Norway
closed down 1314 kHz
One
of the most powerful mediumwave transmitters in
Europe has been closed down. A 1200-kilowatt transmitter
in Kvitsøy on the Western coast of Norway
signed off permanently at midnight local time on
June 30. The Kvitsøy transmitter on 1314
kHz used to broadcast Europakanalen (European channel),
a mix of the first and second national networks
of the national broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting
(NRK), as well as weather forecasts, 24 hours a
day. Fishermen in need of weather information will
now be served by a satellite. NRK can still be heard
on medium and longwave on 153, 630 and 675 kHz,
but these transmitters are much weaker. For DXers
Kvitsøy's closedown was a mixed blessing;
American and Asian DXers lost their best chance
of hearing a Scandinavian AM station, while AM DXers
in Northern Europe got rid of a powerhouse that
used to block far-away stations even on adjacent
frequencies.
(DXing.info,
July 1, 2006)
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