Sunday, March 16, 2008

St Patrick's Day broadcast from Radio Tatras International

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RTI, Radio Tatras International, the pan-European English/Slovak radio station, is proud to announce a change to its normal programming to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, 17 March, live from Dublin. RTI has teamed up with liveIreland.com to bring live coverage of the celebrations from Dublin. The International service of RTI, including Sky Digital channel 0195 and the main Internet services of RTI including Internetradio1, Imvite, Radica, will carry this special programme.
Jan Telensky, Managing Director RTI, said, “This is the major ethos of RTI, Connecting Citizens in Europe and beyond. I am really looking forward to listening to the celebrations from the city centre studios of liveIreland on RTI via Sky Digital. I would like to wish everyone, in advance, a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day whereever you are in the RTI transmission area”.
Bernard Evans of liveIreland added, “I would like to say a special thank you to Jan Telensky and Eric Wiltsher for making this unique simulcast possible. Thanks should also be expressed to the technicians who also made this possible via the joys of modern technology. I can assure the listeners of RTI we have a host of famous musicians and personalities lined up for St. Patrick’s Day – everyone will be able to experience the festive feel of Dublin from their home whereever they are tuned into RTI.”
Amended transmission times, 17 March, on the International Service of RTI (all times shown UTC):
1500 – 1800: Tatras Drive with Zbyno from AquaCity, Slovakia
1800 – 2100: St. Patrick’s Day Live in Dublin with liveIreland
2100 – 2200: RBS Six Nations round up with Stuart Cameron
2200 – 2400: St. Patrick’s Day Live in Dublin with liveIreland
Listeners to the FM services of RTI – SK will hear the normally scheduled programmes including the global request show of Border Crossings with Larry London direct from Washington DC.
(Source: Radio Tatras International/R netherlands Media Network Weblog)