BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

The military regime in Myanmar suddenly has changed the official name of
the country from "Union of Myanmar" to "The Republic of the Union of
Myanmar" a few weeks before the Parlamentary Election on Nov 07. At the
same time the official Flag and the National Anthem will be changed. The
military has been in power since 1962 and changed the official name from
Burma to Myanmar in 1989.
(Reuters Oct 21; dswci DXW Nov 3)
NEW ZEALAND B-10 schedule of R New Zealand Internat from Oct.31
0459-0658 11725 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
0459-0658 11675 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM All Pacific
0659-0758 9765 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
0659-0758 11675 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM All Pacific
0659-1058 9765 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
0759-1058 9870 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM All Pacific
1059-1258 13660 RAN 050 kW 325 deg AM NWPac,Bougainv.,PNG,Timor,As
1059-1158 9870 RAN 025 kW 325 deg DRM NWPac,Bougainv.,PNG,Timor,As
1259-1550 5950 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
1551-1650 7440 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM Niue,Fiji,Samoa,Cook Islands
1551-1650 5950 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM Niue,Fiji,Samoa,Cook Islands
1651-1750 9765 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM Niue,Fiji,Samoa,Cook Islands
1651-1750 9890 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM Niue,Fiji,Samoa,Cook Islands
1751-1850 11725 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM Niue,Fiji,Samoa,Cook Islands
1751-1850 11675 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM Niue,Fiji,Samoa,Cook Islands
1851-1950 11725 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM Niue,Fiji,Samoa,Cook Islands
1851-1950 15720 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM Niue,Fiji,Samoa,Cook Islands
1951-2050 11725 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM Samoa
1951-2050 17675 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM Samoa
2051-2150 11725 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM Solomons Islands, Vanuatu
2051-2150 15720 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM Solomons Islands, Vanuatu
2151-0458 15720 RAN 050 kW 000 deg AM All Pacific
2151-0458 17675 RAN 025 kW 000 deg DRM All Pacific.
Updated: Oct. 29
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30)
ROMANIA/GREECE Radio Romania International's English service has
announced that, on Monday October 25, its history series 'Pro Memoria'
will carry a feature 'on radio as the only form of fighting against
communism available to the Romanian diaspora' prior to 1989. Apparently,
the programme will put the spotlight on Radio Free Europe and other
American-backed stations. 'Pro Memoria' is carried in all of RRI's English
transmissions.
(Roger Tidy-UK, dxld Oct 22)
Were there any other American-backed stations in Romanian? (gh)
Hi Glenn, I haven't heard the programme yet, but according to RRI there
were other American-backed stations broadcasting to Romania. In their prepublicity,
RRI mentions 'Radio Thessalonika'. It's not clear to me what
they mean by this. I suppose they could mean the VOA relay, or was there a
'Radio Thessalonika' broadcasting in Romanian? See their webpage
and click on "What's on This Week".
[later:] Glenn, The 'Pro Memoria' feature was mainly about a station
called Radio Future Romania, which was apparently broadcast from
Thessaloniki until 1960. There was an interview with a Romanian exile,
Mugur Valahu, who worked for the station, which he claimed was more
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