Logs and information edited for clarity
All times UTC // parallel frequency - sign-off*
Station ID in Bamar given as: "Rakhine Athan Lwin Thana ma athan lwin ne baday, yakhu achien ga sa bi thayinda asisingo set la athan klwin ba may shin ", (we are broadcasting from Rakhine Broadcasting Station, from now you will listen our minority language program"). According to station announcement in Bamar this morning (Feb 07), they started broadcasting minority language program three times daily:
Morning:
2330 to 0030 Chin 7110
0030 to 0130 Kachin 7110
0130 to 0230 La 9590
0230 to 0330 Po 9590
Afternoon:
0530 to 0630 Geba 9590
0630 to 0730 Kokang 9590
0730 to 0830 Karen 9590
0830 to 0930 Shan 9590
Evening:
1030 to 1130 Kayah 7345
1130 to 1230 Gekho 7345
1230 to 1330 Mon 7345.
(Babul Gupta, via Goonetilleke)
5770, Myanmar Defense Forces, Taunggyi, 0030-0300, Feb 08. Vernaculars, also heard at 1130-1500, SINPO 35333. (Goonetilleke)
5915, Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw, 2300-0300, Feb 09. Vernaculars, also heard at 0930-1500* // 729, SINPO 44444. (Goonetilleke)
5985, Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw, 2300-0130, Feb 10. Vernaculars, SINPO 34443. (Goonetilleke)
5985.8, Myanma Radio, Yangon, 0930-1630, Feb 10. English at 1530-1630, SINPO 34443. (Goonetilleke)
6030, Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw (???), 2300-0130, Feb 09. Burmese music and announcement in vernaculars, SINPO 44444. (Goonetilleke). New unknown station! (Ed)
7110, Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw, *2330-0130, Feb 08 and 11. Vernacular announcement, station ID "Rakhine Atan ..." and always lots of music. SINPO 45544 in Sri Lanka, SINPO 24332 in Austria. (Goonetilleke and Robic). Also heard at 1030-1430, Feb 08, 09 and 11. Vernaculars, local pop music, SINPO 45544 in Sri Lanka, weak but readable in USA. (Alexander in DXplorer, Goonetilleke, Hauser and Perry)
7345, Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw (presumed), 1030-1330*, Feb 07, 08, 09 and 11. Burmese dialects, spots of music with few announcements in vernaculars. Sign off with repeat of two gongs plus drum, SINPO 34433 in Sri Lanka, SINPO 24132 in Denmark. CNR 1 heard in Chinese weaker on 7345 at 1330-1405 // 6030. (Goonetilleke and Petersen). This must be the new minority language program ”Rakhine Broadcasting Station.” According to the Danish Newspaper Jyllandsposten in a report from Yangon Feb 10, all Burmese journalists still have to get their articles censured before publishing, if allowed at all. This cannot be a new, independent station, but a new program from Myanma Radio. (Ed)
9460, Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw (???), 0330-0630, Feb 08. Burmese announcement on 9590, Myanma Radio, Nay Pyi Taw (presumed), 0130-0330, Feb 08. Burmese announcement and many music items at 0600-0830 in vernaculars, SINPO 45544. (Goonetilleke). Also new minority language program ”Rakhine Broadcasting Station”. (Ed)
9730.8, Myanma Radio, Yangon, 0130-0100, Feb 09. English at 0230-0330 and 0700-0730, vernaculars, SINPO 45544. (Goonetilleke)
(DX Window 448)
