THE PACIFIC-ASIAN LOG October 2010 – Listed by Frequency Introduction Copyright Notice Copyright © 2001-2010 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 My sources of information include DX publications, DX Clubs, E-bulletins, e- pdf version and an interactive on-line version. mail groups, web sites, and reports from individuals. Major sources include Arctic DX Club, Australian Radio DX Club (ARDXC), Hard Core DXing The pdf version is updated twice a year and is available at no cost. There (HCDX), International Radio Club of America (IRCA), Medium Wave Circle are three versions, sorted by frequency, country, or both. (MWC), mediumwave.info (Ydun Ritz), Nagoya DXers Circle (NDXC), New Zealand DX Radio League (NZDXRL). DXing.info (Mika Mäkeläinen), South The on-line version is updated more often (about once a month) and allows East Asia on Medium Wave (Alan Davies), mwdx e-mail group, MWOZ e- the user to search by frequency, country, location, or station. It and the pdf mail group, dx_india e-mail group, and DX Listeners' Digest (DXLD). versions can be found at the Radio Heritage website at: http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL.asp. The following persons provided information that was used to update this edition of the log: Alan Davies (Indonesia), Theo Donnelly (Canada), This site also features @ a Glance guides, quick reference guides for Charles Hutton (USA), David Ricquish (New Zealand). stations in a particular country or region. These guides are abbreviated versions of the PAL listings. The first such guide, listing New Zealand My apologies to any sources I may have inadvertently overlooked. stations, can be downloaded from the Radio Heritage website at http://www.radioheritage.net/Glance.asp Much information was also obtained from web sites for government agencies, radio stations, networks, industry groups, and other 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 10/9/10 Pacific-Asian Log Page i Countries Listed in this Log MHL Marshall Islands +12 FSM Micronesia +11 Here are the countries listed in the log. In order to save space in the log, MLA Malaysia +8 I’m using the official ITU abbreviations in lieu of country names. The right- MLD Maldive Islands +5 hand column shows each country’s time zone relative to UTC. MNG Mongolia +8 BRM Myanmar +6:30 The following countries have no known MW stations: Bhutan, Cocos NCL New Caledonia +11 (Keeling) Island, Easter Island, Lord Howe Island, Nauru, Niue, Singapore, NFK Norfolk Island +11:30 Tuvalu, Wallis & Futuna and some U.S. island territories. MRA Northern Mariana +10 Is AFG Afghanistan +4:30 NPL Nepal +5:45 ALS Alaska Mostly -9 (-8 Second Sunday in March to NZL New Zealand +12 (+13 last Sun in Sept to 1st Sun in Apr) First Sunday in November) PAK Pakistan +5 AUS Australia Qld:+10, NSWVic:+10(+11 First Sun in Oct PHL Philippines +8 to First Sun in Apr), NT:+9:30, PLW Palau +9 SA:+9:30(+10:30 First Sun in Oct to First PNG Papua New Guinea +10 Sun in Apr), Tasmania DST all year in 2010, RUS Russia Irkutsk:+8 Blagoveschchensk:+9 WA:+8 Khabarovsk/Vladivostok:+10 Magadan:+11 BGD Bangladesh +6 Petropavlovsk:+12 (summer time last Sun BIO British Indian +5 in March to last Sun in October) Ocean Territory SLM Solomon Islands +11 BRU Brunei Darussalam +8 SMA Samoa (American) -11 CBG Cambodia +7 SMO Samoa -11 CHN China +8 CLN Sri Lanka +5:30 CHR Christmas Island +7 THA Thailand +7 CKH Cook Islands -10 TJK Tajikistan +5 FJI Fiji +12 (+13 last Sun in Oct to last Sun in Mar) TMP Timor Leste (East +9 FPO French Polynesia -10 Timor) GUM Guam +10 TKM Turkmenistan +5 HWA Hawaii -10 TON Tonga +13 HKG Hong Kong (China) +8 TWN Taiwan +8 IND India +5:30 UZB Uzbekistan +5 INS Indonesia Java, Western Kalimantan, Sumatera:+7, VTN Vietnam +7 Eastern Kalimantan, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, VUT Vanuatu +11 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 Printed 10/9/10 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 Region: The state, province, prefecture, oblast, county, borough, the 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 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 10/9/10 Pacific-Asian Log Page iii am (6 am Sat/Sun) local time. The show has local breaks at :04:30, :12, National Network Notes :20, :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.