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Monday, October 21, 2024

Monitoring Solomon Islands

5020 kHz  SIBC - Voice of the Nation, Oct 13 (Sunday). Fair reception and very readable audio, via SDR at Rotorua, NZ. A few highlights of a very enjoyable reception:

0824+ UT: As it is Sunday, playing mostly religious (Christian) songs; Charlie Pride - "Jesus, It's Me Again," etc.

0832-0836 UT:  Flight departure info for Oct 14 (10:30 departure from Honiara to Port Vila, etc.).

0842 UT:  Spots for the sale of Yamaha motorcycles; holiday travel packages.

0844-0855 UT:  PSA in Pijin about the importance of SI to keep up to date with weather conditions, before natural disasters happen, etc.


0902-0915 UT:  Weekly program in English - "Money Matters"; Central Bank of SI presents info about only dealing with licensed foreign money exchange dealers; list of various economic reports available to the public.

0920+ UT: Advertisements for the Parangiju Mountain Lodge ("Your home away from home"), located near the Tenaru waterfalls in Central Guadalcanal; coverage for accident insurance; handheld GPS devices for sale.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, via WWDXC - BC-DX TopNews Oct 13)
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(Top Nx 1595/20 oct 2024)