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WorldDX Radio Prague leaves shortwaves on February 1st 2011


23-01-2011 01:01 | Pavla Horakova

Today in Mailbox: As Radio Prague's last day on shortwave approaches
we'll hear from the head of Radio Prague Miroslav Krupicka about the
station's immediate and long-term prospects.

Hello and welcome to Radio Prague's weekly Mailbox - the last but
one that you can hear on shortwave. As our regular audience knows,
Radio Prague's shortwave frequencies are falling silent on
February 1st. And as the date approaches we'll hear from the head
of Radio Prague Miroslav Krupicka about the station's immediate and
long-term prospects.

Hello Mirek and welcome to the studio - so tell us what exactly will
change as of February 1st?

"Well, first I'd like to say that we've had very nice feedback from
listeners which I appreciate very much. Of course, some listeners have
been supporting us, some have been criticising us. Some have been
complaining about the end of shortwave. Anyway, I'd like to thank all
listeners for their support. It's very nice to feel that we've got an
active audience.

"Well, it was a decision - I mean to close down shortwave - that we
were forced to make. The lack of funding is the main reason. I think
it's quite clear and we have somehow to cope with it. We have to face
the new situation and make the best of the new situation. But I'd like
to assure everybody that this is not the end of Radio Prague. We will
carry on.

"Now, what happens on the first of February? Really nothing much
except for the shortwave. Shortwave will be closed down, the shortwave
transmitter in Litomysl will remain silent as of the 1st of February
and all the other platforms that we have been on will go on. We'll
stay on the internet - that will be the main platform for broadcasting
both live and on-demand, we'll stay on satellite, on Astra 3A and all
the World Radio Network channels. We'll be carried by re-broadcasters
- unfortunately in English we don't have any re-broadcasting partner
stations but we've got them in various other languages, such as Russian,
for instance, or Spanish. English stays on FM in Prague. For years, we
have been on FM in Prague, 92.6 on the regional broadcast of Czech
Radio. This is Monday to Friday and this goes on as usual. And we are
looking into the possibilities of being present on mobile platforms. I
think that's quite nice because the world goes mobile these days."

Will there be any changes to the length and structure of the
programmes?

"Not exactly. There will be some small changes. The structure - the
content of the thirty-minute broadcasts will remain basically as it is:
news, packages, small interviews and features. There will be a little
music at the end of each programme, at the end of each thirty-minute
broadcast and there will be music on Sunday. We wanted to make the
programme cheap and we'll play music - Czech music on Sundays. Those
are the main changes."

Will Radio Prague continue to broadcast in six languages?

"Yes, we are staying on the six languages that people are used to."

A listener from the US enquired about the possibility of utilizing the
longwave transmitter at Topolna covering a large part of Europe for
Radio Prague's foreign language programs part of the day. Is anything
like that being considered?

"Yes, I've been discussing this option with my colleagues within Czech
Radio. It's quite tough because currently, the longwave is allocated to
domestic broadcasts, one of the domestic stations of Czech Radio
broadcasts on longwave. But we've been discussing this anyway. But
overall, longwave is being considered for closure as well, for
budgetary reasons, for financial reasons, because to maintain longwave
and well as shortwave is quite expensive and Czech Radio cannot afford
that. So probably the days of longwave broadcasting are numbered within
Czech Radio as well. So there is no long term prospect for Radio Prague
being on longwave."

What are the long term prospects for Radio Prague as such?

"Well, this is very hard to predict. Everybody knows that we are in a
shaky, unstable situation. Not only Radio Prague - it applies to many
other companies that depend on state money. But my personal feeling is
that we will survive this turmoil and we'll carry on and we'll be here
in one year's time."

Mirek, thank you very much for coming into the studio.

"You're welcome."

That was Radio Prague's director Miroslav Krupicka.

Just a reminder that the new broadcast schedule will be available both
on our website and in the form of leaflets. Also, Radio Prague will be
accepting your reception reports even after February 1st and sending
out QSL cards. On the final day of our shortwave transmission, we will
mark the QSL card with a special rubber stamp. That is all for today's
edition of Mailbox. But before I go let me just repeat our quiz
question.

Our January mystery man was born in 1875 in Prague and died in 1926 in
the Swiss city of Montreux. He is considered to be one of the most
important German-language poets.

Please send us his name by the end of January to English@radio.cz or
Radio Prague, 12099 Prague, the Czech Republic. Until next week, take
care.

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/mailbox/mailbox-2011-01-23
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