BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, hcdx April 15)
MALAYSIA 15295 Surprisingly fair level signal from RTM K-L Kajang,
English news read by Cambridge like high-British accent English
newsreader. Still in progress at 0904 UT Apr 14. As beam headed of 133
degrees towards Pacific, I guess RTM signal signal came longpath across
Pacific, Easter Isl, Colombia, Bonaire and Azores to my post.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 14)
MEXICO 4800.000 Radio Transcontinental XERTA, 1053 UT, Spanish, local
ballads with brief talk by a male announcer. Under co-channel China. 30
March.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, hcdx April 15)
MOLDOVA 12130 YFR Bible Hour via Grigoriopol Moldova relay, like Arabic
lang sce 1500-1600 UT, deep fades. S=6 poor signal.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 12)
NIGER 9705.00 back on air, daily til approx. 0700 UT.
Nachdem Montagabend und Dienstagmorgen die Hoerversuche erfolglos
verliefen, ging Niger 9705 kHz heute morgen wieder gut, aber um 0649 UT
war schon Schluss. am Montag immerhin bis 0700 UT, wobei um 0655 UT
umfangreiche Frequenzansagen in Franzoesisch kamen.
(Thorsten Hallmann-D, A-DX April 9)
9704.99 LV du Sahel, Niamey, 2115-2145+, April 9, reactivated? Tentative
log with vernacular talk. Local tribal chants. Local music. Poor to fair
in noisy conditions ... Phone-ins "La Voix de Sahel, allo?" 2206 UT.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld Apr 9)
ORTN-La Voix de Sahel heard at +1900-2301*UT on Apr 9 in Vernacular and
French. Talking drum and local Flute IS at 2148, as ID in French at 2151
and National Anthem at 2259 UT. 1st noted at 2045 UT on Apr 8. [and
mornings Apr 9 here in Germany]
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN NDXC, dxld Apr 9)
NIGERIA Voice of Nigeria introduced a new schedule from April 4, as
announced during the French service. It's not on the homepage, but a few
things have definitely changed, further monitoring needed:
9690 1700-1730 Kisuaheli
15120 1730-1800 Arabic
15120 1800-1900 English, (announced as until 2000 UT,
likely changing to 7255 kHz)
7255 2000-2100 French (announced during the morning service)
15120 0500-0700 English, 0700-0800 French and
9690 0800-0900 Hausa unchanged.
(Thorsten Hallmann-D, dxld April 11)
The following announcement was heard during the "This Week on VON"
programme from Voice of Nigeria, 1805-1815 UTC on Sunday 11 April 2010
(I was listening online at
but 15120 kHz was offering good reception when checked):
"... this is to inform you that there is now a slight change in the number
of hours we broadcast on 15120 kHz in the 19 mb to North Africa and
Europe, and on 9690 kHz in the 31 mb to West Africa.
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