Then we have arrived at the last broadcast day for our AM transmitters on Bergen Kringkaster.
A closing program dedicated to FBK Foreningen Bergen Kringkaster runs between 2000 and 2200 tonight on both 1314 and 5895 kHz and online.
At 0008 until tomorrow night, our AM broadcasts will be stopped on these frequencies and on 1611 kHz from Frudalsmyrene in Erdal, since our licenses will soon expire.
But extension of the licenses has been applied for!
In my farewell speech which is programmed just before midnight, I thank FBK and co-founders LA1TNA Per-Dagfinn Green and LA7CFA Øystein Ask in particular.
But thank you to everyone who has helped and made this possible.
Thanks also go to NKOM and the Norwegian Media Authority, who have shown us great goodwill and have focused on maintaining activity on the medium and shortwave bands for Norway.
We are the last AM transmitters on the Norwegian mainland after NRK closed on Ingøy 2 years ago.
Of course, we also thank the facility owner Askøy Municipality, with cultural director Gunnar Brynjulfsen at the helm.
We are heard in over 30 countries, from the United States to Russia, and from the Arctic to Sicily.
Listener report from Finland last night:
https://youtu.be/2yqHBwJN0Sk
It has been 12 nice and important years in life so far, and the AM period has lasted for 9 years.
I am very grateful for the fellowship and camaraderie we have had.
Then we'll see what happens next.
We hope that new and permanent licenses will be granted soon.
This is also important for emergency preparedness. I would think that many will see this in these pandemic times and more turbulent political times than in a long time.
In the meantime, our internet radios continue.
Thank you for listening!
Svenn Martinsen - Radio Northern Star founder and CEO
