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mediumwave (MW) transmitting system. Minimal US Government security is
provided at the site."
(BBG via tradingmarkets.com; April 25 by Andy Sennitt-HOL,
RNW MN via dxld)
Andy Sennitt adds: This appears to be the new transmitter carrying VOA's
Deewa Radio in Pashto into the Pakistan border area. According to a BBG
document issued in July 2009, "an AM transmitter was being readied in
Afghanistan whose signal was expected to extend significantly into the
targeted region inside Pakistan. The transmitters are located in
Afghanistan rather than in Pakistan because the Pakistan Media Law is very
restrictive in this matter." Currently, only shortwave frequencies are
listed for Deewa Radio on the VOA website. Does anyone know if the
transmitter is already operational, and on what frequency?
2 comments on "BBG contracts Harris to modify MW transmitter site in
Afghanistan"
#1 Kai Ludwig on Apr 25th
621 kHz, and apparently still not on air, at least I have not seen any
reports about this "readied" transmitter actually being fired up. The
situation appears to be still such as described by a Washington Post
columnist in last October:
"So have we gotten all the cooperation we need regarding transmission
facilities from the governments in the area? That was the question Sen.
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) posed last week to members of the Broadcasting
Board of Governors at a Senate subcommittee hearing.
Not really, the members said. (...) And an unnamed Afghan minister - we
understand it's the minister of information - has been 'sitting on our
request' for a transmitter for more than a year. (...)
'Are they looking for a little gratuity perchance?' Wicker asked. No, no,
board member Jeffrey Hirschberg said, the BBG doesn't do that and the law
forbids it."
#2 Kai Ludwig on Apr 25th
And now I receive rumours that the transmitter is on air, since about two
or three weeks ago, with some testing done even earlier. It would be nice
to receive some confirmation or probably denial from the region.
(RNW Media Network blog comments via dxld)
Comments to this post conclude that this transmitter is on 621 kHz. It's
listed as a frequency for RFE /RL's Radio Mashaal
(click on Waves),
its Pashto service for the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. The
frequency is not listed for VOA's Deewa Radio, to the same region, also in
Pashto. Is Deewa not using the frequency, or has it not been posted yet at
voanews.com? Refers to FedBizOpps via TradingMarkets.com, 22 Apr 2010
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