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Radio
Inner Mongolia launches dozens of AM transmitters
 Chinese
provincial broadcaster Radio Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu
People's Broadcasting Station) has launched over 50
new AM transmitters in 2012-2013. Many of the new
transmitters are part of the Rural and Pastoral Service,
also known as "The Voice of Green Field"
(Luye zhi sheng), which was founded in 2008. The main
transmitters of this network are operating on 675
AM and 91.9 FM in the provincial capital Hohhot. The
majority of the new transmitters are on 666, 990 and
1413 kHz, each of which has transmitters in several
locations across the province. These new frequencies
were first logged in Finland in September and October
2013.
According to research done by
Alan Davies, one of the new transmitters is a 10-kilowatt
transmitter is Jining (Ulanqab) on 1224 kHz, which
has also been heard in Finland recently. The frequencies
and locations of the remaining new transmitters are
not yet known, but at least 1305 kHz is yet another
new frequency that has been logged in Finland. Davies
says that there is conflicting information on the
new transmitters in different Chinese sources. The
total number of new transmitters may be as high as
86. Some of the transmitters are carrying China National
Radio Minorities Program as well as the 1st national
network of CNR.
Also in northern China, Aihui
People's Broadcasting Station in Aihui, Heilongjiang
province has begun transmissions on the AM band. The
station has been logged both in Finland and the United
States on 999 kHz. According to the local administration,
the station was launched on August 16th, 2013.
(DXing.info,
December 4, 2013)
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Chechnya's
state broadcaster launched on 1287 kHz
 Government-run
programming from Chechnya in the Russian Caucasus
has been reported heard on 1287 kHz AM. GTRK (state
broadcasting company) "Vainakh" simulcasts
on FM 103.6 MHz with programming both in Russian
and in Chechen languages. Regional programming has
been observed at 1210-1300 and 1410-1500 UTC on
weekdays. At other times the station retransmits
Radio Rossii. Broadcasts on the AM band began on
November 29, 2013. Based on information received
from the station by Finnish DXer Mauno Ritola, transmitter
power is 50 kW.
(DXing.info,
December 29, 2013)
New Argentinian stations
on 1200 and 1500 kHz AM
AM 1200 La Radio del Chamamé is a new unofficial
station heard in Argentina. The station is located
in the town of Morón, and it can be contacted
by telephone (011) 4628-3348. The station is owned
by Scaramuzzino family, which also runs Radio La
Gauchita (810 AM), El Sonido de la Gente (1280 AM)
and Radio Guabiyú (1610 AM). Another new
station observed recently is Radio Vida on the frequency
of 1500 AM. This Christian station is owned by Misión
Cristiana Evangélica Argentina (Iglesia Misión
Vida), located at Calle Alvear 767, in the town
of Río Cuarto. You can call the station at
(0358) 462-8179. Information about both stations
was first published by Grupo Radioescucha Argentino
blog on November 22, 2013.
(DXing.info,
December 4, 2013)
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