The following is an update from earler post regarding the recent fire at the Radio Netherlands Madagascar relay station/ We thank Andy Sennitt and Radio Netherlands for keeping the radio community updated on their broadcast revisions.Gayle Van Horn
The situation as from 5 January 2010:
All times UTC:
Transmitter 1 (250 kW):
0300-0428 on 9660 kHz Vatican Radio (multilingual)
0430-0457 on 9660 kHz Vatican Radio (French)
0500-0527 on 9660 kHz Vatican Radio (English)
0530-0630 on 7265 kHz IBB (French)
1300-1357 on 17670 kHz AWR (Vietnamese)
1400-1557 on 15595 kHz RNW (English)
1600-1657 on 9590 kHz Family Radio (Swahili)
1700-1727 on 9895 kHz RNW (Dutch)
1730-1757 on 6020 kHz RNW (Dutch)
1800-1957 on 7395 kHz Family Radio (English)
2000-2030 on 7395 kHz Radio Sweden (Swedish)
2030-2100 on 7395 kHz Radio Sweden (English)
2100-2130 on 9680 kHz IBB (French) Mon-Fri
2200-2300 on 7380 kHz Deutsche Welle (Indonesian)
Transmitter 2 (250 kW):
0200-0230 on 11550 kHz Radio Sweden (Swedish)
0230-0300 on 11550 khz Radio Sweden (English)
0330-0358 on 7360 kHz Vatican Radio (Swahili)
0400-0500 on 11610 kHz Radio VOP (multilingual)
0500-0600 on 12015 kHz IBB (Persian)
1330-1428 on 17550 kHz Voice of Tibet (Tibetan)
1430-1527 on 17495 kHz DVB (Burmese)
1530-1627 on 13800 kHz Press Now (multilingual)
1630-1657 on 13740 kHz RNW (Dutch)
1700-1757 on 12080 kHz IBB (Multilingal)
1800-1857 on 6020 kHz RNW (English)
1900-2057 on 7425 kHz RNW (English)
Transmitter 3 (50 kW):
0230-0330 on 3215 kHz AWR (multilingual)
0400-0500 on 11610 kHz Radio VOP (multilingual)
1430-1530 on 3215 kHz AWR (Malagasy)
1630-1655 on 3215 kHz FLM (Malagasy)
1900-2000 on 6020 kHz Family Radio (English)
2000-2100 on 6020 kHz Family Radio (English)
Madagascar transmissions temporarily via other sites:
RNW: The following arrangements remain in effect:
2100-2131 UTC Dutch via Bonaire on 13700 kHz azimuth 80 degrees1957-2057 UTC English via Montsinery on 11655 kHz azimuth 80 degrees 1730-1757 UTC Dutch via Nauen on 11655 kHz azimuth 300 degrees Vatican Radio: Transmissions at 0300-0530 UTC have returned to Madagascar, but the transmission at 1600-1630 UTC on 13765 kHz is broadcast via Santa Maria di Galeria.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
