{"id":176888,"date":"2023-04-11T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T04:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/mail-roundup-april-11-2023-176888.html"},"modified":"2024-03-30T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T19:21:00","slug":"mail-roundup-april-11-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/our-shows\/listeners-corner\/mail-roundup-april-11-2023-id176888.html","title":{"rendered":"Mail Roundup &#8211; April 11, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Hi everyone,<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>First of all, it&#8217;s Easter Week, so let me wish you&#13;<br \/>\nall Happy Holidays! <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>We did get&#13;<br \/>\nEaster greetings and wishes from many of our listeners, for which we are very&#13;<br \/>\ngrateful. We thought it would be nice to share some of them with you.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A blessed and Happy Easter to you all as we&#13;<br \/>\nrecall the passion of of Lord Jesus on the cross for us and His resurrection on&#13;<br \/>\nthat first Sunday. (Art R. Womald, Canada)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>I would like to wish all of you at Radio&#13;<br \/>\nRomania International (RRI) and all the RRI listeners a blessed Good Friday&#13;<br \/>\nfilled with love and hope. May the sacrifice of Jesus on this Good Friday&#13;<br \/>\nremind us of the power of love and forgiveness! (Rabi Sankar Bosu, India)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>May the love of Jesus fill your heart with&#13;<br \/>\nheavenly bliss and holy desires for now and forever. Wishing you a Holy Good&#13;<br \/>\nFriday! (Bidhan Chandra Sanyal, India)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>We also got this&#13;<br \/>\ncard from Adrian Micallef (Malta) <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img src=http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/felicitare-paste-adrian-micallef.jpg title=felicitare-paste-adrian-micallef.jpg class=cms-jpg data-test=[1,2,3] alt=felicitare-paste-adrian-micallef.jpg><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; one by Ron den&#13;<br \/>\nBoer (The Netherlands) <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\/newfiles\/images\/felicitare-paste-rob-den-boer.jpg title=felicitare-paste-rob-den-boer.jpg class=cms-jpg data-test=[1,2,3] alt=felicitare-paste-rob-den-boer.jpg><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and finally one&#13;<br \/>\nby Prithwiraj Purkayastha.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\/newfiles\/images\/felicitare-prithwiraj-purkayastha.jpg title=felicitare-prithwiraj-purkayastha.jpg class=cms-jpg data-test=[1,2,3] alt=felicitare-prithwiraj-purkayastha.jpg><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>This week we also get to make a trip back in time, thanks to Jack Widner (USA), who sent us a recording of our broadcast in 1989, just as the Ceau\u0219escu regime was being toppled in the anti-communist revolution. You can listen to the recording here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/romanianNYE>https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/romanianNYE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the description:<\/p>\n<p><img src=\/newfiles\/images\/jack-wilder-recording-1989.jpg title=jack-wilder-recording-1989.jpg class=cms-jpg data-test=[1,2,3] alt=jack-wilder-recording-1989.jpg><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>This week we&#13;<br \/>\nalso got a nice message from Peter Reuderink, who lives in Woerden (The&#13;<br \/>\nNetherlands). He shared with us this photo of the town windmill. (FYI &#8211; the&#13;<br \/>\nbike speaks to Peter&#8217;s other big hobby). <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\/newfiles\/images\/poza-peter-reuderink.jpg title=poza-peter-reuderink.jpg class=cms-jpg data-test=[1,2,3] alt=poza-peter-reuderink.jpg><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>This week we got&#13;<br \/>\na very nice message from Bidhan Chandra Sanyal (India), who shared with us&#13;<br \/>\ndetails about an important upcoming celebration. Here is his message: <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Next&#13;<br \/>\nApril 15 is our Bengali New Year. On the occasion of Happy New Year, I wish you&#13;<br \/>\nall my sincere love and best wishes. Probably the Pahela Baisakh celebration started during&#13;<br \/>\nthe time of Emperor Akbar.  At that time, everyone was obliged to pay all&#13;<br \/>\ntaxes, fees and duties by the last day of Bengali Chaitra month.  On the&#13;<br \/>\nnext day ie Pahela Baisakh, the landowners used to entertain the residents of&#13;<br \/>\ntheir respective areas with sweets.  Various festivals were organized on&#13;<br \/>\nthis occasion. This festival has evolved into a social event which has changed&#13;<br \/>\nits form and reached this stage today.  At that time the main event of&#13;<br \/>\nthis day was the preparation of a Halkhata.  Halkhata means a new account&#13;<br \/>\nbook. In fact, Halkhata is the process of officially updating shop accounts on&#13;<br \/>\nthe first day of the Bengali calendar.  In villages, cities, commercial&#13;<br \/>\nareas, old accounts are closed and new accounts are opened.  On the day of&#13;<br \/>\nHalkhata, shopkeepers entertain their customers with sweets. This practice is&#13;<br \/>\nstill practiced to a large extent today.  But with the change of time&#13;<br \/>\ncomes the change in everything.  And that is normal.  Once upon a&#13;<br \/>\ntime Jalsar came to Banedi houses on Pahela Baisakh.  With his&#13;<br \/>\nfriends.  Famous beauties Baijira used to come to perform the&#13;<br \/>\nceremony.  Sarengi tunes and nupur choruses created a heavenly&#13;<br \/>\natmosphere.  The lake was filled with the smell of bell and jasmine&#13;<br \/>\nflowers.  It used to ring in the ears &#8211; I will spread the seeds in&#13;<br \/>\nthe morning on that morning of Baisakh.  Along with that candle and chandelier&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\nmind-boggling light. In the Rabindra era, Rabindranath&#8217;s hand came -&#13;<br \/>\nCome, O Baisakh, come &#8211; come.  The arena of literature and&#13;<br \/>\nculture started to develop in Pahela Baisakh.  Over time, some western&#13;<br \/>\nHappy New Year culture also entered the place.  Let it happen, but you&#13;<br \/>\nhave to be careful not to lose your individuality.  Thus, every year on&#13;<br \/>\nNew Year&#8217;s day, Bengalis welcome the new year with a clear mind, washing away&#13;<br \/>\nthe wear and tear of the previous year.  Times may have changed, but the&#13;<br \/>\njoy remains the same. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A big thanks to&#13;<br \/>\nall of you who&#8217;ve been commending our activity!<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion this shows the biggest&#13;<br \/>\nadvantage of shortwave radio &#8211; you can listen to in on the other side of the&#13;<br \/>\nworld. I find it quite fascinating that it is possible to hear a broadcast from&#13;<br \/>\nRomania in the US on in Bangladesh. Also thank you for mentioning my report in&#13;<br \/>\nthe programme. Jakub&#13;<br \/>\nDenisiuk (Poland)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>We also got a&#13;<br \/>\nheart-warming letter from Hidemitsu Miyake from Japan. Here is what she wrote: <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>This year, spring has come a little earlier&#13;<br \/>\nthan usual and cherry blossoms are already about to bloom, although it is still&#13;<br \/>\nmid-March. I like spring best in the four seasons. Spring is a season of&#13;<br \/>\nflowers and the symbol of this season is cherry flowers. There are many cherry&#13;<br \/>\ntrees in Japan. When the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, people all around&#13;<br \/>\nthe country have hanami parties. People lay out picnic blankets and eat and&#13;<br \/>\ndrink alcohol under the trees. There are also places where you can enjoy&#13;<br \/>\nYozakura (cherry blossoms at night). The trees are lit up and lanterns line the&#13;<br \/>\npathways. There is a romantic appeal in the impermanence of cherry blossoms.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s simply&#13;<br \/>\nwonderful! Hidemitsu also sent us this photo and voucher catalog. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\/newfiles\/images\/catalog-cupoane-hidemitsu-1.jpg title=catalog-cupoane-hidemitsu-1.jpg class=cms-jpg data-test=[1,2,3] alt=catalog-cupoane-hidemitsu-1.jpg><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\/newfiles\/images\/catalog-cupoane-hidemitsu-2.jpg title=catalog-cupoane-hidemitsu-2.jpg class=cms-jpg data-test=[1,2,3] alt=catalog-cupoane-hidemitsu-2.jpg><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\/newfiles\/images\/flori-de-cires-hidemitsu.jpg title=flori-de-cires-hidemitsu.jpg class=cms-jpg data-test=[1,2,3] alt=flori-de-cires-hidemitsu.jpg><\/p>\n<p>We also say&#13;<br \/>\nhello to Grant Skinner (England) who sent us a letter recently saying:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p> RRI is&#13;<br \/>\nan unlimited world of information which keeps me informed about news and&#13;<br \/>\nculture. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>From the USA,&#13;<br \/>\nJames Renfrew also sent us a letter saying: &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>I would appreciate it if you could confirm&#13;<br \/>\nmy reception by an RRI QSL. We radio hobbyists enjoy collecting these&#13;<br \/>\nverifications as a way of demonstrating to our friends what we have heard from&#13;<br \/>\ninteresting locations around the world. For your information, I first wrote to&#13;<br \/>\nRadio Bucharest, as your station was then called, in 1988, 35 years ago!  <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A big thanks to&#13;<br \/>\neveryone who took the time to write to us, share their impression and comments&#13;<br \/>\nand many other beautiful things. Our gratitude thus goes to Jayanta Chakrabarty&#13;<br \/>\n(India), Bbadrunnesa Busra (Bangladesh), Najim Uddin (India), Francis Lawlor&#13;<br \/>\n(Ireland), Anand Mohan Bain (India), Jon Collins (Ireland), Sanil Deep (India),&#13;<br \/>\nSiddhartha Bhattacharjee (India), Mr. Mafhuz (Bangladesh), Bidhan Chandra&#13;<br \/>\nSanyal, Ivo Sesnic (Germany), Harald S\u00fcss (Austria), Abdul Mannan (Bangladesh),&#13;<br \/>\nIan Morrison (China), Paul Freeman (UK), Fariya Fariya (Bangladesh), Misayo&#13;<br \/>\nTanaka (Japan), N.S. Balamurali (India), Shin Makino (Japan), Michael Naven&#13;<br \/>\n(USA), Jaouad Saber (Morocco), Alan Gale (UK), Fabrizio Savini (Italy), Wasif&#13;<br \/>\nAhmed (Bangladesh), Christer Brunstr\u00f6m (Sweden), Besakha Akter (Bangladesh),&#13;<br \/>\nAllen Willie (Canada), Guido Panebianco (Italy), Madhab Chandra Sagour (India),&#13;<br \/>\nAdora Athoy (Bangladesh), R.S. Vijay Kumar (India), Chris Malboeuf (Canada),&#13;<br \/>\nKraig Krist (USA), Seli Aktar (Bangladesh), Urbe Islam (Bangladesh), Muhammad&#13;<br \/>\nShamim (India), Rajarshi Roy (India), Toshiki Tsuboi (Japan), Motokazu Katoh&#13;<br \/>\n(Japan), Anika Anne (Bangladesh), Ding Lu (China), Vabna Khatun (Bangladesh),&#13;<br \/>\nKamia Akter (Bangladesh), K.P. Muneer (United Arab Emirates), Payel Ahmed&#13;<br \/>\n(Bangladesh), Renita Rini (Bangladesh), Yaaraa Ahmed (Bangladesh), Upoma Khatun&#13;<br \/>\n(Bangladesh), Jawahar Almeida (New Zealand), Prothama Prome (Bangladesh), Eti&#13;<br \/>\nMone (Bangladesh), Karniz Fatema (Bangladesh), Prithwiraj Purkayastha (India),&#13;<br \/>\nRichard Lemke (Canada), Norihiko Ide (Japan), Nusrat Jahan (Bangladesh), Nick&#13;<br \/>\nPackham (UK), H.M. Tarek (Bangladesh), Feona Rahman (Bangladesh), Costa&#13;<br \/>\nConstantinides (Cyprus), Pradip Kundu (India), Debakamal Hazarika (India), Samina&#13;<br \/>\nGull (Pakistan), Abdul Hameed Majroo (Pakistan), Apsara Ape (Pakistan), Ramon&#13;<br \/>\nVargas Patron (Peru), Ram Babu Kumar (India), Larry Nelson (USA), Julie Sarmile&#13;<br \/>\n(Bangladesh), Andrew Kuznetsov (Latvia), Anton Hapsara (Indonesia), Sutomo&#13;<br \/>\nHuang (Indonesia), Sakae Onozawa (Japan), Akira Takei (Japan), Shohel Rana&#13;<br \/>\nRedoy (Bangladesh), Nicolas Beaney-Weaver (England).<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A lot of you&#13;<br \/>\nhave been writing asking to email them programme and frequency schedules. While&#13;<br \/>\nwe no longer have custom-made frequency and programme prints, we will try to&#13;<br \/>\nsend Word documents to anyone asking in the future. In the meantime, please&#13;<br \/>\nrefer to our website for future reference. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full&#13;<br \/>\nlist of 2023 summer frequencies. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>RRI on shortwaves: summer frequencies 2023  <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<table class=cms-table>&#13;<\/p>\n<tbody>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>RECEPTION AREAS<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>       UTC<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>         &#13;<br \/>\n         kHz<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td rowspan=5>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>WESTERN EUROPE<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>05.30 &#8211; 06.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>9,700; 11,960 (DRM)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>11.00 &#8211; 12.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>15,130;17,630<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>17.00 &#8211; 18.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>13,750(DRM); 15,180<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>20.30 &#8211; 21.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>9,740; 11,975 (DRM);<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>22.00 &#8211; 23.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>9,740 ; 11,800<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>AFRICA<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>11.00 &#8211; 12.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>15,320; 17,670<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td rowspan=2>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>NORTH AMERICA (East Coast)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>20.30 &#8211; 21.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>11,850; 13,650<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>00.00 &#8211; 01.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>9,550; 11,620<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>NORTH AMERICA (West Coast)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>03.00 &#8211; 04.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>9,850; 11,620<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>JAPAN<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>22.00 &#8211; 23.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>9,790; 11,650<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>AUSTRALIA<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>05.30 &#8211; 06.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>17,760; 21,550<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>INDIA<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>03.00 &#8211; 04.00<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>15,330 (DRM); 17,790<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a&#13;<br \/>\npatch of really bad weather in Romania, with strong winds and a lot of&#13;<br \/>\nrainfall. This may account for what many of you have signaled as quite poor&#13;<br \/>\nlistening conditions. The forecast for the week ahead looks brighter, so&#13;<br \/>\nhopefully things will improve. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>As many of you&#13;<br \/>\nhave already noticed, we have introduced text-to-speech software-generated&#13;<br \/>\nannouncements in our programmes.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Our use of A.I. voiceover&#13;<br \/>\nsoftware is merely a one-time experiment, whereby we try to keep in tune&#13;<br \/>\nwith the latest technological advancements and what other public broadcasters&#13;<br \/>\nare doing.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWe regard such software as a support for&#13;<br \/>\njournalists, allowing them to invest more time in the development of creative,&#13;<br \/>\nvalue-added content, while these A.I. voiceovers can be used in routine, less&#13;<br \/>\nimportant matters such as station announcements or the transcript of audio \/&#13;<br \/>\nvideo files. 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