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1977 12 Oct |
The first Bahá'í educational and cultural radio station, HCRN-1 Radio Bahá'í del Ecuador, made its inaugural broadcast at 1420kHz, 20 watts, in Spanish and Quechua from studios in Otavalo. [BBD193; BW17:169, 215–17; BW19:120; VV77; Mess63-86p373]
Radio Bahá'í was first housed in the Amatu'l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum Institute in Otavalo. [BW18p226]
For pictures see BW17:216, 218 and VV77.
Full time programming (six hours a day) was initiated on the 12th of December, 1977. The 1 kiloWatt transmitter was located at Cahas, 20km south of Otavalo. [Radio Bahá'í Ecuador p23, 52]
On December 12th, 1979, programming was initiated in the short wave band on 2340 kHz in the 120-metre band. The 1 kilowatt transmitter was located about 30 km north of Otavalo at an altitude of 10,000 feet. In 1982 the transmission frequency was switched to 4990 kHz on the 60-meter band. [Radio Bahá'Í Ecuador p205 note 23]
For further details on this radio station see Radio Bahá'í Ecuador by Kurt Hein.
See as well the compilation entitled Use of Radio and Television in Teaching attached to the message from the Universal House of Justice dated 25 May 1975.
Pictures
Bahá'í Radio; Bahá'í-owned radio; Firsts, other; Education; Otavalo, Ecuador; Cahas, Ecuador; Ecuador |
first Bahá’í educational and cultural radio station in Ecuador makes inaugural broadcast |
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1977 13 – 16 Oct |
The Asian Bahá'í Women's Conference was held in New Delhi, attended by more than a thousand women from across Asia. 1,200 women from 36 countries were in attendance. [BW17:180]
For picture see BW17:212. |
Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Women; Women; New Delhi, India; India; Asia |
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1977 17 Oct |
At the end of the Asian Bahá'í Women's Conference Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum laid the foundation stone of the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent. [BW17:85, 180, 368–70; VV35] |
* Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Delhi; Lotus temple; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Women; New Delhi, India; India; Asia |
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1977 Dec |
The restoration of the house of 'Abdu'lláh Páshá began. [BW17:84] |
House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá; Restoration; Akka, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel |
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1977 Dec |
The first International Conference of Bahá'í Women in South America was held in Lima, Peru, attended by 200 women from 12 countries. [BW17:172]
For picture see BW17:211.
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Conferences, Bahá'í; - Conferences, International; Conferences, Women; Women; - First conferences; Lima, Peru; Peru |
first International Conference of Bahá’í Women in South America |
1977 Dec |
Properties confiscated by the Iraqi government belonging to individual Bahá'ís were returned; properties and funds belonging to the Faith were turned over to the Ministry of the Interior for disposal. [BW17:80] |
Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Iraq |
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1977 15 Dec |
The Hemispheric Bahá'í Radio and Television Conference was held in Panama, with 125 participants from 24 countries. [BW17:219; Mess63-86] |
Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Other; Bahá'í Radio; Television; Media; Panama |
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1977 27 – 30 Dec |
The first Bahá'í summer school of Sierra Leone was held in Magburaka. [BW17:151] |
First summer and winter schools; Magburaka, Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone |
first Bahá’í summer school of Sierra Leone |
Try also a shorter date like or 1977 or 197
try also the Chronology Canada — 1977-1 or 1977 or 197
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