Posts from ‘November, 2003’

KavkazCenter.com, which describes itself as a “Chechen independent international Islamic Internet agency”, carries the following report on its Web site:
“According to preliminary decision of the management of Radio Liberty, the agency is about to increase broadcasting in Chechen, Avar and Circassian (Adyghe, Adygean) languages, because broadcasting in Russian is to be suspended for the North [...]

It’s the 4th Thursday in November, so Media Network wishes all our friends in the United States and Americans around the world a Happy and Peaceful Thanksgiving!
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The owners of the radio ship MV Communicator have announced that maintenance work on the ship, currently anchored in the Dutch fishing port of Ijmuiden, has been completed. A seaworthiness inspection by a Dutch surveyor has been arranged for tomorrow (Thursday 27 Nov) at 1100 UTC, and the owners say they are “99.9% sure” that [...]

In an interview today with the Dutch newspaper de Gooi en Eemlander, Arrow boss Ad Ossendrijver reveals more details of his new jazz and classical music station that was awarded a licence earlier this month. Ossendrijver says a final on-air name has not yet been decided. The working title is Arrow Classics Jazz, but with [...]

The Australian Broadcasting Authority has stripped a radio station in Wagin, in southern Western Australia, of its commercial radio licence. The authority assessed the business records of Cybervale Proprietary Limited and found it was an unsuitable licensee. It has refused to renew the licence for Radio 6GS, which expired on Tuesday [25 November]. The AM [...]

Every Saturday from 29 November, the weekly programme of dance music station TDP Radio will be broadcast as part of the DRM bouquet at 1100-1200 UTC via Flevo on 9850 kHz, omnidirectional for Western Europe. This hour carries RN English on other days. For more information about TDP Radio visit their Web site at www.tdpradio.com.
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The following is a personal commentary, and does not necessarily reflect the official position of Radio Netherlands:
So, after nearly 6 hours of debate on Monday, we’re not much closer to finding out what the long term future holds for Radio Netherlands. However, what has become clear to me is that the current method of funding [...]

Radio Netherlands Director General Lodewijk Bouwens says it is unfortunate that State Secretary Medy van der Laan repeatedly referred to one of the statutory objectives of Radio Netherlands - giving a picture of the Netherlands - as “promotion for the Netherlands”. This, says Mr Bouwens, suggests that the State Secretary is not fully appraised of [...]

Following nearly 6 hours of debate in the Dutch parliament today, State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science Medy van der Laan said that she is sticking to her target of a 60 million euro cut in the annual budget for public broadcasting. However, she said she is prepared to re-examine exactly how the savings [...]

Dutch broadcaster Radio Seagull, which last week was awared a regional mediumwave licence in the The Netherlands, has announced that it will stop broadcasting on shortwave 9290 kHz “for the time being”. On Saturday November 29th, the last programmes will go out via the Latvian transmitter between 1100 and 1600 UTC. Radio Seagull says all [...]

The HFCC has launched a new program called IRUS. Its purpose is to detect unused and unregistered transmissions. It has proven to be very successful. The most recent campaign was coordinated by Arto Mujunen of the IBB. A team of IBB monitors, as well as participants from the ASBU, Digita, Deutsche Welle, RaiWay, RCI, RNW, [...]

A message received today from Mike Brand in Israel says that the radio ship used until recently by the right-wing offshore broadcaster Arutz 7 has now left its anchorage off the coast of Tel Aviv. According to earlier announcements by Arutz 7, the ship is going to be scrapped.
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Radio Netherlands Director General Lodewijk Bouwens says that the organisation will do everything in its power to prevent the Dutch international service being destroyed by State Secretary Medy van der Laan. The Dutch parliament is due to discuss the State Secretary’s proposed budget cuts for public broadcasters on Monday. Speaking to the newspaper NRC Handeslblad, [...]

Hans van den Broek, Chairman of the Board of Governors of Radio Netherlands, and a former Dutch Foreign Minister, has today strongly defended the Dutch international broadcaster ahead of next Monday’s debate in parliament on proposed budget cuts. In a statement to the press, Mr van den Broek points out that Radio Netherlands ranks in [...]

Many of the issues neglected at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS, 10-12 December) will be addressed at the World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF), which takes place in Geneva at the same time.
Delegates to a special session of the WSIS preparatory committee (PrepCom-3) failed to agree on statements regarding freedom of [...]