Friday, February 19, 2016

Radio Öömrang slated for annual broadcast on February 21


Amrum Island, Germany
Radio Öömrang will transmit their annual broadcast on Sunday February.21, 2016 from 1600 to 1700 UTC on 15215 kHz in German, English and Frisian.
(Caroline Mesnier via EuroRadio)

Radio Öömrang  (Radio Amrum) is broadcasts once in a year on February 21, a major North Frisian holiday. Broadcast are in North Frisian language (Öömrang dialect) as well as Standard German, including English identifications. Programming is aimed to the descendants of North Frisian immigrants in North America. 

The program was founded by the radio amateur Arjan Kölzow on the island of Amrum in North Germany. The first shortwave broadcast was February 21, 2006. This weekends broadcast will be relayed via the Media Broadcast transmitting facilities in Issoudun, France. 

To obtain a QSL, send your program details to Media Broadcast at: 
qsl-shortwave@media-broadcast.com  (or) Michael.Puetz@media-broadcast.com