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Northern Star project to continue with new name after another setbackAfter Norkring AS announced in 2003 it was not able to house the AM 216 frequency at its shortwave site in Sveio, Northern Star International Broadcasters AS decided to follow a more flexible strategy: The company decided to keep the offer for 216, while concentrating on
campaigning for another Norwegian high power channel AM 1314, knowing
this was likely to be given up by the NRK in 2006. It was thought that
starting Subsequently, for 3 years there has been a low-profile process with extensive lobbying work in the bureaucracy and the leasing market to get this alternative frequency and its present site. At the end of July 2006 at last the company was able to register a significant success as it secured an exclusive offer for the combined 1314 package from Kvitsøy 24/7. This process has temporarily stopped though as the investors (and the company itself) thought the price asked by the site owner was much too high. It has emerged that at the same time the 1314 frequency permit (not a license) has been advertised in Oslo. At the moment, it is not clear what this will mean for our process. Northern Star International Broadcasters AS at any rate has decided to broaden its flexible strategy and will now with interested investors also consider transmitter sites in other countries including other frequencies and wavebands than 216, 1314 and Long-and Medium Wave. Northern Star International Broadcasters AS also has decided that this is a good occasion to re-launch the project with a new name: Radio Norway International. The proposed on-air identity is new, but the Northern Star project is continuing.
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