The special one-day Dutch radio station Radio 555, which operates tomorrow to raise money for the Tsunami disaster fund, has its own Website at www.radio555.nl with programming information and details of how to donate money. A live audio stream will be available. For listeners in Europe and North Africa, Radio 555 will also be broadcasting on shortwave on the 6 MHz band as follows:
0500-0600 UTC on 6045 kHz
0600-0800 UTC on 6110 kHz
0800-1700 UTC on 6015 kHz
0900-1100 UTC on 5955 kHz (regular Radio Netherlands frequency)
1700-2000 UTC on 6010 kHz
2000-2200 UTC on 6045 kHz (may overrun if live concert does)
The site, which is in Dutch, also mentions that the studio will be shown live on the Nederland 2 television network from 0500-1600 UTC, and a video stream will operate via the Website.
Today, radio stations in the Netherlands observed a 1 minute silence at 1100 UTC. On TV and in most public places, a 3 minute silence was observed. Most countries in the EU also observed silence for 3 minutes, with the exception of Denmark which already held its own silent period on Sunday.
Watch the 40-second TV commercial promoting Radio 555 (Windows Media)
on Jan 5th, 2005 at 12:14
All Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg programs sent no modulation between 12:00 and 12:03. Some programs from other public broadcasters went silent for up to one minute. All commercial and the majority of the public stations here in Germany just broadcast something they considered as suitable to reflect that “we observe the silence”.
on Jan 5th, 2005 at 19:59
Via T-Systems… They schedule 6045 in the evening until 2300.
on Jan 5th, 2005 at 20:19
Yes, both Flevo and Juelich are being used, but I don’t have the full technical schedule. Not sure why they have registered a frequency to 2300 UTC, as the live concert is due to end at 2100 UTC, and should be the last item. But these live events rarely end on time…
on Jan 5th, 2005 at 20:38
The website says 6 kHz, instead of 6 MHz and there is no way to send feedback to the webmaster…I guessed a few addresses like redactie@radio555.nl but I don’t think they will bother to change it. Looks very much like an afterthought. BFN, the Radio Netherlands facilities company, is listed as one of the sponsors.