Thursday, October 29, 2009

West Africa Democracy Radio carried on Eurobird 1

Ray Woodward reports: “This station is currently being carried via WRN capacity @ 28.5 east (Eurobird 1) 11.390 GHz Hor SR:27500 FEC:2/3 on the channel label ‘MOS Radio’.”

West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) describes itself as “a trans-territorial radio station set up to facilitate the exchange of development information between and among countries of West Africa, including Mauritania, Chad and Cameroon. In the station’s first phase, it targeted mainly the Mano River Union (MRU) countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.”

The station used to broadcast on shortwave, but is now on FM 94.9 in Dakar, plus satellite and Internet. Broadcasts in French and English are at 0700-2000 UTC according to the website at http://www.wadr.org/news/news.php?id=2
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)