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Radio Mi Amigo 272
Owners
Sylvain Tack and Patrick Valain
Magdalena Shipping and Commercial Enterprises Registered in Honduras (owned the Magdelana)
Management
Germain Bois, Sylvain Tack, Patrick Valain (Patrick van Acoleyen)
Broadcasting Hours
24 hour a day programming lasted less than a week and then the station began to close at various times during the evening ranging from 7.00pm to 12 midnight
Wavelengths/
Frequencies
272.72m (1100kHz - a non EBU channel) (from 25th June 1979)
273.5m (an EBU frequency of 1098kHz) (from 9th September 1979)
Opening Date
25th June 1979 (tests)
1st July 1979 (12 noon) regular programmes
Closing Date
18th September 1979 (6.40am)
Format
Radio Mi Amigo 272 adopted a much stricter format than its predecessor, with specific percentages of airtime being allocated to records from
- the Hit Parade (33%),
- the Tipparade (new releases) (25%)
- Flashbacks (12%) and
- Album tracks (4%).
Additionally one record in ten was a listener request and one in twenty had to be in the Flemish language.
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Netherlands/Belgium Gallery