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:: MediaScan ::
:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2157--June 2, 1992 ::
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Satellite, shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden.
This week's bulletin was written by George Wood.
Packet Radio BID SCDX2157
All times UTC unless otherwise noted.
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Please note that the time of the Radio Sweden broadcast in English to Asia
and the Pacific has been wrongly given in these bulletins as 13:30 hrs UTC.
This transmission is in fact at 12:30 hrs. Beginning June 1st the frequencies
have been changed to 15240 and 21625 kHz. This half hour is also relayed on
the Astra 1B and Tele-X satellites.
LOCAL BROADCASTING:
SWEDEN--According to reports commercial radio will not be introduced here in
Sweden from the beginning of the year, as the government had hoped. The
reason is that the decision-making process setting up the system is taking
longer than expected. A parliamentary committee to is to be appointed soon
to finalize the legislation. The government is to introduce the bill in
October, and radio stations will be able to turn in their applications at
that point.
An organization of newspapers that want to run radio stations have criticised
the government proposal that newspapers be limited to at most 40 percent
ownership in the new stations. (TT)
Others have criticised the government plan to auction off frequencies to the
highest bidders.
AUSTRIA--Blue Danube Radio has been relaunched as Euroradio Blue Danube, and
becomes Austria's fourth national network. There's news in German and
English, along with music daily between 6:00 AM and 1:00 AM local time. ("The
Radio Magazine")
EASTERN EUROPE--The former Executive Secretary of the Association of North
American Radio Clubs, Bob Horvitz, is in Budapest, working on creating
private radio stations for the Soros Foundation, created by an expatriate
Hungarian financier. Bob tells us they have projects u derway in Romania,
Hungary, the Ukraine, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, and soon Bulgaria. A
delegation from National Public Radio in the United States has just arrived
in Prague to retrain and reform Czechoslovakian Radio.
Three private stations in Hungary have founded the Hungarian Free Radio
Association. These stations are Radio Fix, which was on the air just once in
March, Radio Subjektiv, which seems to be run by students at the university
in Pecs in southern Hungary, and Tilos Radio, run by a nightclub of the same
name. Tilos operates three days a week from different locations, with a
series of spotters looking for the authorities' monitoring van. (Bob Horvitz)
Meanwhile, the new broadcasting bill was presented to the Hungarian
parliament on May 13th. According to Hungarian Radio, there have now been 149
applications for radio stations, 99 for television channels. Despite the
appearance of many unlicenced radio and TV stations, the Frequency Management
Institute says it only plans to grant permission for one new national
television network. More could be provided by satellite. (BBC Monitoring)
And a Hungarian private project has in fact leased two transponders on on the
Eutelsat 2-F3 satellite at 16 degrees East. ("Elektronikvaerlden")
EUROPEAN SATELLITE BROADCASTING:
COUNCIL OF EUROPE/COPYRIGHT--Satellite broadcasting is widely hailed as a
window across international borders, especially in the new Europe. But one
problem has been the bewildering variety of copyright laws.
For example, the German channel RTL Plus is carried on the Astra satellite.
Cable companies in Sweden tried to relay the service but were stopped by a
royalties society based in Switzerland. However, the same channel is legally
carried on cable systems in neighboring Denmark. Plans to carry Radio
Luxembourg on Swedish cable nets hit a snag when the Swedish rights society
wanted far more compensation than is paid in other countries.
A step towards straightening out the jungle of copyright laws was taken last
week in the Norwegian capital Oslo. European ministers from the Council of
Europe agreed on a draft document protecting copyright in satellite
broadcasting. The document is to be ratified by the Council of Europe later
this year. (Tony Samstag, "Cable and Satellite Europe")
EUROPEAN PROGRAMMING--According to a report called "The Dynamics of Media"
while the nations of Europe are moving towards greater political and economic
unity, the television and film output in Europe is becoming less European.
The report, subtitled "Broadcast and Electronic Media in Western Europe", is
by the Euromedia Research Group, which includes researchers from 17
countries. They say Europe's satellite channels are using more and more
American material. Ironically, France, the major advocate of mandatory quotas
of European programming, is one of the main users of American imports.
(Swedish Radio News)
EUROSPORT--The sports channel Eurosport may be disappearing from Nordic TV
screens soon. Eurosport is demanding payment for cable rebroadcasting in
Sweden, Finland, and Norway. As the service will continue to be free in the
rest of Europe, as well as from satellite, the Nordic cable networks have
rejected the demand. (TT and Anders Ahlbeck, Stjaern-TV)
BBC--Plans by the BBC to launch a 24 hour news and current events channel to
Britain should be threatened by the UK's Broadcasting Act. According to the
act, the BBC is disqualified from being awarded a satellite broadcasting
licence, something which is required for UK-originated TV services.
Discussions on how to get around the legislation are going on between the
BBC, Independent Television, and other partners. ("Satnews")
EUTELSAT--The Eutelsat 2-F4 satellite is to be launched on July 9th from
French Guiana. The satellite has been modified to include coverage of Eastern
Europe. (AFP) The satellite will replace the old 1-F4 satellite at 7 degrees
East. ("Elektronikvaerlden")
Eutelsat plans to follow the Astra approach and put several satellites at one
position. In 1994 Eutelsat 2-F6 will be positioned along with 2-F1 at 13
degrees East, offering 18 channels in the same position. That will be
followed by the Europesat high powered satellites which, beginning in 1996,
will be placed at 19 degrees West and will offer 40 channels.
("Elektronikvaerlden")
MARCO POLO--The Swedish Space Corporation is still negotiating with the
British authorities to purchase of the of the Marco Polo direct broadcast
satellites. These are positioned at 45 degrees West, and is currently
rebroadcasting 5 channels from British Sky Broadcasting in parallel with
Astra. That licence runs at at the end of the year. The Swedes would like to
move one of the Marco Polo satellites to position it alongside Tele-X at 5
degrees West. Marco Polo's transponders use different DBS frequencies than
Tele-X, so the arrangement would provide 5 more channels to low cost DBS
receivers at one location.
EURONET/CAROLINE--The Euronet radio station we mentioned two weeks ago has in
fact been set up by staff from Radio Caroline. Euronet is broadcasting on the
Sky Sports transponder on Astra, at 11.509 GHz, audio subcarrier 7.56 MHz.
Euronet management has offered Radio Caroline the opportunity to broadcast
for up to 16 hours a day live from the radio ship the "Ross Revenge". (An
Internet contributor in Britain who seems to be named S. Puddy)
Euronet is also broadcasting a daily program from and for the Jewish
community, called "Shalom". (Euronet)
Caroline's offshore broadcasts came to end when the British government passed
the new Broadcasting Act two years ago. Most recently the station has been
operating with a special events licence in Dover harbor.
When that came to an end, Caroline began broadcasts between 01:00 and 05:00
hrs over Quality FM, which is on the Sky Movies Plus transponder on Astra at
11.435 GHz, audio 7.38 and 7.56 MHz. Caroline is to move to an evening spot
next month on a second Quality channel to be called QEFM International. ("The
Radio Magazine")
COMMUNICATE 7-3-8--There's a new program for satellite broadcasting
enthusiasts on the Astra satellite. Julian Clover of "Cable and Satellite
Europe" is putting together a monthly hour called "Communicate 7-3-8" for
Solar Radio. That station can be found on the Sky Sports transponder at
11.508 GHz, audio subcarrier 7.38 MHz. The program will be appearing several
times on an irregular basis every month.
MIDDLE EASTERN SATELLITE BROADCASTING:
EGYPIAN SPACE CHANNEL--Egypt's information minister says the Egyptian Space
Channel will soon be uplinked to one of the new Intelsat 7 satellites, as
well as to European and Scandinavian satellites. Different languages are to
be introduced, so the space channel can express the Arab perspective to the
entire world. (BBC Monitoring)
NORTH AMERICAN SATELLITE BROADCASTING:
USA--The satellite and cable station C-Span carries broadcasts from the
American Congress. C-Span also has two special audio channels. One
rebroadcasts BBC World Service 24 hours a day, the other carries a variety of
international broadcasters, including Deutsche Welle, Radio Japan, "As It
Happens" from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Radio Sweden's
program "Sweden Today".
"Sweden Today" is carried on Saturdays at 9:30 AM Eastern Time, which during
the summer would be 5:30 hrs UTC. ("Popular Communications")
C-Span is on transponder 24 on the Galaxy 3 satellite at 93.5 degrees West.
BBC World Service uses the subcarrier at 5.4 MHz. The international
broadcasters are on 5.22 MHz.
SHORTWAVE AND MEDIUMWAVE:
ARMENIA--Radio Yerevan, the external service of Armenian Radio, has been
heard broadcasting in Azeri, the language of Azerbajan. The broadcasts are at
13:30-14:00 hrs on 12065 kHz. (BBC Monitoring)
BOSNIA--Radio Bosnia-Hercegovina has begun broadcasting news in English,
after the Serbo-Crotian newscasts at 19:00 and 22:00 hrs. Radio Bosnia's main
frequency is medium wave 612 kHz. (BBC Monitoring)
BRITAIN--BBC World Service has added a new language, Ukrainian. The schedule
is 19:30-20:00 hrs on 7255, 9750, and 11760 kHz.
HUNGARY--Until November 1, Radio Budapest is broadcasting in English to
Europe at 21:00-22:00 hrs on 6110, 9835, and 11910 kHz; and to North America
at 02:00-03:00 hrs on 9835, 11910, and 15220 kHz. On Sundays 6110 kHz
replaces 15220. (Radio Budapest)
JAPAN/UK--European listeners have an opportunity to hear Radio Japan better.
The station is due to begin regular broadcasts from the BBC transmitter
station at Skelton on July 1st, but for the first two weeks of June, Radio
Japan is testing from Skelton in English and Japanese.
The schedule is: 05:00-06:00 (June 6 from 04:00) hrs on 9695 and 9770 kHz,
06:00-07:00 (June 6 to 09:00) hrs on 9670 and 9770, 20:00-21:00 (June 6
19:30-21:30) hrs on 6025, and 22:00-00:00 (June 6 to 00:30) hrs on 6025 and
6110 kHz. (Reception thus far here in Stockholm is weak. It would seem Radio
Japan is using frequencies that are too low for this time of year.)
When the regular service begins on July 1st, Radio Japan will be broadcasting
from Skelton for 10 hours a day. That includes 4.5 hours in Japanese, 3 hours
in English, 1 hour each in Russian and German, and 30 minutes in French.
When three new 300 kW shortwave transmitters are installed at the Yamata
transmitter station next January, Radio Japan will add two hours a day in
Japanese, 1 hour in Korean, and 30 minutes in Russian.
Radio Japan has also relaunched its "DX Corner" on its 10th anniversary as
"Media Round-Up".
"Totalt Japan" is a new program from Radio Japan's Swedish Service, following
the end of the news every Thursday. The 10 minute program, presented by a
Swede and a Japanese-Swede in their 20's, is designed to cover the spectrum
from traditions to current trends. (Radio Japan)
RUSSIA--Radio Radonezh, the radio station of the Russian Orthodoz church in
Moscow has been heard starting its broadcast day at 11:30 hrs on 12050 kHz,
and not on announced 11675 kHz. The announced schedule is 11:30-13:30 hrs on
11675 kHz to Siberia, 15:00-17:00 hrs on 9865 kHz for European Russia and the
Ukraine, and 18:00-20:00 hrs on 846 kHz.
A station in Russian calling itself the Christian radio station Alpha and
Omega has been heard before Radio Radonezh on 9865 kHz announcing a schedule
14:00-15:00 hrs. (BBC Monitoring)
Adventist World Radio has begun broadcasts from transmitters in the former
Soviet Union. Broadcasts are at:
02:30 hrs in Arabic and 03:00 hrs in Russian on 11785 kHz
03:30 hrs to the former Yugoslavia and 04:00 hrs in Romanian on 11900
04:30 hrs in English and 05:00 hrs in German on 15125 kHz
05:30 hrs in Polish on 12010 kHz; 06:00 hrs in Arabic on 11775 kHz
14:00 hrs in Italian, 15:00 hrs to the former Yugoslavia, and 15:30 hrs in
Romanian on 9775 kHz
16:00 hrs in English, 16:30 hrs in Swedish, and 17:00 hrs in Russian on
15125 kHz and
18:00 in Russian, 19:00 hrs in German, and 19:30 hrs in Polish on 7310 kHz.
Broadcasts to the former Yugoslavia are in Croatian on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays; in Serbian on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; and in
Slovenian on Sundays. (Adventist World Radio)
USA--Radio Miami International, which has broadcast to Latin America over
various North American private shortwave stations, such as WHRI and WRNO, has
received a licence from the Federal Communications Commission for its own
transmitter, to be called WRMI. The station has bought the 50 kW shortwave
transmitter of Radio Clarin in the Dominican Republic. When the transmitter
has undergone improvements and modifications, it will be tested on 9955 kHz.
CLUB NEWS:
NEW ZEALAND--Arthur Cushen's 13 years as National President of the New
Zealand Radio DX League is coming to an end on August 31st. An era in the
DXing hobby is also thus ending. We'd like to salute Arthur for the fine work
he's done over the years, and will continue to do in connection with the
South Pacific Association of Radiio Clubs and the Handicapped Aid Programme.
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Sweden Calling DXers is the world's oldest radio program for shortwave
listeners. Radio Sweden has presented this round-up of radio news, features,
and interviews on Tuesdays since 1948.
Radio Sweden broadcasts to Europe in English at 20:30-21:30 hrs on medium
wave 1179 kHz, as well as shortwave 6065 and 9655 kHz, and via satellite on
Astra 1B (19.2 degrees East) channel 26 at 11.597 GHz, audio subcarrier at
7.74 MHz, and on the Tele-X direct broadcast satellite (5 degrees East) at
12.207 GHz, audio subcarrier 7.38 MHz.
That program is also broadcast to the Pacific and the Far East on 17730 kHz.
We're also relay our half hour program at 12:30 hrs on satellite, otherwise
it's being carried to South Asia, the Pacific and the Far East on 15170 and
17740 kHz.
The rest of the Radio Sweden English schedule is (half hour programs):
To Europe:
22:30 hrs 1179 and 6065 kHz
To the Middle East and East Africa:
15:00 hrs on 15270 kHz
To Asia/Pacific:
12:30 hrs 15240 and 21625 kHz
01:00 hrs 9685 and 11730 kHz
To North America:
15:00 hrs 17870 and 21500 kHz
02:00 hrs 9695 and 11705 kHz
Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood by fax to +468-667-6283,
from Internet, MCI Mail or CompuServe (to the CompuServe mailbox 70247,3516),
through the FidoNet system to 2:201/697 or to SM0IIN at the packet radio BBS
SM0ETV.
Reports can also be sent to:
Radio Sweden
S-105 10 Stockholm
Sweden
Contributions should be NEWS about electronic media--from shortwave to
satellites--and not loggings of information already available from sources
such as the "World Radio TV Handbook". Clubs and DX publications may reprint
material as long as Sweden Calling DXers and the original contributor are
acknowledged, with the exception of items from BBC Monitoring, which are
copyright.
We welcome comments and suggestions about the electronic edition, Sweden
Calling DXers, and our programs in general.
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