PODCAST

2007-09-29

SPECIAL TRANSMISSIONS TO BURMA

The Voice of America has doubled its output in Burmese as of Wednesday, 26 September. The new schedule on shortwave is:
1130-1230 UTC on 11965, 15540, 17775 kHz
1430-1500 UTC on 1575, 9325, 11910, 12120 kHz
1500-1530 UTC on 9325, 11910, 12120 kHz
1500-1530 UTC (Sat/Sun only) on 1575 kHz
2300-2400 UTC on 6185, 7430, 11980 kHz
(Source: Voice of America)


RADIO NEDERLAND
Hundreds of people have been smuggling out pictures and eyewitness reports of the protests in Myanmar this week. Thanks to the Internet and mobile phones they’ve been able to break the military government’s monopoly on information. Now the junta has realised just how important these “citizen journalists” are. From today, Internet access in Myanmar has been shut down.
Radio Netherlands Worldwide is one of the international radio stations that is reporting in depth on the situation in Myanmar. Twice a day we have contacts with sources inside the country, and their reports are supplemented by British correspondent Phil Thornton on the Thailand/Myanmar border, and Dutch reporter Michael Maas who is also based in Thailand.
In an effort to raise international awareness of the situation, and to encourage our listeners and web visitors worldwide to express their solidarity with the population of Myanmar, where English is widely spoken, we have launched an initiative called
Shout with Short Wave into Myanmar. Our English broadcasts are heard clearly in the region on shortwave via transmitters in Russia


Oslo-based Democratic Voice of Burma
Text of report by Norway-based Burmese Democratic Voice of Burma website on 28 September
Dear listeners. Democratic Voice of Burma [DVB] radio programmes transmitted via satellite will be broadcast almost full time daily beginning 28 September.
The DVB radio programmes via satellite will be broadcasted almost full time except 1630 to 1730 Burma Standard Time [ 1000 -1100 gmt].
The programmes will be aired from Asiasat 2 satellite with Frequency 4000 MHz, Symbol Rate 28125, and audio bit 2314.
The programmes will directly air the prevailing situation in Burma and will include discussions, talks, songs, and rebroadcasting of DVB’s normal programmes.
Tonight’s programme will include extraordinary news and repeat of most major news broadcasted in the morning.
DVB has planned to provide a live broadcast of a rally to be held in Norway to support Burma’s democracy movement tonight at 2230 to 2330 Burma Standard Time [ 1600 -1700 gmt].
(Source: Democratic Voice of Burma website, Oslo, in Burmese 1430 gmt 28 Sep 07 via BBC Monitoring)

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