BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

local music for the past hour. Didn't notice any ID or IS at 15:00, but
when rechecked at 15:34, English news in progress with local
news....General this and General that meeting with officers and presenting
stationary, etc. ID at 15:37, 'This program is coming to you from Myanma
Radio', then into weather and news headlines.
9730.79 at 1508-, Minorities and Education service Myanma Radio Aug 29.
Good reception with a chemistry lesson (with lots of chemical formulae).
Off at 15:30. Remained fairly strong throughout. Did not note any sign-off
announcements, though.
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, DXplorer Aug 30)
Good signals on Aug 30 & 31 from Myanmar. The radio on 5770 kHz reported
both days with songs, also En disco and some talking at 1526 UT and close
down at 1529 (poor signals there were from 1435 UT).
Radio Myanmaa as they said at 1530 UT with news, weather, sport and songs,
mainly in En and hits from 60s till 80s for example at 1556 UT on Aug 30th
the song from 50s Crying In the Rain by the Everly Brothers. At 1559 UT ID
in En and in Vernacular and playing the National Anthem of Myanmar.
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 4)
NEW ZEALAND 3935.07 at 1426-, ZLXA Aug 27. Reading Service just audible
with English talk. Seems pretty rarely heard these days compared to years
ago when I often had them at armchair level.
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, DXplorer Aug 30)
9615 at 0600 UT RNZi S=5-6, nx and weather, deep fades. Pleasant male
voice reader, sonourus voice.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 31)
Programme on 60 years of Radio New Zealand shortwave.
The first part of this programme is now available for online streaming or
download at:
Listen to Mailbox on RNZI on Monday September 1 as David Ricquish of the
Radio Heritage Foundation looks at the history of shortwave radio from New
Zealand.
On September 27 1948, the shortwave division of the NZ Broadcasting
Service began broadcasts to Australia and the South Pacific from two low
powered war surplus transmitters located near Wellington.
In this special Mailbox documentary, you can hear how shortwave radio
started in New Zealand, including calls for a national shortwave service
as early as 1928.
Private commercial stations 2ZW Wellington, 3ZC Christchurch and 4ZM
Dunedin were all early shortwave broadcasters, and the program takes us
through the early years that led up to the late arrival of Radio NZ on the
international airwaves.
Hear how the NZ Post & Telegraph office played a pivotal role in getting
regular shortwave broadcasts on air as early as the 1930's, and how the
relays of domestic radio services such as 2YA and 2ZB in Wellington proved
popular with foreign listeners.
Audio includes the famous birdsong interval signal that for many years
announced the arrival of a RNZ shortwave broadcast, the opening
announcement by the Prime Minister of the day, and an excerpt from the
most popular program in the early days, 'Song and Story of the Maori'
broadcast in 1949.