[IRCA] Fwd: [mwc] Northern Star 216 press release: now Radio Norway International

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

The following from the Medium Wave Circle list; make of it what you may.....




>Dated 12th of December, 2006 For Immediate release
>Northern Star project to continue with new name after another setback.
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>After Norkring AS announced in 2003 it was not able to house the AM 216
>frequency at its shortwave site in Sveio, Northern Star International
>Broadcasters AS decided to follow a more flexible strategy:
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>The company decided to keep the offer for 216, while concentrating on
>campaigning for another Norwegian high power channel AM 1314, knowing this was
>likely to be given up by the NRK in 2006. It was thought that starting
>transmissions on this channel, besides of making revenue, would open up the
>complex challenges regarding building the longwave station. Subsequently,
>for 3 years there has been a low-profile process 
>with extensive lobbying work in
>the bureaucracy and the leasing market to get this alternative frequency and
>its present site.
>
>At the end of July 2006 at last the company was able to register a significant
>success as it secured an exclusive offer for the combined 1314 package from
>Kvitsøy 24/7. This process has temporarily stopped though as the investors(and
>the company itself) thought the price asked by the site owner was much too
>high. It has emerged that at the same time the 1314 frequency permit(not a
>license) has been advertised in Oslo. At the moment, it is not clear what this
>willmean for our process.
>
>Northern Star International Broadcasters AS at any rate has decided to broaden
>its flexible strategy and will now with interested investors also consider
>transmitter sites in other countries including other frequencies and wavebands
>than 216, 1314 and Long-and Medium Wave. Northern Star International
>Broadcasters AS also has decided that this is a good occasion to re-launch the
>project with a new name: Radio Norway International. The proposed on-air
>identity is new,but the Northern Star project is continuing.
>
>Thanks to Feico de Boer, Anorak Nation for the alert.
>
>Website: http://www.northernstar.no/
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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, B.C.
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