9420 kHz Voice Of Greece presumed last day - extended to June 15th 2022

[Mad Radio DXer UK]

Update 1st June 2022: Now extended to at least June 15th 2022 according to an article in BCL News. Thank you Shortwave_Listener for the link.

Original post: So far the date of the last broadcast is on 31st May 2022 from around 1200 hrs to 1659 hrs UTC.
A reminder that Voice Of Greece's last day on shortwave is on the mentioned date & time from the information given so far.
In case you cannot try to DX this station yourself, you can listen in on Utwente SDR or Kiwi SDR on any available listening posts in Europe.

[Ct Yankee]

Via U of Twente sdr, Greek service - no terrestrial reception here.  Shazam on the ID's.

31 May 2022
1359 End of instrumental jazz piece to time pips and ID
1400 YL with probably news
1406 "Nocturno" Michael Terzis
1409 "Ekino To Proi Stin Kifisia" Dakis
1413 "Pes Pes Imouna Louloudi T'Ouranou" Dakis

[Mad Radio DXer UK]

I was listening earlier this afternoon to what I presume were the last ten minutes of Voice Of Greece. They signed off around 1703 hrs UTC playing their interval signal, then China National Radio was heard in its place. I will check the following day to see if VOG has definitely ended.

[Shortwave_Listener]

https://www.bclnews.it/2022/05/31/half-a-month-extension-for-erts-shortwave-broadcasting/

[Mad Radio DXer UK]

Thanks for the link. I think this could be related to the recent events with Iran seizing two Greek oil tankers. I was also told that towards the end of the broadcast I recorded on Youtube, that the presenter was paying tribute to the sailors.

[Pigmeat]

They want some extra time to make fun of the Turks for changing the spelling of Turkey back to Turkiye because people kept getting the place mixed up with the bird. (Sadly, I'm not kidding about the reason for the spelling change.)

Good ol' Chicken Erdogan.

[Mad Radio DXer UK]

Anymore news about this? I cannot see anything to say if they will continue beyond the 15th of June. That said, the situation regarding the Greek oil tankers seized by Iran is still ongoing, even though Greece released an Iranian oil tanker a few days ago. Maybe an excuse to still continue on shortwave for the time being.

[Ct Yankee]

There's been an recent flare up between Türkiye  and Greece over islands in the Aegean Sea. Maybe this will be cause for another extension of the Voice of Greece.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-06-14/greek-pm-mitsotakis-says-turkeys-position-over-greek-islands-sovereignty-absurd

[Shortwave_Listener]

I can’t find anything about what is happening now either. S9 signal with Greek music at Zakynthos Greece KiwiSDR. Some interference from CNR on the same frequency.

[~SIGINT~]

17:10Z 15 JUNE 2022 - 9420.0 kHz AM (via University of Twente Wide-band WebSDR); Classical music followed by female voice. Some interference from 9410.0 kHz (China Radio Int (CHN)) and 9425.0 kHz (KRE Voice of Korea). Reduced bandwidth to +/-5 kHz to overcome.

17:57Z - 9410 kHz has now faded considerably allowing for wider audio bandwidth on 9420 kHz. This may be China National Radio 13 (CHN) and not Voice of Greece. I tried to confirm Voice of Greece via an Internet live stream but was not able to connect to the service.

18:05Z - End of broadcast. Carrier dropped.

[MDK2]

Listening via uTwente web SDR. Currently 1746, about 19 minutes left.

[Mad Radio DXer UK]

Thank you everyone for the information. I will be checking tomorrow if Voice Of Greece is still continuing on shortwave. I wanted to record what I presumed was their final sign off but was unable to. I was listening earlier in the day & reception was not as good as other days although very audible. Maybe this was because of conditions unless Voice Of Greece reduced their power output.

[Mad Radio DXer UK]

I checked today on Utwente SDR & there is no sign of Voice Of Greece. China National Radio can be heard instead, so maybe Voice Of Greece has pulled the plug but I will be checking over the next week if they have decided to come back on air.

[Cross the Rubicon]

One of my all time favorites.  Beautiful language, lovely music.  I hope it's not so. Will be greatly missed.  Memory eternal.