{"id":20848,"date":"2016-08-26T10:45:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T14:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20848"},"modified":"2016-08-26T10:45:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T14:45:45","slug":"august-28-bbc-atlantic-relay-station-special-drm-broadcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/august-28-bbc-atlantic-relay-station-special-drm-broadcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"August 28: BBC Atlantic Relay station special DRM broadcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RNZI-DRM-2\"(Source: DRM Consortium<\/a>)<\/p>\n

DRM will be part of a big anniversary on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean. On 28th of August at 1155 GMT Babcock International will ensure a special BBC digital transmission on 21715 kHz from the BBC Atlantic Relay station, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC\u2019s first short-wave radio broadcast from Ascension Island.<\/p>\n

Since 1966, the Atlantic Relay station has broadcast BBC World Service programmes to Africa and South America, and to this day, continues to broadcast over 250 programme hours every week to East and West Africa in English, French, Hausa and Somali.<\/p>\n

\"BBCRelayStation-AscensionThe two hour-transmission on 21715 kHz will start with the old, special sound of Bow Church Bell in east London, the sound of which, even if in DRM this time,\u00a0 will remind older listeners of the BBC broadcasts of many decades ago. The 21-hour transmission will be the regular BBC programmes for West and South Africa and will end at 1400.<\/p>\n

DRM \u2013 Digital Radio Mondiale, is an international digital radio standard designed by broadcasters, for broadcasters, in co-operation with transmitter and receiver manufacturers. DRM is a high quality digital replacement for analogue radio broadcasting in the AM and FM bands.<\/p>\n

This special transmission will be sent with greetings from Ascension Island\u2019s BBC and Babcock International staff and visitors, who will be celebrating half a century of sterling broadcasting on August 28th.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/strong> to read more about the fascinating history of the BBC\u2019s broadcasts from Ascension Island.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Transmission Details<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

FREQ\u00a0\u00a0 TIME (UTC)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SERVICE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 kW\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bearing Day\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LANG\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TARGET<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

21715\u00a0\u00a0 1155-1201\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BBC DRM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ASC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 250\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 114\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 English\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 S. Africa \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Special Announcement)<\/em><\/p>\n

21715\u00a0\u00a0 1201-1400\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BBC DRM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ASC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 250\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 114\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 English \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 S. Africa \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(English \u2013 ENAFW)<\/em><\/p>\n

21715\u00a0\u00a0 1400-1430\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BBC DRM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ASC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 250\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 250\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 English \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Brazil\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (English \u2013 ENAFW)<\/em><\/p>\n

Additional analogue transmission will broadcast from 13.30 GMT for ceremonial purposes.<\/em><\/p>\n

15105\u00a0\u00a0 1330-1430\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BAB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ASC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 250\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 English\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 W. Africa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Special Announcement)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: DRM Consortium) DRM will be part of a big anniversary on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean. On 28th of August at 1155 GMT Babcock International will ensure a special BBC digital transmission on 21715 kHz from the BBC Atlantic Relay station, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC\u2019s first short-wave radio broadcast […]<\/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":[81,1114,54,3,43,1167],"tags":[2153,788,104,327,980,4083],"class_list":["post-20848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-digital-modes","category-drm","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-ascension-island","tag-babcock-international-group-bbc","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-digital-radio-mondiale","tag-drm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5qg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9323,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/saba-conference-to-feature-special-drm-broadcast-from-ascension-island\/","url_meta":{"origin":20848,"position":0},"title":"SABA conference to feature special DRM broadcast from Ascension Island","author":"Thomas","date":"April 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: DRM Consortium via Alokesh Gupta) The DRM Consortium is a Sector Partner at The Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA), Digital Radio Broadcasting Summit in Cape Town from 22nd \u2013 24th April. 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