VT Merlin has launched two new weekly digital streams, bringing the
benefits of Digital Radio Mondiale (tm) - DRM (tm) to a number of its
most important international broadcast customers.

This new service 'vtdigital' features news and general programming
from broadcasters compiled into a stream, interspersed with
informative continuity announcements. Two streams are broadcast, one
on Friday and one on Saturday on 9770 kHz. They are carried from VT
Merlin's Rampisham site in the UK on digital short wave into Central
Europe in near FM quality.

Broadcasters including Radio New Zealand International, Radio
Australia, Radio Japan (NHK), Radio Taiwan International and Radio
France International have joined and are keen to experience the
benefits of the DRM system and range of services offered by VT
Merlin.

These streams complement the highly successful Sunday stream based on
religious programming, which began in February 2004.

Peter Gordon, VT Merlin's Head of Digitalisation commented:

"We are very proud to have brought some of the world's leading
international broadcasters together onto our DRM platform in an
innovative way. Their commitment to DRM is a major boost for this new
broadcast technology. We look forward to growing and expanding the
stream concept over the coming months".

Vtdigital Stream 2 Transmission Schedule

* Radio France International 14:00-14:30 Friday
* Radio Taiwan International 15:00-16:00 Friday
* NHK 16:00-17:00 Friday
* Radio New Zealand International 14:00-14:30 Saturday
* Radio Australia 14:30-15:00 Saturday

Taken from the Radio Newsletter

(From Ray on dxld)