Thursday, April 3, 2008

Wireless News

Finally some news from Mongolia, about one of my favorite shortwave stations. This is only audible here in New Hampshire two times a year, in Mid-March and then again 6 months later. This is due to the fact that they only transmit in this direction in the early morning, and the "grey line" sunrise-sunset line is only favorable for reception twice a year. They have great music, including the famous throat-singers. Now they're putting their broadcasts online, which should make reception slightly easier.

http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/plans-for-voice-of-mongolia-to-broadcast-via-internet

Another exotic Asian station, Laos, is also going online. No doubt this one will also have some nice local music.

http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/lao-national-radio-external-service-available-online

And Radio Netherlands itself is launching a new web-only radio station:

http://www.rnw.nl/rnw24/