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<DIV><FONT size=6><STRONG>AFN to end terrestrial TV signal in
Belgium/Germany</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The US Army’s 5th Signal Command, which is responsible for
the terrestrial TV transmitters that broadcast <STRONG>AFN</STRONG>, plans to
turn off the terrestrial signal in Belgium and Germany starting next month.
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<P><FONT face=Verdana>The change will affect only those who receive the
broadcast via a TV antenna. Viewers who own AFN decoders will not notice any
change.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>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.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>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.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=2>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: <SPAN class=IL_AD id=IL_AD2><U><FONT
color=#006600>Brussels</FONT></U></SPAN> 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 <SPAN class=IL_AD id=IL_AD3><U><FONT color=#006600>Power
Network</FONT></U></SPAN> (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 Wakō, Saitama. Serves the Greater Tokyo Area. 1575
kHz AM <SPAN class=IL_AD id=IL_AD1><U><FONT color=#006600>Marine
Corps</FONT></U></SPAN> 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, <SPAN class=IL_AD id=IL_AD4><U><FONT
color=#006600>Florida</FONT></U></SPAN>: 12133.5 kHz day night 7811 kHz day
night 5446.5 kHz day night Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: 10320 kHz daytime 6350 kHz
nighttime</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>