[Scan-DC] Fw: Park Service Unveils New Radio Station

[Alan Henney]

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Park Service Unveils New Radio Station
Park Rangers To Provide Pre-Recorded Updates

POSTED: 10:34 am EST January 3, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The District has a new radio station, but only people in
the area of the National Mall can get it.

The National Park Service's station at 1670 on the AM dial is
dedicated to the parks, monuments and memorials of the nation's
capital.

Park services officials said it only has a 10-watt signal, which can
be heard within three miles of the Mall.

Park Rangers will provide pre-recorded updates on visiting hours and
other information for the Capitol, the White House Visitors Center,
the National Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, the Smithsonian museums, the Washington Monument and
Pershing Park.

There are also details about volunteer and junior ranger programs and
rotating features about lesser-known memorials in a segment called
"Off the Beaten Path."