DX NEWS Afghanistan gets new independent radio station: (07 July 05) A new independent radio station, known as Radio Voice of Paktika, has been launched in Afghanistan's Pashtun province of Paktika, Radio Netherlands Media Network has reported. The radio station was established by Internews Network, a non-profit organisation which aims to foster the development of independent media with support from the US Agency for International Development's Office of Transition Initiatives. Radio Voice of Paktika has a potential audience of almost 200,000 with a 45 metre mast, one of the tallest of any FM station in Afghanistan. The station broadcasts nine hours a day with in-house programming and material from the daily news and entertainment programme, Salaam Watandar, produced by Internews. The station is also planning to play educational programmes produced by Scotland-based Media Support Solutions. Over the past two years, Internews has set up and supported 29 independent radio stations. The network now has an estimated signal reach of about 10 million people. (ABU Website)
Lack of funds forces Aceh radio station to shut down : (07 July 05) The Panglima Saudane radio station in the tsunami-hit southeast province of Aceh, Indonesia, has closed its operation due to damaged equipment and lack of funding, Indonesia Tsunami Relief Portal has reported. The station's Radio Administration Officer, Iswadi Pinem, said: "For the last five months we have been facing too many problems, from damaged equipment to unpaid workers. "As there is no sign of better management, we have decided to fully cease operations when the radio transmitter broke down." Mr Iswadi hopes that the district government will assist in repairing the damaged equipment, paying the workers' wages and providing funds for the long-term operation of the station. Based on the district government decree released in January, the radio station should be given a regular funding from the Communication and Information Office. Unfortunately, the station has not received any money since then. (ABU Website) Best regards, MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMIN E-65, GOURHANGA, GHORAMARA RAJSHAHI-6100 BANGLADESH ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt