DWL German service main frequency towards Europe 6075 kHz is now used again by Sines Portugal site at 1700-2400 UT [instead of poor reception from Al Dhabbaya UAE 20-23 UT], also in \\ co-ch to Balkan, NE & ME via Woofferton England at 1800-2000 UT too. wb
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kai Ludwig" Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:42 PM
Subject: [dxld] More about Deutsche Welle
Another interview with DW director Erik Bettermann, published Nov 19: http://www.faz.net/s/Rub475F682E3FC24868A8A5276D4FB916D7/Doc~ECBE36E2A1CC447BEA7EE79B560E77912~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Herein he says that DW Chinese gets jammed "since 14 days", i.e. since early November. As reported no jamming could be found on RMS recorings around Dec 1. But certainly it would not hurt to keep an eye on it. Another noteworth (not made elsewhere, too) remark from this interview: "In all language services I use people with a western-Christian background." About 100 DW staff members have set up a "Pro Deutsche Welle" action group, as earlier reported. The Journalist magazine published their position paper: http://www.journalist.de/downloads/pdf/dokumentationen/Doku_Pro_Deutsche_Welle.pdf Condensed translation: DW TV has just been relaunched in 2007, now the management announces a complete reorientation for 2009 that on the radio side has already started. The changes are drastic: Abandoning German as primary language in favour of English; radically changing the target audience, away from German-speaking people abroad to English-speaking audiences; concentrating on the internet at the expense of mass distribution platforms like shortwave (radio) or cable (TV). More than 100 stafff members from all departments came together in the "Pro Deutsche Welle" initiative because they are deeply worried about the future of DW as far-reaching German voice for freedom, democracy and human rights, ready to fight for DW, its service obligations, its quality and its audiences, hoping that they can count on council members and politicians as allies. [...]
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