BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

Kashi in Russian til 1657 UT cl-down. On Mar 26th back on 11784.88 kHz,
but hit tremendously by WHRA now co-channel during DST.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 24/25/26)
3976 Radio Republik Indonesia Pontianak. March 19 at 1045-1049. SINPO
34433. Male talk sounded like news. ID at 1047. Closed in the middle of
talk. Transmitter trouble?
3987 Radio Republik Indonesia Manokwari. March 19 at 0944-1045. SINPO
34433. Music program with Indonesian pops till 0959, then ID. News
followed. Another music program from 1009.
(Iwao Nagatani-JPN, JPNpremium Mar 21)
4604.93 RRI Serui Mar 14 1122-1144 35343-35443 Indonesian, Music, ID and
IS at 1124, 1125 Local news.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Mar 21)
IRAN IRIB Tehran in Arabic at 0830-1027 UT varies on two frequencies
today March 22nd: 9885.26 from Sirjan 500 kW 198 degr; 13801.58 from
Zahedan 500 kW 289 degr. // 15545.00 even. v13790(previously 13789.89KAM)
missed totally today.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Mar 22)
CLANDESTINE 4365.80 V. of Iranian Revolution on Mar 14 at *1427-1440
UT. 35333-33332 Kurdish, IS and ID repetition, ID at 1430, Opening music,
Opening announce, Talk.
(Kouji Hashimoto-JPN, JPNpremium Mar 21)
IRELAND 567 A huge portion of Ireland's emigrant population - not to
mention 600,000 listeners in the greater Belfast area - will be
disenfranchised when RTE switches off its analogue medium-wave services
without making a clear, determined switch to digital. Despite last year's
broadcasting legislation allowing for licence money to be spent on radio
broadcasting for the Irish abroad, RTE is moving ahead with plans to
switch off its medium wave but keep its long-wave signal open until it
introduces digital.
However, prominent podcaster Brian Greene and the Emigrants Advice Network
(EAN) have held meetings with the Department of Communications arguing the
folly of shutting down the medium-wave service.
"The shutdown is a reversal of recent trends in which Ireland has
acknowledged its debt to the Irish abroad, and the need for maintaining
strong links. Medium wave and long wave are complementary solutions for
the Irish abroad - long wave on its own is inadequate and presents
problems for the future. The move is premature - it will make the
transition to digital more difficult," EAN said in a letter to the Irish
Emigrant newspaper.
It argues that RTE should be working to improve access to its services for
the Irish abroad, particularly the most vulnerable who will experience the
most difficulty in making the transition from medium wave to any other
format.
It says that while most people in London cannot get medium wave, there are
large parts of big cities like Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester that can
and they should be allowed to listen to a service that has existed for
decades.
"On 24 March, after 80 years of service and with just five weeks' notice,
RTE will shut down its medium-wave service," said Greene. "They will be
turning off an important service to the Irish abroad, as well as an
analogue signal that will act as an important stepping stone to digital."