BC-DX 789 05 Jan 2007 Private Verwendung der Meldun

a long tone, followed by several beeps at BoH. Heard nothing resembling an
ID. No better on subsequent days.
(John Wilkins-CO-USA, DXplorer July 27)
UAE 1269 / 1557 Radio Asia announces frequency change
Doha. Radio Asia AM, the first Malayalam Radio Station in the Gulf and the
Middle East region is set to strengthen its frequency & reach by changing
its frequency to 1269 AM from 11th Aug 2007 onwards, said Brij Bhalla,
General Manager.
The new 1269 AM Radio Asia will further enhance its foot print across UAE
and other GCC countries for increased listening pleasure. Along with the
change of frequency, a series of face changing programmes are also in the
pipeline to create more interest and infotainment for the listeners. The
station has maintained its majority listenership since 1992 with its
unique blend of music related shows and up to the minute content of News
and Views related programmes that was unprecedented in the electronic
media in the region.
The presenters associated with Radio Asia have also maintained a strong
connection with the common social life of the Malayalee Community in the
region with 15 years of daily interaction through their on air relations,
added Brij Bhalla.
"We have already decided to include more people friendly shows when the
new frequency is on air and we are committed to keeping the Malayalee
community fully updated with all the latest happenings, as we have been
the pioneers in the field", said Vettoor G Sreedharan, the Programme
Director of Radio Asia .The 15 days shut down period will be used by the
team to experiment and test the new 24 hour grid of programmes and latest
software and equipment in our new generation studios at Ras Al Khaimah.
Listeners can still stay connected through the recent web edition of Radio
Asia AM and FM that brings the stations to the attention of thousands of
listeners in the Malayalee fraternity around the globe through
More details will be available from +971 4 3491011.
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, wwdxc BC-DX July 28)
At present on MW Ras al Khaimah 1557 kHz 100 kW, and local FM 94.7 MHz.
UK 198 BBC Droitwich failure. I just took a look at the forums on
Digital Spy (which despite its name also covers analogue). According to
James Vertigan at 0204 Saturday: "Jim Lee (Radio 4 continuity) has just
said after the shipping forecast that Droitwich R4 LW is back on air now
albeit on reduced power thanks to the hard working engineers. He explained
it was down to flooding and they hoped to be back up to normal power
tomorrow." Other transmitters at Droitwich were also knocked off the air,
but came back on reduced power, apparently.
Someone made the point that "Aren't there lots of electricity meters which
use a signal transmitted on 198 kHz to change over to night rate?", to
which the answer is "yes" and apparently they still did :-)
Noel is quite correct, Worcestershire - where the Drotwich transmitter
site is located - was the worst-hit county, and I see that the County
Council has also called for military assistance! Yesterday, the RAF said
they had carried out the largest number of helicopter evacuations in peace
time!
(Andy Sennitt-HOL, dxld July 22)