From news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!news.csc.fi!news.eunet.fi!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet Thu Apr 7 14:03:36 EET DST 1994 Article: 4634 of rec.radio.info Xref: news.cs.tut.fi rec.radio.shortwave:29453 rec.radio.amateur.misc:49725 rec.radio.info:4634 Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!news.csc.fi!news.eunet.fi!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 17:05:50 -0600 Message-ID: <$scdx2197.1994@ampr.org> From: p00489@psilink.com (Terry M Stader) Subject: Sweden Calling DXers - 2197 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave Approved: rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca Lines: 604 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: MediaScan :: :: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS :: :: from Radio Sweden :: :: Number 2197--April 5, 1993 :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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, with the exception of items from BBC Monitoring, which are copyright. 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