Monday, January 31, 2011

Radio Netherlands increases broadcast to Egypt

There are extra shortwave transmissions in Dutch for the estimated 8,000 Dutch citizens in Egypt:

* 0600-0700 UTC on 9830 kHz
*1600-1700 UTC on 5955 kHz + 9750 kHz
*1730-1830 UTC on 11615 kHz + 11655 kHz
(Radio Netherlands Media Network Weblog)



Comparing with the existing RNW shortwave schedule I see:

FREQ STN BTIM ETIM LANG RLY NOTES SOURCE
===== === ==== ==== ===== === ========== =============
5955 RNW 1600 1700 DUTCH RMP unchanged RNW blog 1/29
9750 RNW 1600 1700 DUTCH ISS unchanged RNW blog 1/29
9830 RNW 0600 0700 DUTCH WER unchanged RNW blog 1/29
11615 RNW 1730 1800 DUTCH MDG unchanged RNW blog 1/29
11615 RNW 1800 1830 DUTCH SMG x-AA/Sudan RNW blog 1/29
11655 RNW 1730 1800 DUTCH MDG unchanged RNW blog 1/29
11655 RNW 1800 1830 DUTCH MDG x-English RNW blog 1/29

I assume the content is not normal RNW Dutch language programming, but
is focused on getting needed info to Dutch citizens in Egypt.
(Dan Ferguson/NASWA via Larry Van Horn)