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Recent Radio History
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Radio Impacto, Costa Rica: semi-clandestine, but happy to confirm your sintonía.
Don Moore, of the Association of North American Radio Clubs, described Radio Impacto‘s anti-Sandinista propaganda efforts in an article published in 1992, less than two years after the station had closed down.
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Recent Shortwave Logs
International Telecommunication Union letter codes used in the table underneath:
ARS – Saudi Arabia; CHN – China; CUB -Cuba; IND – India; TIB – Tibet.
Languages (“L.”):
A – Arabic; C – Chinese; E – English; F – French; S – Spanish.
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kHz |
Station |
Ctry |
L. |
Day |
Time GMT |
S | I | O |
5025 | RHC Habana | CUB | S. | Febr 19 | 21:40 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4920 | PBS Tibet1) | TIB | E. | Febr 22 | 22:55 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
17615 | Riyadh | ARS | A. | Febr 23 | 15:42 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
17660 | Riyadh | ARS | F. | Febr 23 | 15:48 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
7550 | All India Radio | IND | E. | Febr 23 | 21:55 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
4920 | PBS Tibet | TIB | E. | Febr 23 | 22:30 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
5060 | PBS Xinjiang2) | CHN | C. | Febr 23 | 23:30 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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Notes / Soundtracks
1) Listen to PBS Tibet in English, and you may feel the happiness and energy of these Tibetan young people as Tibetan New Year is here. Interesting sample of local soft-power efforts there.
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2) “The East is Red” – once the identification tune of Radio Beijing (now China Radio International) is still in use on PBS Xinjiang.
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