Radio Bulgaria closed their shortwave service in early 2012,
switching most of their multilingual service to online streaming. Their Turkish
output however can still be heard through the ether on 576 kHz from the
country's high-powered and only remaining mediumwave transmitter at Vidin,
presumably intended mainly for Bulgaria's sizable Turkish minority. These
broadcasts are at 0600-0700, 1300-1400 & 1830-1930 UT [presumably an hour
earlier in summer] and in contrast to the slick
modern presentation of the exclusively online Radio Bulgaria programming they
open with the same interval signal and signature tune Radio Sofia/Radio Bulgaria
has used since the 1960s, identifying as 'Bulgaristan Radyosu'.
These broadcasts can also heard
be heard via Radio Kardzhali, which opened on 9 May 2016 as the latest of nine
regional stations of Bulgarian National Radio (BNR). Kardzhali Province has an
ethnic Turkish majority and the station transmits on 90.0 MHz FM with its own
programmes in Bulgarian at 0900-1200 local time (currently 0700-1000 UT), the
rest of the time relaying either Horizont [BNR 1st Programme] or
Radio Bulgaria
broadcasts in Turkish at the times given above. Radio Kardzhali and 18 other BNR
radio services are available on live web streams from the organisation's
multilingual website at www.bnr.bg. Recent clips of Radio Kardzhali and
Radio Bulgaria Turkish Service - the latter complete with old-style interval
signal and signature tune - can be heard on the Interval Signals Online website
@ IntervalSignals.net
(David Kernick, via dxld
yg)
