Sunday, August 31, 2008

Radio Sweden Special broadcast

Radio Sweden Special 70th Birthday Broadcast
Live from Studio Five

Ever since 1938 Radio Sweden has served as an important link between Swedenand the rest of the world. On Wednesday, September 3 we'll be celebratingour 70th birthday with special broadcasts, a panel discusion, and livemusic.Our first English broadcast of the day, at 12:30 hrs UTC, will be a liveprogram from Studio 5 at Broadcasting House in Stockholm. We'll be taking alook back at some of the major stories we've covered over the years, andtalking with many guests, including some wellknown Radio Sweden voices fromthe past.That will be followed by a special panel debate in Swedish with a number ofcultural and media personalities.The 14:00 hrs UTC Swedish broaadcast will also be live from Studio 5.The entire special program, from 12:30 to 16:30 hours UTC, will be carriedlive in a special web broadcast.So don't fail to join us to celebrate our 70th, Live from Studio Five.

Pakistan will change Local Time

Pakistan will change their local time in November 2008 from DXAsia News Aug 29, 2008 (23 hours ago) The government of Pakistan has decided to postpone the change of local timings untill the first week of November - so VOA Urdu service will continue to use the present timings and frequencies till the end of A08 schedule period. The current schedule is :MW 972 1539 kHz is available at 1300-0100 hrs.SW service 0000-0100 on 7135 11755 kHz.SW service 1300-1400 on 9340 15795 kHz.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

DX Report This WEEK :: Frequency

ALBANIA Radio Tirana 7425 0335 English 333 Aug 26
Two OMs in a conversation with a noisy background.
MacKenzie-CA.
>
BRAZIL China Radio Intl-CRI Relay 9665 0313 Spanish
> 433 Aug 26 OM with comments on the 2008 Olympics. YL with comments plus
> some music. QRM via the Voice of Russia on the same frequency.
> MacKenzie-CA.
>
CANADA Voice of Turkey Relay-VOT 7325 0330 English 444 Aug 26 OM
with comments and then Turkish music vocals by a YL. Mackenzie-CA.
>
CHINA Music Jammer 9865 1835 444 Aug 23 Some real good music this
time around. //9355 [444]. MacKenzie-CA.
>
RUSSIA, Moldova Voice of Russia-VOR 7125 0319 Russian 333 Aug 26
Vocal Music then an OM with comments.
> MacKenzie-CA.
>
UKRAINE Radio Ukraine Intl 7440 0338 Ukrainian 333 Aug 26 OM with
comments. OM with an ID in English at 0339
> plus an IS. MacKenzie-CA.
>
VATICAN STATE Vatican Radio 7305 0327 Spanish 333 Aug 26 YL with
comments plus an OM. MacKenzie-CA.
>
UNKNOWN Unknown station?? 7270 0325 Arabic 333 Aug26 YL with vocal
music. MacKenzie-CA.
>
> Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA

11175 kHz USB 2050z: HF-GCS Station "Puerto Rico" wkg "Reach 243T" for
phone patch to DSN 779-03xx (Scott AFB); rqsts quick-turn at destination
(Ascension?) and departure of 0030z. (27Aug2008) (ALS)

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL

13927 kHz USB 1744z: "Rican 44", 50 miles east of Providenciales in
Bahamas, erroneously calling "Cape Radio on 13927." (27Aug2008) (ALS)


13927 kHz USB 1748z: "Rican 44", over Grand Turk in Bahamas, erroneously
calling "Cape Radio on 13927." (27Aug2008) (ALS)

10780 kHz USB 1749z: Cape Radio wkg "Rican 44," over Grand Turk in Bahamas;
asks for frequency to reach San Juan PR; too weak for Cape Radio to copy; I
had both sides L&C. (27Aug2008) (ALS)

11175 kHz USB 1755z: HF-GCS Station wkg "Rican 44" for phone patch, but
HF-GCS station has Rican 44 too weak; L&C into my qth. (27Aug2008) (ALS)

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands Intl Relay-RNI 17810 2105 Dutch 333 Aug 22 YL and
OM with comments. MacKenzie.
>
BOTSWANA VOA Relay 17895 2050 African 333 Aug 22 African vocal music to 2059
and off the air. At 2100 heard
> the VOA IS and ID in English and off the air at 2100.
>
CANADA Radio Canada Intl-RCI 15330 2116 French 444 Aug 22 OM with comments
and mention of Canada several
> times. MacKenzie-CA.
>
CUBA Radio Habana Cuba-RHC 11680 0320 Spanish 4444 Aug 23 An OM giving a
speech. //11760 [444].
> MacKenzie-CA.
>
FRENCH GUIANA Radio France Intl Relay-RFI 17630 2108 Spanish 433 Aug 22 YL
interviewing an OM. Both mentioned
> Columbia often. MacKenzie-CA.
>
KUWAIT Radio Kuwait 11675 0315 Arabic 333 Aug 23 OM with comments.
> MacKenzie-CA.
>
NEW ZEALAND Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 15720 2110 English 433 Aug 22 OM
with comments on bad drugs plus a
> YL with comments on the use of drugs since the 1960's.
> MacKenzie-CA.
>
RUSSIA, Petropavlovsk Voice of Russia-VOR 13635 0330 English 333 > Aug 23 YL
with comments-ID by an OM at 03332. Then a YL with
> interviews at the 2008 Olympics. MacKenzie-CA.
>

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
> Huntington Beach, California, USA

August 27, 2008

2872 kHz USB 0445z: Gander wkg "El Al 001" for position report. (27Aug2008)
(ALS).

2872 kHz USB 0452z: Gander wkg "Air India 140" for position report.
(27Aug2008) (ALS).


2872 kHz USB 0454z: Gander wkg "Continental 94" for position report.
(27Aug2008) (ALS).


2872 kHz USB 0507z: Gander wkg "Speedbird 208" for Selcal check.
(27Aug2008)
(ALS).

2899 kHz USB 0455z: Gander wkg airliners for position reports. (27Aug2008)
(ALS).

3016 kHz USB 0542z: Santa Maria wkg "Reach 55" for position report.
(27Aug2008) (ALS).


3016 kHz USB 0549z: Shanwick wkg airliners for position reports.
(27Aug2008)
(ALS).


3455 kHz USB 0503z: New York wkg airliners for position reports.
(27Aug2008)
(ALS).


5505 kHz USB 0509z: Shanwick Volmet recites wx for Amsterdam-Schiphol,
Copenhagen, etc. (27Aug2008) (ALS).


5550 kHz USB 0502z: New York wkg airliners for position reports.
(27Aug2008)
(ALS).

5598 kHz USB 0526z: New York wkg "Iberia 401" for routing, climb to FL370.
(27Aug2008) (ALS).


5598 kHz USB 0527z: New York wkg "Speedbird 252" for position report.
(27Aug2008) (ALS).

6586 kHz USB 0458z: New York wkg "American 955" for clearance to climb to
higher altitude. (27Aug2008) (ALS).

6754 kHz USB 0530z: Canforce (Trenton Military) Volmet reciting aviation wx
at various locations: Victoria, Comox, Thule, etc. (27Aug2008) (ALS).

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Partnership with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and DW-RADIO

2008-08-20 12:10:37 - New partnership with Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) means that DW-RADIO will broadcast over campus radio
throughout India.

Deutsche Welle recently added a new partner in India by signing a memorandum
of understanding (MoU) with the Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU). As part of the partnership, 'Gyan Vani FM' will broadcast DW-RADIO
programming in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and English over campus radio at 29
associated universities. In addition, 'Tomorrow Today', the science magazine
from DW-TV, will be

integrated into the schedule from 'Gyan Darshan', an educational channel
that operates nationwide via satellite and cable.

In return, Deutsche Welle has agreed to support IGNOU with training courses
for community radio operators and journalists. Germany's international
broadcaster will oversee several intensive courses per year at the School of
New Media Studies with a focus on New Media Production, Science Journalism,
Train the Trainer and other subjects according to IGNOU's needs and
DW-AKADEMIE's capacities.

'This cooperation has developed through the long-term and trusting
relationship that Deutsche Welle and DW-TRANSTEL have had with IGNOU,' says
Petra Schneider, Head of Sales and Service at Deutsche Welle. 'We are happy
to have the opportunity to reach out to students throughout India.'

IGNOU is the public distance-learning university, which is based in Delhi
and operates five television stations and 29 campus radio stations (FM) in
the most important universities in India. It offers basic and general
education as well as professional training and a degree program in
engineering.

FEBC & Christian radio in Kazakhstan

Christian radio in Kazakhstan? FEBC says 'Yes'

Posted: 18 August, 2008, Topics in this story: asia, christian radio, febc, kazakhstan

FEBC08-18-08.jpg

FEBC has received a license to start Christian radio stations in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan (MNN) ― The lower chamber of Kazakhstan's parliament has passed new legislation that would impose tough new restrictions on foreign missionary activity and evangelical churches. The measure had its first reading in May. However, this new bill isn't stopping Christian radio from entering the country.

Gregg Harris, president of Far East Broadcasting Company, says he is surprised, but he thinks he knows why the activity of FEBC is unaffected. "We work as a nationally registered entity. In other words, we don't come into the country as an outsider. We have an FEBC entity registered inside the country. And that makes a great deal of difference at a time like this when the government is beginning to clamp down and curtail what they perceive to be foreign missionary activity."

Harris says they have big ambitions. "We're hoping to open and operate two FM radio stations in Almaty and Astana. We have been granted the broadcast license, but we don't have the specific frequencies yet to actually open the stations and actually go on the air."

He's uncertain when that will happen. "You can wait just a few weeks. Sometimes it can take months, and unfortunately it can take years. We have already been in these discussions for about two to three years, and we're hoping that something is going to happen very soon."

While they're still some time away from going on the air, Harris says they're moving forward with 24-hours-a-day programming. "We're going to stream it on the Internet and make it available for those in the country that have Internet access, so that we can begin showing the government that we're serious [and] that we're making good programming."

FEBC will be providing programming to meet changing needs in Kazakhstan. "Surprisingly, more people in Kazakhstan speak Russian than they speak Kazakh. But there is a growing nationalistic trend in Kazakhstan that means the Kazakh language will become more and more used and more and more influential."

Harris adds, "Our programming will be a mixture of Russian programming, but we will also be making Kazakh for those who are Kazakh speakers."

Harris is asking Christians to pray that "the government would move ahead, would grant us the frequencies so that we can begin raising funds and actually physically build and operate the station."


 

While Kazakhstan Is Considering Restrictive Religion Laws, Christian Radio Wins Approval

Published: Monday, August 18th,2008.

The lower chamber of Kazakhstan's parliament has passed new legislation that would impose tough new restrictions on foreign missionary activity and evangelical churches. The measure had its first reading in May. However, this new bill isn't stopping Christian radio from entering the country.

President of Far East Broadcasting Company Gregg Harris says he is surprised. But he thinks he knows why. "We work as a nationally registered entity. In other words, we don't come into the country as an outsider. We have an FEBC entity registered inside the country. And that makes a great deal of difference at a time like this when the government is beginning to clamp down and curtail what they perceive to be foreign missionary activity."

Harris says they have big ambitions. "We're hoping to open and operate two FM radio stations in Amity and Astana. We have been granted the broadcast license, but we don't have the specific frequencies yet to actually open the stations and actually go on the air."

He's uncertain when that will happen. "You can wait just a few weeks. Sometimes it can take months, and unfortunately it can take years. We have already been in these discussions for about two to three years, and we're hoping that something is going to happen very soon."

While they're still some time away from going on the air, Harris says they're moving forward with 24-hours-a-day programming. "We're going to stream it on the Internet and make it available for those in the country that have Internet access, so that we can begin showing the government that we're serious [and] that we're making good programming."

FEBC will be providing programming to meet changing needs in Kazakhstan. "Surprisingly, more people in Kazakhstan speak Russian than they speak Kazakh. But there is a growing nationalistic trend in Kazakhstan that means the Kazakh language will become more and more used and more and more influential."

Harris adds, "Our programming will be a mixture of Russian programming, but we will also be making Kazakh for those who are Kazakh speakers."

Sourced By Tokunbo Emmanuel

Venzuela to launch communications satellite from China

Caracas says it plans to launch its first satellite from China in November to boost its telecommunications and broadcast capabilities. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez made the announcement in his weekly television programme, adding that the satellite, named after South American independence hero Simon Bolivar, will cover several Latin American countries.

The satellite to be launched from China's southwestern Sichuan province on 1 November will make Venezuela self-sufficient in television, Internet and other communication transmissions, he added.

China to launch Venezuela's first satellite: Chavez
by Staff Writers
Caracas (AFP) Aug 18, 2008
China is to launch Venezuela's first satellite in November which will serve to relay telecommunications data and television signals over Latin America, President Hugo Chavez said.

The orbiter, named "Simon Bolivar" after a 19th century Venezuelan independence hero, was built under contract by a Chinese firm and will be sent into space on November 1, Chavez said in his weekly radio program on Sunday.

He added that his country planned to have China put a second, reconnaissance satellite above Earth in 2013.

Chavez, Latin America's leftwing firebrand and a fierce critic of the United States, has recently embarked on a spending spree of Russian weapons and military aircraft.

Uruguay, which ceded the geostationary orbit position above Ecuador to Venezuela for the November launch, will have a 10-percent share in the Simon Bolivar satellite and use of its functions, Venezuelan Science Minister Hector Navarro said in April.

"This launch is a further step towards sovereignty. The Simon Bolivar satellite implies a transfer of technology and the use of communications for the people," Chavez said.

(Source: Press TV)

Venezuela to Launch Its First Satellite from China in November

President Hugo Chávez inspected the sattelite control station in Venezuela's Guárico state Sunday. (Prensa Presidencial)
President Hugo Chávez inspected the sattelite control station in Venezuela's Guárico state Sunday. (Prensa Presidencial)
Mérida, August 18, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)-- Venezuela's first satellite will be launched from Chinese soil on November 1st, President Hugo Chávez announced on his weekly Sunday talk show Aló Presidente, which was broadcast from the satellite control station located at an air base on the vast plains of the state of Guárico, Venezuela.

The satellite is the materialization of the technology transfer agreement initiated by Venezuela and China in 2004, which Chávez said is an example of South-South cooperation.

"Venezuela's Simón Bolívar Satellite, with the incomparable help of sister China, will soon be launched. November 1st, that is the date," said Chávez, who was accompanied by Chinese Embassador to Venezuela Zhang Tuo.

The satellite, which is named after South American independence leader Simón Bolívar, will serve primarily civilian telecommunications purposes, according to Venezuelan Telecommunications Minister Socorro Hernández.

"It is a fundamental tool for technological sovereignty that will be put at the service of the population," said Hernández, who also accompanied Chávez Sunday.

According to the minister, the satellite will help improve the quality and geographical reach of government social programs through televised health and educational services.

The satellite will also serve the needs of the social organizations and communities, with social ends in mind, Chávez emphasized.

The Venezuelan Communications and Information Minister, Andrés Izarra, pointed out that entering the space community will boost Venezuela's television industry. The "Aló, Presidente" presidential talk show is currently transmitted from a Dutch satellite, but "will now be offered with our own satellite," he said.

The Venezuelan government contracted a Chinese firm to carry out the design, manufacture, and launching of the satellite, according to the Aló, Presidente website.

CANTV, Venezuela's National Telecommunications Company that was nationalized in early 2007, will manage the satellite's telecommunications spectrum. The Science and Technology Ministry will administer the control center in Guárico state and the backup control station in southeastern Bolívar state.

Uruguay has agreed to open its orbit to Venezuela's satellite in exchange for the use of 10% of the satellite's telecommunications spectrum.

As part of the technology transfer agreement with China, a team of 150 Venezuelans were trained in space technology, along with 30 Venezuelan students who were selected to complete their doctoral studies in the subject in China.

"Venezuela is expanding, growing from all points of view," Chávez boasted. He also announced his plans to travel to Beijing in the coming months to "give another boost to the strategic alliance between China and Venezuela."

Venezuela's relations with China already include contracts for the joint extraction of Venezuelan crude oil and gas, construction of Venezuela's railroad system, a credit line for Venezuela to purchase Chinese agricultural equipment, and a joint development fund constituted with $6 billion in capital, $4 billion of which came from China, among other agreements.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

DX Reports

ASCENSION BBCWS Relay 17830 1806 English 333 Aug 13
Two YLs with ongoing comments. MacKenzie-CA.

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 15515 2210
English 333 Aug 11 OM interviewing an OM on the 2008 Olympics. MacKenzie-CA.

CANADA Radio Netherlands Intl Relay 9525 2318 Dutch
333 Aug 17 YL and OM in a happy conversation with each other.
MacKenzie-CA.

CHINA Music Jammer 9355 1754 333 Aug 13 The usual
Chinese style music. MacKenzie-CA.

COSTA RICA Radio Exterior Espana-REE Relay 17850 1804
Spanish 333 Aug 13 OM with comments. Also at 2245 with a YL and OM with
REE ID and more co9mments. //9535 [333]via Spain. MacKenzie-CA.

GABON Afrique Numero Un 9580 1758 French 333 Aug 13
OM with comments and some music. MacKenzie-CA.

GERMANY Voice of Croatia Relay 9925 2308 Croatian
333 Aug 17 A YL and OM with comments. MacKenzie-CA,

PORTUGAL Voice of Germany Relay-VOG 11865 2340 German
333 Aug 17 YL with comments plus another OM at times.
MacKenzie-CA.

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 9580 1802
English 333 Aug 10 OM with News items and comments on the
conflict between Russia and Georgia.
MacKenzie-CA.

ARGENTINA Radio Nacional 11710 1620 Spanish 333 Aug
11 OM with comments. YL with Radio Nacional ID 1621. Then
more comments by an OM. MacKenzie-CA.

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands Intl Relay-RNI 17605 2157
Spanish 444 Aug 11 IS and OM with an ID s/on. Then an OM
with comments. //15540 [333]via Bonaire. MacKenzie-CA.

CHINA Music Jammer 11540 1615 444 Aug 11 The usual
Chinese style music. //11750 [333]. MacKenzie-CA.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 13760 0247 Spanish 333
Aug 10 Vocal band music to past 0300. YL and OM with
comments 0302. //11680 [444] and 9600 [444].
MacKenzie-CA.

JAPAN Radio Japan-NHK 9835 1810 Japanese 333 Aug 10
Two OMs with comments. MacKenzie-CA.

NEW ZEALAND Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 15720 2203
English 333 Aug 11 YL with comments on a bank robbery.
MacKenzie-CA.

UNITED STATES, Florida Radio Taiwan Relay 15600 2208
English 333 Aug 11 YL and OM with comments on the 2008
Olympics in China. MacKenzie-CA.


R. Singapore International cleans out its stock of stuff, now that it`s
closed down, sending extra blank QSLs and a kilogram of mementos


VOA moves onto some vacated Singapore frequencies the next day, 6000
and 7235

After several days on 5985.78, Myanma Radio back on 5985.00 from August 12,
probably from Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw sites respectively

An illusion of normality: Liz Skelton remembers Radio Prague after the invasion

[17-08-2008]
By David Vaughan


When Soviet tanks rolled into Prague in the night from August 20-21 1968, the Czechoslovak Radio building was one of the first places that they tried to bring under control. In the process the building was damaged, several
people were killed and dozens injured. Broadcasts went on in secret for several days, keeping the world informed of what was really happening, initially from within the building itself, and then from other locations in the city, using mobile studios and transmitters.


The story of how radio staff defied the invaders is well known, but what we
hear far less often is what happened at the radio in the weeks and months
that followed. The answer may come as a surprise. Almost within days,
things went back to normal. Once the Soviets had bullied the Czechoslovak
leadership into accepting the invasion, their next step was to create the
illusion that nothing very drastic had happened. At the radio this meant
that initially no-one was sacked or purged and people just went back to
their jobs. And it was just at this time, literally days after the
invasion, that a 24-year-old Englishwoman started working here at Radio
Prague. Her name was Liz Skelton, and a few weeks ago I had the opportunity
to record an interview with her as she revisited the building where she had
worked 40 years before. She began by telling me how she came to be in
Prague at such an extraordinary moment.
“Well, it was a little impulsive. I had a friend in England who was half
Czech and half English, and when the Russians invaded in August of 1968, he had to make a significant decision, which was whether to come back to live in Czechoslovakia, with the risk that he couldn’t leave again, or stay in
England. He decided to come back and I decided to come with him, not knowing how long I would end up staying. I thought I might be here for a few weeks. It was impulsive, but it turned out to be a very interesting time. I ended up staying for nearly two years.”
And this was in fact just after the Soviet invasion, so it was a time of  great uncertainty and concern here in Czechoslovakia. Nobody had the faintest idea what was going to happen…

“No, they didn’t at all and nor did I, obviously, and I was very politically naïve. I was 24 years old in 1968 and really had very little knowledge of what could happen walking into a communist country at the time. We drove here and crossed the border about five days after the invasion, and there were tanks quite visible. We arrived in the dead of night and I wondered what on earth I had come to. It was very dark and bleak, and actually in the first couple of nights you could hear tankfire or gunfire, there were still some skirmishes going on until things settled down a bit.

“In the following months there were a lot of demonstrations, there were some very interesting pictures that I actually smuggled out of the country for a fellow called Josef Koudelka, who is very famous now, I gather. He took photos of the crowds climbing up on tanks and, I guess, yelling at these young Soviet soldiers, who were rather offended, because they thought they had come in to save everybody and in fact they had got a very, very unfriendly reception.”
And how about the radio? You started working at Radio Prague. How did that
come about? It was a time when the Soviets wanted to clamp down on Radio
Prague and there had even been fighting outside this building
.

“That’s true. Let me tell you first how I came to work here. Pavel,
who was my boyfriend at the time, had worked in the English section of
Radio Prague before he had gone to England for six months, so when he came
back, he wanted to continue to work part time at the radio. He was actually
studying, doing a degree at Charles University, but as a part time employee
he had worked at the radio. When we came up to see his former colleagues, I
was asked if I had ever had any broadcasting experience, because they
needed another voice in the English section. I said I certainly hadn’t
had any broadcasting experience, but they said, ‘Let’s do a mic
test.’ So they put me in front of a microphone. At the time I had a much
more British accent than I now have, as I’ve lived in North America for a
long time. They said, ‘That’s fine. We’ll give you a job.’

“So I started to work here part time. I read the news, I had a weekly
programme with a lovely fellow called Franta Fröhlich, where we just chatted about local happenings and I introduced a few concerts. But interestingly Dubček was still in power at the time and there was still virtually no censorship for quite a long time. The news broadcasts were, as far as I remember, very truthful, there was no propaganda. I think there was still a lot of optimism, despite the fact that the Soviets had rolled in the tanks. I think people were still very rebellious and not accepting at all the idea of going back to the old regime. So for a long time broadcasting was absolutely unfettered.”
I believe it was really in the spring of 1969 that the screw began to
tighten and many people were sacked. Do you remember that time as well?
“I do. It became rather grim and got to a point where people started to mistrust each other a bit. You weren’t quite sure who you could confide in…”

And you must have been under pressure to read things that you didn’t
believe in.
“I was, and I have to admit I had to stop doing that. I had to start refusing to read some of the news items. My parents were back in England and somewhat masochistically listening to me every night….”
They must have been a little worried….
“They were very worried. My mother in particular was worried that I was going to be spirited away by the Russians and never seen again, which was probably a possibility, but at my age and naïve as I was, it didn’t really cross my mind that that could happen. But it did get to a point where I really couldn’t work here any more. Eventually in fact I was summoned by the police to have what you could describe as an interrogation – although it was not really. They didn’t threaten me with anything, but they actually said I shouldn’t have been working at the radio all that time because I came in on a student visa and I wasn’t technically allowed to work. So they basically said that I couldn’t work at the radio any more. In a way I was relieved that I couldn’t because it was getting to a point where I couldn’t broadcast much of what was put in front of me.”
We are now sitting in a studio in the new radio building, which is just behind the old building where you were working. This is all very hi-tech and modern. It must have been quite different in the late ‘60s.

“Obviously everything was much less hi-tech and we had those old tape
recorders – reels and reels of tape, which occasionally went wrong, the
tape broke and it all ended up on the floor. The editing was literally
cutting and pasting. Everything was done more slowly. There were no
computers and I don’t think there were many copies kept of recordings: in
fact it would be lovely to find a recording from back then.”

Unfortunately we haven’t found any recordings of you from that time,
which is a great shame…
“It was fun. It was a bit nerve-wracking for me having never done
anything like that before. Probably, if I were to listen to a recording
from back then I would be terribly embarrassed, because I think my voice
was very flat, I had no acting experience. Someone once told me that I
sounded rather like the Queen, which I don’t consider a great compliment
as she has rather a monotonous voice.”
You certainly don’t sound like the Queen now!
“I think my accent has been corrupted a little.”
At the time the English section was much bigger than it is now. Today
there are eight people in the section, plus freelancers. It was a much
bigger operation then.
“Yes, it was a fairly major operation.”
It was at the height of the Cold War, but from what you’re saying the
atmosphere seems to have been very relaxed.
“It was for about a year. I think that was totally a reflection of the
Prague Spring, when people were so excited all of a sudden to have a taste
of the Western way of life. It wasn’t at all what I imagined living in a
communist country would be, but then I came at the best possible time. But
by the time I left in early 1970 people were getting rather reticent to
confide in others, the political conversations were fewer and farther
between. It was a much less open society generally.”
You managed to stay on at Radio Prague until the end of 1969, but you
didn’t go back home immediately.
“No, I didn’t leave Czechoslovakia until probably the spring of 1970.
I taught English to a group of people who I think were then in what was
called the Ministry of Industry, and I don’t remember how I got that job,
but I did teach English. A couple of times I flew across the country to
Slovakia and taught a group of businessmen English, which yet again was
something which I had no experience in. So my whole time in Czechoslovakia
was doing things that I had no training in at all!”
Eventually you decided to leave.
“I did. I don’t think anybody really kicked me out of the country, but
it came to a point where I almost felt guilty being here with the friends
that I had, who were Czech and simply didn’t have the freedoms that I had
to walk in and out. I knew that I could always leave when I wanted to,
because I had a British passport. It was becoming a bit depressing to be in
this environment.”
At that time were you still with your Czech-English boyfriend?
“Actually we had gone our separate ways as a couple, but we were still
friends, and when I left he was still here. But he did actually want to
leave. He had a British and a Czechoslovak passport, but as long as he was
in Czechoslovakia he was considered to be Czech. He wanted to get out and
go to England. I was able to arrange that for him, once I was back in
England, by putting together a bunch of documents, most of which I forged
– with a lot of fancy-looking sealing wax and stamps on them and
flourishing signatures, the essence of which was that we were going to get
married in England. That was one of the only reasons which would justify an
exit visa from Czechoslovakia at the time. So I sent all these things to
Pavel, and he was actually able to get out of the country on the pretext
that he was going to be marrying me in England. He later got a job at the
BBC and – from what you tell me – he worked there until quite
recently.”
And you didn’t stay in England…
“No. About six months later I actually went to Canada and ended up
staying in Canada for ten years and then went off to New York for ten years
and ended up staying in North America.”
And you didn’t follow a career in broadcasting. You studied law.
“Yes, I gave up broadcasting. I don’t think it was really a career
that was meant for me in the first place. I don’t think it was really my
forte!”
How does it feel to be coming back, to be seeing these places that you
haunted forty years ago?
“It’s wonderful actually. I think it’s thrilling to see what’s happened to Prague. Prague was really a beautiful but bleak city under communism, and it is just gorgeous now. The buildings have been restored, the economy is booming and it’s really a delightful place to be. I would love to come back and spend quite a few weeks here. I’m wandering around
looking at places I used to hang out in, and it’s amazing how everything has developed. It was always a beautiful city, but it had never been allowed to flourish.”
So, Liz Skelton, thank you very much indeed for coming back into the studio after all these years. It’s been a real pleasure to talk to you.
“Thank you for having me here, and thank you for helping me try to find a recording. Maybe we’ll come up with something eventually. It’s lovelyto be here.”
And if any of our listeners happen to have recordings of our broadcasts from late 1968 or 1969 at home, do have a listen, and if you do come across Liz Skelton’s voice, we’d be delighted if you could send us a copy.

The media as development tool

Recently a group of communications experts and practitioners met in Accra on how both traditional and new media can be harnessed to promote development.
Prof. John DowNing co-founder of OURMedia, global network which facilitates dialogue between media academics and practitioners underscored the connection between media and social movement of people who have the same interests and values to protect. Equally important was the suggestion by Prof Alfred Opubor that the syllabi taught in African universities and communications institutes should be changed to perhaps, reflect the growing need to use communication as a developmental tool.
Though the contribution of media economic output mostly in Africa and even in some parts of the world has not been massive, the media remain useful tools in promoting high productivity. Bruce M. Owen in his article "Media as an Industry: Economic Foundations of Mass Media argues that the availability of commercial information contained in advertising greatly reduces consumers' transaction and search costs and creates the possibility of mass marketing, with its economies of scale. Similarly the dissemination of commercial information, like commodity prices and wage rates facilitates productivity in small scale enterprises. Mass communication, he says also serves political, cultural and educational ends.
This explains why in the more matured democracies a very crucial role has been fashioned for the media. In fact the western media are part of the economic system that is pushing the globalisation agenda. Herman et al in "The Global Media: The New Missionaries of Corporate Capitalism:, argue that western media systems have tended to reflect the patterns of the overall system of the west. The global, the add provide the main vehicle for advertising corporate wares and ideas and facilitate the expansion of western corporations into new markets, nations and regions.
Radio for instance, has been used as a very potent channel of education and economic growth in the west, not forgetting the role radio played in the colonization of Africa. The United States for instance won the cold war largely due to the 'productive' use of Shortwave radio. Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty funded by the United States government churned out western propaganda against the former Society Union and Cuba. So dominant were these radios that they became the lifeblood of many citizens of Cuba, the Soviet Union and its former Eastern European allies purportedly fighting to liberate themselves. To date the US and Britain still use the VOA and the BBC to pursue their foreign policies. Unfortunately for us in Ghana, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation has bailed out of the Shortwave broadcasting which has a wider reach than FM.
How Latin American and Asian countries used and continue to use radio as a driver of economic development has been well documented. They saw the spectrum as a national resource that should be harnessed for national development and they did. The purposeful use of communication as catalysts for social development gave birth to what is now commonly referred to as development communication.
What we have lacked in our development discourse is the non utilization of existing communication tools and applicable theories for result-driven strategies for the advancement of society.
Development communication in Asian and Latin America is greatly linked with the concepts of Sustainable Development (which can be defined as the improvement of a community using information and technology and the community's ability to maintain the created ideal state without compromising its environment and resources). It also relies greatly on Community and People Participation, which is the voluntary involvement of a group of people in a development activity with full knowledge of its purpose that will allow them to grow individually and as a community.
Development communication is the process of eliciting positive change (social, political, economic, moral, environmental, etc) through an effective exchange of pertinent information in order to induce people to action.1 Our media landscape doesn't give room for the utilisation of communication to achieve set goals, safe for promoting parochial interests. The call by Prof. Opubor for change in the syllabi of our communications institutions is forthright.

(Footnotes)
1. 1 ^ Quebral, Nora C.
(1973/72). "What Do We Mean by 'Development Communication'".
International Development Review 15 (2): 25–28.

Author: Amos Safo

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Euromaxx quiz

euromaxx quiz

Our euromaxx quiz is simple. All you have to do is examine four pictures and answer a simple question.

If you've got the answer just drop us a line and you could be the winner of a designer wristwatch made in Europe.

We eagerly await your entry (one entry per person per e-mail). Include your answers in the e-mail text, but not as an attachment.

There is no legal recourse.

  Danish Designer
Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:

This week's quiz is about the 50th anniversary of a famous designer brand from Denmark.

A renowned Danish designer is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of his brand. His products are known for their clear lines and minimalist design. They range from exclusive hi-fi systems for the sophisticated listener -- everything from turntables to loudspeakers -- to kitchen accessories -- from designer mixing bowls to the finest porcelain -- all the way to clocks and watches.

And now to our question: What well-known Danish designer label is celebrating its fiiftieth anniversary?

Is it:


Jacob Jensen?Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Jacob Jensen?




Borge Mogensen?Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Borge Mogensen?





Arne Jacobsen?Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Arne Jacobsen?




or Verner Panton?Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  or Verner Panton?

 

Our keyword is "Designer". If you know the answer, you can write to us at:
DW TV euromaxx
Voltastrasse 6
13355 Berlin, Germany

You can also send a fax to: +49-30-4646 6505. The deadline is August 29nd. Please remember to include the keyword! And, as always, our decision is final.

The winner will get a men's watch from the Spanish firm Festina.

And three weeks ago we asked where this year's Manifesta is taking place.

The answer was picture A - South Tyrol. And our winner is Aaron Ong from Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, who will be receiving an Armani's men's watch from Italy.

Congratulations!



--
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

DW Asia Compact August 2008 quiz

Quiz of the Month
 
Answer the following question to win a short-wave radio and other Deutsche Welle prizes! Which Asian city will host the 2008 Paralympics?

Is it:

A. Beijing?

B. Tokyo?

Or

C. Hong Kong?

To be entered in the prize draw, please send your answers and your postal addresses to us at myasia@dw-world.de or to Deutsche Welle Radio, Asia English Department, Kurt-Schumacher Straße 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

The draw will take place at the end of the month and the winners will be informed on our radio programme Asia Compact and on this site. Good luck!

In May, we asked you about 'Sushi'.

The right answer is, of course, a japanese rice-based dish. The winner of the radio is Ms Tayyaba Noor, from Muzafargarh in Pakistan. Congratulations! 

And Moumita Khanom from Kurigram, Bangladesh, Fariha Afrreen from Hyderabad, India,  Fru Glory Zii from Bamenda, Cameroon, Min Lin from Jabar, Indonesia and Siv. Chun Ly from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam--all get consolation prizes.

Thanks for participating in the quiz this month.

Groove Zone is holding a celebrity competition!

Groove Zone is holding a celebrity competition!

At the beginning of every Groove Zone, listeners can hear celebrities "showing up at the red carpet." But perhaps you're tired of hearing about David Hasselhof and Paris Hilton? We need your help with some new names! Who would you like to hear showing up at the red carpet ahead of Groove Zone? If we like your entry, you'll win a prize, and your suggestion could be incorporated into the beginning of Groove Zone.

DETAILS

* Send us some names of people who you'd like to hear show up at the red carpet before Groove Zone. Be creative – the most interesting answers will be selected!

* Entries must be received by August 18th. Winners will be announced on the August 23rd edition of Groove Zone.

* Send entries to: PO BOX 123-199 / Taipei Taiwan, ROC

* Or email your entry to: androo@rti.org.tw

Thanks for listening to Groove Zone!

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

New radio station planned by Belgian troops in DR Congo

Members of the Belgian armed forces in the Congolese province of West-Kasai are planning to set  up a radio station to inform the local population about why they are there, and what they are doing. Technical and editorial staff will be recruited locally. This isn’t the first such radio station operated by the Belgian forces. Earlier there was a similar station, Radio Rafiki, in Eastern Congo.
There are about 30 Belgian troops in Kananga, the capital of West Kasai in the centre of DR Congo, where they are giving training to the Congolese army.
(Source: Belga via Radiovisie.eu)

One new SW transmitter on the air in Romania, the second one malfunctioning

The website of Radio Romania International carries the following
announcement:
On August 4th, at midnight (Romania's time) or August 3rd at 21 hours GMT,
the new 300 kW, short wave transmitters located in the locality of Galbeni
started operating. The transmitters are the property of the National Radio
Communications Company, RADIOCOM. We are waiting for your written feedback
related to the quality of reception.
The old transmitters in Tiganesti will be decommissioned, to be replaced, in
about 2 months' time, with new 300 kW transmitters. Therefore, in the coming
months, RRI's broadcasts can be received on the same frequencies on which
you have listened to our programmes so far and which we announced in mid May
2008.
RADIOCOM has given a warning though, that, given the complexity of the
radiant system and of the new automatic switch system, the functioning of
the new short wave transmitters in Galbeni might be interrupted. We will
notify you about these possible interruptions as soon as we get news of it
from our colleagues at RADIOCOM.
In fact, only one of the two new transmitters is functioning normally.
Shortly after publishing this item, a follow-up message was posted on the
RRI website. the following frequencies have been or are being affected:
The programs beamed to India at 3 hours UTC on 11 895 Khz, to Australia at 5.30 hours UTC on 17 770 Khz, to Western Europe at 17.00 UTC on 11 735 Khz, to North America (the East Coast) at 20.30 UTC on 11 940 Khz and at 22.00 UTC on 9709 Khz.

On August 4th, the new 300 kW, short wave transmitters located in the locality of Galbeni had been scheduled to start operating.
The old transmitters in Tiganesti will be decommissioned, to be replaced, in about 2 months’ time, with new 300 kW transmitters.
As soon as the malfunction is remedied RRI’s broadcasts can be received on the same frequencies on which you have listened to our programs so far and which we announced in mid May 2008.
We wish you good reception conditions.
Radio Romania International - http://www.rri.ro/index.shtml?lang=1

FM Scene in North bengal - Radio Netherlands & Radio Misty 94.3 FM declares thier partnership

Radio Misty & Radio Netherlands officially declared their partnership in a
meet at Hotel Sinclairs, Siliguri, West Bengal, India, last night.

Now both their websites also declares the same.

In Radio Netherlands Blog Andy Sennitt writes "RNW connects with Radio Misty
94.3FM in India" on August 4th, 2008 - 9:35 UTC which says "Radio
Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), has established a partnership with first and
foremost North Bengal and Sikkim FM station, Radio Misty 94.3FM. In the near
future Radio Misty will air a variety of RNW music programmes ranging from
European pop charts to classical, jazz and world music but also RNW radio
books. ....
Considering the rapid growth of the number of FM-stations and multimedia
platforms in India, RNW is glad to establish a mutually beneficial
partnership with Radio Misty 94.3FM and provide them with music and
spoken-word programmes. "

And later the same story as our last post. All this stories describes
falsely that "Radio Misty is the first North Bengal and Sikkim FM station
for the local people and has a reach of 80 km", while we all know this
station uses AIR Siliguri transmission facilities located in 2.5 Mile,
Seveoke Road, Siliguri.
AIR Siliguri Started its FM transmission few years back with Bibidh Bharti
Programmes, which still exists today. After that AIR Kurseong came with AIR
FM Rainbow in 102.3 MHz FM which has more coverage in this region gained
from better transmitter location and signal strength. Where as Radio Misty
came here less than two years ago, along with Radio High 92.7 FM. Although
Radio Misty and Radio High both uses similar studio setups but Radio High is
renowned for more Bengali programmes/songs and better sound quality. Both of
them uses same transmitting site and both of them transmits in Stereo mode
but yet they both yet fails to transmit in atleast 50% channel separation
over stereo. This has been tested by us, while we listen a audio CD with
100% channel separation in Stereo had two separate instrumental in left and
right speakers of the head phone, the same track came via Radio Misty to our
Sony ICF-SW7600GR via Headphone in Stereo mode as mixed up. Radio High also
fails to do atleast 50% channel separation, while AIR normally broadcasts
with less sound quality, low bass/treble response through the same facility,
when they play any instrumental via audio CDs we get 50% Channel Separation
assured.

Before all this stations FM enthusiasts of this area used to listen Kantipur
FM 96.1 MHz from Nepal, which has good content filled programmes with
entertainment, but since many stations coming with highpower transmissions,
and transmitters not maintaining the norms (or intentionally initiated?) the
transmission from 92.7 MHZ or 94.3 MHZ even overlaps on 96.1 MHz, so people
no more able to listen Kantipur FM. Surprisingly this overlapping occurs on
around 96.1 MHz where the Nepal FM station transmits and 98 MHZ where BBS
Phuntoshiling transmits...

And lastly the new player in this area 91.9 FM booked such a frequency that
stopped our listening to 92 MHz BBS from Thimpu.

Although this was making some DXers unhappy, majority of the listeners are
more happy as they have more choices and more entertainment now. The FM sets
costing from 25 Indian Rupees to 250 Indian Rupees (US$ 0.7 to US$ 6.00) is
getting high & higher...

And we welcome & congratulate Radio Misty as their trying their best to give
more spices to our ears by providing more and more content filled and
entertaining programmes where other local players failed to do so.

Monday, August 04, 2008

Radio Netherlands now in Siliguri and North Bengal via local FM Channel Radio Misty 94.3 MHz

A recent web post in a media website says Netherlands' public broadcaster Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), has entered into partnership with Radio Misty 94.3FM, the North Bengal and Sikkim FM station that will air a variety of RNW music programmes ranging from European pop charts to classical, jazz and world music as also RNW radio books.
After a long-term presence in India with short wave and satellite radio broadcasts, RNW has begun to expand its activities in India in last two years.
Radio Misty is the one of the FM stations which is famous among the local people and has a reach of 100 km radial distance. According to them the aim of Radio Misty is to connect the local people with more interactive and innovative shows. "This meets the goals of RNW as well, because we aim at multicultural interaction between different (local) peoples and cultures in the world. One way of doing this is through programmes that interest listeners internationally," says Jan Hoek, RNW's Director General.
Jan Hoek states that the new partnership marks the start of reaching a new public via radio stations in India. "We are very pleased with the partnership with Radio Misty FM. The swift and decisive way in which we came to this arrangement promises a bright future for our cooperation with this dynamic station.
" Amitabh Srivastava, RNW Country Manager for India says, "This partnership is our entry into Indian airspace through radio affiliation and getting the clear message that 'RNW has arrived in India'. After getting more then 3000 partners globally, we hope more dynamic Indian stations like Misty will be benefiting with informative and entertaining programming through us."

Radio Misty 94.3FM chief executive officer Mr Nishant Mittal claims, "It's great that we are the first FM station in India to partner with Radio Netherlands Worldwide. We hope this new venture between Radio Misty and RNW will open a new chapter. It will bring a lot of innovative programmes to people of North Bengal and Sikkim. We look forward to share new ideas in programming."
RNW provides news, background and cultural programmes for an international audience in ten languages. RNW's programmes and items that will be aired by Radio Misty are 'EuroHit40', 'European Jazz Stage', 'Live! at the Concertgebouw', 'Radio Books' and 'La Salsa es mi Vida'
Although both the stations remain silent against e-mail query of DXingInfo.Com, but in a telephonic conversation Radio Misty personal said that they are launching this set of RNW programmes soon, yet she cant give us any particular date. An invitation card from Radio Misty to a corporate office says that the above said joint venture will be officially declared to public on Monday, August 04, 2008 at Hotel Sinclairs, Siliguri at 7 PM IST, followed by a dinner. We are waiting for the programmes on air to hear.
Both RNW and Radio Misty has nothing in their website till the time I am writing it, but a PTI story says
Netherlands public broadcaster ties up with Radio Misty
Siliguri (PTI): Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) has established a partnership with Radio Misti, the first FM station in North Bengal and Sikkim, at a function here on Monday.
Amitabh Srivastava, the RNW country manager for India told a press conference that RNW, having over 3000 global partners, would offer music programmes ranging from European pop charts to classical, Jazz and world music besides.
The RNW, he said, was interested to work in India considering the rapid growth of FM stations and multimedia platforms in the country.
The RNW would provide Radio Misty with programmes involving discussions on a variety of issues. It would also broadcast Radio Misty programmes to the global audience, he said.
Radio Misty 94.3 FM chief executive officer, Nishant Mittal, in his address said that, Radio Misty was proud to be the first RNW partner in India.
The partnership, he hoped, would bring a lot of innovative programmes to the people of North Bengal and Sikkim.
@ http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200808041321.htm
@ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Media__Entertainment_/Netherlands_public_broadcaster_ties_up_with_Radio_Misty/articleshow/3323881.cms

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Radio Prague August '08 quiz

Radio Prague August quiz
 
This month we are looking for the names of the founding fathers of the patriotic Sokol sports movement which played a vital role in the early lives of many a Czech athlete.
 
Please, send us the answer by the end of August to english@radio.cz or Radio Prague, 12099 Prague. We are also interested to read about your personal experience with Sokol or whether there is a Sokol branch active in your area. Do you own a Sokol uniform? Have you ever taken part in a "sokolský slet" – the mass gathering of Sokol members from around the country and the world? Do let us know. We will be looking forward to your answers. Until next week, good-bye.


--
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Euromaxx quiz

euromaxx quiz

Our euromaxx quiz is simple. All you have to do is examine four pictures and answer a simple question.

If you've got the answer just drop us a line and you could be the winner of a designer wristwatch made in Europe.

We eagerly await your entry (one entry per person per e-mail). Include your answers in the e-mail text, but not as an attachment.

There is no legal recourse.

Musical Giant

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:

This week's quiz is about a great European music composer.

Bayreuth is once again full of celebrities: the Bavarian city is hosting one of Europe's best known opera festivals for the 97th time. At the Bayreuth Festival, works by a well-known German composer are featured for five weeks. And there was an innovation this year:

For the first time, there was a free, public screening of a live performance of an opera, "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg," right in the middle of the city centre. It was a gift for some 15,000 opera fans who'd tried in vain to get tickets.

Our question is: in honour of which great composer is the Bayreuth Festival held every year?

Is it:


 

Richard Wagner?Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Richard Wagner?




Ludwig van Beethoven?Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Ludwig van Beethoven?





Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?




Georg Friedrich Händel? Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Georg Friedrich Händel?

Our keyword is "Bayreuth". If you know the answer, you can write to us at:
DW TV euromaxx
Voltastrasse 6
13355 Berlin, Germany

You can also send a fax to: +49-30-4646 6505. The deadline is August 15th. Please remember to include the keyword! And, as always, our decision is final.

The winner will get a ladies' watch from German designer Jette Joop.

And three weeks ago we had reported on a brand new musical in the eastern German city of Erfurt. Our question was: whom is it about? The answer was picture C - Reformer Martin Luther. And our winner is Ansam Fathi Jbara from Amman, Jordan, who will be receiving a ladies' watch from the Italian designer Cerutti. 

Congratulations!

--
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India

 

 

DW newslink August quiz

Newslink Quiz - August

You don't have to wear a traditional bavarian hat to become a German 
 

Win a short wave radio or an MP3 Player

Foreigners who want to become Germans may be sitting at home this August studying facts and figures for the new citizenship test they will have to pass starting in September. One of the questions that may come up as one of the 33 they will have to answer is:

 

What are the colours of the German flag - in the right order?

 

Do you know the answer to that one? If you do, write it to us at newslink@dw-world.de or at Deutsche Welle, English Service 53110 Bonn, Germany  - or send us a text message to +49 160 148 1000

 

You can win a shortwave radio or an MP3 player.

 

Good luck!

--
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India

 

 

 

DW Inbox August quiz

Can you tell us where the 1936 Games were held? Let us know and you could win a radio or some other great prize

Night view of Shenyang Olympic Stadium, one of the venues of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, in Shenyang city, northeast Chinas Liaoning province, 12 June 2008. Foto: +++(c) Picture-Alliance / ASA+++ 
 

Germany has hosted the Olympic Summer Games twice in the past. In 1972 they were held in Munich.

Under the slogan, "One World. One Dream" Beijing welcomes athletes from all over the world to the 29th Olympic Summer Games this year. About 10,000 athletes from more than 200 countries will compete for gold, silver and bronze in the Chinese capital from 8th to 24th August.

 

The Olympic Summer Games have been held twice in Germany in the past. Now Munich, which hosted the Olympic Summer Games in 1972, is bidding for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

 

What we want to know here at Inbox this month is where were the 1936 Olympic Summer Games held. Was it

a) Hamburg

b) Cologne

c) Berlin

d) Munich

Answers should be sent in no later than August 31st - as an e-mail to:
inbox@dw-world.de -

as a text message to:

 +49 160148 1000

or by post to:

Deutsche Welle, English Service, Inbox, 53110 Bonn, Germany.

 

As usual, a radio and 3 other great prizes are on offer and, as usual, here at Inbox we would be interested to hear your thoughts on this subject. The most interesting ones will be featured in the program or on our web page.

We not only look forward to hearing from you but also to picking out the winning entries in November. Good luck!

 

Previous Winners:
May:

Correct answer: c) Spain

Runners-up:
Flora Nyirabirori - Rwanda
Maili Tannbaum - Estland
Lena T - U.S.A.
Winner:
Loo Choon Siew - Malaysia


Congratulations!



--
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India

Radio Taiwan Int. - Web Contest

 

 
Please visit RTI website for Webcontest news. 500,000 NT or US16,000 could be yours.
 
The "I Show" Webcast contest is aimed at promoting RTI's online broadcasting in English and Japanese while interacting with worldwide listeners at the same time. The contest gives the public a chance to make an online radio program about Taiwan. Web users are invited to send their entries and be the judge of the contest! Winners will receive cash rewards and other prizes, and they might even have the chance to host English and Japanese programs for RTI!

How To Enter

  • It is an opportunity that allows web users to make a radio program regardless of age or nationality.
  • As long as you speak fluent English or Japanese, the NT$500,000 cash award could be yours!
(Via RTI)
 
RTI web site: www.rti.org.tw
 
Regards,
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India