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30 May 2003 |
Salam Pax revealed - at last!
Thanks to Lou Josephs for drawing my attention to a long piece in today's edition of The Guardian:
"The most gripping account of the Iraq conflict came from a web diarist known as the Baghdad Blogger. But no one knew his identity - or even if he existed. Rory McCarthy finally tracked him down, and found a quietly spoken, 29-year-old architect. From next week he will write fortnightly in G2."
For those not familar with it, G2 is the second (tabloid) section of The Guardian, which unfortunately isn't included with the special European version. Thank goodness for their Web site!
BTW I hope that the Canadian journalist who a few months ago claimed Salam Pax was actually a Baath Party activist feels suitably chastened, and will issue a public apology both to Salam and to those of us who never doubted for one moment his sincerity and authenticity! Or will he now claim The Guardian is making it all up too? (AS)
3:47:35 PM 
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Arrow Classic Rock to stay on mediumwave - for now!
Another of the unsuccessful applicants for one of the new Dutch commercial radio licences effective on Sunday 1 June has found a lifeline, albeit a temporary one. Since the successful applicant for 675 kHz, Music Country bv, is not ready to start its own service, it has agreed to lease the frequency to Arrow Classic Rock, currently on 828 kHz.
While this arrangement makes sense for the two parties involved, it does rather make fun of the whole licensing procedure, inasmuch as the proposed programme format of the applicants was one of the key elements considered. There's a world of difference between country music and the sort of rock music Arrow plays. The possible Sky Radio/Radio 10 deal is different, as essentially they are both after the same audience.
1:32:36 PM
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BBC World Service launches on FM in Baghdad and Basra
Iraqis in Baghdad and Basra can now hear BBC World Service on FM as well as on shortwave and mediumwave. The frequencies are 89.0 MHz in Baghdad and 90.0 MHz in Basra. In Basra, the World Service in English can also be heard FM 88.0 MHz. BBC World Service Director Mark Byford commented "This is a historic development, and we plan to extend FM to other major Iraqi cities."
1:19:13 PM
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Re: Radio Free Iraq on 15495
Glenn Hauser's DX Listening Digest publishes the following observations from veteran DXer Noel Green in the UK, which probably explains what Tarek heard on Wednesday:
As Tarek says, 15495 is broadcasting Radio Free Iraq, and is heard parallel listed 9825 [KAV] 11805[LAM] 15170[MOR] and 17740[KAV] at 1500 until 1700, so it is an additional frequency. This relatively new entry appears in today`s IBB schedule:
15495 1400 1500 VOA W VAR WOF 08 102 10/23/2003 10/25/2003
15495 1500 1700 VOA W VAR WOF 08 102 10/23/2003 10/25/2003
Could this already be on air and is it this transmitter being heard carrying R. Free Iraq? [i.e. Woofferton, UK, not KUWAIT]
Radio Kuwait should not be using 15495 at 1500. Their current HFCC registration says 0200-1305 and 1800-2400 on this frequency. The gap in service between v1305 and v1800 has been in their sched for years. At 1500 they are audible on 15110 [this has Urdu once again at 1600-1800] 13620 [until v1605] 11990 [from v1615] and 9880. And 15505 is also on air, but carries a different programme, thought to be the Koran service (Noel Green, UK, May 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9:45:38 AM
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© Copyright 2003 Andy Sennitt.
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