Voice of America, Belize Relay Station, Punta Gorda, Belize, Central America

R -- HIGH POWER AM BROADCAST TRANSMITTERS IN BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA AVAILABLE FOR NIGHTTIME HOURLY LEASING. POC Contact Point: Gaines R. Johnson, Tel: 501-7-22091 (Voice) 501-7-22147 (Fax) The U.S. Information Agency's Voice of America (VOA) Relay Station in Belize, Central America is accepting applications for use of available NIGHTTIME broadcast hours on their two 100,000 watt AM band transmitters in Belize. The transmitters, located at Punta Gorda, are capable of reaching major metropolitan area within Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, as well as portions of Costa Rica and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. This represents a coverage area of nearly 20 million people. These transmitters can presently be heard on 1580 kHz or 1530 kHz each evening form 0100 UTC to 0400 UTC (7pm - 10pm Central Standard Time), as they broadcast scheduled Voice of America programs in Spanish and English, since 1986. The Station's antennas are one of a kind, horizontally polarized (skywave only - nighttime), with the 1580 kHz signal beamed on an azimuth of 148 degrees, and the 1530 kHz signal beamed on an azimuth of 228 degrees. Effective Radiated Power (ERP) is 1,500,000 watts. Available broadcast hours for leasing will be from 0000 UTC till 0100 UTC (6pm - 7pm) and immediately following any scheduled VOA programs until 1200 UTC (local sunrise) the following morning. Broadcasters wishing to lease time on these transmitters, on an hourly basis, will be required to furnish their programming to the site via Satellite TVRO or SCPC channels. Recorded or tape medium delivery considered on case-by-case basis. If interested, please contract: Gaines R. Johnson, VOA Belize Relay Station Manager. (0317)

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