In an attempt to bring relevant news from across the globe, Zee News, has tied up with Voice of America, one of the biggest public broadcasters in the United States of America.
Read the full story at :
http://tinyurl.com/6f9uxb
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Monday, December 01, 2008
VOA marks World AIDS Day with special programs
Washington, D.C., December 1, 2008 - The Voice of America (VOA) marks World AIDS Day with programming on the prevention and treatment of the disease with special attention focused on Africa, home to two-thirds of all people living with HIV. "VOA, which broadcasts in 45 languages and has a large audience in Africa, is uniquely positioned to provide people around the world with news and information about HIV/AIDS," said VOA Director Danforth Austin. VOA has a special Internet site for World AIDS Day at www.VOANews.com/english/AIDS2008.cfm. The site has news reports, including one that looks at testing and treatment worldwide. VOA's Swahili service, which reaches people in East Africa, conducted interviews with experts in Tanzania and Kenya. Earlier, the service organized a panel discussion to look at progress in tackling the disease. Panelists included Pauline Muchina of UNAIDS and Joshua Ng'eiu of the National Aids Council of Kenya. VOA's English to Africa service interviewed Leonard Okello of ActionAid, a nonprofit group. He urged developed countries to continue funding treatment for HIV/AIDS despite the world's economic downturn. VOA's Spanish-language program, El Mundo al Día (The World Today), will feature HIV/AIDS throughout the week. And the weekly Foro Interamericano (Interamerican Forum) program examines HIV/AIDS in Latin America, including a report on a home for HIV-positive children in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The service has a special window for HIV/AIDS on its Internet site (www.voanoticias.com). UNAIDS estimates 33 million people are living with HIV, with nearly 7,500 new infections daily. The agency says new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are declining, but the epidemic persists around the globe. The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts approximately 1,500 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 134 million people. Programs are produced in 45 languages.
For more information, call VOA Public Relations at (202) 203-4959, or e-mail
askvoa@voanews.com.
For more information, call VOA Public Relations at (202) 203-4959, or e-mail
askvoa@voanews.com.
(VOA Press Release)
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Special call-sign to comemmmorate birth anni of Jagadish Chandra Bose
Special Event Operation with Special Call sign prefix blocks for the Birth Anniversary of the greatest Indian Scientist and inventor, Shri. Jagadish Chandra Bose. Special permission of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Department of Communications ,Government of India, to following group of Amateur Radio Operator's licenses to use special call signs (as mentioned below against each participant) to operate during the 150th Birth Anniversary of India's great scientist and inventor Shri. Jagadish Chandra Bose, (which falls on Nov. 30th 2008) from 23th Nov 2008 to 02nd Dec 2008, from their existing licenced location mentioned in his Radio Amateur Licence, to participate in the activity. This is the invitation to all amateurs world wide, who are Prefix hunters, Special QSL hunters, etc, to avail the finest opportunity , to work and get QSOs, and later on QSLs from the very special prefix series AU1 to AU0.
Operating stations :
AU0JCB - VU3DJQ (vu3djq@gmail.com)
AU2JCB - VU2DSI (datta_anr@dataone.in)
AU5JCB - MULTI OPERATOR MULTI MODE (VU2SMN on phone, VU2ROE on PSK31)
AU6JCB - VU2LR
AU8JCB - VU2ACK (ashok3003@yahoo.co.in)
AU9JCB - VU2SMS (vu2sms@rediffmail.com)
(Source : http://au9jcb.angelfire.com with additional inputs from VU3DJQ)
Voice of America Hindi Radio Silent in India during Terrorist Attacks
by tedlipien - November 28, 2008 - 12:18 America/New_York
Voice of America, U.S. taxpayer-funded international broadcaster, was off the air with shortwave Hindi radio broadcasts to India during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The decision to silence these radio broadcasts was made earlier this year by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a U.S. Government agency.
Voice of America, U.S. taxpayer-funded international broadcaster, was off the air with shortwave Hindi radio broadcasts to India during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The decision to silence these radio broadcasts was made earlier this year by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a U.S. Government agency.
Read the full story here :
http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2008/11/28/voice-of-america-radio-silent-in-india-during-terrorist-attacks/
Govt nod to 107 more community FM stations
BY NITIN MAHAJAN
NEW DELHI
Nov. 27: In an effort to reach out to masses through the massive medium of radio, the Central government has granted permission to 107 more community radio stations to begin operations across the country soon. Official sources stated that the expansion of community radio network was in keeping with the government's policy to make communities more aware through such social networks.
NEW DELHI
Nov. 27: In an effort to reach out to masses through the massive medium of radio, the Central government has granted permission to 107 more community radio stations to begin operations across the country soon. Official sources stated that the expansion of community radio network was in keeping with the government's policy to make communities more aware through such social networks.
Read the full story here :
http://203.197.197.71/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/govt-nod-to-107-more-community-fm-stations.aspx
Friday, November 28, 2008
Relays this weekend via 9290 kHz
Relays this weekend via 9290 kHz
November 29th
RWI 19.00 - 20.00UTC
November 30th
Latvia Today 15.00 - 16.00UTC
RWI 16.00 -17.00UTC
RWI 20.00 -21.00UTC
Good listening
73s
Tom Taylor
All India Radio Latest changes/additions
All India Radio Latest Info (From latest printed schedule & others)
MW:
Diphu 1584 ( ex 1485)
Padum 1584
Srinagar C 1224 (ex 684)
FM
Leh : 102.9
Rajkot : 102.4 (ex 95.8)
Yercaud 103.7 (ex 100.9)
SW:
Revised schedule of External Services:
Aligarh: (Some transmitters which were off air at Aligarh is now back on air)
7255: 1315-1415 Dari, 1415-1530 Pushtu, (Afghanistan, Pakistan),
1530-1545 English
9620: 1230-1500 Sindhi, 1500-1600 Baluchi (Pakistan)
11620: 0100-0430 Urdu
15770: 0400-0430 Persian, 0430-0530 Arabic (W.Asia), 0845-0945
Indonesian, 1115-1215 Tamil, 1215-1245 Telugu (SE Asia)
Bangalore:
5990 : 0100-0200 Sindhi
17875 : 0845-0945 Indonesian (ex 15770)
17895 : 1000-1100 English
The updated SW sked is available in frequency order at:
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
73
Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio
Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India
Tel: 91-40-6516 7388 Telefax: 91-40-2331 0287
Cell: 94416 96043
www.niar.org
FRS December 28th
Dear FRS Friends,
I N V I T A T I O N
Following our November 2nd broadcast a few weeks ago, FRS-Holland will again take to the airwaves over the X-Mas Holiday Season. December 28th FRS-Holland will continue a long time tradition. And that means we invite you- the listener– to participate. Forward your very own personal New Year Greetings to the Free Radio Service Holland and we will make sure it'll be read out during our broadcast. You can dedicate your greetings to friends etc. but you can also make a 'general NY Greeting. It can be written or (preferably!) taped (cassette, CD, MD or MP3 file) and send to our P.O.Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten in the Netherlands. Of course the easy & quick way is by sending an e-mail to frs@frsholland.nl or frs.holland@hccnet.nl. You can add something special to our December 28th broadcast by participating. So….don't hesoitate and take part in the FRS Party that day. It'll be great fun. Make sure your contribution reaches us before December 5th. We are looking forward hearing from you !!! Tune on the 28th...it'll be great fun !!!
December 28th FRSH will be on 6220 for at least 4 hours. In addition we hope to be on a different frequency as well, perhaps not our full programming. Pxs will be presented by Jan van Dijk doing a 2008 Free Radio Review in his German Show. Paul Graham will be doing another classic FRS Golden Show playing great 60s/ 70s stuff as well as a feature on a landbased pirate radio station from years gone by. Peter Verbruggen will look back to what happened in the past on December 28th (Day Calendar) en plays a mix of 80s/90s/00s records in FRS Magazine. He will also host a 45 min. FRS Goes DX edition with the latest news from the wonderful world of wireless . Mike Anderson's DX Welle will feature a mix of DX News and music. During the pxs we will read out November mail and New Year's Greetings. There's a listener's competition and 'the Phrase that Pays'. In addition a 15 minute Joop ter Zee tribute will be aired. Pxs will most likely
commence at 08.00 UTC/ 09.00 CET and last till 12.00 UTC/ 13.00 CET. Frequency is 6220 kHz. As said, part of the shows will be repeated on a different frequency, most likely in the afternoon. That day FRS will also be heard via the Internet, perhaps pxs will be repeated a number of times. We will send more mails December and a few days before the broadcast we hope to reveal the afternoon frequency and time-slot. By now all back mail plus all letters/mail from the November 2008 broadcast (!!) have been handled. That implies the all new QSLs from our TX Series have been forwarded to the FRS listeners who responded. Christmas Day Dec. 25th there might be another surprise when FRS-Holland will be co-operating with two other well-known (and long-serving) short wave stations. Details about programming and frequency will be announced as soon as possible.
73s, Peter V. (on behalf of the FRS staff)
a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format....
FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands
e-mail: frs.holland@hccnet.nl
e-mail: frs@frsholland.nl
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Radio Tirana celebrates 70th Anniversary
After three days, Radio Tirana will celebrate its Anniversary 70-th like in the attached invitation. 70 years ago, on 28 November 1938, Radio Tirana was for the first time on the air on Short Waves... We very warmly invite Everybody to send us your messages and wishes for Radio Tirana in its 70 Anniversary at: drita.cico@yahoo.com , dcico@icc.al.eu.org
Thank You so much indeed, and all the best from lovely wet November in Tirana,
Drita Cico, Mrs.
Electronic Engineer
ARTV- ALBANIAN RADIOTELEVISION
Head of Monitoring Center of Radio Tirana since 21 September 1981
& also HF Manager since 2005
RADIO TIRANA
AIB Media Excellence Awards 2008 - the winners
The winners of the 2008 AIB Media Excellence Awards were announced this month. You can see the complete list - including the winners of the radio category here:
Simon Spanswick
AIB
London
(Via dx_india yg)
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Power FM relaunched in Kolkata in a new avatar
exchange4media News Service
November 26 2008
Power FM has undergone a revamp and has been relaunched in Kolkata with a new look, a new logo and a new slogan – All Hits, No Bakwaas – keeping in mind today's youth. Power FM, which till now was a functional radio station, now possesses the new gung ho attitude that the young at heart, trendy, opinionated yet sophisticated youth of today associate themselves with.
November 26 2008
Power FM has undergone a revamp and has been relaunched in Kolkata with a new look, a new logo and a new slogan – All Hits, No Bakwaas – keeping in mind today's youth. Power FM, which till now was a functional radio station, now possesses the new gung ho attitude that the young at heart, trendy, opinionated yet sophisticated youth of today associate themselves with.
Radio Damascus English program now available online
Radio Damascus English program is now also on the internet. After a few weeks of having the daily German language program online it is great to know that from this week on you can also download the daily recording of the English program.
The direct link to the daily recordings is :
http://www.rtv.gov.sy/index.php?m=541
Soon there will also be a link on the homepage of Syrian Radio & Television, http://www.rtv.gov.sy , to the international foreign language services of Radio Damascus.
A nice tip : although the recording is in the Windows Media format, you can convert it with a simple converter program to a MP3 file and put it on your Ipod or other MP3 player to take Radio Damascus on the road.
I am using "Switch" for this purpose on a Mac OSX system.
( http://www.nch.com.au/switch/plus.html )
They have a free version and a paid version with some extra's. It is very nice to listen to Radio Damacus, when driving to work, in digital audio quality on my car radio through my connected Iphone (or Ipod).
Radio Damascus Listeners Club :
http://www.radio-damascus-listeners-club.tk
or
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radio_damascus
( Kris Janssen, Belgium)
HCJB Australia Newsletter, Dec 2008 issue
HCJB Australia Newsletter, Dec 2008 issue is now available for dowload
from this link :
from this link :
HCJB Global Transmitter Installed at TWR's Site in Swaziland
Nov. 25, 2008
For Immediate Release
A new 100,000-watt shortwave transmitter built at the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., is on the air at the Trans World Radio (TWR) site in Swaziland, broadcasting a message of hope across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Through a cooperative effort between the two organizations, the HC100 transmitter began broadcasting about 12 hours a day on Oct. 23, replacing an outdated Continental unit and joining two other HC100s, also from Elkhart. "The results of the broadcasts from this transmitter are that people come to Christ and they are encouraged in their faith," said Ray Alary, TWR's director of operations in Africa. "For those with HIV/AIDS, we can encourage them in what seems a hopeless situation. Through Jesus we all have hope. The primary target areas are eastern and southern Africa, but our transmitters in Swaziland reach locations as far away as Pakistan. We broadcast in approximately 30 languages with our three HC100 transmitters." Alary added that TWR's partnership with HCJB Global "goes back a long way and has taken many different forms over the years . . . it is a model of a well-functioning partnership where each party gains from our ability to work together." The partnership includes having a number of TWR missionaries serving at the Technology Center in Elkhart. Among those is veteran engineer Larry McGuire who lived in Swaziland for 16 years before moving to Elkhart in 1990. He helped build and install all three HC100s at the Swaziland site, spending 2½ weeks in Swaziland in October to put the new transmitter on the air. "The new transmitter is much more efficient and has a clearer, more understandable signal than the one it replaced," McGuire said. "The HC100 is also easier to maintain because it was designed by missionary engineers for that purpose." Alary said that having "three identical transmitters at the same site makes our operation in Swaziland very efficient. In addition, we have purchased more than 20 suitcase transmitters through HCJB." Tom Lowell, chairman of TWR's board of directors, said the new transmitter has many economic advantages. "For example, parts needed to keep the old equipment on the air were expensive. The Continental transmitter uses three large tubes, at $13,000 each, compared to the HC100's single tube. That's an immediate savings of $26,000 on parts alone! The HC100 also operates much more efficiently, saving us $12,000 per year on our electric bill in Swaziland." McGuire added that the installation of the HC100 in Swaziland culminates years of work and planning dating back to about 2000. Construction of this transmitter, the ninth of its type, was completed in 2005. After TWR agreed to purchase the unit, it was modified to, and tested for, Swaziland requirements, then packed and loaded onto a truck in Elkhart on July 31. It then traveled across the Atlantic Ocean by ship, arriving in Durban, South Africa, on Sept. 9. From there it went by train to Matsapha, Swaziland, where it cleared customs "almost immediately," he said. Finally it went by truck to TWR's transmitter site on a ranch 20 miles from Manzini along the White Mbuluzi River, arriving on Sept. 18. "The day it arrived, there 'happened' to be a work crew from a church in Elkhart that had been renovating the building," McGuire continued. "They were way ahead of schedule, so they helped unload the transmitter from the container, got it in position and started putting up the heavy parts and then built the fascia-all before I started working on the installation on Oct. 6. I was very amazed. That's never happened before!" When McGuire said the entire installation process went smoothly. "The cooperation was great-very beneficial for both." David Russell, director of the HCJB Global Technology Center, calls it a "privilege to work closely with engineers of TWR Africa. During just the past year we have cooperated with TWR on projects in Benin, Kenya and Swaziland. We are presently refurbishing a used 50,000-watt AM transmitter that will be used at TWR's Swaziland broadcast facilities. It gives us a great sense of fulfillment to be able to support our fellow kingdom workers at TWR through the provision of technical consulting, equipment, installations and maintenance," Russell added. "By pooling our strengths we are able to be more effective in the Lord's harvest fields."
For Immediate Release
A new 100,000-watt shortwave transmitter built at the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., is on the air at the Trans World Radio (TWR) site in Swaziland, broadcasting a message of hope across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Through a cooperative effort between the two organizations, the HC100 transmitter began broadcasting about 12 hours a day on Oct. 23, replacing an outdated Continental unit and joining two other HC100s, also from Elkhart. "The results of the broadcasts from this transmitter are that people come to Christ and they are encouraged in their faith," said Ray Alary, TWR's director of operations in Africa. "For those with HIV/AIDS, we can encourage them in what seems a hopeless situation. Through Jesus we all have hope. The primary target areas are eastern and southern Africa, but our transmitters in Swaziland reach locations as far away as Pakistan. We broadcast in approximately 30 languages with our three HC100 transmitters." Alary added that TWR's partnership with HCJB Global "goes back a long way and has taken many different forms over the years . . . it is a model of a well-functioning partnership where each party gains from our ability to work together." The partnership includes having a number of TWR missionaries serving at the Technology Center in Elkhart. Among those is veteran engineer Larry McGuire who lived in Swaziland for 16 years before moving to Elkhart in 1990. He helped build and install all three HC100s at the Swaziland site, spending 2½ weeks in Swaziland in October to put the new transmitter on the air. "The new transmitter is much more efficient and has a clearer, more understandable signal than the one it replaced," McGuire said. "The HC100 is also easier to maintain because it was designed by missionary engineers for that purpose." Alary said that having "three identical transmitters at the same site makes our operation in Swaziland very efficient. In addition, we have purchased more than 20 suitcase transmitters through HCJB." Tom Lowell, chairman of TWR's board of directors, said the new transmitter has many economic advantages. "For example, parts needed to keep the old equipment on the air were expensive. The Continental transmitter uses three large tubes, at $13,000 each, compared to the HC100's single tube. That's an immediate savings of $26,000 on parts alone! The HC100 also operates much more efficiently, saving us $12,000 per year on our electric bill in Swaziland." McGuire added that the installation of the HC100 in Swaziland culminates years of work and planning dating back to about 2000. Construction of this transmitter, the ninth of its type, was completed in 2005. After TWR agreed to purchase the unit, it was modified to, and tested for, Swaziland requirements, then packed and loaded onto a truck in Elkhart on July 31. It then traveled across the Atlantic Ocean by ship, arriving in Durban, South Africa, on Sept. 9. From there it went by train to Matsapha, Swaziland, where it cleared customs "almost immediately," he said. Finally it went by truck to TWR's transmitter site on a ranch 20 miles from Manzini along the White Mbuluzi River, arriving on Sept. 18. "The day it arrived, there 'happened' to be a work crew from a church in Elkhart that had been renovating the building," McGuire continued. "They were way ahead of schedule, so they helped unload the transmitter from the container, got it in position and started putting up the heavy parts and then built the fascia-all before I started working on the installation on Oct. 6. I was very amazed. That's never happened before!" When McGuire said the entire installation process went smoothly. "The cooperation was great-very beneficial for both." David Russell, director of the HCJB Global Technology Center, calls it a "privilege to work closely with engineers of TWR Africa. During just the past year we have cooperated with TWR on projects in Benin, Kenya and Swaziland. We are presently refurbishing a used 50,000-watt AM transmitter that will be used at TWR's Swaziland broadcast facilities. It gives us a great sense of fulfillment to be able to support our fellow kingdom workers at TWR through the provision of technical consulting, equipment, installations and maintenance," Russell added. "By pooling our strengths we are able to be more effective in the Lord's harvest fields."
(Press Release)
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