Clandestine, Radio Bar-Kulan has announced the station has left shortwave transmissions effective from January 1, 2012, per RBK this follows a continuing reduction of audience and the need to expand their FM network within Somalia. Outside of the country RBK is still available on Thaicom 5 satellite and web streaming on the RBK website.
(Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, India)