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Global Information Guide Latin American Shortwave Heats Up! by Gerry L. Dexter |
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Last year AWR issued this
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There’s a chance we may have a new station on the air from Honduras early in the coming year. Radio Bethel, currently operating on mediumwave (1160) is expected to show up on 60 meters shortwave running 5 kilowatts. No shortwave frequency has been announced yet, but even without knowing what it may be, it shouldn’t be hard to find since activity on that band is minimal, to say the least! Also, the still elusive Radio America in Paraguay continues its expansion plans. The 7300 frequency, used in a test mode some months ago, is apparently still active and beamed to Buenos Aires, although it is frightfully low powered. 7740, beamed at La Paz, Bolivia is due to be reactivated, and an omni-directional beam should be on the air now on 15185, reportedly 24 hours a day. The kicker? This transmitter is running a minuscule 5 watts! If you do manage to catch this station, on whatever frequency, they are eager for reports. The address is Radio America, Casilla de Correo 2220, Asuncion, Paraguay. Radio Transcontinental, Mexico City, has changed to an all-religious format, which is about the only approach which can fill the coffers on shortwave. XERTA is using 4810, at least as of this writing (it’s been playing frequency hopscotch since it came on the air two or three years ago).
Believe it or not, there’s been another U.S.
station call letter change (this is getting to be as bad as domestic
mediumwave!). WJIE has become WPBN (World Prayer Broadcasting Network).
The network actually consists of the two WJIE transmitters, along with
WJIE-FM in Lousiville, Kentucky, WVHI in Evansville, Indiana, plus High
Adventure Ministries’ KVOH (two transmitters) and shortwaver KHBN (Palau).
Another four domestic AM stations are destined to become part of the
group. KVOH will continue to be owned by High Adventure Ministries. In
addition to all this a new FM/shortwave station, The Voice of Liberty, is
to be built in Liberia. It looks like these folks mean business! |
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