THE PACIFIC-ASIAN LOG April 2013
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THE PACIFIC-ASIAN LOG April 2013 Introduction Acknowledgements First issued in August 2001, The PAL lists all known medium wave My sources of information include DX publications, DX Clubs, E-bulletins, e- broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific. It covers mail groups, web sites, and reports from individuals. Major sources include an area extending as far west as Afghanistan and as far east as Alaska, or Arctic Radio Club, Australian Radio DX Club (ARDXC), Hard Core DXing roughly one half of the earth's surface! It now lists over 4000 stations in 60 (HCDX), International Radio Club of America (IRCA), Medium Wave Circle countries, with frequencies, call signs, locations, power, networks, (MWC), mediumwave.info (Ydun Ritz),New Zealand DX Radio League schedules, languages, formats, networks and other information. The log (NZDXRL). DXing.info (Mika Mäkeläinen), South East Asia on Medium also includes longwave broadcasters, as well as medium wave beacons and Wave (Alan Davies), mwdx e-mail group, MW_Pacific_Asia e-mail group, weather stations in the region. dx_india e-mail group, and DX Listeners' Digest (DXLD). Since early 2005, there have been two versions of the Log: a downloadable My apologies to any sources I may have inadvertently overlooked. pdf version and an interactive on-line version. Much information was also obtained from web sites for government The pdf version is updated twice a year and is available at no cost. There agencies, radio stations, networks, industry groups, and other organizations. are three versions, sorted by frequency, country, or both. The map on the cover is courtesy of the Perry-Castañeda Library On-line The on-line version is updated more often and allows the user to search by Map Collection in the University of Texas at Austin. frequency, country, location, or station. It and the pdf versions can be found at the Radio Heritage website at: http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL.asp. A companion guide, listing New Zealand stations, can be downloaded from the Radio Heritage website at http://www.radioheritage.net/Glance.asp Bruce Portzer bportzer@comcast.net Copyright Notice Copyright 2001-2013 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 4/21/13 Pacific-Asian Log Page i Countries Listed in this Log MLD Maldive Islands +5 MNG Mongolia +8 BRM Myanmar +6:30 Here are the countries listed in the log. In order to save space in the log, I’m NCL New Caledonia +11 using the official ITU abbreviations in lieu of country names. The right-hand NFK Norfolk Island +11:30 column shows each country’s time zone relative to UTC. MRA Northern Mariana Is +10 NPL Nepal +5:45 The following countries have no known MW stations: Bhutan, Brunei, Cocos NZL New Zealand +12 (+13 last Sun in Sept to 1st Sun in Apr) (Keeling) Island, Easter Island, Lord Howe Island, Nauru, Niue, Singapore, PAK Pakistan +5 Wallis & Futuna and some U.S. island territories. PHL Philippines +8 PLW Palau +9 AFG Afghanistan +4:30 PNG Papua New Guinea +10 ALS Alaska Mostly -9 (-8 Second Sunday in March to RUS Russia Irkutsk:+8 Blagoveschchensk:+9 First Sunday in November) Khabarovsk/Vladivostok:+10 Magadan:+11 AUS Australia Qld:+10, NSWVic:+10(+11 First Sun in Oct Petropavlovsk:+12 to First Sun in Apr), NT:+9:30, SLM Solomon Islands +11 SA:+9:30(+10:30 First Sun in Oct to First SMA Samoa (American) -11 Sun in Apr), Tasmania +10, WA:+8 SMO Samoa -11(-10 last Sat in Sept to 1st Sun in Apr) BGD Bangladesh +6 CLN Sri Lanka +5:30 BIO British Indian +5 THA Thailand +7 Ocean Territory TJK Tajikistan +5 CBG Cambodia +7 TMP Timor Leste (East +9 CHN China +8 Timor) CHR Christmas Island +7 TKM Turkmenistan +5 CKH Cook Islands -10 TON Tonga +13 FJI Fiji +12 (+13 last Sun in Oct to last Sun in Mar) TUV Tuvalu +12 FPO French Polynesia -10 TWN Taiwan +8 GUM Guam +10 UZB Uzbekistan +5 HWA Hawaii -10 VTN Vietnam +7 HKG Hong Kong (China) +8 VUT Vanuatu +11 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) +9 KOR Korea (South) +9 LAO Laos +7 MAC Macao (China) +8 MHL Marshall Islands +12 FSM Micronesia +11 MLA Malaysia +8 Printed 4/21/13 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 lists, announced on the air (or the English translation of it). Numbers or letters at station documents/websites, on-air announcements, and other "reliable" the end refer to the network (1,2, etc., L or lcl = local program). Slogans for 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 owner schedules, technical information, program information, current status, future (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, Tagalog Bctg, Bcing: Broadcasting (BC=Broadcast) in the Philippines, etc. Ethnic generally means the station broadcasts in BS: Broadcasting Station 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 Japan JGD: Jingji Guangbo Dientai (China) is actually 1600 Sunday UTC. Some days might be incorrectly shown as KBS: Korean Broadcasting System 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 R: Radio (RS:Radio Station) DA-Directional antenna (I.e. DA-S means beamed to the south), also noted RFI:Radio France International as 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) RTHK: Radio TV Hong Kong Printed 4/21/13 Pacific-Asian Log Page iii (6 am Sat/Sun) local time. The show has local breaks at :04:30, :12, :20, National Network Notes :40, and :50 past the hour. Widely heard affiliates include 2UE-954, 4BC- 1116, 3GV-1242, 2CC-1206, and 4BU-1332. AUSTRALIA: Macquarie National News: is the news service operated by the Macquarie ABC Newsradio: a nationwide news network with outlets in the major cities. Radio Network. Main stations include 2GB-873, 2CH-1170, MTR 1377 and The network is gradually expanding to include smaller cities as well. SEN-1116. It may also be heard weekday mornings on 2KY-1017 and the Program is mainly rolling news, weather, sports, etc., but it also carries BBC, Sky Racing Network. It provides half-hourly radio news bulletins, weather NPR, Deutsche Welle, and Radio Nederland programs several hours per and traffic reports.