THE LISTENING POST
Other Stations Return, While Canadian CFVP Fixes a Water-Damaged Antenna Site
~ Radio Exterior de España had its foreign language services interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but broadcasts resumed in early June. English begins at 2200 UTC, French at 2230 UTC, and Portuguese at 2300 UTC. REE uses 9690, 11685, 11940, and 12030 kHz.
~ Radio Nyawa Sarawak, a “new” one just a few months back, is now said to be off the air due to virus concerns. RNS used 11890 kHz and says it’ll be back.
~ Denmark’s World Music Radio (WMR) is back. The station is airing from 0700-2000 UTC on 15805 kHz. The broadcaster, based in Randers, is active Saturday and Sunday. Additionally, WMR has changed its reporting policy and will not confirm reports from receptions made on remote receivers.
~ The rumors about Radio Vanuatu, mentioned a column or two back, turned out to be true. RV is in operation 24 hours a day, namely at 0000-0700 UTC on 5040 kHz, 0700-1000 UTC on 3945 kHz, 1000-1830 UTC on 2485 kHz, 1830-0000 UTC on 3945 kHz, all of it in English.
~ All India Radio’s site at Kuresong is in line to receive a 50-kilowatt transmitter. The previous 10-kilowatt facility ended its run at the end of July.
Harold Sellers has received word from an engineer at CFVP that the ground around the station’s shortwave tower was found to be completely underwater. The engineer said that the station would have to replace a couple of
