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(May 3)
? Probably via Messeradio Stuttgart / Tuerk. Programm "Metropol FM"
[T rkce Radyo Berlin] on 95.4 MHz? (wb.)
GREECE/USA The situation is: 10 years agreement between ERA & VOA has
expired. The freqs from Delano & Greenville are cancelled. Kavala is
working temporarily.
(Babis Charalampopoulos-GRC, ERA, via John Babbis-MD-USA, dxld Apr 28)
Babis: Efharisto polye. That helps to clarify the situation. Hope that
Voice of Greece and VOA can come to some sort of a new agreement to
reestablish Delano, Greenville, and Kavala freqs. The shock of closing
Kavala and Rhodes was just too sudden.
(John Babbis-MD-USA, dxld Apr 28)
What does "Kavala is working temporarily" mean? ERA programming on air but
site officially closed and all BBG programming already off or moved to
other sites?
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Apr 30)
The way I read "Kavala is working temporarily" could mean that Voice of
Greece now has a short-term agreement to continue on air with the Kavala
txs until such time as other arrangements can be made. I don't believe
that VOG realized that the axe would fall so fast. They probably assumed
that the cut-off date would be in late October, just before the B-06
broadcasting system would go into effect. After all, the agreement was
signed 10 years ago by other people, and the present-day powers-that-be
were not aware of what the fine print said!
(John Babbis-MD-USA, ibid. via dxld May 1)
John, We try with each way to achieve something right. It only stopped
Delano-Greenville txions. Kavala - Rhodes is OK until the end of the
month.
(Babis Charalampopoulos-GRC, ERA, April 28, to John Babbis-MD-USA, via
dxld)
Babis: I hope that you meant May 31. Today is April 29 UT, meaning that
there are only 2 days left until the end of the month of April.
(John Babbis, MD, ibid.)
We will see, likely on Monday.
(Babis via Babbis, Apr 29, dxld)
Glenn, Tell Wolfgang Bueschel in Germany to keep his ears open on Monday
for signals from Kavala (John Babbis, MD, ibid.)
Kavalla-GRC relay. This morning (Apr 28):
0400-0800 9510 Farda Farsi - 1.5 second ahead of 17845
0700-0900 11645 ERT ERA - on air, full power.
0400-0600 15225 Farda Farsi - very weak signal (tent)
0600-0800 15290 Farda Farsi - via Briech Tangiers-MRC
0800-1000 15290 Farda Farsi - 1.5 second ahead of IRA 15690, 17755
0000-0600 15650 ERT ERA - didn't propagate into EUR