Kang Guru Radio English 2008 Writing Competition Winners

Hundreds of entries have been received from all over Indonesia for this year's Kang Guru Writing Competition. "Sport is very, very important".
The Grand Winner is Amanatun Hasanah from Gresik, East Java, Indonesia.
The two runner up entries are from Reem from Pamekasan, Madura, Indonesia and Helmi Wattimury from Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia.

All three winners will be visiting Bali later this year as part of their prize.

To read full entries go to the Kang Guru website, Story Page.

(Resource: Kang Guru Radio English Magazine June 2008) Readmore »»

RSI will end transmission on July 31

The Media Monitoring Club and all the SW radio listeners are sorrowful upper would the closure of the shortwave broadcast of RSI. This is a failure of the listeners clubs as a listeners' motivator to active and dedicated in shortwave radio. After the closing of the broadcast of Indonesian service of Radio Veritas Asia, and the closing of several language broadcasts in Radio Japan NHK World, and Radio Singapore International will end transmission on July 31.
Although, that is decisive of RSI, listeners only assets, not the owner and policy makers.
Mediacorp consideration as the main of RSI does not see the effectiveness of the Shortwave radio broadcast has diminished over time, with changing technology and media consumption habits.
For detailed information, you can Visit: Channel News Asia.
Although the RSI broadcast will closed, we hope communication between us still continues, and definitely RSI cannot be forgotten by us.

(Resource: Rane, RSI, Channel News Asia) Readmore »»

RTI's 80 Anniversary

Radio Taiwan International is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. RTI sincerely welcome the listeners to celebrate this important occasion. To participate in the event, all you need to do is to send RTI a short congratulatory message, preferably in just one sentence!

Time:
from June 1 to August 15th (postmarked)

How To Participate:
1. Mail to P. O. Box 123-199, Taipei, 11199, Taiwan.
2. Email to rti@rti.org.tw
3. Fax to 886-2-28862294

Best Enties
RTI will choose 130 listeners for best entry and there will also be 300 consolation prizes! The entries will be chosen on Septemer 9th at RTI’s headquarters in Taipei (to make processing easier, please write your name and address legibly)

Prizes
1. Best entry prize:(130)a limited edition RTI watch
2. Consolation prize (300)an RTI t-shirt

(Resource: Radio Taiwan International) Readmore »»