Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Radio Veritas Asia - A09 Multilingual schedule


Effective: 29 March - 25 October 2009

All times UTC

Bengali
0030–0057 11.945
1400–1430 11.870

Burmese
2330–2357 9.720
1130–1157 15.450

Filipino
1500–1530 9.615
2300-2327 9.720
(Wed/Fri/Sun ext) 1530-1600 9.615

Hindi
0030–0057 11.710
1330–1400 11.870

Hmong
1200–1227 11.935

Kachin
2330–2357 9.645
1230–1257 15.225

Karen
0000–0027 11.935
1200–1230 15.225

Mandarin
2100–2257 6.115
1000–1157 9.615

Russian
0130–0230 17.830
1500–1600 9.570

Sinhala
0000–0027 11.730
0000–0027 9.865
1330–1400 9.520

Tamil
0030–0057 11.935
1400–1427 9.520

Telugu
0100–0127 15.530
1430–1457 9.585

Urdu
0100–0127 15.280
0100–0127 17.860
1430–1457 11.870

Vietnamese
2330–2357 9.670
0130–0230 15.530
1030–1127 11.850
1300–1327 11.850

Zomi-Chin
0130-0200 15.520
(Ashik Eqbal Tokon,Rajshahi, Bangladesh/Cumbre DX)

Reception reports may be directed to:

P.O. Box 2642
Quezon City 1166
Phillippines

Transmitter Site:
Radio Veritas Asia
Palauig, Zambales
Philippines
Return mint postage recommended.
Website: (with streaming and on-demand audio) http://www.rveritas-asia.org/
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Forty years of Radio Veritas in Asia
Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) will celebrate forty years of broadcasting on 15 and 16 April, 2009. The station first aired its regular overseas and domestic programs on 11 April, 1969 after a longer period of test broadcasts. The jubilee celebration on 16 April will be preceded by a symposium on 15 April. Radio producers, programmers and other invited professionals will share their experiences and insights on the theme “Catholic Radio Broadcasting in Asia.”

The jubilee celebration proper on 16 April stands under the heading “Crossing Borders, Sharing Christ.” It will be opened by Archbishop Claudio Ma. Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in the Vatican, who will give the keynote address. This will be followed by greetings and reflections from the Apostolic Nuncio in the Philippines, Archbishop Joseph Edward Adams, and other Church and secular authorities.

Radio Veritas Asia operates in the responsibility of the “Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences” (FABC). It broadcasts in 15 different Asian languages via shortwave. Some programmes are also available via the Internet. The studios of RVA are in Quezon City, Metro Manila; whereas the transmitter site is in Palauig, Zambales, some 230 km north-west of Manila. Major parts of the programmes are produced in the local target areas, wherever this is possible.
(Source: Indian Catholic/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)