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May
2002
Sharp cuts
for Radio Finland
The
Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE plans to sharply cut back
on the foreign language radio broadcasting of Radio Finland,
the company's international service,
Helsingin
Sanomat
reports.
The most drastic alternative would leave Russian as the
only remaining foreign language - in addition to the domestic
languages, Finnish and Swedish.
The most moderate cutbacks would involve shutting down Radio
Finland's French and German language services. Broadcasts
in English might also have to go.
The proposal for cutting back on languages at Radio Finland
will be taken up by YLE's Administrative Council on June
12.
Helsingin
Sanomat, Finland, 29 May 2002
Radio Parinacota
reactivated
Radio
Parinacota, Chile, has been reactivated on 6010 kHz.
Heard with Radio Cooperativa (Santiago) at 0754-0810, when
closing down, on 25 May 2002.
Giving ID at 0802 as "La hora en Cooperativa: 4 de la
mañana 2 minutos".
Gabriel
Iván Barrera, Argentina, via DXLD, 25 May 2002
Radio
Parinacota, Chile, heard 0544 with mostly talk, then canned
id preceded by sound-effect of a car revving up, used slogan
like "La Voz del Camino", then rollicking music
bridge and discussion between two men and a women continued.
Radio Mil presumed the station with music underneath.
Paul
Ormandy, New Zealand, hcdx list, 29 May 2002
East Timor focusing
on radio
East Timor
is the world's newest nation.
There are now six community radio stations in East Timor;
and bound to be more in the near future.
In a country with a high degree of illiteracy, the medium
is a popular one.
Currently however, there are still many rural districts in
the country that do not have access to a local media source.
In response to this, two of the Dili-based stations: Radio
Lorico Lian, and Radio Rakambiah, undertake regular 'roaming
broadcasts', in which a group of volunteers take a mobile
transmitter to remote villages and allow the population open
access broadcasting, to talk about the issues affecting and
concerning them. They also teach the local people how to use
the radio equipment.
George
Lessard, via DXLD, 6 May, 2002
Maranatha, Argentina,
on 6215 kHz
Radio
Maranatha AM, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, can be heard
with Christian programming in Portuguese, Guaraní and
Spanish on 6215v kHz around 2300-0000 in Scandinavia.
The station mentions both 1610 and 6215 kHz, so the latter
is presumably not a harmonic.
Jan-Erik
Österholm, Finland, hcdx list, 11 May, 2002
Address
to Radio Maranatha is:
Calle Obispo Angelelli y María del Iguazú B°
Industrial,
Puerto Iguazú,
Provincia de Misiones
Argentina.
Tel. 543757 - 422713
Propietario -Pastor Hugo Heidenger.
Jan-Erik
Österholm, Finland, hcdx list, 16 May, 2002
Greyline
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hcdx
news desk, 13 May 2002
Baltic Waves
plan tests on 1386 kHz
Radio
Baltic Waves International is going to start test transmissions
on 1386 kHz with 850 kW omnidirectional from 2 June 2002 during
the darkness hours.
Bernd
Trutenau, Lithuania, April 10 2002
Radio Baltic Waves will broadcast from Sitkunai on
1386 kHz with a non-directional antenna as follows:
0300-2000: 250 kW.
2000-0300: 750 kW.
Future plans are 1000 kW (1600 kW ERP).
Herman Boel, Medium Wave News
via IDXD, 10 May 2002
Passport look-alike
from WRTH
 World
Radio TV Handbook, WRTH, is trying a frontal assault on Passport
to World Band Radio with its new The Shortwave Guide, which
copies the Passport layout to a great extent.
"It's a simple, colourful and effective way for the DXer
or listener to see what is being broadcast in a particular
language at a particular time", says WRTH Managing Director
Nicholas Hardyman.
Retail price is set at US$ 17.95 and publication is scheduled
for June 2002. --
Read more --
hcdx
news desk, 6 May, 2002
New Spanish
radio pirate
Radio
Naranja, a new Spanish pirate station, plans to start broadcasting
on 26 May 2002.
The station intends to transmit every Sunday between 0800
and 0830 on shortwave 25625 kHz. Format is news, music and
brief items "dedicated to the DX world".
Reception reports, which will be verified with QSL cards,
can be emailed to radionaranja@hotmail.com.
Vicente
Ribas García, Spain, 5 May, 2002
DX-Antwerp special
celebration
DX-Antwerp,
Belgium, will broadcast a special program on 25 May 2002 between
0800 and 0900 to commenorate the club's 20th anniversary.
The program will be aired as follows:
Russia - Krasnodar Tbilisskaya: 17785 kHz (250 kW)
Lithuania - Vilnius Sitkunai: 9945 kHz (100 kW)
Germany - Jülich: 7180 kHz (100 kW)
A specially issued QSL card will be available for correct
reception reports.
During this broadcast five keywords will be given. If you
note at least 4 of these keywords, you can send them, together
with a reception report, to DX-Antwerp, PO Box 16, B-2660
Hoboken, Belgium or email to qsl@dxa.be.
Guido
Schotmans, Belgium, 4 May, 2002 |
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