** CANADA. Re DXLD 8-021: And now I must say that it appears to be no good idea to send e-mail in a hurry while I'm about to leave (for a really late lunch after getting hungry), producing an embarrassing mistake: The CIRAF target of the shortwave relays of RCI plus is not 4 but instead either 7 (in its entirety) [central USA] or 7 northeast plus 8 north [i.e. NE quadrant of USA]. The latter is the same as given for DRM on 9800, by the way. But still: What's the real target, and how many listeners tune in at which places (both for RCI plus and the 9800 DRM)?
Meanwhile I went by way of machine translation through the FNC-CSN release about Wojtek Gwiazda being suspended from work for three days: This discipline is in particular related to his activities in regard of a parliamentary committee, as explained at http://www.geocities.com/rciaction/RCIHeritageCttee20071127Mandate.html And, especially important: His superiors threatened with more serious punishment if he continues these activities. Must have been a really unpleasant meeting I fear (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Feb 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Glenn, Well, how to put it --- As you've already learned, last week I was suspended without pay for three days, for raising questions about RCIs mandate with members of the House of Commons Canadian Heritage Committee on behalf of the RCI Action Committee. And I was warned by RCI that I could face more serious penalties if I continue to ask questions. On Valentines Day (the day after the three-day suspension) Alex Levasseur, the president of the union that represents most of us at RCIs headquarters in Montreal, called a press conference and condemned the suspension, and what he called an attempt to "muzzle" our union from speaking out about how the international mandate of RCI has been changed. As you can imagine there will be more coming out over this attempt to block our inter-union committee from getting answers about changes at RCI. In the meantime, Ive posted the English version of the press release put out by our union (Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada) on the RCI Action Committee website at: http://www.geocities.com/rciaction/SuspensionRadioCanadaInternational2008.html (The original French version is on our site as well.) I will keep you up-to-date on developments as much as I can. Given the delicate situation I find myself in, that may not always be easy. Take care, (Wojtek Gwiazda, RCI Action Committee - Comité d'action de RCI http://www.geocities.com/rciaction rciaction @ yahoo.ca Feb 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
