BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

Chinese made antennas 11735 / 6015 kHz
06 06 01.54 S 39 15 31.52 E
TZA Zanzibar Dole SW 11735 / 6015 kHz 50 kW
two curtains, left 25mb, right 49mb antenna, 6 masts at
06 06 07.13 S 39 15 27.60 E
TZA Chumbum/Chumbuni MW 585 kHz 10 kW
06 09 05.88 S 39 13 01.30 E
best image of Febr 23, 2006
TZA Kunduchi (Dar Es Salam) 657 kHz 50 kW (x1035 too)
06 41 50.26 S 39 11 36.61 E
old 5050 kHz site:
TZA Dar es Salaam Pugu Road 837 kHz 50 kW, 1035 kHz 10 kW
06 52 28.65 S 39 11 13.44 E
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 16)
The SW transmitter at Dole, 10 kms North-East of Zanzibar City (commonly
known as 'Stone Town'), is off at the moment, but will return to the air
once the blackout is over.
Dec. 10, 2009, will no doubt go down in Zanzibar's history as 'Black
Thursday'.
On that day the electricity supply, carried from the mainland by submarine
cable, broke down. Since then the retailers of generators and fuel have
become quite rich, but the blackout has left most Zanzibarians angry,
desparate and frustrated. It will still take many months before the cable
will have been repaired or replaced. The authorities are still only in the
negotiating stage with foreign companies willing to solve the problem.
R Zanzibar has generators for the 585 kHz MW transmitter and 97.4 MHz FM.
TANZANIA R Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, known locally as 'RTD' or 'TBC' is
located at Nyerere Road, a few km's from the city centre. The studio
building was constructed by the British in 1954. There I met 4 friendly
engineers who told me a lot about Tanzania's long SW broadcasting history.
With nostalgia they spoke about the last SW transmitter, 'the fifty-fifty'
(i.e. 5050 kHz) which was taken out of service in 2006 because spare parts
were no longer available. A few years earlier 6105 had 'died' too. Just 1
km away from the studio building is the transmitting station where these
oldies are now collecting dust and rust. RTD meanwhile has adequate MW
coverage and FM is available from 11 sites throughout the country.
Three programmes are broadcast:
TBC Taifa (= 'National', supposedly only on MW),
TBC FM in Swahili, and
TBC International in English for the capital city area on 90.0 MHz FM.
Dec. 10, 2009, will no doubt go down in Zanzibar's history as 'Black
Thursday'.
On that day the electricity supply, carried from the mainland by submarine
cable, broke down. Since then the retailers of generators and fuel have
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