by On the February 13/14 program, I will interview BBC World Service Deputy
Chief Executive Caroline Thompson about planned changes to BBCWS delivery
strategy. Less reliance on shortwave, more focus on FM rebroadcasting and
the Internet. (This interview is in Segment B.)
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Kim Andrew Elliott
Producer and Presenter
Communications World
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VOICE OF AMERICA'S
COMMUNICATIONS WORLD
SCHEDULE
October 25, 1998, through March 27, 1999 (W98)
Communications World is VOA's weekly review of developments in
international broadcasting and the electronic media, produced
and presented by Kim Andrew Elliott.
All times and days are UTC. All frequencies are in kilohertz
(kHz) unless otherwise specified.
HALF-HOUR EDITION
Shortwave rebroadcasts
Sunday 0300-0330 on 5070 kHz (WWCR)
Sunday 0930-1000 on 15605 kHz (Dushanbe)
Sunday 2100-2130 on 7415 kHz (WBCQ)
Monday 0630-0700 on 3210 kHz (WWCR)
Tuesday 1400-1430 on 15685 kHz (WWCR)
World Radio Network WRN1 to Europe
Sunday 0930-1000 and 1500-1530 on Astra 1B, 19 degrees east,
transponder 22, 11.538 GHz, V-Pol, audio subcarrier 7.38 MHz
(plus WRN affiliates and live Internet audio streams:
http://www.wrn.org)
World Radio Network WRN-2 to North America
Saturday 0400-0430 on Galaxy 5, 125 degrees west, transponder 6,
3.820 GHz, V-Pol, audio subcarrier 6.8 MHz (plus live Internet
audio stream: http://www.wrn.org/xing.html).
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Listeners anywhere in the world with access to the World Wide
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of Communications World, Saturday 0400-0430, via the "live"
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World Radio Network WRN1 to North America
Sunday 1500-1530 on Galaxy 5, 125 degrees west, transponder 6,
3.820 GHz, V-Pol, audio subcarrier 6.8 MHz (plus WRN affiliates
and live Internet audio stream: http://www.wrn.org
RealAudio On-Demand
The most recent and previous editions of Communications World
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The most recent edition of Communications World is available from
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(The .au and .wav files are large, so you should have high-speed
Internet access to download these. Hint: when downloading the
".wav" file, change the suffix of the downloaded file to .zip. Then
unzip it. You should now have a real .wav file.)
COMMUNICATIONS WORLD ON VOA NEWS NOW
On VOA News Now, Communications World is divided into three
nine-minute segments, each broadcast four times on Saturday.
Each segment usually contains the following: A - media news; B -
longer interview or feature about a specific aspect of
electronic media; C - audience feedback and participation.
TO EAST ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND THE PACIFIC
1136 A 5985 6110 9645 9710 11705 11720 15425
1336 B 6110 9645 9760 11705 15425
1936 C 9525 11870 15180
2136 B 11870 15185 17735
2336 C 1575 7215 9770 9890 11760 15185 15290
15305 17820
TO SOUTH ASIA
0136 A 7115 7200 9740 9850 11705 15250 15300
17740 17820
1136 A 9760
1336 B 6110 9760
1536 C 7125 7215 9575 9645 15205 15395
1736 A 6110 7125 7215 9575 9645 9760 9795 11955
15205 15395
1936 C 9760
TO THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, EUROPE
0136 A 1548
0336 B Astra/Ch31*
0536 A 7170 9700 11825 15205
0936 B 1197 Astra/Ch31*
1136 A 1197 Astra/Ch31*
1336 B 1197 Astra/Ch31*
1536 C 1197 1260 1548 9575 15205
1736 A 6040 9760 15205
1936 C 1197 9760
2136 B 1260 6040 6095
2336 C 1260 1548
*Astra, 19 degrees east, transponder 31, 11.671 GHz, H-Pol,
audio subcarrier 7.56 MHz.
TO AFRICA
0336 B 909 1530 6035 6080 7105 7290 7415 9575
9885
0536 A 909 5970 6035 6080 7295 9775 12080
1736 A 11920 12040 15410 15445 17895
1936 C 909 4950 6035 7415 11975 13710 15410 15580
TO THE AMERICAS
0136 A 5995 6130 9455
Listeners in the Americas can also try...
0336 B 9575
0536 A 6035
1136 A 5985
1936 C 15580
VOA News Now is available as a live RealAudio stream 24 hours a
day: http://www.voa.gov/newsnow/live.ram/