Saturday, December 18, 2010

Radio Netherlands Program Preview Dec. 19-24

This week I received a slightly appreviated version of the Radio Netherlands Program Preview. Included at the end, is their current English frequency schedule to assist your listening. This English version, as well as all language services, are included in the electronic version of Monitoring Times, MT ExPress.
Gayle Van Horn, MT Frequency Manager



Radio Netherlands

Sunday Dec. 19

Network Europe Extra
Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.

On the next Network Europe Extra:
• Former French porn star Ovidie on the sexual liberation of French women
• Cuba Libre: We hear from a Czech DJ who headed south
• A novel turn: A Nobel Prize-winning author’s book is turned into a rock opera in Poland
• Sculptor, race car driver, dentist: we hear from UK Renaissance man Neil Lawson-Baker

Monday Dec. 20

Hear the World
Djivan Gasparyan from Armenia is the grand master of the duduk, the Armenian oboe made from apricot wood. At the Music Meeting in Nijmegen, he played tranquil and melancholic folk melodies with his duduk quartet. The Stevens church in the city of Nijmegen provided an ideal acoustic space to catch the Armenian soul in the enchanting delecate sounds of the duduk.

The Black Sea Orchestra consists of musicians representing musical traditions from eight countries on the Black Sea: Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Russia, Moldavia, Ukraine, Romania and Georgia. Every member of the group contributes a composition from his or her own tradition to the Music Meeting while the other members respond with spontaneous improvisation.

Hosted by Dheera Sujan. Produced by RNW Music.

Network Europe
A collaboration by Europe’s leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Live! at the Concertgebouw - 2008
(primary program)

Recorded live at Amsterdam's world famous music stage, the Concertgebouw, this week's edition offers you another chance to listen to Holland’s foremost musicians in classical works from around the world.

The State We're In (Midweek Edition)
“The art of smuggling”

The war on smuggling: Matthew Bogdanos is both a Reservist in the US Marines, and a lawyer. He was in Iraq when the looting of the national museum began, and moved quickly to recover its treasures. He’s worked across several continents and even been shot at while on the job.

The art of smuggling: Jonathan Tokeley-Parry spent three years behind bars for his role in smuggling artefacts out of Egypt. And he’s unrepentant, arguing that smuggling antiquities is the right thing to do if it gets them out of the hands of corrupt, incompetent officials.


Africa in Progress

“The challenges of publishing books in Africa”

What was the last book you read? And was it published in Africa? Chimurenga, StoryMoja, Farafina and Kwani are names of African publishing houses. The middle class is reading and buying more books and so the industry is thriving here and there, but there are many challenges: illiteracy, many languages, censorship, competition from abroad, and now: electronic publishing.

Our guests on this show are Divine Fuh (Cameroon) and Mirjam de Bruijn (Netherlands).

Tuesday Dec. 21

Commonwealth Story
"Somewhere" by Jude Dibia from Nigeria.
A child's tale of poverty and loss (read by Maynard Eziashi)

Live ! at the Concertgebouw - 2008
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend, in a programme filled with 18th-century works. Alongside Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks, there is a Mozart Piano concerto, followed by Haydn's Cello Concerto. Your host, as usual, is Hans Haffmans.

Network Europe
A collaboration by Europe’s leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Wednesday Dec. 22

Network Europe
A collaboration by Europe’s leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Earth Beat India
A short version of RNW’s environmental programme Earth Beat produced for broadcast in partnership with All India Radio.

Thursday Dec 23

Network Europe

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

South Asia Wired
Programme in which South Asians get to talk to each other hosted by Dheera Sujan

Listen to South Asia Wired for the full story behind the news from the region.
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Friday Dec 24

Bridges with Africa
Lively discussion and thought-provoking reports about and from the African continent

In Bridges with Africa this week, we take a closer look at new developments in the Victoire Ingabire case, we talk about the cuts in Dutch budget aid, we have a report on an NGO called The Hunger Project, we have an interview with the honorable South African justice Albi Sachs, and we have a report on Zimbabweans waiting for their visa in downtown Johannesburg.

Earth Beat
Marnie Chesterton and her team look at the footprint we’re leaving on our planet

“Preparing to celebrate”

With the holiday season rapidly approaching we look at some of the more unusual ways in which people party. How hard is it for a vegan to cook Christmas dinner? And should we all be renting our Christmas trees? Earth Beat sees the old year out and the new year in with different takes on festive cheer.

Network Europe
A collaboration by Europe’s leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.
(Ashleigh Elson/Radio Netherlands)

Radio Netherlands English schedule

Effective to: 27 March 2011

All times UTC

broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
target areas: af (Africa) am (Americas) as (Asia) ca (Central America) eu (Europe) na (North America)pa (Pacific)
sa (South America) va (various areas)

All times UTC

1000-1057 9720as 12065as
1400-1500 12080as 15595va
1500-1557 15595as
1800-1857 6020af 11655af
1900-1957 7425af 9895af 11615af 11655af
2000-2057 5935af 7425af 11655af
(R Netherlands/Leo van der Wounde)