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Chinese ma<strong>de</strong> antennas 11735 / 6015 kHz<br />

06 06 01.54 S 39 15 31.52 E<br />

TZA Zanzibar Dole SW 11735 / 6015 kHz 50 kW<br />

two curtains, left 25mb, right 49mb antenna, 6 masts at<br />

06 06 07.13 S 39 15 27.60 E<br />

TZA Chumbum/Chumbuni MW 585 kHz 10 kW<br />

06 09 05.88 S 39 13 01.30 E<br />

best <strong>im</strong>age of Febr 23, 2006<br />

TZA Kunduchi (Dar Es Salam) 657 kHz 50 kW (x1035 too)<br />

06 41 50.26 S 39 11 36.61 E<br />

old 5050 kHz site:<br />

TZA Dar es Salaam Pugu Road 837 kHz 50 kW, 1035 kHz 10 kW<br />

06 52 28.65 S 39 11 13.44 E<br />

(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 16)<br />

The SW transmitter at Dole, 10 kms North-East of Zanzibar City (commonly<br />

known as 'Stone Town'), is off at the moment, but will return to the air<br />

once the blackout is over.<br />

Dec. 10, 2009, will no doubt go down in Zanzibar's history as 'Black<br />

Thursday'.<br />

On that day the electricity supply, carried from the mainland by submarine<br />

cable, broke down. Since then the retailers of generators and fuel have<br />

become quite rich, but the blackout has left most Zanzibarians angry,<br />

<strong>de</strong>sparate and frustrated. It will still take many months before the cable<br />

will have been repaired or replaced. The authorities are still only in the<br />

negotiating stage with foreign companies willing to solve the problem.<br />

R Zanzibar has generators for the 585 kHz MW transmitter and 97.4 MHz FM.<br />

TANZANIA R Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, known locally as 'RTD' or 'TBC' is<br />

located at Nyerere Road, a few km's from the city centre. The studio<br />

building was constructed by the British in 1954. There I met 4 friendly<br />

engineers who told me a lot about Tanzania's long SW broadcasting history.<br />

With nostalgia they spoke about the last SW transmitter, 'the fifty-fifty'<br />

(i.e. 5050 kHz) which was taken out of service in 2006 because spare parts<br />

were no longer available. A few years earlier 6105 had 'died' too. Just 1<br />

km away from the studio building is the transmitting station where these<br />

oldies are now collecting dust and rust. RTD meanwhile has a<strong>de</strong>quate MW<br />

coverage and FM is available from 11 sites throughout the country.<br />

Three programmes are broadcast:<br />

TBC Taifa (= 'National', supposedly only on MW),<br />

TBC FM in Swahili, and<br />

TBC International in English for the capital city area on 90.0 MHz FM.<br />

Dec. 10, 2009, will no doubt go down in Zanzibar's history as 'Black<br />

Thursday'.<br />

On that day the electricity supply, carried from the mainland by submarine<br />

cable, broke down. Since then the retailers of generators and fuel have<br />

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