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EUROPE

Faroes

Kringvarp Føroya, Akraberg (*100 kW) 24hr, 2300 - 0700 non-stop music; * power is raised to 200 kW during the main newscasts in the morning, noon and evening (1830 - 1900).

Germany

TruckRadio Burg (Magdeburg) (10 kW)

Isreal

Reshet Aleph (Programme A) Lavne,Tel Aviv (100 kW) 24hr, Hebrew talk and cultural program.

Maderia

RDP Madeira Porto Santo, Porto Santo Island (10 kW) 24hr; regional prgrs Su 0800 - 1900, Mo-Fr 0600 - 1900 and Sa 0700 - 1700, other times relays RDP-1 Lisboa.

Poland

Twoje Radio Krasnik (800 W) 0600 - 0700 and 1630 - 1730, other times rebroadcast of national Twoje Radio pxs
Twoje Radio Tokarnia (100 W)
Twoje Radio Wiodawa (100 W).

Roumania

Romania Actualitata Petroshani (14 kW) 24hr
Romania Actualitata Urziceni (1 kW) 24hr.

Russia

Radio Chuvashskoye/Radio Mayak Cheboksary (30 kW) 0300 - 1200 Radio Chuvashskoye: Mo-Sa 0310 - 0400, Tu-Su 0410 - 0500, daily 0910 - 1000; Radio Rossii news are aired during the 10 minutes before each local broadcast.

Serbia

Radio Vranje Vranje (1 kW).

Spain

Radio Nacional 5 Berrioplano (Pamplona) (10 kW) local/regional program: 0645 - 0700 (Mo-Fr) regional, 0817 - 0830 (Mo-Fr) local, 1230 - 1300 (Sa, Su 1205-) regional, 1845 - 1900 (Mo-Fr) news programmes
Radio Nacional 5 Oviedo (20 kW)
Radio Nacional 5 Pontevedra, Pastoriza (10 kW)
Radio Nacional 5 Cordoba (10 kW)

Switzerland

DRS1/DRS Musigwälle Beromünster (300 kW) DRS Musigwälle: 0400 - 2207 German language folk music; DRS1: 0400 - 0500 Mo-Sa), 0800 - 0900, 1130 - 1200 (Mo-Fr), 1730 - 1830 (Mo-Fr); transmitter to be switched off end 2008
Antenna: free standing lattice tower 217 metres tall, insulated against ground.

MIDDLE EAST

Iran

IRIB 1 Hamadan (20 kW) 24hr, also provincial programming
Radio Iran Iranshahr (600 kW) 24hr
Provincial Network Azarshahr (500 kW) 24hr Regional provincial network 0230 - 1630, other times Radio Iran.

AFRICA

Algeria

Alger Chaîne 1 El Ain Beida (*600 kW) 24hr: Arabic transmissions ( 0600-1800: 600 kW, *1800-0600: 300 kW)

Botswana

Radio Botswana Maun (50 kW) 24hr in English and Setswana (National Service) News in English on hour except 1100, 1600, 1900 in Setswana

Nigeria

Ondo State Radio Corporation Akure (50 kW) 0400 - 2300 in English/Yoruba; IDs as'The Sunshine Station'.

Tanzania

Radio Tanzania Kunduchi (Dar es Salaam) (10 kW) 0200 - 2100 in Swahili.

Asia

China

Zhejiang RGD Jinhua Zhejiang (10 kW) 2130 - 1605
SW:2475.

India

AIR North Jodhpur A, Rajasthan (100 kW).

Japan

NHK 1 Gabu, Okinawa (1 kW) relay JOAP-549
JOQG NHK1 Morioka Iwate (10 kW) 24hr, local IDs:1959, 0259, 0959
NHK1 Yamada, Saga (100W) relay JOSP-963.

Phillippines

DZBR Kumintang Broadcasting System Batangas City, Batangas (5 kW)
DXGH Manila Broadcasting System (MBS)/Pacific Broadcasting System Gen. Santos City, South Cotabato (5 kW)
DYDW Catholic Media Network, Radio Diwa Tacloban City, Leyte (10 kW).

Russia

Avtoradio-Narodnaya Marka Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalinskaya (5 kW) 2000-1300.

Thailand

So. Wor. Thor (R. Thailand) Maha Sarakham (10 kW) 2200 - 1600.

PACIFIC

Australia

5RTI Radio Televisione Italiana Adelaide, S Australia (500 W) 24hr Italian Language programs
6DL (ABC) Dalwallinu WA (10 kW) 24hr
4KZ Innisfail, Queensland (*5 kW) 24hr, Website, // on 693 (Tully), "Cairns to Ingham","Radio from the rock to the reef" *directional antenna
2PM Radio 531 Kempsey, Port MaCquarie, NSW (*5 kW) 24hr, 2SM Super Radio Network, *directional antenna
3GG 531 AM Classic Hits Warragul, Victoria (*5 kW) 24hr, Website *directional antenna

New Zealand

4XA More FM Alexandra, Central Otago (2 kW) 24hr Website
1XPI 531 PI Ellerslie, Auckland (5 kW) 24hr, Local languages

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