ARLA/CLUSTER: AFN encerra retransmissões temestes de TV na Bélgica e Alemanha.

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AFN to end terrestrial TV signal in Belgium/Germany

The US Army’s 5th Signal Command, which is responsible for the terrestrial TV transmitters that broadcast AFN, plans to turn off the terrestrial signal in Belgium and Germany starting next month.

The change will affect only those who receive the broadcast via a TV antenna. Viewers who own AFN decoders will not notice any change.

The terrestrial transmitters will be shut down in phases. AFN plans to warn viewers by airing commercials two weeks before the transmitters are cut off in those communities. “If you’re seeing the commercial, it’s going away,� said AFN-Europe’s commander, Colonel William Bigelow. “If you’re not seeing it, don’t worry about it.�

People who receive the terrestrial signal are able to view only one channel, AFN Prime Atlantic. AFN officials said most people who receive the terrestrial signal are expats, retirees or local nationals, and AFN officials have no way to track how many people will be affected by the change. The end to terrestrial TV transmission will save nearly $800,000 a year, according to 5th Signal Command spokesman Lawrence Torres III.

The lone exception to the change is Schweinfurt, Germany, where many troops live in government-leased housing without the built-in cable service that other garrisons provide. “We’re developing a plan to provide them a service,� said Major Paul Haverstick, AFN-Europe operations officer. With the change, Americans living off post will have to get a decoder and satellite if they still want AFN programming.

Americans saw the first military TV broadcasts at Ramstein in 1957 through low-powered terrestrial transmitters, and terrestrial TV was the sole method used by AFN until 1997, when the network provided additional channels through cable and satellite. “We’re moving away from that old technology … it’s probably been a long time coming,� Colonel Bigelow said.



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Radio: AFN Rota Radio - The Eagle 102.5 FM: Naval Station Rota (5.0 kW) [edit] SHAPE (Belgium) Television: AFN Prime Atlantic/AFN Benelux (NTSC) 33H: Brussels Evere (2 kW) 34V: SHAPE, Casteau (4.5 kW) 34V: Florennes (10 W) Radio: AFN Benelux 101.7 FM: Everberg, Kortenberg (900 W) 106.2 FM: Kleine Brogel, Peer (200 W) 104.2 FM: SHAPE, Casteau (4 kW) 107.7 FM: Florennes (100 W) AFN Benelux - The Eagle 101.7 FM: Brussels (Evere) 107.9 FM: Chièvres (100 W) 106.5 FM: SHAPE, Casteau (200 W) [edit] Italy 106.0 FM AFN Livorno (The Eagle) Livorno/Pisa AFN Livorno-Power 107 Livorno AFN Naples-The Eagle Napoli-Camaldoli AFN Vicenza-The Eagle Rimini AFN Vicenza-The Eagle Aviano AFN Vicenza-The Eagle Piancavallo AFN The Eagle San Vito AFN The Eagle Decimomannu AFN Sigonella-The Eagle Sigonella AFN Vicenza-The Eagle Monte Rubbio AFN Vicenza-The Eagle Verona 106.1 FM AFN Livorno-Power 107La Maddalena 106.0? 107.0 FM Power Network (AFN) Sigonella AFN Naples Power 107 Napoli-Camaldoli AFN Vicenza Power 107 Piancavallo AFN Vicenza Power 107 Aviano AFN Vicenza Power 107 Ghedi AFN Power 107 San Vito AFN Livorno Power 107 Livorno-Castellaccio AFN Vicenza Power 107 Monte Rubbio AFN Vicenza Power 107 Verona 107.1 FM AFN Livorno-The Beach (The Eagle) La Maddalena [3] [edit] Japan 648 kHz AM Camp Kinser: Urasoe, Okinawa. 10 kilowatts(kW). 810 kHz AM Yokota Air Base: Western Tokyo. 50 kW transmitted from Wak�, Saitama. Serves the Greater Tokyo Area. 1575 kHz AM Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni: Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. 1 kW. Misawa Air Base: Misawa, Aomori. 600W. United States Fleet Activities Sasebo: Sasebo, Nagasaki. 250W. 89.1 MHz FM Kadena Air Base: Kadena, Okinawa. 20 kW. US Television channel 11 Camp Foster: Okinawa. Source:[4] [edit] Short Wave (USB) Diego Garcia: 12579 kHz daytime 4319 kHz nighttime Guam: 13362 kHz daytime 5765 kHz nighttime Key West, Florida: 12133.5 kHz day night 7811 kHz day night 5446.5 kHz day night Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: 10320 kHz daytime 6350 kHz nighttime
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