[HCDX] new "Shortwave News"

[EdMayberry@xxxxxxx]

The April edition of the International Listener "Shortwave News" has been 
uploaded, and contains these stories...

Swiss Radio International fades from shortwave...bomb incidents target BBC 
facilities...Taliban expels BBC reporter...BBC reporter Michael Elkins 
dies...Eddie Startz remembered in tribute broadcast...Congress considers U. 
S. role in international radio...VOA director to become college 
president...Florida newspaper says Radio Marti staff unhappy...Italian 
government threatens to cut Vatican Radio electricity supply...BBC World 
Service enjoys record number of listeners...Digital shortwave radio tests 
continue...Putin said to be planning government broadcasting 
monopoly...Deutsche Welle journalist attacked in Belgrade...Deutsche Welle 
increases broadcasts to Ukraine...Deutsche Welle financing criticized in "Die 
Welt"...Radio Vilnius cuts back shortwave schedule...Radio Yugoslavia plans 
to resume shortwave broadcasts...Kazakhstan plans limits to foreign 
programming, internet restrictions...Moldova's potential audience drops to 
under a million...Romanian newspaper criticizes Voice of America, Radio Free 
Europe/Radio Liberty...Voice of America denied local licenses in two Russian 
cities...Jamaica authorizes Kingston FM relay for BBC World 
Service...Shortwave Fest provides plenty of radio talk...Elusive Radio 
Vancouver International drops shortwave...RAI labor dispute affects program 
schedule...Australia International Television closes...Radio New Zealand 
International solicits North American feedback...Domestic New Zealand radio 
ends streaming audio...Radio Prague begins 55th anniversary 
competition...Radio Free Asia starts ID music competition...New shortwave 
station planned for New Mexico...High Adventure plans shortwave expansion in 
Nigeria...Shortwave pirate in Kentucky appears to the right...World Beacon 
tests UAE shortwave site...Power line communications player pulls out...BBC's 
"Radio Times" could be included in sale..."Celtic Notes" from Wales Radio 
International picked up by WRN...Japan's time signal station leaves the 
air...Time signal CD project nearing completion...Kerbango internet radio 
production stops...Prime Time Shortwave list becomes 
newsletter...International Listener polls "shortwave stations heard this past 
week"...

I hope you enjoy reading this monthly round-up of news items from the world 
of international shortwave radio.

Ed Mayberry
http://www.internationallistener.com
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