Saturday, October 23, 2004
US boosts propaganda broadcasts to Afghanistan
| credit: http://www.dxing.info
US boosts propaganda broadcasts to AfghanistanA station calling itself Radio Peace has been observed on shortwave, marking a new phase in U.S. psychological warfare to catch Osama bin Laden. Unlike previous psyops operations relying on weak airborne and naval transmitters, and identifying as Information Radio, the station has adopted a new name and is now using high-power transmitters in the United Kingdom, easily covering the entire Central Asia with a clear signal. Details More News |
Friday, October 22, 2004
New Radio Netherlands technical schedule published
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Major cuts coming at Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal
| credit: medianetwork weblog
From 26 March 2005, Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal will stop its radio programmes in English, French and German. The broadcasts in Dutch will be mostly relays of the domestic networks, and the only remaining shortwave transmissions will be to southern Europe. The RVI Web site will be relaunched with a new look. The name of the station will also be changed, to VRT-Internationaal."The old and traditional mediumwave, and especially shortwave, output will be reduced," says VRT Radio Director Frans Ieven. These are outmoded delivery methods and "there are other cheaper and more efficient means of reaching people than with gigantic shortwave transmitters."But although the output will be reduced, it isn’t disappearing altogether. "On mediumwave, a bit of shortwave, via satellite and the Internet, people can still hear an offering which you could describe as the best of the VRT channels. A network in which we combine the bits of our domestic services which are most relevant to the foreign listener and the Flemish abroad."RVI will also carry "interesting sporting events" as well as specific programming produced for Dutch-speaking listeners abroad. But programmes in English, French and German are being scrapped. In their place there will be translations of Flemish and Belgian news stories on the Web site. Many of the existing programmes in Dutch will also disappear.There’s a big expatriate community to serve, says Ieven, but what we have to offer is limited. Therefore we have to do it as efficiently as possible. "Some people will find that they receive more interesting things, others will find they no longer receive what they had before. These are the inevitable compromises we have to make," he says.From the end of March, the Website will have a new look. The Flemish abroad will be central, and for news the Web user will be directed to nieuws.net.Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal # posted by Andy @ 07:56 UTC |
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Radio Verlaanderen int-Scheduling
| credit: rvi.be
Only two weeks to go before we go back from summer to winter time for five months, and that means a new schedule for the European shortwave stations, including our own RVi. It's high time to draw your attention to our new times and frequencies as from Sunday October 31. As usual in winter, most RVi programmes will be broadcast one hour later, in universal time, that is. The new programme of the day will be aired a first time at 1830 UTC on 7490 kHz to listeners in Europe from a 200 kW transmitter at Krasnodar in Russia, and also to south-eastern Europe and the Middle East from Juelich in Germany on 5910 kHz with 100 kW of power. Click the link below for more rvi frequencies and times. http://www.rvi.be/rvi_master/uk/radio_world/index.html |
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