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Radio
Inner Mongolia launches dozens of AM transmitters
 Chinese
provincial broadcaster Radio Inner Mongolia (Nei
Menggu People's Broadcasting Station) has launched
over 50 new AM transmitters in 2012-2013. Many of
the new transmitters are part of the Rural and Pastoral
Service, also known as "The Voice of Green
Field" (Luye zhi sheng), which was founded
in 2008. The main transmitters of this network are
operating on 675 AM and 91.9 FM in the provincial
capital Hohhot. The majority of the new transmitters
are on 666, 990 and 1413 kHz, each of which has
transmitters in several locations across the province.
These new frequencies were first logged in Finland
in September and October 2013.
According to research done by
Alan Davies, one of the new transmitters is a 10-kilowatt
transmitter is Jining (Ulanqab) on 1224 kHz, which
has also been heard in Finland recently. The frequencies
and locations of the remaining new transmitters
are not yet known, but at least 1305 kHz is yet
another new frequency that has been logged in Finland.
Davies says that there is conflicting information
on the new transmitters in different Chinese sources.
The total number of new transmitters may be as high
as 86. Some of the transmitters are carrying China
National Radio Minorities Program as well as the
1st national network of CNR.
Also in northern China, Aihui
People's Broadcasting Station in Aihui, Heilongjiang
province has begun transmissions on the AM band.
The station has been logged both in Finland and
the United States on 999 kHz. According to the local
administration, the station was launched on August
16th, 2013.
(DXing.info,
December 4, 2013)
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Chechnya's
state broadcaster launched on 1287 kHz
 Government-run
programming from Chechnya in the Russian Caucasus
has been reported heard on 1287 kHz AM. GTRK (state
broadcasting company) "Vainakh" simulcasts
on FM 103.6 MHz with programming both in Russian
and in Chechen languages. Regional programming has
been observed at 1210-1300 and 1410-1500 UTC on
weekdays. At other times the station retransmits
Radio Rossii. Broadcasts on the AM band began on
November 29, 2013. Based on information received
from the station by Finnish DXer Mauno Ritola, transmitter
power is 50 kW.
(DXing.info,
December 29, 2013)
New
Argentinian stations on 1200 and 1500 kHz AM
AM 1200 La Radio del Chamamé is a new unofficial
station heard in Argentina. The station is located
in the town of Morón, and it can be contacted
by telephone (011) 4628-3348. The station is owned
by Scaramuzzino family, which also runs Radio La Gauchita
(810 AM), El Sonido de la Gente (1280 AM) and Radio
Guabiyú (1610 AM). Another new station observed
recently is Radio Vida on the frequency of 1500 AM.
This Christian station is owned by Misión Cristiana
Evangélica Argentina (Iglesia Misión
Vida), located at Calle Alvear 767, in the town of
Río Cuarto. You can call the station at (0358)
462-8179. Information about both stations was first
published by Grupo Radioescucha Argentino blog on
November 22, 2013.
(DXing.info,
December 4, 2013)
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