, languages, formats, networks (Pentti Lintujarvi), DXing.info (Mika Mäkeläinen), Hawaii Radio & Television and other information. The log also includes longwave broadcasters, as well Guide, South East Asia on Medium Wave (Alan Davies), mwdx e-mail as medium wave beacons and weather stations in the region. reflector, MWOZ e-mail reflector, dx_india e-mail reflector, and DX Listeners' Digest (DXLD). I continue to receive many positive comments and constructive criticism on the Log. Thanks to everyone who has written. If you find this list useful, then The following persons provided information (directly or indirectly) that was please send me your comments, corrections, updates, changes, and used in updating this edition of the log: Guy Atkins (USA), Charles Hutton suggestions for improving it. (USA), Miller Liu (Taiwan), Tony Magon (Australia), Bjarne Mjelde (Norway), David Ricquish (New Zealand), Victor Rutkovsky (Russia), Walter Saminaw Bruce Portzer (Canada), Geoff Wolf (Australia). [email protected] My apologies to any sources I may have inadvertently overlooked. Much information was also obtained from web sites for government agencies, radio stations, networks, industry groups, and other organizations. The map on the cover is courtesy of the Perry-Castañeda Library On-line Map Collection in the University of Texas at Austin. Copyright Notice Copyright Ó 2005 by Bruce Portzer. All rights reserved. This log may not reproduced or redistributed in whole or in part in any form, except with the expressed permission of the author. Contents may be used freely in non- commercial publications and for personal use. Some of the material in this log was obtained from copyrighted sources and may require special clearance for anything other than personal use. Printed 1/3/05 Pacific-Asian Log Page i Countries Listed in this Log KRN Korea (North) +9 KRS Korea (South) +9 LAO Laos +7 Here are the countries listed in the log. In order to save space in the log, I’m LHI Lord Howe Island +10:30 using 1-3 letter abbreviations for country names. These are usually the official MCO Macao (China) +8 ITU designation. In some cases, such as Sri Lanka, I’ve used a different MHL Marshall Islands +12 abbreviation to facilitate sorting. For places without ITU abbreviations, such MIC Micronesia +11 as US & French territories, I’ve made up my own. The right-hand column MLA Malaysia +8 shows each country’s time zone relative to UTC. MLD Maldive Islands +5 MNG Mongolia +8 The following countries have no known MW stations: Bhutan, Niue, Singapore, MYN Myanmar +6:30 and some U.S. island territories. NCL New Caledonia +11 NFI Norfolk Island +11:30 AFG Afghanistan +4:30 NMI Northern Mariana Is +10 AK Alaska -9(-8 First Sunday in April to last Sunday in NPL Nepal +5:45 October) NRU Nauru +12 AUS Australia Qld:+10, NSW/Tas/Vic:+10(+11 Last Sun in NZL New Zealand +12 (+13 1st Sun in Oct to 3rd Sun in Mar) Oct to last Sun in Mar, Tasmania starts first PAK Pakistan +5 (summer +6?) Sun in Oct), NT:+9:30, SA:+9:30(+10:30 PHL Philippines +8 Last Sun in Oct to last Sun in Mar), WA:+8 PLU Palau +9 BGD Bangladesh +6 PNG Papua New Guinea +10 BIO British Indian Ocean +5 RUS Russia Irkutsk:+8 Blagoveschchensk:+9 Territory Khabarovsk/Vladivostok:+10 Magadan:+11 BRU Brunei Darussalam +8 Petropavlovsk:+12 (summer time in many CBG Cambodia +7 places late March to late October) CHN China +8 SLM Solomon Islands +11 CHR Christmas Island +7 SMA Samoa (American) -11 CKI Cook Islands -10 SMO Samoa -11 COC Cocos (Keeling) Is +6:30 SRL Sri Lanka +6 EI Easter Island -6 THA Thailand +7 FJI Fiji +12 TJK Tajikistan +5 FPO French Polynesia -10 TL Timor Leste (East +9 GU Guam +10 Timor) HI Hawaii -10 TKM Turkmenistan +5 HKG Hong Kong (China) +8 TON Tonga +13 IND India +5:30 TUV Tuvalu +12 INS Indonesia Java, Western Kalimantan, Sumatera:+7, TWN Taiwan +8 Eastern Kalimantan, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, UZB Uzbekistan +5 Sulawesi:+8, Irian Jaya, Maluku:+9 VTN Vietnam +7 J Japan +9 VUT Vanuatu +11 KAZ Kazakhstan +4/+5/+6 (summer +5/+6/+7) WLF Wallis & Futuna +12 KGZ Kyrgyzstan +5 (+6 last Sun in Mar to last Sun in Oct)) KIR Kiribati +12 Printed 1/3/05 Pacific-Asian Log Page ii Abbreviations & Comments RTHK: Radio TV Hong Kong TBS: Traffic Broadcasting Station (China) VOR: Voice of Russia Frequency: To facilitate sorting, all stations are listed to the nearest kHz. VoV: Voice of Vietnam (aka VTVN) See the comments column for information on off channel operations. To the right of the frequency, I’ve noted stations which vary in frequency with a v, Location: Locations are as given in government lists, station/network web those which are currently inactive with a *, and future stations (not yet on the sites, or on-air announcement and may differ slightly from other lists. air) with an f. A ? means uncertain status (not clear if it’s still operating). Region: The state, province, prefecture, oblast, county, borough, autonomous Call: The station's government-assigned call letters region, territory, island, etc. where the station is located. Network/ Slogan: This is generally the Network or Station name as Power: Power is in kw, d indicates directional antenna (see comments for announced on the air (or the English translation of it). Numbers or letters at more details where available). Powers were obtained from government lists, the end refer to the network (1,2, etc., L or lcl = local program). Slogans for station documents/websites, on-air announcements, and other "reliable" American and Australian commercial stations are informal/unofficial and sources. subject to change. For Philippine stations, I've shown the name of the owner Comments: This column lists miscellaneous information, including (often used on the air) plus informal slogans (where known). schedules, technical information, program information, current status, future ABC Australian Broadcasting Commission plans, shortwave/mediumwave parallels, etc. AFN American Forces Network (U.S. Military) Languages: CC-Chinese (Mandarin), EE-English, FF-French, GG-German, JJ- AIR: All India Radio Japanese, KK-Korean, RR-Russian. Other language names are written in full. BCC: Broadcasting Corp of China (Taiwan) No language info usually means the station broadcasts in the country/region's Bctg, Bcing: Broadcasting (BC=Broadcast) dominant language(s), such as English in Australia, Tagalog in the BS: Broadcasting Station Philippines, etc. Ethnic generally means the station broadcasts in several CBS: Christian Broadcasting System (Korea) different languages. CBS: Central Broadcasting System (Taiwan) Schedule: All times are in UTC, except where noted (LT=local time). Some CNR: China National Radio schedules may shift by one hour during local summer. 24h means 24 hours. CRI: China Radio International Notations such as xxh/day mean the station is on the air xx hours per day, EBS: Economic Broadcasting Station (China) exact schedule is unknown. Days of the week are intended to be UTC, and JGD: Jingji Guangbo Dientai (China) may not be the same as local dates, i.e. 0100 local time on Monday in Japan KBS: Korean Broadcasting System is actually 1600 Sunday UTC. Some days might be incorrectly shown as KCBS: Korean Central Broadcasting Station (N Korea) local rather than UTC. LNR: Lao National Radio SW: Possible shortwave parallel, may not operate on the same schedule as MBC: Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (South Korea) the medium wave station. // means SW or medium wave parallel. NBC: National Broadcasting Corp? (Papua New Guinea) News Networks/relays: BBC-British Broadcasting Corp., AP-Associated Press Net: Network (US), NPR-National Public Radio (US), CNN/CBS - US news networks, NHK: Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan) R.Aust-Radio Australia, ABC-Australian BCing Commission or American PBS: People's Broadcasting Station (China) BCing Company, RNZ-R New Zealand, DW-Deutsche Welle R: Radio (RS:Radio Station) DA-Directional antenna (I.e. DA-S means beamed to the south), also noted as RFI:Radio France International xxxdeg for some stations RGD: Renmin Guangbo Dientai (China) r indicates a relay of another station. This is generally an unattended RM: Radio Malaysia, RTM: Radio TV Malaysia repeater, such as most of the low powered NHK stations. In some cases, it RRI: Radio Republik Indonesia refers to a station that relays another during part of its broadcast day. Rst: Radiostantiya (Russia) Printed 1/3/05 Pacific-Asian Log Page iii National Network Notes Racing Radio: This network originates from 2KY-1017 in Sydney. Programming includes horse racing and related programs, as well as music. Other stations in the network are 1008 Canberra, 1215 Bowral, 1314 AUSTRALIA: Wollongong, 1341 Newcastle, 1593 Murwillumbah, and many FMs. Easy ABC Newsradio: a nationwide news network with outlets only in the major listening music is broadcast 1400-1900(1800SaSu) on 2KY, while the relays cities.