Adventist World Radio

Wavescan  program #504 -- 36/1

8/29/2004

 

Main Script for Wavescan, Edition number 504 for airing on Sunday8/29/2004. 

 

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From the studios of Adventist World Radio, This is Wavescan.

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Our programme for shortwave listeners and radio hobbyists from around the world.   I’m ___________ (Host 1).

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And I’m ____________ (Host 2).

 

Bring music up and then down. 

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In today’s edition of Wavescan we bring you the details of our big 2004 DX contest which starts on Wednesday September 1.

Travelogue

We’ll also Play with a snake and live to tell the tale.

IC DX report

Bring you our International DX report

Feature

And look at the link between your child and his TV.  New research shows that cutting that link could also cut some aggression.

 

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WAVESCAN TOPIC  (5 minutes)  Normally read by Student Volunteer

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   But first, a reminder of the details of this years WAVESCAN DX competition.

 

Play Wavescan topic: as recorded in edition 496 PLUS this addition:

KSDA5 will be used for the following English broadcasts beginning Sunday September 4 up to and including Sunday September 12.

 

                1330 - 1400     11980  

                1600 - 1630     15235  

                1630 - 1700     11975     

 

 

Travelogue  (5 minutes)

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And we look forward to all your competition entries coming in over the next month.   

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In today's Travel log we travel with Carol Logan, our UK Correspondent, to Africa to hear a spine chilling story involving a cat and a very dangerous snake.  And, yes, some very valuable  lessons too.

 

Play Travelogue: 1720:Playing with a Snake:

IN: "Puss, tired of the constant attention -seeking of the . . "

 

OUT: ". . . from the temptation of playing with sin."

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Thank you Carol for that hair-raising story and the valuable lessons that were drawn from it. I'm relieved  to know that it was only the snake that lost it's head in this instance. That was Carol Logan our International Correspondent from the United Kingdom.

 

P A U S E    H E R E    P L E A S E

 

DX Report (IC and/or programme hosts)  (4 minutes IC and 2 minute host tips.  Total 6 minutes.)

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You’re listening to Wavescan, Adventist World Radio’s programme especially for shortwave listeners and radio hobbyists.  Now time for our international DX report where we start in Australia.

 

DX Report

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* AUSTRALIA: The Australian mediumwave station, 4QN, at Brandon in Queensland, has been heard in Japan.  Tokusha Hiroshi states that he has heard this station several times at around 1000 UTC in the early evening in Japan when it is carrying a bulletin of national news.  Station 4QN is operated by the ABC and it radiates 50 kW on 630 kHz.  Co-sited with this mediumwave station are three low powered shortwave transmitters that carry the Radio Australia services to Papua New Guinea.  

 

* CONGO: A community radio station in the Congo has won a major broadcasting award, states the international news agency, Interworld.  Radio Canal Revelation won the special prize recently at the One World media awards in London.  This community radio station was founded four years ago in the town of Bunia and it broadcasts in several local languages in an endeavour to promote unity among various tribal groups.

 

* PRESIDENT ON RADIO:  Recently, ex-President Ronald Reagan died, and as a tribute, the American radio newspaper, “Radio World”, gave the story of his early radio experience.  It was back in 1932 when radio was quite young, that Ronald Reagan made his radio debut with sports commentaries from station WOC in Davenport, Iowa.  Three years later he transferred to station WHO in Des Moines where again he presented sports information.  After Reagan entered Hollywood, he appeared in several radio dramas that were broadcast by the CBS & NBC networks.

 

* MEDIUMWAVE ANTENNA SYSTEM: In a technical article by noted radio engineer Jim Hawkins, “Radio World” presents detailel information on the antenna systems in use over the years by the New York mediumwave station WOR.  This satsion is licensed to New York City but the transmitter is located at Carteret in New Jersey.

 

* RADIO IN EUROPE:  The same radio newspaper, “Radio World”, also reports that more than 800 radio stations joined the European Union last May when 10 nations with 20 additional languages were admitted.  It is anticipated that these radio networks and thus the listeners will gain through the admittance of these countries into the European Union due to cultural exchanges and social development.

 

* RADIO CATALOG: The new 2004 edition of the equipment catalog from Universal Radio again portrays a colourful cluster of exotic QSL cards on the front cover.  Universal Radio, on the edge of Dayton in Ohio, has become quite famous for its portrayal of QSL cards and radio station pennants on the covers of their equipment catalogs.

 

And finally,

* AIRPORT RADIO: The American radio magazine, “Popular Communications”, reports that the information radio station at the Los Angeles Airport in California has been granted FCC approval to increase the output of their transmitter from the usual 10 watts to 100 watts.  This unusual power increase is looked upon as a necessity for airport security.

 

And that’s our international DX report for this week.  You’re listening to Wavescan.

 

Feature  (5 minutes) 

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Children, on average, spend more time watching television than doing anything else except sleeping.   Because of statistics like this, children could see well over 100-thousand violent acts on television by the time they turn 18.

 

Research has suggested that exposure to violent media causes children to become more aggressive and to view it as an acceptable way of resolving conflict. 

 

But a study by Stanford University in California shows that cutting a child's exposure to TV, videos and video games could cut verbal and physical aggression by as much as 40 percent. AWR's David Barasoain spoke to the lead researcher in the study, Dr. Thomas Robinson.

 

Play Feature 745: Less TV less aggression for kids:

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Dr. Thomas Robinson is an assistant professor of pediatrics and of medicine at Stanford University in Stamford California.   The study originally appeared in the ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS AND ADOLESCENT MEDICINE.

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Ending

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And that brings us to an end of this week’s edition of Wavescan – a production of Adventist World Radio.  Next week we will be:

1.  looking at the story of Forgotten Callsigns.

2.  Catching up with news and tips from Japan and North America

3.  Visiting the Namib desert

4.  and finding how nun’s are helping beat Alzheimer's.

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Your reception reports, tips and comments are always welcomed.  Here’s our address:

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AWR, 39 Brendon St, London, W1, England, or e-mail us at letters@awr.org.  

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That’s also the address for your Bible questions or free Bible Guides:  AWR, 39 Brendon St, London, W1, England, or e-mail us at letters@awr.org.  

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Wavescan is written and produced by Adrian Peterson and Steve Hamstra.  You can find it on the web at:  english.awr.org/Wavescan.  I’m . . . (Me)

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. . . and I’m . . .  (You) Thanks for joining us.