BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

This is basically a magazine program which features Sri Lankan songs, Sri
Lankan news and currency rates. This program aims at providing
entertainment and information to the 75,000 Sri Lankan migrant workers.
This program aims at providing an open forum for participation. Through
this program the migrant workers can send messages to their family members
in Sri Lanka. The people in Sri Lanka can listen to the voices of family
members living in Korea. Some of the programs aim at providing Sri Lankan
workers in Korea with information on how to use and save money.
This is a live program done in SLBC premises and is broadcast to Korea via
the German Transmitter Station Deutschwelle which belongs to the German
Government. According to the agreement the SLBC has with this broadcasting
station, (Deutsche Welle) will be providing services without charge for
one hour.
At the same time CityFm service also broadcasts this program to Sri Lanka.
The Lankans can listen to the voices of family members living in Korea.
Samarasinghe added that it is a shortwave station and that they are using
shortwave to broadcast this one hour program from four to five in the
evening. By tuning into 15120 shortwave frequency anyone in Sri Lanka and
Korea can listen to the program. "It is our responsibility to look after
our migrant workers. This is our obligation. We must do something for
these people," he pointed out.
(via Alokesh Gupta-IND, dxld Apr 8)
SWEDEN Radio Sweden will terminate its MW and SW broadcasts this Oct 31
in favour of web services _ with Swedish R management stating that is the
best use of resources and in line with international trends. The Englishlanguage
service is to continue on the web and on national broadcasts. The
Russian output will be available on the web as is the German now. Elle-
Kari Hoejeberg, in charge of SW and MW broadcasts at Swedish R explains
why the decision was made to wind up the broadcasts:
"We Are at a Crossroad and Had to Make a Decision".
Among the immigrant languages, Albanian, Assyrian-Syriac and Bosnian-
Serbian-Croatian are to be terminated on the same date. Meanwhile, Arabic
and Somali - the largest immigrant language groups here at present - are
to be boosted. The same applies to Romani - one of Sweden's five official
minority languages. The Persian service is to include even Dari spoken by
the rapidly increasing number of Afghan refugees coming to Sweden. Kurdish
broadcasts remain unchanged. Swedish Radio's output in immigrant languages
will be available on the web and broadcast nationally.
(From via Arnaldo Slaen-ARG, dswci DXW March 31)
TAIWAN 11875, March 27 at 1457 just tuned in to big signal but
undermodulated with kids' choir when it went off at 1457:23*. Per Aoki
this can only be RTI's Indonesian service at 14-15, 205 degrees from
Tainan, so off the back would be 25 degrees, close enough to USward.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Apr 1)
7355 RFA Chinese via Tainan-TWN, 1800-2200 UT noted with fair S=7 signal
also in Europe at 21-22 Ut slot.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 6)
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