How Azerbaijan will broadcast in minority languages after the return of Karabakh

 

New details have emerged about how Azerbaijan will organize radio broadcasting in minority languages in the reclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh. Let us recall that, as reported, at the beginning of October, on three FM frequencies - 101.1, 103.5, and 97.7 MHz, through a transmitting center in Shusha, some Azerbaijani radio broadcasting in Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenian and Russian languages started in order to convey to residents' Armenian origin of the calls of the Azerbaijani authorities. 

However, what specific radio stations began broadcasting on the above-mentioned frequencies was unknown. We then assumed that we were talking about regular channels of Azerbaijani radio from Baku. However the catch was that the 1st main radio channel of Azerbaijan Radio does not broadcast programs in the Armenian language. In addition to the Azerbaijani language, Channel I of Azerbaijani Radio broadcasts only in Russian (and then only one short five-minute news broadcast per day).

In Armenian, radio broadcasts in modern Azerbaijan are carried out only on the station "Voice of Azerbaijan", also known as "International Radio", and in Soviet times as foreign broadcasting "Radio Baku".

Details in Russian - 

https://obob.tv/radioveshhanie/kak-azerbaydzhan-budet-vesti-radioveshh/

(https://obob.tv/)

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Nagorno-Karabakh is a region located in the South Caucasus, covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of Karabakh, it spans the area between Lower Karabakh and Syunik. Its terrain mostly consists of mountains and forestland

Azerbaijian monitoring on shortwave

Clandestines

Azerbaijan

All times UTC

9677.615   Voice of Justice and Voice of Talyshistan again shortwave.

Voice of Justice noted Tue/Wed, Sept 24/25
0600-0630 9677.6 SPK 010 kW non-dir to CeAS Azeri Wed/Sat
1400-1430 9677.6 SPK 010 kW non-dir to CeAS Azeri Tue/Fri

Voice of Talyshistan noted Mon/Tue, Sept 23/24
0900-1000 9677.6 SPK 010 kW non-dir to CeAS Talysh Mon-Sat
1200-1300 9677.6 SPK 010 kW non-dir to CeAS Talysh Mon-Sat
1500-1600 9677.6 SPK 010 kW non-dir to CeAS Talysh Mon-Sat
(DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 1)

9677.615 - carrier frequency. Very terrible disturbed narrow band modulation noted at 0945 UT Oct 1, tiny poor S=4 to 5 signal in Germany and western Europe, but up to S=9+5 dBm in Moscow remote SDR rx.

Narrow band varying at approx. 9676.1 to 9679.5 kHz, but varying up to 10 kHz wide broadband at times (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 1)
(WWDXC/Top Nx 1132)

Blog Logs - Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Logs edited for clarity - *sign-on  / sign-off*

All times UTC

9677.47-9677.66, Ädalätin Säsi Radiosu (Radio Voice of Justice), Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh (presumed), *0600-0632*, Mar 20. Announcement in Azeri with occasional snippets of what sounded like the Top Gun movie theme “Take My Breath Away” played Hawaiian style. Music again at 0626, announcement to 3-4 electronic tones to 0627 which was the last program heard. Carrier stayed on until 0632. Transmitter was distorted, but not so bad as to greatly hamper intelligibility. SINPO 45433 with fading. Did not hear nominal ID, but Azerbaijan mentioned once or twice by the announcer. Per DSWCI, this is the repeat of Tuesday morning's 1400 broadcast. (Churchill tune from Perseus sites in UK and the Netherlands, Mar 20 and 27, in DXplorer). (Scheduled with 10 kW We/Sa 0600-0625.)

9677.42, Ädalätin Säsi Radiosu , *1400-1427*, Tu Mar 19 and Fr Mar 29. Interval signal to station ID and talk in Azeri. Russian news often mentioning "Karabakh respublika." SINPO 34443. Repetition of the broadcast heard on 9677.50, *0600-0627*, Mar 30, 35443. (Scheduled with 10 kW Tu/Fr 1400-1425). (Petersen and Robic)

9677.6, Voice of Talyshistan, Stepanakert (10 kW/ non-directive), new station in Talysh to Central Asia, monitored Tu/We/Th/Fr/Sa Mar 23-30 at 0900-0959, 1200-1259 and 1500-1559. (Ivanov, Mar 30)

9677.54, Toleshston Sädo Radio (Voice of Talyshistan), *0900-1000*, Fr Mar 29 and Sa Mar 30, Talysh talk, local music with short reports in between. ID and announce of schedule before sign/off. SINPO 35443 in Austria, SINPO 25232 in Denmark. Not heard Su Mar 31 or Mo Apr 01. (Petersen and Robic)

9677.50, Toleshston Sädo Radio (Voice of Talyshistan), *1200-1256, Sa Mar 30. Talysh talk and songs, SINPO, interference from China Radio Int'l (Urumqi) 9685 in Russian. Not heard Su Mar 31 or Mo Apr 01. (Petersen and Robic)

9677.56, Toleshston Sädo Radio (Voice of Talyshistan),*1500-1547*, Fr Mar 29 and Sa Mar 30. Program begins with same announcement as before the sign off, SINPO 4443. (Robic)

 (DSWCI/DX Window 476)

New broadcast times for Voice of Justice

Azerbaijan
9677.4 kHz. Radio Fedaletin Sesi / Voice of Justice, Nagorno-Karabakh, in Azeri heard all Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays in times as in B11 Winter schedule as follows: Tu/Fr 1400-1425 UTC, and Wed/Saturday 0600-0625 UTC (in previous summers respective from 1300 and from 0500 DST). So maybe in Armenia or in Azerbaijan, or in both the situation with their local times is similar as in Russia and Belarus. (Pankov, Apr 12)
(DX Window 452 via Anker Petersen)

Azerbaijan will not license Internet TV and radio

Internet radio and television will not be licensed in Azerbaijan, Presidential Administration Social and Political Department head Ali Hasanov said at a conference on “New Media Era Values” in Baku today. Mr Hasanov refuted rumours spread in local media and international organizations that licensing would be provided for Internet radio and television.

Former OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti expressed concern about the rumours. Such intentions may create grave problems for the development of Internet resources in Azerbaijan in the future, he said. Mr Hasanov said the rumours of licensing e-media are untrue.

“We do not have and would never have such plans,” Mr Hasanov said, adding that the accusations against the authorities are unfounded. He also disagreed with the assertion that there is no freedom of speech or press in Azerbaijan. “The fact that Azerbaijan ranks 145th among 160 countries in the Index of Freedom of Speech is a piece fiction, and this is untrue,” Mr Hasanov said.
(Source: Trend News Agency/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

BBC transmitter deal annulled

Text of an unattributed report by Azerbaijani opposition newspaper Azadliq on 5 March headlined “Agreement between BBC and Azerbaijani government annulled”
In October 2008, the BBC World Service signed an agreement with the Azerbaijani government on installing three transmitters in Agsu, Lerik and Daskasan Districts with the aim of improving the quality of BBC radio broadcasts.
However, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Voice of America and the BBC have stopped broadcasts on FM frequencies in Azerbaijan following the 30 December 2008 decision by the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC). How did that affect the agreement?
Clarifying the issue, Togrul Mammadov, an aide to the NTRC chairman, said that the agreement signed with the BBC World Service had become invalid after the council’s aforementioned decision.
[In a separate report, Azadliq quoted Turan news agency as saying that posters with information on the frequencies on which the Voice of America is now broadcasting in Azerbaijan had been removed from the underground and other public transport in Baku. The paper said that they tried and failed to obtain comments on this from the Transport Ministry and the city's Public Transport Department.]
(Source: Azadliq, Baku in Azeri 5 Mar 09 via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)