DRM+ workshop to held at Nuremberg, Germany, 10 July, 16:30-17:30.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Radio Canada's Sackville, N.B. transmitters will be sold
After decades of service, the transmission towers outside of Sackville, N.B are no longer broadcasting Radio Canada International to the world.
Martin Marcotte, director of CBC Transmission, said he's now looking to sell the New Brunswick towers and land. He said he's focussing on selling the site to other shortwave broadcasters or wind farm companies.
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Monday, June 25, 2012
“My Cultural Bucharest – from Radio Orchestras to Contemporary Art”
Dear friends, we invite you to participate in a prize-winning contest, entitled "My Cultural Bucharest-from Radio Orchestras to Contemporary Art", organized by Radio Romania International jointly with Radio Romania "Music". The contest is devoted to Bucharest, a cultural city of European importance and is focused on symphonic music and contemporary art.
The 1st edition of the International Radio Orchestras Festival is due to take place in Bucharest, between September the 23rd and 29th 2012. The festival is designed to bring together the most important symphony orchestras of leading radio broadcasters, in the Romanian capital city, in the years when Romania does not host the "George Enescu" International Festival and Contest.
The festival is held under the artistic guidance of pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias and will present to the public at large world-famous orchestras and soloists, on the stages of two of the main concert halls in Bucharest: the Palace Hall and the Radio Hall.
Performing will be: the National Radio Orchestra, the Radio Chamber Orchestra, the "Voces" Quartet
(Romania), the RAI Turin Orchestra, the Radio France Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, together with soprano Ruxandra Donose, violinist Alexandru Tomescu, conductor Juraj Valcuha, pianist and conductor Myungwhun Chung, cellist Jian Wang, conductor Horia Andreesu, violinist Maxim Vengherov, conductor Neemi Järvi, pianist Dan Grigore, etc.
Between May the 25th and July the 22nd, Bucharest will also host the 5th Contemporary Art Biennial Exhibition, BB5, coordinated by Anne Barlow (Great Britain/ the US). No less than 20 international artists from each continent have already announced their participation.
The previous editions of the Biennial were held in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
BB5 is meant to encourage and enhance the artists' creativity, to grant wider access to culture, to promote art, culture and intercultural dialogue, to offer the public the chance to get thorough knowledge of the history and cultural heritage of peoples from Europe and outside it. The exhibition will be held in unconventional places (including an old textile factory) as well as in public spaces in Bucharest (among which the Free Press House).
We invite you to listen to the programs broadcast by RRI, visit our website, www.rri.ro , access our profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr and send your correct answers, in writing, to several questions. You stand a high chance to be among the winners. The contest comes to an end on July the 31st 2012, the post date.
The Grand Prize is a 7 night stay for two, in Bucharest, FB, between September the 23rd and 30th. The winners will find accommodation in the "Hotel Royal" and will also have the opportunity to go to all festival concerts hosted by the Palace Hall. The contest is sponsored by "Hotel Royal Bucharest".
The partners of the contest are the Ministry of Culture and Cultural Heritage, the Bucharest Prefect's Office, the Official Gazette, the Bucharest Transport Public Utility, the Romanian National Peasant Museum, the contemporary art portal Modernism.ro, the Casa Radio Publishing House, the NOI Media Print Publishing House.
As usual, you will have to cover your travel expenses from your residence to Bucharest and back, and, if necessary, the cost of the visa for Romania. We also offer many other prizes to those who don't win the Grand Prize. The smaller prizes consist in objects related to Bucharest and Romanian culture, in general, and are offered by our partners.
And here are the questions:
- Who is the artistic director of the International Radio Orchestras Festival?
- What is the name of the main contemporary art museum in Bucharest?
- Mention at least 3 cultural, historical and tourist attractions in Bucharest.
- What cultural, historical and tourist landmarks of Bucharest would you like to visit, if you win the Grand Prize, and why?
Please write to us what has made you take part in the contest and, please, mention your sources of information, others than the programs of our radio station, the site of RRI or the Facebook profile. Our
address is: 60-64 G-ral Berthelot Street, sector 1, Bucharest, Romania, PO Box 111, code 010165, fax 00.40.21.319.05.62, e-mail : engl@rri.ro The winners will be announced shortly after August 1st, to have time to make preparations for their stay in Bucharest. Good luck !
(Newsletter Radio Romania International, No. 45, 22 June 2012)
Sunday, June 24, 2012
RNW South Asia desk hands on responsibility to the region
Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) is changing course and goes forward in a slimmed-down version: a smaller organisation focussing on Free Speech. From the old RNW ("2.0") to the new: a tour of the desks which will be terminated or are changing their approach.
Radio Netherlands in english ceases transmission on 29th June, 2012
Radio Netherlands additional frequencies for last day, these are additional to regular frequencies :
Extra Shortwave frequencies on 29 June 2012
- 01:59-02:57 UTC - North America (East) - 6165 kHz - Bonaire
- 02:59-03:57 UTC - North America (Central) - 6165 kHz - Bonaire
- 04:59-05:57 UTC - North America (West) - 6165 kHz - Bonaire
- 04:59-05:57 UTC - NZ + Australia (South East) - 12015 kHz - Bonaire
- 18:59-20:57 UTC - Europe - 6065 kHz - Wertachtal
Every shortwave slot and WRN relay will broadcast Last Show, enabling as many people can listen in.
During the satellite-only hours in between the shortwave and World Radio Network hours RNW will rebroadcast documentaries and other programmes from RNW's historical archives.
Radio Netherlands Worldwide in English will cease transmissions on 29 June at 20:57 UTC.
For those listeners who enjoy picking up shortwave broadcasts and sending in a reception report, this is your last chance to dispatch your SINPO to our P.O.box 222, 1200 JG Hilversum, The Netherlands, or letters@rnw.nl (subject: 29 June Reception report).
RNW will return the favour by sending you a special QSL card commemorating the closing of RNW's English service!
Radio Nord Revival 2012
Radio Nord Revival is now started with broadcasts locally over Stockholm with 100 watts on 102.9 MHz. Feel free to tell us how the reception is.
Radio Nord Revival will be on the air one last time to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the closure of Radio Nord on June 30th, 1962. Our license runs for two weeks from June 25 and the following frequencies will be used:
- MW 603 kHz (the original Radio Nord channel) with a maximum of 2,5 kW of power from Sala.
- SW 5895 and 6065kHz with 10 kW of power from Sala, one frequency at a time.
- FM 102.7 MHz with a maximum of 100 W from Södermalm, Stockholm.
Reception reports can be sent to
Ronny Forslund
Vita Huset
SE-17995 Svartsjö
Sweden
or by e-mail info (at) rock.x.se. If you want a QSL card, please include some form of return postage. E-mail reports will be verified with plain emails.
On June 30th we will be broadcasting live from Kammakargatan 46 in Stockholm where the Radio Nord studios were located. Today there is a youth hostel in the premises and anybody wanting to join us can book a room or a bed through their website http://www.interhostel.se/ More details will follow soon.
(Via Radio Nord Blog)
Danish Shortwave Club offers free trial E-membership
The Danish Shortwave Club International has offered free trial e-membership. Trial e-members enjoy full access to the DSWCI website, including the password-protected parts, for a limited time. E-membership expires at the end of the first month after registration.
Details at : http://www.dswci.org/contact/trial_membership.html
Saturday, June 23, 2012
NHK Radio Japan to be available on AIR FM channels
As per a response for my report to Radio Japan NHK on their relays via All India Radio they are planning to commence daily FM relays in India in coming October, 2012.
The relay transmissions will be carried by All India Radio's "FM Rainbow" network stations. Sunday, October 28 will be the first day of this FM relays.
Prior to this, All India Radio FM Rainbow Hyderabad will commence TEST transmissions on the daily basis starting from Sunday, July 1. Listeners in Hyderabad and its suburbs can hear Radio Japan every night at 2130 Indian Standard Time, or 1600 UTC on 101.9 MHz, duration of this transmission is for 30 minutes of daily programs.
Hyderabad will be followed by Jaipur, Mumbai, and some other major cities across India. Radio Japan will try to increase the number of the stations by Oct. 28.
Note: Radio Japan is already heard daily via All India Radio FM Rainbow on 101,9 MHz at 1600-1630 UTC although they saay that it will start in July.
Radio Japan bengali service is already available in Bangladesh on FM channels.
(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India)
SWR - Midsummer Radio on air today on 6170 kHz
SWR (Scandinavian Weekend Radio) is on air today with Midsummer radio programming.
Check the time and frequencies here : http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm
(Photo courtesy SWR FB page)
(Photo courtesy SWR FB page)
Friday, June 22, 2012
Deutsche Welle to award comprehensive material recycling project
Deutsche Welle (DW) has made an official call for proposals for a comprehensive material utilization project at its relay station in Sines, Portugal. The broadcasting center boasts more than 500 tons of high-quality steel (ST 37 and ST 51) that can be reused and recycled.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
KTWR DRM test to Hong Kong
DRM test from TWR targetting to Hong Kong :
11925 kHz 0913-0925 UTC on Thursday 21 June, 2012
NordAM goes on the air
Dear listeners and friends,
At first we would like to thank you for your feedback, reception reports and comments on our last broadcast. We were happy to receive reactions from all over the world and will confirm all the reception reports soon.
You are invited to tune in to our next broadcast, which will be a very special edition of NordAM. We say goodbye and begin our summer-holidays.
Actually, the "NordAM holidays" will last until autumn 2013 at least and we are not sure if this will be the last NordAM transmission at all. Maybe. Maybe not. We dont't know anything either.
So to come to the most important information:
Do tune in on Friday, Saturday and Sunday:
22/06/2012: 1400-1530 UTC
23/06/2012: 1500-1630 UTC (rerun)
24/06/2012: 1530-1700 UTC (rerun)
Frequency: 6005 kHz
Transmitter: Kall-Krekel (Radio 700), 1 kW
Online live streaming: http://radio700.de/player/player_kw.php?p=1
Or use the live-stream on our Facebook page (which can be accessed without an account at Facebook)
We are excited to read where our little "student's-radio-project" can be received and wonder what will happen to NordAM in the future. You can send your comments, reception reports and thoughts to nordam @ shortwaveservice.com or post your feedback at our Facebook wall. Feel free to forward these information to your DXing friends.
Let's meet in the 49 metre-band next Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
Best wishes,
Torben and Daniel
P.S: More details about Radio 700: www.radio700.eu. Our transmission is made possible thanks to www.shortwaveservice.com (see this page for technical details and schedule updates!)
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Inside Firedrake, a Tour of a Chinese Shortwave Jamming Facility
Interesting report by Steve Handler in his blog shortwavereport.com
Read more at : http://shortwavereport.com/?page_id=585
Monday, June 18, 2012
RMRC E-QSL
e-qsl received today for Rhein Main Radio Club (Germany) special transmission on SW, 10th June 2012
DRM contributes to French consultation on digital radio
In its submission sent in response to the public consultation on digital radio in France, the DRM Consortium stressed the technical and economic advantages of the DRM standard in fulfilling the imperatives of the French radio digitization....
More at :
http://www.drm.org/news_item/DRM_contributes_to_French_consultation_on_digital_radio_
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