Christian shortwave station launched in Congo
 

Missionary organizations have set up an evangelical shortwave station in the
Democratic Republic of Congo. Radio Tangazeni Kristo (RTK) operates from the
town of Aru, just across the border from Arua in Uganda. Finnish DXer Jari
Savolainen found out that RTK is broadcasting on 4845 kHz in the 60-meter
shortwave band with very low power. RTK is jointly operated by Communauté
Evangélique au Centre de l'Afrique (CECA-20) and Die Gute Nachricht für
Afrika (DIGUNA). CECA-20 is nationwide church originally established by the
UK-based Africa Inland Mission International (AIM), while DIGUNA is a German
missionary organization. There is also an RTK FM station in Bunia. The
programs are mainly in local languages with some content in Swahili, French
and English. According to Savolainen the transmissions run daily at
0330-0515 UTC in the mornings, and at 1400-1930 UTC in the evenings from
Monday to Friday. During the weekends the scheduled broadcast time is
1155-1930 UTC. Savolainen has a source who says that in the beginning of
September transmitter power will be raised to 300-500 watts.

(DXing.info, August 30, 2004)