BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

1600-1700 17700 ASC 250 kW 065 deg Arabic Sat-Thu // 11785 MEY 100 kW/nd
*not Sudan Radio Service
Bar-Kulan Radio / Meeting Place to Somalia from Mar 1, (correction
version):
0500-0600 15750 DHA 250 kW 225 deg Somali, A-10 same
1600-1700 9960 MEY 250 kW 020 deg Somali, A-10 9930
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 1)
AUSTRALIA The Darwin site ended transmissions on 31st January, and is
being dismantled ahead of CVC's lease expiry in June. CVC is not 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. 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.
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, and it does things that other media
can't do; but a generation of a billion (and increasing) 'connected'
mostly-young people has emerged for whom radio has little or no relevance.
This presents a huge opportunity which we cannot ignore.
CVC is the owner of all the technical equipment on site, this is variously
being sold, redeployed or scrapped.
(Andrew Flynn-UK, Christian Vision via dxld via WDXC Contact)
Discussions are currently taking place between Radio Australia, VT and the
Singapore government about the possible use of the Kranji relay facility
to further bolster Radio Australia's transmissions to Asia. As reported
last month transmissions have moved to Palau and Dhabbaya.
(Mike Bird, RNW Media Network via WDXC Contact)
A blog entry Goodbye SW - Hello Mobile Streaming at the cvcradio.in
website found by Glenn Hauser in dxld says:
Well it is February which marks the end of an era for CVC radio SW
broadcasts. But it also marks the beginning of a fantastic new direction
for CVC as we leap feet first into the digital era! You can now listen to
CVC Radio 24/7 via our streamlined mobile website
Underneath there are 8 audio clips of the January 31 shortwave broadcast
including shout-outs to various South East Asian listeners and clubs.
(Mike Barraclough-UK, WDXC Contact March 3)
The transmitter power information for Darwin in WRTH and Aoki list is not
correct.
Two of the three 250 kW Collins transmitters from 1968 (the only other
site still using such equipment is Sackville) were disconnected and
replaced by two Continental 100 kW transmitters, brought in from somewhere
else. These transmitters were stand-by units and never in regular use. The
third old Collins was still operational but had to be tuned manually
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