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For anyone interesting in broadcasting in the rural areas of Latin
America, I would like to recommend the just-published book "LA
DXing No.6" from the Japanese radio hobby group Radio Nuevo
Mundo. Except for one section, noted below, the book is entirely
in English.

The most interesting part of this 270 page book is a 113 page
section on broadcasting stations in towns of the remote jungle
and mountain regions of northern Peru. Short articles give
details of the operation, history, and personnel of a number of
stations. Also included are copies of station schedules and
promotional literature and several dozen very crisp black and
white photos. The photos by themselves provide a real in-depth
glimpse at what these small stations look like, including their
basic (often homemade) equipment, and the people who work there.
Most of these are commercial stations, but several Roman Catholic
community broadcasters are included. Many of the commercial
stations are not licensed by the Peruvian government, but operate
openly as accepted members of the media in their communities. This
part of the book was written by Takayuki Inoue Nozaki, who travels
frequently to Peru.

Another section features short articles on several stations in
coastal Honduras plus a very in-depth 25 page article on Radio
Miskut. This station started in the 1980s as a CIA-sponsored
clandestine broadcaster operated by the Miskut Indian guerillas
who were fighting the Sandinista government. It has since evolved
into a community-owned broadcast station of the Miskut people in
Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. The author here is Tetsuya Hirahara,
who makes frequent trips to Central America.

The beginning of the book includes a 16 page listing of Latin
American radio stations that use or have recently used shortwave,
listed by frequency. Next is a 60 page list of transcribed
identification announcements from several hundred stations
throughout Latin America. For example, there are IDs from nearly
fifty Brazilian and nearly sixty Bolivian radio stations. For some
stations several IDs are included. Many are long sign-on and sign-
off announcements and include background information about the
stations, their purposes, their communities, etc. These IDs, or
course, are all in Spanish (Portuguese for the Brazilians).

Finally, at the end there are two feature articles. First is a 16
page article on the history of Radio Rebelde in Cuba. The article
details how clandestine radio was used by Fidel Castro's guerilla
forces during the Cuban Revolution of 1956-1958. The final 11 page
article tells the story of Radio Impacto.  This was a nominally
independent commercial radio station in Costa Rica during the
1980s that in all probability was a CIA front. The station focused
primarily on broadcasting anti-Sandinista programming and had
extensive contacts with the Contra movement. Included are details
of the final days of Radio Impacto's operations after the
station's sale was announced following the Sandinista loss in
Nicaragua's 1990 elections.

Note, this is not a professional or academic broadcasting book.
Rather, it is a book published by hobbyists who enjoy listening to
small Latin American broadcast stations on shortwave with an intended
audience of other such hobbyists. Nevertheless, it includes a wealth
of information that should be of useful to anyone with an interest in
Latin American radio, especially that in more remote areas.

Disclaimer: I am a member of the Radio Nuevo Mundo organization
and am the author of the articles on Radio Rebelde and Radio
Impacto. However, I receive no financial benefits from this book,
other than receiving a complimentary copy.

Please forward this message to other interested parties.

Below is ordering information from the Radio Nuevo Mundo press
release.

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   Here is a table of contents of the "LA DXing No.6":

   1.  SINTONIA DX (LA stations by frequency)
   2.  TRABALENGUAS DX (ID text transcription of LA stations)
   3.  RELAMPAGO DX "Por las Rutas del Peru" (Station profile), featuring
       49 legal/illegal shortwavers in 16 cities in the Departments of
       San Martin, Loreto, Ucayali, Huanuco and Amazonas.
   4.  TERREMOTO DX (Station profile, etc.)
   4.1 DX Trip to La Mosquitia, featuring SW stations in La Ceiba (HRLW),
       Puerto Lempira (HRRI/HRXK/HRET) and Puerto Cabezas (YNPMK).
   4.2 WRTH 50 years and Latin America
   4.3 Radio Rebelde (Cuba)
   4.4 Last Days of Radio Impacto (Costa Rica)

   Authors include Tor-Henrik Ekblom (Denmark), Don  Moore (USA), Takayuki
   Inoue Nozaki (Japan) and Tetsuya Hirahara (Japan) for your full reading
   satisfaction.  Also you can enjoy looking at many photographs  (studio,
   station, personnel, etc.) as well as a lot of logotypes of the stations.


   Total page: 270 pages
   Size      : A5 (21cm x 14.8cm)
   Price     : US$20.00.- or 20 IRCs or JY2,200 for airmail delivery
   Method of payment: Cash (US dollar notes only, no coins) or
               IPMO (International Postal Money Order) or
               Postal Gyro (Tokyo 00180-1-89806, Tetsuya HIRAHARA).
               No checks (irrespective of personal or bank) accepted.

   LA DXing No.6 is available from:

   Tetsuya HIRAHARA (RNM),
   5-6-6 Nukui-kita, Koganei-shi,
   Tokyo 184, JAPAN

   For inquiry on bulk order (more than five copies to a single address)
   please send an e-mail to: PXK00602@niftyserve.or.jp

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Note that prices include airmail postage.

Don Moore       moore@acc.mcrest.edu
http://www.mcrest.edu/~moore/patepluma.html