[HCDX]: Fw: Fire destroys RNW's Bonaire transmitter

["Mark Veldhuis" <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<andysennitt@xxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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>
> > > At the beginning of the 2330 UTC broadcast on 23 April (Sunday), RNW
> > > announced that the transmitter site at Bonaire burned to the ground.
>
> That is a bit of an exaggeration. In the 2330 news bulletin, we broadcast
the
> following item:
>
> "The power facility of Radio Netherlands Worldservice on the Caribbean
island
> of Bonaire has been destroyed by fire, causing disruptions in our
> transmissions.
>
> Nobody has been hurt but the cost of the damage may run into several
million
> dollars.
>
> Transmissions to North, Central and South-America, western Africa,
Australia
> and New Zealand may be disrupted for some time. When regular transmissions
> will resume is not yet known".
>
> The term 'power facility' refers to the generator room. The generators
have
> indeed been totally destroyed. To the best of my knowledge, the
transmitters
> and antenna arrays have not been damaged, or at least not seriously. The
> generator room is separated from the transmitter hall by thick walls and
fire
> doors.
>
> Nevertheless, this is a serious blow. It's expected to be several months
> before the station can resume operations. Our Web site will have more
> information about changes to the schedule as soon as we have them.
Basically
> it's a case of trying to maintain service on the same frequencies from
> different transmitter sites. Some Bonaire frequencies have already been
taken
> over by Flevo. Others will be arranged in the course of this week. Today
> being a public holiday in most countries, it's not possible to contact
some
> of our colleagues at other broadcasters until Tuesday at the earliest.
>
> Andy Sennitt
> Radio Netherlands
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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