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:: MediaScan ::
:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2187--Sept. 21, 1993 ::
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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 SCDX2187
All times UTC unless otherwise noted.
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NORDIC MEDIA NEWS:
RADIO SWEDEN--Beginning September 26th, Radio Sweden will be broadcasting in
English:
To Europe:
17:15 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
18:30 hrs and 21:30 hrs on 1179, 6065, and 9655 kHz
22:30 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
23:30 hrs on 1179 kHz
To East Africa and the Middle East:
18:30 hrs on 15145 kHz
To Asia and the Pacific:
12:30 hrs on 15240, 17740, and 17865 kHz
23:30 hrs on 11910 kHz
01:30 hrs on 9695 and 11695 kHz
To North America:
13:30 and 14:30 hrs on 15240 and 17870 kHz
02:30 and 03:30 hrs on 9695 and 11650 kHz
To Latin America:
00:30 hrs on 9695 and 11650 kHz
The broadcasts at 17:15, 18:30, 21:30 (weekends only), and 22:30 hrs are
relayed on satellite on Astra transponder 26 (Sky Movies Gold) audio 7.74 MHz
and Tele-X on 12.207 GHz (TV4) audio 7.38 MHz.
SWEDEN--The big media news in Sweden is the impending industrial action at
the public service Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, home of Radio Sweden.
Recently the corporation signed a new contact with the Swedish Journalists
Union. But negotiations broke down with the union representing other
employees. Last week the union officially anounced a ban on overtime by more
than 1000 members, beginning on September 23rd.
The ban covers most employees working for Swedish Television in Gothenburg
and Malmo, as well as all sound and service technicians working for the
Swedish Radio, including the local radio stations. (TT)
During previous industrial action, news programs and Radio Sweden were
allowed to continue without hindrance. It remains to be seen if that will be
the case starting Thursday.
TV4--Sweden's Broadcast Council has once again ruled that the country's only
terrestrial commercial channel, TV4, has violated its licence by broadcasting
advertising in the middle of programs. It's the 8th time the board has ruled
against the channel, which now says that it will stop the illegal practice
next week. TV4 had appealed to the government to change the terms of its
licence, but the government rejected the appeal in May. (TT)
DECODERS--The Swedish government has also proposed a ban on pirate decoders
to avoid paying for cable TV and radio. The ban would only apply to the
manufacture, rental, and installation of such decoders, so private
individuals would still be allowed to own pirate decoders. If passed by
parliament, the ban would go into effect on January 1st. (TT)
There's a lively business in pirate decoders in Sweden because of high cost
of cable-TV. A basic package with 5 Swedish channels and the 5 or so most
common English-language channels costs around twenty-five dollars a month
from Stockholm's largest cable network. Swedish Telecom's network, the
largest in the country, charges an extra 10 dollars a month for a mandatory
decoder, with subscribers forced to rent extra decoders for extra outlets in
their homes.
By contrast, in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission
recently passed new rules controlling cable rates, forcing many systems to
lower their prices for the standard 30 to 46 channel packages. In northern
California, for example, these now cost between twenty and twenty-three
dollars a month. Also the charge for converter and decoder boxes have to be
based on what those devices actually cost the cable operators, and operators
can no longer change extra for homes with multiple outlets. ("Santa Rosa
Press-Democrat")
THOR--The pay-TV package on Norway's Thor satellite is now complete. MTV has
joined CNN, Eurosport, FilmNet Movies, and a joint transponder combining
Discovery and the Children's Channel. With the exception of FilmNet, which is
in D2-MAC, these all use the obscure D-MAC standard, and all use the even
more obscure Eurocypt S coding system. Although, so far only advertised in
Norway, the Thor package is intended as well for Finland and northern Sweden,
which have difficulty receiving Astra.
("Skyguide" and "SatNews")
But Norwegian Telecom, which operates Thor, wants around 8 dollars a month
for the service, without FilmNet, which costs extra. This may be more than
many Scandinavians are willing to pay. In comparison, Sky's basic Multi-
Channel package, with all these channels plus at least nine more, is
available for 7 pounds, or around 10 dollars, a month.
Meanwhile, in the United States, satellite subscription packages range from
under nine dollars a month for 11 channels to 20 channel offerings for under
15 dollars and 31 channel packages with several film channels for 50 dollars
a month. ("Satellite TV Weekly")
EUROPEAN MEDIA NEWS:
MTV--MTV's move to Thor adds fuel to the speculation that the channel is
planning to encrypt its Astra feeds in mid-1994 using Videocrypt. Previously
these claims were denied by the company, even though when British Sky
Broadcasting began advertising for its multichannel service it claimed that
MTV would be included within the encryption package.
MTV executives protested to British Sky Broadcasting and the advertisement
was changed. According to "SatNews", engineering sources at MTV and News
Datacom say that several Videocrypt encoders have been ordered by MTV.
("SatNews")
MTV has also appeared on Eutelsat 2F1 on 11.658 GHz. The programming is
currently identical to the Astra version, although in the future it is
understood that this outlet will be used to offer specific programming (and
advertising) to Germany. "Sky Guide" speculates that MTV's appearance on
Eutelsat could also be to counter the future opposition of German youth
channel "Viva", due to launch in October on the same satellite. ("Skyguide"
and James Robinson)
SKY CHANNELS TO EUROPE?--Now that the Sky Multi-Channel package is running,
British Sky Broadcasting's owner Rupert Murdoch is planning to work with the
German channel Pro 7 to launch a package of subscription satellite channels
throughout Europe. The agreement, made at International Funkaustellung '93,
is understood to pave the way for the marketing of six English language
channels, initially in Germany, and eventually throughout Western Europe.
("Skyguide")
SKY EXPANDS--Speaking in London recently, British Sky Broadcasting owner
Rupert Murdoch also put an end to speculation by confirming his intent to
launch a second sports channel on Astra. The second channel is very likely to
become a testing ground for pay-per-view events, and according to "Sky
Guide", is likely to be up and running in time for the next Premier League
soccer football season.
Murdoch's News International has also contracted NTL to join a group
developing a multi-channel digital TV system for direct satellite reception
in the home. NTL will develop the encoding, decoding and multiplexing
technology. The eventual domestic receiver will be mass-produced under
licence for the comsumer market in Europe, Asia and elsewhere. ("Skyguide")
RED HOT TV--The pornography channel Red Hot Television, which is upliked from
Denmark, has returned to the satellite airwaves, but not where it was
expected. According to "Skyguide" RHTV was unable to secure its previous
transponder on Eutelsat 2F1, and the channel is now broadcasting on a
completely different satellite - Eutelsat 2F3, on 10.986 GHz.
The channel is alternating between its existing SAVE encryption system, and
new Videocrypt-compatible system "Enigma". ("Skyguide")
TURNER BROADCASTING--The Cartoon Channel and TNT broadcast test transmissions
on Astra 1C, transponder 37, before their September 17th launch.
The channels will broadcast in English, French, Norwegian and Swedish, with a
Spanish language service to follow by the end of 1994, possibly in line with
a Spanish audio service for CNN International.
French authorities are apparently unhappy at the prospect of these new
channels broadcasting in the French language, apparently viewing the prospect
as an invasion of French territory.
The authorities and broadcasters have been lobbying to get the channel to
drop the French audio, apparently unsuccessfully so far. The French cultural
elite is protesting the broadcasts of Yoga Bear and Fred Flinstone in French
as cultural imperialism. The crusade has brought together bitter political
rivals from both left and right. The Paris daily "Le Figaro" quoted an
unidentified Turner official as accusing the French authorities of attempted
"ethnic cleansing" of the airwaves. ("Skyguide" and AP)
FRANCE--Just weeks after MCM returned to TDF1, and viewers across Europe
welcomed its return, comes the news that MCM will scramble its transmissions
from October 15th. Subscriptions will be made available to European viewers,
although pricing details are not known at this time. ("Skyguide")
WORLD RADIO NETWORK--The long-awaited World Radio Network service of
international broadcasters in English began tests on Astra on September 15th.
They're using MTV's transponder 22, 11.538 GHz, audio 7.74 MHz. The official
launch of the new service will be October 1st.
The current relays of National Public Radio from the United States are being
moved from Eutelsat. Joining them will be programs from American Public Radio
and many international broadcasters. Here is the tentative weekday schedule
(British local time):
05:00-05:30 Radio Canada International
05:30-06:00 BBC "Europe Today"
06:00-07:30 NPR "All Things Considered"
07:30-08:00 APR "Market Place"
08:00-09:00 Radio Australia
09:00-10:00 Radio Korea
10:00-10:30 Radio Moscow
10:30-11:30 Radio Netherlands
11:30-12:00 to be announced
12:00-12:30 Voice of Israel
12:30-13:00 WRN Information
13:00-15:00 NPR "Morning Edition"
15:00-15:30 Radio France International
15:39-16:00 Radio Finland
16:00-17:00 Radio Australia
17:00-18:00 APR "Monitor Radio"
18:00-18:30 to be announced
18:30-19:00 Radio Telefis Eireann (Ireland)
19:00-21:00 NPR "Talk of the Nation"
21:00-21:30 Swiss Radio International
21:30-22:00 BBC "Europe Today"
22:00-23:30 NPR "All Things Considered"
23:30-24:00 APR "Market Place"
00:00-01:00 APR "Monitor Radio"
01:00-02:30 NPR "All Things Considered"
02:30-03:30 Radio Netherlands
03:30-04:30 music
04:30-05:00 Vatican Radio
The schedule varies somewhat on weekends and is subject to change. Note that
Europe and Britain have the same local time between Sept. 26 and Oct. 24.
(WRN)
GERMANY--Managing Director Dieter Weirich announced at the Internationale
Funkaustellung in Berlin on August 30th that Deutsche Welle TV will be
expanding to 24 hour a day service from 1994. However, the expansion from 16
hours at present would oly be possible if ARD and ZDF agree to work together.
(DPA via BBC Monitoring) One wonders what will happen to the American
Worldnet programming, which shares the Deutsche Welle transponder on Eutelsat
2F1 (having been kicked off the French TV5 transponder for exactly the same
reason)?
PUBLICATIONS--Super Channel's Teletext satellite news service, "In Orbit", is
now available to Astra viewers via UK Gold's teletext service. While UK Gold
is scrambled, even viewers without a subscription can view the teletext.
Weekly satellite news, updated every Tuesday, is available on page 333, with
a letters section on 334.
The content of the services vary slightly - Super Channel's version is
consistently more critical of Astra and Sky, while the UK Gold version
appears (at the moment) to be much more neutral. ("Skyguide")
NORTH AMERICAN MEDIA NEWS:
PARAMOUNT VIACOM INTERNATIONAL--In what will be the biggest media industry
merger ever, Paramount Communications Inc. and Viacom Inc. have agreed on a
16.5 billion dollar merger plan. If completed it would signal the passing of
the last of Hollywood's major studios to a new generation of corporate
leaders.
The new company will be the world's 5th largest media conglomerate, following
Time Warner, Germany's Bertelsmann, Sony, and Rupert Murdoch's News
Corporation, and pushing Capital Cities/ABC into 6th place.
Paramount is the owner of a major Hollywood film and TV studio. Its 900
movie library includes "The Godfather", "Beverly Hills Cop", and "Indiana
Jones." Among Paramount's TV productions are "Star Trek", "Murder She Wrote",
and "Cheers".
Viacom is the owner of satellite/cable TV channels MTV, VH-1, Showtime and
Nickelodeon, as well as cable networks with more than 1 million subscribers.
(AP and "Los Angeles Times")
However, Turner Broadcasting is also reported to be weighing a bid for
Paramount. (Bloomberg Business News)
STAR TREK--Speaking of "Star Trek", with the shifting of Paramount's
satellite feed channel from the Telstar 301 satellite to Telstar 302,
transponder 3, here is the current feed schedule for the two popular science
fiction programs "The Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine" (Eastern Time):
Saturdays:
10:00 AM DS9
4:00 PM DS9
7:00 PM TNG
Sundays:
2:00 PM TNG
4:00 PM DS9
5:00 PM TNG
"Satellite TV Weekly" also lists a TNG feed on Saturdays at 2:00 PM, but this
has not been in evidence.
ASIAN MEDIA NEWS:
INDIA--A new 9 channel satellite television service to India is to be begin
on January 1, 1994. The nine channels carried by the joint American-India
network are to cover: religious and spiritual programming; politics;
children's programming, entertainment, music and movies; sports; medicine,
health, fitness and sex education; business and economy; and development,
environment, and women's issues, science, and technology. Broadcasts are to
be over two satellites, the Russian Statsionar 21 at 103 degrees East, and
Asiasat. (PTI via BBC Monitoring)
AMATEUR RADIO IN SPACE:
MICROSATS--Ariane launch 59 is scheduled for Saturday, September 25th,
between 01:27 and 01:45 hrs UTC. The main payload is the Franco-Swedish Spot-
3 satellite, but Ariane will also be carrying a number of small "micro-sats",
several of which will be available for amateur radio operators.
The most interesting is the Italian amateur radio satellite Itamsat, which
will downlink both voice FM and digital packet radio signals on 435.867 and
435.822 MHz. The commercial Portuguese PoSat will downlink amateur radio
signals on 435.250 or 435.275 MHz. Kitsat-B is similar to the first South
Korean satellite, now in orbit as KO-23, with digital downlinks on 435.175
and 436.500 MHz. Finally, the American commercial satellite Eyesat-A will
sometimes relay digital and FM voice amateur radio signals on 436.800 MHz.
(Internet News via Kauto Huopio and "AMSAT-SM Newsletter")
The Ariane launch will be relayed over some satellite links, and will
certainly be carried by the Amsat network on many shortwave frequencies.
SHORT AND MEDIUM WAVE AND DOMESTIC RADIO:
ALBANIA--The Voice of America is using a medium wave transmitter in Albania
on 1395 kHz to reach the former Yugoslavia. Serbian has beenheard at 03:45-
04:00 hrs, and Croatian at 04:30-05:00 hrs. Radio Tirana's scheduled 04:00-
04:15 hrs broadcast in German continues to be heard on this frequency. (BBC
Monitoring)
BRITAIN--The Radio Authority has awarded LBC's licence and has awarded it to
London News Radio. London News Radio's Editor in Chief will be former LBC
Managing Director Peter Thornton and the station will employ a number of
former LBC staff. Its chairman is John Tusa, former boss of the BBC World
Service and currently presenter of the One O'Clock News on BBC Television.
The BBC did not know of his involvement until the
announcement on Friday. LNR's backers are led by merchant bank Guiness Mahon
and French media group Hachette. It will offer a rolling news format on its
FM frequency, repeating every 20 minutes throughout the day. AM will be a mix
of phone-ins, discussions and news similar to London Talkback Radio. It
expects to employ around 160 staff, compared with the 120 currently employed
by LBC. LNR will begin broadcasting in October 1994.
Two new stations have been awarded licences. London Country Radio plans to
launch in January and will broadcast on 1035 AM. It is backed by the Allied
Radio Group. Sunrise Radio will expand Londonwide from their current West
London operation. From early 1994 their Asian programming will be heard on
the 1458 AM frequency currently used by GLR. Their existing licence for West
London will be re-advertised later.
Two further Londonwide licences are expected to be advertised in 1994, at the
same time as those for Capital Radio's two frequencies are re-advertised.
Unsuccessful applicants in the current round will be able to re-apply then
without a further application fee. The licences for Jazz FM, Kiss FM, Melody
Radio and Spectrum International were all retained by their respective
companies.
The BBC is expected to announce its decision on its proposed rolling news
service later than originally planned. It had anticipated making an
announcement in September as to whether the service would go ahead and on
what frequency. However, it now seems likely that a decision will be held off
until October or possibly November. Reports from BBC staffers suggest that a
merger with Radio Five to form a news and sport network remains the most
likely option. ("AM/FM" via Kauto Huopio)
ESTONIA--Last time we reported on Estonia's closing its international
service, although BBC Monitoring reports that Radio Tallinn programs are
continuing on FM. Kauto Huopio reports that Estonia seems to be leaving
medium wave. He says 1035, 1215, 1332 and 1512 kHz have been more or less
quiet lately. Kauto says it is also rumoured that Estonia is moving their FM
radio very rapidly to western FM Band, at first to 100-108 MHz and then to
full 87.5-108 MHz. (Kauto Huopio, Finland)
LATVIA--A new station calling itself Brivi Veji ("Free Winds") has been heard
on 945 kHz. A relay of VOA Europe has been carried at 12:00 hrs. (BBC
Monitoring)
LIBERIA--Radio ELWA, the station in Monrovia operated by the Christian
religious organization, the Sudan Interior Mission, has been heard again on
4760 kHz after a break of three years. It's been heard at 16:30-22:00 hrs and
also announces a morning transmission starting at 06:00 hrs. (BBC Monitoring)
LITHUANIA--Baltic Radio International in Lithuania, widely believed to be a
chimera, has started building work at its new transmitter site near Butinges.
BRI is to build six radio masts, a transmitter building, generator and
official premises with a reserve studio, all costing 1,400,000 pounds. BRI
programs will consist of pop music, with several minutes of advertisements
every hour. (Lietuvos Rytas in FDXA "Euronews")
As we reported last week, BRI is to use 684 kHz (and was to be on the air
"this summer" according to General Manager Paul Rusling).
NICARAGUA--Radio Sandino has moved from 760 kHz to a new and stronger
transmitter on 740 kHz. (Radio Sandino via BBC Monitoring)
NORWAY--The Norwegian student station UKE-Senderen, in Trondeheim, will be on
the air again during the annual UKA festival, which this year is from the
22nd of October and until the 14th of November. The frequencies are 1485 kHz
and 7245 kHz. (Jon Gunnar Solheim, via Internet News and Kauto Huopio)
PALESTINE--According to Radwan Abu-'Ayyyash,chairman of the Social Solidarity
Society, the Palestineans will launch regular radio and television broadcasts
within four months of the implementation of self-rule in Gaza and Jericho.
(BBC Monitoring)
RUSSIA--Moscow has two different MW radio stations for motorists. Avtovolna
is at 0300-0600 on 1116 kHz. The address is: Ul.Lesnaya 41, Avtobank, Room
412-A, 101514 Moscow. Another station, Avtoradio is on 765 kHz. (G.Grigoriev
via BDXC via ARC via FDXA "Euronews")
FUTURE TECH:
HDTV--Cinema-quality high definition television (HDTV) may soon be a reality
in European living rooms under a plan launched recently to find a common
European standard for digital transmission. A group of satellite operators,
broadcasters, manufacturers and regulators have signed a memorandum of
understanding in Bonn.
"They are jointly undertaking to make every effort to provide European
digital television and to place it on the market as from 1995," said Wolfgang
Boetsch, Germany's Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, after the
signing.
The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) groups 85 members, including at
least one Japanese electronics firm. But the core of firms are from Britain,
Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands. Peter Kahl, an official from
Boetsch's ministry and the new head of the DVB, told a news conference:
"Europe doesn't want to lag behind in these developments." He predicted there
would be a standard for satellite transmissions by the end of this year, and
a standard for cable services some time in 1994.
All-digital standards use signals similar to those employed by computers and
are seen as the way forward for television. The agreement to search for a
standard clears the way for the development of a range of advanced television
services. Digital transmission can carry large numbers of channels
simultaneously, ranging from "multi-channel" satellite services to
terrestrial HDTV. It makes possible teleshopping, personal computer link-ups
and other interactive services.
"I'm not a prophet, but at a conservative estimate, there will soon be 100
channels on your television," said Kahl. Recently, the European Community
agreed to provide 228 million Ecu (274 million dollars) to promote the
television technology which will bring cinema-quality HDTV into consumers'
homes.
But the EC plan, formulated in July, left the choice of transmission standard
to the market. The European group coalesced after the recent formation of an
industry alliance across the Atlantic working on a single all-digital HDTV
system for the United States. Kahl said the organisation had not requested
funds from the EC. It would be financed mainly by membership fees and
research would come out of members' own pockets.
The group includes the European Commission as an observer and Britain's
Department of Trade and Industry among others. Philips Electronics NV of the
Netherlands, Thomson SA of France, Sony Europe, the British Broadcasting
Corporation and Germany's Grundig AG are also involved. (Reuters)
Japan's television and video industry has welcomed European efforts to move
towards a common digital standard for high definition television (HDTV),
industry analysts said on September 13. Currently several transmission
formats are used in the world, including NTSC, PAL and SECAM, so a common
standard would make it easier from a maker's point of view, an official at a
major Japanese consumer electronics company said.
Although Japan uses an analog version of HDTV, it would not mean Japanese
makers would have a disadvantage in the European market, analysts said. All
manufacturers would need to comply with a new standard for Europe, so that
everybody, whether Japanese or European, would be starting from same
position, the analysts said. "No one will have a competitive advantage," Camp
said. "Everyone will have to make adjustments, not just the Japanese."
(Reuters)
The remaining American HDTV proponents were brought together in an American
"Grand Alliance" by the Federal Communications Commission recently. At the
recent Montreaux ITVS Show, where HDTV was a major topic, the chairman of the
FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service, Richard E. Wiley,
invited the Europeans into a "Tres Grand Alliance", to join together with the
Americans in creating a single HDTV standard. ("World Broadcast News")
USA--The Federal Communications Commission has held a lottery to determine
who wins the right to operate two-way television broadcast systems in nine
American cities. More than 1000 companies filed 4100 applications for the 18
interactive and video data service (IVDS) licences, two in each of the nine
cities. The IVDS frequencies were previously used for automated river boat
traffic.
Lottery winners are expected to turn to one of three companies in the field:
Interactive Network of Mountain View, California, Radio Telecom and
Technology of Riverside, California, and Eon of Reston, Virginia.
According to Interactive Network, which currently operates a limited service
in northern California and Chicago, consumers would pay around 250 dollars
for a hand-held reception unit, plus about 15 dollars a month. The service
allows viewers to play along with televised game and news programs.
Eon has already signed up Domino's Pizza, the Weather Channel, the J.C.Penney
department store chain, and a sports game company to offer interactive
programs. For example, a TV viewer using the system could order a pizza, a
dress from Penney's, a customized weather forecast, or play along with a
football team with a click of their remote control.
On September 23rd the FCC will announce how it will divide up another set of
frequencies for what are called personal communication services. Hundreds of
companies are vying for the right to offer light-weight, wireless personal
communication service phones to the public.
The services will probably not be available until 1995, because the FCC still
has to decide how many licences it will grant in each city, whether current
cellular licensees are eligible, and the phones' technical standards. ("San
Francisco Chronicle")
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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 in English:
Europe and Africa:
15:00 hrs on 1179 khz (weekdays only)
16:15 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
17:30 hrs on 1179, 6065, and 9645 kHz
20:30 hrs on 1179, 6065 and 9655 kHz
21:30 hrs on 1179 and 6065 khz, and
22:30 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
Middle East and East Africa:
15:00 hrs on 15190 kHz and
17:30 hrs on 15270 kHz
Asia and the Pacific:
12:30 hrs on 15240 and 21500 kHz
22:30 hrs on 11910 kHz and
01:00 hrs on 9695 and 11820 kHz
North America:
15:00 hrs on 15240 and 21500 kHz and
02:00 hrs on 9695 and 11705 kHz
South America:
00:00 hrs on 9695 kHz
The broadcasts at 12:30, 16:15, 17:30, 20:30 (weekends only), 21:30, and
22:30 hrs are also relayed to Europe by satellite:
Astra 1B (19.2 degrees East) transponder 26 (Sky Movies Gold/TV Asia/Adult
Channel) at 11.597 GHz, audio subcarrier at 7.74 MHz,
Tele-X (5 degrees East) (TV4 transponder) at 12.207 GHz, audio subcarrier
7.38 MHz.
Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood by fax to +1-707-468-1460,
via Internet to 70247.3516@compuserve.com, or by MCI Mail or CompuServe to
the CompuServe mailbox 70247,3516.
Reports can also be sent to:
Radio Sweden
S-105 10 Stockholm
Sweden
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