A new Saudi network on Shortwave.

Re Kai's monitoring:today Monday March 27 around 20.00 - 20.55 UT
11745.009 kHz Al Azm army radio Jeddah at 20.20 UT on air
9650.037 non-directional steep angle antenna at Jeddah site,
low ( 10 % ) modulated Arabic NE / ME service as usual.
9674.988 kHz 18.00 - 20.55 UT  ARS Indonesian/Malay language sce,
excellent signal noted in Athens and Doha Qatar Perseus SDR remotedly.
11930even  kHz nothing, despite likely NoAM(?) tiny  signal.
11859.960 kHz Yemen excile radio - likely also from Jeddah site - around 
20.40 UT.

73 wb df5sx
ps. probably refurbishing work at Riyadh broadcast center at present,
though their 9 x highpower transmitter are mostly not elder than a decade 
...
These UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia states are also developing
architecturally rapidly and with enormous amounts of money,
see Qatar Football World Cup grandiose urban development -
- so - do the Saudi's perhaps need the Riyadh TX site
for other government or urban building development soon ?
From: Kai Ludwig
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2023
Subject: Re: [WOR] A new Saudi network on Shortwave.
What is actually the current use of the shortwave transmitters in Saudi 
Arabia? Are the Riyadh facilities, meanwhile encircled by construction 
sites, still in operation at all? Tonight nothing can be confirmed on 9555, 
9650, 7425, 11820, 11915. Probably active are 9675 and 11930, and pretty 
likely the two specials on 11745 and 11860. Definitely Riyadh Radio on 1521.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhpuSD1xnvM pretty much looks as if the new 
radio program has been set up at Dubai as well. Just the Al Arabiya boss 
appears to be in Riyadh or to move back and forth between both locations... 
https://nitter.nl/grvlx001/status/1637720140723675137#m
Jamie is of course not an Arabic name.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10964951/BBC-chief-Jamie-Angus-leaves-corporation-job-Saudi-state-TV-channel-Al-Arabiya-News.html
And he has an opinion about current affairs at his former 200,000 pound per 
year gig.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11896621/Ex-BBC-World-Service-boss-says-corporation-right-Gary-Lineker-air-tweets.htmlSorry for two Daily Fail links at once, but other articles on these matters 
are paywalled.
Kai Ludwig

On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 05:15 AM, tarek zeidan wrote:
Hello ,
A new Saudi network called "Alarabiya FM" was observed last week 
transmitting in Arabic on 21475 KHz from 11:00 UTC and for one hour only.
AlArabiya " The Arabic language in English " is a well know Saudi funded 
network started with a 2 TV networks AlArabiya and Alhadath mainly as a news 
network to be the Saudi voice against the Qatari funded Network " AlJazeera 
".
Adding an FM station that started transmitting in Jeddah on 106.6 MHz and in 
Riyadh on 103.5 MHz .

Using the same slogan as the TV network ....AlArabiya FM ..to know more .
Here's a recording of the reception in Cairo,Egypt .AlArabiya FM 21745 KHz 2023-03-24 11-52-46UTC.mp3 | Powered by Box
AlArabiya FM 21745 KHz 2023-03-24 11-52-46UTC.mp3 | Powered by Box
A live stream of the network can be heard here 
https://www.alarabiya.net/live-stream-fm

Best 73
Tarek Zeidan
Cairo,Egypt 

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A new Saudi network on Shortwave.

Monday, March 27 2023