VOA Radiogram, 27-28 February 2016: Media news about China and Iran

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 152, 27-28 February 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

 1:36  Program preview
 2:45  China expands media controls*
11:07  Iran hardliners accuse BBC of interference*
15:42  Australia will increase defense spending*
21:35  Olivia 64-2000: Planned observatory in India
27:04  MFSK32: Closing announcements

Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5865 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK32 Sunday at about 0220 UTC (Saturday 9:20 pm EST) on 6040 kHz, via Germany. Yes, I know this conflicts with the DigiDX transmission this weekend. We will try to harmonize the digital mode schedules in future weeks. Reports for KBC reception and decode to Eric: themightykbc (at) gmail.com .