** TURKEY. Another VOT transmitter/frequency screwup: Feb 14 at 1458, heard VOT IS interspersed with Arabic IDs, on 12035; 1500 six pips and opening Arabic service. Per printed schedule just received, this is supposed to be on 6120! 12035 was supposed to go off a semihour earlier following the English broadcast beamed NW. A few days ago I heard the other English frequency starting at 1330, 11735, also on the air half an hour late. Are they asleep at Emirler, or is something preventing the frequencies from being changed, so they are making do with the frequency they are stuck on?
Since VOT program schedule in English is not to be found on their website, http://www.trt.net.tr/wwwtrt/tsr.aspx I will retype info from the printed schedule postmarked 30 January and received 13 February by P-mail. As usual the info is presented in an extremely confusing manner. There are four different columns for each day of the week, English I, I Term, II Term; English II, I Term, II Term. These ``Terms`` are not defined, but presumably refer to the first and second halves of 2007, Jan-Jun and Jul-Dec. It turns out that there are only a few differences between English I and II, and Terms I and II. Since we know the days and times when Live from Turkey airs, Tuesday at 1950 and Thursday at 1350, we can conclude that English I and II refer to the broadcasts containing and not containing the live shows which pre-empt other programming on that day of the week. English I shows LfT on Thursday, so that means English I refers to the 1330 transmission, but if you want to know what is on all the other Thursday English transmissions, you should look at English II. Conversely, English II shows LfT on Tuesday, so that means English II refers to the 1930 transmission, and if you want to know what is on all the other Tuesday transmissions, you should look at English I. Is that clear??? Carefully comparing all the other programming listed on each day of the week, it is confirmed that LfT is the only difference between English I and II. // apparently means fortnightly alternating programs, as we know that is the case with DX Corner. John Norfolk keeps track of which weeks it`s on in DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS at http://www.worldofradio.com A couple of programs have (r) after them, unexplained, and omitted below. This probably means repeats from previous years, rather than repeats from earlier in the same week; namely, The Harem, and From History. So here is the program schedule as we have tried to make it more comprehensible and user-friendly, despite lack of exact timings of each show with the 50-55 minute transmissions. Since there are only two changes for the second term, July-December 2007, they are shown in brackets on Friday and Sunday. DAILY: News, Review of the Turkish Press; then::: MONDAY: >From Turkey; Hues and Colours of Anatolia; Turkey`s Non-Governmental Organizations TUESDAY: Sports Round Up, on all; Live from Turkey at 1950 OR Agenda, Atatürk through his Memoirs, The Harem on the others WEDNESDAY: Review of the Foreign Media, The Middle East from Turkey`s Window; Letter Box THURSDAY: Agenda, on all; Live from Turkey at 1350 OR The Balkans // Eurasia, on the others FRIDAY: The Harem [July-Dec: New Dimensions of the Armenian Issue], Turkish Album, From History // Turkish Capital SATURDAY: Outlook, From Our Correspondents, From History // DX Corner, Masters of Turkish Pop Music SUNDAY: >From the World, In the Wake of a Contest [July-Dec: Skilled Hands], Blue Voyage, Turkish on Radio, Turkish Music The folder also describes four of the programs; some may be new ones: EURASIA --- Bi-weekly [meaning fortnightly], focusing on the process of change in Central Asia and the Caucasus since the dissolution of the USSR. Attempts to illuminate the region`s energy-based conflicts, and its future. TURKISH CAPITAL --- bi-weekly [fortnightly], describing rôle of Turkish entrepreneurs in the market of a globalizing, ever-shrinking world. The creativity and potential of Turkish capital and entrepreneurship will be given an identity in this program. [are there any entrepreneuses in Turkey?] HUES AND COLORS OF ANATOLIA --- Weekly, continues to describe all the hues and colors of Anatolia, the cradle of civilizations. The history of universal cultures born in Anatolia will come to life in this program. HAREM --- Weekly in Jan and Feb on the VOT`s wide spectrum of programs you have become accustomed to over the years, ranging from culture to the arts, from news to music, offering something for everyone. [how`s that for explicitness; so not about harems?? And what replaces it in March? Not given] English transmissions: 0400 6020 Eu/NAm, 7240 As/Af 1330 12035 Eu [but also C&ENAm], 11735 Au/As 1930 6055 Eu 2130 9525 Au/As 2300 5960 Eu/NAm The transmission schedule is for B-06, effective only until 25 March. Then we know all broadcasts move one UT hour earlier, and most if not all frequencies will change for A-07, but this is not explained. The website is given, but no info about listening to webcasts; instead, all the pertinent info for listening to satellite broadcasts. We happen to know that webcasts carrying the English transmissions are in fact accessible at mms://212.175.166.3/RDVOT But why was I hearing German on that at 0022 UT Feb 15? Or try to figure out which button to press at http://www.trt.net.tr/wwwtrt/canli.aspx The printed program folder also has an article about Mevlâna, since 2007 is World Mevlâna Year (had you heard?), about Sufism, Whirling Dervishes, etc. And another about the 2006 Essay Contest with a group photo of the 10 winners of a 14-day tour of Turkey, including Volker Willschrey and Christopher Lewis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
