The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Publicity, Cde George Charamba officiated at the switch testing ceremony of the new channel based in the Midlands city of Gweru.
General manager of the new station, Voice of Zimbabwe/ TV Channel 104, Cde Happison Muchechetere, told The Sunday Mail that the test would run for the next three weeks during which time management will be fine tuning programming and receiving feedback from listeners from all over the world. He said while the station would initially begin with radio broadcasts, television broadcasts were expected to begin before the end of the year. Listeners will during day time from 7:30am to 6:30pm, be able to receive broadcasts on 5 975 kilohertz or 49 metre band while in the evening from 6:30pm to 7:30am the following day they can tune in on 60 metre band or 4 828 kilohertz. Those wishing to air their opinions can contact the station on 011 870 558. Cde Muchechere said the test run had been highly successful and the station had received feedback not only from Zimbabwe but also from as far as Botswana and South Africa. "We want to encourage Zimbabweans both at home and in the Diaspora to tune in to this station for them to get first hand information about the true Zimbabwe. "During the test run, we will be fine tuning our programes, which will include news, music, sports, political debates and our cultural heritage," he said. He said Voice of Zimbabwe, the country's first world station would broadcast on short wave band, which is powerful enough to reach all parts of the world. Broadcasts are intended to reach target audiences as far afield as Australia, Europe and the United States. Most worldwide broadcasting stations such as the Voice of America, BBC World Service and Radio China International utilise short wave electronic transmission to reach listeners across the globe. Cde Muchechetere is a veteran journalist and broadcaster who has held several senior positions at both the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings and New Ziana's electronic media division. He said Zimbabwe's first world broadcasting services mandate would not be to spread propaganda, but to give a balanced account of events in the country through unbiased news reports, analyses and discussions. (The Sunday Mail, Harare, May 27, 2007) ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.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://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
