AWR Europe The First 15Years
Steele AWFir 1971 AllenandAndrea Dioneered hendid you hearyour ûrciAWR broâdcast? From what station?ln t h e l a s t l 5 y e ê r sA d v e n t i s tW o r l d R a d i o Europehaspairedupwilh severalstalions: RxdioMedilerranean,RÂdioT.ans Europe. Radio Andorra lniernational, Radio Luxcmbors, and Radio Prasue Cust
kiddins). And ofcoursenowwe'reheard elerydayfrom our own transmittingsite in ltaly.But AWR hasone parhership thar wasthe bÎlhplace ot AWR-Europe ând conrinues 1o endure10 this day AwR overkdio TrânsEurope.Ponùgala-.ùtuucl on paq. 6
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October1, 1971marksthe beginning ofth€ intemâtionalshortwaveserviceto Europe from AdveDtistWorld Râdio. in Sin€s, With RTE s 250km trânsmitters Portugal, AWR stârted shâring with Europeanlist€nersthe hope of a Christ who câresin a real and persoml\{aY. AwR quickly conqueredthe sympâthy of listeners (Dx'ers included) which "forced"the orgadzationto add more languagesanalservices. Alleû and Andrea Steelecamefrom the united stâtesto serve,r€spectively, Uder Steelet âsmanag€randsecretary. managementAwl, the ide4 becâme Awl, the reality. He initiâted services like the 'World Dx-News",which is still heârdeverySuddây.This wasdevelopeal wilh th€ cooperationof someEurcpeân DX Clubs,RadioMonitorsIntematioûal Asiâ, ând numerousDx'ers, And we caû't forget th€ help of Roy Baker, cordon Darling, Clive Jenkins,Mike Barrâcloueù, Barry Davis, and most recently, the superlative Fim Krcne. lMorkiDgout of at oflicein Lisbon, the Steele'shatrdled the many duties of operâtingth€ AWR orysnization. A large slice of the work went iDto processing the many tâpes ftom the various Productioncenters.The programshadto be timed to the secotd, annoutcements addedand deliveredto th€ r€lay station in SesimbrâOetweet Lisbonand Sines). While this may soundlike bald tedium, it was not without its suprises.Once Àllen left the tap€s in his car during a Christmasholiday. But wheû he retumed, the cârwasgone,ând so s,ereth€ tâpes. (some Portugesecar thief aot the extra botrus of rcIigious radio programs!) Steelehad to spendCh.istmasEve prepanng rlew Prognms to replace the stolenones, With an iDareasingwork loâd the
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BonMyorr Mânagerdecidedto hir€ an extraworker. EventuauyManùel Vieira was chos€n. H€ cameto AWR iû l9?5 with previous experiencein joumalism and military TV. ln thât same yeaf AwR became mor€ European.Throuah the facilities of Radio M€diterraneanin Cyclops-La Vallettâ, Malta AWR beaan broadcâsh over the three 250 kw transmitters,âdding more programsand raising to 20 the numberof languagesAltet five y€ars with AWR the Ste€lesretumed to the United States.I Now they are againpioneers.Currently on the island of Guam they arc oveF seeing the €onstructionof the most powerfulstationAWR has ever owned. WhenAwR-Asiagoeson the airthis fâll th€ Steeleswill stay on and coûtinueto ruture the ûew station in much the sâmeway âs in Lisbon,
Winnie Almeida
A f i c r I h . S l . c l e sc a e R o n M ! ' e r s . r û r a nw i t h r . r d i oi n h i 5 b l o o d . ( H c u s e d l o s l e e t s , i l h c l r p h o n e so n ) . W h e n R o n r r r r v c d h c s p â r k e da s m a l l r È ! o l u t i o nb ! h e l p i n g p r o d u c e r st o b u i l d n e v p r o d u c l i o n s l u d i o s . . t n dg a v e a s s i s l r n c .i n c o n s t r u c t i n gl o c { l r a d i o s l a t i o n s .A l i h e l i n r e l t l r - . F r a n c cr n d S c , r n d j n a v ihaa d o p e n e dt h c i r d o o r st o p r i v a l el o c l l r a d i o . T h e D X p r o g r a mw â s c { u g h l u D i n t h i s r e v o l u t i o nl o o . A ç e e k l ! p h o n ec r l l w d s r d d c d s o l i s t e n e r sc o u l d h a v c t h e l a l e s r ncv! of the DX world. I1 wrs r liirc ol burning grolvth. ^lic. nudtine dozens of possibiliti€s Ron conlrclcd Rrdio Andorrr which rerulredif rnorhcr .rciting shoflçx!c nrflriree. Fronl l\ndo.ra AwR.rdd.d no.. n.$ laneurgesrnd lbur lnore b r o l d . . r s rh o u r sd . r i 1 l . Thus the AWR-Eurofe nclworl wus formed by Radio T.rns Luropc. P o r t u S a l iR a d i o l U e d i t e r r a n e a nM . llral a n d R a d i o ^ n d o r r ! I n L e r n a u o n r l .F o r 1imi1.d p.riods of lrrnsmission time ^ w R w a sd l s oh e a r do l e r R r d i o L u \ e n r borg. T o h c l p c ! r ! t h e m o u n t i n gw o r k lord- AWR began rccruiring \!udent missionâriei (Seventhdùy Adven!ist _ v o u n gp e o ! l e w h o v o l u n t c . r f o r o n e y c r r ) . V i c t o r H u l b e r t .r h c l i r s l S M . w a s s u i i o ù e d n ! L i s b o n x n d L h e r et o o k h i s l l r s l s t c p s i n t h e . â d i o b u s i n c s sT . h.re h c p r o d u c c dr o n e h o u f p r o s r â n ld l i l y l b r b r o a d c r s ro \ c r R â d i o A n d o r . a .T h i s c x p e n c n c eh r s a p p a f e n l l vp . o v e d d d i c t i v e f o r V i c l o r r s h c ! e e m s u n , r b l el o b r i n s h i r n s c l ft o n o p H i s v o i c c i s s l i l l h c d r d o n p . o g r a n r sb r o . r d c n s lw e e k l ! l r o m A W R f d c i l i t i e si n S i n e s .P o u g r l and Forli.Itrly. A f t e r V i c t o . . A W R h x s s e e nâ n e w Sl\'l every-)err: sistcr and brolher Alison ând Bemie Holford. Ray Allcn and Craig P a p a i o a n o u(.R u s s e l lB r y r n a n d A n d i
on to run the oflice and io serveas â contâctbetweenthe stâtiot,lhe manager Becauseof technicaland politicaL problems AwR becâme disassociated andRâdioAnwith RadioMedilerraneân dorra, thus reducing AWR_Europeto Theseculs the originalRTE partnership. AwR sile in of the besinniûg were lhe
MrnùelVieira Rui Dias Demskyhâveservedin Forli) By this time WinnieAlmeidâwas a sile Fofli. After monlhs of searchinS, ;nvited to cooperêtewith and in lhe ot lt sils wâs selected. Forli joined overlooking ÀWR weeklyDx-progrâm.Winnie the and Bolognâ between hill halfway a wilh with an €xtensiveradio association R€publicof SanMârino. Râdio Portugal,where she continuesto Mânuel To assistin th€ construction prodùceDX andothefprogrâms.Winnie Forli, leâvitg to is a fâmiliar and popular voice, heard vieira ând familymoved in the responsibiliti€s with weekly on AWR'Slvorld DX-News ar Rui Diâs the DXwirh (ând Winnie Lisbon hoursUTC on 9670kHz 0800-0810 !rosram). Aller four YearsRon Myers left ln Ausust, 1985Mike wiist wâs AWR-Europeto go into privâtebusiness. who trrnsNowhe\ operâtingtwo FM slalions'one replacedby Greg Hodgson Dârmstâdt from in France,the otherin Ilâlv.Heis interum ferredlhc he,rdquâners AWR-EuroPe's be neârer manageffor an FM sttttionalsoin ltàiv. to Forli 10 râdio KJOI in Rome, and tlrere have first ownedlransmitlersiteAfler manYYears,many different been rumors âboul â TV stâ1ionin the people, many good experiences(ând Italian Riviera. The man never stops it\ Mike Wiist arived in Lisbonasrhe somenol so good) AWR contiûues PoF in new manager,with almost ten !'cÂrsof work over RadioTrâns Europe time havechanexperiencein ràdio.ConsideringLisbon tugal-Many thingsover tne samei remarns thing ged, on€ but Mik€ too fâr from th€ productioncenters, the hope Europe to offer \ve continue moved the AWR-Europeheâdquarters grealest world's this love of the and to Dârmsiâdt,west Germany Christ Jesus ând Friend, Teacher vieira stâYed tn Lisbon, Manuel
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