Saturday, June 24, 2006

World Cup update for Radio Netherland's Sunday special


Radio Netherlands Sunday World Cup coverage

If you're still rabid over soccer (even though USA is out), here's a chance to follow tomorrow's coverage from Radio Netherlands. The special transmission is for the Netherland's national team show down with Portugal. According to the schedule from their Program Distribution Department, there will be 13 shortwave transmitters on the air carrying this broadcast, with nine different transmitter sites. Sunday's schedule follows as:

Times UTC, transmitter sites, kHz, kW, Target Areas
1800-2200 Flevo 6035 500 western Europe
1800-2059 Flevo 9695 500 southwest & southeast Europe
1880-2200 Flevo 9895 500 southern Europe, north & central Africa
1800-2200 Bonaire 17620 250 west Africa
1800-2200 Bonaire 15425 50 Suriname
1800-2200 Vladivostok 7390 230 east Asia
800-2200 Sackville 13735 250 Great Lakes area of Canada & US
1800-2200 Montsinery 15540 500 South America
1800-2200 Wertachtal 15335 500 Middle East
1900-2200 Dhabbaya 11730 500 Europe
1900-2200 Ascension IS 15530 250 west Africa
2000-2200 Grigoriopol 6015 500 Europe
2100-2200 Flevo 9700 500 southwest & southeast Europe

(Source: Radio Netherlands/Media-Network)