{"id":2739,"date":"2012-02-11T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2012-02-10T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T16:59:37","slug":"new-shortwave-radio-station-madagascar-world-voice-radio-to-begin-testing-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/new-shortwave-radio-station-madagascar-world-voice-radio-to-begin-testing-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"New shortwave radio station, Madagascar World Voice Radio, to begin testing this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An update on the Madagascar World Voice Radio station via Glenn Hauser and the DX Listening Digest:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2740\" title=\"madagascar-map\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/madagascar-map.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/madagascar-map.gif 329w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/madagascar-map-138x300.gif 138w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/madagascar-map-46x100.gif 46w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Source:\u00a0<a title=\"DX Digest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w4uvh.net\/dxld1205.txt\" target=\"_blank\">DX Listening Digest<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gayle Crowe, the VP of Programming, World Christian Broadcasting [<a title=\"Charles Caudill believes in the power of shortwave radio\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/charles-caudill-believes-in-the-power-of-shortwave-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\">see our previous post<\/a>] via DX Listening Digest: &#8220;The transmitters are sitting on the dock in Houston awaiting the ship that will take them to the west side of\u00a0Madagascar. Best estimates are that the trip will take between 60 and 90 days. Once they make it through customs (which sometimes has been a lengthy, uncertain process) and are in place at the station, a technician will have to come from Continental Electronics to install them. Best case scenario for the beginning of testing is probably June 1.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Source: <a title=\"Finnish DXer\" href=\"http:\/\/finndxer.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/10\/madagascar-world-voice-radio-will-be-new-on-sw\/\" target=\"_blank\">FinnDXer<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A new short wave radio wills start this spring or next summer in the Indian Ocean, \u201cMadagascar World Voice Radio\u201d broadcasting from Mahajanga on seven frequencies:<br \/>\n7355, 9565, 9585, 11870, 13630, 13635 and 13650 kHz.<br \/>\nMadagascar World Voice (MWV) is a member of World Christian Broadcasting Corporation (WCBC) in Nashville Tennessee (USA).<\/p>\n<p>TEST SCHEDULE FREQUENCIES 2012<br \/>\n06H00-06H30 UT 7355<br \/>\n06H30-07H00 UT 9565<br \/>\n07H00-07H30 UT 11870<br \/>\n07H30-08H00 UT 13635<br \/>\n08H00-08H30 UT 9565<br \/>\n08H30-09H00 UT 11870<br \/>\n09H00-09H30 UT 13630<br \/>\n10H30-11H00 UT 9585<br \/>\n11H00-11H30 UT 11870<br \/>\n11H30-12H00 UT 13650<br \/>\n(Bernard Grondin via dxld)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An update on the Madagascar World Voice Radio station via Glenn Hauser and the DX Listening Digest: (Source:\u00a0DX Listening Digest) Gayle Crowe, the VP of Programming, World Christian Broadcasting [see our previous post] via DX Listening Digest: &#8220;The transmitters are sitting on the dock in Houston awaiting the ship that will take them to the [&hellip;]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[879,878,877,880,664],"class_list":["post-2739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-madagascar","tag-madagascar-shortwave-radio","tag-madagascar-world-voice-radio","tag-shortwave-radio-world-christian-broadcasting","tag-wcb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-Ib","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18341,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/madagascar-world-voice-now-broadcasting-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":2739,"position":0},"title":"Madagascar World Voice now broadcasting on shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"April 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio World) World Christian Broadcasting launched its second shortwave station, Madagascar World Voice, on Easter Sunday in late March. The nonprofit organization is based near Nashville, Tenn. Station KNLS launched in 1983.\u00a0 President\/CEO Charles H. Caudill announced the launch. \u201cMore than 10 years of planning and work have gone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Madagascar-World-Voice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Madagascar-World-Voice-1024x422.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Madagascar-World-Voice-1024x422.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Madagascar-World-Voice-1024x422.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6440,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/jonathan-explores-the-past-and-present-of-the-radio-netherlands-madagascar-relay-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":2739,"position":1},"title":"Jonathan explores the past and present of the Radio Netherlands Madagascar Relay Station","author":"Thomas","date":"May 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to former RNW Media Network host, Jonathan Marks, for sharing this insightful look at the Radio Netherlands Madagascar Relay Station--a must read! Indeed, check out this article and many more on Jonathan's Critical Distance Weblog. If you were a fan of Media Network, you should also bookmark Jonathan's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Madagascar Transmission Towers (Source: Critical Distance)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Madagascar-5-photo23-300x207.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":33549,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/shortwave-radio-recordings-radio-netherlands-media-network-april-9-1982\/","url_meta":{"origin":2739,"position":2},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: RNW Media Network, April 9, 1982","author":"Thomas","date":"August 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post and SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following off-air recording of Radio Netherlands and notes: Along with RCI's Shortwave Listener's Digest, Radio Netherlands Media Network was another favorite DX program of mine. Here is a recording of an episode from April 9, 1982 which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/RNWmadagascar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/RNWmadagascar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/RNWmadagascar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2425,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/recording-the-rnw-madagascar-relay-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":2739,"position":3},"title":"Recording the RNW Madagascar Relay station","author":"Thomas","date":"December 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, after posting the article about the new transmitter at the RNW Madagascar relay station, I decided to hunt for the station on the bands. 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