Dear DX-friends, The Kvitsoy and Sveio shortwave transmitters are supposed to make their final sign off at 2255 UTC tonight.
Again today I noticed that Merlin had replaced the NRK broadcasts at xx.00 - xx.29 by relaye of the BBC World Service in English. However at 2000 an announcement in Norwegian was made, and 2000-2015 the New Year message from the Crown Prince Haakon was broadcast in Norwegian. The broadcasts in Danish continue at xx.30-xx.55 relaying the domestic newscasts. The final newscast was that of 1730 UTC and the final broadcast from Denmark is now repeated as follows: 2030-2055 on 7490 Sveio and 9980 Kvitsoy. 2130-2155 on 7490 Sveio and 7560 Kvitsoy. 2230-2255 on 7465 Kvitsoy and 7560 Sveio. The final Danish broadcast consists of: xx.30 An adv that SW broadcasts are closed tonight and can be replaced by a "free" newsservice on telephone 70 11 1830 (However this is only free, if people calls from Denmark itself !). xx.31-xx.50 Repeat of domestic newscast from 1730 which includes: xx.32-xx.34 Extracts of Queen Margrethe's New Year's message. (However her greetings to Danes abroad were omitted !) xx.40-xx.43 Extracts from the feature by Preben Lund on the closure of the SW broadcasts which started with the inaugural message by King Frederik IX in 1948 (xx.40-xx41) xx51-xx52 announcement that "Due to New Year holidays, the usual Sports news are not broadcast, but will return on Jan 02." (Also wrong because the SW broadcasts cease tonight !) xx.53-xx.54 piano concert xx.54-xx.55 Interval signal: "Som en rejsenlysten flaade." That is all from Denmark ! Best 73 and Happy New Year, Anker Petersen DSWCI Denmark ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt