{"id":11393,"date":"2014-11-14T09:29:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T13:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11393"},"modified":"2014-11-14T09:29:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T13:29:10","slug":"pakistan-broadcasting-corporation-adds-two-shortwave-transmitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/pakistan-broadcasting-corporation-adds-two-shortwave-transmitters\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation adds two shortwave transmitters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Radio_Pakistan_logo\"<\/a>(Source: Radio Pakistan News<\/a> via Mike Barraclough)<\/p>\n

“Director General, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Samina Parvez has said two new short wave transmitters are being installed enabling listeners in Europe to tune in Radio Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a function organized by newly-elected CBA of Radio Pakistan, USO at Broadcasting House in Islamabad on Thursday, she said a shortwave transmitter was recently revived as a result of which programmes are now clearly being listened in the held Valley.<\/p>\n

She appreciated the tireless efforts of PBC staff, who rebuilt the PBC Station Muzaffarabad that was devastated by 2005 earthquake. The engineers of the organization restored transmission at Turbat station in spite of difficult situation. Besides, a transmitter has also been installed at PBC Hyderabad and broadcasts from this transmission can be listened as far as Dubai.<\/p>\n

The Director General said that digitization of precious voice treasure is underway that is making it possible to hear old and rare voices and programmes on latest gadgets like YouTube.<\/p>\n

She said the income of Radio Pakistan increased this year by 150 million rupees due to the efforts of the sales department.<\/p>\n

Secretary General USO assured the management full cooperation of workers for the revival and betterment of the organization.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio Pakistan News via Mike Barraclough) “Director General, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Samina Parvez has said two new short wave transmitters are being installed enabling listeners in Europe to tune in Radio Pakistan. Speaking at a function organized by newly-elected CBA of Radio Pakistan, USO at Broadcasting House in Islamabad on Thursday, she said a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43,1167],"tags":[3408,3407],"class_list":["post-11393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-pakistan","tag-radio-pakistan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2XL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42491,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/radio-waves-digitizing-pakistan-bbc-mw-closures-lowe-hf-250-review-and-bbc-news-suspends-450-job-cuts\/","url_meta":{"origin":11393,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Digitizing Pakistan, BBC MW Closures, Lowe HF-250 Review, and BBC News suspends 450 job cuts","author":"Thomas","date":"March 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019sRadio Waves, a collection\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lowe-HF-250.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lowe-HF-250.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lowe-HF-250.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lowe-HF-250.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17922,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/bbgs-fiscal-year-2016-congressional-budget-request\/","url_meta":{"origin":11393,"position":1},"title":"BBG’s Fiscal Year 2016 Congressional Budget Request","author":"Thomas","date":"March 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares a link to the Broadcasting Board of Governor's\u00a0Fiscal Year 2016\u00a0Congressional Budget Request. 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