Special shortwave schedule for World Cup final
It all comes down to the final decision Sunday July 9. Who will win the World Cup...France of Italy? France's team motto, "to live together and die together" spurs the team to Sunday's do or die match, while Italy promises "we will not disappoint you." The television rights have been sold to over 200 countries, and Radio Netherland's despite being knocked out of the World Cup, will be relaying the NOS radio commentary in Dutch on Sunday. A three-hour broadcast is planned, which will allow for possible extra time and penalties. This one could go either way!
Special thanks to Andy at the Media Network Weblog for the frequency information and updates.
Gayle
The Radio Netherlands broadcast is scheduled at 1800-2100 UTC
6035 kHz to Western Europe
7390 kHz to East Asia
9695 kHz to SW and SE Europe
9895 kHz to S Europe, N and C Africa
13735 kHz to Great Lakes of US and Canada
15335 kHz to Middle East
15425 kHz to Suriname
15540 kHz to South America
17620 kHz to West Africa
17705 kHz to US, Caribbean, Mexico, C America, Venezuela Colombia
An additional frequency will be on the air for the last hour:
6015 kHz to Europe
15530 kHz to the Canary Islands W Africa at has been added to the 1800-2100 UTC. The following schedule has been booked with VT Communications:
Time: 17:59:30 - 18:30:00 UTC
Frequency: 15530 kHz
Site: Rampisham
Antenna: HRR 4/4/.5
Azimuth: 189 degrees
Power: 500 kW
Time: 18:30:00 - 20:57:00 UTC
Frequency: 15530 kHz
Site: Ascension
Antenna: HRR 2/2/.6/.7
Azimuth: 27 degrees
Power: 250 kW
The reason for the switch of transmitter site is that Ascension does not have a spare transmitter available at 1800-1830 UTC.
(Source: R. Netherlands-Media Network Weblog)