NEW STATION - RADIO RISALA INTERNATIONAL


NEW STATION:  RADIO RISALA INTERNATIONAL

Thanks to tip from Ludo Maes via Mauno Ritola in the WRTH Facebook page.........

15165 kHz, Radio Risala International - site unknown (perhaps Issoudun??). 

 This new SW station started on Feb 20 at 1830 UTC, with numerous IDs as "Radio Risala". I can't confirm this, but the language used sounded like Oromo (a.k.a. Afaan Oromo) which is spoken largely in Ethiopia. The programming featured mainly talk with occasional excerpts of instrumental music. This appears to be a religious group, Muslim-based faith. From 1853, there was a long chant in call and response style. Suddenly off at 1857 in the middle of the chant, so we didn't hear a proper sign off announcement.

The signal strength was poor here at Mount Evelyn. The band was not in very good shape this morning. I tried recording it but the quality just wasn't good enough to include here.

 However.....

 The station has a Facebook page :  https://www.facebook.com/RaadiyooRisaalaa

 And on the page is a recording of the entire 30 minute broadcast heard today!! You can check it out at:

 http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2015/051/5/7/february_20_2015_risaalaa_by_risalainternational-d8irq47.mp3

 There is also a website but it has virtually no useful information for English speakers!

 http://www.risalainternational.org/

 This station is reported to be operating only on Fridays. The banner at the top of this post came from the Facebook page. As you can see, it lists three 19mb frequencies. Only 15165 kHz was used today.

 Hopefully, further information will shed more light on this broadcaster.

 73 and have a great weekend everyone,

 Rob Wagner VK3BVW

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  1. C.DX.A - INTERNACIONAL - VENEZUELAMarch 11, 2015 at 6:26 PM

    Very good Dx Informacion Rob. Greetings from Venezuela. Santiago San Gil - "Cadena DX in Facebook group

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