BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

5025 VL8K, Katherine NT, 2136-2150, 16 Aug, cf. // 4835 VL8A & 4910 VL8T;
23321, QRM de BEN.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
BELGIUM "There are still two candidates in the running to take over the
transmission sites of VRT. According to various sources, they are the
French group TDF and Norkring from Norway. They will submit their final
bids in the middle of next month. Then the public broadcaster will make
its decision. The dossier is important for the development of the digital
broadcasting landscape in Flanders. The Flemish government wants to
privatise the transmission sites used, amongst other things, for analogue
and digital terrestrial broadcasting. That's connected with the
government's plans for the development of terrestrial digital TV and radio
in Flanders.
The government wants the public broadcaster to offer services on equal
terms with other parties. The possession of the transmission
infrastructure, that the competitors also need to use, would give the VRT
an unfair advantage from the start. Therefore the government wants a
neutral party to take over the facilities. TDF, a subsidiary of France
Telecom, is one of the biggest transmission site operators in Europe. The
company is in the hands of various capital investment groups. The much
smaller Norkring is an affiliate of the Norwegian telephone company
Telenor, which is controlled by the Norwegian government. Norkring
operates transmitters in its home country that are used by local
broadcasters.
(translated by Andy Sennitt-HOL, for dxld Aug 17)
BOLIVIA (?) 5996.4 R. Loyola (?), Sucre, 2231-..., 13 Aug, unreadable
talks, could not even understand whether Castilian or Quechua; 13441,
splatter de MLI 5995.
6134.8 R. Sta Cruz, Sta Cruz de la Sierra, 2218-2228, 17 Aug, Castilian,
f/ball match rpt.; 33432, QRM de B 6135 (vy. strong).
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
BRAZIL 4865 R. Verdes Florestas, Cruzo do Sul AC, 2237-2309, 12 Aug,
foreign accented speaker (seemingly a priest) in religious propaganda
prgr, rosary at 2256 followed by ID+fqs announcement; 33342, CODAR QRM.
4885 R. Club do Para, Belem PA, 0932-f/out 0950, 13 Aug, (unreadable)
talks; 15341.
4905 R. Anhangueera (pres), Araguaina TO, 2248-..., 10 Aug, songs; 32341,
QRM de CHN.
4965 R. Alvorada, Parintins AM, 2231-2248-2248, 12 Aug, A Voz do Brasil;
33342, QRM de ZNB & adj. uty. stn.
5035 R. Educacao Rural, Coari AM, 2207.2225, 12 Aug, A Voz do Brasil,
feed delay relative to co-ch. R. Aparecida (whose signal on 6135 was vy.
good); 44433.
9615 or 9660 R. Cultura. the first time I observe this on 9660 was on 12
Jul (2218-..., and still heard the next day at 0915 & 1400), then again on
13 & 14 Jul, not anymore.
9675 R. Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP, 2150-2203, 12 Aug, religious
propaganda prgr followed by A Voz do Brasil at 2200; distorted & a bit
overmodulated; 43442, adjt. QRM.
11735 R. Transmundial, Sta Ma RS, 1417-..., 12 Aug, music, talks, weather