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April - June Quiz 2010 Question: 01 . What is the name of the popular Korean food in which a variety of vegetables, meat and eggs are mixed up with rice and spicy red pepper sauce? 02 . What is the name of the border line serving as a buffer zone between South and North Korea where an eco-peace park is being built? Deadline : March 31, 2010. Address :   International Broadcasting, Korea Broadcasting System,               #18 Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-790, Korea Email : english[at]kbs.co.kr   

Contest: Win an EP of modern aboriginal music! Feast Meets West is giving away 10 EPs of modern indigenous music from Taiwan by musician/composer Suming! He will release his first solo album on May 15, and we'll be inviting him to join us on the May 29th edition of our program to help us give awaythese CDs which contain two songs from his new album. DETAILS * All you have to do is send us a email with the name of Suming's tribe (hint: it's the largest tribe of indigenous people in Taiwan)! * Entries must be received by Monday,  May 24th to be eligible for a prize. Winners will be announced in the May 29th edition of Feast Meets West * Send your entry by email: androo@rti.org.tw Thanks, as always, for listening!

Effective to:  30 October, 2010 All times UTC broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated (transmitter via Kuwait, targeted to Asia) Dari/Pashto 0230-0300 12140as 17670as 0300-0330 12140as 0300-0400 17670as 0330-0400 15680as 0400-0500 15680as 17670as 0500-0530 17670as 0500-0600 15680as 0530-0600 17670as 0600-0700 15680as 17670as 0700-0800 15680as 17670as 0800-0830 17670as 0900-1000 15680as 1130-1200 15090as 1200-1300 15090as 1230-1300 11550as 1300-1400 11550as 15090as 1400-1430 11550as 1400-1500 15090as 1500-1600 15090as 1600-1630 15090as (Alokesh Gupta, India)

Greece has been much in the news this week, after a rescue package was announced to keep the country from a debt default. The money comes from the “eurozone” – meaning the EU members, basically – with Germany, France, Italy and Spain contributing the most. The IMF – the International Monetary Fund – is also contributing. The bailout is intended to prop up the Euro, the European single currency. This week is: how much money is in this bail-out package? The total sum, from both the eurozone and the IMF. Deadline : 14 June 2010 Address :  Susan Owensby Club 9516/ The Sound Kitchen BP 9516, 75016 Paris, FRANCE Or via e-mail:  english.service[at]rfi.fr (RFI / RFI Web)

50 th  ANNIVERSARY OF  RADIO HAVANA CUBA  CONTEST As we approach the 50 th  anniversary of Radio Havana Cuba , we invite you to participate in our latest contest by answering the following question: WHAT HAS RADIO HAVANA CUBA MEANT TO YOU OVER THESE PAST 50 YEARS? There will be a grand prize and 50 special mentions.    The authors of the most comprehensive answers will receive CDs of Cuban music and other souvenirs from the international voice of the  Cuban Revolution .   Contest deadline is March 31 st , 2011. Name: ____________________________________________________________ Postal address: _____________________________________________________ Country: _____________________________          E-mail address: ____________________________________________________ Telephone: ___________________________ Job or profession:    ______________________________        Age: ____________ When did you start listening to Radio Havana Cuba ? _____________________________ What is your favo

TWR Europe (TWR-E) announces the release of a dynamic new Web site spotlighting Christian outreach efforts to men, women and children throughout the European continent and beyond. The engaging site is located at  www.twreurope.org . TWR-E, also known as Trans World Radio Europe, is a region of TWR International, a global media ministry that engages million in 160 countries with biblical truth. Speaking fluently in more than 200 languages and dialects, TWR exists to reach the world for Jesus Christ. TWR-E's broadcasts reach into Europe, Russia, Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East in about 60 languages and dialects. "This site enables a wonderful experience to get to know the challenging world of TWR and its purpose and it provides the means to get actively involved in the world of TWR," says TWR-E International Director Felix Widmer. In addition to offering up-to-date ministry news, a program schedule search, practical spiritual resources and stories of changed

Radio Taiwan International Announced the winners list of their New Show RTI Plus. The following listeners will receive a souvenir from RTI. They include:  Martin Gallas Terry Robinson Ashanti Region Charles Wompiah Chris Larkosh Sandhya Yadav Rajdeep Das John Rutledge A. K. M. Nuruzzaman,[ Rajshahi, Bangladesh ] Swopan Chakdroborty, [Kolkata India] Aspak Ahammed Chaudhury Helmut Matt Panha Pen Ejaz Ahmad Samsun Islan Mou , [ Rajshahi, Bangladesh ] M.N. Sentu , [ Rajshahi, Bangladesh ] Mark F. Tattenbaum T. Elampooranan Deepa Chakraborty Jaydeep Chakrabarty P. Pravathi Ramana Rao Jayanta Chakrabarty ,India Agide Melloni Anil Tamrakar Cam Archbold Salahuddin Ibrahim Samson Manohar Aaron Tiu Ashik Eqbal Tokon [ Rajshahi, Bangladesh ] Christer Brunstrom Kanchan kr. Chatterjee  [ http://english.rti.org.tw/Content/WhatsNewSingle.aspx?ContentID=10112\ ] Congratulation to you all. Ashik Eqbal Tokon Rajshahi, Bangladesh

In case anyone wonders what they're listening to: Israel Radio English has changed the jingle they play at the beginning and end of the news. The jingle is predominantly bells and drums. The change was made as of the 0930 UTC broadcast on April 28, 2010. Unlike some of the past changes, there doesn't seem to be any change in the service to go along with it. In the past, jingles have changed for things such as when the English Service moved under the Foreign Language portion of KI. There doesn't seem to be any change besides the jingle itself, this time. [ DXLD Yahoo Group : Posted by - D anr_18 ]

SLBC (Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corpn.,) announced during its English txn today they will be back on 15745 KHz from 7th May onwards at 0055-0330 UTC. SLBC is temporarily using 15120 kHz due to txer problem for its english txn at 0055-0330 UTC. 15120 kHz suffers from co-channel QRM from CRI English 0300 UTC onwards. Schedule : SLBC All Asia Service 0055-0330 UTC ( Sunday upto 0430 UTC) on 6005 (10 kW), 9770 (10 kW) & 15745 (35 kW) kHz (Alokesh Gupta, Radio Activity Blog)

Very important elections were held week before last in Sudan – the first multi-party presidential polls in over two decades. The results were announced at the beginning of this week. Current president Omar al- Beshir was declared the winner in Khartoum – but who was declared the head of the semi-autonomous South Sudan government? He won by a landslide – 92.9 per cent of the vote, according to Sudan’s National Election Commission Deadline : June 07, 2010 Address :                    Susan Owensby                   Club 9516/ The Sound Kitchen                   BP 9516, 75016 Paris, FRANCE Or via e-mail:  english.service[at] rfi.fr

Language UT kHz Tx location      kW  Target Addit info English 0200-0300  9665 Grigoriopol MDA  500 Ce.AM 0200-0400 15425 Petropavl.-Kam.  250 No.AM 0300-0400  9665 Grigoriopol MDA  500 Ce.AM 0300-0400  9665 Grigoriopol MDA  500 Ce.AM 0300-0400 15735 Komsom.-n-A      250 Asia DRM 0300-0400 15585 Vladivistok      250 Asia 0400-0600 13775 Petropavl.-Kam.  250 No.AM [not VLD ?] 0500-0900  1323 Wachenbrunn GER 1000 Europe 0600-0900 15405 Komsom.-n-A      250 AUS/NZL 0700-1000 17495 Dushanbe TJK    1000 AUS/NZL 0700-0900  1251 Dushanbe TJK     500 Asia 0700-1000 17495 Dushanbe TJK    1000 Far East 0800-1000 12060 Moscow Taldom    250 Europe DRM 0900-1100 15170 Chita            500 Far East 1100-1200 12065 Chita            500 Far East 1200-1300 11755 Dushanbe TJK    1000 Asia 1200-1300 11500 Dushanbe TJK     500 Asia 1300-1400 12065 Chita            500 Far East 1400-1500 11500 Dushanbe TJK     500 Asia 1400-1500  9750 Moscow Taldom    250 Europe DRM 1400-1600  9455 Petropavl.-Kam.  250 No