Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Indian Radio Innovator Named 2009 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year

Amba Preetham Parigi, managing director, Entertainment Network (India) Limited, and managing director & CEO of Times Infotainment Media Limited, is the 2009 William F. Glaser '53 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year.
Read the story here :

Easier Times for Commercial Radio in Sweden

Read the story here :
http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2408&Nyheter=&format=1&artikel=2435346

Misty to launch in Gangtok with changed frequency

FM station Radio Misty will soon go on air in Gangtok in Sikkim on the 95 FM frequency.

Read the full story here :
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/misty-launch-gangtok-with-changed-frequency#story

Ardic DX Club 10th Anniversary Quiz Winners

Winners of Ardic DX Club 10th Anniversary Quiz :

V. Balasubramaniyam, Chennai – WRTH
T. M. Murukanandam, Thiruvaikavur – Radio One Umbrella
P. Raja, Vennanthur – Radio One college Bag
K. Arun, Meenatchipalaya – Radio One college Bag
E. Selvaraj, Minnakal - DW T-Shirt
Ragu, Vedaranyam - Radio Mirchi CD case
G. Paravina - Radio Mirchi CD case
P. Paneerselavam - Radio Mirchi CD case
T.M. Sivaranjani, Thiruvaikavur - Radio Mirchi CD case
Kannan Sekar, Thimiri – Radio Mirchi Coffee Cup
N.T. Shanmugam, Thasappakovundanpudur - Radio Mirchi Coffee Cup
K. Jameel ahnad, Vilupuram - Radio Mirchi Coffee Cup
K.M. Raju, Andarasanpatti - Radio Mirchi Coffee Cup
S. Ramalingam, Chennai – Joseph J. Carr's Practical Antenna Handbook given by Alokesh Gupta
M. Sugumar, Andra – DW Cotton bag
S. Abirami, Vinapakkam – DW Cotton bag
S. Bharathi, Kathirnaiyakkanpatti – DW Cotton bag
T. Alakesan, Nallampalli – DW Cell phone tag
Parthiban, Orapakkam – DW Cell phone tag
P.S. Sekar, Thalainjairu – DW Cell phone tag
Geetha Murukanandam, Thiruvaikavur – DW Cell phone tag
Gunalan, Tanjavur – DW Key chain
G. Sathis Kumar, Pondychery – DW Key chain
Viji Karthikeyan, Meenatchipalayam – DW Key chain
M.C. Boopathi, Erode – DW Key chain
O.S. Ramasamy, Odayakatur – DW Pen
L. Murugan, Kurinikulathupatti – DW pen
Ragam Palaniyappan, Kaliyappampalayam – DW Pen
Ksav Mayan, Chennai – Radio Mirchi opener
Baghat Sing, Palani – Radio Mirchi opener
R. Magendran, Mannachanallur – Radio Mirchi opener
Beeman, Muthalaipatti – Radio Mirchi opener
K. Anitha, Meenatchipalayam – Radio Mirchi Tag pen
Alli Mohansundaram, Coimbatore – CVC Australia Towel
A.M. Najmul ariffin, Trichy – CVC Australia Towel
CHV. Ramana, Tirupathi – DW GMT Mouse pad
Avinash Premji, Bangalore – DW GMT Mouse pad
Muneer. K.P, Calicut – One copy of 2008 Domestic Broadcasting Survey by DSWCI
Muralidharan, Bangalore – DW GMT Mouse pad
Kavithuli Saktheeswaran, Namagiripettai – Radio Prague History book
R. Anbalagan, Manakkal – Radio Prague History book

International winners

Jonathon Pukila, Canada – "This is All India Radio" book given by Alokesh Gupta
Anreas Mucklich, Germany – European Medium Wave Guide in pdf format
Bjorn Fransson, Sweden – European Medium Wave Guide in pdf format
Wolfgang Gargittel, Austria – European Medium Wave Guide in pdf format
Dieter Leupold, Germany – One year online subscription of "Dxers Guide"
M. Brawanski, Germany – One year online subscription of "Dxers Guide"
Sebastian Arndt, Germany – One year online subscription of "Dxers Guide"
Simon Peter Liehr, Germany – One year online subscription of "Dxers Guide"
Vladimir Rozhkov, Russia – One year online subscription of "Dxers Guide"

With regards,

Jaisakthivel,
President,
Ardic DX Club
www.dxquiz.blogspot.com

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Christmas Shopping with Radio Caroline

Radio Caroline Society

Dear Caroline supporter,

The holiday season sneaks up on all of us and Caroline has the answer to your present list!

2009 Wall CalendarOur Radio Caroline Society web shop at http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/ has a fantastic new range of embroidered clothing and back packs, scarves and hats, music CDs, Offshore Radio videos, books galore, our Pirates Treasure Chest of classic radio moments from famous DJs, posters and car stickers.

Treat yourselves or family and friends. Please order early, the embroidered clothing is made to order and last postal dates for overseas orders to some countries are in the first week of December. Our volunteers will be very busy and it helps if you can give them some extra time. Order now and remember ALL our staff are volunteers and ALL the profit goes to help keep Radio Caroline and her Radio Ship Ross Revenge going for another year!

Here are some suggestions:

Our superb high quality A3 sized wall calendar, for 2009, celebrates the 45 years of Caroline history and features Caroline's offshore broadcast ships through to her last offshore broadcast platform the Ross Revenge shown here at her best with her record breaking 300 foot mast in international waters during the mid 1980's.

Ross reflection designRoss Storm design

'Super Premium' quality 'Fruit of the Loom' T shirts printed by Lakeland with Caroline logos and featuring either the Ross Revenge as she is today (with your help) or in her very last days in international waters.

Five ships back design

right chest detailThe Radio Caroline 5 Ships T Shirt is now back in stock. A classic design featuring all of the Radio Caroline broadcast ships from her turbulent history at sea as the world's most famous offshore radio station.

The five ships are shown on the back of the shirt and the detail of the Ross Revenge pictured left is on the chest.

We also recommend the special embroidered range of clothing which includes T shirts in a range of styles, a unisex parka jacket, polo shirts, a towelling robe, fleece jackets, sweats shirts and sweat jackets.

exclusive to Caroline

All of these are produced exclusively for our shop by Lakeland using top quality clothing ranges. All items feature Caroline's ship Ross Revenge as she looked in her 80s heyday, along with her Sky channel and station logos. Final embroidery will be carefully matched to garment colour during production.

Click on the images for more information about these products and many others available from our web shop.

Best wishes,

The Radio Caroline Society Team

Monday, November 17, 2008

Update on FEBA radio programmes to Bihar

Shannon June Kittlitz
Friday 14th November, 2008
Feba India's FIRST Response team completed their special radio programme for the flood-affected people of Bihar, India on 21 October. They are now continuing to address listeners' rehabilitation needs in their regular programming. During the span of the special daily short wave broadcasts in September and October, the programme producers received over 1800 messages by phone and SMS. Suma, Head of Training and Development at Feba India, says: "I just want to thank God for this opportunity. I think I most appreciate the part played by Feba UK, if not for them we would not have had this FIRST Response training in India. They passed on that interest to us and because of that, we are able to see today we reached so many people in Bihar. I want to praise God for this opportunity and I am sure that many more opportunities will come in the days to come. It is a great privilege to reach people in times of disaster."The Head of Programming at Feba Delhi Firoz says: "Our special programme for the Bihar flood victims was closed on 21 October, so now we are producing and airing on our existing schedule: one programme in Hindi and one programme in Urdu. We are talking about their rehabilitation. We have to work on two aspects of life for their rehabilitation: one is very psychological because people are very depressed; they lost their hope. The other part is physical because people lost everything in this flood: they lost their houses, they lost their cattle. they lost everything. So we have to continue to share information from the government and from the NGOs with the people of flood-affected areas." While Suma was in Bihar in September, she met an NGO which works directly with the government of India and the national development disaster management authority. Suma says: "They were interested when they heard about this FIRST Response training and also the response towards the Bihar floods. They were quite curious as to what kind of training this was, saying 'We want to have this training.' So there seems to be a lot of interest in regards to FIRST Response. Soon after Bihar there was a disaster in Orissa, in fact simultaneously Bihar and Orissa were under floods. I think in the coming days there will be more
disasters, so we need to train more people region wide to equip them to respond to these disasters, probably starting with training in Delhi next June."

(Source : FEBA Radio)

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, has launched the ‘Ilanthalir Community Radio'

The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, has launched the 'Ilanthalir Community Radio,' a broadcasting system, which operates on 107.2 MHz FM. The main objective of launching the community radio service, is to widen the RGNIYD's bond with the local community and to bring out the talent in adolescents in rural areas. The transmission will cover almost all the educational institutions in45 village panchayats located within 18 to 20 km around Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram district, and in some parts of neighbouring Tiruvallur district, according to a RGNIYD press release. Focus of programmes The programmes would focus on issues such as education, health, art and culture, sports and recreation, science and technology, employability and life skills, career opportunities. Social message would be delivered adopting various methods such as drama, song, debate and group discussions by adolescents, who would be writing the scripts and directing the programmes.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/stories/2008111560340500.htm

AIR Vijaywada celebrates golden jubilee

Notwithstanding the overcast sky and continuous drizzle, folk artistes performed with verve and vigour at the golden jubilee celebrations of the All India Radio Vijayawada. Saturday night turned colourful with 'Pulivesham' dance by Sambikar Nageswara Rao and party, and 'Veedi Bhagavatham', narrating the social evils and its solutions, by Gosula Guravayya and party.. Popular 'Burrakadha' artiste Nazir of Guntur probably gave performances from every political dais. Now, his son Sheik Bapuji regaled the gathering at Annamayya Vedika, Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Brundavan Gardens. Folk songs were rendered by T. Pushparajyam and party and 'Pambakadha' was narrated by Gattupalli Yallamanda and party. All India Radio Station Director Mangalagiri Aditya Prasad said that this was one of the series of programmes being organised in Guntur and Vijayawada on the occasion of the golden jubilee of AIR Vijayawada by Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India. 'Janapada Sangeeta Mela' (a festival of folk music) would be broadcast over AIR on Vijayawada A on December 2 at 8 a.m., December 6 at 1.30 p.m., next day at 2.30 p.m. These broadcasts would continue on December 13 and 14 at 1.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. respectively.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

AIR Port Blair off frequency ?

Today 16th Nov at 1130 UTC AIR Port Blair was noted off frequency on 4765 kHz instead of 4760. AIR Leh was noted on 4760, usually not heard at my location due to co-ch with Port Blair.

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS)

New Official web site for Quilon Amateur Radio League

QARL, Quilon Amateur Radio League - Kollam, Kerala opened new official web site. This club website can be accessed at the following URL
http://www.vu2qar.com/

Site brings Latest news announcements, description about KollamHamFair, VU2CSD Repeater club, Fox hunt, dynamically updated VHF repeater list, HF & VHF net timings and a brief introduction about Hamradio. The QARL website is centered around club activities, but also provides a detailed free service structure for email inquires, as well as SWL help requests. Club will continue developing the site to provide member services, ASOC exam preparations and other usefull tips and tricks especially for new commers. For more information, please contact us.

Quilon Amateur Radio League,
P.O. Box : 335
Kollam - 691 001, INDIA

Tel. +91 474 2742661 / 2552749
Email : vu2syt@yahoo.com

AIR Hyderabad emergency broadcast

AIR Hyderabad noted on 4800 at 1945 UTC with emergency broadcast. Just spoke to Jose Jacob, cyclone warning has been issued for coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh.
Google search returned this link :

Saturday, November 15, 2008

AIR Guwahati 7420 is back

AIR Guwhati is back on 7420 after several weeks. Sked is
0130-0230 Nepali
0230-0245 Hindi HS
0245-0300 English HS
0300-0430 Bangla
0700-0800 Nepali
0800-1100 Bangla
1215-1330 Tibetan
1330-1430 Nepali
1445-1515 Bangla
1515-1530 Hindi HS
1530-1600 English HS
1600-1730 Bangla
1730-1735 English HS
1735-1740 Hindi HS

73
Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio

Radio Romania releases stamps & coins to celebrate its 80th Anniversary

On November 1st the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation celebrated its 80th anniversary. To mark this ocassion a postal stamp devoted to this anniversary was released & the National Bank of Romania has launched an anniversary silver coin.

Here's the Radio Romania 80th anniversary stamp/miniature sheet
http://www.romfilatelia.ro/marci/colectia.php?ContentID=431&Year=2008
(click on the logo for photo of stamp & miniature sheet)

And the Radio Romania 80th anniversary coins
http://www.geocities.com/romaniancoins/10lei08radio.html

National Bank of Romania Press Release
http://www.bnro.ro/en/Press/E20081024num.htm

Radio St.Helena Special Transmission today 2000 UTC onwards

R E M I N D E R

Radio St. Helena will broadcast on 11092.5 kHz USB on Saturday, 15. November 2008 as follows :
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Times UTC Target areas
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20:00 - 21:00 Japan
21:00 - 22:30 Europe
22:30 - 23:30 North America

Reception Report with 3 IRC's may be sent to the following address :

Radio St. Helena
P.O.Box 93
Jamestown
St. Helena Island
STHL 1ZZ
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Via United Kingdom and Ascension
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CVC Launches Online Radio Station in India

Max Digital Media Newswire
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:06:00
International broadcaster CVC is set to revolutionise the world of internet radio with the launch of its new online station on Monday.With state of the art studios in Karnataka and Australia and correspondents in 26 countries around the world, CVC brings a new standard of professionalism and resourcing to online radio.

Read the full story here :
http://www.medianewsline.com/news/119/ARTICLE/3429/2008-11-14.html

Comments : The new URL http://www.cvcradio.in/ re-directs to the old CVC-Australia website !