GERMANY. Eifeler Radiotage 6-7 July on 6030 kHz
Eifeler Radiotage (Eifel Radio Days) takes place 6-7 July and includes
radio programmes relayed on 6030 kHz 0800-1800 CEST (0600-1600 UT)
from Kall, Germany, plus round-the-clock locally on 95.5 MHz and on
the web at
<
https://www.eifeler-radiotage.de/>
Kall geht bei "Eifeler Radiotagen" auf Sendung (27 June 2019)
Translated from German:
Broadcasting history in a confined space - radio studio in a nuclear
bunker - a police transmitting station with VHF transmitter from 1955
- two day handmade radio program on VHF frequency 95.5 MHz and events
on site.
Kall - Radio was launched in the Netherlands 100 years ago, Radio
Moscow went on air 80 years ago and FM radio in Germany is now
70 years old. Some radio enthusiasts want to use these birthdays to
celebrate the radio for two days. At the "Eifeler Radiotage" on the
weekend, July 6th and 7th, we want to celebrate, of course "On Air".
By means of event radio and accompanying programme, the makers want to
immerse themselves in the 100-year radio history.
Initiator Christian Milling: "In the district of Euskirchen, we have
the unique situation that there is a very limited amount of radio
history that no one has known for decades. In Urft near Kall is the
former alternative location of the state government NRW. There, deep
underground in a bunker, there would have been a radio studio sent out
if there had been a nuclear attack in the Cold War. About five
kilometres as the crow flies away from it is the former transmitter of
the state police NRW. There you will find, inter alia, an original FM
station from 1955."
Both the studio and the transmitter have been lovingly restored and
are fully operational in their original state. By means of this
historical technique, radio is to be made in the classical manner for
two days during the "Eifel Radio Days". With tape and records - true
to style in mono. The content is all about radio, Milling continues:
"There are many exciting radio stories we want to tell, from the
technological evolution of broadcasting to the personal experiences of
radio producers and listeners. For example, we talk to the inventor of
the interactive radio, Carmen Thomas, who hosted the program "Hallo
Ue-Wagen" for 20 years. "Music legend Alan Parsons also talks about the
moment he heard one of his songs on the radio for the first time. The
start of private radio broadcasting in Germany 35 years ago has been
just as much a topic as the look back behind the iron curtain, where
the Soviets had for decades prevented the reception of foreign radio
programs by deliberate disruption. [...]
However, the Eifel radio stations do not remain a pure "listening
experience". On the weekend, among other things, there is the
opportunity to experience the former bunker of the state government up
close. Two-hour guided tours allow visitors to experience what the
state government officials should have done there in the event of a
disaster. The fictional scenario: The first atomic bombs have fallen
on the Ruhr, the fallout drives to Cologne / Bonn - the bunker crew
must evacuate as many people. On the basis of functioning technology
is shown how the work would have gone in the bunker. [...]
On both days, a truck drives through the transmission area and
reporters report from different locations. The programme can be
received in the municipality of Kall on the FM frequency 95.5 MHz as
well as outside Europe on shortwave 6030 kHz. Worldwide, the programme
is streamed to the Internet.
Registrations for the bunker tours and further information about the
program of the Eifeler Radiotage can be found at:
<
http://www.eifeler-radiotage.de>
Full article at:
<
https://eifeler-presse-agentur.de/2019/06/kall-geht-bei-eifeler-radiotagen-auf-sendung/#>
Project website:
https://www.eifeler-radiotage.de/(via Alan Pennington-UK, June 27, BrDXC-UK niog direct / dxld June 27)