THE PACIFIC-ASIAN LOG Sixth Edition – July 2004 – by Country Introduction Acknowledgements This is the sixth edition of the Pacific Asian Log. First issued in August DX publications, DX Clubs, E-bulletins, e-mail reflectors, and web sites 2001, The PAL lists all known medium wave broadcasting stations in are my main sources of information. They include Arctic DX Club, southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific. It covers an area extending Australian Radio DX Club (ARDXC), Hard Core DXing (HCDX), as far west as Afghanistan and as far east as Alaska, or roughly one half International Radio Club of America (IRCA), Jembatan DX, Medium Wave of the earth's surface! It now lists over 3500 stations in 59 countries, with Circle (MWC), Nagoya DXers' Circle, New Zealand DX Radio League frequencies, call signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, (NZDXRL). DXing China (1000 Lakes DX Page), Dxlinks.info (Pentti languages, formats, networks and other information. The log also Lintujarvi), DXing.info (Mika Mäkeläinen), Hawaii Radio & Television includes longwave broadcasters, as well as medium wave beacons and Guide, South East Asia on Medium Wave (Alan Davies), mwdx e-mail 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. The following persons provided information (directly or indirectly) which was used in updating this edition of the log: Guy Atkins (USA), John If you find this list useful, then please send me your comments, Bryant (USA), Sam Dellit (Australia), Theo Donnelly (Canada), Nick Hall- corrections, updates, changes, and suggestions for improving it. My e- Patch (Canada), Bill Harms (USA), Bjarne Mjelde (Norway), David mail and postal addresses are listed below Ricquish (New Zealand), Geoff Wolf (Australia). My apologies to any sources I may have inadvertently overlooked. Bruce Portzer Much information was also obtained from web sites for government [email protected] agencies, radio stations, networks, industry groups, and other 6546 19th Avenue N.E. organizations. Seattle, WA 98115 U.S.A. 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 2004 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 7/20/04 Pacific-Asian Log Page i Countries Listed in this Log KRN Korea (North) +9 KRS Korea (South) +9 Here are the countries listed in the log. In order to save space in the log, LAO Laos +7 I’m using 1-3 letter abbreviations for country names. These are usually LHI Lord Howe Island +10:30 the official ITU designation. In some cases, such as Sri Lanka, I’ve used MHL Marshall Islands +12 a different abbreviation to facilitate sorting. For places without ITU MIC Micronesia +11 abbreviations, such as US & French territories, I’ve made up my own. MLA Malaysia +8 The right-hand column 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, MYN Myanmar +6:30 Singapore, and some U.S. island territories. NCL New Caledonia +11 NFI Norfolk Island +11:30 AFG Afghanistan +4:30 NMI Northern Mariana +10 AK Alaska -9(-8 First Sunday in April to last Sunday in Is October) NPL Nepal +5:45 AUS Australia Qld:+10, NSW/Tas/Vic:+10(+11 Last NRU Nauru +12 Sunday in October to last Sunday in NZL New Zealand +12 March), NT:+9:30, SA:+9:30(+10:30 Last PAK Pakistan +5 (summer +6) Sunday in October to last Sunday in PHL Philippines +8 March), WA:+8 PLU Palau +9 BGD Bangladesh +6 PNG Papua New Guinea +10 BIO British Indian +5 RUS Russia Irkutsk:+8 Blagoveschchensk:+9 Ocean Territory Khabarovsk/Vladivostok:+10 Magadan:+11 BRU Brunei Darussalam +8 Petropavlovsk:+12 (summer time may be CBG Cambodia +7 observed in some locations) 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 IND India +5:30 TON Tonga +13 INS Indonesia Java, Western Kalimantan, Sumatera:+7, TUV Tuvalu +12 Eastern Kalimantan, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, TWN Taiwan +8 Sulawesi:+8, Irian Jaya, Maluku:+9 UZB Uzbekistan +5 J Japan +9 VTN Vietnam +7 KAZ Kazakhstan +4/+5/+6 (summer +5/+6/+7) VUT Vanuatu +11 KGZ Kyrgyzstan +5 (+6 summer) WLF Wallis & Futuna +12 KIR Kiribati +12 Printed 7/20/04 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 Location: Locations are as given in government lists, station/network the right of the frequency, I’ve noted stations which vary in frequency with web sites, or on-air announcement and may differ slightly from other lists. a v, those which are currently inactive with a *, and future stations (not yet A letter or number after the location indicates local program designation on the air) with an f. (for example, AIR stations in large cities). Call: The station's government-assigned call letters Region: The state, province, prefecture, oblast, county, borough, autonomous region, territory, island, etc. where the station is located. Network/ Slogan: This is generally the Network or Station name as announced on the air (or the English translation of it). Numbers or letters Power: Power is in kw, d indicates directional antenna (see comments for at the end refer to the network (1,2, etc., L or lcl = local program). more details where available). Powers were obtained from government Slogans for American and Australian commercial stations are lists, station documents/websites, on-air announcements, and other informal/unofficial and subject to change. For Philippine stations, I've "reliable" sources. shown the name of the owner (often used on the air) plus informal Comments: This column lists miscellaneous information, including slogans (where known). schedules, technical information, program information, current status, ABC Australian Broadcasting Commission future plans, shortwave/mediumwave parallels, etc. AFN American Forces Network (U.S. Military) Languages: CC-Chinese (Mandarin), EE-English, FF-French, GG- AIR: All India Radio German, JJ-Japanese, KK-Korean, RR-Russian. Other language names BCC: Broadcasting Corp of China (Taiwan) are written in full. No language info usually means the station broadcasts Bctg, Bcing: Broadcasting (BC=Broadcast) in the country/region's dominant language(s), such as English in BS: Broadcasting Station Australia, Tagalog in the Philippines, etc. Ethnic means the station CBS: Christian Broadcasting System (Korea) broadcasts in several different languages. CBS: Central Broadcasting System (Taiwan) Schedule: All times are in UTC, except where noted (LT=local time). CNR: China National Radio Some schedules may shift by one hour during local summer. 24h means CRI: China Radio International 24 hours. Notations such as xxh/day mean the station is on the air xx EBS: Economic Broadcasting Station (China) hours per day, exact schedule is unknown. Days of the week are KBS: Korean Broadcasting System intended to be UTC, and may not be the same as local dates, i.e. 0100 KCBS: Korean Central Broadcasting Station (N Korea) local time on Monday in Japan is actually 1600 Sunday UTC. Some days LNR : Lao National Radio might be incorrectly shown as local rather than UTC. MBC: Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (South Korea) SW: Possible shortwave parallel, may not operate on the same schedule NBC: National Broadcasting Corp? (Papua New Guinea) as the medium wave station. // means SW or medium wave parallel. Net: Network News Networks/relays: BBC-British Broadcasting Corp., AP-Associated NHK: Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan) Press (US), NPR-National Public Radio (US), CNN/CBS - US news PBS: People's Broadcasting Station (China) networks, R.Aust-Radio Australia, ABC-Australian BCing Commission or R: Radio (RS:Radio Station) American BCing Company, RNZ-R New Zealand, DW-Deutsche Welle RGD: Renmin Guangbo Dientai (China) DA-Directional antenna (I.e. DA-S means beamed to the south), also RM: Radio Malaysia, RTM: Radio TV Malaysia noted as xxxdeg for some stations RRI: Radio Republik Indonesia r indicates a relay of another station. This is generally an unattended Rst.: Radiostantiya (Russia) repeater, such as most of the low powered NHK stations. In some cases, RTHK: Radio TV Hong Kong it refers to a station that relays another during part of its broadcast day. Printed 7/20/04 Pacific-Asian Log Page iii According to the network’s website http://www.radio-two.com.au/ , nonstop National Network Notes music is aired after 6 p.m. (1600 UTC). AUSTRALIA: Racing Radio: This network originates from 2KY-1017 in Sydney and mostly features horse racing and related programs. Other stations in the ABC Newsradio: a nationwide news network with outlets only in the network are 1008 Canberra, 1215 Bowral, 1314 Wollongong, 1341 major cities. Most locally produced rolling news, weather, sports, etc., but Newcastle, 1593 Murwillumbah, and many FMs.