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If quoting from the bulletin, please list the original reporter and "RUS-DX" as source. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 13 was declared a UNESCO World Radio Day (World Radio Day) (Editor) RUSSIA ======= Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda ". Broadcast network. -------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" expanding the network broadcast. In January Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" won the tender for the right to broadcast in Samara, Sterlitamak and Salavat. Radio station will be available on the wave 98,2 FM (to Samara) and 100,4 FM (for Sterlitimak and Salavat). Start broadcasting planned for 2015 (for Sterlitamak and Salavat) and for 2016 (to Samara). More than half a million people in Bashkiria and the Volga region to join the audience Radio "KP". Students will be available for federal and regional programming grid. The program broadcasts each station will be formed based on the basic information needs of the local population. A significant portion of airtime take news and analytical programs on events in the region. Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" work in a format news, talk & story. Weekly broadcast goes more than 50 programs and special projects that discuss the major events of the country and the world, are heated debates on topical issues, hear expert commentary. Every 15 minutes - news. Authentic histories of real people going around the world, more than 800 journalists ID KP. Radio station "Komsomolskaya Pravda" has started in 2009. Today, acting regional network consists of 26 radio stations broadcasting cities: Moscow (97.2 FM), Novosibirsk (98,3 FM), Ekaterinburg (92.3 FM), Nizhny Novgorod (92,8FM), Chelyabinsk (95,3 FM), Krasnoyarsk (107, 1 FM), Saratov Engels + (90,6 FM), Perm (96,6 FM), Krasnoyarsk (107,1 FM), Volgograd (96.5 FM), Krasnodar (91,0 FM), Izhevsk (107,6 FM ), Barnaul (106.8 FM), Stavropol + Armavir (105.7 FM), Khabarovsk (88,3 FM), Irkutsk (91,5 FM), Tyumen (99.6 FM), Lipetsk (103,7 FM), Kemerovo (89, 8), Tver (99,3FM), Vladimir (104.3 FM), Vologda (99,2 FM), Abakan (105,3 FM), End of the Line (105,5 FM). Under preparation is launching Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" in Samara (98,2 FM), Kazan (98,0 FM), Rostov-on-Don (89,8 FM), Vladivostok (90,4 FM), Kaliningrad (107 , July 2 FM), Belgorod and Kamyshin (90,7 FM), Nizhnevartovsk (107,4 FM), Nakhodka (107,2 FM), Almetyevsk (97,2 FM), Ussuriisk (99,4 FM), Noyabrsk (104,0 FM), Kaspiysk (90,0 FM), Sarapul (96,4 FM), Serov (89,5 FM) and Gubkin (88,6 FM), and Sterlitamakt Salavatt (100,4 FM). Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" is available anywhere in the world online fm.kp.ru, mobile applications on platforms iOS, Android, Windows, and also in the package satellite operator "Tricolor TV". Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" - a project of the publishing house "Komsomolskaya Pravda" (ID "KP"), which is the first in the Russian media holding company operating on the basis of convergent edition full cycle. In the ID "KP" includes: newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" (daily and weekly editions), "TV Program", "Soviet Sport", "Soviet Sport Football", "Express newspaper," Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda", the site kp.ru. Also Publishing House is releasing collectible projects: "The great poets", "Museums of the World", "The Great Soviet films" and so on. Active expansion of the radio network is one of the priorities of the Publishing House "Komsomolskaya Pravda". Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" - there is something to listen to, there is someone to talk to! (OnAir.ru) Radio ENERGY. Broadcast network. -------------------------------------------------- New cities in the network broadcasting Radio ENERGY. Radio ENERGY continues to actively develop a network of regional broadcasting, OnAir.ru reports referring to the press- center of PMBC. February 5 started broadcasting Radio ENERGY in cities Salavat, Ishimbai and Sterlitamak (Bashkortostan). Broadcasting on a frequency 107,7 FM. All in all, currently installed transmitter 63 Radio ENERGY in Russia, which cover 382 cities. Federal radio audience coverage exceeds 3 million 608 thousand. Students over 12 years on a daily basis (Radio Index, Reach Daily, July- December 2014, TNS). ENERGY (NRJ) - one of the most respected and well-known brands of world radio industry, created by French holding company NRJ GROUP. In Russia, Radio ENERGY, open PMBC in partnership with NRJ GROUP, successfully operating since 2006. During this time, the station became a real trendsetter in the country, affecting the formation of tastes, views, preferences and lifestyles of today's youth and adults. Radio ENERGY listening active, progressive and motivated people who live in the rhythm of the big city, full of energy, effort and emotion, know a lot about the good things and know how to enjoy life. (OnAir.ru) "Radio Dacha". Broadcast network. ----------------------------------------- New cities broadcasting network "Radio Dacha". The regional network broadcast "Radio Dacha" was joined by two of the city of Krasnodar Region: labinsk and Kurganinsk. Broadcasting frequency Labinsk - 102.1 MHz coverage - 61.2 thousand. People. Broadcasting frequency Kurganinsk - 90.1 MHz coverage - 48.5 thousand. People. Regional partner "Radio Dacha" - LLC "Autoradio Region", director - Bogdanov SA "Radio Dacha" occupies the 7th position in the ranking of the most popular radio stations of the country with daily coverage of 5 million 153 thousand. Man. Leader for the duration of daily listening among music radio stations. Regional network broadcast "Radio Dacha" currently has 153 transmitter located in the cities of broadcasting in Russia and CIS countries. Included in Krutoy Media - media holding, uniting "Radio Dacha", Love Radio and "Taxi FM". Official website of "Radio Dacha": www.radiodacha.ru. (OnAir.ru) Voronezhskaya oblast. Voronezh. ----------------------------------------------- "Dorozhnoe Radio" sounds in Voronezh on the new frequency. Radio station "Dorozhnoe Radio" broadcasts since early February in Voronezh on the new frequency 102.3 FM. This is due to the transition station under the control of a branch of EMG in Voronezh. The acquisition of "Dorozhnoe Radio" the largest private broadcasters holding "European media group" held in Moscow in the spring of 2014. "Traffic Radio" takes the first position in the ranking among radio stations in Voronezh in the number of listeners! Daily radio listening in Voronezh about 180 thousand people (19.9%), and about 450 thousand people - a week (49.8%) ** Radio station "Dorozhnoe Radio" has expanded its line EMG branch in Voronezh, which also includes Europa Plus, Retro FM, "Radio 7 on seven hills" and Sport FM. "On receipt of the management of the format" Dorozhnoe Radio ", a branch of the competitive advantages of EMG in Voronezh increased significantly" - sure Director of the Voronezh structural unit EMG Alla Popova. "Dorozhnoe Radio" - the second largest daily audience network in Russia: daily radio listening to more than 10 million people every week - more than 23 million *. The station started broadcasting in 2003 in the city of Kirishi, Leningrad Region. Then broadcast network has developed steadily: Pskov, Murmansk, Ryazan, Khabarovsk, St. Petersburg ... In 2010, the call sign "Dorozhnoe Radio" heard the inhabitants of Moscow. Today the station sounds in more than 670 cities in Russia, as well as all major highways and roads of regional and local importance, the total length of which is estimated at 1.1 million Rosavtodor kilometers. In the area of broadcasting "Dorozhnoe Radio" is home to over 70 million people, or more than half the population of Russia. This - the potential audience "Dorozhnoe Radio". The idea of a single broadcast space is reflected in the slogan "Dorozhnoe Radio" "Along the way!". At the radio station - soulful songs, current traffic information and helpful gear. The radio station: www.dorognoe.ru "Dorozhnoe Radio" is part of the largest non-state broadcasting holding "European media group", broadcast network Europa Plus (station number 1 in Russia on a daily audience), "Dorozhnoe Radio" Retro FM, "Radio 7 on seven hills" Cupcake FM, Sport FM, and Radio Record (Moscow). Broadcasting station covers more than 2,400 cities and towns in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries. Every day the radio station belonging to the EMG, listen to about 22.2 million people (35.3%), every week - more than 41.7 million people (66.3%). * * TNS Russia, Radio Index - Russia (cities with populations of 100,000 or more people.), July-December 2014, Daily Reach (Mon-Fri, 06h-24h), Weekly Reach (Mon-Sun, 06h-24h) among radio stations population 12 years and older. Method of measurement - a telephone interview. ** TNS Russia, Radio Index - Cities. July 2013 - June 2014, Daily Reach (Mon-Sun all day), Weekly Reach (Mon-Sun all day), radio stations among the population 12 years and older. Method of measurement - a telephone interview. (OnAir.ru) Jewish Autonomous Region. Birobidzhan. -------------------------------------------------- -------------- "Nashe radio" now - Birobidzhan !. February 3, 2015 the radio station "Nashe Radio" began broadcasting in Birobidzhan - the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region. The frequency of Birobidzhan - 103,0 FM. The number of potential listeners in the listening area - more than 80 thousand people. To date, "Our radio" broadcasts in 55 cities in Russia. Now in the process of launching 25 more cities. All 2014 "Nashe Radio" in expanding its geography. In 2014, began broadcasting in Krasnoturyinsk Gelendzhik, Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Norilsk, Buzuluk, Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut. Since the beginning of 2015 - in Udomlya, Vichuga and Achinsk. As soon begin broadcasting in Novosibirsk, Kazan, Samara, Volgograd, Magadan, Naryan-Mar, Nizhnevartovsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Tolyatti, Tomsk and Tyumen. "Our Radio" is a "Media Holding", which also combines radio Vest FM, Radio Jazz, ROCK FM, ULTRA and Information Agency "National News Service." The basis of the music playlist radio stations make up such legendary groups as "Agatha Christie", "DDT", "Alice", Zemfira, "Spleen", "Time Machine", "The King and the Clown", "B-2" and many others . Thanks to the "Our Radio" gained national love many musicians from Russia and other countries - Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Latvia. Since 2008, "Our Radio" is the organizer of the National Music Award "Chart Dozen." In addition, the radio station for 15 years holds the largest in the post-festival "Invasion", which collects up to 150,000 spectators annually. nsn.fm (OnAir.ru) Penzenskaya oblast. Penza. -------------------------------------- Radio station "Dorozhnoe Radio" sounded in Penza. "Dorozhnoe Radio" continues to conquer the city. Radio station "Dorozhnoe Radio" from the beginning of February in Penza broadcasts at a frequency of 104.3 FM. Good mental and radio with us can now listen to about 640 thousand. Residents of Penza. Executive Director of "IvMedia" Marin VM penzentsev congratulated the beginning of the broadcast "Dorozhnoe Radio" and wished to listen to music, news, travel chronicles and send greetings to your family and friends. "Dorozhnoe Radio" - the second largest daily audience network in Russia: daily radio listening to more than 10 million people every week - more than 23 million *. The station started broadcasting in 2003 in the city of Kirishi, Leningrad Region. Then broadcast network has developed steadily: Pskov, Murmansk, Ryazan, Khabarovsk, St. Petersburg ... In 2010, the call sign "Dorozhnoe Radio" heard the inhabitants of Moscow. Today the station sounds in more than 670 cities in Russia, as well as all major highways and roads of regional and local importance, the total length of which is estimated at 1.1 million Rosavtodor kilometers. In the area of broadcasting "Dorozhnoe Radio" is home to over 70 million people, or more than half the population of Russia. This - the potential audience "Dorozhnoe Radio". The idea of a single broadcast space is reflected in the slogan "Dorozhnoe Radio" "Along the way!". At the radio station - soulful songs, current traffic information and helpful gear. The radio station: www.dorognoe.ru "Dorozhnoe Radio" is part of the largest non-state broadcasting holding "European media group", broadcast network Europa Plus (station number 1 in Russia on a daily audience), "Dorozhnoe Radio" Retro FM, "Radio 7 on seven hills" Cupcake FM, Sport FM, and Radio Record (Moscow). Broadcasting station covers more than 2,400 cities and towns in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries. Every day the radio station belonging to the EMG, listen to about 22.2 million people (35.3%), every week - more than 41.7 million people (66.3%). * * TNS Russia, Radio Index - Russia (cities with populations of 100,000 or more people.), July-December 2014, Daily Reach (Mon-Fri, 06h-24h), Weekly Reach (Mon-Sun, 06h-24h) among radio stations population 12 years and older. Method of measurement - a telephone interview. (OnAir.ru) Ulyanovskaya oblast. Ulyanovsk. --------------------------------------------- "Vesna FM" and Radio "Chanson" sing in Ulyanovsk Radio "Vesna FM" and "Chanson" sing in Ulyanovsk. They won a tender for radio frequencies and will work on the waves 101,3 FM and 90,6 FM. However, as explained in the Moscow office of Radio "Chanson", "we still rate dorazrabatyvat, licenses, permits," iron ", so that, God forbid, to the end of 2015 run." Indirectly confirm this information and the Office Roskomnadzora the Ulyanovsk region, where we were told that there is a certain order of the commissioning of communication structures, then it all out by the order Roskomnadzora and so on. Radio "Chanson" - one of the most popular radio stations in the country. Brands "Radio" Chanson "," Chanson TV "," Chanson Year "manages JSC" Regional radio. "Dimitrovgrad station has been broadcasting on the frequency 89.0 FM. Playlist - by Rosenbaum, Shufutinski, Syutkina to INXS, ABBA and Michael Jackson. Technical equipment of the studio complex, from which broadcasts radio "Spring FM", allows daily unique concerts with live sound, expert talk show, hold direct HD-broadcast on the station's website, as well as to prepare exit live from events. The most famous leading radio - Xenia Swift. Among the authors have radio Tutta Larsen and Kate Gordon. The radio is included in the media assets of Mikhail Gutseriev. LLC "Literary Collection" Mikhail Gutseriev bought in May 2012 at the co-owner of "Novaya Gazeta" Alexander Lebedev. ulbusiness.ru (Onair.ru) "RUS-DX PLUS" PARTNER CHANNELS AND INTERNET ================================= Shortwave DX-ing from Bulgaria Bulgarian DX blog --------------------------------------------- Videos January 26-31 January 26 Radio Belarus in Belorussian to WeEu 1058 on 11730 Minsk Kalodzicy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vd8Ta2HVso&feature=youtu.be January 29 Kyrgyz Radio 1 in Kyrgyz to CeAs 1547 on 4010 Bishkek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMv7WQUnq4o&feature=youtu.be Tajik Radio 1 in Tajik to CeAs 1545 on 4765 Dushanbe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B7CM43ryDA&feature=youtu.be - UKRAINE Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine WS at new time and target area from Jan.28 1600-2000 on 1431 SMF 800 kW / ??? deg to SERussia Russian ONLY, ex 15-17 to NERu 1700-1900 on 1431 SMF 800 kW / ??? deg to NERussia Ukrainian is CANCELLED, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-broadcasting-of-ukraine-ws-at-new.html - IRAN(non) Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow on 3 freqs: 7550, 9925 and 19850 1700-1730 on 7550 KCH 100 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri, weak on Feb.2 1700-1730 on 9925 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri + 2nd hx 19850 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/02/radio-ranginkamanradio-rainbow-on-7550.html SHORTWAVE BULLETIN Issue no. 1816, 1 February, 2015. edited by Thomas Nilsson, Sweden ----------------------------------------------- Log 7245 Jan23 0220 Voice of Tajik, tajikistan, talks and mx, great id, fair (Bernardini) In Sydney dowunder sehe ich nur VUT 3945 kHz um 1450 UT, Jan 29. Nüssscht auf 5020 kHz zu dieser Zeit. Hier die 'Fuss Abdruckliste' 14-15 UT: 4765.064 TJK Tajik Radio, Dushanbe Yangi-Yul site 4009.955 KGZ Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek. Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 146, Issue 2 ----------------------------------------------------- Message: 3 Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 From: Manuel M?ndez Subject: [HCDX] Logs Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Spain Logs in Friol Tecsun PL-880, Degen 31MS active loop antenna LATVIA 3950, Radio Revival Sweden, Sala, 1808-1908*, 31-01, program "Hit with DJ Pewee", Swedish, pop music, comments,? identification in Swedish and English. 23322. // 6065. 24322.(M?ndez) TAJIKISTAN, 4765, Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, 1931-1945, 31-01, Tajik, comments. 24322.(M?ndez) Message: 4 Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 From: Manuel M?ndez Subject: [HCDX] Correction Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Spain In my logs, Sala, Sweden instead of Latvia for Radio Revival Sweden, 3950 and 6065. Sorry for the mistake PLAY-DX 1636 electronic 01 February 2015 Editor : Dario Monferini, Milano, Italy -------------------------------- LOG & NEWS TOMAS MENDEZ LOSA, BARCELONA, LOGs AMARANTA DX 26/01/2015 1749 11730 BLR Radio Belarus-Minsk/Sasnovy/Kalodzisc powerful signal, low audio, co-chan Pol - MANUEL MENDEZ - LUGO - GALIZIA LOGs Logs in Reinante RX = Sony ICF 7600/G + wire 7 mt Tecsun PL-880, Degen 31MS active loop antenna TAJIKISTAN, 4765, Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, 1931-1945, 31-01, Tajik, comments. 24322.(Méndez) 73s Manuel - UWE SENNEWALD near DRESDEN GERMANY LOGs USSD Rx :DE 1103 for LW MW /Tecsun S 2000 for SW with Grahn GS3-SE + ML 2(magnetic loop) 4810 26/1 19.00-19.16 R Armenia,Jerevan,ID,arab,IS,hymn,news,ann,music, suff USSD Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 146, Issue 3 ----------------------------------------------------- Message: 4 Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 From: Glenn Hauser Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 1, 2015 ** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, Feb 1 at 1441, Denge Kurdistane via PRIDNESTROVYE with two or three gunshots, then crowd noises and music. A bit unnerving, but I supposed to be expected from the PKK terrorists, as Turkey sees them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DX LISTENING DIGEST 15-04, January 28, 2015 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser ---------------------------------------- ** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, MOLDOVA (listed [PRIDNESTROVYE]), Radyoya Denge Kurdistane, 1/12, 1430. Middle eastern music. VG. Refs show Moldova, but I'm going with other DXers suggesting a transmitter site from the Philippines (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Hammarlund HQ- 200, Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, outdoor and indoor random wire, Slinky, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Who says Philippines???? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, Jan 22 at 1425, Denge Kurdistane, another nice concert from the PKK terrorists for Turkey via PRIDNESTROVYE: solo flutish to frenzied strumming, yelling in unison, 1430 solo singing; fair signal, much more than 9395 Global 24. 9400, Jan 26 at 1428, Denge Kurdistane with Kurdish music concert, but seems with CCI? Normally it`s clear after 1400. Then I decide it`s ACI from 9395 WRMI Global 24 since they are playing music with some hi- pitched chimes, rather like HSK9 would on 9390, but not heard now; see USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) eQSL Received from Clandestine RADYOYA DENGE KURDISTAN Hi Guys: Just received an eQSL in the mailbox for the following: 9400, Radoyoya Denge Kurdistan CLANDESTINE STATION to Kurdistan and Iraq, via Pridnestrovsky Radiotelecentr in MOLDOVA. FULL DATA QSL Sheet received in 3 Days for an emailed report to prtc@idknet.com Signed by Chief of Station, but signature is unreadable. QSL Sheet pictures the Antenna Farm at the station (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, Jan 26, ODXA yg via DXLD) Which antenna farm? Uses more than one site; or just generic (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. N.B. henceforth items about CRIMEA will be filed separately under C; no shortwave active there. See above in this ish ** RUSSIA. PUTIN'S PROPAGANDA INDUSTRY TIGHTENS ITS BELT Dear Glenn and Ydun, I send you an article about the state of the Russian media. Maybe this is an off-topic to radio but this explains better the dire situation of its media landscape and it explains better the former and future cuts int Russia including radio. The article is a little bit long, sorry for that. Hopefully you and your readers will find it interesting. Regards, Tibor Gaal Now, the article (published on http://www.bloomberg.com news portal, opinion section): Putin's Propaganda Industry Tightens Its Belt Leonid Bershidsky Jan 23, 2015 9:30 AM EST "One does not economize on ideology" -- so, according to historian Roy Medvedev, went a favorite saying of Mikhail Suslov, the man responsible for maintaining the purity of Marxism-Leninism in 1970's Soviet Union. While high oil prices held, Russian President Vladimir Putin acted in full accordance with this adage, building an expensive, powerful propaganda machine to bolster support for his policies at home and abroad. Now, however, the Putin ideological apparatus -- both its public and private tentacles -- is suffering ruthless cost cuts. For all its Soviet nostalgia, Putin's Russia is a quasi-capitalist corporation, after all. Last year, the state news agency, ITAR-TASS went back to its Soviet brand, simply TASS -- once short for "the Soviet Union's Telegraph Agency", now a standalone acronym like BP -- and adopted the proud slogan "We know." Ramzan Kadyrov, the fiercely pro-Putin leader of Chechnya, went so far as to name a mountain peak in the Caucasus after TASS. But yesterday, the agency, which had just two years ago tempted many private media journalists with salaries only an oil monarchy could pay, announced a 25 percent staff cut and a 20 percent salary cut. Those who refuse to take it are offered five times their monthly salaries to quit immediately. Sergei Mikhailov, the veteran spin doctor who became TASS director general, brusquely explained the cuts by saying the team had failed to achieve "a global breakthrough in terms of both quality and quantity." "We put out, on average, one news item per two employees, it costs no less than 3000 rubles ($47) to produce, and we have very little exclusive, much-quoted information," the news site Meduza.io quoted Mikhailov's memo on a TASS internal site as saying. "We still follow news trends rather than form them." TASS is only the latest propaganda outlet to make cuts. The government-owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta, which holds the monopoly on the official publication of new laws and government decrees, is letting go 10 percent of its staff. News Media, the holding company that runs a number of media assets for Putin's close friend Yury Kovalchuk, decided to cut between 15 and 30 percent of its staff, including 15 to 17 percent of the employees of Lifenews, the TV channel that has carried some of the most powerful domestically-targeted propaganda on the Ukraine crisis. Faced with a steep drop in oil revenues, the Russian government is sequestering the 2015 budget to cut spending by 10 percent. Government-financed media are not exempt from the cut. Last week, they received official word from the finance ministry that their funding will be reduced by 10 percent. This concerns the national TV channels and Russia Today, the entity that runs a Russian-language news agency that competes with TASS, a Russian radio station and an international TV operation under the RT brand. Six months ago, RT had been promised a 30 percent increase to its 2014 budget so it could start broadcasting in German and French. Now, the 2015 allocation, 15.4 billion rubles ($240 million), will be cut by 10 percent. RT is still getting more money than last year, but the ruble's sharp devaluation in recent months means that the dollar value of the subsidy has decreased by 46 percent. That's important for RT because it works in foreign markets and hires foreigners. According to RT editor Margarita Simonyan, about 80 percent of the operation's expenses are in foreign currencies. Plans for the German and French versions will probably be scrapped, Simonyan told the daily Vedomosti, at least for this year. At the same time, the Russian Communications Ministry is setting tougher goals for Russia Today to justify the subsidy. In Russian government programs, future disbursements depend on how the subsidy recipient meets key performance indicators -- see, Russian government managers have been to business school! So a new version of the "Information Society 2011-2020" program, under which Russia Today is funded, requires RT to have an audience of 640 million, up from 630 million in the previous version. If the program is approved, Russia Today will also need to make sure that its work is cited 13,500 times by foreign media, compared with 7500 times planned for 2014. The problem with these KPI's, of course, is that when foreign media cite RT, they don't use it as a source of information, regardless of the the media platform's goal of "forming an objective image of Russia abroad." Rather, RT quotes are used as samples of Russian propaganda, or sometimes to convey the Kremlin's official views. It appears not to matter to Kremlin ideologues, however: They just want to make sure their point of view is out there. "The aim of this new propaganda is not to convince or persuade, but to keep the viewer hooked and distracted, passive and paranoid, rather than agitated to action," Peter Pomerantvev and Michael Weiss wrote about Putin's domestic propaganda in their recent paper, "The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture and Money." The creators of the Russian propaganda machine assumed this approach would work for European and U.S. audiences, too. That was too audacious an assumption. For about 90 percent of Russians, television is the primary source of news (compared with 69 percent of Americans), and when television is state-controlled and every channel projects the Kremlin's views, the effectiveness of propaganda is assured. In the West, RT, with its potential audience of about 600 million, is one of a number of relatively small media outlets. It will never be an effective weapon in the Kremlin's perceived information war unless the audience is bombarded as regularly and thoroughly as it is within Russia. Even in the fat years, Russia could not afford to inject enough cash into the propaganda machine to have a serious impact in the West. Now, the Kremlin is unwilling to spend much of its dwindling foreign currency reserves on what amounts to a vanity project. As for the domestic theater of the information war, opposing views have been marginalized so effectively in Russia that the propaganda outlets can cope with their job even on a tighter budget, with fewer staff. The journalists who were tempted with above-market pay two or three years ago, and who are now being tossed unceremoniously into the street in the midst of an economic crisis, will now realize they were only needed to help plow over the previous media landscape and establish the government monopoly on information. Now, their job is done, and the Kremlin's generosity is, too. Leonid Bershidsky is a Bloomberg View contributor. He is a Berlin- based writer, author of three novels and two nonfiction books. (via Tibor Gaal, Hungary, Jan 24, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 531, 1533-, Avtoradio Sakhalin, Jan 21. Just happened to tune into 531, expecting to hear the usual NHK1 stations, but instead it was in Russian! Very pleased with this catch. NHK1 rapidly rose again to dominate. Avtoradio ID at 1616 without any NHK interference, but only for a few moments, as they came back within 30 seconds. News noted at 1630. Their IDs are canned and are followed by a rapid 3 tone and 'RaaDeeOhh', with emphasis on the 'D'. Almost exclusively lively modern Russian music. Link is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k71iwta75v3nani/Russia%20531%20Avtoradio%20Yuzhno- Sakhalinsk%20exc%20ID%20snip15h00%2023Jan2015%20Masset.mp3?dl=0 531, 1500-, Avtoradio, Jan 23. Excellent reception with nice ID for Avtoradio, and TC for 18:00 in Moscow, and into news in Russian. No sign of NHK1 at all until 1503. Suspect this is simply a network feed. Nothing local at this time. Back into music after an ad at 1504:30 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 576, 1500-, Radio Rossii, Jan 21. Very good reception with TC for 18:00 (Moscow time) and into news. Of course the first several news items mention Vladimir Putin. Band scan showing Russia also on 810 (Razdolnoe). The latter, not easy, with 2 cochannels in addition. As dawn breaks in the lower 48, much improved with Russia dominating 810 by 1523. Here's a link to 576: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9elts76mixkh5tv/Russia%20576%20Radio%20Rossii%20superb%20reception%20to%2015h 30%20snip%2021Jan2015%20Masset.mp3?dl=0 576, 1540-, Radio Rossii, Jan 22. Didn't notice this yesterday, but significant transmitter hum this morning. Otherwise in the clear at good level. 576, 1508-, Radio Rossii, Jan 23. Excellent reception this morning again with news, then weather, with Khabarovsk first, followed by Sevastopol. Nothing local afterwards and into a program about a 1969 sports story. Best ever heard! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 810, 1506-, Radio Rossii, Jan 22. Another very good TP morning. Russia totally dominates the frequency. News, then sports at 1507 and national weather at 1509. At 1510, I'm noting a Chinese station starting to dominate. Fun to watch how propagation operates! By 1512:30, Rossii is dominant again (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See lists below: 576 is certainly Khabarovsk, and 810 is Vladivostok, both now disabled! but 531 is on neither list, not R. Rossii. The only 531 DVR in WRTH 2015 is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Medium wave --- End of powerful MW broadcasting in Russia. On February 1, disabled: 567 Volgograd 567 Kyzyl 576 Khabarovsk 585 Perm 594 Izhevsk 621 Syktyvkar 621 Makhachkala 639 Omsk 657 Murmansk 693 Ufa 739 Chelyabinsk 765 Petrozavodsk 792 Aleksandrovsk 792 Abakan 810 Vladivostok 846 Elista 855 Penza 873 Moscow 873 Petersburg 873 Samara 873 Kaliningrad 918 Arkhangelsk 945 Rostov 963 Zakamensk 1080 Saransk 1116 Sochi 1134 Vyoshenskaya 1278 Severobaykalsk 1287 Terrible [sic, as in Ivan the? Maybe Strashchniy? --- gh] 1476 Ongudai 1503 Mining [another place name got translated as if common word] 1584 Keys [ditto] (Victor Rutkowskiy, Ekaterinburg, Russia / "open_dx" via RusDX 25 Jan via WORLD OF RADIO 1758, DXLD) After February 1, 2015 broadcast on medium wave transmitters will continue 10 RTR. All of them are low-power - from 1 to 15 kW - and enable radio reception in a radius of 50 kilometers, the source says RBC. But what exactly? (Mauno Ritola / "open_dx", ibid.) Here is what remains after 1 February: kHz kW Location of Regional inclusion 711 7 Naryan-Mar, Nenetskiy Autonomny Okrug GTRK "Zapolyarje" / "Pomorje" 738 25 Palana, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka" 936 5 Matveevka, Orenburgskaya oblast GTRK "Orenburg" 1008 1 Tuapse, Krasnodarskiy kray 1089 5 Tilichiki, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka" 1098 5 Nikolsk, Vologodskaya oblast GTRK "Vologda" 1152 50 Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovskiy kray GTRK "Dalnevostochnoe" 1251 1 Urup, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia GTRK "Karachay- Cherkessia" 1251 7 Cherkessk, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia GTRK "Karachay- Cherkessia" 1278 5 Bagdarin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya" 1278 25 Barguzin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatakaya" 1350 5 Ust-Kan, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1350 5 Ust-Ulagan, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1395 5 Buguruslan, Orenburgskaya oblast GTRK "Orenburg" 1440 5 Kosh-Agach, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1440 5 Turochak, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1440 5 Ust-Cox, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1458 7 ?gva, Permskiy kray GTRK "Perm" 1485 1 Kamensky, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka" 1521 5 Boguchani, Krasnoyarskiy kray GTRK "Krasnoyarsk" 1584 1 Taksimo, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya" 1602 1 Novoiliynskiy, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya" 1602 1 Ust-Barguzin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya" (Alexander Berezkin, St. Petersburg, Russia / "open_dx" via RusDX 25 Jan via WORLD OF RADIO 1758, DXLD) So contrary to previous report that max remaining power would be 15 kW, but mostly plenty pitiful (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Gentlemen: Thanks for your responses to my query about the identity of that interval signal I have on one of my old cassette recordings of Radio Vilnius broadcasts. I have decided to say that it is "believed to be that of Moskovskaya Radio, the Russian Service of Radio Moscow." You can hear the full recordings and see the associated commentary here: http://swling.com/blog/2015/01/shortwave-radio-recordings-radio-vilnius-1990-1991/ courtesy of Thomas Witherspoon. Thanks. Kind regards (Richard B. Langley, Geodetic Research Laboratory, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKSTAN. 7245, 0209-, Voice of Tajik, Jan 23. Good reception tonight with central Asian sounding music. At 0211:30, a YL spoke briefly before returning to the same style music. I thought that it might be // to 4765, but not so. I suppose that this is the international service, while the 60 m channel is domestic (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet: 1200-1215 NF 15543 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542 1215-1230 NF 15537 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548 1245-1300 NF 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15563 1330-1400 NF 7587 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11692 1400-1430 NF 11518 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11517 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Updated schedule of Voice of Tibet: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/01/updated-schedule-of-voice-of-tibet.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan 27, dxldyg via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. N.B. henceforth items about CRIMEA will be filed separately under C; no shortwave active there (gh) ** UKRAINE [non]. USA, 11580, 2351-, Radio Ukraine International [sic], Jan 21. Very good reception with English broadcast of RUI. Much better than I can ever hear them in Victoria. Solid S7 to 8 signal, in the clear. With a very low noise floor (about -122 dB in this part of the band), reception is easy. In the city, with a noise floor from S5 to S7, it's difficult to hear. Now checking on 7455 at 0030, it's even better at S9 + 10, but with RTTY interference. More of a nuisance only. Same program as at 2330, and IDing as Ukrainian International Radio (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7455, Jan 28 at 0042, WRMI no longer here during this hour, just RTTY, but open carrier over it on from 0054 before TruNews from 0100. For a few weeks at 00-01 UT, 7455 had carried System D of other programming including a repeat of Ukrainian Radio English at 0030-0100, in addition to 2330-2400 on 11580. Now I find that too is on 11580, UR English at 0042; while 5850 continues to carry R. Slovakia International in English at 0030. The WRMI online schedule has been partially updated to show this. This means that the Albanian hour from R. Tirana on 7465 no longer suffers from 7455 splash, since it ends at 0100 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1758, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CRIMEA ** UKRAINE. Ukrainian commercial broadcaster Gala Radio has changed ownership and format and become 'Radio EU' (ID actually sounds like 'Radio Yes' to my English ears). The station broadcasts on FM to Kiev and 11 other cities. As yet I'm unable to locate a Radio EU website, but live audio can be heard by selecting the Radio Gala stream on streaming portals such as Tunein.Com. This page has details about the change of ownership: http://tinyurl.com/radioeu CORRECTION: Mark Hattam has pointed out that it's actually 'Radio ES' (though Google Translate renders it as EU) and found their website at http://radioec.com.ua (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Jan 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) GALA RADIO RADIO STATION SOLD TO THE DUTCH MEDIA HOLDING Golllandsky media holding RadioCorp completes its acquisition of Ukrainian radio station Gala Radio. Program director of the radio station Roman Davydov said that an agreement to acquire the radio station will be signed on Jan. 20. The parameters of the transaction took place not disclosed. An estimated two directors Ukrainian radio, the market value such as Gala Radio station does not exceed $ 5 million. National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting at its last meeting on January 15 agreed to change in the composition of the editorial and name change: a new radio director Paul instead Shilko was the former director of Nashe Radio and NRJ Bolhovetsky Bogdan, and the name changed to Gala Radio Radio Yes. Dutch acquire companyAbout PAO Mirak, which owns the rights to the corporate Gala Radio. Recall in late December, the site Gala Radio reported that on October 27 radio station received a loan in the amount of 200,000 euros from the Dutch holding RadioCorp Invectors BV. For the first time the principal owner of Gala Radio Joseph Lemoore put the radio on sale in the 2007th year. According to the owner of Business Radio Group (station Chanson, Favorite Radio, Business Radio and others) Anatoly Evtuhova then for Gala Radio asked about $ 10 million. Gala Radio - founded in 1994, is one of the oldest private radio stations of the country. For 20 years the station has never changed its concept. it.siteua.org (OnAir.ru)(via RusDX 25 Jan via DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. 15725, 1335-, TWR India Jan 24 Excellent reception with listed Hindi programming. I'm assuming we're receiving the broadcast from the back end of the antenna, over the Pole (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UZBEKISTAN. 9540, Jan 26 at 1423, poor signal playing BaBcoCk IS, with longer pauses than usual and seems to cut out now and then past 1426; at 1429 dead air with flutter past 1430. Presumed FEBA via Tashkent as in fact registered by BaBcoCk for Hindi at 1430-1500, 100 kW, 131 degrees. 9540 was an old R. Tashkent frequency; how we miss them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DX-Window No. 523 from the Danish Shortwave Club International Greve, Denmark Editor and Distributor: Anker Petersen February 04, 2015 ---------------------------------------- DX NEWS * ARMENIA 4810, R Armenia, Gavar, 1905-1915, Jan 29, Arabic news, contact info incl. Web site, Armenian song, 35343. (Beryozkin) * AZERBAIJAN The Broadcasting Board of Governors Dec 26 condemned the raid and closure of R Free Europe/R Liberty's Baku office by Azerbaijani authorities. Investigators from Azerbaijan's state prosecutor's office entered the RFE/RL bureau on the morning of Dec 26 accompanied by armed police officers. They searched the company safe, ransacked files and equipment, and ordered staff members to leave the building after holding them in a room for several hours without telephone or computer access. Several staff members later were summoned for questioning. "This unwarranted action is an escalation of the Azeri government's abusive attempt to intimidate independent journalists and repress free media," said BBG Chairman Jeff Shell. "We call on the authorities to immediately allow RFE/RL to resume its important journalistic work from Baku, and to release investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova". The government raid comes three weeks after the arrest and detention in Baku of prominent Azerbaijani investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova, a contributor to RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service programming. Ismayilova was sentenced to two months of pre-trial detention, and if convicted could serve three to seven years in prison. Khadija's arrest has been widely condemned, including by the BBG. Amnesty International has declared Ismayilova a prisoner of conscience, "detained solely for exercising her right to freedom of expression". "The raiding of our Baku bureau is a flagrant violation of every international commitment and standard Azerbaijan has pledged to uphold" said Nenad Pejic, RFE/RL's editor in chief and co-CEO. "The order comes from the top as retaliation for our reporting, and as a thuggish effort to silence RFE/RL. This is not the first time that a regime has sought to silence us, and we will continue our work to support Azeris' basic right of free access to information and to report the news to audiences that need it." "The operation of our bureau is incapacitated in Baku", said Kenan Aliyev, director of RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service. "There has been a long ongoing crackdown on the media and NGOs in Azerbaijan, including the arrest of Khadija Ismayilova, the host of our show and our contributor. We view this as part of this ongoing campaign against independent media." (DXLD Dec 31 via RUS-DX no. 802, Jan 11) * KYRGYZSTAN 4010, Kyrgyz R 1, Bishkek, Krasnaya Rechka, 1905-1915, Jan 29, Kyrgyz/Russian, parliamentary debates, 45444. (Beryozkin) 4821, Kyrgyz National R, Krasnaya Rechka, 1849, Jan 29, vernacular phone interviews on political theme - maybe increased broadcast time ?, 32442 // 4010. (Pankov) 5130, SW Relay Sce., Bishkek, Krasnaya Rechka (tentative), 1725, Jan 05, fair low modulation, 11111. (Giroletti) * LITHUANIA 9585, RMRC, via Sitkunai (Cf. DX-Window no. 522). I made the consultation of channel selection for this RMRC broadcast. Checked all available broadcast time slots of the single 100 kW transmitter at Sitkunai, during two deep (European) nights, checked all remote receiver units in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia for possible 31 mb reception. But on shortest December daytime day on northern Arctic / Siberia path you could not expect better reception results. Different approach on 9585 would be in early November or early March time slot. Sitkunai installations are limited to a single fixed 59 degrees antenna, meant more for southerly lobe wave to Tibet, Hong Kong and Philippines target, but no solution to slew Sitkunai mainlobe to proper 45 degrees towards all Japan. Instead: Better propagation solution for Japan target could be a transmissions hour select at 1300-1400 via HRI T8WH Palau Pacific instead. (Bueschel, Jan 09) * MOLDOVA 621 MW, R Pridnestrovye, Grigoriopol/Maiac, 1630-2037, Jan 30, Russian, 25332. (Beryozkin) 1413 MW, Vesti FM, Grigoriopol/Maiac, 0505-0511, Jan 30, Russian, 55454. (Beryozkin) * RUSSIA 585 MW, R Rossii, Perm, Perm/Sylva, 0155-0200, Jan 30, Russian local advs, weather report, 35443. (Beryozkin) 594 MW, R Rossii, Izhevsk, 0201, Jan 30, Russian news, 35443. (Beryozkin) 612 MW, Narodnoye R, Moscow, Jan 30, Russian cultural programme, 45444. (Beryozkin) 621 MW, R Rossii, Komi Gor, Syktyvkar, 0527, Jan 25, Russian, regional programme about 6th International Congress on Russian North, 333443. (Beryozkin) 657 MW, R Rossii, Murmansk, 0528, Jan 25, Russian, 45444. (Beryozkin) 765 MW, R Rossii, Petrozavodsk/Pedaselga, 0530, Jan 25, Russian, 55444. (Beryozkin) 873 MW, R Rossii, St. Petersburg/Olgino, 0311, Jan 30, Russian, 55544. (Beryozkin) 918 MW, R Rossii, Arkhangelsk/Koskovo, 0307-0310, Jan 30, Russian news, 35343. (Beryozkin) 1287 MW, R Rossii, Grozny, 1922, Jan 29, Russian political comment, 33443. (Beryozkin) - End of powerful MW broadcasting in Russia. On Feb 01, 2015, disabled: 567 Volgograd, 567 Kyzyl, 576 Khabarovsk, 585 Perm, 594 Izhevsk, 621 Syktyvkar, 621 Makhachkala, 639 Omsk, 657 Murmansk, 693 Ufa, 739 Chelyabinsk, 765 Petrozavodsk, 792 Aleksandrovsk, 792 Abakan, 810 Vladivostok, 846 Elista, 855 Penza, 873 Moscow, 873 Petersburg, 873 Samara, 873 Kaliningrad, 918 Arkhangelsk, 945 Rostov, 963 Zakamensk, 1080 Saransk, 1116 Sochi, 1134 Vyoshenskaya, 1278 Severobaykalsk, 1287 Terrible, 1476 Ongudai, 1503 Mining and 1584 Keys. (Rutkowskiy / "open_dx" in RUS-DX No. 804, Jan 25 and Bohac) - Here is what remains after Feb 01, 2015: kHz kW Location of Regional inclusion 711 7 Naryan-Mar, Nenetskiy Autonomny Okrug GTRK "Zapolyarje" / "Pomorje" 738 25 Palana, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka" 936 5 Matveevka, Orenburgskaya oblast GTRK "Orenburg" 1008 1 Tuapse, Krasnodarskiy kray 1089 5 Tilichiki, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka" 1098 5 Nikolsk, Vologodskaya oblast GTRK "Vologda" 1152 50 Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovskiy kray GTRK "Dalnevostochnoe" 1251 1 Urup, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia GTRK "Karachay-Cherkessia" 1251 7 Cherkessk, Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia GTRK "Karachay-Cherkessia" 1278 5 Bagdarin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya" 1278 25 Barguzin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatakaya" 1350 5 Ust-Kan, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1350 5 Ust-Ulagan, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1395 5 Buguruslan, Orenburgskaya oblast GTRK "Orenburg" 1440 5 Kosh-Agach, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1440 5 Turochak, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1440 5 Ust-Cox, Altai Republic GTRK "Gorny Altai" 1458 7 Ёgva, Permskiy kray GTRK "Perm" 1485 1 Kamensky, Kamchatkiy kray GTRK "Kamchatka" 1521 5 Boguchani, Krasnoyarskiy kray GTRK "Krasnoyarsk" 1584 1 Taksimo, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya" 1602 1 Novoiliynskiy, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya" 1602 1 Ust-Barguzin, Republic of Buryatia GTRK "Buryatskaya" (Beryozkin / "open_dx" in RUS-DX No. 804, Jan 25) - 6989.8, New frequency for the Communist Party of Russia Radio Comintern, 1420-1500, Jan 09, Russian songs, ex 7200v. The power is only 1 kW. (Ivanov) * TAJIKISTAN 4765, Tajik R, Dushanbe, 1931-1945, Jan 31, Tajik comments, 24322. (Méndez) * UKRAINE 765 MW, R Mayak, Odessa, Petrovka, 1600-1605, Jan 24, Russian, interval signal anns, songs, 23432. (Beryozkin) 1431 MW, R Ukraine World Service, Nikolayev/Luch, 1605-1610, Jan 24, Russian news, "Russian Idea and Ukrainian Dream" programme, 55555. (Beryozkin) - A new transmitter tested 1st day on 1278 MW. Jan 29 heard at 1740 with program 1 from Ukrainian R. Very powerful and with loop it was only IRIB Kermanshah in the background. Acc. to Mauno Ritola the transmitter is located at Odessa- Petrovka, a small village 64 km north of Odessa. (Ericson, via RUS-DX No. 805, Feb 01) - 11980.1 CUSB, R Dniprovska Hvylya, Zaporizhia, 0700-0930, Sa Jan 31, Ukrainian Sa/Su. (Ivanov) - One of the Ukrainian FM radio stations will soon change the owner and hold rebranding, after which it will be called radio "the EU", i.e. "European capital". This was during a briefing the chairman of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting Yuri Artemenko, reports PressOrg http://pressorg24.com . He said that one of the companies wants to create a radio station, the content of which will be "focused on the European environment". "This will be the first format of the radio, where talk about European events. We talked to future owners - it is the Europeans who want to tell Ukraine about values of European life, want to do a" European educational program, "want to do live reports from Brussels, Strasbourg. That is, we want to join the European family, "- said the chairman of the National Council. (RUS-DX No. 805, Feb 01) Shortwave Central ------------------------------- February 02, 2015 QSL Report: February 2015 Clandestine Radoyoya Denge Kurdistan, via Pridnestrovsky Radiotelecentr in Moldova, 9400 kHz. Full data verification letter featuring station's antenna farm, illegible signature from Chief of Station. Received in three days for program details to: prtc@idknet.com. (Robert S Ross, Canada/ODXA/playdx) Medium Wave Lithuania-Radio Free Europe, 1386 AM kHz. E-verification letter from Rimantas Pleikys. Received in one day for program details to: riplei@takas.it (Llorella) Russia GTRK Krasnodar/Radio Adygea, 7325 kHz. Full data verification. Received by registered mail in five months for program details to: krasnodar@rtrn.ru ru6ax@land.ru and krtpc@krtpc.ru (Llorella) - February 05, 2015 International Shortwave Broadcast Guide Updates Russia, R Sputnik (ex Voice of Russia via Global 24/WYFR relay) new entry English 1600-1700 Sat 9395na 1700-1800 Sat 9395na BC-DX 1195 , 05 Feb 2015 edited by Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany ------------------------------------------------------ ESTONIA QSL - Received an e-QSL from Radio Eli ("Family Radio") from Estonia translation in Russian 28 Jan 2015 at frequency 1035 kHz. report sent by electronic mail to: The card - radio station staff. (Dmitry Kutuzov-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" RUSdx Jan 28) LITHUANIA QSL - Received an acknowledgment from the Lithuanian radio station Radio Baltic Waves International for the retransmission of "Radio Liberty" in Russian 28 Jan 2015 at frequency 1386 kHz from Sitkunai-LTU. The report sent by electronic mail: Very detail-filled letter indicated even distance from me to the transmitter. The report confirmed Rimantas Pleikys. 28 Jan 2015 from 0430-0500 UT NHK Radio Japan hosted in Russian language on frequency 5910 kHz (Sitkunai, Lithuania 100 kW), SINPO: 25332. Sometimes reception reached up to 3 points, and at times quite propodaet. Transfer "Technology low-tech: reducing poverty in developing countries." (Dmitry Kutuzov-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" RUSdx Jan 28) MOLDOVA QSL Prednesrovie - Received an electronic QSL from the Prednesrovie radio center Grigoriopol Maiac for broadcasting BBC Farsi (Persian) 23 Jan 2015 at the frequency of 7445 kHz 0330-0430 UT. The report sent by electronic mail: The card is not specified BBC, and BAB (apparently BABCOCK brokery). But in A-15 season tentat. on 9425 kHz at 0230-0330 UT zone 40 300kW 116deg. Received an electronic QSL from the Transnistrian radio center Grigoriopol Maiac for broadcasting Radio Denge Kurdistana in Kurdish 27 Jan 2015 at a frequency of 9400 kHz 04-08 & 12-16 UT. report sent by electronic mail: The report confirmed SN Omelchenko, techn. Director of "PRTTS. (Dmitry Kutuzov-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" RUSdx Jan 29) RUSSIA On Monday (26 Jan 2015) Kurkino radio center may close. There's a property dispute. Touches Radonezh, People's Radio, Radio Teos more here: (Sergei Popov) From Moscow Kurkino worked 612/738/1134 kHz. (Victor Rutkowski-RUS, "open_dx" RUSdx Jan 28) Broadcast radio "Radonezh" in Moscow is limited. Orthodox radio "Radonezh" will no longer be broadcast in Moscow Kurkino on medium wave 612 kHz. "On Friday we notified the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network. 20 years we have listened to this wave of Muscovites, there was a huge audience," - said "Interfax-Religion" on Monday station director Evgeny Nikiforov. Noting that the situation has been brewing for a long time, he suggested that the reason for the decision - in the high cost of land. "The land on which the transmitter is located in Kurkino, is much more expensive than radio services. It is surprising that we have put before the fact in two days to stop broadcasting. Dali would finalize at least until the end of the month, to say goodbye to the audience," - said the official. However, he said that the radio will be listening on frequency FM 72,95, "but the park receivers for this frequency is very limited, and in car stereo that" Soviet "frequency is not at all." (OnAir.ru; via RUSdx Jan 28) Closure of Radio "Radonezh" postponed for a month, 26 Jan 2015. As a result of negotiations between the holder of the license to broadcast in Moscow NE 612 kHz (MRC RTRS) and broadcasting center in Kurkino achieved arrangements for the temporary extension of Radio Broadcasting "Radonezh" in the former regime. (Victor Rutkowski-RUS, "open_dx" RUSdx Jan 28) As a result of negotiations between the holder of the license to broadcast in Moscow NE 612 kHz (MRC RTRS) and broadcasting center in Kurkino agreed to a temporary extension of broadcasting radio "Radonezh" in the former regime. In the future it is hoped that the dispute between economic entities will be resolved in favor of the Orthodox audience - the general director of the Russian Orthodox World "Radio" Radonezh "Evgeny Nikiforov. But as the danger stopped broadcasting at that frequency in Moscow and the region is preserved, we ask all our loyal listeners get a receiver capable of taking us to the frequency FM 72.92 MHz or download an application for a hearing on the Internet. also, "Radonezh" you can listen to satellite broadcasting radiopakete "Tricolor". for us it is very important to keep the broadcast program at 612 kHz AM / CB, as the only way we can listen in cars. The so-called "Soviet FM" or VHF, which we now realize broadcasting is not included in modern radio cars. that too is a kind of "zagovovorom" gateway radio industry. Radio "Radonezh" exercised broadcast on medium wave 612 kHz quarter of a century, becoming the first independent radio station in Russia. The existing audiences at this frequency mostly elderly people for whom it is sometimes the only opportunity to obtain spiritual comfort. Assessment Rossvyaznadzor potential audience of Radio "Radonezh" in Moscow and the region of 10 million people. The loss of a significant part of its immediate impact on the overall budget of the radio station, formed exclusively by donations from listeners. "Radonezh" to this day remains the only radio station in Moscow has consistently adhered to strictly Orthodox perspective. (via RUSdx Febr 1) RUSSIA Mediumwave log on remote Moscow and St. Petersburg units in Perseus server network, at 03-04 UT Jan 30. Also, wenn dereinst zu Sylvester 2015 DLF, vor allem Heusweiler 1422 kHz, aber auch Neumuenster 1269 kHz und Koenigslutter 756 kHz ausgeschaltet sind, gibt es in MSK und STP weniger fuer den Freak zu hoeren, es ist erstaunlich welche Signale da jetzt noch im Winter abgeliefert werden ... Rumaenische Sender strahlen dort auch stark ein, sogar die kleinen Anlagen vom Schwarzen Meer. Der Platzhirsch ist eindeutig 1413 kHz mit einem S=9+40dB Signal. ab 500 bis 1000 kHz ist der rx etwas taub, RZ3DVP Yuri V. Maksimov hat wohl einen Abschwaecher eingebaut ... Mist ! Auf LW sah ich auch noch ein 234 kHz Signal, kann aber auch ein vagabundierendes Spurioussignal gewesen sein, die Langwelle 225 kHz Polen geht aber immer. ... 567 RRossii Volgograd ... 828 Sosnovka relig./patriotic? S=8-9, wide 818 to 838 kHz ! 846 RRossii Kalmytskaya ... 1035 TWR Estonia, 1030 bis 1040 kHz Breitband Signal, S=9+25dB ... 1080 Mixture, S=9+20dB, NDB + Russ Mordovii Kovylkino ... 1287 RRossii Grozniy, das TransRadio Schaetzchen proper. ... 1386 LTU NHK Japan ueber Sitkunai 1404 ?UKR-? + ROU gemixt. 1413 Russisch S=9+40dB power stark ! und S=9+25dB in St.P. ... 1494 MDA ... (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 30; also comments by Mauno in Finland...) IBRA RADIO - Revised complete schedule via WRTH spring 2015 Update. [ARMENIA/SOUTH AFRICA/UAE/UK/UZBEKISTAN] ... Amharic Days Area kHz 1600-1700 daily EAf 12125erv ... Bengali Days Area kHz 0000-0030 daily SAs 5905tac 1500-1530 daily SAs 9390tac ... Dari Days Area kHz 0230-0300 daily WAs 5940dha 1500-1530 daily WAs 9570erv ... Silt Days Area kHz 1730-1800 daily EAf 7510erv ... (WRTH PDF.file Update 2015 spring Jan 31) UKRAINE Petrivka site on 1278 kHz carries UR1 Ukraine Radio Jan 31. At the moment there veschanye Data pervogo Ukrainian radio channel (UR-1) to SB often is 1278 kHz - Selo in Petrovka Komynternovskoho of area of Odessa oblast. (Alexander, Kiev-UKR, Jan 29) New transmitter of Ukrainian Radio 1 on 1278 kHz ? A new transmitter tested 1st day on 1278 kHz. January 29th heard at 1740 UT with program 1 from Ukrainian Radio. Very powerful and with loop it was only IRIB Kermanshah in the background. Acc. to Mauno Ritola the transmitter is located at Odessa-Petrivka, a small village 64 km north of Odessa. (Bengt Ericson-SWE, ARC Arctic Radio Club Sweden, hcdx / RUSdx Jan 29) Petrivka new TRAM? TransRadio Berlin Germany MW unit ? acc ukrtvr.org new 100 kW MW sender in Petrivka on 1278 kHz on air now: Probably new Transradio TRAM100 mediumwave unit ? Test broadcast heard from Petrivka on Jan 29. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 2) Petrivka was one of these many VEILED transmitter site locations of communist USSR era, by Mr. Anatoly Titov in late 70ties and 80ties, like for example Sherpukov, Simferopol, Starobelsk (real Petrivka), Kalinin, Nikolaevsk etc. etc. Previously in past 3 decades this former RL jamming station located north of Odessa used also a 2x75 / 150 kW Storm tx, and also a 30 kW Tesla unit, which has been boosted to 40-50 kW. wb UKRAINE January 28 at the transmitting center Ray (Mykolaiv Luch) 1431 kHz frequency, the antenna was turned to the southeast. Center is interested in reports of approx. broadcasting time 17-21 UT, e-mail to C respect, Victor Tsekhanovich, monitoring (via RUSdx Jan 28) UZBEKISTAN [ARMENIA/SINGAPORE/OMAN/THAILAND] 9540, on Jan 26 at 1423 UT, poor signal playing BaBcoCk IS, with longer pauses than usual and seems to cut out now and then past 1426 UT; at 1429 UT dead air with flutter past 1430 UT. Presumed FEBA via Tashkent as in fact registered by BaBcoCk for Hindi at 1430-1500 UT, 100 kW, 131 degrees. 9540 kHz was an old R. Tashkent frequency; how we miss them. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Jan 26) BBC Hindi on 7565 via Tashkent-UZB in B-14 season. Tentativelly on 9460 kHz BBC Hindi in summer A-15 season. ... 9460 1400-1430 41N,42SW TAC 100 131 UZB << ... 9915 0100-0130 41N,42SW ERV 300 100 ARM ... 13580 0230-0300 41N,42SW TAC 200 131 UZB 13660 0230-0300 41N,42SW TAC 200 131 UZB ... Changes in the frequency BBC BBC: 0200-0300 9920 TAC 100 kW 131 deg to SoAS English, addit. freq. (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 28) Log Januar 29, footprint list noted at 14-15 UT in Sydney Australia dowunder remote unit. ... 4820 3xstations mix on 4820. Only Bishkek-Krasnaya Rechka, Kirgizistan on lower 4819.991 kHz. ... 4765.064 TJK Tajik Radio, Dushanbe Yangi-Yul site ... 4009.955 KGZ Kyrgyz Radio, Bishkek, Krasnaya Rechka, Kirgizistan. ... (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 29) Some logs picked out 2114-2147 UT Jan 31, and 0115-0140 UT Febr 1st ... 6155 BLR Radio Belarus, seldom clean audio signal. S=9+45dB powerhouse, at 2120 UT on Jan 31. ... (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 1) Moscow Information DX Bulletin Weekly electronic publication # 930 February 3, 2015 Editor of the current issue: Konstantin Gusev. Russia ------------------- ABKHAZIA Abkhazian radio broadcast increased the duration of the time and now hear every day on 1350 kHz and 0400 before fading around 06.20 and in the afternoon with about 14.40 to 15.55. News in Russian (except on Sundays) are marked in 05.30-05.40 15.06-15.16 and. The signal is much stronger than for example in Grozny on 1267 kHz, so that the transmitter AP apparently exceeds 50 kW. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria) RUSSIA Radio Russia leaves the medium wave from 1 February. Yes, really quiet at frequencies of 567, 855, 873 kHz. I have at these frequencies could be heard Radio Russia during the daytime. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, deneb-radio-dx) USA Schedule R.Slovakia Int, R.Prague & R.Ukraine Int via Okeechobee: ... 00.30-01.00 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Daily Radio Ukraine, ex 7455 ... 23.30-24.00 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Daily Radio Ukraine Int. (DX RE MIX NEWS # 893, Bulgaria) UKRAINE New time broadcasting World Radio Ukraine on January 28: 16.00-20.00 1431 SMF 800 kW only in Russian lang., Formerly 15.00-17.00 in the north-east Russia 17.00-19.00 1431 SMF 800 kW in Ukrainian. lang. canceled (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria) Utilities RADIO International Programme lighthouses. Reliable transmission of beacons NCDXF / IARU. Each beacon transmits every three minutes, day and night. The following table shows the minutes and seconds the beginning of the first transmission for an hour for each beacon on each frequency. Transmission consists of the beacon call sign transmitted at a rate of 110 characters per minute, and four one-second dash. Callsign and the first dash is transmitted at a power of 100 watts. The rest of the dash transmit at 10 watts, 1 watt and 100 milliwatts, respectively. http://srr.ru/ABROAD/beacons.php (Roman Nazarov, Primorsky Krai, deneb-radio-dx) News Media Russia Ltd. "The European media group" (EMG) received from Roskomnadzora license to run a radio "Radio for friends" at frequencies "Cupcake FM", said in a statement published on its website. According to TASS press officer radio broadcasting "Cupcake FM" will remain only on the territory of Moscow and St. Petersburg, in other cities will broadcast "Radio for friends." "European media group", created on the basis of the radio station "Europe Plus" - the largest private broadcasting holding Russia. Broadcasting stations in the EMG, covers more than 2.4 thousand. Towns and cities of Russia, CIS and Baltic countries. (rbc.ru, onair.ru, 28/01) State Company "Avtodor" ("Highways") ("Russian Roads") this spring will launch internet radio station, told "Vedomosti" head of the project Igor Morzharetto. This was confirmed by a representative of "Avtodor" Catherine Varenova. From other comments she refused and explain the reasons for launching the project did not. It is primarily spoken radio station also broadcast music tracks will sound, Morzharetto says: "But, of course, the main purpose of the station - to inform drivers about road conditions." Before "Highways" planned to launch the radio ether. Its test broadcast was supposed to start in the autumn of 2015 along the federal highway M4 "Don" against the US Walt Disney Company can write off up to $ 300 million because of the ban foreigners from owning more than 20% in the Russian media. Last year in Russia, amendments to the media law, which limit the proportion of foreigners in the capital of the Russian media at 20% and may be forced to Walt Disney Co. reduce the share of the Russian Disney. The company is exploring possibilities comply with the new law and, depending on the decision, can write off up to $ 300 million investment in the Russian TV channel, the report said Walt Disney Co. That's how much - $ 300 million - the company has invested in the creation of the Russian Disney Channel in 2011. Walt Disney Co. formed a joint venture with the holding YUTV, received 49% stake in OOO "7 TV" (operating company of the channel). YUTV retained a 51% stake in the joint venture. The deal was announced during the meeting of Walt Disney, Robert Iger with Vladimir Putin, who then held the post of prime minister. Changes in media law limits the share of foreigners and foreign capital in the Russian media at 20% (direct or indirect ownership). Earlier restrictions on foreign participation in television and radio was set at 50%, and it does not touch the print media. The new law applies to all media assets, including print and Internet publications. Restrictions will take effect January 1, 2016. Russian beneficiaries who own shares through foreign holding companies will be able to lead a chain of ownership sootvets! tvie new law until January 1, 2017. Another major investor in the Russian TV assets - Swedish Modern Times Group (MTG, owns 37.9% of CTC Media and off-air channels) reported that looking for ways to meet the new Russian law, but did not disclose details. Thus MTG noted that the change in the structure or ownership in CTC Media and business in the field of pay-TV in Russia can lead to loss of shareholder value. (interfax.ru, onair.ru, 05/02) Ukraine From January 20 instead of "Gala Radio" now running "Radio EU", as they call themselves "the first music-news station in the Western Ukraine." Presentation station can look at http://www.ex.ua/85709831. (dxing.ru, 21/01) Ydun's Medium Wave Info Editor : Ydun M. Ritz Denmark, Vojens ------------------------------- News - 04/02-2015 RUSSIA Hello Ydun, I'd like to inform everyone that Vesti FM (this is a russian news radio) did not stop its broadcast on 1413 khz on 1st of February. I can receive Vesti FM on 1413 khz as before. Tibor Gaal HNG (4/2-2015) - 01/02-2015 RUSSIA After monitoring on Mauno Ritola's SDR I can confirm that all planned Radio Rossii MW closures are now in force. This is I believe the situation since 2200 last night. 73 Dan Goldfarb (1/2-2015) RUSSIA & SPAIN Can anyone confirm any of the proposed [Russian] medium wave shut-downs have taken place yet - and what about 1224 kHz - EAK46, COPE Albacete in Spain? Has this closed on MW yet leaving the other 5? Thanks. James Robinson (1/2-2015) WRTH ---------- WRTHmonitor National Radio section of WRTH Uploaded 6 February 2015: - KAZAKHSTAN BBC relays on medium wave have stopped. - RUSSIA R. Rossii has closed most of its medium wave transmitters. Only the following transmitters have been reported on the air after 30 January : Matveyevka 936 kHz, Zakamensk 963 kHz, Ust-Kan/Ulagan 1350/1353 kHz, Buguruslan 1395 kHz and Turochak/Ust-Koksa 1440 kHz. R. MTUCI (Zelyoniy glaz) is currently inactive on both 1584 and 25900 kHz, but is looking for a permanent licence and restart is planned during the 2nd half of 2015. R. Mayak transmitter in Kyzyl on 828 kHz has been closed and FM 103.4 MHz has replaced it. - UKRAINE UR1 is testing with 100 kW on 1278 kHz from Petrivka (Odesa). The Danish Shortwave Club International DSWCI Tropical Bands Monitor 2014 as logged by DX-ers worldwide. Compiled by Anker Petersen 04 January 2015. -------------------------------------------------------- The DSWCI Tropical Bands Monitor (TBM) is a register of all active broadcasting stations on 2300 - 5700 kHz as heard and reported by Dxers somewhere in the world, listed month by month. It is a supplement to the Domestic Broadcasting Survey (DBS). kHz ITU Station Remarks 4010 KGZ Kyrgyz R 1, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek 4765 TJK Tajik R 1, Yangiyul 4810 ARM Armenian National R, Noratus, Gavar 4820 KGZ Kyrgyz R 1, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek , ex 4795 5130 KGZ SW Relay Sce, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 146, Issue 9 ---------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 From: Glenn Hauser Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 6-7, 2015 ** UKRAINE [non]. 11580, Feb 7 at 0045, Ukrainian Radio, English via WRMI is still here at 0030 as well as presumed 2330, about a publishers` forum concerning culture vs propaganda, mentioning Ukraine. Altho I hear it ID as above at the opening, Alan Roe says it`s still R. Ukraine International on the one-hour webcasts; repackaged for WRMI? 11580 is sufficient here but not super like e.g. 7570 with Brother Scare (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WEB RADIO IN RUSSIAN ===================== Vietnam. ------------- Radio Voice of Vietnam E-mail: golosvietnama@mail.ru Internet: http://vovworld.vn/ru-RU/introvov5.vov http://vovworld.vn/ru-RU.vov Location: Vietnam, Hanoi Language broadcast: 13 languages, including Russian Organizational form: public company Format: broadcast QSL world ======= Australia --------------- Received confirmation from Reach Beyond Australia for accepting a language rawang 02.02.2015, 11.45-12.15 at the frequency of 11590 kHz. The report sent by electronic mail: office @ reachbeyond.org.au. On QSL Cave Buchan. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan / "deneb-radio-dx") QSL world ======= Australia --------------- Received confirmation from Reach Beyond Australia for accepting a language rawang 02.02.2015, 11.45-12.15 at the frequency of 11590 kHz. The report sent by electronic mail: office @ reachbeyond.org.au. On QSL Cave Buchan. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Austria ------------ * Received an e-QSL from Trans World Radio for the reception in Russian 10.30.2014, 15.00-15.28 at the frequency of 9470 kHz (transmitter Moosbrunn, Austria). The report sent: kdobos @ twr.org. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * Received two eQSL Trans World Radio. 2014 November 22, 15.00-15.27, 9470 kHz 2014 November 22, 15.00-15.27, 7300 kHz (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia) Austria / Armenia --------------------------- Received an e-mail confirmation from Trans World Radio for the reception in Russian language 12.15.2014, 16.40-17.10 at the frequency of 864 kHz (transmitter in Armenia). B confirmation given Central Asia. The report sent: kdobos @ twr.org. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Vatican ------------ * Received 6 QSL-cards from the Ukrainian edition of Vatican Radio reception for c in July by December 2014. All cards are different. Reports sent once a month by electronic mail: ukr @ vatiradio.va (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * 2 QSL received from Vatican Radio. (Victor Varzim, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Vietnam ------------ Received QSL-cards Russian edition of the radio "Voice of Vietnam". January 1, 2015 / 16.30-16.58 / 7289 kHz. Subject: Terraced fields in the North of Vietnam. " Also sent a Christmas card and calendar radio. (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia) Germany -------------- Got a QSL-cards RMRC (Rhein-Main-radio-Club eV). Receiving special program 13.12.1014, 21.00-21.57 UTC, 11690 kHz, Tx Sitkunai Subject: QSL-Karte 2014 Serie DX-Camp Hoherodskopf. (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia) India --------- Received confirmation from the Russian edition of the All India Radio of Delhi. Confirmed in December 2014. Card without number and date when filled, only the date of reception - 2 and 31 December 2014 - depicted 2 Buddhist lama sitting on the mountain. (Vladimir Brewers, Boyarka, Ukraine / "deneb-radio-dx") China -------- QSL-received a letter from Hong Kong Volmet for receiving weather forecast for airports Southeast Asia 10.01.2015 at a frequency of 6679 kHz. report sent by electronic mail: mailbox @ hko.gov.hk. Before that sent confirmation mail or normal now. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") DPRK ------- Envelope came from North Korea. Sent Pyongyang Times English for November 29, information about the new brand and QSL with the image of the house in a secret camp, where he was born, Kim Jong Il. The card contains only one date, there is no place to rest. Also, Happy New Year in Russian stamp mail Pyongyang on 27 December. Sent by regular mail, as e last time was ignored. Although, in confirming the same e-mail indicated. (Victor Varzim, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") Luxembourg ----------------- Received QSL-cards from Medium Wave Station Marnach. Admission bce = broadcasting centre Europe. 7 Jan 2015, 15.00-16.00, 1440 kHz, 600 kW Website station www.bce.lu (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia) Prednestrivie ---------------------- Received two electronic QSL from the Prednestrovie radio center for broadcasting Radio Payam e-Doost Farsi 02.02.2015, 02.30-03.15 UTC on frequency 7460 kHz and 18.00-18.45 UTC on frequency 7480 kHz. Reports sent e-mail: prtc @ idknet.com. The card is not specified Radio Payam e-Doost, and BAB (BABCOCK). (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Romania ------------- QSL-cards Interradio Romania in 2015 can be viewed on a web page Ukrainian Service IRR: http://www.rri.ro/uk_uk/qsl_картки_за_2015_рік-2525292 (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") USA ------- - Received an electronic QSL from The Overcomer Ministry - Brother Stair for reception 02/02/2015, at a frequency of 11600 kHz (indicated on the card through Bulgaria). The report sent by electronic mail: lastime @ overcomerministry.org. - Got two identical QSL-cards from WEWN (EWTN) for reception in Spanish and English 01/15/2015 at frequencies of 5810 and 11520 kHz. reports sent from their website. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") USA / Argentina ------------------------ Received an e-mail confirmation from HH program La Rosa de Tokio for reception Spanish 04/02/2015 at frequency 15770 kHz (through WRMI). report sent by electronic mail: dxradio @ argentina.com. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Thailand ------------- Received QSL-folder from Radio Thailand World Service in English for the reception language 01.01.2015, 20.30-20.45 UTC on frequency 9390 kHz. The report sent by electronic mail: feedback @ hsk9.org. Postcard Democracy Monument in the center Bangkok. Also sent a booklet with the schedule and information about the radio station in English. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Turkey ----------- Received a QSL card service English TRT Voice of Turkey. 03.01.2015 / 13.30-14.25 / 12035 kHz The card "Stone from the evil eye." Sent also calendars station. (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia) Czech Republic --------- Received QSL - card from R.Praga in Russian for the reception on December 29 at 738 kHz. The photo karst cave. (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx". & "Open_dx") South Korea ------------------- Received QSL-cards from Russian Service KBS World Radio for reception 01/18/2015 at frequency 7235 kHz. The card - Dance Chhoёnu. So Long confirms the old cards in 2014, apparently the new has not yet been released. The report sent by electronic mail: russian @ kbs.co.kr. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") Japan ----------- * Received QSL - card from NHK for reception on December 10 5910 kHz. Card old, pictured sunset and children with nets. (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") * QSL received from Japan for Radio reception in Russian 06.12.2014 year 11710 kHz frequency, indicated the reception 05.30-06.00 UTC. card under called "The Famous Bumper Crop Train" (the train). The report is sent via form on the site. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") * Received two QSL-cards from the Russian edition of NHK World Radio Japan. Confirmed frequencies 738 and 1386 kHz. Theme: "The Famous Bumper Crop Train" (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia) Pirates. ------------ * EQSL received from Radio Revival Sweden for reception on January 22 9875 kHz. The card is filled in Russian. (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") * EQSL received from Radio Revival Sweden. Yesterday they listened on 6065 kHz. More or less was heard between 15-16 UTC. (Paul, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx") * - Received an electronic QSL from pirate radio station Radio from Holland Montferland for accepting 31/01/2015 at the frequency of 6400 kHz. The report sent: radiomontferland @ hotmail.com. - Received confirmation from pirate radio station from Australia Hobart Radio International for reception by a pirate from the Netherlands Radio Cupid 31/01/2015 at frequency 6240 kHz. The report sent: hriradio @ gmail.com. - Received an electronic QSL from pirate radio station Radio Pluto from Holland for accepting 01/29/2015 at frequency 6320 kHz. The report sent: pluto41 @ gmail.com. - Got a QSL-email from a radio station from Holland Mighty KBC Radio reception for 02/01/2015 at the frequency of 6095 kHz (transmitter Nauen, 100 kW Germany). The report sent to the address: themightykbc @ gmail.com (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx") 73!