{"id":36783,"date":"2019-04-03T07:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T11:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36783"},"modified":"2019-04-03T07:15:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T11:15:22","slug":"managing-sw-broadcasts-from-ascension-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/managing-sw-broadcasts-from-ascension-island\/","title":{"rendered":"“Managing SW Broadcasts From Ascension Island”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Location of Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post<\/em> contributors who share the following story from Radio World magazine<\/a> (this summary via Southgate ARC<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Managing short wave broadcasts from Ascension Island<\/h2>\n

Radio World reports on the remote Atlantic Relay Station that transmits critical radio broadcasts to millions in Africa and beyond<\/p>\n

A six-mile stretch of volcanic rock in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean is home to the BBC\u2019s Atlantic Relay Station.<\/p>\n

Now managed and operated by Encompass Digital Media on behalf of the BBC World Service, the stations\u2019 six powerful shortwave transmitters on Ascension Island beam program in a dozen or more languages to some 30 million listeners in north, west and central Africa.<\/p>\n

The shortwave transmitters include two 250 kW Marconi BD272 transmitters originally installed in 1966 (and still in daily use) and four 250 kW RIZ K01 transmitters, which are also capable of transmitting in Digital Radio mode.<\/p>\n

Read the Radio World story at
\nhttps:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/columns-and-views\/managing-sw-broadcasts-from-ascension-island<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who share the following story from Radio World magazine (this summary via Southgate ARC): Managing short wave broadcasts from Ascension Island Radio World reports on the remote Atlantic Relay Station that transmits critical radio broadcasts to millions in Africa and beyond A six-mile stretch of volcanic […]<\/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":[2153,104,7275,238,580,7702],"class_list":["post-36783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ascension-island","tag-bbc","tag-encompass","tag-radio-world-magazine","tag-southgate-arc","tag-station"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9zh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20848,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/august-28-bbc-atlantic-relay-station-special-drm-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":36783,"position":0},"title":"August 28: BBC Atlantic Relay station special DRM broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"August 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: DRM Consortium) DRM will be part of a big anniversary on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean. 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