WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

may be taken off analog SW until nothing is left.
(gh, dxld July 21)
2325 VL8T Tennant Creek 1006 to 1012 "now it is broken up ... he is... the
umpire..." live sporting even 15 July.
(Rob Wilkner-FL-USA, DXplorer July 25)
2325, 1311-, VL8T Tennant Creek Jul 20 Very good reception with a call-in
car show. Nothing on 2310 Alice Springs, nor 2485 Katherine.
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, DXplorer July 24)
BAHRAIN Google Earth Imagery. Abu Hayan at 26d 01' 47" N, 50d 36' 58" E
(Douglas Johnson-USA, via Olle Alm, wwdxc BC-DX July 21)
BANGLADESH hearing BGD on 4750 with good signals, nice audio in BB and
English Nx and commentary 1530-1544 UT. En ID "This News Broadcast comes
to you from Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka".
(Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, wwdxc BC-DX July 23)
BELARUS 11930, 0400-, Belarussian Radio Jul 20 After open carrier,
jingle at 03:59:30, interval signal once at 0400 and ID...not Radio
Belarus or Belaruskaya Radio. I thought they said Radio Stalitsa, but it
sounds in fact more like 'Radio Fax' or the like. S7 to S8 signal. They
mentioned the evacuation of Belarusian citizens from Lebanon! Time check
at 04:12 and ID. I'm sure they're saying 'Radio Fact' (probably as opposed
to Radio Fax).
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, DXplorer July 24)
BENIN 1566 [Moderator: This station will use 1566 kHz, but it appears
from this press release that reports that it was already tested were
somewhat premature. According to the last paragraph the aerials and
building have not yet been completed and the tx not yet delivered. dk]
Text of press release by Trans World Radio on 17 July.
Cary, North Carolina: Moving one step closer to airing the good nx of
Jesus Christ into spiritually needy West Africa, international Christian
broadcaster Trans World Radio (TWR) has received the official broadcast
license for a powerful 100,000-watt AM tx in the country of Benin. Govt
officials in Cotonou, Benin, granted TWR the license at a special ceremony
on July 4.
"My heart was full of joy to see that the prayers of the whole family of
TWR around the world are answered," says the Reverend Abdoulaye Sangho,
TWR-West Africa director, who represented the Mission at the ceremony. The
new facility, which is still under construction, is scheduled to begin
broadcasting in April 2007. It will become TWR's 15th major international
transmitting location.
Broadcasts to West Africa will be transmitted in a way not seen since a
civil war resulted in the destruction of Radio ELWA in 1990. Once the
Benin site is completed, TWR's programs will provide sound biblical
teaching and discipleship training. Additionally, plans call for
broadcasts for children, nonreaders and those affected by HIV/AIDS.
According to Operation World (21st Century Edition), nearly half of West
Africa's 241 million people belong to another major world religion. Most
of the West African nations have numerous unreached people groups without
an established indigenous evangelical church. Radio, then, is one of the
most effective and cost-efficient ways to share Christ's love with this
vast region.
In late 2002, TWR began discussions on the possibility of a new
transmitting site in Benin. In June 2003, then President Kerikou, a
Christian, began the process which today has resulted in a license to