BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

We began transmission February 25, year 2000 at 5:00 p.m., and we have
been transmitting with a power from 280 to 1050 watts.
(Received and translated into English for the DX-W by Mendez)
Unfortunately Google Earth image is low resolution, but site is located
within the township.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW DX site Mar 8)
4052.5 R. Verdad at 0440 UT on Mar 8 fair with lively gospel songs; noisy
conditions on the band at this point.
(Jim Ronda-OK-USA, DXplorer Mar 11)
GUINEA Radio Guinea heard with the interval signal about 0557 UTC on the
8th of March, then at 0600 the National Anthem and the opening
announcement in French including the frequencies. There were some short
interruptions of about 30 seconds to about one minute even during the NA,
otherwise SINPO: 34343.
(Erich Bergmann-D, wwdxc BC-DX Mar 8)
7125 RTV Guineenne at 2235-2330 UT on Mar 10 fair, improving to good by
2245 with political speech in French by man with many mentions of Guinea;
music bridge and into studio ancr at 2246 UT; ID, frequencies and program
details in French at 2249; non-stop African vocals from 2253 unto tune-out
at 2330 UT; the last 20 minutes at almost armchair levels.
(Jim Ronda-OK-USA, DXplorer Mar 11)
HUNGARY REORGANISATION MEANS CUTBACKS AT RADIO BUDAPEST.
A reorganisation of Regional and Minorities programmes at Hungarian Radio
has merged the External Service with the new channel MR4. Radio Budapest,
the External Service, is phasing out the use of freelance staff. All the
freelance contracts were terminated on 28 February, leading to the
immediate closure of the Italian service. The German programme is also
affected, and has had to reduce its weekend broadcasts. French and Spanish
are expected to suffer cuts in production, leading to more repeats and
music fillers. The shortwave airtime released by the closure of the
Italian service, and cuts in others, will be filled with Hungarian or
musical programmes (Source: Italradio.org)
(RNW MN blog via dxld Mar 4)
All freelance journalists and translators at R Budapest will be fired as
from Mar 01, 2007. The Italian section is unfortunately made only by
freelancers and the program is now in danger. Also the Spanish section may
suffer of a similar destiny. At the German section they are reducing some
programs but they can count on the support of the German minority program
from local studios in Hungary. By the way Magyar Radio has included
foreign programs within the MR4 channel which is the Regional and
Minorities program.
Friends in Budapest confirm the situation is very bad. At Italradio we are
trying to launch a protest.
(Luigi Cobisi-I, Feb 24, dswci DXW March 7)
On their first day without an Italian program R Budapest did broadcast 30
minutes of Italian songs, many from the Sixties at the very time the
program used to be on the air. No ann was done. Rumors say R Budapest may
close down in a few months. SW (whose budget is granted by Hungarian
Parliament) are to stay alive but only relaying domestic services to
Hungarian abroad.
(Luigi Cobisi-I, Mar 1, dswci DXW also via dxld)
URL and click DX Aktuell, see
letter of Volker Willschrey on R Budapest cuttings.
Hungarian Radio / Radio Budapest / Deutsches Programm/Aktuelles