We here at Adventist World Radio congratulate Radio Miami International WRMI
in transferring their international broadcasting service from the 50 kW WRMI
in Miami Florida to the magnificent large facility located at Okeechobee in
lower central Florida at the end of the month. Over a period of many years,
the original WRMI has performed an excellent service to the international
radio world, and with their enlarged facility, their international radio
impact will be greatly increased.
The significant move that WRMI is
making adds a new dimension to current events in the international shortwave
world. In an era when some international radio broadcasting stations have
been diminishing their
involvement in shortwave broadcasting, the move from a
single transmitter near Miami to a multiple transmitter facility in lower
central Florida demonstrates a confidence in the viability of short
broadcasting that is still indeed valid. As so many international radio
monitors are aware, the shortwave bands are still packed with the voices of
many shortwave stations.
It would be hoped that the remarkable
WRMI-WYFR move will give confidence to other shortwave stations that may be
considering a reduction of their own shortwave scheduling that shortwave
broadcasting is still a valuable and viable method of international
communication. We would also like to express appreciation to Family Radio for
enabling their mighty facility to remain on the air under this new
ownership.
All we can say is: - Goodbye WRMI Miami: You have performed
well, Welcome to the new WYFR-WRMI: We wish you well in presenting a strong
confidence in the international radio world.
International news media
are carrying the news regarding the transfer of WYFR, the large shortwave
station in lower central Florida, to WRMI Radio Miami International in Miami
in the United States, at the end of this
month. Due to this remarkable radio
development, the international DX program, "Wavescan", will interrupt the
flow of its regular programming to honor the occasion. The final broadcasts
of "Wavescan" over WRMI Miami will be on the air during the last complete
week in the month of November, and during the first complete week in
December, "Wavescan" will be aired for the first occasion over the large new
WRMI which is located a little north of Lake Okeechobee in lower central
Florida.
The DX program, "Wavescan" is written in Indianapolis by Dr.
Adrian Peterson, DX editor for Adventist World Radio, and it has been
produced over the past several years by Jeff White at WRMI Radio
Miami
International in Miami. This program is on the air from WRMI in
Florida, KSDA on the island of Guam, and seasonally by several of the
shortwave relay stations in the AWR network, and also over WWCR and WINB in
the United States.
All reception reports to "Wavescan" for the last
week in November will be QSLed with a special "Last Week" endorsement for
WRMI Miami, and all reception reports to "Wavescan" during the first week in
December will be QSLed with a "First Week" endorsement for the new WRMI at
Okeechobee.
These special endorsements will be applied to all QSL cards
issued for these special editions of "Wavescan" as heard on any of these
stations that carry the program, though, where possible direct broadcast from
the
old and the new WRMI would also be appreciated. "Wavescan" may also
be heard via numerous electronic deliveries, including station websites
and iPod deliveries.
Listeners are encouraged to send their reception
reports for these broadcasts to the Wavescan address in Indianapolis with
address label and return postage, and also to the station that is carrying
the programming,
and also to the address for the new WRMI. The last edition
of "Wavescan" via the old WRMI will be a special tribute to this station, and
the first broadcast from the new WRMI will honor this new
development.
Dr. Adrian M. Peterson
Coordinator/International
Relations & DX Editor
Adventist World Radio
N9GWY - (ex
KA9YPQ)
wavescan@awr.org adrian.m.peterson@gmail.com
Adventist World Radio
Box
29235
Indianapolis
Indiana 46229, USA
