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1800-1900 UT 15120 kHz
1900-2000 UT 7255 kHz
(Peter W Hansen, dxld May 9)
6089.85 Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, 2150-2203, May 8, talk in listed Hausa.
Local tribal chants at 2202 UT. Weak but readable. Covered by Anguilla at
their 2203 UT sign on.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, dxld May 14)
PAKISTAN USAID sign $8 million agreement for up-gradation of two AM
transmitters for PBC.
Pakistan and US Agency for International Development (USAID) past Thursday
signed an agreement worth $8 million for provision of two AM transmitters
to Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) aimed at enhancing radio
transmission coverage in Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan.The United States
Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson, Director USAID-Pakistan Robert
J. Wilson, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman
Kaira and PBC Director General Murtaza Solangi signed the agreement on
behalf of their respective governments.
The signing ceremony held at PBC headquarters was also attended by
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Syed Sumsam Ali Shah
Bukhari and other high officials.
On this occasion Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman
Kaira said the signing of the agreement titled "Statement of collaboration
between the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation and the United States Agency
for International Development" is an effort to upgrade AM transmitters in
Peshawar and D.I.Khan.
He said the key objective of this bilateral collaboration is to expand
radio broadcasts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Kaira informed the participants of the ceremony that the Pakistan Peoples
Party-led coalition government has dedicated 2010 as the Year of the
radio. He thanked the US for extending this support to Radio Pakistan.
Radio is a medium which has the largest numbers of listeners so we can
approach maximum people with radio but unfortunately this sector was
ignored in the past, he said.
The government priority is to improve performance and enhance capacity of
Radio Pakistan to ensure its transmission reaches every corner of the
country.
Kaira said with the introduction of TV channels, Radio was ignored but
with the effective strategy of the people's government radio transmissions
have been revived and FM channels are working effectively.
US government and the modern world is extending constant support to us for
which Pakistan is grateful for them, he added. He said, "We firmly believe
in the incredible power of this medium to help us reach every Pakistani no
matter where he or she lives."
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