WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

Benin, Togo, and parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritania, Algeria, Mali,
Niger, and Burkina Faso with the Good Nx of Jesus Christ. The station will
provide opportunities for broadcasting up to 12 new langs within the first
five years.
Currently, many FM radio stations broadcast in towns and cities in west
and central Africa. However, more than 60 per cent of the population lives
in rural areas where FM signals cannot reach. The majority of these people
groups are Muslim and either nomadic or semi- nomadic, making it difficult
to reach them on a regular basis. Programmes will be provided through
TWR's studios in Cote d'Ivoire and through several of TWR's Partner
ministries in West Africa. (...)
(TWR NL, 8 Feb, via BBCM via dxld Feb 8)
BRAZIL R. Cancao Nova, on 4824.98 at 0630-0645+ Jan 28, Portuguese
religious programming with radio-drama, religious mx; weak. // 6105 weak
and // 9675 good.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld Feb 3)
BULGARIA/LATVIA IRRS Milano, 5785 via Bulgaria? 2235-2300* Jan 27,
Brother Stair preaching; very weak. IRRS also on 5775 [at same time],
2235-2300* Jan 27 English UN programming, good signal.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld Feb 3)
WRN DRM via Kostinbrod is reported to start on Monday (Feb 6), but not on
full schedule. Frequencies: 0600-0800 11545, 0800-1600 15730, 1600-1800
11535, 1800-0600 5760.
(Kai Ludwig-D, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 4)
Re WRN's new sce from Feb 6: [SW outlets via transmitters at Kostinbrod-
Sofia Bulgaria. HFCC registrations in B-05 under Bulgaria, short call
'NEW', of Spaceline LTD. (Broker) - see WRTH 2006, page 447:
9985 1200-1300 20,21 SOF 100 306 N ENGL BUL NEW NEW
11515 0800-1900 27-29 SOF 100 306 N ENGL BUL NEW NEW
15735 0600-1900 18-40 SOF 100 0 N ENGL BUL NEW NEW
15740 0700-1700 18-40 SOF 100 0 N BUL NEW NEW
18950 1000-1400 37,38 SOF 100 215 N ENGL BUL NEW NEW
21550 0800-1200 47,48 SOF 100 180 N BUL NEW NEW
and two non-DRM mode txions:
11535 1500-2000 39,40 SOF 100 100 BUL NEW NEW
11540 1400-1700 39-41 SOF 100 110 BUL NEW NEW
(Wolfgang Bueschel, wwdxc BC-DX Jan 30)
Jan Peter Werkman of Radio Netherlands' Programme Distribution Department
notes that our 1400-1500 UTC English txion is now available in Europe via
DRM on 15735 kHz. This is the new DRM sce operated by WRN via a tx at
Kostinbrod, Bulgaria. The registered freqs for this sce are:
a.. 0600-0800 UTC 11545 kHz
b.. 0800-1600 UTC 15735 kHz
c.. 1600-1800 UTC 11535 kHz
d.. 1800-0600 UTC 5760 kHz
Jeff Cohen of WRN told Glenn Hauser in DX Listening Digest that the sce
will initially carry WRN English for Europe, but "within a short time will
carry other content as well." Mr Cohen also noted that the sce "will not
at the start run 24/7", though he didn't specify what the exact hours will
be. The WRN website hasn't yet been updated to include mention of the new
DRM sce. The schedule of WRN English for Europe is here.