8th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference
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8th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference
The 8th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference was held from the 9 – 13 January 2012 in Kuala Lumpur. Almost 100 frequency managers, representing 50 broadcasters from different countries, attended the conference. The Global Coordination meeting is the joint meeting of the three coordination groups, HFCC from Europe, ASBU from the Arab States and ABU-HFC from the Asia-Pacific region. Together these groups comprise around 90% of the world’s shortwave radio broadcasters. The joint meetings are held once every year and are hosted in the Asia-Pacific region every other year. The three Groups, as a whole, deal with reduction of interference affecting frequency channels used for around 7000 shortwave radio transmissions put out by the broadcasters every day.
This was the fourth time the Global Conference had been held in KL. At each conference, frequency requirements for the over 7000 daily transmissions had been considered and it was noted that, over the years since the first conference, interference had now been eliminated from a large number of them. With this accrued improvement in interference it was becoming increasingly difficult to effect further reductions.
Speaking at the opening session of the conference, Oldrich Cip, who chairs the High Frequency Coordination Committee (HFCC), said that new media technology had never replaced an old one, and that all technologies were capable of existing side by side. He also highlighted that shortwave frequency management and coordination remained the core activity, as supported by the International Telecommunication Union.
The Steering Committee of the ABU-HFC Group had two sessions during the conference. The Steering Board believed that shortwave should be considered alongside internet radio. In this, Gary Stanley expressed the opinion that the horizon of shortwave meetings should be expanded to include other international broadcasting activities, such as the internet and digital developments. He also said that, since the HFCC made all the schedules public, the HFCC website should be the one-stop place to view all schedules for shortwave and other international broadcasting activities, including internet.
The ABU-HFC meeting decided to send relevant monitored audio files to FMOs who were unable to attend the coordination meetings.
The five day conference also included meetings of associated groups, including the Group of Experts (GOE), Joint Steering Committee and the meeting of the ITU representative and Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).
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