International Radio Report
Program summary Sunday, August 1, 2004
- Coronal mass ejections interfere with propagation
> Made for bad reception on SW and MW
> Aurora seen as far south as the 33rd parallel
- CHOI FM picks up support from provincial politicians
> Station had its licence revoked by CRTC
> Due to expire on August 31
> Federal Heritage Minister Liza Frulla said she won't intervene
> Station will have to go to court or reapply for another licence
- FCC fines pirate radio operator in Naples, Fla.
- Dutch pirates all over X-band
> Frequently get busted, frequently return
> Dutch radio commission will survey them to see why they come back
- Swiss English programming on the Internet, sans SRI
> Switzerland in Sound
- XM Satellite Radio nabs Bob Edwards
> Excluside morning show on satellite
> Edwards was removed from NPR's Morning Edition in staff shuffle
- John Gotti Jr. charged with attempted murder of WABC morning man in 1992
- Interview with VOA's Kim Elliott from SWLfest in Kulpsville, Pa.
> VOA cuts; reminiscence of Communications World
- Indianapolis, Ind., man in home detention pretended to be a radio host
> Was using fake contest to entice young males to come to his home
