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Please send your entries to the following address before June 15th: Radio Prague Vinohradska 12 120 99, Prague 2 Czech Republic or you can use our email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Source : Radio Prague Website) VOA Launches News Bulletin Service to Indonesia: Sunday, April 3, the Voice of America begins delivering Indonesian language newscasts 25 times a day to its network of more than 200 radio affiliates in Indonesia. The new service, VOA Headline News, will deliver the freshest news possible every 30 minutes during the 12-hour period when Indonesian radio audiences are at their peak. The service was developed in response to Indonesian radio stations' requests for short newscasts throughout the day. "The concept behind the new program is to provide our affiliate stations with constantly updated news reports," said Norm Goodman, Chief of VOA's Indonesian Service. "These 25 newscasts each day will be in addition to our regular programming, so Indonesian stations will always have the most up-to-date news at their fingertips." Each newscast will cover world, regional, and U.S. news. The daily program will air every half hour between 0030 UTC and 1030 UTC and a second segment between 1300 UTC and 1630 UTC. VOA's Indonesian Service broadcasts an average of four and a half hours per day of news and information programming to Indonesia. Its radio programs are carried by more than 200 AM/FM affiliates across Indonesia and its television programs are aired by 12 national and regional TV stations. The service also maintains a dynamic Indonesian-language website at www.voaindonesia.com (Source: VOA Website) RTM-Malaysia to unveil new corporate image for its radio stations : (01 April 05) National broadcaster Radio Television Malaysia will unveil a new corporate image for its radio stations tonight during a ceremony at its Angkasapuri headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The New Straits Times reported that RTM's 32 national, state and district radio stations will be given an image make-over with the launch. In conjunction with the rebranding, its stations nationwide have arranged new line-ups of shows and themes. The broadcaster is an ABU member. Malaysian Information Minister Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir said RTM radio should not be left behind in competition with private radio stations. He added that the current rebranding exercise was aimed at consolidating RTM's authoritative position in local broadcasting. ( Source : ABU Website) BBC launches advertising campaign in Iraq : (1 April, 05) The BBC has launched a major TV advertising and billboard campaign in Iraq, promoting the availability of the BBC Arabic service programing on seven FM frequencies across the country. Filmed in Iraq, a dynamic 30-second TV ad with the strapline Your world, your news - on BBC Arabic will appear on Iraq's first independent satellite channel, Al-Sharqiya TV. Starting on Friday 1 April and running for the next 30 days, the ad promotes the BBC Arabic availability on FM relays in Iraq, including 96.0 FM in Mosul and Irbil, 89.0 FM in Al Kut, 89.0 FM in Al Amara, 89.0 FM in Baghdad, 100.0 FM in Al Naseriya, 90.0 FM in Basra and 92.9 FM in Kirkuk. The billboard campaign starts on Tuesday 12 April and will last for 12 months. It features two hands encircling a map of the Middle East and will appear in high profile locations in Baghdad, Basra and Mosul. Alan Booth, Controller of BBC World Service Marketing Communications & Audiences, said: "The BBC's position in Iraq is increasingly strong, with at least 3.5 million people listening to BBC Arabic, mostly on FM. "We are keen on making even wider Iraqi audiences aware of the world-class programing BBC Arabic offers them. "With impartial and objective international news and analysis, the BBC keeps them up to date, putting the Arab agenda in the global context." Notes to Editors Al-Sharqiya TV is Iraq's first independently owned satellite channel launched on 11 June 2004 across more than 90 countries. The channel was set up by Iraqi media tycoon Saad al-Bazzaz, best known as the founder of Al-Azzaman, a London-based newspaper for Iraqi exiles. BBC Arabic is the leading international radio news service in Arabic and bbcarabic.com is the leading Arabic online news site. BBC Arabic broadcasts 24 hours a day, every day, with news on the hour, every hour. BBC Arabic broadcasts to the whole Arab world on short wave and through digital audio channels on the principal satellites covering the Arab world. In most of the eastern Arab world, BBC broadcasts are heard on medium wave and in key cities the BBC is available on FM. The award-winning site bbcarabic.com also carries a live audio feed of BBC Arabic radio. BBC World Service broadcasts programs around the world in 43 languages and is available on radio and online. It has a global audience of 146 million listeners and is available globally on short wave; on FM in 140 capital cities; and selected programs are carried on around 2,000 FM and MW radio stations around the world. The BBC World Service websites receive around 280 million page impressions every month. (BBC Press Release, 1 April, 05) Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation to set up 47 radio stations in 3 years : (30 March 05) The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) will set up 47 new FM radio stations over the next three years to ensure 100 percent coverage in terms of both area and population, reports the Daily Times of Pakistan. This was stated by PBC Director-General Tarique Imam while talking to an eight-member Malaysian delegation led by Information Secretary-General Dr Arshad Hashim at the PBC headquarters. PBC is an ABU member. Mr Imam briefed the delegation on the news, program and engineering departments of the organisation, adding that the media could play an important role in expanding and promoting friendship between both countries. Draft proposals for bilateral cooperation between Radio Pakistan and Radio Malaysia were also discussed, and the two sides expressed a desire to enhance cooperation and exchange programs regularly. In addition, visits of technical and professional personnel from Pakistan to facilities in Malaysia and vice versa were also agreed. (Source : ABU Website) Best Regards, MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMIN GOURHANGA, GHORAMARA RAJSHAHI-6100 BANGLADESH ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com 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