[HCDX] Re: Tangier radio stations

[Henrik Klemetz <hklemetz@xxxxxxxx>]

Some of the stations mentioned, including Pan American
Radio, are listed in the 1960 edition of the WRH, but 
according to
http://www.portalmundos.com/mundoradio/historia/decada50.htm
they were not on the air at the time. 
At http://www.ctv.es/USERS/josemolina/pagina13.htm one
can see a couple of old adverts and a few station
names.
Among other Moroccans were Radio Dersa, Tetuán
(Spanish Morocco) and the US Navy and Air Force
stations at Fort Lyautey, Kenitra and Nouasseur, all
of which were rather commonplace on MW at the end of
the 50´s. 
Henrik Klemetz

  
 --- Jari Savolainen <jari.savolainen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
skrev: 
> Hi Bob, Henrik and Bernd.
> Many thanks for your comments and info.
> From the IBRA history
> http://www.ibra.org/info/historia.html
> I got the impression that they build the new
> transmitter
> site at Pirate Hill, but were actually operating
> under the
> license of Radio Africa group?
> I guess WTAN/Voice of Tangier had it's own
> transmitters.
> Also Finnish programs were aired by some religious
> stations
> and at least one Finnish company (Paulig) had it's
> commercial
> program (maybe only tests) transmitted on sw from
> Tanger.
> I don't know which station they used.
> WRTH 1960 still lists under Tanger the R Africa
> group,
> Pan American stations, R Tanger and Voice of Tanger.
> And of course VOA. I guess this was last listing of
> these
> private stations. I haven't got the 1961 and 1962
> books.
> 
> 73, Jari
> -------
> Henrik wrote:
> 
> Several stations had facilities of their own. On of
> the stations
> that closed down on Oct 29 1956 when Tangier lost
> its international
> status was Pan American Radio. They were on MW, same
> channel as
> Hörby, and sw 7290. According to their printed
> schedules and
> illustrated pamphlets, they regularly received
> reception report from
> all over the world to their offices at the Pan
> American Building,
> 16, Delacroix, in Tangier. They had regularly
> sceduled programs in
> Spanish, English, French, Italian, Arabic and Hindu.
> I have a QSL
> from 1955.
> In 1955 some receiver manufacturers, such as the
> Swedish Philips and
> Dux companies were conducting test transmissions
> from Tangier under
> the auspices of a company called Intercontinental
> Radio Company S.A.
> The idea was to start commercial programing from
> Tangier. Shortwave
> listening in Sweden was seething at the time, with
> tens of thousands
> of people regularly tuning in to foreign stations
> while the sole
> national network, the state owned non-commercial
> Radiotjänst, was
> having a break (2 hours in the morning, 2 hours in
> the afternoon and
> also from 2230 to 0600). Finally a few religious
> broadcasters,
> notably Ibra Radio, started broadcasts from Tangier.
> They were
> refused the right to operate from Swedish soil. The
> Swedish
> government subsequently tried to stop their
> broadcasts from Tangier
> by witholding the funds Ibra Radio were sending to
> Tangier to build
> their premises. It was illegal to export this money,
> about 2M Sw.
> Crowns of the day, the government said. The banning
> attempt was
> thwarted by the members of the pentecostal church
> who started to
> send small individual contributions by mail to
> Morocco. The
> Moroccans had to open a special post office to take
> care of all
> these postal money orders.  The activities of Ibra
> Radio, Norea
> Radio, The Voice of Tangier (WTAN) and the VOA
> continued some time
> after Tangier lost its international status. But in
> Sweden the
> Swedish monopoly stayed put. Only in the early 60´s,
> in an answer
> to pirate broadcasters Radio Nord and Radio Syd
> (also banned),
> Swedish radio listeners could enjou a national music
> channel. For
> political reasons, commercial or community radio in
> Sweden would
> remain banned for many more years.
> Henrik Klemetz
> 
>  
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