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[Nicholas_J]

I recently discovered on the shortwave bands, after midnight, that the Canadian Broadcasting company does parallel broaadcasts of is A.M. radio bradcasts over shortwave.

They broadcast on 6030 khz, 6040 khz, and 6070 khz, each rebroadcasting on frequncy for the Toronto A.M. Broadcasts, Ond for Alberta, and the other for Vancouver. On the east coast, 6070 is clearest.

If you live in the Midwest or Northeast, these broadcasts can be picked up on regular A.M. radios on 1010 khz which is CFRB Toronto. It is also possible to pick up the same broadcast for Totonto on 740 khz which is CBL

On the West Coast,CKWX 1130 is broadcast out of Vancouver, and CISL 650 is out of Richmond, British Columbia.

They spend as much if not more time tearing up Bush and the Republicans as they do talking about Canadian politics.

These stations sounded so much like American Talk radio, that it took a while to tell that it was not American Talk Radio, once I heard them talking about MP's and stuff like that.

They were really doing a hatchet job on Bush and his Iraq decisions and such.

While these stations cant be heard during the daylight, at night they frequently come in very clearly. 740 from Toronto comes in as clear as a local station for me in the South, in the two hours before dawn, so I suppose if you are further north it sould be even easier to pick up n an AM radio.

Give it a try.

[Gloria]

1. Hi, Fellow Shortwave Listener!! I listen ONLY to shortwave....

down here in NM, I wake up to two different BBC broadcasts (Africa and SE Asia targets), Radio Canada Int'l airing CBC (I pick up 13655 and 17820), Radio Sweden, and China Radio Intl. And there are more, but I concentrate on the first 3. And, I listen to Canada in the afternoon and evenings sometimes.

On March 29 (the switchover to the summer schedules for all of shortwave radio), Radio Canada will be switching their programming and we'll be getting more of the CBC here....I heard a report on this on their Media Show...they will be doing more targeted broadcasting and adding another time for US broadcasts. One complaint has been that RCI has been cut too much and that they are relying too much on CBC programming rather than doing their own original stuff....but I'll take anything I can get!!

Of the frequencies you mention, I see only 6040 at 0200-0259 UT (7pm MT) on my Prime Time Shortwave scheudule of English language broadcasts, but I'll have to check to see if there are updates. I couldn't get that one, so the one that I use for that time is 9755 or 11725.

Anyway, I have put a page about Shortwave radio at my site, and have links to pages with info on internet streaming for many shortwave broadcasts as well as SW radio listings/schedules.....

http://www.zianet.com/insightanalytical/shortwave.htm


Here are two sections from my page:

LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS--RADIO



Short wave reception depends on many factors including your location. Generally, signals are best heard during the evening hours. What comes in off the airwaves depends in large part on what stations are targeting your area. Some of the strongest signals come from the BBC World Service, Radio Canada International, Radio Netherlands, and Deutsche Welle (Germany). You can also check our own Voice of America. The BBC has stopped broadcasting directly to Canada, the U.S. and Australia, preferring to air their broadcasts on FM stations. However, if you are on the East Coast you should try to pick up the Caribbean signal; if on the West Coast, you can also try to tune in the broadcast emanating from Asia.The following link to "BBC Shortwave Frequencies" lists BBC frequencies and signal strength hour by hour throughout the day http://usa.shortwavestore.com/bbc-frequencies.html .



Schedules are often provided at the broadcasters’ websites. A listener may therefore choose to listen randomly until he or she stumbles upon something interesting or use the schedules to locate favorite programming.



A well-organized site compiled in Sweden called Listen to the World lists shortwave broadcasts with frequencies and times by country http://www.swl.nu/listen/index.htm . Links to the station websites are also provided (many sites also provide internet listening--see below). The listings include many countries not found on many sites such as the “Stans” of Central Asia and radio from Albania. And if you’re up at about 7:30 AM EST, you might be able to catch the irregular broadcast of Radio Iraq, which broadcasts to North America.

Prime Time Shortwave at http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/time.html is an extremely useful site. It lists English broadcasts in UTC on an hour by hour basis! Print it out (it's about 20 pages) and you'll have an easy to use schedule of broadcasts!

Here's a great site to bookmark. If you know a frequency, but don't know what station it is, you can Search for International Broadcasters by Frequency here!! http://home.cfl.rr.com/happysurfer/swllynx.htm

Also, another excellent compilation of all broadcasts can be found at E!B! http://www.eibi.de.vu/ which features listings sorted by time or by frequency, transmitter locations, with all parallel frequencies at a glance.



LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS—VIA THE INTERNET



Many broadcasts are now streaming continuously via the Internet, offering their programming in English 24 hours a day. Other stations stream in English on the net only when they are beaming their radio signals in English via shortwave (parallel broadcasting). Many broadcasters also provide current news sections right on their sites. Here are several websites that can get you started listening with or without a radio!



Perhaps the easiest site to use is one entitled Shortwave Broadcasts LIVE On The Internet http://www.dxworld.com/sw_live.html . This site is basically an alphabetical listing of countries, with links to streaming broadcasts via Real Audio or Windows Media. Most countries stream continuously in the native language; others stream and also offer “in demand” archived broadcasts in English. Some stations provide only limited schedules and some parallel the shortwave broadcasts which are aired at certain times of the day. At the bottom of each listing there are links to the website of the broadcaster. As previously mentioned, these home pages often provide complete daily and weekly schedules of programming, including when broadcasts are aired specifically for North American audiences. Check out the TV feed from Cuba!



Another good site is the World Radio Network http://www.wrn.org/index.html . Based in London, this site offers a variety of ways to tune in. WRN culls some of the most popular news and cultural broadcasts from across the globe and bundles them into a variety of schedules geared for different regions http://www.wrn.org/listeners/schedules/ . For example, English broadcasts are available in formats for WRN English for Africa/Middle East, Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, and South America. As an example, on the WRN English for North America channel, weekday evenings feature programming from Russia, Slovakia, China, Israel, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, and UN Radio. NPR Radio programs from the US also show up on the schedules. There are also multilingual broadcasts for North America. By selecting any of these formats you will see a daily schedule in Universal Time (UTC) along with the applicable time zones for that part of the world. Or, you can click on “Listen Now” and pick up whatever is broadcasting at the moment.



There is also a listing of all the broadcasters that are available on WRN http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/index.php?CurrentLetter=1 . Clicking on a station brings you to a page which describes the broadcast availability (language and time) as well as a direct link to the station’s website. These informational pages are also available by clicking the program names on the master schedule for that region.

[Nicholas_J]

2. Its not Radio Canada International

But the CBC Domestic Service, and it runs 24 hours a day, and is a rebroadcast of the A.M. service. It sounds just like standard A.M. radio. You have to wait until the evening broadcasts from Europe die down, after midnight-1 AM Eastern time (6 GMT) and then you start picking it up) It will be a little difficult to recognize as it sounds like regular AM radio, and it is just below a German Language broadcast of Deutsch Welle, and above a Spanish language broadcast (Radio Havana I think). Once you pick it up, you will recognize it, but it does not come across as strong as RCI as these shortwave rebroadcasts are meant for the Northern regions of Canada, where there are no local stations It is very interesting as the broadcasts are less formal, more like commercial stations on A.M.

If you get a copy of monitoring times, you will see the broadcasts listed separately from the Radio Canada International Broadcasts.

What kind of radio do you have. I have several from the Grundig 50th anniversary model, the Grundig S350, a Grundig travel radio, then an inexpensive Chinese Kaito WRX911 (analog portable), and a small digital JWIN JX M14. The small digital is the most inexpensive digital readout radio I have found and while it is not the greatest radio, it is not hald bad for a 12 dollar portable a little bigger than a pack of cigarettes. The Kaito is the best analog in its price range, about 34 dollars, though you canget it for less if you search the Internet. The JWIN is literally a throw away that I carry with me everywhere, to listen to when I am waiting in a doctors office or whatever. It is rather good for its price and it you clip a wire to the whip antenna, it is rather good. ANyway. I can pick up the CBC domestic service on all of them, though the signal is not as strong as the international broadcast. It is a very different type of shortwave broadcast.

None of my radios cost more than 100 bucks.

[goclark]

4. Is This The Land Of The Free?

I was reading your post with mixed emotions. I was glad to know that there were some clear thinking media people somewhere on the planet earth.

On the other hand,isn't it sad that the only way that we can get Real information about our own government is to depend on other countries?

What is happening to American,the home of the free and the brave?

I want my country back!
I can't wait until that wimp is out of office and we can breath free air again.

It will be one great "getting up morning!"

[Wonk]

3. It's on the web, too, fyi.

http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/schedule/weeklySchedule.jsp?network=CBC%20Radio%20One&genre=&startDate=2004/02/28&startTime=00:00&endTime=24:00
Schedule

http://www.cbc.ca/audio.html