BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

"Several of our people have been put in prison for a few days, one for 10
days, but nothing more serious so far," said Michal Andrysiuk, 47, head of
FM broadcasting.
"One of our correspondents broadcast live from a police car after being
arrested on a charge of cursing in the street. Hooliganism is the most
frequent official excuse to arrest people who are obviously known to the
police," he said.
"NO TRUTH IN THE NEWS"
Belarus opposition politicians and journalists welcome Radio Racja's
efforts to break the state media monopoly but say its impact so far has
been limited, partly because most Belarussians rely on television for
news.
Zhanna Litvina, head of the Belarussian Association of Journalists, said
by telephone it was a "comforting thought that such radio stations exist
and that Belarussians are working for them".
"Unfortunately, you cannot say that such projects are very effective in
current Belarussian conditions. To make them effective you would need
transmitters in Belarus and under current conditions that is impossible."
But the radio station's backers in Poland are convinced that there is an
audience and that it is growing:
"I was in Belarus some time ago and met people listening to the radio and
glad of it," said Michal Dworczyk, a key advisor on eastern European
issues to Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. "The media role in the
fight for democracy is indisputable. For Belarus and its people, it is
essential."
And Radio Racja's staff say they are not discouraged and will keep
broadcasting, even if the audience is tiny.
"We really want to show what is going on. We try to be objective, asking
for comment from the government, but they won't talk to us," said
programme director Jana Kamienskaja, 37.
"'There is no news in the truth, and there is no truth in the news'
unfortunately this old Soviet proverb is still valid in Belarus."
Belarus officials declined to comment on Radio Racja.
(Additional reporting by Andrei Makhovsky in Minskand Gabriela Baczynska
in Warsaw)
(By Ch. Johnson, R.T.na Jan 15 1304 FEATURE via Mike Cooper-USA,
dxld Jan 18)
PORTUGAL 3995D Deutsche Welle Jan 19 0615 News magazine in German,
sports report, ID at 0630, headlines; S/N around 19 dB for this
transmission, about 95% audio until 0635, when dropped to 15 dB and audio
went away on this 17 kbps signal. Surprisingly good for Sines, which has
never put in as good a signal on 3995 here as Wertachtal.
(Ralph Brandi-NJ-USA, DXplorer Jan 21)
RUSSIA/CIS New station via TDP - Andanet Le Democracy in Amharic:
1700-1800 on 7280*SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Tue/Thu/Sun
* co-ch Voice of Vietnam in Vietnamese.
Additional txion of WYFR Family Radio from Jan 15:
1500-1600 9460 ARM 300 kW 110 deg to SoAs in Malay (tent.)
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX Jan 22)
Family Radio start their test broadcast in three Indian languages