Friday, October 02, 2009

Developments on HCJB's transmitter site in Pifo

Please note that the recently released feature story on HCJB’s transmitter site in Pifo is now available on line with photos.

English: http://www.missionaryjournalist.net/images/PIFO_MJ_WEB_SITE_VERSION.doc

Spanish: http://www.missionaryjournalist.net/images/Pifo_Spanish_Web.doc

Broadcasts in Portuguese, German and Kulina are scheduled to continue from Pifo until November 15 on a powerful transmitter, an HC100. (German will be both analog and DRM digital broadcasts.) The Port & Kulina are on 11920 kHz. German is on 9780 kHz (analog) and 15280 (DRM).

Broadcasts in Spanish, Quichua, Waorani and Cofán are to continue on a regional frequency, 6050 kHz, which is to be assumed by Vozandes Media.

The official closure date for the Pifo transmitter site was Sept. 30, decreasing shortwave transmissions from 64 to 23 hours per day. This will decrease to seven hours per day on October 31, followed by the last transmissions (Portuguese, German and Kulina) from Pifo on November 15.
(Ken MacHarg, GA via Rachel Baughn)