BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

Hessischer Rundfunk not only abandons mediumwave but also stops the
cooperation with Westdeutscher Rundfunk on the foreign language field (RBB
only provides studio capacity anymore since their Radio Multikulti closed
down a year ago). WDR plans to itself produce broadcasts in Greek and
Spanish, until today provided by HR. In order to free up some money for
this the broadcasts in Turkish will be abridged, a plan that triggered a
controversial and in parts just nonsensical debate.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Dec 31)
[later] Concerning the closure of 594 kHz: It appears that the Hoher
Meissner synchro transmitter left the air a few seconds before local
midnight. The main transmitter at Rodgau-Weiskirchen (near Frankfurt)
stayed on air for another five minutes of last news, then the carrier had
been killed at 23:05:33 UT during the opening announcement of ARD-
Nachtkonzert. I suspect this has been done by engineers on-site, not by
timer or remote control.
This relay of ARD-Nachtkonzert replaces as of today the former overnight
relay of MDR Info. It's absolutely crazy: Now the all-news station relays
overnight the same programme of classical music than hr2. And to my
knowledge this saves not even money. No idea why they did this (there are
even conspiracy theories), the announcement of the "changed overnight
programming" does not mention any reasons:
Now 594 kHz is here in Germany dominated by Bulgaria and the BBC relay in
the Ukraine. In the case of Bulgaria it is ironical that this is a
transmission site which looks like a clone of GDR sites, simply because in
fact it is one. Only the original Funkwerk Koepenick transmitter has at
some point (1995 acc. to this source; the old one was a 250 kW, too) been
replaced by a Russian rig:
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld Jan 1)
New frequency change for Voice of America in Tibetan from Jan.8:
1400-1500 NF 9315 LAM 100 kW 075 deg, x11695 LAM, re-ex15530/17520 BIB
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14)
GREECE The Greeks still on limited two transmitters only, on 9420 and
15630 kHz, carried same Greek program no Radio Filia relay today.
(wb, dxld Jan 8)
VOG, Jan 10 at 0626, good on 7475 with Greek Orthodox chanting, // weaker
9420, so two transmitters are running, but is there a third? From a land
where there is no separation of church and state, Sunday morning services
taking up 2+ hours of public airtime. Fortunately, the rest of us can just
enjoy this for the music without the baggage of belief, thank you very
much to the broke Greek taxpayers.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Jan 14)
GREEK BAILOUT? Hello all: I do not seem to be getting any replies from the
Voice of Greece on the status of the Avlis 3 transmitter on 9420 kHz. I am
wondering if there is more to the problem than the transmitter breaking
down. Perhaps they have shut it down to save electricity and even
furloughed or eliminated positions at ERA 5 to save money. This letter
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