{"id":12805,"date":"2015-03-24T10:11:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T14:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12805"},"modified":"2015-03-24T18:18:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T22:18:17","slug":"deutsche-welle-to-close-kigali-relay-march-28-2105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/deutsche-welle-to-close-kigali-relay-march-28-2105\/","title":{"rendered":"Deutsche Welle to close Kigali relay March 28, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"DW's<\/a>

DW’s relay station in Kigali (Source: Deutsche Welle)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Mike, who writes:<\/p>\n

“I wanted to pass on a quick (and unfortunate) word that Deutsche Welle will be closing its Kigali, Rwanda relay on March 28th. This word came from the Wavescan program on WRMI. I would highly recommend that anyone who would like a QSL response from DW should get their correspondences in as soon as possible. It seems that the site will be dismantled shortly afterward. In addition it seems that tests are ongoing at RFI’s Issoudun site by DW to replace some of the broadcasts that used to originate from their Kigali relay.<\/p>\n

I find the closing of another landmark relay a greatly displeasing event especially due to the short time frame between the announcement of the closure and the actual closure date. I find it surprising as well due to the lack of mention of any recent budget cuts at Deutsche Welle.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As Mike mentions, the relay is scheduled to close on March 28, 2015–if you’d like to log this site, you’ll need to do so very<\/em> soon. Click here for current schedules.<\/a>\u00a0Kigali is\u00a0Deutsche Welle’s only remaining relay station.<\/p>\n

RadioWorld magazine also posted a short news item about the Kigali closure–click here to read<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike, who writes: “I wanted to pass on a quick (and unfortunate) word that Deutsche Welle will be closing its Kigali, Rwanda relay on March 28th. This word came from the Wavescan program on WRMI. I would highly recommend that anyone who would like a QSL response from DW […]<\/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":[56,960,3,43],"tags":[328,3737,3739,3738],"class_list":["post-12805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-deutsche-welle","tag-deutsche-welle-kigali","tag-deutsche-welle-kigali-closure","tag-dw-kigali-closure"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3kx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19278,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/deutsche-welle-closes-kigali-relay-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":12805,"position":0},"title":"Deutsche Welle closes Kigali relay station","author":"Thomas","date":"May 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: KT Press\u00a0via Richard Cuff) Germans Close Business in Rwanda After Half Century Lease Expires Once a powerful facility in the region, the German owned Deutsche Welle radio center at Kinyinya hill outside Kigali is finally and completely shutting down. 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