SWRA shortwave broadcasts to end on 18th July

Gerry Jackson

SW Radio Africa

17th July 2014

 

It is with regret that SW Radio Africa announces that after 13 years, our shortwave broadcasts are to end on Friday 18th July.

 

You have welcomed us into your homes since our first shortwave broadcast on 19th December 2001.

 

Our broadcasts will continue on our website, via Channel Zim through TV decoders, and by various other forms of new media.

 

More at :

 

http://www.swradioafrica.com/2014/07/17/swra-shortwave-broadcasts-to-end/

SW Radio Africa reduces shortwave broadcasts

From the SW Radio Africa website...
 

We have an important announcement for our listeners on shortwave. Starting Tuesday 1st April we will be reducing our shortwave broadcasts to one hour a day. There will also be no shortwave broadcasts at the weekend.

 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Our full two hours of programming will still be available via our website www.swradioafrica.com and also on Channel Zim, available through free to air TV decoders.

 

Our broadcasts via Channel Zim are 5 – 7am and 7 – 9pm.

Our live 2 hours of programming via our website remains 7 – 9pm and podcasts of all our programs are available 24 hours a day. Our shortwave broadcasts, starting Tuesday 1st April, will be one hour 7 – 8pm, available Monday – Friday. All times quoted are Zim times and…………thanks for listening.

 

Source :  http://www.swradioafrica.com/swra-reducing-shortwave-broadcasts/

SW Radio Africa A14 schedule 1700-1800 UTC on 4880 kHz (100 kW)

SW Radio Africa reach 10 years of broadcasts

LONDON based SW Radio Africa on Monday celebrated a major milestone in reaching 10 years of independent broadcasting into Zimbabwe via shortwave and the internet to the rest of the world.A statement issued by station manager Gerry Jackson said they started broadcasting Wednesday 19th December 2001 and “had no idea that 10 years on we’d still be here – or that the crisis in Zimbabwe would still be dragging on, with no solution in sight.”
Full stroy at : http://nehandaradio.com/2011/12/21/sw-radio-africa-reaches-10-years-of-broadcasts/

Related news :
10 Years of SW Radio Africa
http://www.swradioafrica.com/2011/12/19/10-years-of-sw-radio-africa/

Stop jamming SW Radio Africa

For those who do not know, SW Radio Africa is a wonderful radio station that broadcasts from London in the United Kingdom. The station is operated by exiled Zimbabwean journalists who – after successfully challenging Mugabe’s broadcasting monopoly in Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court in 2000 ......

Full story at : http://www.zimtelegraph.com/?p=9417

London-Based Broadcaster to Zimbabwe Takes Exception to Harare's 'Pirate' Label

SW Radio Africa founder Gerry Jackson says her station broadcasts legally to provide Zimbabweans with the news to which they are entitled
Sandra Nyaira Washington 27 November 2009

Read the story here :
http://www1.voanews.com/zimbabwe/news/africa/Zimbabwe-Pirate-Radios-27Nov09-76284292.html

QSL's in mailbox

Found couple of qsl's in my mailbox today .

Received in 155 days for a snail mailed report to their UK address.