BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

15344.89...88 kHz by RAE Buenos Aires more than fair S=8 level signal, on
weekends in usual Spanish section at 1930 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 30)
15344.951v RAE Buenos Aires, Spanish, at 2108 UT Jan 23, news and
current affairs program (sounded like it was a Radio Nacional relay).
Looks like they have repaired the old transmitter (presumably, a new
transmitter would be exactly on freq). Hard to pinpoint exact frequency as
the transmitter "warbled" a bit. Still though, happy to have it back as
this is the most reliable RAE freq for me.
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld Jan 23)
11710.78 RAE, at 0015-0110+ UT on Jan 30, tune-in to Portuguese
programming with talk and Argentine music. IS/ID sequence at 0056 UT.
Spanish ID announcements at 0100 UT and local music. Japanese talk
at 0108 UT. Fair to good.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Jan 30)
11710 & 15345 RAE, Radiodifusion Argentina al Exterior is again active on
the SW freq's from 22 January 2010. The station have been reported by
Gleen Hauser on same Jan 22, and its reports are corrects, this confirmed
today by the Director of RAE through a personal email to me. The tube have
been buy in USA and is in use now, with the General Electric transmitter.
The station have been inactive from Oct 27th, 2009.
(Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, playdx yg via dxld Jan 26)
AUSTRALIA [and non] Hi Andrew, Have been getting reports that CVC will
be closing down Darwin at the end of January. Does this mean the entire
site will be dark, permanently, or will CVC just no longer be involved??
There have also been reports that CVC will be ceasing ALL shortwave
broadcasting. Please confirm or explain. Are any other sites you use going
out of service on the same date or soon, and if so, which ones, which
languages and services?
(Glenn Hauser-USA, WoR, to Andrew Flynn-CVC-UK, via dxld)
Indeed, the Darwin site is ending transmissions on 31st January, and being
dismantled[!] ahead of CVC's lease expiry in June [! 2010, wb].
It is untrue that CVC is ending ALL shortwave broadcasting - Santiago and
Lusaka still serve viable targets in Latin America and Africa, and The
Voice Asia, which we broadcast from Tashkent, generates tens of thousands
of responses every month.
However, as I have said before, when you combine changing patterns of
media consumption with a tough financial climate, it's necessary to
examine where funds will make the most impact. Christian Vision is
committed to introducing people to Jesus and see Him touch and change
their lives - and since we consider the message to be superior to the
means or medium we won't be precious about being narrowly defined, like
'we are a shortwave broadcaster' for example.
This is clearly a time of transition and nobody quite knows how it will
pan out as target demographics, media access, habits and trends are nonhomogenous.
Radio is still an important part of the mix, especially for
those who cannot access new media (I will be speaking on this at Radio
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