Re: [IRCA] Re IRCA 41--143--9 T A 1008 w Pop

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

At 04:24 20/09/2007, you wrote:
>Nick,as far as I know the Dutch station on 1008 plays
>oldies as its name implies--Radio Tien Gold (Radio Ten
>(10) Gold),unless they have changed formats in the
>last couple of years.It's one of two stations located
>in Hilversum with Tx sites in the Flevoland Polder
>running with 400 KW.The other is Radio 5 on 747 also
>with 400K---Bill in Vic BC



Bill....took this from  DXWW2 in  the latest DX Monitor.....the 
latest Europe/Africa Mediumwave Guide lists it also.....I did check 
Radio 10 Gold's website and it wasn't them per their audio stream.



>1008 - AM 1008
>kHz taken over by Christian radio station GrootNieuws Radio. David de
>Jong reports: The medium wave frequency 1008 kHz has been taken over by
>a Christian oriented radio station called 'GrootNieuws Radio'. This has
>been announced today by Talpa Radio (owner of Radio 10 Gold) and
>GrootNieuws Radio. Radio 10 Gold will continue broadcasting for two or
>three more weeks on AM 1008 kHz. This has been confirmed to DutchMedia
>by a spokesman of Radio 10 Gold. According to the spokesman the radio
>station will be replaced for a short while by a promo referring
>listeners to other platforms (cable/satellite/Internet/DVB-T).
>GrootNieuwsMedia, the company behind GrootNieuws Radio, is owned by F W
>de Groot from the Dutch town Goudriaan. Arjen de Heer is one of the
>initiators of the project. GrootNieuws Radio will start broadcasting
>religious oriented music in a few weeks' time on AM 1008 kHz. By
>December, GrootNieuws Radio should be fully operational. GrootNieuws
>Radio will broadcast with 200 kW power. The station is targeting
>protestants and evangelicals, but also Roman Catholics. GrootNieuws
>Radio is the first religious oriented radio station that broadcasts
>terrestrially on AM or FM 24 hours a day in the Netherlands. (Source:
>David de Jong, DutchMedia) (RNW Mediametwork)



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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

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