Goodbye, Kigali - Abschied von der letzten DW-Relaisstation

The DW switched their latest self-powered shortwave relay station in Kigali Rwanda tonight.

For 50 years the radio programs from the hills of Kigali sent via shortwave to Africa and Europe - with an eventful history.

There are financial reasons for Deutsche Welle's departure. The annual cost of running the station totals three million euros ($3.3 million). {nothing, - compared to 385 billion debts by Greece, wb.}

http://www.dw.de/deutsche-welle-closes-kigali-outpost/a-18340960

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DW French - Afrique - L'adieu à Kigali.
Depuis 1965, la station-relais DW de Kigali relayait les émissions en ondes courtes de notre radio en plusieurs langues sur le continent africain.

Le samedi 28 mars, une page de l'histoire de notre radio se tourne : c'est la date à laquelle la station-relais de la Deutsche Welle à Kigali ferme ses portes. Elle existait depuis 1965. Souvenirs, souvenirs...
http://www.dw.de/actualités/s-10261

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http://www.dw.de/goodbye-kigali-abschied-von-der-letzten-dw-relaisstation/a-18343911

some foto images of DWL Kigali site 1965 - 2015
http://www.dw.de/ende-der-relaisstation-kigali-bilder-einer-bewegten-geschichte/g-18342899

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first general director of DWL in Kigali in 1965
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built up Kigali relay masts in 1965
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DWL Kigali antenna matrix switch
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Germany's Foreign Minister Genscher on DWL relay site Kigali
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Young DWL engineering staff
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German President Koehler visit
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DWL Kigali transmitter hall
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1965 year built-up at Kigali site
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DWL staff 4 Germans, 60 local technical people, some 60 Secret Service
http://www.dw.de/kigali-im-land-der-tausend-hügel/a-15671029


DW Kigali seven engineering staff members and 4 families rescued by Belgium Air Forces on 13 April 1994, some 60 local relay site people killed in the Hutu vv Tutsi genocide clashes :
http://www.dw.de/vor-15-jahren-dw-mitarbeiter-aus-ruanda-gerettet/a-4159997

Around 80 of the 100 Rwandan staff at Deutsche Welle's Kigali relay station were killed in the genocide. Walter Berger and his colleagues returned to the station in August 1994 and it was a ghastly sight that awaited them. They found body parts of their dead Rwandan colleagues in the rooms. They were able to identify them by their clothing.

http://www.dw.de/popups/mediaplayer/contentId_4159997_mediaId_4160112

Rwanda Genocide from April 1994
http://www.dw.de/ruanda-gedenkt-seiner-genozidopfer/a-17549307
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DW Portuguese - Mais África
http://www.dw.de/adeus-kigali-deutsche-welle-fecha-retransmissor-na-capital-ruandesa/a-18345108
O centro retransmissor de onda curta da DW em Kigali fecha este sábado (28.03). Dois ex-funcionários falam sobre os 50 anos de história da estação, incluindo os momentos terríveis que viveram durante o genocídio de 1994.

Adeus Kigali! Deutsche Welle fecha retransmissor na capital ruandesa O centro retransmissor de onda curta da DW em Kigali fecha este sábado (28.03). Dois ex-funcionários falam sobre os 50 anos de história da estação, incluindo os momentos terríveis que viveram durante o genocídio de 1994.

http://www.dw.de/popups/mediaplayer/contentId_18345108_mediaId_18345114

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and close Sines Portugal too
A DW construiu a estação no ano de 1970. Teve muita importância estratégica durante décadas, mas vai deixar de transmitir a partir do dia 30 de outubro de 2011. Saiba mais sobre a história de Sines.
http://www.dw.de/adeus-sines-o-centro-emissor-da-dw-em-portugal-encerra/a-6636099

História dos programas em português da DW.
Quem somos - Português para África - DW - Voz da Alemanha 03.10.2014
http://www.dw.de/hist%C3%B3ria-dos-programas-em-portugu%C3%AAs-da-dw/a-2269973


As emissões da Deutsche Welle em português têm uma longa história, desde o início do primeiro programa em 1954. Confira algumas das datas mais marcantes das mais de 60 anos de história da Voz da Alemanha.

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and 15 more photo images on slideshow
http://www.dw.de/60-anos-da-dw/g-16714151
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Adeus Sines! O centro emissor da DW em Portugal encerra. DW.DE 25.10.2011
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50 years DWL Amharic sce
http://www.dw.de/happy-birthday-50-jahre-dw-amharisch/g-18308482

11 photo images seen at slideshow
http://www.dw.de/%E1%8B%AD%E1%8B%98%E1%89%B5/s-11646
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http://www.dw.de/dw-amharisch-gibt-uns-kiemen-zum-atmen/a-18310299

(Wolfgang Bueschel via dxld yg)