CONTINENT OF MEDIA 03-03, produced May 27, 2003

*COM 03-03, a supplement to WORLD OF RADIO, and unlike that weekly
 program this program deals with media around the American continent,
 not especially shortwave; broadcast exclusively on Radio for Peace
 International, Costa Rica
*Also available on the web thanks to Universal Radio at DXing.com:
 http://www.DXing.com For info or a catalog call 1-800-431-3939 or
 http://www.universal-radio.com
*New Jersey Radio -- In Tune with the Garden State`s Many Voices:
 http://www.nj.com/living/ledger/index.ssf?/base/living-1/1053844054228850.xml
 Concludes about WTTM, 1680, with South Asian languages
*Plan to build a 2000-foot TV tower for New York City stations in
 Bayonne NJ is on hold due to FAA objections [later: agreement
 signed to put them back on the new World Trade Center building]
*ChevronTexaco ends sponsorship of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts
 after 2003-2004 season; hopes to continue with new sponsor; cost was
 only $7 million; see DXLD 3-087, 3-089...
*WRR-FM in Dallas unlikely to accept proposals for three-way frequency
 switch, which would put it on 105.7 with inferior signal; city
 council to decide June 4 whether to forego $60 million bid for this
*KUSC in Los Angeles offering its joint venture with Coloradio Public
 Radio, the Classical Public Radio Network, CPRN, to all NPR stations,
 despite three other such services already
*Cannot recommend highly enough http://www.publicradiofan.com
 especially when used in conjunxion with my lower-tech Monitoring
 Reminders calendar at http://www.worldofradio.com
*Four new radio reading services found to be webcasting and added to
 http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/statsearch.pl?format=reading&lang=
 RAISE AUDIO SERVER http://www.raisewnc.org/
 METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON EAR http://www.washear.org/
 TALKING INFORMATION CENTER http://www.ticnetwork.com/
 WCRS - WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS RADIO SERVICE http://www.wcrsradio.org/
 in addition to others already known:
 SUNSOUNDS http://sunsounds.org Beware of barking dog killing audio
 WRBH: http://www.wrbh.org
 WHIL RRS: http://www.alaprint.org
 WSRE SIGHTLINE: http://www.wsre.org
*Many other public radio stations have reading services on subcarriers
 only requiring special receivers; let us know of any new webcasts
*Public radio in Miami, WLRN, forms news partnership with Miami Herald
 like Sun-Sentinel has with WXEL, et al
*WTTA, ch 38 in Tampa, soon starts local 10 pm newscast, but as part
 of Sinclair group, national news segments come from WBFF Baltimore
 tho not so identified, just ``News Central``
*WIVB, ch 4 in Buffalo, has master control in Indianapolis as do
 several other stations. Anomalies caused by ``Indiana Stupid Time``,
 staying on EST, not EDT: requires shifting TV programming, but
 outlying viewers get prime time outside prime time; same in western
 South Dakota
*Site with info on DTV stations on air, distances, bearings and
 antennas needed, in any zip code: http://www.antennaweb.org
*KEZZ, 1470 in Estes Park, CO, may be first to try short Kinstar AM
 antenna, only 40 feet high. Check it out while visiting Rocky
 Mountain National Park this summer
*New station in Fountain Hills, near Phoenix, AZ, on 1620, KFHX:
 too strong for part-15, but not in FCC records; supported by Catholic
 Church, St. Dominic`s Food Bank; and webcasts, http://www.kfhx.org
*Tandy Corp. auctioning on E-bay its private subway car which used
 to serve staff at Radio Shack HQ in Fort Worth; item 2414503391 at
 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=undefined&item=2414503391
*FCC calls for public comments about allowing powerline communications
 -- which are likely to interfere with ham radio and shortwave
 listening. See
 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-03-100A1.pdf
 If you wish to comment with the FCC, go to http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs 
*You know you`re an aging radio DJ when... see DXLD 3-083
 http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld3083.txt
*Glenn Hauser, here, hoping you`ve enjoyed this edition of Continent
 of Media, 03-03     ###