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ABU Weekly News Digest 4 November 2011

Jayadi — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:32:26 +0000

ABU Weekly News Digest 4 November 2011

A weekly summary of news from ABU members and other broadcasting news items from around the Asia-Pacific region. Click on the headline for the full story.

Latest News

04 Nov

ABU to hold radio and TV song festivals

The ABU will hold both a radio and a television song festival in 2012, the Programme Committee heard today.

04 Nov

Demand for global action to halt killing of journalists

More than 400 representatives of global news organisations today issued a call for global action to halt the killing of journalists.

04 Nov

Singapore’s MediaCorp names fund recipients

Six projects have been chosen to received pilot funding from MediaCorp’s S$5 million-dollar (US$3.95 million) Content Innovation Fund.

03 Nov

Veteran broadcasters win ABU technical awards

Senior broadcast engineers from India and China have won ABU Excellence Awards.

03 Nov

Sports broadcasters to benefit from training in Hanoi

ABU Sports members will benefit from training to be held in Hanoi next March, the Sports Group meeting heard today.

03 Nov

Japanese documentary wins 2011 Child Rights Award

A documentary about the lives of two disabled children in Japan has won the 2011 Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award for broadcasting.

03 Nov

MPEG-4 HD interoperability tests show good results

A series of MPEG-4 HD video encoder and decoder interoperability tests involving equipment from six vendors has recorded a 98 percent pass rate.

03 Nov

Singapore finds the One

Asian entertainment channel One will launch in Singapore following a carriage deal with pay-TV platform Mio TV, C21Media reports.

03 Nov

Pakistan government defends PTV-Zee TV venture

The joint venture between state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) and India’s Zee TV is an open business deal, Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has told Pakistan’s Upper House of Parliament, RapidTVNews reports.

03 Nov

SBS launches Your Language app

SBS has launched its Your Language app, allowing users to livestream and replay radio programmes in more than 60 languages.

02 Nov

ABU annual meetings open in New Delhi

The ABU’s annual meetings open today in New Delhi, hosted by India’s national broadcasting corporation, Prasar Bharati.

01 Nov

US’ BBG unveils five-year plan

The US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has released the framework of its new strategic plan to enhance the global impact of US international broadcasting.

01 Nov

BBC marks 75 years of television

It’s been 75 years since the BBC’s first regular “high-definition” television broadcast was made from Alexandra Palace in north London on 2 November, 1936.

01 Nov

NZ Labour party promises new public broadcaster

New Zealand’s Labour party has promised to launch a new public broadcaster if it is elected, TVNZ reports.

01 Nov

Mediacorp to discontinue DAB radio

In December, MediaCorp will discontinue its Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) service, ChannelNews Asia reports.

31 Oct

SBS faced with cutting jobs and programmes

The Managing Director of SBS-Australia Michael Ebeid has told staff that the multicultural broadcaster has a A$4 million (US$4.15 million) budget deficit and will cut staff and programmes if it doesn’t get additional government funding, The Australian reports.

31 Oct

India’s Press Council seeks wider powers

The Chairman of India’s Press Council, Markandey Katju, has called for the council’s powers to be widened to cover the electronic media, The Times of India reports.

31 Oct

IRIB-Iran wins URTI Radio Grand Prix

IRIB-Iran has won the 2011 URTI Radio International Grand Prix for its programme, Street Children, which was produced by Khosro Rasouli.

Penyiar Veteran Terpilih Sebagai Kepala VOA

Jayadi — Sun, 08 May 2011 10:57:49 +0000

Salah seorang penyiar peraih sebuah penghargaan, David Ensor dinobatkan oleh US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) sebagai direktur berikutnya untuk Voice of America (VOA).

VOA mencapai pendengar/pemirsa sekitar 123 juta orang melalui berita dalam 44 bahasa melalui berbagai platform media.

Ketua Broadcasting Board of Governors, Walter Isaacson, mengatakan pada hari Senin bahwa pemberontakan demokrasi selama dua bulan terakhir semakin menunjukkan “pentingnya arus informasi yang bebas dan kredibel dalam memberdayakan orang-orang di seluruh dunia”.

Dia mengatakan bahwa Mr Ensor cocok untuk memimpin VOA dalam memenuhi misinya memberikan jurnalisme besar dan presentasi serta kebijakan-kebijakan Amerika yang jelas.

Mr Ensor melaporkan secara ekstensif urusan internasional selama 32 tahun melalui berita televisi dan radio. Ia pernah bekerja untuk ABC News dan CNN serta melaporkan dari Washington untuk National Public Radio. Mr Ensor adalah anggota Dewan Hubungan Luar Negeri AS dan fasih berbahasa Prancis.

Mr Ensor, yang bergabung dengan VOA pada bulan Juni, sampai saat ini bekerja sebagai Direktur Komunikasi dan Diplomasi Publik untuk Kedutaan AS di Kabul. Dia menggantikan Danforth Austin, yang telah bertugas menjadi direktur VOA sejak Oktober 2006.

(Sumber: ABU)

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TDPradio new website

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 05:28 AM PST

Ludo Maes informs TDPradio has a new website online. Check it out at www.tdpradio.com

Website also has links to buy DRM receiver : http://www.tdpradio.com/drm.php

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Radio hams’ help ‘invaluable’

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:14 AM PST

NASA asked for help from the Amateur Radio community in tracking NanoSail-D on 437.270MHz – their response has been described as ‘invaluable’.

The NanoSail-D satellite ejected from FASTSAT last week and deployed its sail late Thursday. The unfurling marks the first time a NASA craft has ever opened a solar sail in low-Earth orbit, according to agency officials.

Dean Alhorn, NanoSail-D principal investigator said:
“To get to this point is an incredible accomplishment for our small team and I can’t thank the amateur ham operator community enough for their help in tracking NanoSail-D,”

“Their assistance was invaluable. In particular, the Marshall Amateur Radio Club was the very first to hear the radio beacon. It was exciting!”

More at :
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2011/hams_help_invaluable.htm

Ride the airwaves without a radio

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 06:17 AM PST

With tens of thousands of radio stations streaming their content on the web, the world is your oyster. Whether you’re into Cuban salsa or small town American music, you’ll find no shortage of stations that cater for your tastes.

How to decode shortwave data streams
http://www.techradar.com/news/audio/hi-fi-radio/how-to-decode-shortwave-data-streams-586250

FM Bandscan 23 Jan

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:41 PM PST

23 Jan 2011 (sunday) – 0030 -0232 UTC

88.7 Spurious Zee TV
90.2 Unid Nepal Weak
90.4 Hint FM G’bad 55555 Dev songs
90.8 Jaagran FM, Nepal 55555
91.9 Radio Mantra, Bareilley 55555
93.2 Phoolbari FM, Tikapur, Nepal 35443
93.8 Dinesh FM, Dhangadi, Nepal Weak
94.0 Krishnasar FM, Nepal 45444
94.6 Bageshwari FM, Nepal 35343
96.2 Radio Mahakali,Mahendranagar, Nepal 45444
96.4 Spurious
98.6 Radio Bheri, Surkhet Nepal 55555
99.4 Shuklaphanta FM, Nepal 55555
100.2 AIR Patiala 35443
100.4 AIR Bareilley 55555
100.7 AIR Lucknow 55555
100.8 Unid Nepal 45444
100.9 AIR Shimla 35443
101.3 AIR Aligarh 55555
101.4 AIR Kurukshetra 45444
101.5 AIR Sawai Madhopur 45444
101.8 Kantipur FM, 45444
102.1 AIR Mussourie 55555
103.0 Radio Nepal, Buditola 55555
103.1 AIR Alwar + Chandigarh 55555
103.4 Bulbule FM, Nepal 45444
103.5 AIR Rohtak 35443
103.7 AIR Nagaur/Kanpur Hindi film song FM Rainbow progs
105.6 Weak
107.2 AIR Kasauli 55555

(Sony XDR-F1HD + Triax FM5 Vert)

The New Dxer’s Handbook

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:58 AM PST

Download here :
www.udxa.org/attachments/148_New_DXers_Handbook.pdf

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Transmission Renaissance for Rwanda

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 05:40 PM PST

by T. Carter Ross, 01.24.2011
KIGALI, Rwanda — In a land of a thousand hills, Mount Karisimbi is the tallest. Home to endangered mountain gorillas, the mountain is also a key link in the Rwanda Vision 2020 plan, which, among other goals, seeks to build a world-class telecommunications infrastructure for the country.

Read the full story here : http://www.radioworld.com/article/112594

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BBC World Service ‘will be eclipsed by Voice of America’

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 07:22 AM PST

BBC World Service cut – reactions

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/26/bbc-world-service-cuts-reaction

BBC World Service cuts language services and radio broadcasts to meet tough Spending Review settlement

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 04:51 AM PST

BBC World Service gave details of its response to a cut to its Grant-in-Aid funding from the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office today.

BBC World Service is to carry out a fundamental restructure in order to meet the 16 per cent savings target required by the Government’s Spending Review of 20 October last year.
To ensure the 16 per cent target is achieved and other unavoidable cost increases are met BBC World Service is announcing cash savings of 20 per cent over the next three years. This amounts to an annual saving of £46m by April 2014, when Grant-in-Aid funding comes to an end as BBC World Service transfers to television licence fee funding, agreed as part of the domestic BBC’s licence fee settlement announced on the same day.

In the first year, starting in April 2011, the international broadcaster will be making savings of £19m on this year’s operating expenditure of £236.7m (2010/11).

The changes include:

- five full language service closures;
- the end of radio programmes in seven languages, focusing those services on online and new media content and distribution; and
- a phased reduction from most short wave and medium wave distribution of remaining radio services.

BBC Global News Director Peter Horrocks said: “This is a painful day for BBC World Service and the 180 million people around the world who rely on the BBC’s global news services every week. We are making cuts in services that we would rather not be making. But the scale of the cut in BBC World Service’s Grant-in-Aid funding is such that we couldn’t cope with this by efficiencies alone.
“What won’t change is the BBC’s aim to continue to be the world’s best known and most trusted provider of high quality impartial and editorially independent international news. We will continue to bring the BBC’s expertise, perspectives and content to the largest worldwide audience, which will reflect well on Britain and its people.”

BBC World Service also plans spending reductions and efficiencies across the board, targeted in particular in support areas where there will be average cuts of 33 per cent.
BBC World Service also expects to generate additional savings from the new ways of working after the move to the BBC’s London headquarters at Broadcasting House in 2012, and also by the transfer of BBC World Service to television licence fee funding in April 2014.
Under these proposals 480 posts are expected to close over the next year.
By the time the BBC World Service moves in to the licence fee in 2014/15 we anticipate the number of proposed closures to reach 650. Some of these closures may be offset by new posts being created during this period.
It is expected that audiences will fall by more than 30 million from the current weekly audience of 180 million as a result of the changes this year.
The changes have been approved by the BBC Trust, the BBC Executive and, in relation to closure of services, The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, as he is required to do under the terms of the BBC’s agreement with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The changes in detail are:

Full language service closures

There will be the complete closure of five language services – Albanian, Macedonian, Portuguese for Africa and Serbian languages; as well as the English for the Caribbean regional service.

End of radio programming

BBC World Service will cease all radio programming – focusing instead, as appropriate, on online, mobile and television content and distribution – in the following languages: Azeri, Mandarin Chinese (note that Cantonese radio programming continues), Russian (save for some programmes which will be distributed online only), Spanish for Cuba, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Ukrainian.

Reductions in short wave and medium wave radio distribution

There will be a phased reduction in medium wave and short wave throughout the period.
English language short wave and medium wave broadcasts to Russia and the Former Soviet Union are planned to end in March 2011. The 648 medium wave service covering Western Europe and south-east England will end in March 2011. Listeners in the UK can continue to listen on DAB, digital television and online. Those in Europe can continue to listen online or direct to home free-to-air satellite via Hotbird and UK Astra. By March 2014, short wave broadcasts of the English service could be reduced to two hours per day in Africa and Asia.

BBC World Service will cease all short wave distribution of its radio content in March 2011 in: Hindi, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Nepali, Swahili and the Great Lakes service (for Rwanda and Burundi).
These radio services will continue to be available for audiences by other means of distribution such as FM radio (direct broadcasts and via partners); online; mobiles and other new media devices.
Short wave broadcasts in remaining languages other than English are expected to end by March 2014 with the exception of a small number of “lifeline” services such as Burmese and Somali.

English language programmes

There will be a new schedule for World Service English language programming – a focus on four daily news titles (BBC Newshour, BBC World Today, BBC World Briefing, and BBC World Have Your Say); and a new morning programme for Africa. There will be a new daily edition of From Our Own Correspondent; and an expansion of the interactive World Have Your Say programme.
There will be a reduction from seven to five daily pre-recorded “non-news” programmes on the English service. This includes the loss of one of the four weekly documentary strands. Some programmes will be shortened. Titles such as Politics UK, Europe Today, World Of Music, Something Understood, Letter From…, and Crossing Continents will all close. There will also be the loss of some correspondent posts.

Audience reduction

Audiences will fall by more than 30 million as a result of the changes announced on 26 January 2011. Investments in new services are planned in order to offset further net audience losses resulting from additional savings in the 2012-14 period.

Professional Services

There will be a substantial reduction in an already tight overhead budget. Teams in Finance, HR, Business Development, Strategy, Marketing and other administrative operations will face cuts averaging 33 per cent.
Job losses

Under these proposals 480 posts would be declared redundant; of these 26 posts are currently unfilled vacancies. BBC World Service is proposing to open 21 new posts. Therefore the net impact of these proposed changes could result in up to 433 posts being closed this financial year against a total staff number of 2400.
By the time the BBC World Service moves in to the licence fee in 2014/15 we anticipate the number of proposed closures to reach up to 650. Some of these closures may be offset by new posts being created during this period.

(BBC World Service Press Release)

Related news :

BBC World Service to cut five language services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12277413

DRM Newsletter Jan 2011

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 12:29 AM PST

http://tinyurl.com/6a95sqs

Spaceline DRM test on 5825 kHz

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 10:03 PM PST

Spaceline DRM test on 5825 kHz
1800-2100 UTC on 25th & 26th Jan 2011

http://www.drmrx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2306

Probably Radio CJSC, Armenia tests via Kostinbrod, Bulgaria
Check this : http://www.dxaktuell.de/CJSC-Test-DREAM.PNG
And this : http://www.radio-int.am/?p=contacts&l=eng

From DRM newsletter 04/09 …….

More variety of content from Bulgarian National Radio
Bulgarian National Radio is adding English, German, Russian and French to its regular transmissions on its short wave DRM platform operated by Spaceline Ltd. Besides its regular DRM test transmissions of the Horizontal programme in Bulgarian, BNR is expanding the variety of content transmitted on a regular basis from the Kostinbrod DRM transmitter in order to take advantage of DRM’s benefits and reach new listeners.

(Alokesh Gupta)

BBC cuts 360 jobs, budget for online division

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 09:40 PM PST

The British Broadcasting Corporation said Monday that it plans to eliminate 360 jobs over the next two years and to trim spending by 25 percent by 2013-2014.

Raed the AP report here :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110124/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_bbc_online_1

Statement on BBC World Service

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 09:35 PM PST

BBC World Service has announced that it will be closing five language services – Albanian, Macedonian, Portuguese for Africa and Serbian; as well as the English for the Caribbean regional service.

This is part of its response to a cut to its Grant-in-Aid funding from the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The cut is part of a BBC World Service restructure in order to meet a 16% savings target announced in the Government’s Spending Review of 20 October last year.

BBC Global News Director Peter Horrocks said: “These closures are not a reflection on the performance of individual services or programmes. They are all extremely important to their audiences and to the BBC.

“It is simply that there is a need to make savings due to the scale of the cuts to the World Service’s Grant-in-Aid funding from the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office and we need to focus our efforts in the languages where there is the greatest need and where we have the strongest impact.”

BBC World Service will not be confirming further details tonight ahead of briefing staff tomorrow. However, further information will be confirmed tomorrow at a press conference.

(BBC World Service Press Release, 25 Jan 2011)

Silicon Labs Provides Cost-Saving AM/FM/SW Receiver Solution for Tecsun Multi-Band Radio

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 09:18 PM PST

Si483x Wheel-Tuned Digital CMOS Receiver ICs Help Tecsun Reduce Manufacturing Cost, Enhance Radio Performance

AUSTIN, Texas & DONGGUAN, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive mixed-signal ICs, today announced that it is providing its latest digital multi-band receiver technology to Tecsun, a leading Chinese manufacturer of portable radios. Tecsun has chosen Silicon Labs’ Si483x AM/FM receiver ICs for its new R-2010 multi-band portable radio. Designed for the worldwide market, the 12-band R-2010 radio is a wheel-tuned DSP radio, which offers FM stereo, medium-wave (MW) and shortwave (SW) reception.

Read the press release here :
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110124005766/en/Silicon-Labs-Cost-Saving-AMFMSW-Receiver-Solution-Tecsun

VOA eliminates Indonesian and Vietnamese shortwave, reduces Mandarin and French.

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 09:16 PM PST

On 15 January 2011, the Voice of America ended shortwave transmissions in Indonesian and Vietnamese, and reduced shortwave in Mandarin and French (to Africa).

More at : http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=10550

BBC to Shut Down 5 Language Services

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:36 PM PST

The BBC World Service said Tuesday the five languages to be cut are Albanian, Macedonian, Serbian, the English service for the Caribbean region and Portuguese for Africa.

Full story at :
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/BBC-to-Shut-Down-5-Language-Services-114608894.html

Radio Activity 24,27-30/09

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Radio, the ‘Always With You’ Medium

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 07:50 PM PDT

By John Merli, 09.22.2010

Read the RadioWorld article here : http://www.radioworld.com/article/106768

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Bangladesh Betar signs agreement with NHK

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:49 AM PDT

Dhaka, Sept 27 (UNB) – Bangladesh Betar entered into a broadcasting agreement with NHK (the Japan Broadcasting Corporation) at Bangladesh Betar headquarters in the city recently.

http://www.unbconnect.com/component/news/task-show/id-30983

Marking 75 years of the AIR wave

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 07:50 PM PDT

Akashvani marks platinum jubilee of broadcast

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article739495.ece

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New news programme launched by TWR-UK

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:57 PM PDT

TWR-UK is launching a new look TWR Today programme, broadcasting news and views live from its Manchester studios.

Listeners can tune into the new look current affairs programme to hear a clear Christian voice speaking into an increasingly secularised world. TWR Today broadcasts live at noon on weekdays with all the latest regional, national and international events. Cutting-edge news is presented with comment from Christian leaders, giving a Christian viewpoint on the issues which are shaping the world in which we live.

Russell Farnworth, CEO of Trans World Radio says: “TWR continues to explore every possible way of communicating the Christian message and TWR Today will bring a distinctly Christian approach to the news and events going on around us.

“There’s a very telling verse in 1 Chronicles 12:32 where the ‘men of Issachar’ are singled out as those who understood the times they lived in and knew what the people of God needed to do. As our society moves more and more towards secularism, the need for the Church to understand what’s going on and to do something about it will get more and more urgent. I’m excited about what TWR Today can do to help raise up ‘men of Issachar’ today!”

TWR Today broadcasts live at noon on weekdays on satellite channel 0138, Freesat 790, online at www.twr.org.uk and on DAB digital radio throughout the North West of England.

http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4822

World Service boss announces cuts

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:42 PM PDT

World Service controller Craig Oliver announced the cuts in an email to staff

The World Service will no longer broadcast plays, the Proms or Wimbledon, as part of a cost-cutting exercise, the BBC has announced. Craig Oliver, controller of the English speaking section, said the “difficult decisions” he had been forced to make would come into force from April.

Read the full story here :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11404120

BBC World Service and British Council face anxious wait

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:33 PM PDT

Ninety-four quangos and other public bodies face an anxious three-week wait to see whether they escape abolition or face severe cuts to their budgets.

More at :

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8021712/Quango-cuts-BBC-World-Service-and-British-Council-face-anxious-wait.html

Radio Free Asia Wins at 2010 New York Festivals

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, DC – Reporters from Radio Free Asia’s Vietnamese Service and Burmese Service won gold and bronze medals respectively at this year’s New York Festivals. Both winning entries produced pieces exploring the issue of human trafficking in Asia. Additionally, broadcasters from RFA’s Mandarin and Korean services were named as finalists by the competition’s judges. “The honors bestowed on Radio Free Asia at New York Festivals showcase the journalistic excellence for which our news services consistently strive to achieve in some of the world’s toughest media environments,” said Libby Liu, President of RFA. “Two of our winners reported on the trafficking of women and migrants in Asia, and we hope this recognition underscores the need to continue informing our audience and the world about this prevalent and
nefarious issue.”

“We at RFA pledge to continue bringing accurate, objective news to people living in Asian countries that restrict and censor the press.” Information about RFA’s winners and finalists, and their entries follows. · Broadcaster Khanh An of RFA’s Vietnamese service earned the top award in the category of Best Ongoing News Story for her three-part series “A New Form of Women Trafficking.” The series, which aired in March 2010, documented an incident of a Vietnamese woman being trafficked to Europe. The series examined some of the local factors and people and their roles in facilitating the woman’s victimization.

· RFA Burmese reporter Kyaw Min Htun won a bronze award in the category of Best Coverage of Ongoing News Story for his stories on the human trafficking of Burmese refugees and migrants in Malaysia, which aired from January to May of this year. For his stories, the reporter interviewed ethnic Rohingya migrants, seeking asylum in Malaysia after being subjected to persecution in Burma. Many, however, once in Malaysia, faced exploitation by human-traffickers, abusive employers, and corrupt officials.

· Park Songwu of RFA’s Korean language service, was a finalist in the NYF category of Best Human Interest Story for his four-part series on North Korea’s youngest defectors. The series focused on the difficulties and challenges these individuals face once living in South Korea.

· RFA Mandarin’s Tang Qiwei was also a finalist in the NYF History category for her piece on the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, which aired on June 4, 2009. The short audio documentary, which was edited by Feng Xiaoming, used interviews with many leaders, activists, and officials involved with or connected to the Beijing student-led demonstrations.

(Press Release)

Zimbabwean radio broadcasts from Johannesburg

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:15 PM PDT

Zimbabweans living in South Africa have launched a radio station which they named Radio Mthwakazi FM, The Zim Diaspora can reveal. In a statement, the station’s co-founding member Mr Gerald Ngulube kaNcube, said Radio Mthwakazi FM aims at creating community cohesion and address the negative impact of cultural decay that is affecting most Zimbabweans in the Diaspora.

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QSL’s

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 01:23 AM PDT

RSI Revised A10 Frequency Schedule

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:32 AM PDT

Raio Slovakia Intl – Revised A10 Frequency Schedule effective 1st October – 31st October 2010 :

http://tinyurl.com/67aes2

Upcoming broadcast expo’s/conferences in India

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:15 PM PDT

Broadcast India Show 2010
21 – 23 Oct 2010
Venue : Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E), Mumbai, India
www.broadcastindiashow.com

RadioAsia 2011
21-23 Feb 2011
Venue : New Delhi, India
www.radioasia.org

BES Expo 2011
24-26 Feb 2011
Venue : Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
www.besindia.com

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Live coverage of Taiwan national day celebrations on October 10th on RTI

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 02:42 AM PDT

The Republic of China (ROC) will be celebrating its national day on October 10th. Listeners in Southeast Asia are welcome to tune in to our live coverage of the national day celebrations from 0200 to 0300 UTC on 15320 KHz. Our regular broadcast to the East Coast and Mid-West of the United States will be cancelled from 0200 to 0300 on 9680 and 5950 KHz to make way for the live coverage in Chinese. We apologize for the inconvenience.

(Radio Taiwan International website)

DW drops Bengali & Hindi shortwave txns for winter transmission schedule

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 08:38 PM PDT

As expected Deutsche Welle has dropped all Bengali & Hindi shortwave transmissions for South Asia for the B10 season effective 31st Oct 2010.

Half an hour Bengali txn can be heard on MW 1548 kHz at 1530-1600 UTC (2100-2130 IST).
Urdu still continues on shortwave at 1430-1500 UTC on 1548, 12065, 15620,17860 kHz for B10 season.

Related story :
DW cuts Transmission hours for HIndi & Urdu languages, drops morning broadcasts
http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/2010/03/dw-cuts-transmission-hours-for-hindi.html

KTWR DRM Project

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 07:32 PM PDT

Pics of KTWR DRM Project ….

http://ktwrdrm.blogspot.com/

BBG Chairman Isaacson Outlines Vision for International Broadcasting

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 07:10 PM PDT

Washington, DC, 09/29/2010
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Walter Isaacson laid out his vision for the future of U.S. international broadcasting in a keynote address as part of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty?s 60th Anniversary event on Sept. 28.
“Our traditional role of delivering the news top down needs to be complemented by a new approach that catalyzes social networks,” said Isaacson. “By creating peer-to-peer global communities, we help guarantee the universal human right of access to the free flow of information.”
Acknowledging the newly-appointed Board’s launch of a year-long comprehensive review, Isaacson described the creation of “a great virtual global news service” that would provide reliable reporting for every medium, including social media created by members of BBG broadcasters’ global audience.
As he outlined his imperatives for engaging citizens with limited access to news and information, Isaacson repeatedly stressed the importance of credibility in news broadcasting, noting that “trustworthy journalism” would pay dividends for U.S. foreign policy objectives.

A transcript of the speech is available here :
http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=357&c=2317212&l=4774&ctl=32ED757:4E099B57A64B26917F4C63D5923A1B1DC0974C3776533290&

(BBG Press Release)

New broadcasting development authority in Sri Lanka

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 07:02 PM PDT

A new Sri Lanka Broadcasting Development Authority will be introduced soon to streamline telecasting and broadcasting activities…

More at :

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/09/26/oostory.asp?sid=20100929_08&imid=newbroadcasting.jpg&dt=%5BSeptember%2029%202010%5D

FM LOGS

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:03 PM PDT

27th Sept 2010

0230 onwards – Nice conditions, Nepal stn’s quite strong yday

91.9 – Radio Mantra Bareilley + Agra
98.6 – Rado Bheri, Surkhet, Nepal
99.4 – Shuklaphanta FM, Mahendranagar, Nepal
101.3 – AIR Aligarh
101.5 – AIR Sawai Madhopur
102.1 – AIR Mussourie
103.0 – Radio Nepal, Buditola
103.1 – AIR Chandigarh
107.2 – AIR Kasauli

28th Sept

91.9 – Radio Mantra Karnal
99.4 – Shuklaphanta FM,Mahendranagar, Nepal
101.3 – AIR Aligarh
101.5 – AIR Sawai Madhopur
102.1 – AIR Mussourie
103.0 – Radio Nepal, Buditola
103.1 – AIR Chandigarh
103.7 – AIR Kanpur
107.2 – AIR Kasauli

28 Sept 10

Tropo – Radio Bheri 98.6, Surkhet,Nepal steady from 1500 UTC check in, carried BBC Nepali between 1500-1530 UTC, gone at 1715 UTC.
Good tropo conditions expected today also around north India – http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_mid.html

RP2100 + QUAD

Radio Activity 7,11-12/09

Jayadi — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:00:45 +0000

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Radio VOP Turns 10

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:02 AM PDT

Harare, – Radio VOP has been commended for its resilience and continued broadcasting of diverse views in a difficult situation. http://news.radiovop.com/index.php/permalink/4445.html

Related news : Radio VOP encouraged to stay on SW
http://news.radiovop.com/index.php/permalink/4460.html

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BBG Meeting to be webcasted live

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:12 PM PDT

BBG Press ReleaseThe Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will meet on Friday, September 17, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The BBG will be considering BBG Governance Committee recommendations, the BBG’s research program and other business. The meeting is open via webcast to the public. The public may observe the open meeting via live and on demand streaming at www.bbg.gov

The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency, supervising all U.S. government-supported, civilian international broadcasting, whose mission is to promote freedom and democracy and to enhance understanding through multimedia communication of accurate, objective, and balanced news, information, and other programming about America and the world to audiences overseas. BBG broadcasts reach an audience of 171 million in 100 countries. BBG broadcasting organizations include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti).

(BBG Press Release)

R.Hage Somaliya test on 6915 kHz

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:53 PM PDT

“R. Hage Somaliya” plans to run a test on 6915 kHz on Sunday 12th September between 1600-1605. 73 and good listening!

(WRTH Info via Twitter)

History of AIR Kolkata

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:52 PM PDT

Interesting blog entry on anniversary & history of AIR Kolkata (in Hindi)

http://yeakashvanihai.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_27.html

CQ 2011-2012 Calendar Announcement

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:48 PM PDT

NEW PRODUCT PRESS RELEASE

CQ Amateur Radio Operators Calendar
15 month calendar – January 2011 through March 2012

Hicksville, NY – CQ Communications, Inc. is now accepting orders for an annual favorite – the CQ Amateur Radio Operators Calendar. The 2011 – 2012 calendar orders are scheduled to ship no later than September 30th. Orders placed by September 27th will also receive a $5.00 OFF coupon with their calendar.

Photographer Larry Mulvehill, WB2ZPI has done it again! Larry zig-zagged across the nation and captured 15 spectacular images of some of the biggest, most photogenic shacks, antennas, scenics and personalities in the nation!

This fifteen month calendar (January 2011 through March 20112) includes dates of important Ham Radio events such as major contests and other operating events, meteor showers, phases of the moon and other astronomical information, along with important and popular holidays.

We’ve held the price to $10.95 again this year and kept the “lower than usual” shipping and handling costs for this product. Shipping and handling to a domestic address is $2, to Canada/Mexico – $4, to all other countries – $9.

Order by Monday, September 27th and you’ll receive a $5.00 OFF coupon with your calendar (one coupon for each calendar ordered) to use towards your next purchase of $25 or more at the CQ On-Line Store! Please note, the coupon does not have an expiration date and can be used towards the regular price of any book, magazine subscription (new or renewal), cd, dvd – whatever you’d like, whenever you’d like! Pre-orders will be shipped as soon as the calendars arrive from the printer (no later than September 30th). Be among the first to receive your calendar (and coupon) order today!

Here’s a link for quick and easy ordering: 2011-2012 CQ Amateur Radio Operators Calendar
http://tinyurl.com/33wuhh8
Order by September 27th to receive a $5.00 coupon with your calendar!
Please note: This coupon can not be combined with any other offer or used towards the purchase of sale or special offer items.

More airtime for Tamil programmes on Malaysian radio, TV

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:01 AM PDT

http://www.vattal.com/news/more-airtime-for-tamil-programmes-on-malaysian-radio-tv/

DRM Newsletter Sept 2010

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:19 PM PDT
http://www.drm.org/old/index.php?id=370

BBC Bangla mix up with ghost of Bangladesh Daylight Savings time

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:18 AM PDT

BBC Bangla noted on 8th and 9th June 2010 with announcement in Bengali at the start of the 0030-0100 UTC transmission mentioning the local times as “6.30 am in Bangladesh and 5.00 am in India”. It should should have actually read “6.30 am in Bangladesh and 6.00 am in India”. This is a ghost of the Bangladesh Daylight savings time when Bangladesh local time advanced by one hour between 19th June and 31st December 2009.During this period BBC Bangla had advanced its transmission by one hour to keep up with this change. The Bangladesh Daylight savings time was scrapped before the next daylight savings time session which was supposed to have started on 31st March 2010.

It is not clear since when this mix up has been continuing. BBC Bangla frequency information in Bengali script in their website had remained backdated for well over one and a half years. Only recently has it been corrected.

(Supratik Sanatani,Kolkata via bangladx yg)

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BBC Students’ Club goes live on LiveJournal

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:29 PM PDT

BBC Students’ Club – bbcstudentsclub – is now live on the largest Russian-language blogging platform, LiveJournal.com. The new online community is aimed at both students of journalism and students of English.

The creation of the BBC Students’ Club online community came as a result of the BBC Russian “University Tour” in the spring of 2010 when the broadcaster held a series of events at universities and major libraries in St Petersburg, Moscow, Voronezh and Yekaterinburg. BBC Russian showcased the best of its journalism, including new ways of reaching audiences by using the latest technologies, and engaged young audiences in live radio debates broadcast on the interactive programme, Vam slovo (Have Your Say). The BBC team also demonstrated BBC Russian’s multimedia Learning English content at the universities and major libraries at each location.

As part of the new joint project between BBC Russian and LiveJournal, the BBC Students’ Club will feature the content of the BBC College of Journalism as well as the bbcrussian.com website’s multimedia Learning English lessons, in text, audio and video.
The bbcstudentsclub community on LiveJournal also will serve as a platform for young journalists to pitch their story ideas to the BBC. It also will feature the best of the bbcrussian.com Editors’ Blog.
Head of LiveJournal Russia, Svetlana Ivannikova, says: “LiveJournal has become an integral part of the lives of millions of people, it helps us to better ourselves and the world around us. LiveJournal removes borders, and the BBC Students’ Club project confirms this once again. Being part of the bbcstudentsclub community is both fun and educational, and no matter where people live, they can share their experiences and skills and also improve their English by communicating with speakers of English. We are confident that the project will have a lot of fans.”

BBC Russian Managing Editor, Dmitry Shishkin, comments: “We are delighted with the launch of the bbcstudentsclub community on LiveJournal. We’ve had a very successful experience partnering LiveJournal through our joint citizen-journalism project, Live_Report. I am confident that the BBC Students’ Club will attract talented young journalists. It will give them the opportunity to hone their writing skills – and help the BBC to further extend its stringer network across Russia.

“During our ‘University Tour’ earlier this year we could see that young Russian journalists were really interested in the editorial guidelines and practical experience of the BBC, as well as in how the world of journalism is changing. We hope that by bringing the unique experience and perspective of the BBC we will be giving Russian journalists a valuable resource.”
BBC Russian’s next “University Tour” takes place between Monday 13 and Friday 17 September 2010 when the BBC team will visit Tomsk and Novosibirsk.

(BBC World Service Publicity)

Radio Broadcast Launch of Community Radio in Lalitpur

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Alapur, Birdha Block, Lalitpur: Community Radio (CR) achieved another milestone on 3rd eptember 2010. Its first Community Radio (CR) station ‘Lalit Lokwani’ went on air in Uttar Pradesh (UP) state, India, and officially began its broadcast to over 80 villages in Lalitpur district of Budelkhand region. A combined effort of UNICEF, Ideosync Media Combine and Sai Jyoti, a Laitpur based NGO, the region’s first radio station was jointly put on air by Ranvir Yadav, District Magistrate (DM Lalitpur, Jugal Kishore, Joint Director Bharatendu Natak Academi UP and well known theatre personality who also recently made an appearance in Amir Khan’s Peepli Live and Rajeshwari Chandrashekar, Programme Manager, UNICEF Lucknow at a gala function organized at the Lalit Lokwani station in Alapur.

Read the full story here : http://tinyurl.com/38pdzte

FRS Holland 30 Years

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:14 PM PDT

Hello FRS-Holland Friends,

FRS-Holland has officially become 30 Years old, that was on Tuesday August 31st.
Following our previous mail from a few weeks ago, we have received a number of contributions.
We would like to inform you we still hope to receive some more…..if you are/ were an enthusiast FRS listener, then take your chance to produce a little personal contribution, your personal FRS memories.

Either you put them 1) on a sheet of paper or 2) send them by mail and 3) most wanted: record your personal message and send an mp3 audio file. We realize most listeners are no deejays and do not have no recording facilities. Of course any written contribution is as much appreciated as a recorded one!!
All listener’s contributions will be collected and together it will be our anthology of 30 years of SW broadcasts. When did you hear us for the first time, what was your favorite show, when did you get your first QSL, how much did you listen to FRS, any special on air moments you remember? All this info could be part of your personal FRS contribution.
Send your contribution to : frs@frsholland.nl or PO Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten, The Netherlands.

Preparations continue day by day… Many tape recordings have been digitalized and endless audio extracts have been produced. The broadcast will contain many ingredients…special jingles, a listener’s competition, interesting contributions, fantastic music and some nice surprises… And
not to forget a unique FRS 30 years QSL. Be part of the festivities…we are eagerly awaiting more contributions !!
Very soon we will announce dates as the on air celebrations will be more than one broadcast! The first one in October.

All the best from all of us at FRSH.
On behalf of the FRS Staff,

Peter Verbruggen