BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

SYRIA 12084.98 at 2120 UT on Febr 24. Arabic vocals. Decent audio for
them. Carrier had het or hum. Parallel to 9330 kHz which had much lower
audio level. S7-8 carrier.
(Jerry Strawman-IA-USA, DXplorer March 1)
TAJIKISTAN/VATICAN STATE From 07.03.2010 morning onwards Vatican Radio
plan to change - usually - ONE of its frequencies. New morning hour
frequency 9580 kHz[was planned 9395 via Dushanbe TJK instead] 100 kW
137 degrees, (ex 5895 kHz scheduled til March 6th).
0025-0200 UT in Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and English
(K. Raja-IND, DXindia March 1)
9580 will remain March 28th til May 1st, and from Sept 5th til Oct 31st.
In high summer season VR will replace 9580 by Dushanbe TJK 11850 kHz
instead, May 2nd til Sept 4th.
Usual // frequency SMG-VAT on 7335 kHz 500 kW at 98 degrees. (wb)
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
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.
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.
The 10 kW transmitter at Chumbum on 585 will be replaced by a new 50 kW
Chinese unit.
I was given the following schedule:
585 at 0900-2100
6015 at 0300-0600
11735 at 1500-2100
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