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emphasis on television programmes for its international sces, marking the
first reduction in the number of langs used to run its programmes.
Currently, NHK transmits SW radio programmes in 22 langs. The reduction is
scheduled to take effect in October next year.
Shortwave radio programmes for Europe, excluding Russia, and for North
America and Hawaii will also be trimmed, according to NHK. French
programmes will be limited to audiences in Africa and those in Spanish
restricted to Latin America, it said.
The move comes along with a decline in demand for those radio programmes,
according to NHK. Television and the internet are taking on greater roles
than radio in Europe and North America, it said.
More than 100m yen [856,000 US dollars] will be saved as a result of these
reductions and the funds will be used to increase programmes in English,
according to NHK.
(Kyodo Nx Service 25 July via BBC M via dxld)
NHK short-wave radio programs to be pared
NHK said Tuesday it plans to cut its radio programs in Italian, German,
Swedish and Malay and shift its emphasis to television programs for its
international sces.
The cut, the first-ever reduction to the number of langs the public
broadcaster uses in its programs, will take effect in October 2007.
Currently, NHK transmits short-wave radio programs in 22 langs. Short-wave
radio programs for Europe, excluding Russia, and for North America and
Hawaii, will also be trimmed, according to NHK. French programs will be
limited to audiences in Africa and those in Spanish restricted to Latin
America, it said.
The move comes with a decline in demand for short-wave radio programming
as the popularity of TV and the Internet grows, according to NHK. More
than 100 million yen will be saved as a result of the reductions and those
funds will be used to increase programs in English. Toyota exec to join
NHK.
NHK said Tuesday that Shin Kanada, a senior managing director of Toyota
Motor Corp., will join its board of directors effective Sept. 1.
During his two-year term, Kanada, 58, will serve as deputy chief of the
bureau for viewers and bring their views to management, NHK said. Kanada
will be NHK's first director, excluding the post of chairman, from the
private sector since 1971.
Under the Broadcast Law, NHK's operations are funded by viewer fees
collected from households with TVs. Currently, some 30 percent of such
households have not paid the fees due partly to a series of recent
scandals at NHK.
(via Zacharias Liangas-GRC, wwdxc BC-DX July 26)
KAZAKHSTAN 12150, 1353-, Family Radio Jul 23 Slow English scripture
reading at very good level. Listed at this time in Mandarin from Almaty
with 500 kw. Very nice signal! Back into Mandarin at 13:56. At 13:58
'www.familyradio.com', Family Radio IS. At 14:00 program resumed in
Mandarin.
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-CAN, DXplorer July 24)
KOREA Google Earth Imagery. Hwasong 37 13 N 126 47 E