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Philippine DX News No.28

Philippine DX News No.28
June 14, 2009

Hello everyone and welcome to the June 14th edition of the Philippine DX News. This is report No.28 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, Central Philippines.Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by. In today’s program we have few items, looking into the Medium Wave Stations here in the Philippines, our regular station logs and reception reports
Medium Wave Station in the PhilippinesMedium Wave and FM stations reached the majority of nearly 90 million Filipinos in the entire archipelago. Radio which informed, educate and entertain the listening audience. It gives information and analyses, with stories behind the headlines-covering politics, culture, business and sports.In the 2009 World Radio and TV handbook listed the total of 348 AM stations in the Philippines .There are several major networks that operate here1. Bombo Radyo Philippines of the Consolidated Broadcasting System, New sounds Broadcasting network and the People’s Broadcasting Service with 21 AM stations, branding as Bombo Radyo, Bombo a Bass drum where in it’s studios as Bass drum used to emphasize and stressed certain points.. And with 12 Star FM Stations in the major cities of the country.2. The Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) – Pioneer in radio where it’s flagship station DZRH the oldest station turns 70 this year. There are several AM and FM Stations under the roof of MBC as follows:DZRH the mother station relayed in the whole country via satellite andwith 17 other AM relay Stations nationwide with crystal clear signal.The Aksyon Radyo Stations also under MBC, branding Aksyon Radyo (Action Radio in English) with 6 AM station nationwide.
FM Stations under the banner of MBC as follows:
The Love Radio FM Stations with 22 nationwide
YES FM with 11
The Beat FM Stations with 4
The Hot FM Stations with the total of 51, the three (3) of which are fully owned and operated by MBC and the rest are the affiliate provincial Stations with Manila Broadcasting Company.
Radyo Natin FM Stations- The largest local community service stations, branding as Radyo Natin (Our Radio in English) with 111 Stations nationwide
3. Radio Mindanao Network with 20 AM and 22 I FM Station nationwide4. Philippine Broadcasting Service Radyo ng Bayan ,a public Stations owned and operated by the Philippine government 26 AM and 5 FM stations5. GMA Network with 15 Super Radyo ( Super Radio) AM stations and 23 Campus Radio FM Station nationwide6. Catholic Media Network owned and managed by the Philippine Catholic Church with 27 AM and 20 FM stations7. FEBC Far East broadcasting Company with 6 AM and 3 FM Stations8. ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation with 4 AM, 5 affiliates and 15 FM Stations and 8 affiliates FM Stations
Philippine Radio goes interactive
Philippine Radio is changing far more rapidly than ever before. Several networks launched distinctive interactive services and most reliably innovative broadcast. Switches to this format and is expanding radio not only to inform, educate and entertain but now the listening audience can participate through SMS .As reported The Philippines named as “The TEXT or SMS capital of the World” with average of 250-400 millions text messages sent per day. Using this mobile service, the listeners have direct connection to a radio station, a chance to pass comments and opinions to the current issues tacked on-the-air.
Another Radio Station now on TV simulcasts on AM bandAbout two years ago a leading network pioneer Teleradyo, combination of Radio and Television, DZMM of ABS-CBN a simulcast on the AM Radio station as well as a live video feed of the radio booth itself.
Second in the row DZRH TV. DZRH TV was a VHF station of Manila Broadcasting Company aired from 1960 to 1972.On October 1, 2008 DZRH-TV revived as an interactive radio/cable TV channel. First on-air screen channel seen on Dream satellite TV and other cable TV channels nationwide with 300 cables affiliates.DZRH, The longest running AM radio station in the country now on TV.
For our Station log for May 2009
May 6, Solomon Island Broadcasting SIBC on 545 from Honiara in English @0832 S-I-O 4-4-4 with public service announcementsMay 7, Voice of Mongolia on 12085 from Ulaanbaatar in Mongolian @ 0955 S-I-O 4-4-4May 8, World Harvest Radio T88WH on 9930 from Medorn ,Palau in English @ 0856 S-I-O 3-3-3May 9, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Broadcasting on 17615 from Riyadh in Arabic @ 1008 S-I-O 2-3-2May 10, Philippine Broadcasting Service Radyo Pilipinas 15285 from Tinang in English @ 0259 S-I-O 3-3-3May 11, Radio Exterior de Espana on 9640 from Noblejas in Spanish @ 2210 S-I-O 2-3-2May 12, KNLS on 7355 from Anchor Alaska in English @ 0837 S-I-O 3-3-3May 13, RTM Kuching on 7270 in Indonesian @ 0904 S-I-O S-I-O 3-3-3May 14, Radio Japan on 15590 from Yamata in English @ 0913 S-I-O 4-4-4May 16, Adventist World Radio on 11925 from Agat in Cebuano @ 1030 S-I-O 3-3-3Voice of Turkey on 15520 from Emirler in English @1305 S-I-O 3-4-3May 17, Radio Veritas Asia on 9720 from Palauig in Filipino @ 2310 S-I-O 3-3-3May 18, Deutsche Welle Radio on 15340 from Singapore in English @ 0930 S-I-O 4-4-4All India Radio on 17800 from Bengaluru in English @1030 S-I-O 4-4-4May 23, KTWR on 11840 from Merizo in English @0914 S-I-O 3-3-3 with Bread of Life ProgramVoice of Korea on 15180 from Kujang @ 012 in English S-I-O 3-3-3May 24, IRIB Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting on 17660 from Kamalabad in English @1054 S-I-O 4-4-4May 26, Radio Nikkie on 9595 from Nagara (Chiba) in Japanese @ 0731 S-I-O 3-3-3
I would like to acknowledge and thank our DXer friends for their reception reports and emails.1. Mr Tang Jing Bo of Qinghai Province, China2. Mr Hideo Suzuki of Kiyosu City, Aichi, Japan3.Mr. Hirokazu Mitsumoto of Kitakyushu, Japan4. Mr Takuji Sahara of Tokyo, Japan5. Mr. Nobuya Kato of Kanagawa, Japan6. Mr. Leonardo Santiago in Venezuela, Central America
Thank you very much.
Our 2nd year Anniversary QSL Card is still available. For your reception reports , please send 1-IRC International Reply Coupon. Return postage will be greatly appreciated.Thank you very much.
And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Philippine DX News No.26 and 27

Hello everyone and welcome to the May 10th edition of Pilipinas DX. This is report number 27 and I’m Henry Umadhay in Antique, in Central Philippines.Glad to be back and thank you for tuning by.Our limited 2nd year anniversary QSL card is still available and to those who would like to collect please just kindly send your reception reports to:pilipinadx@yahoo.comThis card featuring the map of our province Antique.I would like to thank our DXer friends for their reports1. Mr. Tomohide Fujii of Takamatsu,Nerima, Tokyo,Japan2. Mr. Kazuyuki Kuriki of Aichi,Japan3. Mr. Li Ming of Maanshan City,China for 2 reception reports4. Mr Zhang ShiFeng of Penglai City, Shan Dong Province,China5. Mr. Mukesh Kumar of Bihar, IndiaThank you very much for your reports
For some DX News nowPBS- Philippine Broadcasting Service on 6170 kHz relay of 1278kHz AM Mw dWRM Radyo Magazin from Marulas, Valenzuela, Metro Manila audible from 0000-0930 domestic broadcast in English and FilipinoRTM Malaysia 1475 kHz from Kota Kinabalu,Malaysia in Tagalog ( Pilipino) audible from 1100-1330UTCRadio Romania International – Last April 11th, I heard the transmission of Radio Romania to Central Africa in the frequency of 17730 from 1146-1154 UTC with feature about Romania and followed by the Mailbag program, S-I-O rating 3-3-3Frequency Schedule of English broadcast for Radio Romania International valid 29 March to 24 October 2009To Central Africa 1100-1200 15340, 17730To Pacific Area 0530-0600 15435, 17770South-East Asia 0300-0400 9735, 118950530- 0600 15435, 17770For more information visit www.rri.ro
A09 Frequency Schedule for various stations from March 29, 2009 – October 25, 2009Radio Sweden broadcast for Asia in English0230-0300 11550 via Madagascar1330-1400 157351430-1500 13820Radio Prague, Czech Republic in English1300-1329 17540 to South Asia2000-2027 11600 to South & East Asia/ AustraliaRadio Netherlands in English1000-1100 11895 to East & SEA daily12065 to East Asia/China daily15110 to East & SEA daily1400-1500 9345 to East 7 SEA daily1400-1600 11835 to South Asia daily15815 to South Asia daily1400-1600 5825 to South Asia daily7530 to East & SEA dailyChina Radio International Filipino Service1130- 1200 11700 daily1200-1230 11700 daily1430-1500 12110 dailyDuetsche Welle Radio broadcast in English0000-0100 9885 via Trincomalee15595 via Vladivostok175250300-0400 11975 Novosibirsk15595 Dhabbaya0900-1000 15340 Singapore17705 Trincomalee1600-1700 9540 TrincomaleeStation logs for March 2009March 1, Solomon Island broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) on 9545 from Honiara @ 0800 in English S-I-O rating 3-3-3World Harvest Radio on 9930 from Naalehu, Hawaii @ 0805 in English with religious programming S-I-O Rating 5-5-5Adventist World Radio 0n 11870 from Guam @ 1050 in Ilocano S-I-O rating 4-4-4-3March 2, Family Radio on 9545 in Mandarin @ 0900 S-I-O rating 3-3-3March 6, KNLS Alaska on 7355 from Anchor Point in Chinese @0800 S-I-O rating 4-3-3AWR on 15255 in unknown language @ 1400 S-I-O rating 5-5-5Trans World Radio KTWR Guam on 9975 in English @ 1405 S-I-O rating 3-3-3Kingdom of Saudi Arabia broadcasting on 21640 from Riyadh in Arabic @ 1421 S-I-O rating 3-4-3 parallel 21505March 7, Voice of Russia on 17805 in English @ 0610 S-I-O rating 4-4-4 Commentary 7 Focus on Asia and the Pacific programRadio New Zealand Intl on 9765 from Rangitaiki in English @0733 UTC S-I-O rating 3-3-3 talk and musical ProgramRTM Malaysia on 1475 MW from Kota Kinabalu in Pilipino @ 1110 S-I-O rating 3-2-3 Music and dedication programMarch 8, PBS on 6170 kHz relay of dWRM 1278 MW domestic broadcast @0108 S-I-O 2-3-3March 9, Radio Slovakia on 13715 from Rimavska Sobota in English @ 0710 S-I-O 3-3-3, Review of weekly NewsMarch 18, Trans World Radio TWR on 11840 from Guam in English @0805 S-I-O 4-4-4March 21, Voice of Mongolia from Ulaan Baatar on 12085 in English @1041,A female host interviewing a male visitor in MongoliaMarch 30, AWR on 15540 in English @ 1136 S-I-O 4-4-4 Wave Scan programFor April 2009April 4, Radio Cairo Egypt on 17835 in English @1051 S-I-O 3-3-2April 5, KWHR ,T8WH Palau on 9930 in English with religious programming @ 0815 UTC S-I-O 4-4-4April 9, Shiokaze on 9595 in Japanese @0806 S-I-O 4-4-4April 10, Voice of Korea on 13760 in Korean @0707 S-I-O 3-4-3April 11, HCJB Quito,Ecuador on 11960 in Spanish @ 1210 with religious programming S-I-O 3-4-3April 12, Voice of Russia on 21790 World service @0700 S-I-O 3-3-3April 13, Radio Thailand news on 15275 in English @0210 with World News S-I-O 3-3-3April 18, AWR via VT Communications, Wertachal, Germany on 15435 @1200 in English S-I-O 3-3-3And friends, if you want to get the transcript of today’s Pilipinas DX news, please visit http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. That’s http (colon – double-forward slash) pilipinasdx (dot) wordpress (dot) com. OR http://pilipinasdx.blogspot.com, or you may want to send us your comments, suggestions, reception logs, and information’s to pilipinasdx@yahoo.com. That’s P-I-L-I-P-I-N-A-S-D-X for PilipinasDX [at] yahoo [dot] com.This has been Henry Umadhay for Wavescan in Antique, Central Philippines saying…Thank you for all the support past 24 months of Pilipinas DX and Wavescan.This is not goodbye but until we meet again.Mabuhay! At Maraming salamat po!