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  ::      SWEDEN CALLING DXERS       ::
  ::       from Radio Sweden         ::
  ::   Number 2194--Feb. 15, 1994    ::
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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 SCDX2193

All times UTC unless otherwise noted.

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Many apologies for not uploading anything two weeks ago. I was forced to
return to California due to a death in the family. The edition of "MediaScan"
which aired on February 1st covered the premier of Bandit Radio, a new
private rock station in Stockholm on 105.5 MHz with all American DJs. If you
missed it, apparently the newspaper "The European" is doing a feature.


NORDIC MEDIA NEWS:

WINTER OLYMPICS--The biggest media news from Scandinavia this week are the
broadcasts from the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. The world's broadcast
stations and networks are in Norway, and there is coverage all over the dial.

Besides the regular networks, Olympic feeds are on satellites everywhere.
Here in Europe virtually every Eutelsat and Intelsat may have feeds from
Lillehammar. Kauto Huopio has sent the following list from Internet News,
offering the comment: "I have my own doubts of
the validity of this, but anyhow...":

Here is a list of places and frequencies. for feeds from the 17th Winter
Olympic Games at Lillehammer, Norway 12-27 February.

Sat. name             Pos.               Frec.

Intelsat 602        63 E               10.974H      11.639H
Eutelsat 1 F4       25.5 E             11.135H
Eutelsat 1 F5       21.5E              11.012H      11.509H
Eutelsat 11 F3      16E                11.163H      11.575V  + some other
Eutelsat 11 F1      13E                11.615V      12.561H + some other
Eutelsat 11 F2      10E                11.006V      11.015H
                                       11.061V      11.617V
Eutelsat 11 F4      7E                 10.972H      11.006H
                                                    11.055H      11.095H
                                                    10.987V      11.075V
                                                    + some other freq
Intelsat K           21.5W             11.532V       11.559V
                                                     11.532H      11.559H
Intelsat 601         27.5W             11.016V       11.067V
                                                     11.476V


(Einar Hem, Oslo College of Engineering, Dept. of Telecommunications, via
Internet News)

THOR VS SIRIUS--The satellite war between Norway and Sweden continues. We've
reported before on Norway's purchase of Britain's Marco Polo 2 satellite,
which was repositioned at 1 degree West and renamed Thor. Norwegian Telecom
is offering a 5 channel subscription package, including CNN, a Nordic verison
of Eurosport, Children's Channel and Discovery sharing a transponder, and
FilmNet as an extra pay movie channel.

That satellite shares the position with Intelsat 515, which carries a number
of Nordic broadcasters, including the satellite and cable only channel TV
Norge. When the much stronger Intelsat 702 is launched later this year
(scheduled for later this month), the position will become even more
interesting.

On the other hand, the Swedish Space Corporation and Swedish Telecom have
succeeded in buying the Marco Polo 1 satellite, and is moving to position it
together with Sweden's Tele-X at 5 degrees East. The Norwegians tried to
block the sale in the British courts, since the two Marco Polo satellites
operate on the same frequencies, and being placed so close together there may
be interference. Since Sweden holds the rights to the frequencies and Norway
doesn't, this is also a problem for the Norwegians.

The move even prompted Norway to shift from the obscure D-MAC system for the
Thor channels to the much more common D2-MAC system.

Now a consortium in Malaysia is threatening to sue British Sky Broadcasting
for selling the satellite to the Swedes. The Malaysians say they offered
more, but Sky wouldn't sell because the satellite would have been competition
for Star-TV, the huge Asian satellite broadcaster owned by the same company
that owns Sky.

So far, the Swedish Space Corporation hasn't said what channels may be on its
new satellite, which has been renamed Sirius. It's been moving from its old
position, and should have passed Thor yesterday, and should be in final
position on February 20th.

Now, the latest crazy twist to the store, the four largest Nordic cable
operators, including Swedish Telecom's cable company, and counterparts in
Norway and Denmark, and the Helsinki Media Company from Finland, have started
a joint company to distribute satellite channels via the Intelsat positioned
with Thor, Intelsat 602, due to be launched later this month. The new company
is called Nordic Satellite Distribution, and hopes to compete with Astra.
Having built up their cable networks, the companies are making their move to
reach the direct-to-home audience. ("Paa TV", "Elektronikvaerlden")

Claes Gustavsson, information director at Swedish Telecom's cable subsidiary,
tells us that they hope to use digital compression to offer up to 30
channels, basically everything currently available on cable in Scandinavia.
The consortium doesn't see itself competing with Norwegian Telecom's Thor
package at the same position in the sky, or the coming Sirius/Tele-X offering
just 6 degrees away.

SHOPPING RADIO--Scandinavia's Kinnevik media empire, through its Medvik
subsidiary, is starting a new satellite radio channel to provide music for
happy shoppers. ("Topp 40" magazine) The service, called Skandinavisk Butiks
Reklam, will use a satellite, and this could be one of the audio channels on
the company's three TV3 transponders or the TV1000 transponder on Astra. Or,
since those all use D2-MAC, they may opt for a simpler PAL audio channel on
Tele-X.

TELE-X--Speaking of Tele-X, that satellite is about to go through its semi-
annual problem when the Earth's shadow cuts off its solar panels. Late night
programming on TV5 Nordic is being cancelled during most of March. ("Dagens
Nyheter")


EUROPEAN MEDIA NEWS:

RADIO--Instrumental music is being played over and over again on the
Discovery Channel's Astra transponder on the 7.38 MHz subcarrier. We've had a
report that some British commercial radio stations might be appearing on
Discovery or Bravo, and this might be one testing.

QEFM has closed on the Sky Movies transponder. ("Paa TV")

On the other hand, as Astra celebrates its 5th year of operation, there are
now 39 radio channels, including now all of the BBC national outlets. Radio 1
has switched to a stereo pair on UK Living's transponder 34, on 7.38 and 7.56
MHz, while the classical music Radio 3 uses 7.74 and 7.92 MHz.

Replacing Radio 1 on the UK Gold transponder 7.74 MHz is Radio 2. Radio 4
continues on 7.56 MHz, and Radio 5 on 7.92. On March 28th, the new Radio Five
Live all news and sports service will launch.

BBC World Service Radio continues on 7.38 MHz on this same transponder. (SES)

MTV CLONE--Time Warner, Thorn EMI and Sony are looking at establishing a
rival 24-hour music video and entertainment channel aimed directly at MTV's
existing audiences.

Details on the plans are scarce and company representatives decline to
comment, but it is understood that Europe and Asia are two areas under
active consideration.

A report in the Wall Street Journal said that the service would be
started in different languages in some of MTV's fastest-growing markets
before being expanded to the United States as channel capacity grows on
US cable systems. The WSJ says that other partners could be EMI Music and
Polygram. ("Satnews" and "Skyguide")

The same companies are behind the Viva German language music video channel
carried to Europe on Eutelsat 2-F1.

TRAVEL CHANNEL--The Travel Channel has started on Intelsat 601,
11.175 GHz. There are reports it may also begin relays on Astra, using the
period during the day currently unused on JSTV's transponder 24. ("Skyguide")

CHINESE CHANNEL--"The Chinese Channel" was reported to be planning to launch
soon on "one of Sky's transponders" and broadcast from midnight until 6am in
the clear. Details of which transponder would be used were not available,
although the only potential candidate would be Sky Movies Gold.

While TV Asia currently occupies the time in question, during that time the
channel is also broadcast on the Nickelodeon transponder, leaving the door
open for TV Asia to relinquish the space without loss of transmission hours.
("Skyguide")

NICK-AT-NITE--Nick At Nite, the companion channel to Nickelodeon, has been
delayed until later this year. It is understood that the problem centers
around the availability of programming, since a number of series it intended
to show have been sold to other Multi-channel broadcasters and UK terrestrial
channels. ("Skyguide")

RUSSIA--On January 20th the Russian Military Space Forces launched the first
GALS television satellite with a Proton three stage rocket booster from the
Balikonour cosmodrome. Once fully deployed at 44 degrees East, the satellite,
will be used for direct television broadcasting with 90 cm receiver antennas.
("Satnews") GALS is the new generation of Russian satellites, replacing the
aging Ghorizonts.

While the Russian authorities believe it is important to launch a second GALS
satellite in 1994, there are no funds to build one. The GALS program is
intended to include 5 satellites. ("Izvestiya" and ITAR-TASS via BBC
Monitoring)

HUNGARY--The commercial TV channel Budapest-1 is to be launched in the second
week of February on Eutelsat 2-F3 (home of the public Hungarian channel Duna
TV) on 11.638 GHz. (Hungarian Radio via BBC Monitoring)

POLAND--The Polish government has awarded a licence to operate a nationwide
commercial television service to Polsat. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has
reportedly taken a 33 percent stake in the venture -- the maximum stake
allowed to non-national concerns, but this is denied by the company.

The Financial Times said that Murdoch had taken the share in a bid to expand
his television interests worldwide, paying an estimated USD 23 million for
the ten-year licence.

Interest in the licences from foreign companies was high with bids being made
by a number of media companies such as CLT, Reuters, Bertlesmann, Time
Warner, and Sweden's Kinnevik. France's Canal Plus did not win a nationwide
licence but it will get a licence to broadcast regionally, said the council.

Polsat already broadcasts Polish language programming on Eutelsat 2-F3.
("Satnews")


INTERNATIONAL MEDIA NEWS:

SATELLITE FAILURES--The last few weeks have seen some bad news for
satellites. On January 24th, a third stage failure put Eutelsat 2-F5 and
Turkey's Turksat 1 into the Atlantic Ocean. This may delay the scheduled
launch later this month of Intelsat 702, as well as Astra 1D and Eutelsat 2-
F6 later this year. ("Satnews", "Skyguide")

Just before that, a powerful geomagnetic storm on January 20th temporarily
knocked out Intelsat-K over the Atlantic, and Canada's Anik E1 satellite.
Much worse for the Canadians, the storm seems to have permanently disabled
their other satellite, Anik E2. ("Satnews", "Satellite TV Week") Canada had
one other satellite, but that was sold to the Arab League, where as Arabsat
1D at 20 degrees East, it's been attracting more and more broadcasters.

Telesat has arranged with Hughes Galaxy for four transponders on Galaxy 6,
however, these transponders are only available until mid-March.

At this point the future of telecommunications in Canada are in question.  A
number of options are available. Telesat could order a new satellite but they
said if they went this route they would order a smaller satellite.  Any new
"off the shelf satellite" would take two years to get into orbit.

Some of the video services could be digitally compressed and thus free up
transponder space. The most likely candidate would be the Cancom package.
This would require Cancom to outfit their DTH and cable customers with
digital decoders.

A third option would be a loan of another satellite.  Galaxy 1 and 2 are
scheduled to come out of service this year but both are near their "end of
life".  A possibility exists one of them or both could be used a replacement,
however, Telesat said it is to early to consider any long term options.

Here is the revised transponder schedule on Anik E1 (Transponders not
mentioned carry data traffic):

C-band

TR 2 The Sports Network
TR 6 WDIV
TR 8 CHCH
TR 9 The Weather Channel
TR10 WXYZ
TR11 CBC C Feed Pacific English
TR12 WJBK
TR13 Newsworld
TR14 WTVS
TR15 CBC A Feed French
TR16 Global
TR17 CBC D Feed
TR18 CITV
TR19 TVNC
TR20 CBC H Feed Eastern English
TR22 BCTV
TR23 CBC B Feed Atlantic
TR24 TV5

Cancom  CFTM/TVA has no assigned home yet.

Ku-band

TR 5 Newsworld from T31
TR 6 Nova Net / FM2
TR 7 Rogers Network Services
TR 8 Digital Video Services
TR 9 Alberta Access
TR10 Parlimentary Channel
TR11 Family Channel
TR12 CBC E Feed
TR13 Much Music
TR14 SuperChannel
TR15 Knowledge Network
TR16 SCN
TR21 Radio Quebec
TR22 Quatre Saisons
TR23 Canal Famille
TR24 MusiquePlus
TR25 TVO French
TR26 TVO English
TR27 Super Ecran
TR28 Ontario Legis.
TR29 R.D.S.
TR30 Family Channel
TR31 First Choice
TR32 ASN

("Satellite Journal International" via Kauto Huopio and Internet News)

APTV--The Associated Press news bureau is to begin production of
international news for television, beginning November 1, 1994. The network,
called APTV, will have its headquarters in London. It will be a complement to
the exisitng AP text, photo, graphic, and radio services. (AP) AP will be
competing with the existing Reuters Television and WTN duopoly on
international television news.


NORTH AMERICAN MEDIA NEWS:

NEW SATELLITES--Two new North American satellites have come online recently.
Mexico's Solidaridad 1 has replaced Morelos 1 at 109 degrees West, and
Telstar 401 has begun operation at 97 degrees West. The Public Broadcasting
Service has moved from Spacenet 4 to Telstar, with three Ku-band
transponders. There is one PBS C-band transponder on the new satellite,
called PBS X, on transponder 8. ("Satellite TV Week")

The ABC network is also using many C-band transponders in the clear on
Telstar. And Walt Disney's Buena Vista TV has moved its downlinks of uncoded
kids programs to transponder 6 on the new satellite.

NASA--NASA Select is now found on Spacenet 2 transponder 9. ("Satellite TV
Week")

MTV--Viacom is to conduct trials of home shopping programming on its MTV,
VH-1 and Nickelodeon networks. Initially the shows will provide direct sales
of CDs, cassette tapes, videos, concert tickets and other rock/pop goods
aimed at the 18 to 49 year old age group. The initial broadcasts will be for
four hours a week. If the 3 to 6 month test period goes well, MTV Networks
will start a separate home shopping channel. ("Satnews" and "Topp 40"
magazine)

PARAMOUNT--After months of proposal and counter proposal, Viacom has won the
bidding battle for Paramount over the homeshopping network QVC. According to
the "New York Times", the final Viacom offer was 9.75 billion dollars in cash
and stocks. (CBS)

C/NET--There's a new channel starting to cover computers, video games, and
digital products. Called C/NET, it's supposed to appear later this year.
C/NET president Halsey Minor calls it "The MTV of the digital age." Pilots
for network programs will be shot later this month. There is no precise
launch date, but the network should be on the air sometime this year. The
network will include the usual program, talks shows, product reviews, and
field news reporting. Viewers will be able to log onto any number of online
ervices to perform a variety of functions, including getting more information
about shows or answering viewer polls. ("San Francisco Examiner")

WE THE PEOPLE/TALK AMERICA--Most American talk show hosts are neutral, like
Larry King, or conservative, like Rush Limbaugh. But now there's a new voice
questioning the establishment. Former California governor and Democratic
presidential candidate Jerry Brown now has a five day a week talk show called
"We the People". When it started at the beginning of the month it was being
carried by only 25 stations across the US. But satellite monitors can tune in
via the Talk America radio network on the Spacenet 3 satellite, transponder
9, audio 6.8 MHz. The program is aired between 4 and 6 PM Pacific time, from
the studios of KTVU television in Oakland. ("Santa Rosa Press-Democrat")

NPR--National Public Radio has undertaken a major refurbishment of
the Public Radio Satellite System and signed a contract to use digital
satellite audio equipment from Comstream Corp.

Comstream's digital equipment will replace the analog program distribution
network which has been installed since 1979 when NPR inaugurated the first
U.S. satellite delivery of radio programming. Installation of the new
customized digital audio equipment is scheduled to begin in December 1994
with completion expected by June 1995.

Service will be provided on two C-band transponders aboard the Hughes Galaxy
4 satellite. The number of channels for distributing scheduled public radio
programming will be double the previous capacity.

The PRSS interconnects more than 350 non-commercial radio stations in the
United States and Puerto Rico, distributing thousands of hours of programming
from nearly 250 producers. ("Satnews") The current system provides 16 SCPC
channels on Galaxy 4.

DIRECTV--Dow Jones has joined the United States Satellite Broadcasting (USSB)
team as an investor and programming partner. USSB is set to become a major
program provider for the April launch of DirecTV, a fully digital Direct
Broadcast Satellite (DBS) service operated by a Hughes' subsidiary to provide
television service to homes in North America.

USSB is to provide a range of programming from established broadcasters such
as Home Box Office, Showtime and MTV. Dow Jones' Wall Street Journal
Television already provides business and financial news to All News Channel,
a USSB service that is produced by a sister company, Conus Communications, in
partnership with Viacom International Inc. USSB's programming will be
available through the shared DSS system along with complementary programming
offered by DirecTV, another DSS programming company owned by GM Hughes
Electronics. Between DirecTV and USSB, more than 150 channels of television
service will be available to all DSS viewers. ("Satnews")


LATIN AMERICAN MEDIA NEWS:

TELENOTICIAS--Reuters has reached agreement with Telemundo and three other
media companies to launch a 24 hour Spanish-language news network this April.
The service, called TeleNoticias, will be carried by satellite to 19 Latin
American countries, the United States, and Spain. (Reuters)

A planned involvement by the BBC was, according to Reuters, dropped for
unspecified reasons. Reuters Television and the BBC were to have utilised
their massive worldwide newsgathering resources to provide programming for
the network. A spokesman for BBC World Service Television denies that the
plans have been dropped and says that discussions are ongoing.  The BBC is
looking at supplying material under contract rather than taking an equity
investment. ("Satnews")

USA NETWORKS--USA Networks International says that it is to launch a 24-hour
Spanish language general entertainment network in Latin America in April.

Rafael Pastor, executive vice president and managing director of USA Networks
International says that the network  -- USA's first international channel
launch -- will be subscription and advertiser supported. Programming will be
tailor-made to the growing Latin American cable and DTH markets. All
programming will be dubbed or subtitled into Spanish.

Contracts have already been signed for films with Paramount and Universal and
much programming will be dubbed from USA's US networks including USA Network
and the Sci-Fi Channel. The channel will be uplinked from Mexico City,
encrypted and digitally compressed, through the Solidaridad and PanAmSat
satellites. ("Satnews")

OTHER SPANISH CHANNELS--These channels will face stiff competition from
several other companies operating in the growing Spanish-language field.
GE's Canal de Noticias NBC is attempting a similar Spanish-language news
service, competing with the Mexican network Eco, and Turner Broadcasting's
Cable News Network also broadcasts about two hours of Spanish-language news
daily. ("Satnews")


ASIAN MEDIA NEWS:

TURNER--Turner Broadcasting is planning to launch its TNT movie channel and
the Cartoon Network throughout Asia by satellite later this year.  Much of
the English-language programming will be dubbed into Mandarin and Thai, and
eventually other regional languages.

TBS says that the broadcasts will be carried on the Apstar-1 satellite, set
to be launched in May 1994 aboard a Chinese Long March rocket.  APSTAR 1 will
cover mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam.
("Satnews" and "USA Today" via Michael Murray)


SHORTWAVE:

ESTONIA--Estonian Radio has reactivated its shortwave transmitter on 5925
kHz, which closed on August 31, 1993. Broadcasts in Finnish, German, and
English have been heard 16:00-16:30 hrs UTC. Broadcasts have also been heard
in English at 20:00-20:30, Finnish at 20:30-21:00, and Swedish at 21:00-21:30
hrs. (BBC Monitoring)

USA--The US Senate, in its first vote of 1994, agreed to preserve the
broadcasting from Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, but will reduce the
funding to USD 75 million after 1995.

In a voice vote the Senate approved the creation of Radio Free Asia to
beam news and other programs to China and other non-democratic Asian
states. The funding of USD 12.4 billion covers the State Department, US
Information Agency and Peace Corps in the fiscal years 1994 and 1995.

Following this decision both China and North Korea demanded that the
United States drop plans to set up Radio Free Asia. ("USA Today" via MIchael
Murray)

On January 31, 1994, Radio Free Europe began a new South Slavic language
service to the former Yugoslavia. Programs air daily at 17:00-19:00 hrs UTC
on 5985, 7115, 7145, 9695, 11815, and 15370 kHz. (BBC Monitoring)

SLOVAKIA--The newspaper "Republika" reports that Radio Free Europe has been
offered used of a transmitter on 1287 kHz in Slovakia, but has refused,
insisting on the 1287 kHz frequency named in an old contract. Following the
splitting up of the old Czechoslovakia, 1287 kHz is assigned to the Czech
Republic and cannot be used legally by Slovakia. (BBC Monitoring)

RADIO MIAMI INTERNATIONAL--Low-power tests have been conducted since
November, but WRMI's 50,000-watt transmitter has not yet signed on due to
technical problems which the engineers have encountered while preparing to
put the unit on the air.  They are still hoping, however, that transmissions
can begin soon.  The initial frequency for WRMI will still be 9955 kHz.

Radio Miami's sister station in Honduras, Radio Copan International (HRJA),
is expanding its schedule of both English and Spanish programs.  The station
is now on the air Monday-Saturday from 1400-1500 UTC; Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday from 2100-0000; Tuesday and Friday from 2000-0000; Saturday from
2100-2230; and Sunday (into UTC Monday) from 1900-0200 UTC.  All
transmissions are on 15675 kHz.

New programs in English include the "Radio Copan Mailbag" with Jeff White and
"The Voice of Glen L. Roberts" in a block from 2330-0000 UTC Monday-Friday; a
country music program called "Down Home Radio International" Saturday at
2100; a talk show called "Crenshaw & Co." Sunday at 1900 and Monday at 0000
UTC; and a religious program entitled "The Final Crisis" Sunday at 2330 UTC.
"Radio Roquero," a rock music program intended primarily for Cuba, is
receiving a lot of response from both English- and Spanish-speaking listeners
in many countries. It can be heard Saturday from 2200-2230 UTC.  Since
installing a new 1,000-watt transmitter in January, Radio Copan's signal has
improved greatly throughout the world.  Several reports have even been
received from Australia and New Zealand in recent days.

On February 10, 1994, RMI begins a new daily 30-minute program in Vietnamese
via KWHR in Hawaii. The program, "Forum For Democracy," is sponsored by the
Vietnam Restoration Party and originates from California.  The program's
sponsor aims to promote democracy in Vietnam, which is the main target area.
"Forum For Democracy" will be heard seven days per week from 1400-1430 UTC
on 9930 kHz.

Radio Miami International still airs several programs via WHRI in Indiana and
WRNO in New Orleans.  The following is a schedule of those programs.  "La Voz
de Cuba 21" and the 2300-0000 UTC broadcast of "Radyo 16 Desanm" are via
WRNO; the other programs are via WHRI.  "Radyo 16 Desanm" is in Haitian
Creole; the other programs are in Spanish.

TIME(UTC)       DAY(UTC)        PROGRAM                         KHZ

0000-0500       Tues-Sun        La Voz de La Fundacion          9495
0100-0130       Monday          La Voz de Cuba 21               7355
0800-0900       Mon-Fri         La Voz de Alpha 66              7355
1000-1300       Mon-Sat         La Voz de La Fundacion          9850
2200-2300       Mon-Fri         Radyo 16 Desanm                17830
2300-0000       Mon-Fri         Radyo 16 Desanm                 7355
2300-0000       Mon-Fri         La Voz de Alpha 66              9495

(Jeff White, Radio Miami International)

SINGAPORE--Radio Singapore International has beugn broadcasts, with an
English service on 9530 kHz and Malay on 9635 kHz. Chinese is heard on 9590
kHz at 12:00-14:00 hrs. (BBC Monitoring)


PUBLICATIONS:

SKY GUIDE--Skyguide is now translated into the French language and made
available on Minitel in 3615 SURPIN.

Thanks to Kauto Huopio, "P TV", "Elektronikvrlden", "Satellite TV Week",
"Skyguide", and "Top 40" magazine.

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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:

   17:15 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz
   18:30 hrs on 1179, 6065, and 9655 kHz
   21:30 hrs on 1179, 6065 and 9655 kHz (Sundays only)
   22:30 hrs on 1179 and 6065 kHz, and
   23:30 hrs on 1179 kHz

Middle East and East Africa:

   18:30 hrs on 15145 kHz

Asia and the Pacific:

   12:30 hrs on 13765, 15120, and 15240 kHz
   23:30 hrs on 11910 kHz and
   01:30 hrs on 9695 and 11695 kHz

North America:

   1:30 and 14:30 hrs on 15240 and 17870 kHz
   02:30 and 03:30 hrs on 6195 and 9850 kHz

South America:

   00:30 hrs on 6195 and 9850 kHz

The broadcasts at 17:15, 18:30, 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.

Radio Sweden is also relayed via the World Radio Network on MTV's transponder
22 on Astra, audio 7.74 MHz, daily at 21:00 hrs UTC.

Radio Sweden is also part of the WRN package to North America on ASC-1, on
SCOLA's transponder 23, audio 6.20 MHz, daily at 01:00 and 21:00 hrs.

Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood by fax to [phone],
from MCI Mail or CompuServe to the CompuServe mailbox 70247,3516, from
Internet to [e-mail], 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
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material as long as MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers and the original
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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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