BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

Opening announce, News.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium June 1)
9680, RRI Jakarta, at 1000-1012* UT on May 30 (Wed.), singing KGRE jingle,
talking about English for Academic Purposes (EAP), song 'All Out Of Love',
fair. RRI has been off the air for several weeks, so glad to hear them
again, but they had audio problems before they suddenly went off the air.
Still off at 1024 UT.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, JPNpremium June 1)
9680 RRI Jakarta, at 1000-1020 UT on June 3 (Sun.), Kang Guru Radio
English program, competition to identify a mystery sound, repeat of the
interview Kevin did with young Indonesian actor (Nicholas Saputra), song
by Aussie singer Stephanie McIntosh and also 'The Others' sung by the
Dukes of Windsor, gives the KGRE address to write in for their free
magazine (P.O. Box 3095, Denpasar 80030, Bali, Indonesia), fair-good
reception.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, JPNpremium June 3)
ISRAEL Galei Zahal (they say "Galei Tzakhal") at 0151 UTC with " Hey
Jude" by the Beatles heard on 6975 (no 6973), 15785, MWs 1224, 1287, 1386
and 1404 kHz (May 3rd).
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX June 4)
15777.78v Galei Zahal, at 2150-2220+ UT on June 8, US pop music by Back
Street Boys & others. DJ chatter. Fair to good signal but slowly drifting
up to 15777.80 by 2220 UT. Noted on 15777.74 at 2352 UT check. Weak //
6971.24v kHz with an unstable, wobbly carrier.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, hcdx June 9)
IBA cuts may force English news off the air.
I don't know any more than this article says.
Here are some excerpts of the article - the full article contains a link
to an editorial on the matter: IBA cuts may force English news off the
air.
(danr-USA, dxld June 7)
JAPAN / KOREA D.P.R. The Japanese government will launch a radio channel
for North Korea focusing on Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang. A
Japanese government official on Wednesday said the channel will be
launched in July and is different from the privately-run Shiokaze channel
that started broadcasting for North Korea in late March. Shiokaze is run
by an activist group calling itself Investigation Commission on Missing
Japanese Probably Related to North Korea.
The new state-run Japanese radio will focus on the Japanese government's
position on the abduction issue, messages from victims' families, and
efforts to have them sent back to Japan. Shiokaze recently reported the
new channel would carry official messages about the Japanese government's
position. A staffer with Free North Korea Radio, a South Korean radio
station targeting North Korea, said the state-run Japanese channel will
broadcast for an hour a day, half in Korean and half in Japanese. The
radio is under the supervision of the Japanese Foreign Ministry and a
Cabinet committee dealing with the abduction question.
South Korea's only official radio channel targeting North Korea is KBS
Social Education Service. But the channel is mostly educational and
targets not only North Korea but also Korean nationals living in northern
regions such as the Maritime Province of Siberia and China. In South
Korea, there are four civilian radios for North Korea led by North Korean
refugees or activists for human rights in North Korea, including Free