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Ireland, Denmark and Norway leaving shortwave
New year 2004 marks the end of shortwave transmissions by public
broadcasters in three European countries. Radio Telefis Éireann (RTÉ) in Ireland, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) in Norway, and the Danish Danmarks Radio (DR) are closing their shortwave services on December 31, 2003. Aiming to cut costs and saying that shortwave is history, the stations are urging their listeners to continue to tune in via satellite or on the internet. Radio Telefis Éireann (RTÉ) has announced that it will end its daily half-hour shortwave broadcasts on January 1, 2004. According to a press release from RTÉ, this is the "first step in the re-alignment of its distribution platforms, both at home and abroad." RTE will increase its transmissions over the World Radio Network (WRN) and will provide, free of charge, a Worldspace satellite receiver to some of its isolated listeners in Africa. RTÉ began shortwave transmissions in 1995 and has been buying airtime from outside Ireland. In Denmark, Radio Denmark (Danmarks Radio) declares that "an era in radio's history is over." The foreign service, Radio Denmark, has been broadcasting in Danish via Norway's shortwave transmitters. Denmark closed its own shortwave site in Herstedvester already in 1990. Programs will continue to be available abroad on mediumwave, internet, telephone, CD recordings and telephone. Norway's public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) will air its last shortwave transmission on December 31 after broadcasting to the world for 55 years. "Shortwave is a big and important part of NRK's history. At the same time you have to be realistic. Shortwave transmissions are not the future," says NRK's distribution chief Petter Hox on the station website. Programs are now offered via mediumwave, satellite, internet and telephone. Also in Europe, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is ending broadcasts in seven languages. Services broadcasting to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia will close on December 31, 2003, under a directive from the White House and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), RFE/RL's oversight body. (DXing.info, December 25, 2003) http://www.dxing.info/news/index.dx#shortwave |
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As far as I'm concerned, Denmark left short-wave broadcasting when they ceased
to have broadcasts originating from transmitters on their own territory. Come to think of it, none of those RTE broadcasts originated from transmitters on Irish soil either did they? Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm Mike Terry wrote: New year 2004 marks the end of shortwave transmissions by public broadcasters in three European countries. Radio Telefis Éireann (RTÉ) in Ireland, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) in Norway, and the Danish Danmarks Radio (DR) are closing their shortwave services on December 31, 2003. Aiming to cut costs and saying that shortwave is history, the stations are urging their listeners to continue to tune in via satellite or on the internet. Radio Telefis Éireann (RTÉ) has announced that it will end its daily half-hour shortwave broadcasts on January 1, 2004. According to a press release from RTÉ, this is the "first step in the re-alignment of its distribution platforms, both at home and abroad." RTE will increase its transmissions over the World Radio Network (WRN) and will provide, free of charge, a Worldspace satellite receiver to some of its isolated listeners in Africa. RTÉ began shortwave transmissions in 1995 and has been buying airtime from outside Ireland. In Denmark, Radio Denmark (Danmarks Radio) declares that "an era in radio's history is over." The foreign service, Radio Denmark, has been broadcasting in Danish via Norway's shortwave transmitters. Denmark closed its own shortwave site in Herstedvester already in 1990. Programs will continue to be available abroad on mediumwave, internet, telephone, CD recordings and telephone. Norway's public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) will air its last shortwave transmission on December 31 after broadcasting to the world for 55 years. "Shortwave is a big and important part of NRK's history. At the same time you have to be realistic. Shortwave transmissions are not the future," says NRK's distribution chief Petter Hox on the station website. Programs are now offered via mediumwave, satellite, internet and telephone. Also in Europe, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is ending broadcasts in seven languages. Services broadcasting to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia will close on December 31, 2003, under a directive from the White House and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), RFE/RL's oversight body. (DXing.info, December 25, 2003) http://www.dxing.info/news/index.dx#shortwave |
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Too bad they want to relinquish their voice and their point of view to the
world. If propogation has been losuy, how will it improve if flares burn out a satellite ? It will prove more expensive to provide satellite setups than it ever would to just transmit on shortwave IMHO. "N8KDV" wrote in message ... As far as I'm concerned, Denmark left short-wave broadcasting when they ceased to have broadcasts originating from transmitters on their own territory. Come to think of it, none of those RTE broadcasts originated from transmitters on Irish soil either did they? Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm Mike Terry wrote: New year 2004 marks the end of shortwave transmissions by public broadcasters in three European countries. Radio Telefis Éireann (RTÉ) in Ireland, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) in Norway, and the Danish Danmarks Radio (DR) are closing their shortwave services on December 31, 2003. Aiming to cut costs and saying that shortwave is history, the stations are urging their listeners to continue to tune in via satellite or on the internet. Radio Telefis Éireann (RTÉ) has announced that it will end its daily half-hour shortwave broadcasts on January 1, 2004. According to a press release from RTÉ, this is the "first step in the re-alignment of its distribution platforms, both at home and abroad." RTE will increase its transmissions over the World Radio Network (WRN) and will provide, free of charge, a Worldspace satellite receiver to some of its isolated listeners in Africa. RTÉ began shortwave transmissions in 1995 and has been buying airtime from outside Ireland. In Denmark, Radio Denmark (Danmarks Radio) declares that "an era in radio's history is over." The foreign service, Radio Denmark, has been broadcasting in Danish via Norway's shortwave transmitters. Denmark closed its own shortwave site in Herstedvester already in 1990. Programs will continue to be available abroad on mediumwave, internet, telephone, CD recordings and telephone. Norway's public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) will air its last shortwave transmission on December 31 after broadcasting to the world for 55 years. "Shortwave is a big and important part of NRK's history. At the same time you have to be realistic. Shortwave transmissions are not the future," says NRK's distribution chief Petter Hox on the station website. Programs are now offered via mediumwave, satellite, internet and telephone. Also in Europe, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is ending broadcasts in seven languages. Services broadcasting to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia will close on December 31, 2003, under a directive from the White House and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), RFE/RL's oversight body. (DXing.info, December 25, 2003) http://www.dxing.info/news/index.dx#shortwave |
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N8KDV wrote in
: As far as I'm concerned, Denmark left short-wave broadcasting when they ceased to have broadcasts originating from transmitters on their own territory. Come to think of it, none of those RTE broadcasts originated from transmitters on Irish soil either did they? Having come back to shortwave listening a year ago (and glad of it), I find it a bit perplexing to juggle mentally not only the station I'm receiving but where its transmitter is located. It may not be standard but my approach has been to consider both elements---ID as well as locale---in my log book. I agree that it certainly feels like a more authentic catch when the country and transmitter origin are the same, but I'm not terribly fussy about it. I'll miss Denmark. I listened to the final evening's broadcast for both Norway and Denmark and must admit that I feel their absence. I was particularly fond of R. Denmark's interval signal; it seemed like such a cheery way to start an evening of dxing. I'd even considered learning Danish to more fully enjoy the broadcasts. Ah, well; I've decided to do Dutch instead (on the theory that R. Netherlands will stick around for awhile). My log book is the same one I used twenty-five years ago and there are lots of ghosts in it: Tahiti, RSA, Voice of the Malayan Revolution...ironic, I suppose, that my setup is more sophisticated now than it was back then and there's less to hear. But I suppose it's best to go out and look for new favorites with which to start the evening.... ---- R-75/FRG-7700/SW-4A |
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