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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

New Years Eve/Day broadcast on shortwave

Thanks to shortwave radio, you can celebrate New Year's Eve as 2009 begins around the world - easy on the toasting, or you may forget where you are! This year we reprise our Monitoring Times 2006 feature, Happy New Year Around the World in 24 Hours. Follow the traditions from around the globe at www.monitoringtimes.com/Around-in-24-hrs.pdf

Wanna keep track of the time around the globe ? World Links at http://world.honda.com/link/ will keep you up to date by the second. Time and Date.Com http://www.timeanddate.com/ is a great companion website.

Beginning at 1100 on December 31, in New Zealand, DXers can follow the New Year as it arrives around the globe. This can be done via the Internet at www.rnzi.com and shortwave radio on 13660 kHz.

Radio Australia at 1330: 6020, 9560, 9580, 9590 www.abc.net.au/ra/

NHK/Radio Japan at 1400: 9875, 11705, 1178021560 www.nhk.or.jp/english/

Most of Africa at 2200, and Eastern Europe at 0000 UTC in the United Kingdom.

Additional programming may be found at www.doghousecharlie.com/seasonal-programs-2008/

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!