Radio Sweden's English Schedule

Here is the upcoming Radio Sweden English broadcast schedule for the
period beginning October 30, 2005 (all times UTC unless otherwise indicated):

Europe and Africa/Middle East:

Satellite:

Via Hot Bird 6 (13°E), digital MPEG-2, 12.597 GHz/V, 27500 FEC 3/4 and Sirius 2 (5º E) 12.379 GHz/H, SR 27500 FEC ¾, daily at 1430, weekdays at 1730 and 1830 hrs UTC. Also at 0130 via WRN on the same Hot Bird transponder and on Sky Digital channel 872 on Astra 2 (28º E).

To Africa at 1430 and 2330 on Intelsat 10-02 (1º W) 3.912 GHz/R SR 5000 FEC 3/4, audio stream WRN English, on WorldSpace AfriStar channel 627 and in South Africa on SAfm.

Changes in our satellite schedule may occur during the Winter period.

Shortwave:

1330-1400 11550 (85°)
1430-1500 11550 (70°)
1730-1800 Mondays-Friday
1830-1900 6065 (140°-240°) + MW 1179 Mondays-Saturdays
2000-2030 MW 1179 Mondays-Saturdays
2030-2100 6065 (140°-240°)
2230-2300 6065 (140°-240°) + MW 1179

Asia/Pacific:

Satellite:

On Thaicom 3 (78.5º E) 3.640 GHz/H SR 28066 FEC ¾ daily at 1430, weekdays at 1730 and 1830 hrs UTC. Also via WRN ar 1430 and 2330 on AsiaSat-2 4.000 GHZ/V audio WRN English, and Worldspace AsiaStar channel 1302.


Shortwave:

0130-0200 11550 (50°) via Madagascar
1330-1400 7420 (40°) and 11550 (85°)
1430-1500 11550 (70°)
2030-2100 7420 (125°) via Madagascar (to Australia)

North America:

Satellite:

Daily at 1500 & 2130 EST via WRN on Intelsat Americas 5 (97° w) on 12.177 GHz/V (transponder 27), SR 23.000, FEC 2/3, WRN1 (English), and Sirius Satellite Radio on Stream 140.

Across Canada on CBC Overnight 2:05 AM local time (weekend times may vary)

Shortwave:

0230-0300 6010 (268°) via Sackville
0330-0400 6010 (277°) via Sackville
1330-1400 15240 (305°)
1430-1500 15240 (272°) via Sackville

You can listen to our daily program in RealAudio at:


http://www.sr.se/rs/diverse/AppData/Eng/sounds/english.ram

Or download from:


http://www.sr.se/laddahem/rs/aktuell/engakt.rm

Podcast:
http://www.sr.se/Podradio/xml/SRI_en_sweToday.xml

News RSS Feed: http://www.sr.se/xml_news/rss/SRIEnglishRSS.xml

Programming:

Radio Sweden’s weekday and weekend programming is a window on the diverse perspectives and issues in Sweden today. Our daily editions offer a smorgasbord of news and current affairs, science and technology, lifestyle, and culture. We explore, debate, analyse and give insight into the way Swedish society and its people are changing to meet today’s challenges and opportunities.

Weekday features

Monday: Culture
Tuesday: Knowledge
Wednesday: Real Life
Thursday: Lifestyle
Friday: Debate


Weekend programming:

Saturdays: Sweden Today (1st), Headset (2nd), Cooking with J&J (3rd), Studio 49 (4th)

Sundays: Network Europe - The program that speaks to the hearts & minds of Europeans brought to you by Radio Sweden and a partnership of Europe’s leading international broadcasters.

Updates, mailing list details, and daily news at: RadioSweden.org