Posts from ‘December, 2006’

Following the recent decision to terminate the contract of Tom Mulder, Talpa Radio has decided to dispense with another familiar voice on Dutch commercial station Radio 10 Gold, reports Radio.nl. Weatherman Jan Visser, who has been delivering weather forecasts on the station for more than 13 years, has been told that his services are no [...]

Although it’s lunchtime on 31 December here in the Netherlands as I type this, 2007 has started in the easternmost time zone. So, wherever you are in the World, I’d like to wish you a Happy New Year, and thank you all for your support of Media Network in the past year. I look forward to reading your [...]

A powerful AM transmitter in Scandinavia will be switched off permanently at local midnight tonight. The 600 kW Finnish transmitter at Pori on 963 kHz will go silent at 2200 UTC with the ending of shortwave/mediumwave broadcasts by the external service, Radio Finland.
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Dutch commercial broadcaster Radio Waddenzee/Radio Seagull, based in Friesland, is currently broadcasting via a KPN transmitting mast near the village of Moddergat. The reason is that the main transmitting faciiity is being moved from Finkum to Pietersbierum, near Harlingen. This means the mast has to be dismantled, moved to Pietersbierum and then reassembled.
Radio Waddenzee/Radio Seagull broadcast on 1602 kHz [...]

Britain’s largest-selling quality newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, has published a story that begins “Radio broadcasts on mediumwave will end within a few years if a powerful coalition of commercial radio interests has its way.” The story refers to the debate being launched by Ofcom, which it describes as “commercial radio’s regulatory body” on the future [...]

100 more employees of Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Closed Joint-Stock Company will be sent to retirement from 1 January 2007, Az.TV personnel department chief Mansur Bayramov told the Azeri-Press Information Agency. He said that they are employees of the state radio. “They approved the information and most of them have already resigned”, he said.
Mansur Bayramov noted [...]

Ludger Schadomsky (36) has been appointed by Deutsche Welle Director-General Erik Bettermann as the head of DW-Radio’s Amharic Service.
After completing his studies (African studies and political science), Schadomsky worked as a trainee at Deutsche Welle in 1998. He then worked as a freelance journalist specialising in African topics. He reported for DW and other ARD [...]

For many people, for many years, Olga Szantova was the voice of Radio Prague. Almost three and a half years after she passed away, a new book has been published in her honour. It is in Slovak, Czech and English and has the Slovak title Nezila som nadarmo, I Didn’t Live in Vain. Radio Prague’s former [...]

Factual entertainment network Discovery Channel will become available exclusively on Orbit in the Middle East region from January 1st 2007. Discovery Channel delivers informative and entertaining factual content to a target demographic of young, upscale men aged 25 – 39. Discovery Science, the only network devoted to the wonders of science, including in-depth coverage of current science [...]

The numerous technical problems facing Botswana Television are largely attributable to the integrated single broadcasting system which carries a heavier load than it was designed for due to increased demand, says the Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Mr Kitso Mokaila. Mr Mokaila said the Department of Broadcasting Services has recently recalled the Dega Broadcasting [...]

The end of the year marks the end of an era in Finnish broadcast history. On 31 December, YLE - the Finnish Broadcasting Company will transmit its final shortwave broadcast. For half a century, shortwave radio was the only way to stay in touch with home. But YLE decided earlier this year to close down [...]

The Balad Ruz mayor, along with members of the Iraqi Army and Police, city officials and Soldiers from the 5th Squadron, 73rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Balad Ruz radio station on 18 December.
The opening of the Al Noor Radio Station, also known as [...]

In Macedonia, licences for electronic media will be issued by the Broadcasting Council, as of May 2007, replacing the system of concessions issued by the government. A draft, which envisages the mode of transition from concession system to licence system, is currently under preparation at the Broadcasting Council for Macedonia, Council representatives told a news conference in Skopje [...]

Due to Voice of America’s coverage of the funeral of former President Gerald R Ford, Kim Andrew Elliott’s next appearance on VOA’s Talk to America, for a discussion about international broadcasting, has been postponed until Monday 8 January. The programme follows the news at 1400 UTC on shortwave and via the VOA News Now Windows Media or [...]

Millions of frustrated Internet users across Asia slowly regained access to overseas websites today, three days after an earthquake off the coast of Taiwan snapped several vital undersea cables. Telecoms operators across the region re-routed Internet links to circumvent the ruptured lines off the southern part of the island, as engineers donned diving suits to assess [...]