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:: MediaScan ::
:: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS ::
:: from Radio Sweden ::
:: Number 2248--May 21, 1996 ::
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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 SCDX2248
All times UTC unless otherwise noted.
--------------------------------------------------------------
LIFE IN THE DIGITAL LANE--Welcome to MediaScan, and the dawn
of the Brave New Digital Age here at Radio Sweden. Starting
yesterday, all of our production is completely digital. For
the last few weeks, many of our stories, and features like
MediaScan and Horizon, have been recorded and edited using a
new system called RadioMan, developed by Jutel from Finland.
But starting yesterday the entire production chain is digital,
no more tape recorders, no more analog studios and (much to
our regret) no more studio engineers. I recorded today's
program sitting in a small glassed-in booth, with a computer
screen in front of me, a graphic curve registering my voice as
it was recorded by the microphone and mixer board just to my
left. When I finished talking, I used the mouse to end the
recording, then called up the digital file for the next sound
in the program, and edited the two together.
Why are we doing this? To save money. As you may recall, last
year the Swedish government imposed an 11 percent cut on
public service broadcasting, and instead of laying off staff
or closing language services, Radio Sweden is saving that
money by replacing our studio engineers with computers and
self-op production. Hopefully, listeners won't notice any
change.
If you've listened to BBC World Service recently you have have
noticed that programs half way through sometimes inexlicably
start again from the beginning, or the sound starts hicupping.
These are typical digital problems. Our first digital English
broadcast yesterday was broken off after 15 minutes for a
program in Swedish on the wrong channel. (This was due to an
error-correcting "feature" in RadioMan that we've asked Jutel
to remove.) RadioMan also didn't like today's DMX interview,
which was recorded in mono. It disappeared from the system
between Monday and Tuesday, leaving a mono graphic curve on
the screen, but no actual sound for three minutes and 40
seconds. That was fun redoing.
And there's always the chance that we'll have a plain old PC
crash just before the program starts, or that a jingle will
run at double speed.
Lots for our listeners to look forward to.
All this is digital production, of course. We're still coming
to you via shortwave, analog satellite, and FM as usual. So
far our only digital transmitters are DAB to Stockholm, and
the MPEG services to Asia and Africa via the World Radio
Network that we reported last time.
And of course our Worldwide Web pages.
However, because RadioMan and our other house networks are not
connected to each other, starting this week it will no longer
be possible to put sound files on our Web pages. I was copying
analog tapes directly into my PC. Now all the programming is
digital, but there's no way to access anything outside of
RadioMan. Our computer gurus are working on a solution to this
problem.
Our English and Swedish programs continue to be carried in
RealAudio by the World Radio Network, and there are still
links to this sound on our Web pages. (Although WRN has been
having problems with its RealAudio server recently.)
Starting May 29, Swedish Radio is introducing RealAudio. While
because of the RadioMan problem mentioned above, it will
probably be a while before we can apply this at Radio Sweden,
the domestic "Eko" newscasts will be available, and we may add
links to them from our Web pages.
INTERNET--One of Sweden's smaller cable operators is the first
in this country, and probably Europe, to provide fast cable
access to the Internet. The municipally-owned network in
Aengelholm in southern Sweden is offering Internet access to
its 7200 subscribers, unlimited Web surfing at 17 times the
speed of the fastest ordinary telephone modem, for around 45
dollars a month. ("Dagens Nyheter")
TV3--A Stockholm court has ruled that the private satellite
broadcaster TV3 owes the Swedish Performing Rights Society
around 5 million dollars in unpaid royalties.
TV3 is expected to appeal. The company stopped paying
royalties in 1991 because it objected to the society's system
of collecting a straight percentage of advertising revenues.
TV3, along with the other commercial broadcasters TV4 and
Channel 5, want to use the same system the society applies to
public service broadcasting, based on the actual number of
viewers. (TT, "Dagens Nyheter", "Svenska Dagbladet")
The society has been criticised a number of times for its
over-zealousness. A few years ago it tried to collect payments
from stores that played music from the radio, music for which
the radio stations had already paid the royalties.
THREE PLUS--TV3's sister station, Danish TV 6 on TV-Sat 2:
12.054 GHz has merged into 3+ and been replaced by a test
card. (Christian Lyngemark)
NETHOLD--According to reports, agreements have been signed for
Sweden's SVT 1 and 2, Finland's YLE 1 and 2 and PTV 4,
Denmark's TV2, and CMT Europe to be included in Nethold's
digital package to the Nordic region. (Frank Oestergren,
"Aftonbladet") DMX (see below) has also confirmed that it has
signed an agreement to be included in the Nethold package.
(A call to the office of Swedish Television's head of
information reveals that nothing is finalized, but that
agreement may be reached at a seminar currently underway.)
Nethold has also sealed its first deal with a major studio to
screen films on Nethold's soon-to-be-launched digital
satellite and cable channels. MGM/United Artists has agreed to
licence pay-per-view rights for its film portfolio to
Nethold's subsidiary MultiChoice, which is set to launch
digital channels in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia
this Summer. (Reuters)
INTELSAT--Radio Network, the Norwegian station on 7.38 of TV
Norge on 11.016 GHz has ceased transmission on Intelsat 707.
It is reported that NRK 2 will use the 11.485 GHz transponder
of this satellite, starting 31 August 1996.
It is also reported that SuperSport will use either 11.535 or
11.667 GHz on this satellite, once again resuming
transmissions in D2MAC. (James Robinson)
EUROPEAN MEDIA NEWS:
INTELSAT--On Intelsat 601, the UK cable channel Carlton
Select, formerly known as SelecTV, ceased trasmission in B-MAC
on 17 May. It used the 11.135 GHz transponder.
Virgin Megastores Radio which used the 7.38 subcarrier of The
Travel Channel (11.175 GHz) has ceased transmitting here. Its
new whereabouts are as yet unknown. (James Robinson)
DMX--In our coverage of the recent Cable and Satellite Show in
London we reported on the introduction of digital satellite
television to Europe. But there's already digital radio on the
Astra satellites, using a system called Astra Digital Radio.
Most of the free signals are from German stations. But there's
also a subscription service from Digital Music Express, which
has been around in the United States for several years.
At Cable and Satellite, DMX's Richard Hurd-Wood explained to
me how the system works, and you can hear that interview
(RadioMan permitting) in today's program.
If you've got an Astra dish, all you need to receive Astra
Digital Radio is a new receiver, which will probably cost you
as much as your present satellite receiver. It might make more
sense to wait for the digital satellite TV receivers that are
just entering the market, since many of those services will
also include DMX.
The American cable giant TCI has just increased its ownership
of DMX from around 14 to around 45 percent. (Curt Swinehart)
ASTRA--Astra's new all-digital 1F satellite has started
testing transponder 82, at 12.070 GHz. Over the next 18
months, three more Astra satellites will be launched:
Astra 1G - late 1996
Astra 1H - Spring 1997
Astra 2A - Autumn 1997 (to 28.2 degrees East)
There are now 8 new orbital slots for Astra, presumedly used
by the old Astra 1 series when they are taken out of service
(as well as for the coming 2A satellite). They are: 24.2 E,
26.2 E, 28.2 E, 31.4 E, 35.5 E, 37.5 E, 41.3 E and 45.5 E.
(James Robinson)
MURDOCH GOES DIGITAL, COMING SOON--Rupert Murdoch's British
Sky Broadcasting has not been in the vanguard developing
digital services, preferring European rivals like Nethold,
Canal Plus, and others to be the pioneers. Sky didn't even
bother to take part in the Cable and Satellite Show. But now
BSkyB has announced at least three or four different digital
projects. The first, a few months ago, was in co-operation
with the former British terrestrial station Granada, and would
be called Granada Sky Broadcasting. Then Sky announced a
digital project with Germany's Bertelsmann and France's Canal
Plus.
More recently Sky said it would be working with Hughes to
launch a digital satellite to the British DBS position at 31
degrees West, as an alternative to Astra and Eutelsat. The
satellite would carry five transponders showing up to 35
digital pau-per-view and near video-on-demand channels. ("What
Satellite TV")
But, clouding things even more, last Thursday, Sky suddenly
announced it had booked half the capacity of the Astra
satellite to be launched in the Fall of 1997. This is Astra
2A, due to be positioned away from the other Astra satellites
at 28.2 degrees East. Those 14 transponders could carry 150
digital TV channels. (Reuters and James Robinson)
Moreover, the "Financial Times" has reported that British
Telecom and British Sky Broadcasting are in advanced
negotiations to promote digital broadcasting in the UK. The
interest of BT is in interactive services, said the newspaper,
which would require the use of telephone lines, and that means
money to BT, to create a channel back to BSkyB. The venture
would launch a digital set-top box that would carry up to 200
channels of TV as well as services like home banking, home
shopping, educations programs, and high-speed Internet access.
Murdoch's News Corp, which owns BSkyB, recently formed a
similar joint venture in the US with MCI, called American Sky
Broadcasting, due to offer direct-to-home satellite services,
also beginning in the Fall of 1997. ("Tele-satellit" and Curt
Swinehart)
WAR CRIMES--The International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague
is available across Europe via Satellite. Check Eutelsat
II-F3, 16 degrees East, on 11.638 GHz, horizontal between 1000
and 1800 CEST on weekdays. Sound is: Croat, 6.60/7.02/7.56;
English 7.20; French 7.38. (Norbert Schlammer via "Tele-
satellit")
NETHERLANDS--Radio Netherlands is behind Weerondomroep Sommer
TV, which will be on the air daily at 18:00-22:00 hrs between
June 1 and August 31, in clear PAL, on Astra transponder 53,
the (former?) home of the analog version of the Dutch channel
SBS-6. (James Robinson)
Veronica News Radio 1395 AM is closing down on Astra
transponder 51. (James Robinson)
QVC--Home shopping channel QVC will break even this year
according to the Dow Jones news service quoting president
Douglas Briggs. Revenue this year is expected to reach $90
million to USD 95 million and more than USD 120 million next
year. With the success of its first international service, the
broadcaster is now looking at launching to consumers in
Germany and Japan said the report. ("Tele-satellit")
EUTELSAT--Eurotica, the pornographic channel on 11.638 GHz
after 00:00 hrs CET, is to leave this transponder. It will be
replaced by AB Television, for a coming digital package. The
same transponder was used for live broadcasts from the Cannes
Film Festival, called "TV Festival".
The D2-MAC broadcast of Kabel 1, the German general
entertainment channe,, is apparently due to end some time
during the Summer. It can currently be found at 11.055 GHz.
This channel continues in clear PAL on Astra transponder 9.
(James Robinson)
TV Libya has started on Eutelsat II f3: 11.080 ghZ, PAL, 12-22
CET. (Christian Lyngemark)
There is a new line up of radio services on TV Polonia's
transponder on Hot Bird:
7.38 MHz - Radio Warsaw International
7.56 MHz - PRT Radio 2
7.74 Mhz - PRT Radio 3
(James Robinson)
FRANCE--Cine Cinemas has left TDF 1/2: 11,881 GHz. CFI - Canal
France Int. is on TDF 1/2: 11,958 GHz as well as 12,034 GHz.
(Christian Lyngemark)
DIGITAL TV--TV 10 on Eutelsat II f3: 11.015 GHz, MPEG-2,
clear.
TMF - The Music Factory on Eutelsat II f3: 11.024 GHz, MPEG-2,
clear.
Wiszla TV on Eutelsat II f3: 11.060 GHz, MPEG-2, clear.
Telepiu DStv has moved from Eutelsat II f1: 12.542 GHz to Hot
Bird 1: 11.283 GHz. The former transponder is now used for
tests and will be used for news channels in the future.
(Christian Lyngemark)
ASIAN-PACIFIC MEDIA NEWS:
ARIANE--On May 16 an Ariane rocket put into orbit Indonesia's
Palapa C2 satellite, and Israel's first satellite, called
Amos-1. Israel has been using the Intelsat 702 and 707
satellites at 1 degree West to relays its TV signals. Amos is
expected to be placed at 1.5 degrees East. Several Arab
countries have expressed interest in using the satellite.
("Tele-satellit")
INDONESIA PLANS S-BAND USE--Ku and C band may be usual, but
they are not the only frequency ranges available for satellite
transmissions. This doesn't just apply to experimental
transmissions but also to real-life TV. At least in Indonesia,
digital TV will be available in the S Band (2.5 - 2.6 GHz) as
soon as the planned INDOSTAR 1 will be in service by early
1997.
Until then, a few channels -- up to 20 -- will be broadcast on
PALAPA C1 (113 degrees East) in the C band. Indovision, as the
digital TV package is called, will offer 40 channels on
INDOSAT 1, with a view to 100 channels on 1999.
Reception equipment (a 28 inch dish is required) will be
provided by French producer Thomson, who under its brand name
RCA also pioneered as supplier of reception equipment for the
US digital package DirecTV.
This might not be a bad deal: Indonesia counts 195 million
inhabitants and is not only fourth most populous country in
the world but right now also the biggest TV market in Asia --
as long as a certain Rupert Murdoch doesn't manage to control
Chinese TV, that is. (Peter Klanowski, Sat-ND, via "Tele-
satellit")
ESPN--Since Wednesday ESPN has been broadcast on PAS-4, 68.5
degrees East, in the B-MAC system on 3.862 GHz, horizontal.
("Tele-satellit")
DIGITAL TV--Deutsche Welle digital package on Asiasat 2: 4.000
GHz, MPEG-2.
Star TV Asian Region digital package on Asiasat 2: 3.700 GHz,
MPEG-2.
Star TV digital package on Asiasat 2: 3.740 V and 3.900 GHz,
MPEG-2.
Galaxy digital packages on Optus B3: 12.377 GHz and 12.438
GHz, MPEG-2.
NBC digital package on PAS 2: 4.093 GHz, MPEG-2. (Christian
Lyngemark)
DIGITAL TV IN PAKISTAN--The digital age is dawning in
Pakistan, too. A 36 MHz bandwidth transponder on Asiasat 2 is
used to carry the country's first commercial TV service,
consisting of eight channels in English language. During the
next twelve months, the service will be expanded to 28
channels, including an Urdu language channel starting in July.
Shaheen Pay TV already has more than 2,000 subscribers in the
Karachi area, each of them paying 3,000 rupees for the
reception equipment (including 8 months of free reception.)
Up to now, the package consists of BBC World, Discovery
Channel, European Sports Network, Star Sports, Asia Business
News, MTV-Asia, and TNT/Cartoon Network. Germany's Deutsche
Welle TV will be added this month. Shaheen will also set up
local programming later in May, but it has already stated that
it will keep out of the news business, which stays a state
monopoly. Besides, all channels are subject to strict
censorship, as the company admits.
Islamic fundamentalists in Pakistan have recently criticised
"the cultural invasion of Indian media" via satellite,
although Indian channels are subject to censorship, too.
(Peter Klanowski, Sat-ND, via "Tele-satellit")
AUSTRALIA--Australia's Sky Channel says it will begin
broadcasting horse racing across Asia via the Asiasat 2
satellite. The new service, which begins Monday 20th, will be
subscription based and broadcast for 12 hours per day. ("Tele-
satellit")
NORTH AMERICAN MEDIA NEWS:
GALAXY--A McDonnell Douglas Delta II rocket will launch the
Galaxy IX satellite for Hughes Communications, on Wednesday,
May 22, this week from Cape Canaveral. The launch window
opens at 8:36 p.m. and closes at 9:37 p.m. EDT. On the
Internet's World Wide Web you can follow news at:
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/DOCS/next_up.htm
TV coverage is scheduled to be carried on Galaxy 4,
transponder 11 from 7:30 PM EDT to 10:30 PM EDT (2330 - 0230
UTC). In the case of a delay to the 23rd, coverage will be on
Brasilsat A1, transponder 4. ("Tele-satellit")
MURDOCH DOES MANHATTAN--In an attempt to give its 24-hour
all-news channel a head-start on the competition, News Corp.
is offering cable operators USD 10 per subscriber to carry the
service when it debuts in the fall.
Fox's offer is highly unusual, as cable operators are commonly
the ones to pay program suppliers for channels. With all-news
channels expected from NBC and ABC, and an all-business
channel from CNN, all the networks will be fighting for scarce
channel space. Each is racing to stake claim on channel slots
for brand recognition early and trying to keep other
competitors off the dial.
Even the lure of high payments, however, may not be enough for
Fox. Cable giant Tele-Communications Inc. said it hasn't been
formally approached by Fox but a spokesman said, "We wouldn't
be surprised if they approached us in that vein. We're not so
sure news is at the top of the customer list of new services.
Rob Stengel, a senior vice president at Continental
Cablevision Inc. concurred. "There's not exactly a clamoring
of subs for new news channels," he said. ("Wall Street
Journal" via "Tele-satellit")
USA--The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has
established a new personal radio service, called the Family
Radio Service. This service was created in response to a
petition filed by the Radio Shack Division of Tandy
Corporation, requesting that the Commission establish a new
radio service aimed at providing the American public
an "affordable and convenient" means of direct, short range
two-way voice communications among small groups of persons,
said FCC spokeswoman Kara Palamaras.
The Family Radio Service (FRS) is a short distance, two-way
personal radio service that covers approximately a few hundred
yards up to a half-mile distance. Its purpose is to provide
families, friends and/or associates participating in group
outings a way to communicate with members of the group who are
out of speaking range or sight but still in the same general
area, she said.
The FCC rules authorize a user to operate an FCC certified FRS
transmitter without a license in places where it regulates
communications. The FCC certified FRS unit may be identified
by the label placed on it by the manufacturer. The radios
transmit on any of the fourteen 462 megahertz (MHz) to 468MHz
channels allocated to the Family Radio Service.
Information on the Family Radio Service is available via the
Internet at the Commission's Web site at:
http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/family.html
(Curt Swinehart)
LATIN AMERICA:
ARGENTINA--Argentineans now have the opportunity to subscribe
to a direct to home (DTH) TV package, simply abbreviated TDH
(which is the Spanish translation.) The package consists of 15
channels on NAHUELSAT I1, the former ANIK C1 on 71.9 degrees
West. Just 18,000 subscribers are expected to sign up during
1996, and no more than 138,000 by the year 2000. The reason is
simple: The reception equipment, including decoder, costs
US$1,000. The monthly fee amounts to US$28. (Peter Klanowski,
Sat-ND via "Tele-satellit")
NICKELODEON--Viacom Inc. says that its Nickelodeon children's
television unit is planning to launch a 24-hour channel in
Latin America. The channel would use Spanish and
Portuguese-language programs acquired form Toronto-based
Nelvana Enterprises Inc. The shows would be transmitted via
PanAmSat from Miami. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
(AP and "Wall Street Journal" via "Tele-satellit")
PUBLICATIONS:
INTERNET RADIO GUIDE--Joerg Klingenfuss announces the
publication of the INTERNET RADIO GUIDE on 20 JUNE 1996, in
time for the world's biggest amateur radio exhibition [outside
of America] HamRadio '96 in Friedrichshafen.
The INTERNET RADIO GUIDE covers all radio-related fields
such as amateur radio, aviation, companies, dealers, DX clubs,
equipment, geography, geophysical data, intelligence,
manufacturers, marine, meteorology, navigation, newsgroups,
organisations, publications, radio clubs, radio monitoring,
radio propagation, radio stations, satellites, secret
services, shortwave reception, solar data, weather services,
and the like. For more details see:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Klingenfuss/
or contact:
Klingenfuss Publications
Hagenloher Str. 14
D-72070 Tuebingen
Germany
Phone ++49 7071 62830
Fax ++49 7071 600849
E-Mail 101550.514@compuserve.com
CYBERSPACE:
VOA--The Voice of America has started its Web site at:
http://www.voa.gov
(Kim Elliott, VOA "Communications World"
TIMECAST--Progressive Networks, the creators of RealAudio,
have re-organized their listings of RealAudio sites. Timecast
has links to live special events as well as to those radio
stations broadcasting live in RealAudio. See:
http://www.timecast.com
VIRGIN RADIO--Virgin Radio, which is broadcasting live over
the Internet in RealAudio via Timecast, also has its own Web
page at:
http://www.virgin.co.uk
(Richard Karlsson, "Aftonbladet")
JAPAN--Radio Japan, the international shortwave radio service
operated by Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, will hold a
special event on the Internet from June 1st to 7th,
commemorating its 61st anniversary.
During that week, Radio Japan will provide the following
services on experimental basis:
* Audio service of English news and programming.
Radio Japan's 4-minute news in English and a program called
"Japan Diary" will be available on the Internet via RealAudio
player software.
The news will be updated three times a day. "Japan Diary" will
be updated once a day. RJ will issue a special verification
card to anyone who sends in an accurate reception report for
this service. (We will issue the card for shortwave reception
as well.)
* Radio Japan Headline News.
Radio Japan's news in English will be condensed and displayed
on its homepage.
* Radio Japan Staff Page Contest.
Radio Japan is now broadcasting in 22 languages. Each language
section has its own staff-pages on our World Wide Web site .
Radio Japan will welcome anyone who wants to vote for his/her
favorite page. All voters will get a colorful picture card as
a momento of this event.
* Special Program
A special radio documentary program in English, tentatively
titled "The Internet and International Broadcasting" will be
aired on May 31st on Radio Japan's General Service.
For details, please contact with us thorugh
E-mail:event@intl.nhk.or.jp
Radio Japan via Michael Ruttley)
The Radio Japan Web pages start at:
http://www.nhk.or.jp/rjnet/index.html
NHK's pages start at:
http://www.nhk.co.jp
Japan Satellite Systems, operator of the JCSAT satellites, has
opened its home page at:
http://www.iijnet.or.jap/JSAT
(Kazuma Goto)
PANAMSAT--PanAmSat's Web site offers lots of information about
their satellite system, including footprints:
http://www.panamsat.com/
("Tele-satellit")
EBN--European Business News has launched a home on the World
Wide Web. Check out:
http://www.ebn.co.uk/
("Tele-satellit")
More Home pages from Christian Lyngemark:
EUROPE:
TV 10 Gold at http://www.xs4all.nl/~radio10/tv10gold.html
TMF - The Music Factory at http://www.tmf.nl/
CNBC Europe at http://www.nbc.com/superchannel/cnbc/cnbc.html
Duna TV at http://www.hungary.com/dunatv/, includes DUNA-TEXT
MDR Sputnik at http://www.mdr.de/sputnik/index.htm
MDR Kultur at http://www.mdr.de/kultur/index.htm
MDR Info at http://www.mdr.de/mdr_info/index.htm
MDR Life at http://www.mdr.de/life/index.htm
Radio Oesterreich (Radio Austria) at
http://www.telecom.at/orf/rai/gr/gr_home.htm
RTE Radio 1 at http://www.bess.tcd.ie/ireland/rte.htm
Petofi Radio at http://www.petofi.enet.hu/, includes live
radio
AFRICA:
SABC 1 at http://www.sabc.co.za/TV/sabc1/index.htm
SABC 2 at http://www.sabc.co.za/TV/sabc2/index.htm
SABC 3 at http://www.sabc.co.za/TV/sabc3/homepage/index.htm
NORTH AMERICA:
KPIX at http://www.kpix.com/
KPIX has live transmissions at http://www.kpix.com/bin/watch5/
KNBC at http://www.knbc4la.com/home.html
E! Entertainment TV at http://www.eonline.com/welcome.html
MuchMusic at http://www.muchmusic-usa.com/
AMC - American Movie Classics at http://www.amctv.com/
Bravo at http://www.bravotv.com/
IFC - Independent Film Channel at http://www.ifctv.com/
The Gold Channel at http://www.thegolfchannel.com/
Spice at http://www.cyberspice.com/
All News Channel at http://www.allnews.com/
Radio Canada International at http://www.cbc.ca/
NEWS IN FRENCH--SAT-ACTUALITES is the name of a new weekly
satellite news service produced and written by Lionel
Michelland. This service is absolutely FREE and is
delivered right into your computer. To get SAT-ACTUALITES just
email to this address:
majordomo@tags1.dn.net
and in the body of your email put:
subscribe sat-actualites
Within a few minutes you will get a automatic confirmation
that your address has been added to mailer.
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Sweden Calling DXers/MediaScan 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:
To Europe:
18:30 hrs 1179, 6065, 9655, and 11615 kHz (also Africa/Middle East)
19:30 1179 and 6065 kHz (also Africa/Middle East) 20:30
1179, 6065, 9430, and 9655 kHz (weekends only) 21:30 1179,
6065, 9430, and 9655 kHz (also Africa/Middle East)
Asia/Pacific:
12:30 hrs 13740, and 15240 kHz
13:30 hrs 9835 kHz
01:00 hrs 7120 and 9435 kHz
North America:
11:30 hrs on 11650 and 15240 kHz
13:30 hrs on 11650 and 15245 kHz
02:30 hrs on 7290 kHz
03:30 hrs on 7115 kHz
Latin America:
00:30 hrs on 6065 kHz
01:30 hrs on 7290 kHz
The broadcasts at 12:30 and 18:30 hrs are also relayed to Europe by
satellite:
Astra 1C (19.2 degrees East) transponder 33 (ZDF) at
10.964 GHz, audio subcarrier at 7.38 MHz
Tele-X (5 degrees East) via TV5 Nordic at 12.475 GHz, audio
subcarrier 7.38 MHz.
Radio Sweden is also relayed to Europe via the World Radio Network on
VH-1's transponder 22 on Astra, audio 7.38 MHz, daily at 22:00 hrs
CET.
Radio Sweden can also be heard on WRN's North American service on
Galaxy-5, on WTBS's transponder 6, audio 6.8 MHz, daily at 20:30 hrs
Eastern time (from April 7 at 21:30 hrs Eastern Daylight Time).
Radio Sweden can now be heard via WRN in Africa on Intelsat 707 at 1
degree West, on 3.915 GHz, in digital MPEG-2, on the audio 8 channel,
at 01:00 and 22:00 hrs Central African Time.
We're also now available through WRN to Asia and the Pacific as part
of a European radio package on Asiasat-2 at 100.5 degrees East,
transponder 10B at 4 GHz, also in MPEG-2 as part of the DVB audio
stream. You can hear us at 06:00 and 09:00 Australian Eastern Time.
And the World Radio Network is also carried live via Internet
Multicasting using the Streamworks system.
Each day's program, recorded at 01:30 hrs UTC daily) is also available
from WRN in the RealAudio format. See:
http://www.wrn.org
Our World Wide Web page is at:
http://www.sr.se/rs
A multimedia version of this bulletin can be found at:
http://www.sr.se/rs/english/media/scdx.htm
Sound recordings of interviews from previous programs can be found at:
http://www.sr.se/rs/english/media/media2.htm
Sound files of Mediascan are archived at:
ftp.funet.fi:pub/sounds/RadioSweden/Mediascan.
You can also find the programs among the offerings of Internet Talk
Radio at various sites, including:
ftp://town.hall.org/radio/Mirrors/RadioSweden/MediaScan
Contributions can be sent to DX Editor George Wood by fax to
+468-667-6283 or by e-mail to: wood@rs.sr.se
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 MediaScan/Sweden Calling
DXers and the original contributor are acknowledged.