THE PACIFIC-ASIAN LOG November 2017 Introduction Copyright Notice Copyright 2001-2017 by Bruce Portzer. All rights reserved. This log may First issued in August 2001, The PAL lists all known medium wave not reproduced or redistributed in whole or in part in any form, except with broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific. It the expressed permission of the author. Contents may be used freely in covers an area extending as far west as Afghanistan and as far east as non-commercial publications and for personal use. Some of the material in Alaska, or roughly one half of the earth's surface! It now lists over 4000 this log was obtained from copyrighted sources and may require special stations in 60 countries, with frequencies, call signs, locations, power, clearance for anything other than personal use. networks, schedules, languages, formats, networks and other information. The log also includes longwave broadcasters, as well as medium wave beacons and weather stations in the region. Acknowledgements Since early 2005, there have been two versions of the Log: a downloadable pdf version and an interactive on-line version. My sources of information include DX publications, DX Clubs, E-bulletins, e- mail groups, web sites, and reports from individuals. Major sources include The pdf version is updated a few a year and is available at no cost. There Arctic Radio Club, Australian Radio DX Club (ARDXC), Global Tuners, Hard are two listings in the log, one sorted by frequency and the other by country. Core DXing (HCDX), International Radio Club of America (IRCA), Medium Wave Circle (MWC), mediumwave.info (Ydun Ritz), New Zealand DX Radio The on-line version is updated more often and allows the user to search by League (NZDXRL). DXing.info (Mika Mäkeläinen), South East Asia on frequency, country, location, or station. It and the pdf versions can be found Medium Wave (Alan Davies), mwdx e-mail group, dx_india e-mail group, at the Radio Heritage website at: http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL.asp. and DX Listeners' Digest (DXLD). This edition of the log introduces a domestic shortwave listing. This section The following persons provided material that was used in this edition of the of the log includes shortwave broadcasts intended for a domestic or regional PAL: Anatoly Klepov (Russia), Nick Hall-Patch (Canada), Chuck Hutton audience. It also includes some clandestine broadcasts between (US), Volodya Salminaw (Canada). neighboring countries, including those between North and South Korea or Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. The shortwave section is sorted by My apologies to any sources I may have inadvertently overlooked. country, and by frequency within each country. Much information was also obtained from web sites for government A companion guide, listing New Zealand stations, can be downloaded from agencies, radio stations, networks, industry groups, and other the Radio Heritage website at http://www.radioheritage.net/Glance.asp organizations Bruce Portzer [email protected] The map on the cover is courtesy of the Perry-Castañeda Library On-line Map Collection in the University of Texas at Austin. Printed 26 November 2017 Pacific-Asian Log Page i Countries Listed in this Log BRM Myanmar +6:30 NFK Norfolk Island +11:30 Here are the mediumwave countries listed in the log. In order to save space MRA Northern Mariana +10 in the log, I’m using the official ITU abbreviations in lieu of country names. Is The right-hand column shows each country’s time zone relative to UTC. NPL Nepal +5:45 NZL New Zealand +12 (+13 last Sun in Sept to 1st Sun in Apr) The following countries have no known MW stations: Bhutan, British Indian PAK Pakistan +5 Ocean Territory, Brunei, Cocos (Keeling) Island, Easter Island, French PHL Philippines +8 Polynesia, Lord Howe Island, Macao, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, PNG Papua New Guinea +10 American Samoa, Singapore, Timor Leste, Wallis & Futuna and some U.S. RUS Russia Irkutsk:+8 Blagoveschchensk:+9 island territories. Khabarovsk/Vladivostok:+10 Magadan:+11 Petropavlovsk:+12 SLM Solomon Islands +11 AFG Afghanistan +4:30 st ALS Alaska Mostly -9 (-8 Second Sunday in March to SMO Samoa -11(-10 last Sat in Sept to 1 Sun in Apr) First Sunday in November) CLN Sri Lanka +5:30 AUS Australia Qld:+10, NSWVic:+10(+11 First Sun in Oct THA Thailand +7 to First Sun in Apr), NT:+9:30, TJK Tajikistan +5 SA:+9:30(+10:30 First Sun in Oct to First TKM Turkmenistan +5 Sun in Apr), Tasmania +10, WA:+8 TON Tonga +13 BGD Bangladesh +6 TUV Tuvalu +12 CBG Cambodia +7 TWN Taiwan +8 CHN China +8 UZB Uzbekistan +5 CHR Christmas Island +7 VTN Vietnam +7 CKH Cook Islands -10 VUT Vanuatu +11 FJI Fiji +12 (+13 last Sun in Oct to 3rd Sun in Jan) GUM Guam +10 HWA Hawaii -10 HKG Hong Kong (China) +8 IND India +5:30 INS Indonesia Java, Western Kalimantan, Sumatera:+7, Eastern Kalimantan, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi:+8, Irian Jaya, Maluku:+9 J Japan +9 KAZ Kazakhstan +4/+5/+6 KGZ Kyrgyzstan +6 KIR Kiribati +12 KRE Korea (North) +8:30 KOR Korea (South) +9 LAO Laos +7 MHL Marshall Islands +12 FSM Micronesia +11 MLA Malaysia +8 MLD Maldive Islands +5 MNG Mongolia +8 Printed 26 November 2017 Pacific-Asian Log Page ii TBS: Traffic Broadcasting Station (China) Abbreviations & Comments VOR: Voice of Russia VoV: Voice of Vietnam (aka VTVN) Frequency: To facilitate sorting, all stations are listed to the nearest kHz. See the comments column for information on off channel operations. To the Location: Locations are as given in government lists, station/network web right of the frequency, I’ve noted stations which vary in frequency with a v, sites, or on-air announcement and may differ slightly from other lists. those which are currently inactive with a *, and future stations (not yet on the Region: The state, province, prefecture, oblast, county, borough, air) with an f. A ? means uncertain status (not clear if it’s still operating). autonomous region, territory, island, etc. where the station is located. Call: The station's government-assigned call letters Power: Power is in kw, d indicates directional antenna (see comments for Network/ Slogan: This is generally the Network or Station name as more details, where available). Powers were obtained from government announced on the air (or the English translation of it). Numbers or letters at lists, station documents/websites, on-air announcements, and other the end refer to the network (1,2, etc., L or lcl = local program). Slogans for "reliable" sources. American and Australian commercial stations are informal/unofficial and Comments: This column lists miscellaneous information, including subject to change. For Philippine stations, I've shown the name of the schedules, technical information, program information, current status, future owner (often used on the air) plus informal slogans (where known). plans, shortwave/mediumwave parallels, etc. ABC Australian Broadcasting Commission Languages: CC-Chinese (Mandarin), EE-English, FF-French, GG-German, AFN American Forces Network (U.S. Military) JJ-Japanese, KK-Korean, RR-Russian. Other language names are written AIR: All India Radio in full. No language info usually means the station broadcasts in the BCC: Broadcasting Corp of China (Taiwan) country/region's dominant language(s), such as English in Australia, Bctg, Bcing: Broadcasting (BC=Broadcast) Tagalog in the Philippines, etc. Ethnic generally means the station BS: Broadcasting Station broadcasts in several different languages. CBS: Christian Broadcasting System (Korea) Schedule: All times are in UTC, except where noted (LT=local time). Some CBS: Central Broadcasting System (Taiwan) schedules may shift by one hour during local summer. 24h means 24 hours. CNR: China National Radio Notations such as xxh/day mean the station is on the air xx hours per day, CRI: China Radio International exact schedule is unknown. Days of the week are intended to be UTC, and EBS: Economic Broadcasting Station (China) may not be the same as local dates, i.e. 0100 local time on Monday in JGD: Jingji Guangbo Dientai (China) Japan is actually 1600 Sunday UTC. Some days might be incorrectly KBS: Korean Broadcasting System shown as local rather than UTC. KCBS: Korean Central Broadcasting Station (N Korea) SW: Possible shortwave parallel, may not operate on the same schedule as LNR: Lao National Radio the medium wave station. // means SW or medium wave parallel. MBC: Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (South Korea) News Networks/relays: BBC-British Broadcasting Corp., AP-Associated NBC: National Broadcasting Corp? (Papua New Guinea) Press (US), NPR-National Public Radio (US), CNN/CBS - US news Net: Network networks, R.Aust-Radio Australia, ABC-Australian BCing Commission or NHK: Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan) American BCing Company, RNZ-R New Zealand, DW-Deutsche Welle, PBS: People's Broadcasting Station (China) SRN: Sunshine Radio Network (Philippines), CCTV:China Central TV, AON: R: Radio (RS:Radio Station) Australia Overnight (talk show) RFI:Radio France International DA-Directional antenna (I.e. DA-S means beamed to the south), also noted RGD: Renmin Guangbo Dientai (China) as xxxdeg for some stations RM: Radio Malaysia, RTM: Radio TV Malaysia r indicates a relay of another station. This is generally an unattended RRI: Radio Republik Indonesia repeater, such as most of the low powered NHK stations. In some cases, it Rst: Radiostantiya (Russia) refers to a station that relays another during part of its broadcast day. RTHK: Radio TV Hong Kong Printed 26 November 2017 Pacific-Asian Log Page iii Outlets are on 576, 585, 603, 612, 621, 630, 639, 657, 684, 720, 729, 756, National Network Notes 792, 810, 846, 990, 1098, 1152, 1296, 1305, 1431, 1485, 1512, and 1584. ALASKA: Web site: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ includes a detailed program schedule.