[Lost] Aum Shinrikyo radio program. 1992-1995
Feb 20, 2024 19:46:31 GMT
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Post by rodyarin on Feb 20, 2024 19:46:31 GMT
I'm an Aum Shinrikyo archivist; my hobby is to seek out and store as much media produced by and about the cult.
However, it seems that there is (allegedly) existing media that doesn't have a single trace on the internet. And, trust me, I've visited the most obscure 2000s Japanese forums in hopes of finding them.
The most obvious example is Euangelion Tess Basileas, Aum Shinrikyo's radio program starred by Asahara Shoko himself. It ran from 1992 to 1995 and had Japanese, Russian and English broadcasts; I couldn't find any of them. According to Japanese Wikipeida:
There's also some commentary from the Asian Broadcasting Study Group, but no audio available whatsoever. I also found some ads, too.
The image quality says everything, I think. I had to improve it with AI otherwise it was borderline unreadable.
Anyways, anything helps. I may forget to check here, so please contact me on Tumblr (@aumarchive) if you wanna share something.
However, it seems that there is (allegedly) existing media that doesn't have a single trace on the internet. And, trust me, I've visited the most obscure 2000s Japanese forums in hopes of finding them.
The most obvious example is Euangelion Tess Basileas, Aum Shinrikyo's radio program starred by Asahara Shoko himself. It ran from 1992 to 1995 and had Japanese, Russian and English broadcasts; I couldn't find any of them. According to Japanese Wikipeida:
At that time, there was a two-hour Japanese broadcast per day from 22:00 to 0:00 (all times below, Japan time). The first hour was shortwave 15.315 MHz (17.710 MHz since June 1992), and the second hour was broadcast over medium wave 720 kHz, which was also used in the Voice of Russia Japanese program.[1]
However, from New Year's Day 1993, shortwave broadcasting was discontinued due to seasonal frequency changes, and mediumwave frequency was changed due to problems with reception conditions in some areas, and broadcasting at 1476 kHz was introduced. Along with this, the broadcast time was expanded and changed from 22:15 to 1:15 the next day. After that, from New Year's Day 1994, it was changed to 0:00-3:00, and a live broadcast program by satellite relay was also performed[1].
On the other hand, on shortwave, from June 15, 1992, programs in English began to be broadcast twice a day, at 5:30 and 13:30 (30 minutes each), using some frequencies of the Voice of Russia in English for the whole world. In addition, from September 1 of the same year, radio broadcasting for Russia domestic market, Russian broadcasting via Radio Mayak (Russian version, English version) was also carried out[1]。
However, from New Year's Day 1993, shortwave broadcasting was discontinued due to seasonal frequency changes, and mediumwave frequency was changed due to problems with reception conditions in some areas, and broadcasting at 1476 kHz was introduced. Along with this, the broadcast time was expanded and changed from 22:15 to 1:15 the next day. After that, from New Year's Day 1994, it was changed to 0:00-3:00, and a live broadcast program by satellite relay was also performed[1].
On the other hand, on shortwave, from June 15, 1992, programs in English began to be broadcast twice a day, at 5:30 and 13:30 (30 minutes each), using some frequencies of the Voice of Russia in English for the whole world. In addition, from September 1 of the same year, radio broadcasting for Russia domestic market, Russian broadcasting via Radio Mayak (Russian version, English version) was also carried out[1]。
There's also some commentary from the Asian Broadcasting Study Group, but no audio available whatsoever. I also found some ads, too.
The image quality says everything, I think. I had to improve it with AI otherwise it was borderline unreadable.
Anyways, anything helps. I may forget to check here, so please contact me on Tumblr (@aumarchive) if you wanna share something.
