0930 UTC on 5011 ECUADOR: Escuelas Radiofonicas Populares. Spanish. Ecuadorian flute instrumentals to brief canned commercial. Partial station ID noted as, "en Riobamba ...Radiofonicas ". (Jeff Leach, Omaha, Ne.) La Voz del Napo audible Broadcast Loggings on 3279.8 kHz at 1003 UTC. Morning "announcements" and public service shorts. News and sporadic music at 1012 UTC. (casque, SC) Thanks to our contributors -- Have you sent in YOUR logs? 0950 UTC on 3310.3 Send to Gayle Van Horn, clo Monitoring Times. BOLIVIA: Radio San Miguel. Tune -in with talk and " San Mr guel" ID included. Continued morning program to 1000 UTC tune -out. (Gasque, SC) Station English broadcast unless otherwise noted. monitored on this frequency at 0205 -0215 UTC, with folk tunes, ads, and station identification. (Bagwell, MO) Welcome to a brand new year of stupendous Broadcast Loggings! 0953 UTC on 4790 0030 UTC on 15155 PERU: Radio Atlantida. Spanish. Rooster crows and Latin march music. Station ID and chat at 1000 UTC. Continued morning sound effects and local commerdals. ECUADOR: HCJB. 90 minute "Musical Mailbag" show broadcasting from Peru's Radio Altura heard on 3339.9 kHz at 1025 F promo commerdals downtown Quito's Pancake House. Listener call -ins from North America. UTC. utbol and IDs. (Gasque, SC) ( Robert E. Tucker, Savannah, GA) "Ham Radio Today" show with weak, fluttery 1000 UTC on 21735 signal. (Harold W. Bower, Sunbury, PA) 0035 UTC on 9630 INDIA: All India Radio. Excellent signal quality to 1100 UTC sign -off. Newscast SPAIN: Spanish Foreign Radio. "Everything Under the Sun" show on' agritourism," audible on parallels 17896, 17387, and 15050 kHz. (Norcross, Guam) Audible 11620 that discussed tourist staying with Basque farmers. (No mention of farm chores on kHz at 2155 UTC, with sub -continent music. ID and newscast with for the tourist!) (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA) moderate signal and slight fading. (Bower, PA) 0047 UTC on 4695 1130 UTC on 4830 THAILAND: Radio Thailand. Gong interval signal to announcers identification. CLANDESTINE: Radio Patria Libre. Spanish. Tune -in with discussion in progress Station frequency quote and local Bangkok time. Lady upcoming on Cuba, Sandinistas, and Argentina. Patriotic Latin marches to station ID at announcer's 0103 UTC. (David A. Gasque, Orangeburg, SC) program schedule and Asian music to 1135 UTC. World news headlines to pop 0100 UTC on 11800 style music. Audible on parallel frequency 9655 kHz, no sign of 11905 kHz. ITALY: R.A.I. World news with comments on Croatian and Nicaraguan presidential (Norcross, Guam) visits to Italy. Parallel news noted on 9575 kHz. (Norm Anderson, Santa Ana, 1310 UTC on 9555 Ca.) (Fraser, Ma.) (Bower, PA) PHILIPPINES: Radio Veritas Asia. Korean /English. Tune -in as lady announcer 0120 UTC on 11790 chats in Korean. Station ID and address in English at 1325 UTC. Brief interval USSR -UKRAINIAN SSR: Radio Kiev. Report on aconference about the Babiyar signal followed by sign -off at 1326 UTC. (Gasque, SC) 1314 massacre victims. (Fraser, Ma.) Additional monitoring to 0200 UTC on parallel UTC on 21470 frequencies 11675, 12005, 15180, and 17690 kHz, with fair signal quality. UNITED KINGDOM: BBC. "Newshour" for the World Service. (Tucker, GA) (Gasque, SC) "Word Power" program featuring everyday expressions and their meanings on 0131 UTC on 9420 9770 kHz at 2150 UTC. (Fraser, MA) GREECE: Voice of Greece. Greek music and English news at 0132 UTC. News 1559 UTC on 9560 featured Greek/Turkish delegates meeting to discuss the problems of Cyprus. ETHIOPIA: Voice of Ethiopia. Announcer talk and African music. "Voice of Ethiopia" identification and address in Addis Greek service returning at0142 UTC. (Tucker, Ga.) (Jack R. Davis, Birmingham, Ababa. Fair signal quality. (Norcross, AL) Guam) 0132 UTC on 5960 1635 UTC on 4050 USB CANADA: Radio Japan relay. Program of "Pacifico Yokahama" discussing USSR: Radio Far East Russia. Russian. Lady with long text, to a welcome relief Japanese culture and customs. "Japanese Diary" program featured comments of traditional Russian vocal music at 1650 UTC. Time pips signal at 1700 UTC, on Japanese translators. (Tucker, GA) Radio Japan audible on 9501 kHz from and newscast. Signal lost in fade -out. (Witham, HI) 1815 1400 -1415 UTC. (F. Deutsch, Albuquerque, NM) (Davis, AL) UTC on 15190 0150 UTC on 17540 PHILIPPINES: Radio Pilipinas. Tagalog/English. Mixed text on the origins of EGYPT: Clandestine -Voice of Unity. Listed as a Pro-Afghan rebel station. Male Philippine music, with choral interludes and childrens tunes. Station ID at 1840 UTC, and a discussion on the latest developments in resettling the residents announcer with long discourse in unidentified language to 0158, cut off in mid - living near sentence. Parallel frequency 15685 kHz continued with text beyond 0200 UTC; Mt. Pinatubo. Signal sign -off at 1900 UTC. Good signal. No sign of however, signal considerably weaker. (Jerry Witham, Keaau, HI) parallels 17760/ 17840/ 21580 kHz. (Witham, HI) 0200 UTC on 11940 1930 UTC on 6035 CANADA: Canadian BC Corp. CBC announcers Michael Wright and Alan IRAN: Voice of the Islamic Rep. English programming to Europe. Station IDs and commentary included. Audibleat this time, with fair signal quality , parallel Mason interview Haiti's Minister of Education. ( Martin Rubinstein, Santa Barbara, on CA) Interesting commentary noting that today's comics are becoming "too 9022 kHz. Both frequencies noted minimal interferences. (Randall W. Morrison, relevant," monitored on 9625 kHz at 1150 UTC. (Fraser, MA) (Mark Spat, W. Manchester, TN) (Wright, MS) Swanzey, NH) 2005 UTC on 17575 0230 UTC on 7413.5 LSB ISRAEL: Kol Israel. Good signal for international news topics, occasional fading PIRATE: Radio USA. Pirate station broadcasting from international waters, observed. (Bower, PA) "DX Corner" featured a Sony ICF -SW77 profile at 2025 on with rebroadcast of Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio ". Station ID at 0252 UTC UTC 11585 kHz. (Fraser, MA) (Jack R. Davis, Birmingham, AL) 2100 UTC on 13700 and radio skit. Announcer mentioned this had been a three -hour broadcast before sign -off at 1013 UTC. Great signal. (Gasque, SC) NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands. "Mirror Images" program discussing 0312 UTC on 7305 France's plans to restore a 95 -year old movie found in the trash! (Fraser, MA) VATICAN STATE: Vatican Radio. Spanish. Interval signal to "Radio Vaticano" Portuguese service heard on 9895 kHz at 0056-0125 UTC, including adiscussion ID. English service heard at0635 UTC on 11625/15090 kHz. (Witham, HI) (Spat, on the outbreak of AIDS in Brazils State of Bahia. (Arsenio Fornaro, Brooklyn, NH) NY) 035E UTC on 7415 2138 UTC on 6576 PIRATE: K.X.K.B.I. Instrumental music to station ID, "this is K.X.K.B.I. Radio NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. French. Asian music at tune- in, followed _.. Interplanetary Radio." ID repeated to pop music. Promotional repeated with by political commentary. Darth Vader's march music to French station ID at 2145 UTC. (Gasque, SC) World news and music monitored additional claim "The Speed of Light, Interplanetary Radio" with program sign - on 15115 kHz at off at 0403 UTC. (Nicholas P. Adams, Newark, NJ) 0000 UTC. (Anderson, Ca.) 0415 UTC on 11455 2205 UTC on 9720 ZAIRE: Radio Kisangani. French. African regional music to 0445 UTC. Local USSR: Radio Moscow. World news suffering co- channel voice interference, announcements and ID, with programming extending beyond 0500 UTC. and slight fading. (Bower, PA) Additional monitoring at 0103 UTC on 9720, and (Witham, HI) 1714 UTC on 9600 kHz. Cultural programming, and news updates included. 0555 UTC on 14917.8 (Tucker, GA) (Hillton, SC) (Eric Stutler, Hot Springs, AR) KIRIBATI: Radio Kiribati. Station sign -on with program schedule. Hawaiian 2220 UTC on 9755 music including the "Hilo March" to BBC news relay. Pacific and world news CANADA: Radio Canada International. "Air Farce" comedy series featuring "As The Coffin Turns" skit. Programming audible on parallel at 0600 UTC. (Witham, HI) Parallel frequency 17917.7 kHz heard at 0555 sign - 5960 kHz. (Fraser, MA) on to 0910 UTC. (David A. Norcross, Barrigada Heights, Guam) Additional 2300 UTC on 11790 monitoring from 0746 -0830. (Gasque, SC) LITHUANIA: Radio Vilnius . Program opening comments, "hello from the independent 0710 UTC on 9265 USB Republic of Lithuania." Co- channel interference from Asian station. (Tucker, GA) ICELAND: I.N.B.S. RikisuNarpid. Icelandic. Hollow- sounding music to lady announcer's chatter. Newscast at 0730 UTC to music program at 0735 UTC. 2325 UTC on 9600 Heavy interferences. (Witham, HI) (Spat, NH) CUBA: Radio Havana. Spanish/English. Special Spanish programming test to 0835 UTC on 3945 North America. English service followed with international news, station VANUATU: Radio Vanuatu. Bislama. Local Sunday evening religious service promotionals, and Latin vocals. "The Jazz Place" music show of Cuban jazz heard on 11950 kHz and a cappella choir music. "Vanuatu" ID and time check at 0900 UTC. at 0028 UTC. (Tucker, GA) Fair signal quality observed Emotional sermon to 0930 UTC. Signal interference from Japan's Radio Tampa. on 15425 kHz at 0230 UTC, and 17705 kHz at 0712 UTC. (Bower, PA) (Fraser, (Norcross, Guam) MA)

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