THE LISTENING POST

~ There is (or was) a bizarre Brazilian station showing up on 5899.1 and 7455 kHz between 1000 and 200 UTC identified as Radio Casa 8000 in Ampara, in Sao Paulo state, playing continuous rock/pop music. Supposedly using 750 watts on 5 MHz and 350 watts on 7455 kHz, claiming to be a non-profit operation.

~ That mysterious Venezuelan Radio Onda Cofta Venezjuela (ROCV) from El Tigre has been recently noted in Europe around 0500 UTC on 6216 kHz. The station was previously heard on 6205 kHz and myriad other frequencies.

~ Here comes yet another North Korean opposition broad-caster: The North Korean Democratization Committee. CDNK radio goes on the air Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 1400-1430 UTC via an unspecified location in Central Asia.

~ Eye Radio, the South Sudan opposition station, has deleted its broadcasts via Issoudun (France).

~ Denmark’s World Music Radio is now supposedly using a new transmitter on 25770 kHz, although no specific air hours were announced.

~ It took almost a year, but a British DXer finally got a QSL from VOIRI’s English service on 9855 kHz.

~ In Myanmar, over 100 staff members of Myanmar Radio have joined some 1,000 government employees in protests against the government and the military coup. That