Clandestine Radio Watch 174
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CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH 174
January 15, 2005
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KURDISTAN : New station : Radio Roj (?)
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KURDISTAN : New station : Radio Roj (?)
see 'logs'-section
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Schedules - ASIA
Radio Free Asia (RFA):
0100-0300 9670 WER 500 kW / 075 deg to SoEaAs Tibetan
(DTK updated B-04 via Observer 346 Jan 14, 2005 vi W.Büschel-D for
CRW)
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Schedules - CHINA
"KVTO," Sound of Hope B043
Full details see WRTH2005, pg. 572. The Sound of Hope Radio network
is a US-based news network for chinese listeners around the world,
rebroadcast by local stations in many countries (like USA, Australia,
Sweden).
(B.Trutenau-LTU Jan 10, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
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Schedules - EASTERN EUROPE
Radio Liberty
Freq change for Radio Liberty in Belorussian:
1600-1800 NF 11925, ex 15460 \\ 612, 9865
(R BUL Observer 345 Jan 4, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
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Schedules - IRAN
Radio Farda
Freqs changes for Radio Farda in Persian:
1700-1800 NF 7520, ex 11705 \\ 1170, 1593, 7580, 11845
1800-1900 NF 11530, ex 11705 \\ 1170, 1593, 7580, 11845
(R BUL Observer 345 Jan 4, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
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Schedules - MALDIVES
Minivan (Inependent) Radio:
1600-1700 11810 JUL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Dhivehi
(DTK updated B-04 via Observer 346 Jan 14, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for
CRW)
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Schedules - MYANMAR
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVOB):
2330-0030 5955 JUL 100 kW / 070 deg to SoEaAs Burmese
(DTK updated B-04 via Observer 346 Jan 14, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for
CRW)
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Schedules - SRI LANKA
IBC Radio Tamil
IBC Tamil Sce in Tamil to SoAs via DTK T-systems effective Dec.30:
0000-0100 on 6055 JUL 100 kW / 100 deg, ex 7450 via NVS 100 kW / 180
deg.
(R BUL Observer 345 Jan 4, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for CRW)
IBC Tamil Sce:
0000-0100 6055 JUL 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Tamil
(DTK updated B-04 via Observer 346 Jan 14, 2005 via W.Büschel-D for
CRW)
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Logs - ASIA
Radio Free Asia
11510 06/01 *1230-1300 R. FREE ASIA, Almaty (Kazakistan), Khmer, nxs
OM-YL sul maremoto (citato lo Sri Lanka), mx melodica cambogiana.
Questa emissione non è soggetta a jamming, il che significa che la
Cambogia non blocca l'informazione straniera come viene fatto invece
per i servizi cinese e tibetano.
(L.Botto Fiora-I Jan 6, 2005 in BCL-News)
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Logs - CUBA
Radio Martí
Radio Martí captada el 02/01/2005, a las 0541 UT, en los 1180 kHz.
SINPO 4/3. Transmisión del programa "Punto sobre vista". Conversación
entre dos cubanoamericanos, quienes despotricaban de Chávez y Fidel.
¡Qué raro! Uno de los participantes tildaba a Venezuela de "paisito"
que "sólo tiene petróleo" (¿?). Con semejante comentario podemos
inferir la "profundidad" de análisis del infortunado dúo exiliado.
Según estudios científicos, se ha comprobado que un roedor tiene más
masa encefálica que un exiliado histérico y derechista. ¿Radio
"basura" Martí? Sin duda.
(A.González-VEN Jan 2, 2005 in DXLD 5-004)
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Logs - ERITREA
Dejen Radio
7590 Dejen Radio presumed the one here January 8th 1710-1720 with
local music and man in local language, weak to fair on clear channel.
(scheduled Saturdays only)
(M.Barraclough-G Jan 8, 2005 for CRW)
Voice of Delina
15650 Voice of Delina *1500-1509 January 8th, local pop music with
identification and frequency schedule in local language given above
it, many mentions of Delina. Then man in echo chamber alternating
with more local pops. Good on clear channel. Not heard at 1550
re-check. (scheduled Saturdays only)
(M.Barraclough-G Jan 8, 2005 for CRW)
15650 08/01 *1500-1520 VO DELINA, Samara (Russia), Tigrigna, ids YL,
nxs, mx
pop del corno d'Africa. MB (S500)
(L.Botto Fiora-I Jan 8, 2005 in BCL-News)
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Logs - ETHIOPIA
Voice of Oromo Liberation
GERMANY 9820, 1732-, Voice of Oromo Liberation Jan 9 One of the
stronger signals this morning at S6, via Juelich, beamed to the Horn
of Africa, so I'm getting the backside of the signal. Must have
caught some of the opening, since I heard a frequency, and 'Oromo'
mentioned.
(W.Salmaniw-BC-CAN Jan 9, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
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Logs - IRAN
Radio Farda
7520 R.Farda Jan 11 *1700-1715 45444 Farsi, 1700 sign on with music.
ID. Misic.
(Ko.Hashimoto-J Jan 11, 2005 in JAP 351)
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Logs - KURDISTAN
Radio Roj
I noted the Kurdish channel on 27/12, 1724, up to well after 1900, on
6310.22. No jamming. Just music / songs. SINPO 24433. I re-checked
again today (2/1), 6310.19, at 17:05, same format, SINPO up to 35544.
At 1728, only 25433. Had disappeared when I re-checked at 1759. At
all these times, no trace of the Italian station mentioned.
(G.Lorenz-I Dec 27, 2004 in HCDX via DXLD 5-003)
6310 kurdish pop- new station : ON 29 and 30 i have heard a station
on 6310 playing only kurdish or turkish pops . There is seldom any ID
during programming ON 1547 29.12 heard soemthing as 'R fox " or R
Studio on 1800 30.12 ON 30.12 on 1955 and still in operation.Signal
is S6-7 but rated as 3433
(Z.Liangas-Dec 30, 2004 for CRW)
Noted also here on 2 Jan afternoon/evening on approximately 6310.2
(heard also couple of days earlier). Continuous ME/Central Asian
sounding songs. I had a brief check against some clandestines in the
3/4/6 MHz band for parallels but none matched. There was also audible
at times some pirate on 6310 (or a bit lower).
(J.Savolainen-FIN Jan 2, 2005 in HCDX via DXLD 5-003)
Right now, Jan 3rd at 1530 I am listening to the new station on
6310.2 kHz. Programming is nonstop played music, seemingly Kurdish or
Turkish. No ID heard. Strength is rather good from time to time.
Yesterday at 1630 I heard two stations; on 6310.1 was Radio Malaisi
asking for reports to a famous German pirate address, the other was
the above mentioned. So - who can ID this one?
(B.Fransson-S Jan 3, 2005 in HCDX via DXLD 5-003)
Fair signal here in south Italy, Kurdish (?) music in clear channel
on 6310.2 kHz. Radio Malaisi is off for the first evening after some
days
(R.Scaglione-I Jan 3, 2005 in HCDX via DXLD 5-003)
Re unID 6310.2 --- On 3 Jan at 1358 UT there was a brief announcement
with male and female voices alternating. I don't know the language,
but the beginning sounded to my ears like "Asad Radio Rusha", then
female "dengi hi...". Male repeating "Radio Rusha". There was also
words "kurt" and "kilohertz". Apparently they gave transmission time
and frequency. The format of the program seems similar to that of Hit
Shortwave from Kyrgyzstan months ago. The beginning of the
announcement may of course be something like "Dear radio listeners"
etc., and not referring to the station name. I heard this station
also on 4 Jan at around 0600 UT on 6310.2 with weak signal. The
mentioned announcement is available as (non-HiFi) .wav file at
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jsa
(J.Savolainen-FIN Jan 4, 2005 in DXLD 5-004)
6310 wav=Radio Roj? Hallo, As far as I can catch this language, which
sounds to me Kazakh; I can understand something as Aja(tajik=inja?),
Radio Roj dengi ... besh kilohetrz ( ...5 kHz)
Yesterday 4. Jan, I have heard for more than 2 hours starting from
1350 fade in (S0 and below) the station playing for at least 15+ with
clearly Turkish / Kurdish songs instead of the region which is
different. As for example at 1420 there was a Turkish replica of a
Greek song, then a Kurdish song on 'Irani'. At 1445 I found a short
but different ID of 'Radio Roj' by the same speakers followed by
clearly Turkish songs and once again short announcement (80 secs) by
YL with more Turkish/Kurdish songs to follow. I think that after 1530
or 1600 the songs were more eastern.
My question comes now: if this Radio Roj has a relationship with Roj
TV, a Kurdish satellite TV program that transmits via Hotbird. I am
to upload a file on my web site with the ID from the 1445 soon. For
the moment there is a server error.
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jan 5, 2005 in DXLD 5-005)
I would think the ID sounds like "Azad Radyo Roja" / "Radyo Roj". The
letter "j" is pronounced "zh" in Kurdish. "Roj" means "Sun" in
northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) and is an important word for the Kurdish
identity, the sun is a central motive in the Kurdish national flag.
There are a number of Kurdish massmedia outlets named this way, like
for example Roj TV in Denmark (which is the former Mezopotamian Radio
& TV which a.o. leased airtime via TDP some years ago):
http://www.roj.tv --- the Belgian company Roj NV which produces the
radio station Dengê Mezopotamya, or the German-Kurdish Internet
provider "Roj online".
(B.Trutenau-LTU via WORLD OF RADIO 1259 in DXLD 5-005)
6310 Radio Roj/Rusha AT 1841 5.1 with talks by OM in seemingly azeri
/kurdish . Signal is strong S9 34433. Signed off 1900. On 7.1 on
1700+ man with continuous talks New tune in 1720 with songs and 1726
a Kurdish ballad . S9 max 34443 capable to be listened with Kchibo
C300. ON 1751 again with talks by OM. So it seems station commenced
normal programming.
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jan 7, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
I had some Kurdish speaking persons to listen to my recording of the
6310.2 unid station. As expected, the recording was not very clear to
their "normal" ears. Bernd Trutenau was right in assuming that the
station name is ROJ (meaning sun). What I've got together from the
e-mails from these Kurdish persons is:
- station name "Radio Roj"
- language is Kurdish, they use the dialect spoken in northern
Kurdistan and Turkey.
- they announce they're broadcasting on 6310 kHz for the Middle-East.
We still need info, which organization is behind this station. It
might be announced in the recording, and I'm still waiting for more
feedback. If you know a Kurdish person willing to listen to the
announcement, it's available as a .wav file at
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jsa
Many thanks to Bernd Trutenau and Mauno Ritola for their help.
(J.Savolainen-FIN Jan 7, 2004 in DXLD-ML)
6310.2 Radio Roj: Also yesterday evening on 1841-56 there was talks
by OM in a seemingly azeri or kurdish sounding laguage to me with
poems. Station closeddown on 1900 S9
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jan 7, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan
6335 02/01 0335-0435 Tentativo, Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan, músicas
ípicas, longos trechos de fal as por OM e YL em curdo. 25332
(S.Cássio Martins-SP-B Jan 2, 2005 en Atividade-DX-ML)
6335 V of Kurdistan heard talks in Kurdish. Also on 1410 4.1 with
Kurdish/ Turkish songs. Possibly the Kurdish clandestine on 6340
shifted ot this freq but there is strong QRM from 6333 a FDM station
Signal S3-5 22332 Once again on 5th on 1510 with prg in Arabic. Many
mentions on Kurdistan. ID by YL at 1515 as Huna Idaatu Sawt
Kurdistan. Arab song follows. Also on 7.1 on 1705 with S5 32332 and
songs.
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jan 4-7, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
Voice of Komala
6411.22 R Komala 1505 talks by OM in Pushtu. ID by YL on 1506, OM
with talks abt Ramadan Koran. DSB with reduced carrier S7 43343 QRM
by jammer S/off 1530?
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jan 5, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
Voice of the People of Kurdistan
4024 Voice of the People of Kurdistan Jan 9 1920 Arabic about
Kurdistan, seemed to be list of polit. goal sentences with
'Kurdistani' at end of each item which continued to past 1935.
Drifted a bit up and down
(F.Krone-DNK Jan 9, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
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Logs - LAOS
Hmong Lao Radio
15260 kHz Hmong Lao Radio via Taiwan. Jan.5 at 0100(S/on)-0130. SINPO
35333. Started with folk music and ID in Hmong and EG. Talk program,
but sometimes folk music were heard.
(I.Nagatani-J Jan 5, 2005 in JAP 350)
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Logs - MIDDLE EAST
Radio Sawa
KUWAIT 1548 R Sawa 2328+, pop songs, ID @2323. Heard again on 0447
with Vo Russia from Moldova. All with good signal
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jan 11, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
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Logs - MYANMAR
Democratic Voice of Burma
5905 Dem Voice of Burma?? 1525 with talks in a viet type language,
refers to SEA countries 43xx3 Liangas 29.12 ON 2.1.5 there is a
signal of S10 with bamar and QRMer in Russian.
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jan 2, 2005 for CRW)
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Logs - SOMALIA
Radio Shabele
Radio Shabele 6960,1 kHz kommt in den letzten Tagen ziemlich
regelmäßig gegen 1720 UTC mit brauchbarem Signal. Heute mit einem
langen Beitrag über die Wahlen in Palästina, und endlich hörte ich
auch einmal eine ID.
(P.Robic-AUT Jan 9, 2005 in A-DX)
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Logs - VIETNAM
Radio Que Me
15385 01/01 *1200-1230* R. QUE ME, Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Vietnamita,
ids, mx locale, nxs YL. Solo sabato. Interferenze molto forti da
parte di BSKSA su 15380 kHz. SF-BN (R7)
(L.Botto Fiora-I Jan 1, 2005 in BCL-News)
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Logs - WESTERN SAHARA
National Radio of the Arab-Saharan Democratic Republic
After a fairly lengthy absence they seem to be back: 7460 Radio
Nacional de la RASD via Algeria tentatively Jan 2 at 2108 with a
series of talk by a woman with brief Arabic music between items
broken by Arabic songs at 2110, 2116, 2125, then brief chanting by a
male at 2132 then a man with talk in Arabic from 2133 - became too
noisy to listen after 2137. Noted also Jan 3 from 2133 with Arabic
music.
(M.Coady-CAN Jan 3, 2005 in ODXA-ML)
ALGERIA 7460 RASD 2050 talks by OM in AR, traditional song with
stringed instrument. Low signal New tune in 2120 with Arabic songs
2140 OM with ID 'saab sahrawi' then with possibly political talks.
Nice signal. New tune in 0750 /9.1 with talks by YL and S5 34433
(Z.Liangas-GRC Jan 8+9, 2005 in HCDX-ML)
Polisario Front's 7460 (ann'ed as ~70{?} kHz at the beginning of the
Spanish prgr now at 2300) obs'ed back on the air on 26 Dec 1926-...,
Arabic, talks & local tunes; // 1550 vy. good; 55444. At least at the
places I DX from, their MW outlet is more reliable than the SW one,
but this is clearly & mainly due to the short distance between the
Tindouf (ALG) area and my country. My obs. since that date reveal
7460 is being irregular while // 1550 is on every day; on 10 Dec for
instance, I obs'ed them being active on 1550 only (s/off 0800), ditto
late afternoon.
(C.Goncalves-POR Jan 10, 2005 in BC-DX 698)
7460 R Nac de la RASD Off again? Untraced in our local afternoons,
had been good.
(H.Johnson-FL-USA Jan 11-12, 2005)
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Qsl's - ETHIOPIA
Voice of Ethiopian Unity
15565, Voice of Ethiopian Unity (via Juelich), rcpn rpt to their
Amsterdam address was returned marked "Vertrokken" (moved). No reply
yet from their Los Angeles Address.
(J.Berg-MA-USA Jan 2, 2005 in DXplorer-ML)
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Qsl's - MALDIVES
Minivan Radio
Minivan R. 11535 kHz Prepared QSL card, QSL letter(v/s:Monica
Michie), letter in 21d for English report with 1$. Report sent to
Friends of Maldives, 64 Milford Street, Salisbury SP1 2BP, United
Kingdom
(Ke.Hashimoto-J Jan 14, 2005 for CRW)
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Qsl's - MIDDLE EAST
Radio Sawa
In April 2003 I send a reception report to Radio Sawa Djibuti
Mediumwave to
330 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20237, USA.
Today I received a standard letter + VOA sticker from the VOA
Audience Mail Dept at the same postal address informing me that they
regret they don't have a program guide available. They wrote they
will add my name to a mailing list for the new guide. Nice, such
Audience Mail Department..
(M.van Arnhem-HOL Jan 4, 2004 in HCDX)
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Qsl's - ZIMBABWE
SW Radio Africa
SW R.-Africa 4880 kHz QSL letter(v/s:Keith Farquharson), skedule,
letter in 136d for English report with 1$. Report sent to P.O.Box
243, Borehamwood, Herts, WD6 4WA, United Kingdom.
(Ke.Hashimoto-J Jan 14, 2005 for CRW)
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Other - ASIA
Radio Free Asia Guild Unit – News Dec. 23, 2004
TENATIVE AGREEMENT! (FINALLY)
The Guild and RFA management Wednesday, December 22, 2004 reached a
tentative agreement on a three-year contract that would be
retroactive to October 1, 2004. The agreement came after nearly 15
months of bargaining, and more than a year and a-half after RFA
employees voted overwhelmingly to be represented by the Guild.
Most of the details of the contract will be provided a little later,
but the final agreement calls for a restructuring of the Broadcaster
job classification as of October 1, 2005. Under that restructuring,
the seven current Broadcaster grades will be condensed into three.
The lowest level Broadcaster will have a starting annual salary of
$43,000 (compared to the current $37,148) and a top of $51,389. The
middle level will start at $49,895 and top out at $59,629. The top
level will start at $54,884 and end at $65,591.
Under the restructuring, no Broadcaster can be moved to a lower
salary. Dozens will receive raises of 3% or more next October.
Broadcasters who are currently at Grades 4 and 5 will get at least a
3% pay raise. Anyone who does not get at least at 3% pay raise will
be eligible for a one-time performance based lump-sum payment of 3%
of the their salary.
The October 1, 2004, step increases will be paid retroactively, and
all employees will receive a 3.5% pay increase as of January 1, 2005.
This agreement must be approved by the members, and a vote will be
scheduled for early January. We also will schedule a membership
meeting to go over the details of the agreement prior to the vote.
This tentative agreement is the result of the strong support of the
members in the language services but especially due to the hard work
and dedication of the rank-and-file bargaining team: Karma Zurkhang,
Liu Hong and Poly Sam
(RFA Guild Unit Dec 23, 2004 via DXLD 5-005)
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Other - CUBA
Via WRMI
9955 WRMI I asked Jeff White of WRMI to comment on some of the
programs I had recently heard, here is his response.
"Radio Oriente Libre" in the morning is a repeat of their regular
Sunday evening program (8:30-9:30 pm ET on 9955) that has been on for
a few years now. It's sponsored by the Municipio de Oriente en el
Exilio -- executive producer and main host Pedro Peñaranda.
"Entre Nosotras" is program by Cuban women exiles for women in Cuba.
This group is affiliated with the Electrical Workers Union in Exile
program "Radio Revista Lux" which we have broadcast for many years,
but is on a sort of hiatus for a few months until sometime after the
new year. The women's program is fairly new, having started earlier
this year.
(J.White-WRMI-USA via H.Johnson-FL-USA Dec 16, 2004 in CDX-ML)
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Other - IRAN
KRSI closed down on SW
KRSI has confirmed for Cumbre DX that they have left shortwave. They
are now streaming their programs over the Internet instead at
www.krsi.net KRSI added that even the audience in Iran is tuning them
in in this fashion. KRSI had previously used shortwave from Moldova
and France for a number of years, but had not been noted in many,
many months.
H.Johnson-FL-USA Dec 16, 2004 in CDX-ML)
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Other - MEXICO
Radio Insurgente
Mexico's Zapatistas have been broadcasting their popular radio show
for the past 21 years; now, a new website is allowing them to archive
the history they're recording.
(A.Sennit-HOL Jan 10, 2005 in DXLD-ML)
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Other - RUSSIA
RFE/RL Caucasus Services Launch New Regional Discussion Program
(Washington/Prague--January 7, 2005) The Armenian, Azerbaijani and
Georgian broadcast services of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(RFE/RL) are launching a new jointly produced, regional program
designed to help bridge the divisions that exist among the several
nations living in the South Caucasus.
The 20-minute program will be heard as part of RFE/RL's regular
programming every Saturday at 6:00PM (local time) on Georgian State
Radio and at 5:15PM and 11:15PM (local time) on Azerbaijan's
Teleradio network, and on Sunday evenings at 7:00PM on Armenian State
Radio. The broadcasts will be available on RFE/RL's local private
affiliates as well as on the Internet and via shortwave and
direct-to-home satellite broadcast (see www.rferl.org/listen for more
schedule information).
Every other week, the program will be made up of a live roundtable,
moderated from Prague, but conducted either from RFE/RL's studios in
Tbilisi, Georgia or via phone with guests located in each of the
three capitals -- Tbilisi, Yerevan, Armenia and Baku, Azerbaijan.
Programs for those weeks when a roundtable will not be broadcast
(including the first broadcast January 8) will be prerecorded by
local journalists in Tbilisi, Yerevan and Baku and packaged by RFE/RL
editors in Prague. Editorial control of the program will remain with
RFE/RL.
According to RFE/RL Associate Director of Broadcasting Nenad Pejic,
the topics addressed on the program will "concentrate on the future
and on issues that citizens in the region share as common problems,"
in an effort to counteract the general practice in the Caucasus of
using mass media to perpetuate negative images of adversaries and to
promote one-dimensional views of the various conflicts that divide
the residents of all three countries. "Our aim is to engage
communities in a dialogue that will show how much they share rather
than repeat how much divides them," Pejic said.
As a result, while not shying away from sensitive political issues
such as the region's foreign policy orientation, upcoming programs
will address such issues of broad concern in all three countries as
health care reform, education reform, energy and pipeline policy, and
transport and communications issues.
The new program is being produced in cooperation with the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the
German Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ, German
Technical Cooperation).
RFE/RL's Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian Services broadcast a
combined 12 hours of programming a day to the South Caucasus,
produced in Prague and in local bureaus in Yerevan, Baku and Tbilisi
and transmitted to listeners via satellite, shortwave and AM, FM, UKV
and cable signals provided by local affiliate stations. Programming
aired by all three services is also available via the Internet, at
www.rferl.org and at the respective service websites:
www.armenialiberty.org, www.azadses.org, and www.tavisupleba.org.
http://www.rferl.org/releases/2005/01/295-070105.asp
(via A.Gupta-IND Jan 9, 2004 in DXLD-ML)
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Other - RWANDA
Movie "Hotel Rwanda" features hate radio station RTLM
Don Cheadle stars in "Hotel Rwanda", the true-life story of Paul
Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi
refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
One of the aims of the movie is to establish the degree to which the
extremist Hutu radio station RTLM fomented the genocide by spewing
nonstop hate and venom against the Tutsis. The film, nominated for
three Golden Globes, is rated PG-13 in the US. The reviews I've read
so far rate this as a very good movie. If any of you have seen it,
I'd be interested to know your opinion.
The Official Website for Hotel Rwanda is at
http://www.mgm.com/ua/hotelrwanda/main.html. where we were pleasantly
surprised to discover a direct link to the Rwanda page in our dossier
Counteracting Hate Radio. Click on 'facts' and then 'Rwandan Radio
Announcements'. This explains why the page has suddenly been getting
an average of several hundred page views each day.
(via http://medianetwork.blogspot.com/ via G.Lessard-D Jan 15, 2005
in creative-radio-ML)
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