Listening Points All time in UTC

No.99-6 /APR 4 1998


= ASIA =

INDONESIA



= AFRICA =

ALGERIA
11715 R.Algeria Int. Mar 10 2000-2005 33333
English ID, opening music, then News (Takeno)

CHAD
6165 Rdiff.Nat.Tchadienne Mar.27 2117-2205 34443
Very good conditions. African pop music and French talk,
2200 news and report program. Radio Nationale ID heard
several times. Thanks Nagatani's tip on JP 47. (Takeno)

EGYPT
9990 R.Cairo Mar 19 2115-2130 35443 English program.
Time check and opening music then ID. (Takeno)

LIBYA
11815 Voice of Africa Mar.27 2032-2040 33443
This is Voice of Africa ID at 2032 into the English
news program until 2040, then French program. (Takeno)


MOROCCO
15240 VOA-Morocco relay Mar 19 2005-2010 25342
African service in English. Relay station from IBB home
page. (Takeno)

NIGERIA
3326 R.Nigeria-Lagos(Presumed) Mar 20 2110-2118 24342
English News program. (Takeno)
6049.9 R.Nigeria-Ibadan Mar 20 2056-2105 22332
African pop music then drums IS and ID into the News.
Not heard local ID. (Takeno) 
15120 V.O.Nigeria Mar 19 1951-1958 44433
English program. ID at 1958. Very good conditions. (Takeno)

SAO TOME
21705 VOA Sao Tome relay Mar.17 1119-1130* 25322, 
English program "VOA News Now" topic of IOC, etc.
1130 closing announcement and signed off. According 
to PWR'99, this time scheduled French program. (Kanai)

TOGO
5047 Rdiff.Togolaise Mar 19 2058-2103 32342 African pop
music and French talk. ID as "Ici Lome" at 2100. (Takeno)

UGANDA
4975.97 R.Uganda Mar.27 2044-2100 25342
English talk by woman and American oldies music
program. ID at 2058. (Takeno)



= MIDDLE EAST =

SYRIA
12085.2 R.Damascus Mar 20 2126-2140 35443
News and views program in English. Strong signal
but bad audio. (Takeno)

UAE
21605 UAE R. Dubai Mar.13 1350-1357 35333, English talk 
till 1355, then ID in English. 1356 talk in Arabic. (Kanai)



= EURPOPE =

CZECH
21745 R.Prague Mar.14 1226-1235 35433-25332, IS, ID in 
English, French, Spanish and so on. 1230 Opening announcement 
by woman in English, News. (Kanai) 

ITALY
21520 RAI Mar.14 0819-0830 25322, Music and talk by woman 
in Italian. ID at 0821, 0830. (Kanai)

RUSSIA
15735 V.O.Russia Mar 21 2150-2159 35343 in English.
Mail bag program. (Takeno) 

SLOVAKIA
6055 R.Slovakia Int. Mar 13 1954-1958 22342
ID at 1954. Talk by man in English. (Takeno)

SPAIN
21700 REE Mar.13 1351-1401 25322, Spanish program. 
//21570, 21610. (Kanai)

SWEDEN
21810 R.Sweden Mar.14 1235-1259* 25322, Music and talk 
by man and woman, announced as "Music from Europe". 
(Kanai)


= PACIFIC =

NORTHERN MARIANA
17565 IBB Tinian Mar.17 1214-1258* 55454-45444, Non-stop 
Country and Western music. ID at 1227 and 1238 as "This is 
test transmission of International Broadcasting Bureau station 
...island Tinian .... the western Pacific." (Kanai)
21505 IBB Tinian test tx Mar.17 1011-1031 and 1058* 55555-55454, 
Non-stop C & W music, ID at 1058 same as above and signed off. 
At this time VOA Chinese program was not heard on 11995, which 
is usually going on broadcasting from Tinian. (Kanai)

NORTHERN MARIANA (Tinian Island)
5980 IBB Tinian test transmission Mar.20 1159-1257* 54544, 
Country music. ID at 1203 and 1253. Slightly splashed from 
RKI on 5975. (Kanai)


PAPUA NEW GUINEA

3345 R.Northern Mar 13 0923-0934 34443
Local pop music and talk in English. "Radio Northern" ID
heard several times. (Takeno)
3375 R.Western Highlands(Presumed) Mar 13 0934-0949
32332 Chorus music program. (Takeno) 


= AMERICA =


= OTHERS =


REPORTER Takeshi Kanai,Yokohama Japan,AOR AR7030/DRAKE R-8/KENWOOD R-1000 with 19 meters wire Nobuo Takeno, Tokyo Japan,JRC NRD535D/Lowe HF225E with 10 meters wire