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PROGRAMME
This is the last edition
of the present series of Celtic Notes.
We are going off-air on
March 28 for a period of several months and hope to return in the Autumn.
More at the end of these
programme notes.
Any developments, we'll
post details on this site.
Celtic
Notes Prog #289
Transmission Dates - March25/26
2005(short wave)
WRN March 26/27 2005
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Length - 30 minutes
Item 1: We
take a walk in the countryside with Brian Meopham, Co-ordinator of the
Friends of the Pembrokeshire
Coast National Park, who talks about one of their latest
projects. A working party
of 'friends' has been clearing and putting up 'kissing gates' on a
foot path across farmland
in Lawrenny at the confluence of the Carew and Cresswell
rivers both of which feed
into the Daugleddau, part of the great Milford Haven
Waterway. www.pembrokeshirecoast.org
Item 2:
Continuing our look at Wales-in-the-world during the month of March we
put a
phone call in to Dubai to
speak to Lee Jennings, Vice President, Middle East, Wales
Trade International,
who has celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of their office
in Dubai with several days
of events in 'Showcase-Wales'. www.walestrade.com
Music 1: Flight
of the Bumble Bee by Rimsky Korsakov - Gavin Woods (Tuba) and
Stuart Death (Piano) - Track
11 Travelling by Tuba
© Cyhoeddiadau Sain
TRF CD 376 www.sain.wales.com
Music 2: Lloer
Dirion ("Fair Moon, Fair as Day..") a centuries-old love song - Siân
James
- Track 3 Distaw
(peace) © Cyhoeddiadau Sain SCD 2025 www.sain.wales.com
With co-operation
& permission of record companies
Normal Broadcast Copyright
Rules Apply
WRI is part of The Foothold
Group: www.thefootholdgroup.org
Transmission times:
Full details on Celtic Notes - schedules at wri.cymru.net
WRI is transmitted on
short-wave by VT Communications: vtplc.com/communications
and World Radio Network
on global satellites: www.wrn.org
WRN's weekly e.mail
English Newsletter gives
up-dates on programme highlights. To subscribe, the e.mail
address is: club@wrn.org
*****Now here's a
special announcement for WorldSpace listeners:
On Friday 15th
April, all the WRN channels
on WorldSpace satellite service will be encrypted and
listeners wishing to continue
to tune in will have to take out a subscription directly with
WorldSpace. The deal that
has been negotiated precludes WRN from any financial gain
derived from the subscription
fees. After this date, if listeners wish to continue tuning
in
to WRN on AfriStar and on
AsiaStar via a WorldSpace receiver, they must take out a
subscription. WorldSpace
has placed all WRN’s channels in its GOLD subscription tier
which costs US$9.99 per
month. But a special WRN subscription deal of only $6.99. is
available for the first
12 months subscription which is activated by quoting WRN when
arranging to subscribe
For more: www.worldspace.com
and www.wrn.org
!!!!!!!! This is the
last edition of the present series of Celtic Notes.
We are going off-
air on March 28 for a period
of several months and hope to return in the Autumn.
Short wave transmissions
end at the end of March but during April the WRN English
satellite service will
transmit some repeat programmes -chosen specially from our
archives. Thank you
all for letting us into your homes. We do appreciate your loyalty, letters
and interest. Thank
you very much for listening in so many different parts of the world.
We shall miss sharing our
wonderful country with you all.....
Celtic
Notes Prog #288
Transmission Dates - March18/19
2005(short wave)
WRN March 19/20 2005
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Length - 30 minutes
Item 1: Kevin
Davies, Wales Trade International, Vice President - East Coast USA.
WTI was responsible for
lighting up the Empire State Building in Red White and Green
on March the first, St David's
Day. The St. David's celebrations in New York continued
over several days and Kevin
Davies highlights some of the events representing Wales at
its best. www.walestrade.com
Item 2: Gwion
ap Rhisiart, International Marketing Manager of Sgrin (Screen) Media
Agency, Cardiff,
spent several days in New York during the St. David's celebrations.
Under the auspices of Wales
Trade International, Sgrin was able to makes good contacts
with a number of different
Film Festival organisers in the USA and to generate potential
links with the Cardiff Film
Festival in November 2005. www.sgrin.co.uk
Item 3: They
say 'knowledge generates growth'. At INA Bearings in Llanelli, South
Wales, the saying is 'L
is greater than C' - Learning is greater than Change. INA South
Wales owes its present success
to a very positive learning ethos at the factory. When
Roger Evans, Plant Director,
saw manufacturers relocating in low labour-cost countries
round the world he feared
for the stability of his own factory. Mr. Evans' answer was to
protect INA in South Wales
by ensuring that learning at all levels produced the highest
quality goods, a top quality
production line and increased customer satisfaction. We also
meet some of the staff who
take advantage of the learning opportunities arranged by the
comany. www.ina.com
Music 1: Kaleidoscope
- Paula Gardiner - Track 6 Tales of Inclination
© Cyhoeddiadau Sain
SCDC 2103 www.sain.wales.com
Music 2: Tales
of Inclination - Paula Gardiner - Track 4 Tales of Inclination
© Cyhoeddiadau Sain
SCDC 2103 www.sain.wales.com
With co-operation
& permission of record companies
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WRI is part of The Foothold
Group: www.thefootholdgroup.org
Transmission times:
Full details on Celtic Notes - schedules at wri.cymru.net
WRI is transmitted on
short-wave by VT Communications: vtplc.com/communications
and World Radio Network
on global satellites: www.wrn.org
WRN's weekly e.mail
English Newsletter gives
up-dates on programme highlights. To subscribe, the e.mail
address is: club@wrn.org
Now here's a special
announcement for WorldSpace listeners: On Friday 15th April,
all the WRN channels on
WorldSpace satellite service will be encrypted and listeners
wishing to continue to tune
in will have to take out a subscription directly with
WorldSpace. After
this date, if listeners wish to continue tuning in to WRN on AfriStar
and on AsiaStar via a WorldSpace
receiver, they must take out a subscription.
WorldSpace has placed all
WRN’s channels in its GOLD subscription tier which costs
US$9.99 per month.
But a special WRN subscription deal of only $6.99. is available for
the first 12 months subscription
which is activated by quoting WRN when arranging to
subscribe For more:
www.worldspace.com
and www.wrn.org
Celtic
Notes Prog #287
Transmission Dates - March11/12
2005(short wave)
WRN March 12/13 2005
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Length - 30 minutes
Item 1: TEL.ME
- a new innovative way to use a mobile or Cel phone in New York.
Jonathan Knight of Blackbox-AV
talks about the audio cel-phone tour featuring places
associated with Dylan Thomas
in New York and their other audio visitor services in the
UK which are installed in
museums and visitor attractions. www.blackboxav.co.uk
www.walestrade.com
001-646-459-0071 (USA) for the Dylan Thomas audio tour.
0871 504 9522 (UK) for audio
cel/mobile-phone demonstration.
Item 2: Celtic
Enterprises - in-school businesses, set up and managed by pupils in
West
Wales, at their stalls for
the area finals in the Great Glasshouse at the National Botanic
Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire.
The winners will then travel to Ireland for the West
Wales/Ireland finals in
April. We meet organisers and some of the pupils running the
business enterprises. www.celticenterprises.org
www.careerswaleswest.co.uk
www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Music 1: Yr
Wyl - Côr Cymysg - Track 4 Ysgol Bro Myrddin CD made for the
school's
Celtic Enterprise called
'CD-DC' proceeds of which will be given to charity.
Music 2:
Third Movement of Vivaldi's Concerto No 5 in A Major - school orchestra
-
Track 5 Ysgol Bro Myrddin
CD made for the school's Celtic Enterprise business called
'CD-DC', proceeds of which
will be given to charity.
With co-operation
& permission of record companies
Normal Broadcast Copyright
Rules Apply
WRI is part of The Foothold
Group: www.thefootholdgroup.org
Transmission times:
Full details on Celtic Notes - schedules at wri.cymru.net
WRI is transmitted on
short-wave by VT Communications: vtplc.com/communications
and World Radio Network
on global satellites: www.wrn.org
WRN's weekly e.mail
English Newsletter gives
up-dates on programme highlights. To subscribe, the e.mail
address is: club@wrn.org
Now here's a special
announcement for WorldSpace listeners: On Friday 15th April,
all the WRN channels on
WorldSpace satellite service will be encrypted and listeners
wishing to continue to tune
in will have to take out a subscription directly with
WorldSpace. After
this date, if listeners wish to continue tuning into WRN on AfriStar
and on AsiaStar via a WorldSpace
receiver, they must take out a subscription. The deal
that has been negotiated
precludes WRN from any financial gain derived from the
subscription fees.
WorldSpace has placed all WRN’s channels in its GOLD subscription
tier. But there is a special
WRN subscription deal which is activated by quoting WRN
when arranging to subscribe
www.worldspace.com
Celtic
Notes Prog #286
Transmission Dates - March 04/05
2005(short wave)
WRN March 05/06 2005
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Length - 30 minutes
Item 1: Carn
Ingli - Mountain of Angels. Polly Groom, Archaeologist to the
Pembrokeshire Coast National
Park, has been repairing the Iron-Age fort on the summit
of Carn Ingli where, it
is said, the early Celtic saint - St. Brynach - communed with
angels when he climbed the
mountain to pray. www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk
Item 2:
Jeremy George, Steward of the Barony of Kemes, holds the office
that dates
back to the early middle
ages. His duties in the 21st century still relate to ceremonial,
property and the affairs
of the Lady Marcher who owns Newport Castle and many
hectares round Newport,
Pembrokeshire - including Carn Ingli. Jeremy George presides
over the annual installation
of Town Mayor and the ancient 'beating the bounds' when the
custom is to walk the Barony's
boundaries. www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk
Item 3:
Dr. Robert Parry, Vice President, Wales Trade International, Tokyo,
on a recent
visit to London, talks about
Wales and the Welsh in Tokyo where there is a strong
interest in the Welsh language
and culture - not only among Welsh ex-pats but among the
Japanese people as well.
During the month of March, St. David's Societies hold special
events and there is also
a WTI Trade Mission. www.walestrade.com
Music 1: ôl
ei droed (footprint) - Linda Heaaly - Track 14 ôl ei droed
© Cyhoeddiadau
Sain SCD 2385 www.sain.wales.com
Music 2: Ductia
(Anon - 13th century) - La Volta - Track 12 'Passetyne with Good
Cumpanye' ©
La Volta www.lavolta.org.uk
Music 3: Medli
Scott Joplin - Track10 Dylan Cernyw
© Cyhoeddiadau Sain
SCD 2267 www.sain.wales.com
With cooperation &
permission of record companies
Normal Broadcast Copyright
Rules Apply
WRI is part of The Foothold
Group:
www.thefootholdgroup.org
Transmission times:
Full details on Celtic Notes - schedules at wri.cymru.net
WRI is transmitted on
short-wave by VT Communications: vtplc.com/communications
and World Radio Network
on global satellites: www.wrn.org
WRN's weekly e.mail
English Newsletter gives
up-dates on programme highlights. To subscribe, the e.mail
address is: club@wrn.org
Celtic
Notes Prog #285
Transmission Dates - February
25/26 2005(short wave)
WRN February 26/27 2005
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Length - 30 minutes
Item 1: Nona
Rees - St. David's Cathedral Sub Librarian and writer, tells the very
colourful story of St. David's
birth - the patron saint of Wales. March 1st is St. David's
Day. www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk
R
Item 2:
Mexico Market Advisor, David Lee; Mission Leader, Nia Harries; and Strategy
Manager, Bill Frazer remind
us briefly about the Wales Trade International Trade
Mission to Mexico
this coming week and reflect on missions to other countries,
explaining some of the logistics
of such an event. www.walestrade.com
Item 3: The
Daffodil, a flower that is worn with pride on St. David's day.
In the run up
to March 1st. 2003, Pat
and Nick Bean are busy cutting flowers at Springfields - their
market garden near Manorbier
in Pembrokeshire. They talk about all the different
varieties of the Daffoldil
which gives them a several month's growing season. R
Music 1: Yma O
Hyd (we're still here) - Dafydd Iwan ac Ar Log - Track 21 Yma O
Hyd
© Cyhoeddiadau Sain
SCD 2063 www.sain.wales.com
Music 2: Alawon
Fy Ngwlad (A song of my land) - Carreg Lafar - Track 3 Carreg Lafar
Ysbryd y Werin (Spirit
of the people) © Cyhoeddiadau Sain SCD 2102
www.sain.wales.com
Music 3: Merch
Mewn Cariad (Girl in Love) - Track 3 Shan Davies
© Cyhoeddiadau Mwldan
Flach CD 238B www.fflach.co.uk
With cooperation &
permission of record companies
Normal Broadcast Copyright
Rules Apply
WRI is part of The Foothold
Group: www.thefootholdgroup.org
Transmission times:
Full details on Celtic Notes - schedules at wri.cymru.net
WRI is transmitted on
short-wave by VT Communications: vtplc.com/communications
and World Radio Network
on global satellites: www.wrn.org
WRN's weekly e.mail
English Newsletter gives
up-dates on programme highlights. To subscribe, the e.mail
address is: club@wrn.org
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TRANSMISSION
SCHEDULES
SHORT-WAVE
Frequencies and principal
coverage of WRI weekly transmissions by
VT Communications:-
WRI WILL CEASE BROADCASTING ON SHORT-WAVE
AT THE END OF MARCH.
WE HOPE TO RETURN IN THE AUTUMN
Winter
Transmissions start October 31 2004
Country Season Frequency
Time
Day
To N. America Winter
6005 KHz
03.00-03.30 UTC Saturday
(Rampisham) Summer
9.795Mhz
0200-0230UTC Saturday
To Europe Winter
3955 KHz
21.30-22.00 UTC Friday
(Skelton) Summer
7.325Mhz
2030-2100UTC Friday
To Europe Winter
7110 Khz
21.30-22.00 UTC Friday
(From
Moosbrunn, Austria to Western Europe)
To Australasia Winter
17.625Mhz
11.30-12.00 UTC Saturday
(Rampisham) Summer17.745
MHz
1230-1300UTC Saturday
WINTER
FREQUENCIES APPLY FROM SUNDAY OCTOBER 31 2004
Information
courtesy of VT Communications Map
courtesy of Imaginet
CELTIC
NOTES ON
WORLD RADIO NETWORK (WRN1)
SATELLITE TRANSMISSIONS
WRI TRANSMISSIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF APRIL 2005 WITH
PROGRAMMES FROM OUR ARCHIVES.
Further details www.wrn.org
Transmissions
from October 31 2004 - March 26 2005
Summer
schedules will be posted next week, but there should not be any change
to local times for listenning - UTC/GMT shedules move with the time changes.
WRN
English for EUROPE
UTC/GMT
Saturday 09.30-10.00
Sundays 05.00-05.30
Sundays 15.00-15.30
Digital Satellite for the UK & Ireland: SKYdigital,Channel
872 (Astra 2A, 28.2 degrees
East)
Digital Satellite for Europe:
Eutelsat HOT BIRD 6, 13º East, Transponder 94, 12.597 GHz, Vertical,
Symbol Rate
27.500 Mbaud, FEC 3/4, MPEG2 DVB audio stream. Select WRN English from
audio menu. For advanced or channel search, the Service Identity Number
(S-ID) is
8216.
It is also available on
cable services across Europe
(please refer to www.wrn.org
for more details)
WRN
English for NORTH AMERICA
UTC/GMT
Saturday 15.00-15.30
Sunday 01.30-02.00
WRN’s 24/7 English network to North America is available on Telstar
5 – the digital, ku-band DVB satellite at 97º West.
The equipment for accessing WRN via Telstar 5 is smaller and cheaper
than C-Band – complete packages (receiver plus dish and other accessories)
can start as low as $320.
Satellite Coordinates:
Telstar 5 at 97º West, Transponder 27, 12.177 GHz Vertical Polarisation,
Symbol Rate 23,000 Msym/s, FEC 2/3, DVB MPEG2, Choose Audio Channel: WRN1
(English), Service-ID: 14.
Via Sirius Satellite Radio: Sirius Satellite Radio offers 60
channels of commercial-free music and up to 40 channels of news, sports
and entertainment, all broadcast directly to your vehicle, anywhere on
the continental United States. Sirius’ digital satellite delivery system
ensures that listeners receive a crystal clear signal from coast to coast.
(please refer to www.wrn.org
for more details).
This network is also rebroadcast on other satellite services, cable
services and local FM radio stations across North America (log on to wrn.org/namerica.html
for more details)
WRN English for SOUTH AMERICA
UTC/GMT
Saturday 11.30-12.00
Sunday O5.00-05.30
This service is distributed by
Satellite Co-ordinates:
Telstar 12, 15 degrees West, 11.974 GHz, Vertical-Pol, MPEG2 DVB, Symbol
Rate
3400, FEC ¾, Channel VPID 6690, Channel APID 4112.
WRN English for AFRICA/MIDDLE
EAST
UTC/GMT
Saturday 11.30-12.00
Sunday 05.00-05.30
This network is distributed by:
IVia Digital Satellite
WRN is available across Africa and the Middle East, free-to-air via
a digital direct-to- home service on Intelsat 707 at
1º West. To find WRN, select the MPEG2 digital service (DWtv)
at 3.9115 MHz on your satellite receiver and select the WRN audio service.
You will find WRN’s English service on the left of the Stereo channel and
WRN Multi-lingual on the right-channel.
Satellite Coordinates:
Intelsat 707, 1º West MPEG2 Digital at 3.9115 MHz, right-hand
circular polarisation, Symbol rate 8.022 Mbaud, FEC 1/2, audio stream WRN
(left-channel audio) You can also receive WRN in English via MultiChoice
DStv. For details contact
MultiChoice on +27 11 289 2266, fax +27 11 889 5968, e-mail: enquiries@multichoice.co.za
or visit the MultiChoice
website at www.multichoice.co.za
(please refer to www.wrn.org
and (www.worldspace.com)
for more details).
WRNEnglish for ASIA PACIFIC
UTC/GMT
Saturday 11.30-12.00
Sunday 05.00-05.30
This network is distributed by:
Via Digital Satellite
WRN is available across Asia Pacific region via a digital direct-to-home
service on AsiaSat2 at 100.5º East Vertical-pol.
The service is not scrambled, so you don’t need a special subscription
card. To find WRN, select the MPEG2 digital
service at 4.000 GHz on your satellite receiver and select the WRN
audio service.
Satellite Coordinates: AsiaSat 2 100.5º East, European
TV Bouquet free-to-air digital service, MPEG2 DVB
Digital at 4000 MHz Vertical polarity, Symbol Rate 28.125 Msym/s, FEC
¾, WRN English left-audio channel
(please refer to www.wrn.org
and (www.worldspace.com)
for more details).
WRN English on WORLDSPACE
AFRISTAR
UTC/GMT
Saturday 11.30-12.00
Sunday 05.00-05.30
WRN English on WORLDSPACE
ASIASTAR
UTC/GMT
Saturday 11.30-12.00
Sunday 05.00-05.30
(please refer to www.wrn.org for more details)
(Winter schedules start October 31 2004)
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ALSO ON THIS SITE -
a WRI special: that long
Welsh place name of 58 letters:
LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH
- and help with pronuciation.
Just
click here to *#*listen*#*in
MP3 while you read
LLANFAIR
PWLL
GWYN GYLL
St. Mary's church in the hollow of
the white hazel
GOGER Y
CHWYRN DROBWLL
near
the rapid
whirlpool
LLANTYSILIO
GOGOGOCH
and the church of St. Tysilio
near the red cave
Many thanks to our 'teacher' who volunteered to help with the Welsh
pronunciation:-
Solicitor, Rachel Phillips-James, whose law office is in Crymych,
Pembrokeshire.
Some
useful websites:
http://vtplc.com/communications
www.wrn.org
http://www.sain.wales.com
http://www.fflach.co.uk
http://www.llgc.org.uk
http://www.gardenofwales.org.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/so/weird
http://www.curiad.co.uk
http://www.visitwales.com
http://www.visitbritain.com
http://www.homecomingwales2000.com
http://welsh.lamp.ac.uk/camu
http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk
http://www.cardiffmarketing.co.uk
http://www.klmuk.com
http://www.foodwales.com
http://www.walestrade.com
www.walesworldnation.com
www.celticnotes.visitwales.com
www.corusgroup.com
www.coruseducation.com
www.npt.gov.uk/discover
www.thefootholdgroup.org
