Oman Radio programmes attract wider audience

With a glut of diverse audio programmes, the Oman Radio 90.4 FM, the English language service under the Public Authority of Radio and Television has been reaching a multitude of audience this Ramadhan. "Whether they are on the move, in office, or at home, our listener base is on the rise especially in Ramadhan", says Salim Mohammed al Gammari, Director of Foreign Programmes, Public Authority of Radio and Television.

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Sporadic Logs

Had an amazing session of FM DXing during Sporadic E opening on 5th June during a short visit to QTH of fellow dxer C.K.Raman, VU3DJQ ...here are some of logs using his Sangean ATS909 receiver & telescopic antenna ....

5th June 2010 (Sat) 1140-1240 UTC

88.8 Spurious Devotional Talk by OM
89.0 Radio Oman Location ? (Al Saidi/Qurum/Heibi) ME Music (Approx 1900 kms)
89.2 Radio Oman (Saiq Jabal/Akhdar ?) Arabic Reading from Holy Quran OM (Approx 1900 kms)
89.7 Spurious or image ? Hindi Song
90.1 Unid Arabic Talk
90.4 Radio Oman English (Muscat /Salalah 9 kW) English Songs (1939 kms)
91.7 Radio Al'Shabab Oman, Al Batina RDS Oman SH B ( 1920 kms)
91.9 Radio Mango Kerala(Kannur/Kochi/Kozhikode/Thrissur ?) 5 kW Malayalam Talk (Approx 2000 kms)
91.9 Radio Indigo Bangalore English/Kannada RJ Talking about Bannerghatta National Park (1742 Kms)
92.4 Unid Punjabi Song
103.1 AIR Chandigarh Hindi movie songs (239 kms)
107.2 AIR FM Rainbow Kasauli HP 10 kW Hindi Songs (325 kms)

And here are couple of ATS 909 RDS screenshots ...