NEWS: Re: Radio Comercial Lisboa ON

[Mauno Ritola <ritola@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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At 08.39 2.9.1997 EDT, you wrote:
>Re the reports about Guinea Bissau being unheard on mediumwave, I am not at 
>all surprised; the station is almost certainly still broadcasting, but only 
>on FM. 
>
>Over the past few years several African countries have stopped using 
>mediumwave altogether in favour of using much cheaper and reliable FM 
>transmitters. For example mediumwave has long been dropped in both 
>Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa in favour of FM (although shortwave is 
>used to reach remote areas).  
>
>*************************************************************************
>Dave Kenny, BBC Monitoring, Caversham Park, Reading, UK
>E-Mail: Dave_Kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx    Fax: +44 118 946 1993

What about Cabinda, which is listed in WRTH on the split fq of 1570 kHz? Is
that gone, too?

Mauno Ritola
Finland