torsdag 28 juni 2012

Radio 700 to start on MW 1593 kHz

1593 Funkhaus Euskirchen (Radio 700) will test a new transmitter, 5 or 10 kW, in medio August. They have been assigned the frequency as WDR has returned the frequency to Bundesnetzagentur in Germany.
More information on http://www.1593.eu/. This website is not yet ready but it will be operational when the tests start. You can also check out http://www.radio700.eu/ (Bengt Ericson, ARC, Växjö)

torsdag 21 juni 2012

Radio Nord Revival 2012

Radio Nord Revival will soon be on the air from Sweden, commemorating the closure of the offshore station Radio Nord on June 30th, 1962. MW fq is 603 kHz - the original Radio Nord channel - and we will also be on SW and FM. Further information on http://www.radionordrevival.blogspot.se/ (Ronny Forslund, ARC/Radio Nord Revival )

onsdag 13 juni 2012

Vatican Radio leaving MW and SW

VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio will end its short and mediumwave broadcasts on1 July, strengthening its web service.
Spokesman of the Holy See and Director of Vatican Radio, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, announced: "From 1 July Vatican Radio will end all its medium wave broadcasts and its shortwave ones to most of Europe and the Americas, which are regions of the world where the rebroadcasting of programmes by the local Catholic radio and internet access are more developed."
http://www.agi.it/english-version/italy/elenco-notizie/201206121327-cro-ren1038-vatican_radio_reduces_broadcasts_and_strengthens_web

(AGI 12.6.2012 via Mike Terry, MWDX)