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Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 17:05:50 -0600
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From: p00489@psilink.com (Terry M Stader)
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:: MediaScan ::
:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2197--April 5, 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 SCDX2197
All times UTC unless otherwise noted.
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NORDIC MEDIA NEWS
TV 5--On March 22nd France's TV Cinq Europe, and Sweden's TV Fem Nordic
settled out of court their dispute over the use of the number 5. The French
retain the rights to the letters TV, followed by a 5, and TV 5 Nordic is now
called Femman, which literally means "The Five" in Swedish, and is in fact a
friendly and familiar expression. (TT)
TV 6--Meanwhile, yesterday evening Sweden got its own TV 6, a so-far cable
only channel owned by the Kinnevik media empire, which also owns the TV3
channels in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, the pay film channels TV1000 and
FilmMax, part of Sweden's private terrestrial channel TV4, several magazines,
and cable-only music video and home shopping channels.
The new TV 6 is supposed to be a channel for women. Kinnevik promises no
sports, and no violence. Ironically, the first promo the station showed
started with a close-up on a gun. The initial promos were followed by no less
than 5 separate commercials in a row for the same washing detergent.
Programming consists of a film a night, as well as old American and
Australian series, and programs about health and exercise. TV 6 has been
criticised here for failing to produce its own material on problems discussed
by Swedish women, like abortion and abuse. The station is offering one daily
talk show, but that comes from the United States, the Ricki Lake Show.
We've tried for several weeks to get in touch with TV 6 for an interview, but
they've been unavailable. Initially the station is only accessible in
Sweden's largest cities over the cable networks operated by Swedish Telecom.
CABLE RADIO--The advent of new commercial radio stations here has led Swedish
Telecom to upgrade the radio channels on its cable networks. Until now, only
Swedish Radio's national channels as well as one or two community radio
stations have been carried on cable radio. All of these signals have been on
other frequencies than the terrestrial channels, and despite 24 available
frequencies, the only other channels have been stereo sound from Swedish
Television's two outlets, and BBC World Service has been available in inner
Stockholm. Even Radio Sweden's Stockholm International FM transmitter was
excluded.
Now all that is changing. Swedish Telecom's cable is switching to a system of
relaying everything that's on the air, on the original frequencies. (Svenska
Kabel-TV)
LOCAL RADIO--There are problems, however, with some of Stockholm's new local
radio stations. Radio City, which transmits on 105.9 MHz here in Stockholm,
has complained to the Minister of Culture that it is being interfered with in
parts of the city by Bandit Radio on 105.5. (TT)
Swedish Radio is in the part of the city where the alleged interference is
taking place, and both stations come in well here, without mutual
interference. Either the problem has been solved, or has been exaggerated.
However, a number of the new stations do seem to be interfering with each
other, at least when you wander in the city with a portable radio, and we've
heard that some have been over-modulating, making life difficult for their
neighbors on the band.
SOEDERTAELJE--A delayed auction for local radio frequencies was held on March
21st, for two channels in Soedertaelje, southwest of Stockholm. One frequency
was won by Claes Nydahl, who for years illegally ran commercials on the
community station Radio Nova. (By the time he was finally convicted, the
then-new Conservative government was preparing to legalize commercial radio,
and the authorities let the case die.) He offered a USD 275,000 annual
concession fee for the licence. According to reports, the station will most
likely relay Stocholm's Radio Megapol, which operates on 104.3 MHz. By
carrying the same programming, the two stations avoid a possible problem of
mutual interference.
The other allocation was won by a group represented by Jan Friedman, who was
among those behind the starts of Kinnevik's TV 3 and the private radio
network Radio Rix. He offered just under USD 100,000 for his licence. (TT)
TELE-X--On March 16th, Sweden's Tele-X satellite went out of control for an
hour, spinning the wrong way. This affected viewers of NRK, TV 4, and TV 5
Nordic as well as Radio Sweden listeners. TV 4 and Radio Sweden were actually
available on the Sirius satellite at the same position. Space dust or mini-
meteors are being blamed for the fault. (Bertil Sundberg in "Paa TV")
SIRIUS--Negotiations on which programmers will appear on Sirius are
continuing, and ought to be finalized during the next few months.
Transmissions are expected to begin during the Spring. Some are expected to
be transmitted uncoded. ("T-time")
DAB--Swedish Teracom, the section of Swedish Telecom responsible for
broadcast transmitters, says the first regular broadcasts of Digital Audio
Broadcasting here are now scheduled to begin in early 1996. Previously 1995
had been given as the date for DAB's debut. The third generation of DAB tests
here, using the final DAB standard, have begun, using three transmitters
carrying five programs streams on a single frequency in the Uppsala-
Enkoepiung area north and west of Stockholm. ("T-time")
DIGITAL TV--Swedish Teracom says decoders to view digital television
broadcasts on analog sets are under development. Test transmissions of
digital TV are to begin in 1996, and decoders appearing on the market in
1997. ("T-time")
BERLUSCONI AND PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING--the new chairman of the Swedish
Television board, Anna-Greta Leijon, has expressed concern about the new
political career of Italian media magnate Silvio Berlusconi. He used his
three private television networks to promote a new political party that came
out of nowhere to make Berlusconi most likely Italy's next prime minister.
Berlusconi has offered to sell one of his three networks, if that would ease
opposition to his forming a new government.
Anna-Greta Leijon, Minister of Justice in a former Social Democrat
government, says the debate here about the role of public service
broadcasting must take into account the risks of Swedish media
concentrations, such as the Jan Stenbeck's Kinnevik holdings, and the
Bonniers publishing empire. ("Dagens Nyheter")
NORWEGIAN TV2--Norwegian TV2 is moving to 1 degree West (presumeably to the
new Intelsat 702 if and when it is successfully launched) this Summer. (Jan
Johansson)
EUROPEAN MEDIA NEWS:
VOX--Germany's Vox channel on the Astra satellite is in danger. According to
news agency reports, the owners have been unable to attrack new stockholders,
and the channel is now starting to wind-down, although talks continue with
the Walt Disney Company, among others. If Vox doesn't turn into a European
version of the Disney Channel, it may go off the air, according to one report
on April 30th. (ADN news agency via BBC Monitoring and James Robinson) Which
means NBC's Super Channel could make the move to Astra from Eutelsat II-F1.
BBC--We've reported before that BBC World Service Television, which is an
entertainment channel in Europe, will be bringing Europeans the 24 hours news
channel carried to the rest of the world. Now there's a report the new
channel will be on Eutelsat II-F1, on 11.617 GHz. But so far no indication
when it may begin. (James Robinson)
Right on schedule at midnight local time on March 27th, Britain's Radio Five
pulled the plug, to be succeeded by the news and sports channel Radio Five
Live, relayed to Europe on Astra transponder 23.
MICROSOFT--Last week Astra transponder 47 (which British Sky Broadcasting has
leased, apparently in preparation for Sky Sports 2), was used by the American
software giant Microsoft for a "Devcast", a day of special programming to
European software developers. Like a similar broadcast last Fall, Intelsat-K
was used to relay the program across the Atlantic.
CHINESE CHANNEL--The China Channel is to broadcast on UK Living's Astra
transponder 34 between 23:55 and 03:00 hrs, starting within the next two
months. (James Robinson)
WORLD TAMIL TV--World Tamil Television is apparently a new station on
Eutelsat II-F3, sharing the 11.575 GHz transponder with Telepace, Muslim TV,
and Albanian TV. When they aren't on, the channel shows a lovely test pattern
with a rotating globe and the ID "World Tamil Television". (James Robinson)
EUTELSAT--Things are happening at 25.5 degrees East, where two of Europe's
oldest satellites, Eutelsat I-F1 and I-F4, are co-habitating. With failed
launch of Turksat-I, CNN is using that position to reach Eastern Europe,
using 11.093 GHz.
Britain's Independent Television News is also using several transponders at
that position for newsfeeds. ITN has signed a dedicated 24-hour pan-European
satellite transponder lease with BT to provide it with satellite capacity for
its News at Ten, Channel Four News programs and other network requirements.
A Eutelsat I-F4 satellite transponder is being used to host the
newsgathering network. ITN is expected to sub-lease unused portions of
its 'network' to companies on an ad-hoc basis as required. Priority
will be given to ITV network companies needing OB services. Spare
capacity on the transponder is available to other broadcasters through
ITN's news services desk.
Until now ITN booked the use of a transponder by the minute at set
times of the day to coincide with its scheduled programmes. The new
24-hour transponder offers complete freedom to take in feeds at any
time, with the added benefit of live reports during extended
programming or news flashes. ("Satnews")
This satellite is in inclined orbit, so in the mornings nothing can be seen
at all, while as the day progresses, reception of CNN in Stockholm is much
better than the CNN signal on Astra. ("Satnews" and James Robinson)
EUROPROGRAMMING--According to a European Commission report most television
channels inthe Europe devote most of their programming schedules to
European-sourced programming, although some channels need to improve their
performance.
In total 105 channels were surveyed, with 67 percent of channels
managing to reach the EC-set standard. Over half of the UK-based
channels failed to air enough European programming, although the EC
noted that the offending channels were all non-national services, such
as Japan Satellite TV. Interestingly enough, the UK government has
written to the Japanese channel, reminding them to show more European
sourced programming.
Full marks were awarded to all stations in Portugal, Ireland, the
Netherlands and Denmark. ("Satnews")
The European Union has announced it will take Britain to court for not fully
applying the 1989 "Television Without Frontiers" directive, which contrary to
its name, seeks to establish quotas for non-European television programming.
The EU, egged on by France and Belgium, object to the Cartoon Network/TNT
channel, which broadcasts 100 percent American programming, and the 24 hour
QVC shopping channel. Both channels are uplinked from London.
The directive says that European satellite broadcasters should carry a
majority of European programming, "where practicable", and allows only for
one hour of home shopping on a channel per day. (AP, Reuters)
The "where practicable" clause has been widely interpreted as a loophole,
turning the directive into a recommendation only. (Such was the general
understanding when the original Council of Europe directive, which the EU
directive follows, was drafted here in Stockholm.)
Ironically, France, the main mover for "European" (i.e. French as opposed to
English-language) programming, not long ago praised MTV, which is about as
American-dominated as you can get. The directive seems to be leaking in other
directions. "Satnews" reports Quantum International has signed an agreement
with RTL5, the Dutch general entertainment satellite channel on Astra, to
relay 36 hours of infomercial shopping programs each month, an apparent
violation of the hour per day rule.
RTL's Astra 1C satellite transponder will be used to host a second
infomercial service. Quantum International's "What's In Store" home
shopping series will be a regular early morning and daytime feature.
The RTL service will be aimed primarily at Dutch and mainland Europe
customers with telemarketing and fulfilment handled by Quantum's Dutch
associates. ("Satnews")
One bizarre repercussion of the directive is that it would ban TV Asia and
Japan Satellite Television, both of which carry programming serving Asian
minority communities in Europe. To force such stations to carry European
programming negates their entire purpose, and rejects one of the best uses of
satellite broadcasting. One must also wonder how France can justify
broadcasting its TV5, Radio France International, and Canal Afrique programs
to Africa, Asia and the Americas, or whether Deutsche Welle or the BBC World
Service should be required to close their activities in other continents for
not carrying enough American or Asian programming?
HUNGARY--Circumventing a state monopoly on radio and television, a local
entrepreneur began broadcasting Hungarian programming from the Netherlands on
April 2. Called BP-1, programs are broadcast between 04:00 and 13:00 hrs UTC
on Eutelsat II-F3, 11.638 GHz. Programs include movies, soap operas,
documentaries, cartoons, sports, and music. There are five daily 30 minute
newscasts, and material orginally in English is also available with original
sound. Subtitles are to be made available in teletext in German, Slovak,
Serb, Croat, and Romanian. (AP and James Robinson)
EURONEWS--Euronews France is to begin broaadcasts on Telecom 2B from June 1.
(James Robinson)
CINEVISION--An uncoded multi-lingual film channel called Cinevision is
scheduled to begin on Eutelsat II-F1. (James Robinson) This sounds too good
to be true, more like an April Fools joke. But James assures us it's real,
and the plans are to turn it into a coded videocrypt pay service later this
year.
TELE UNO--Tele Uno is a new channel testing on Canal Hollywood's transponder
on 12.640 GHz on Intelsat-K. American series like "Dallas", "The Love Boat",
and "The Fugative" are being carried. It's not clear if this is to be part of
Canal Hollywood's upcoming pay-per-view service. (Bertil Sundberg in "Paa
TV") How come none of this is ever in evidence when I check out 12 GHz on
Intelsat-K?
GALS--Russia's new GALS satellite at 44 degrees East began tests on March
19th. Transmissions have been spotted in the Ku-band on 12.170 GHz. (Bertil
Sundberg in "Paa TV")
DELAYS--The launches of VH-1 and Nick at Nite (on Astra), and the Sci-Fi
Channel (on Eutelsat II-F1) have all been delayed until September. (James
Robinson)
NORTH AMERICAN MEDIA NEWS:
TV ASIA--Hughes has signed a program distribution agreement with TV Asia to
provide the first North American daily pay-television Asian network. The
channel will be carried on the second DirecTV satellite, slated for launch in
July aboard a General Dynamics Atlas rocket. The first direct broadcast
satellite was successfully launched on 17 December 1993. ("Satnews")
PERSONAL COMPUTER CHANNEL--Tele-Communications Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are
preparing to create a new cable television channel that will concentrate on
personal computers. Under the joint agreement, Microsoft will provide much of
the computing technical expertise and support while TCI will utilise its
cable muscle. Microsoft is already active designing Windows-based cable-TV
set top boxes with a number of other strategic partners, including TCI.
The new niche channel will use digital compression technology, set to
allow 500-plus cable television channels to be fed to the home. Microsoft and
TCI are also working on interactive cable modem services that allow PC users
to access on-line information through the cable network. It is understood
that Microsoft is separately setting up its own on-line information service
with a number of partners, and access may be given to this.
No service launch date or expected cost has been released.
Recently the companies said that they would be developing interactive
video services in Seattle and Denver. In the "Financial Times"
newspaper Bill Gates was quoted as saying that the current rush of
interest in multimedia was a form of collective mania. Gates also
questioned the value of most of the trials of multimedia, where
computer, telecommunications and television converge, in the US and
Europe. Many companies wrongly focus on one technology, such as
video-on-demand, rather than on all services. ("Satnews")
INTERACTIVE-TV--The debate over the potential consumer demand for interactive
television is likely to continue no matter what happens in Time Warner's
interactive-TV trial in Orlando, Florida. Time Warner hopes its Full Service
Network, which will be available in 4,000 households in Orlando late this
year, will reveal much about what cable-TV subscribers want from interactive
TV and how much they're willing to pay for it.
The Orlando trial isn't the only test of interactive TV this year. Viacom,
another cable industry giant, is conducting a similar test with AT&T in
Castro Valley, Calif., and other telephone companies are planning tests.
Despite the bustle of action in interactive TV this year, Carl Ledbetter,
president of AT&T consumer products, said the day when 90% of U.S. households
will have fully interactive TV is still five to 10 years away. "The very
difficult thing in the next year will be trying to get an understanding of
what customers want," he said. ("Minneapolis Star-Tribune" from
rayo@mtunp.att.com)
ASIAN MEDIA NEWS:
DISH BANS--Prices of satellite dishes have more than doubled in Saudi Arabia
since the government banned them last month. Shopkeepers are charing more
than USD 1800 for a secret installation, compared to a pre-ban cost of USD
800 for a simple dish. The price of receivers has also skyrocketed from USD
2267 to USD 400. The March 10 ban threatened violaters with fines of up to
USD 133,000, and confiscation of their equipment, but did not say whether the
measure is retroactive. (AP)
Iran has banned satellite dishes, Interior Minister Ali Mohammed Besharati
was quoted as saying today, April 5. The cabinet has instructed the Interior
Ministry to implement the ban within two months, the daily "Salam" quoted
Besharati as telling reporters in Tehran Monday.
"Salam" reported last month that 400 dishes were being installed daily in
Tehran, despite warnings by authorities that foreign television programs were
part of a Western "cultural offensive" to corrupt Moslem Iranians. The
newspaper criticised the cabinet decision, comparing it to a 15 year ban on
videos that was lisfted in February. (Reuters)
Tuesday is the deadline for Chinese citizens to obtain official permission
for their satellite dishes, but in another example of the government's loss
of control, few people seem concerned that they didn't have approval. No one
has been seen dismantling dishes in Beijing, ven though regulations banning
private dish ownership stipulated that equipment already installed had to be
specially approved by the government by Tuesday or taken down. (AP)
Meanwhile, in Tibet, the Chinese occupation authorities have banned foreign
television channels. Occupation government organisations are set to examine
cable television andsatellite television equipped properties to ensure that
unauthorised channels or services are not being received.
Individuals and companies wishing to receive foreign broadcasts have
to appeal and go through a rigorous classification programme to ensure
that they comply with the government's directives in full. The decree hinted
that breaching its rules would be classed as a criminal offence, subjected to
stiff punishment. ("Satnews")
An Information Ministry official says that Malaysia's govenrment may review
its ban on the reception of satellite television broadcasts in the future.
Malaysians now need a government licence to own the dish antennas needed to
receive satellite broadcasts. The government feels that foreign television
progams have too much sex and violence, and are a threat to Malaysians'
morals. The officia, Fauzi Abdul Rahman, says the government has to be
satisfied that satellite broadcasts will not position the minds of the people
of threaten national security. He also predicted that eventually the
broadcasts' technology would become too sophisticated for them to be stopped.
(AP)
INDIA--All India Radio is developing a 20 channel satellite radio system,
including AIR's present 5 channels. ("The Indian Express" and All India Radio
via BBC Monitoring)
BBC AND STAR--Rupert Murdoch's Star-TV is dropping BBC World Service
Television from Asiasat's northern beam, which covers much of China and
Taiwan, as of April 17th. "Commercial reasons" are cited, and Murdoch is not
replacing the BBC with his Sky News channel from Europe. Instead, Star will
launch a Chinese movie pay television channel. "Star Movies" will launch on
April 20. From May 1 the channel will be encoded and offered only through
cable TV networks. (This parallels Murdoch's pattern in Europe where
initially uncoded satellite channels have been replaced with pay channels.
Some observers say such a system would never work in South Asia, where
Murdoch would have to negotiate with tens of thousands of small cable
operators.)
Star has denied dropping the BBC because of complaints from the Chinese
government over BBC reportage of Chinese human rights abuses.
The BBC hopes to resume broadcasts to northern Asia, but in a New Delhi press
conference BBC WSTV chief executive Christopher Irwin declined to name an
alternative satellite.
The BBC will continue to broadcast to South Asia on Asiasat's southern beam.
Irwin says South Asia is now BBC WSTV's main priority. (Reuters and AP)
BBC AND SOUTH ASIA--At the New Delhi press conference, BBC World Service
Television head Christopher Irwin announced a strategic newsgathering
alliance in India, and plans to launch a family of channels in the region,
including a new weekly program about India. The former BBC correspondent in
India, Mark Tully, would present the program, which is likely to start in the
middle of this year.
The program would be produced in New Delhi in co-operation with BBC WSTV's
partner in India, Asian News International. It will cover stories from across
South Asia. A week of special programs about contemporay Indian culture and
identity will feature on BBC WSTV in April. Apart from audiences in India,
the programs will be available in Asia on the BBC channel on Star-TV and to
viewers of "The Late Show" on BBC domestic television in Britain. (PTI via
BBC Monitoring)
BBC AND THE MIDDLE EAST--BBC WSTV says it has signed a 10 year contract that
would allow it to launch an Arabic-language news service to the Middle East
and North Africa later this year. The contract is with Orbit, a private
company owned by a consortium of Middle Eastern and other international
businesses. BBC WSTV in Arabic will be part of a pay-TV multi-channel package
using one of the Arabsat 1 satellites. The proposed Arabic service caused a
conflict with Star-TV, which feared the Arabic channel would overlap with its
own Asiasat coverage area. (Reuters)
TURNER BROADCASTING--Speaking in Hong Kong recently on an Asian trip, Turner
Broadcasting founder Ted Turner said the satellite television industry faces
overcrowding and many networks could go broke. Turner Broadcasting will be
launching its Cartoon Network and TNT channels to Asia later this year.
Commenting on rival Rupert Murdoch, Turner said he's caused trouble in China,
and paid too much for Star-TV, but it's hard not to like him. Turner said
Murdoch's take-over of Star-TV was responsible for scaring China into
tightening controls on satellite dishes recently.
Because of illness, Turner was unable to make a planned stop in India.
However, company officials announced Turner Broadcasting is seeking a deal
with Indian state television to broadcast programs, leasing a transponder on
India's Insat 2-B satellite to provide "India-specific" programming. TBS
currently broadcasts to India from Indonesia's Palapa satellite, which
provides a far weaker signal in the subcontinent than does Asiasat. TBS has
signed a contract to broadcast on Apstar-2, due to go into operation in
March, 1995, which should provide India with far stronger reception.
(Reuters)
HONG KONG--Hong Kong governor Chris Patten has made a thinly-veiled attack on
media barons Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner, saying freedom of speech cannot
be curtailed for short-term commercial expediency. While not mentioning any
broadcasters by name, the remarkes were clearly aimed at both tycoons who
have been accused recently of kowtowing to Beijing in a bid to tap the
lucrative Chinese market. (Reuters)
SHORTWAVE:
RADIO MIAMI INTERNATIONAL--Due to standard frequency and time changes taking
place on March 27 and April 3, there will be several changes to RMI's
schedule. The following is our new schedule, effective April 3, 1994:
TRANSMISSIONS OF RADIO MIAMI INTERNATIONAL VIA KWHR, WHRI AND WRNO:
UTC TIME UTC DAYS LANGUAGE STN FREQUENCY
0000-0500 Tues-Sun Spanish WHRI 9495 kHz
0000-0030 Monday Spanish WRNO 7355
0800-0900 Mon-Fri Spanish WHRI 7355
1000-1300 Mon-Sat Spanish WHRI 9850
1400-1430 Mon-Sun Vietnamese KWHR 9930
2100-2200 Mon-Fri Creole WHRI 9485
2200-2300 Mon-Fri Creole WRNO 15420
2300-0000 Mon-Fri Spanish WHRI 9495
SCHEDULE FOR HRJA - RADIO COPAN INTERNATIONAL (Radio Miami's sister
station in Tegucigalpa, Honduras). Radio Copan broadcasts with 1000
watts of power to the Northern Caribbean and Eastern North America:
UTC TIME UTC DAYS LANGUAGES STN FREQUENCY
1400-1500 Mon-Sat Spanish/English HRJA 15675 kHz
1800-0000 Sunday Spanish/English HRJA 15675
1900-2300 Tues, Fri Spanish/English HRJA 15675
2000-2300 Mon, Wed, Thurs Spanish/English HRJA 15675
2000-2200 Saturday Spanish/English HRJA 15675
Radio Copan's standard program format is a mixture of Latin American music
and short features in Spanish and English about Honduras, Latin America, and
Mayan culture. In addition, there are several regularly-scheduled longer
programs in both Spanish and English, including:
UTC DAYS UTC TIME PROGRAM
Mon-Fri 2200-2215 Truth For Living - religious program (English)
Mon-Fri 2230-2245 Radio Copan Mailbag - with Jeff White (English)
Mon-Wed 2330-0000 La Voz de la Junta Patriotica Cubana (Spanish)
Fri-Sat 2330-0000 La Voz de la Junta Patriotica Cubana (Spanish)
Tues, Fri 1900-2000 La Voz de los Educadores Cubanos (Spanish)
Saturday 2100-2130 Radio Roquero - con Victor Garcia Rivera (Spanish)
Sunday 1800-1900 Crenshaw & Company - talk show (English)
Sunday 2000-2100 La Voz del Veterano - (Spanish)
Sunday 2200-2230 These Last Days - religious program (English)
Sunday 2230-2300 The Final Crisis - hosted by Orlando Stuart (Eng)
SCHEDULE FOR WRMI - MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA: As of late March, WRMI was
conducting test broadcasts irregularly on 9955 kHz with 500 watts of
power. As of early April, WRMI is expected to be on with full power
(50,000 watts) on 9955 kHz with test transmissions. Regular transmissions
should begin later during April. The exact schedule has not been determined
yet, but we expect it to be approximately 2100-0500 UTC and 0900-1300 UTC
daily. The primary target area is Latin America.
Programming will be in English, Spanish and other languages. (Jeff White,
General Manager, Radio Miami International)
PUBLICATIONS:
Once again a reminder: The new edition 5.5 of Radio Sweden's booklet
"Communications in Space: The (Last) DXers Guide to the Galaxy" is now
available free of charge. Just write to Radio Sweden, S-105 10 Stockholm,
Sweden. You can also order by fax to: +468-667-6283. And the electronic
edition will (finally) be uploaded along with this file.
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Sweden Calling DXers is the world's oldest radio program about international
broadcasting. Radio Sweden has presented this round-up of radio news,
features, and interviews on Tuesdays since 1948. It's currently broadcast on
the first and third Tuesdays of the month.
Radio Sweden broadcasts in English:
Europe and Africa:
16:15 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
17:30 hrs on 1179, 6065, 9655, and 15390 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 Africa:
17:30 hrs on 6065, 9655, and 15390 kHz
20:30 hrs on 6065 and 9655 kHz
Asia and the Pacific:
11:30 hrs on 13775, 15120, and 15240 kHz
23:30 hrs on 11910 kHz and
01:30 hrs on 9695 and 11695 kHz
North America:
12:30 and 13:30 hrs on 15240 and 17870 kHz
02:30 and 03:30 hrs on 6040 and 9850 kHz
South America:
00:30 hrs on 6065 and 9850 kHz
The broadcasts at 16:15, 17:30, 21:30, and 22:30 hrs (and weekends at 20:30)
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.
Radio Sweden is also relayed to Europe via the World Radio Network on MTV's
transponder 22 on Astra, audio 7.38 MHz, daily at 20:00 hrs UTC.
Radio Sweden can also be heard on WRN's North American service on ASC-1, on
SCOLA's transponder 23, audio 6.20 MHz, daily at 00:00 and 20:00 hrs.
Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood by fax to +468-667-6283,
from MCI Mail or CompuServe to the CompuServe mailbox 70247,3516, from
Internet to 70247.3516@compuserve.com, or to SM0IIN at the packet radio BBS
SM0ETV.
Reports can also be sent to:
Radio Sweden
S-105 10 Stockholm
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