Thursday, August 28, 2008

RFA Announces 12th Anniversary QSL Card Series

Radio Free Asia (RFA) proudly announces its 12th anniversary QSL card serieswhich will begin use on September 1st; a total of 3-cards comprise this series. Each QSL card celebrates RFA’s 12 years of on-air broadcasting. The first RFAbroadcast was in Mandarin on September 29, 1996 at 2100 UTC. Each card will beused for one month before it is replaced by the next card in the series. Card 1 willbe used for all valid reception reports dated Sep 1-30, 08; card 2 for all validreception reports dated Oct 1-31, 08; and card 3 for all valid reception reportsdated Nov 1-30, 08. The designs used are examples of many drawings made bythe children of RFA personnel earlier this year and were inspired by the work theirparents create daily at RFA. These cards not only commemorate RFA’s 12thanniversary but also help capture the youthful spirit of the RFA’s family andfriends around the world and encourage the spirit of democracy and freedom.
Sep 08: Card 1 of 3 celebrating RFA’s 12th Anniversary
Oct 08: Card 2 of 3 celebrating RFA’s 12th Anniversary
Nov 08: Card 3 of 3 celebrating RFA’s 12th Anniversary
Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely newsreports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996,RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea,Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. Asa ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each ofits target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news ofspecific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including ourcurrent broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org.RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports arevaluable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of ourtransmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by emails to qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to :
Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW,
Suite 300 Washington DC 20036
United States of America
Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.
(Via AJ Janitschek, Radio Free Asia)

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