Summer frequency updates, KNLS stations

 

All times UTC

Updated schedule of WCB KNLS Madagascar World Voice via Mahajanga

1800-1900 on  9885 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian tx#2 KNLS New Life Station

1800-1900 on 13670 MWV 100 kW / 310 deg to WeAf English tx#3 African Pathways Radio

1900-2000 on  9845 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian tx#2 KNLS New Life Station

1900-2000 on 13670 MWV 100 kW / 340 deg to N/ME Arabic  tx#3 Radio Feda

2000-2100 on 13710 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to N/ME Arabic  tx#2 Radio Feda

2000-2100 on 11965 MWV 100 kW / 295 deg to CeAf English tx#3 African Pathways Radio

2100-2200 on 11610 MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Chinese tx#2 The Light of Life

2100-2200 on  9765 MWV 100 kW / 265 deg to SoAm Portug. tx#3 Palavra Alegre

2200-2300 on  9765 MWV 100 kW / 265 deg to SoAm Portug. tx#3 Palavra Alegre

2200-2300 on 11610 MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to NWAf Arabic  tx#2 Radio Feda

0200-0300 on  6180 MWV 100 kW / 265 deg to SoAm Spanish tx#2 La Voz Alegre

0200-0300 on 11880 MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to SoAs English tx#3 KNLS New Life Station

0300-0400 on  6180 MWV 100 kW / 265 deg to SoAm Spanish tx#2 La Voz Alegre

0300-0400 on 13760 MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to SoAs English tx#3 KNLS New Life Station

0400-0500 on 11825 MWV 100 kW / 295 deg to CeAf English tx#2 African Pathways Radio

0400-0500 on 17530 MWV 100 kW / 055 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#3 The Light of Life

Updated schedule of KNLS The New Life Station only via Anchor Point tx#1

0800-0900 on  9695 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#2, inactive at present

0800-0900 on 11875 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1, on air as scheduled

0900-1000 on  9695 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2, inactive at present

0900-1000 on 11875 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1, on air as scheduled

1000-1100 on  9580 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1, ON AIR, ex via tx#2

1000-1100 on  9685 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2, NOT ON AIR, ex tx#1

1100-1200 on  9580 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2, inactive at present

1100-1200 on  9730 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#1, on air as scheduled

1200-1300 on  7355 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#2, inactive at present

1200-1300 on  9795 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1, on air as scheduled

1300-1400 on  7395 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, inactive at present

1300-1400 on  9740 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#1, on air as scheduled

1400-1500 on  7355 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, NOT ON AIR, ex tx#1

1400-1500 on  9580 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1, ON AIR, ex via tx#2

1500-1600 on  9760 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, NOT ON AIR, ex tx#1

1500-1600 on  9800 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1, ON AIR, ex via tx#2

1600-1800 on  9580 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1, ON AIR, ex via tx#2

1600-1800 on 11870 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, NOT ON AIR, ex tx#1

(DXB 02 May 2022)

KNLS transmitter # 2, out of service information

 

KNLS Anchor Point, Alaska's number 2 transmitter is out of service from 27 January 2022. 

All times UTC

Transmitter # 2

0800-0900 on 6075 English 

0900-1000 on 9540 Russian 

1000-1100 on 9680 English 

1100-1200 on 9570 Russian 

1200-1300 on 9625 English  

1300-1400 on 9760 Chinese 

1400-1500 on 6110 English 

1500-1600 on 9550 Russian  

 (DX Mix-Bulgaria/28 Jan 2022/NASWA)

KNLS stations update their winter schedules

KNLS stations, Madagscar and Alaska have each cut four hours from their current broadcast schedule. Changes are due to the increase in electricity and diesel fuel, causing constant interruptions. The upcoming A-19 summer period from 31 March, will reflect these changes.

All times UTC

Effective: 01 February, 2019
World Christian Broadcast KNLS Madagascar World Voice, Mahajanga
0200-0300 on  6190 MWV 100 kW / 250 deg to SoAm Spanish tx#2 La Voz Alegre
0200-0300 on 15510 MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to SoAs English tx#3 African Pathways Radio
2200-2300 on 11790 MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to NoAf Arabic  tx#2 Radio Feda
2200-2300 on 11965 MWV 100 kW / 055 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#3 The Light of Life

Effective: 01 February, 2019
World Christian Broadcast KNLS The New Life Station, Anchor Point
1600-1700 on  7370 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 KNLS, New Life Station
1600-1700 on 11965 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2 The Light of Life
1700-1800 on  7370 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 KNLS, New Life Station
1700-1800 on 11965 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2 The Light of Life
(DX Bulgaria 11 Feb 2019)

KNLS Alaska winter frequency update

a repost for our followers .....

Alaska
 Frequency updates of World Christian Broadcast KNLS - The New Life Station

All times UTC

0800-0900 NF  9610 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2, ex  7355
0800-0900 NF  9710 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1, ex  7370
0900-1000 on  7370 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 unchanged
0900-1000 NF  9610 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2, ex  7355
1000-1100 NF  9605 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2, ex  7355
1000-1100 NF  9710 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1, ex  7370
1100-1200 on  7320 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 unchanged
1100-1200 NF 11610 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese tx#2, ex  7355
1200-1300 on  7320 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1 unchanged
1200-1300 on  7355 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#2 unchanged
1300-1400 NF 11785 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#1, ex  7320
1300-1400 NF 11890 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, ex  7560
1400-1500 on  7320 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#1 unchanged
1400-1500 NF 11890 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, ex  7560
1500-1600 on  7320 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 unchanged
1500-1600 NF 11890 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, ex  7560
1600-1700 on  7370 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 unchanged
1600-1700 NF 11965 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, ex  7340
1700-1800 on  7370 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAs Russian tx#1 unchanged
1700-1800 NF 11965 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#2, ex  7340
(DX Bulgaria 12 Dec 2018)

(WRTH 04 Feb 2019)

Monitoring KNLS Alaska

ALASKA   KNSL Anchor Point noted on both channels at 09-10 UT Aug 18/20

All times UTC

but  n o t  on air on 9655 kHz today Aug 21, 0800-1000

0900-1000 11870 NLS 100 kW 300 deg to NoEaAS Russian
S=9+20dB in Tokyo Japan remote unit

0900-1000  9655 NLS 100 kW 285 deg to EaAS   Chinese
S=9+10dB in Tokyo Japan remote unit,
but hit heavily by adjacent VoKorea Kujang Japanese sce on 9650 kHz.

KNLS - The New Life Station via
0800-1100  9655*NLS 100 kW 285 deg to Far East AS       Chinese
0800-0900 11870 NLS 100 kW 270 deg to JPN/Far EaRUS/KOR English
0900-1000 11870 NLS 100 kW 300 deg to Far East RUS      Russian
1000-1100 11870 NLS 100 kW 270 deg to JPN/Far EaRUS/KOR English
1100-1200  9610 NLS 100 kW 285 deg to Far East AS       Chinese
1100-1200 11870 NLS 100 kW 300 deg to Far East RUS      Russian
1200-1300  7355 NLS 100 kW 270 deg to JPN/Far EaRUS/KOR English
1200-1300 11870 NLS 100 kW 270 deg to JPN/Far EaRUS/KOR English
1300-1400  9655 NLS 100 kW 300 deg to Far East AS       Chinese
1300-1400  9920 NLS 100 kW 285 deg to Far East AS       Chinese
1400-1500  7355 NLS 100 kW 285 deg to Far East AS       Chinese
1400-1500 11765 NLS 100 kW 270 deg to JPN/Far EaRUS/KOR English
1500-1600  9655 NLS 100 kW 300 deg to Far East RUS      Russian
1500-1800  9920 NLS 100 kW 285 deg to Far East AS       Chinese
1600-1800  9655 NLS 100 kW 315 deg to Far East RUS      Russian
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 18/20/21)

KNLS completes antenna repairs

KNLS QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection)

From Rob Scobey, Senior Producer for International English: As I write this-our engineers in Anchor Point, Alaska are in the final stages of completing repairs to the mesh antenna that sends the signal of KNLS to the Eastern Hemisphere. Weather conditions finally improved enough to allow repair crews to have access to the site.
For the time being-KNLS will operate off of one transmitter and antenna. So the English hour will be broadcast three times a day rather than the normal four broadcasts plus one simulcast. Our next step is to get the new transmitter-that is, the second of two transmitters-hooked up to the second antenna. Once that's done-the English hour will be back to our full schedule.
(KNLS Website; via ADXN July magazine of ARDXC, via wwdxc BC-DX June 30)

Logging
9920 at 15:22- UT, KNLS on June 20. Very nice to see them back. Lovely S=9+20 signal. This is my favorite religious broadcaster, since the departure of HCJB. They actually have enjoyable  programming and nice music. Not at all like the usual paid programmers that ramble on and on!
Paved Paradise and put up a parking lot until 1525 UT. Then into a movie review.
(Walt Salmaniw-Masset cottage BC-CAN, DXplorer June 28)
(BC-DX/WWDXC/Top News 1213)

KNLS plans sister station this year

For those of you who may have missed the December announcement, here it is again. KNLS will soon have a sister station. The document was issued by the government of Madagascar. Written in French, it gives World Christian Broadcasting permission to put new station, Madagascar World Voice (MWV), on the air.  The new station's towers are already built. The new transmitters are on the way, and hope to have MWV on the air by the middle of 2015.

Madagascar is an island nation in the southern Indian Ocean, located about 300 kilometers across the Mozambique Channel from the east coast of southern Africa.

Millions who were previously unable to hear Alaska station KNLS, or who heard it faintly, will now have a chance to pick up a clear signal. For example, we get mail from KNLS listeners from India, which is half a world away from Alaska. Madagascar World Voice will send a clearer signal to India, so we expect the volume of mail from the planet's second-most populated country to increase. Some listeners in India have digital receivers, and MWV will have the ability to transmit a digital signal.

Madagascar World Voice will double the area of the world that can hear music to love, news to know, and a message to live.
 
World Christian Broadcasting's freshly minted 100 KW transmitters were loaded on a cargo ship in the Port of Houston on January 12, 2015.  A few days later the ship sailed, bound for the Indian Ocean.  Arrival date is expected to be somewhere around March 25.  The ships will cross many, many miles of open Atlantic Ocean before they sail under the tip of Africa to head north to their destination.  The two transmitters were built at a cost of $1,000,000 each, so we are praying for smooth sailing and a safe arrival!

Once the transmitters are unloaded at our station, much work is left to be done.  They must be installed in the transmitter building that has been awaiting their arrival.  They must be connected to the diesel generators that will power them.  Technicians from Continental Electronics in Dallas must go to fine-tune their installation.  Once all that has been done, we can begin the testing process—which in itself will take more than a month.  Once everything is in order, we can begin broadcasting in late 2015 or early 2016.

Initially we will broadcast in six languages: Arabic (covering the entire Mid-East), Spanish (for South and Central America, plus the Spanish-speaking countries of Africa), English with an African sound (for the continent of Africa), Chinese (for western China), Russian (for the populous regions of western Russia, including St. Petersburg and Moscow), and International English (for India and nearby countries where English is a second language).  

Between the new station in the Indian Ocean and our other station in Alaska, our programming will cover almost the entire world, except for North America.
(Alokesh Gupta/Radio Activity blog)

KNLS Alaska - Winter Schedule

Alaska
Winter B-11 of KNLS New Life Station -
Effective to 25 March 2012

All times UTC
0800-0900 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg in Russian
0900-1000 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg in Chinese
1000-1100 on 9615 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg in English
1100-1200 on 9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg in Chinese
1200-1300 on 9615 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg in English
1300-1400 on 9680 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg in Chinese
1400-1500 on 9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg in Chinese
1500-1600 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg in English
1600-1800 on 6190 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg in Russian
(DX Mix News 707 via Alokesh Gupta, India & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Two new stations receive HFCC approval

A portion of Jeff White's recent NASB report, included the following station updates.

There were two new applicants for HFCC membership. Radio CJSC from Armenia had two representatives present. Various organizations use the shortwave (including DRM) and mediumwave relay facilities in Yerevan, Armenia, which are now privatized and owned by a company in Switzerland. The main client is the Voice of Russia. CJSC was applying for associate membership in the HFCC.

Nashville, Tennessee-based World Christian Broadcasting – an NASB member – operates FCC-licensed shortwave station KNLS in Alaska. It is currently constructing a new shortwave station off the southeast coast of Africa called Madagascar World Voice, and it asked for a separate FMO (“WCB” for World Christian Broadcasting) so it can begin registering frequencies for the B11 season. Engineer Kevin Chambers came to the meeting from Madagascar, and he requested full membership for WCB in the HFCC. Both requests for CJSC and WCB were unanimously approved by HFCC members.
(NASB Newsletter/March 2011)

'KNLS Alaska is famous all over China'

World Christian Broadcasting operates shortwave station KNLS in Alaska, which is a member of NASB. The station broadcasts to Asia in Russian, Chinese and English. Recently, WCB sponsored a tour of China. Thirty-one persons visited the Chinese cities of Beijing, Xian, Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Shanghai and Hong Kong. WCB President Charles Caudill described a very interesting experience he had on that trip which highlights the importance of shortwave radio in China:

“A few weeks before leaving for China, I was contacted by e-mail with an invitation to speak for the worship service of one of the underground churches. I emailed back that I would be honored to bring the sermon. I was contacted shortly after that by someone who said she was my contact person and that she would also be my interpreter. She explained that she would meet [my daughter] Kelly and me in the lobby of our hotel and that we shouldn't try to come to them. No problem. We didn't have the address. We still don't.

“At the agreed upon time, a young lady, talking on her cell phone, walked directly to me and called me by name. That's not too surprising since I was the only American man in the crowded lobby. We took a cab and rode for almost an hour. She asked the driver to stop a few blocks from our destination. She did not want the cab driver to know where we were going. We walked those several blocks and were told we were near the building where the church meets regularly. We walked by another building to make sure we were not being followed. After a cell phone call, the lobby door opened and we took an elevator to one of the top floors. Another cell phone call got the door to the apartment opened. We walked into a room that was set up for a worship service – song books, Bibles and study materials.

“Why all of the clandestine moves? Remember, what we were about to do is illegal in China. The participants could be subject to arrest, or even worse. The authorities probably would not have done any violence to Kelly or me because we were foreigners. They simply would have sent us home.

“For years we have wondered about the reception of the KNLS signal in the large cities of China. Our monitors tell us the signal is being received, but that frequently the signal is jammed. We were also concerned about the relatively small amount of mail we receive from this particular city. At the same time we realize that it is illegal to write to us. And now that emails are monitored by the Chinese government, many of our listeners are even afraid to send emails to us.

“So, when I asked the question at the beginning of my talk, 'How many of you are familiar with KNLS?' I was surprised when more than one half of those young people raised their hands with smiles on their faces. Two of them even spoke out and said, “KNLS is famous in [their city.]” Afterward, a patent attorney, one of the leaders of the congregation, told me that the statements made during worship were true. He said, “KNLS is famous all over China.” He said that he listens every day and is a great fan of [KNLS announcer] Edward Short. He expressed surprise that Edward is American and not Chinese. He was amazed that somone other than a native Chinese could display such excellent use of their language.”
(NASB DSec 09/Dan Elyea)