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Satellite Music Radio In Europe

by Peer-Axel Kroeske.

You like world music, rock, folk, blues, metal, soul, independent or alternative music
But on FM they play the same songs every day
If you live in Europe
Here is the solution:
Just connect your satelleite receiver with your stereo!


When I set up this page in the late 90ies internet radio was an experimental thing. You were lucky if you could listen to a poor sounding 20kbps stream for one minute without interruptions. In the aera of broadband this has completely changed. Today internet radio offers the biggest variety. Most of featured stations here offer internet streams. But still most satellite streams provide higher audio quality. And not everyone has broadband accesss. That's why it's still worth setting the focus on the satellite stations.

Shortcuts: ----Day-By-Day Schedule ----World Music 24 h ----Jazz 24 h ----Mixed 24 h ----Rock, Punk, Heavy 24 h ----Classic Rock 24 h ----Club Music 24 h ----Stations with good shows ----other stations ----reception

24 hours worth listening:
BBC 6 Music Caroline Club Asia FIP FM4 Jam FM Jazz FM (UK)
KINK FM Le Mouv' Lifegate Frequence Jazz Planet Rock radioeins
Radio Latina Radio Nova RNE3 Rock Antenne Rockradio Thessaloniki Swiss Jazz Absolute Xtreme

special programmes are on:
Africa No.1 D-Radio Kultur DR P3 DRS3
France Inter Fritz Funkhaus Europa
Nordwestradio NRK P3 Radio 1 (BBC) Radio 1 (RTE)
R.Scotland (BBC) R.Ulster (BBC)




recommended 24 hours a day:

The logos link to the stations

Radio Caroline

the 40 year old offshore pirate has turned into a licenced satellite & internet station with studios on dry land in Maidstone, England. Still occasionally from the Ross Revenge (the pirate radio ship that has already become history) on low power medium wave though. The programmes are outstanding. A lot of creme-de-la-creme 60s and 70s tracks that haven't been played anywhere for years. Rock'n'Roll, hippie area tracks and melodic rock at its best. Some special shows for rockabilly (Friday evening), and they ask their listeners for really seroius requests, now the ordinary stuff you'd hear anywhere else. Relaxed and honest freestyle presentation - this seems so easy but difficult to find anywhere else. It's like back then. So good they've survived!

DVB on Eurobird (28°E) 11585H, SR27500, A2324, 64kbps mono. In parts of Italy with the special version "Radio Caroline South" on DAB.

BBC 6 Music

the BBC launched a 24 hour radio channel which is only there to feed music-interested people with good pop and rock music: Ryan Adams, Oasis, Hives, Sugarbabes or Elvis Costello are among the artists with potential for the A-rotation. Bob Dylan and Bruce Dickinson are regular presenters! In addition to that some of the music experts that used to have shows on Radio 1 and 2 have found their new home in 6music. Created to promote DAB digital radio in the UK, but also available on the Internet and satellite.

DVB on Astra 2 (28°E) 11954H, SR27500, 160kbps, since mid-2007 available all over Europe.

Radio Tres - Radio Nacional de Espana (RNE Radio 3)

This station is exceptional! Compared to 6music, Radio 3 has more diversity, and it's probably the only 24/7 special music station with a strong nationwide FM chain you'll ever find. I've given up to include all the individual shows in the schedule above - there are too many. And who cares about the time - you can listen to everything on-demand! In the podcast section you get all the complete shows as 128kbps-MP3, usually files as big as 50MB. No restrictions to users outside of Spain. And not only the current show - each one with archives about 80 days back. Some list the playlists. Listen to Celtic and Moorish tunes, real rock guitars, songwriting and punk, world music and of course Flamenco over to meditative, jazz, chanson, heavyrock, a lot of Irish folk, crazy hardcore, alternative country, jungle techno, blues, progressive pop, all very melodic and soulful. Band often play live in the studio. Who would name a daily morning show from 6 to 7am "peligrosamente juntas" (dangerous convention), another of my favourites is "cuando los elefantos suenan con la musica" (when elephants dream to the music).
The DJs probably know much about the music (I don't really speak Spanish). No stupid format style presentation but free and kind of natural.

DVB on Hotbird 13E, 11785H, SR27500, 192kbps and in Spain on FM.


Radio Nova

from Paris plays variety: soul-jazz, reggae, progressive pop, chillout, world music, hip-hop, pretty well selected.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12207V, A242, in Paris on FM 101.5 and in some other French cities on other FM frequencies.


FIP

From Radio France, Paris. Non-stop music only interrupted by short news. Good source for chanson, French pop, smooth jazz, world music but also progressive pop from Beth Orton to U2. The complete 24h-playlist is on the internet. Occasional one-day-specials about great artists or styles. From 19.30 to 21.00 non-stop jazz.

DVB on Hotbird 13E, 10796V, SR27500, A-PID 3533
DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), SR27500, 12207V, A1903, 192kbps


Lifegate

Lifegate from Milano plays an excellent mixture of rock, folk and songwriter music with tendencies to psychadelic tunes, 70ies psychadelic hippie jam, jazzy pianos, blue notes, dedicated guitars and soulful voices. The whole appearance it extraordinarily relaxed. There are regular live concerts with big names - Paul McCartney, U2, and so on. They feature a number of well selected CD's and their own compilations. In the evening and the night you can enjoy non-stop music without commercials. Lifegate seems to be an internet portal in Italy for alternative culture and lifestyle.

DVB on Hotbird 13E, 12673V, SR27500, A257, 224kbps and in Milano on FM 105.1

WORLD MUSIC


Radio Latina

Latin music station from Paris, wide range from salsa to pop. By the way there is another one in Barcelona called Zona Latina but that's not on satellite.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12207V, A247, 192kbps and in Paris on FM 99.


Club Asia

Asian beats, house and pop from London.

DVB on Astra 2 (28°E), 12344H, SR27500, A2340, 128kbps and London AM 963/972 khz.

JAZZ


Frequence Jazz

...explains itself. Most of it is easy-listening jazz, soul-jazz, real jazz though. But who could deny you got style if you listen to a jazz station from Paris. 24 hours on satellite.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12207V, 192kbps and Lyon FM 97.3


Swiss Jazz

Is the Swiss Jazz channel. Almost non-stop jazz music. Almost no announcements or news. They play more of the popular kind of jazz music, less experimental stuff. Good for the background all the day if you like it.

DVB on Hotbird 13E, 12399H, SR27500, 192kbps, in Switzerland DAB and cable.


Jazz FM UK

seems to play a lot of smoothe and light jazz and easy listening like Sade and instrumentals. Some classics seem to be in a hot rotation like Aretha's "Say a little prayer" that you could hear every few hours. This is what they write about themselves: "During the day, the mix of music and intelligent presentation includes instrumental smooth jazz, blended with classic and contemporary soul. In the evening, jazzfm plays relaxing jazz standards and ballads during Dinner Jazz, and after dark the jazzfm Late Lounge features a mix of chillout and ambient jazz. There are also specialist shows on many more jazz styles - Latin, Big Band, Fusion and New Orleans."

DVB on Astra 2 satellite (28 deg.E) 12324V, SR27500

MODERN POP AND ROCK


radioeins (rbb)

A progressive music radio for the Berlin metropolitan area. A lot of reports about the whole cultural life in the city: exhibitions, events, pop concerts, sub-culture. Good specials in the evenings: A lot of songwriter stuff Neil Young style , independent music and progressive pop. Even some electronic music specials. Most playlists are on the internet.

DVB on Astra1 (19°E) 12266H, SR27500, 320 kbps
ADR on Astra1, 11656V, 6.3MHz , Berlin FM 95.8, also in Brandenburg on FM/DAB

Oui FM

La Radio Rock. Nice mixture of international modern rock and pop, occasionally including interesting French rock bands.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E) 12207V, SR27500, A252, 192kbps


Le Mouv

Rock station produced by Radio France, Paris. Every day live concerts at 22h. Many French rock bands, interviews with musicians and international alternative rock. Ranges from U2 to Pretenders.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12207 V, A241, 192kbps
DVB on Hotbird (13°E), 10795 V, A838 and in France on FM


FM 4

from Austria belongs to the public broadcaster ORF. One of the more progressive youth radios in the German language area with some variety from Hip Hop to Punk and not only Top40.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12692H, A172, 160kbps

Absolute Xtreme

What used to be England's nationwide Virgin Radio has changed its name and split into three stations. There is still the main programme with a mixture of rock, britpop, 80ies stuff and soft alternative music. If you're rather into indie, you'd certainly prefer Absolute Xtreme - a pretty good choice with tracks from Kula Shaker to The Streets.
DVB on Eurobird (28°E) 11389V, SR27500, 128 kbps

HARD ROCK, METAL AND PUNK


KINK FM

Unique Dutch KINK FM is the only real alternative rock radio in Europe. 24 hours a day they play music ranging from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prodigy, Tory Amos, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Beck to Urban Dance Squad. Most of it is Alternative Rock, and hard Hip Hop. There is only music, no news, not so much talk, not many ad's. Very helpful: Every hour's playlist on the net.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12574H, A224, SR27500, 192kbps

Total Rock

Another UK station with a more special selection of Rock'n'Roll and Power Metal. Plenty of studio guests. There is also a punk show on Sundays.

DVB on Eurobird (28°E), 11389V, SR27500

CLASSIC ROCK

Rock Antenne

Commercial Rock station from Munich, Germany. Mix of Classic and Modern Rock, all melodic. A lot of album tracks, a lot of hits of course, but espacially in the night also some well-chosen album tracks. Almost 100% music, only news on the hour, because it is an automatic programme over large parts of the day. The rotation is a bit narrow sometimes. Anyway good to listen to in the background. Worth to mention: Rock live Sundays 22-24 h with single live songs from mixed bands.
DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12148H, SR27500, A304, 192kbps
ADR on Astra 1, 11332H, 6.30 MHz

Rockradio Thessaloniki

from Greece plays classic and modern rock
DVB on Hotbird (13°E), 12188V, SR27500, A3971, 192kbps

Planet Rock

"Fighting the evil forces of pop music" says one jingle. A UK station with a very good selection of Classic Rock. If you like Hendrix, Bowie, Foreigner, Santana and Bad Company you simply must tune in here.
DVB on Astra 2 (28°E), 12402V, SR27500

BLACK MUSIC AND CLUB SOUNDS


Couleur 3

Coleur 3 is a progressive youth radio from Lausanne, Switzerland by the public broadcaster RSR. Presentation is in French, occ. also in English. Plays a lot of new styles of electronic music, but also the usual pop stuff.
DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12207V, A1948, 192kbps, also ADR, DVB on Hotbird (13°E)


Jam FM

from Berlin plays contemporary black music all day long: hip-hop and modern soul.
Analogue on Astra 1 (19°E), 11214H, 7.38+7.56 MHz and Berlin FM 93.6



These stations have at least some good shows:


Africa Numero 1

from Libreville, Gabon. The only station from Central/West Africa that can be picked up with simple equipment here. A lot of African dance music, also a lot of information programmes. Presentation in French.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12207V, A1947, 192kbps and on short wave (see homepage) and many African cities on FM.


BBC Radio 1 FM

is the BBC's pop music radio programme. In the evenings there are special shows. The music features are excellent. And even the programmes throughout the day are worth listening, not for the music, but for the presentation (sometimes).

DVB on Astra 2 (28°E) 11954H, SR27500, 192 kbps, since mid-2007 available all over Europe.


Deutschlandradio Berlin (DLR)

A Germany-wide information programme with political and cultural reports and a nice, wide range of music in between.

and DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 11954H, 256kbps
analogue on Astra 1, 11348V, 7.74+7.92 MHz stereo
ADR on Astra 1, 11494H, 6.48 MHz , in Germany on FM/DAB and in central Europe on AM 177 / 990 KHz.


Danmarks Radio P3

is the 3rd national chain in Denmark. Tune in to the evening programmes (between 19.05 and 24.00) that feature music from jungle to metal, but also folk, techno, independent and live recordings, a considerable number recorded on the Roskilde Festival. See also RNE3.

DVB on Intelsat (1°W), 11553H, APID 653, in northern Europe on Medium Wave 1062 KHz and in Denmark on FM.

Radio France Inter


France Inter

A French national radio corporation channel. The evening shows of alternative-oriented DJ Bernard Lenoir are worth recommending. Exemplary featured artists: The Cure, New Order, PJ Harvey, Pulp, Boo Radleys, Foo Fighters, Mercury Rev, Bloc Party. Some French bands appear as well. Live recording sessions appear under the name "Black Sessions". No break-through commercials, however occasional loads of spoken word can make the non-French speaking audience feel quite uncomfortably. The programme is broadcasted Mondays through Thursdays from 21:03-22:00 CET. Programme webpage (playlists often incomplete) here. (Thanks to tomasz for this contribution)

DVB on Astra1H (19.2E), 12207V, SR27500, FEC3/4, A1905
DVB on Hot Bird 4 (13.0E), 10795V, SR27500, FEC3/4, A3534


FRITZ

youth programme from Potsdam / Berlin with dedicated music and extraordinary phone-ins in the evening.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E) 12266H, SR27500, 320 kbps and
ADR on Astra 1, 11656V, 6.48 MHz


Nordwestradio

is a culture station from Bremen, Germany. Mixed daytime programme with mixed genres like classic, jazz, blues. Some evening specials.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E) 12266H, SR 27500, 320kbps
ADR on Astra 1, 11494H, 8.10 MHz and Bremen FM 88.3


Norway's P3

If I mention Denmarks P3 here, I should not forget Norway's P3 "Petre" which is on the same satellite. This is a different programme from a different country but it has a similar attitute. A lot of nice progressive music, but a little too much talking if you belong to the non-Norwegian crowd. On the other hand if you can understand it, it is probably a programme full of ideas. Petre even has a little brother called "mPetre" that seems to be Top40-orientated. Denmarks P3 can be received in ...

Norway's P3 is in DVB on Intelsat 1W, 12322H, SR27800, A656 (p3), A684(mP3)


RTE Radio 1

The first Irish programme plays some good traditional music from the green island.

DVB on Eutelsat Hotbird 13E, 12597V, SR27500, A2120 and
DVB on Astra 2 (28°E),12344H, A2317


BBC Radio Scotland

Here you find excellent music shows in the evenings. Most of them are about folk music. "Air" on Mondays is the best electropop music show I know presented by Amanda McKinnan and Douglas Anderson (I wish there'd be more presenter teams like them in the world) - you hear they have a deep love to 80ies independent and groovy music, presenting tons of interesting records and inviting musicians into the studio. And imagine: there's one hour every week only about bag pipes: "Pipeline" on Saturdays!

DVB on Astra 2 (28°E) 11954H, SR27500, 128 kbps, since mid-2007 available all over Europe.


BBC Radio Ulster

The BBC in Nothern Ireland has good music shows in the evenings as well.

DVB on Astra 2 (28°E) 11954H, SR27500, 128 kbps, since mid-2007 available all over Europe.


WDR Funkhaus Europa (WDR Euro)

a multilingual programme from Cologne, Germany. Night programming features many good world music shows from international radio stations. The night programme can also be heard on rbb Radio Multikulti.

DVB on Astra 1 (19°E), 12266H, SR27500, 320 kbps
ADR on Astra 1, 11009V, 6.12 MHz
abalogue on Astra 1, 11009V, 7.38+7.56 MHz stereo and FM 103.3 in Nordrhein-Westfahlen


Also worth a mention...

The schedule

all times are CET/CEST Central European (Summer) Time as in Berlin / Paris / Stockholm / Rome / Madrid
The schedule easily gets out of date - sorry, so many stations, so many changes all the time. Anyway it gives you an idea where you could take a closer look at. Enjoy!

Monday to Friday


00.05 - 02.00 NDRinfo Nachtclub (new releases all styles)
00.30 - 01.00 RNE 3 Live Concerts Mo-Thu
01.05 - 03.00 RTE 1 The Late Date
02.30 - 06.00 WDR Euro Nachtfalter - World Music Pure (slightly varying times)
02.05 - 05.55 NDRinfo Nightlounge (nonstop soul,songwriter,ambient,trip,reggae,jazz,mixes...)
09.00 - 12.00 KINK 2 meter de lucht in w Jan Douwe Kroeske (with session archives)
14.05 - 16.00 WDR Euro Cafe Mondial (world music)
15.00 - 16.00 RNE 3 Dialogos 3 (Celtic, new age, songwriters)
16.00 - 17.00 RNE 3 Discopolis (world music, Spanish guitar pop, classic, tango, ...)
16.08 - 17.00 NWR Globale Dorfmusik (world music crossover)
20.10 - 23.00 Africa1 Africa Song
21.03 - 22.00 Fr.Inter Bernard Lenoir (independent)
21.05 - 05.00 radioeins various special music programmes
20.03 - 22.00 RTE R.1 The Mystery Train (world, soul, jazz, r'n'b, funk, pop, swing, blues, cajun, mambo)
20.00 - 22.00 FRITZ Soundgarden (changing styles every day, Thu: Metal)
22.00 - 24.00 LeMouv Live Concerts (begin between 22.00 and 22.35)
22.03 - 23.00 BBC R.1 In Music We Trust (Lamacq and other presenters)
22.04 - 06.00 WDR Euro Weltmusiknacht (world music and international shows, also on Multikulti)
22.20 - 23.30 WDR 2 Roxy (AC-music, new releases and background info)
23.05 - 23.30 NWR Hörprobe (one new CD each day)
23.05 - 23.30 NDRinfo Nachtclub Magazin (interviews, local bands a.o.)


Monday


00.05 - 02.00 WDR Euro Música sem espinhas (from RDP Africa, Lisboa, also on Multikulti)
01.05 - 02.00 DLF Klang Horizonte
01.00 - 02.00 BBC6music Theme Time Radio w Bob Dylan as presenter
02.05 - 05.00 DLR Ton Art: Eine Welt Musik (world music)
19.03 - 21.00 BBC R.1 Exclusive concerts
20.05 - 23.00 Scotland Air (independent, electro pop, 80ies style rap dance, interactive)
21.03 - 23.00 DR P3 World Music
21.05 - 23.00 radioeins Radio Affair (records, concerts, interviews)
21.05 - 23.00 Ulster Across The Line (rock and locals)
21.05 - 22.00 NDR 2 Radiokonzert (live concerts)
21.05 - 22.00 DLF Jazz Live
22.05 - 23.00 DLF Rock et cetera
23.30 - 00.00 MDR Kult Bordun - Folk Roots & World Music live
23.30 - 00.00 WDR Euro World Music Live


Tuesday


00.00 - 02.00 WDR Euro Oidiki Voithia (from Radio Sto Kikino 105.5 Athens), also on Multikulti
01.03 - 03.00 BBC R.1 Rock Show
01.05 - 03.00 radioeins Roots - the history of big records
02.05 - 05.00 DLR Ton Art: Blues Soul Jazz
03.03 - 05.00 BBC R.1 Punk Show
20.05 - 21.00 Scotland Celtic Connections (from traditional to progressive)
21.00 - 23.00 Ulster Across The Line (rock and locals)
21.00 - 22.00 Africa1 Africa Song
21.03 - 23.00 DR P3 Folk
22.00 - 24.00 Multikulti Blue Lines (also WDR Euro)
22.00 - 01.00 Caroline 60's and 70's request Show with Barry James / Clive Garrard
22.05 - 23.00 DLF Musikforum
22.05 - 23.00 NWR Blues nach 10
23.30 - 00.00 MDRFigaro Bordun - Folk Roots & World Music live


Wednesday


00.00 - 01.00 WDR Euro Pod Ksiezycem (from Polskie Radio 3, also Multikulti)
01.05 - 02.00 DLF Liederladen (songwriter)
01.05 - 03.00 radioeins Radio Affair (records, concerts, interviews)
02.05 - 05.00 DLR Ton Art: Chansons und Balladen
20.05 - 23.00 Scotland Bebop to Hiphop (and a lot of trance)
21.00 - 22.00 MDR Figaro Bordun - Folk Roots & World Music
21.03 - 23.00 BBC R.1 Steve Lamacq
21.05 - 23.00 Ulster Across The Line (rock and locals)
21.05 - 23.00 radioeins Prime Cuts (rock, songwriter)
22.05 - 23.00 DLF Tonkost
23.05 - 01.00 radioeins Elektro Beats


Thursday


00.05 - 01.00 WDR Euro Dünyayi Dinliyorum (from Acik Radio Istanbul, also on Multikulti)
01.05 - 03.00 DLF Rock-Zeit
01.05 - 02.00 WDR Euro Discopolis (from RNE 3)
02.05 - 05.00 DLR Ton Art: Lonesome Cowboy
20.00 - 23.00 Scotland Travelling Folk
21.00 - 23.00 Ulster Across The Line (Dance)
21.05 - 24.00 NDR 2 Peter Urban (soul, pop and new releases)
21.05 - 23.00 radioeins Happy Sad (alternative country, songwriting, melancholy)
22.00 - 23.00 WDR Euro Dschungelfieber (from Radio Multikulti)
22.05 - 23.00 NWR Rock nach 10
23.00 - 24.00 WDR Euro Afropop World Wide (from PRJ, New York, also on Multikulti.)
23.05 - 24.00 Bayern2 Nachtmix (independent)
23.05 - 01.00 radioeins Experience (rock and psychadelic)


Friday


00.00 - 02.00 WDR Euro Destination Africa (also on Multikulti.)
01.05 - 03.00 DLF Midnight Blue
01.05 - 03.00 radioeins Elektro Beats
02.05 - 05.00 DLR Ton Art: Sound Stage / Musical
03.05 - 05.00 radioeins Prime Cuts (rock, songwriter)
20.05 - 22.00 Scotland The Brand New Opry (country)
09.00 - 12.00 KINK 2 meter de avond in w/Jan Douwe Kroeske (new sessions)
19.00 - 22.00 Caroline Good Rockin Tonight w/Dell Richardson (Rockabilly, Oldies)
21.05 - 22.00 DLF Live
21.05 - 22.00 NRK P1 Cowboy Og Indianer (Country)
22.05 - 23.00 WDR Euro X3M Free Base (world beat to hip hop, from YLE R.Extreme Helsinki, every 2nd week)
22.05 - 23.00 NRK P1 P1 szenen (sessions, concerts)
22.00 - 01.00 BBC6music Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show (the Iron Maiden singer as regular presenter)
22.05 - 23.00 DLF Jazz Facts
23.00 - 24.00 WDR Euro Planeta Som (from USP Sao Paolo, every 2nd week)
23.00 - 01.00 Caroline John Patrick's Rock Show (melodic hard rock)
23.00 - 01.00 Ulster Across The Line (Electric)
23.30 - 24.00 WDR Euro Nargile (Turkish Hip Hop)


Saturday


00.05 - 02.00 NDRinfo Nachtclub (new releases a.o.)
00.05 - 02.00 Bayern2 Nachtsession (world music a.o.)
01.05 - 03.00 DLF Sound Check
01.05 - 03.00 radioeins Experience (rock and psychadelic)
02.03 - 06.00 WDR Euro Nachtfalter - World Music (also on Multikulti)
02.05 - 05.55 NDRinfo Nightlounge (nonstop soul,songwriter,ambient,trip,reggae,jazz,mixes...)
03.05 - 05.00 radioeins Happy Sad (alternative country, songwriter-rock)
07.00 - 08.00 RNE 3 Toma 1 (Country)
09.05 - 12.00 WDR Euro Globalista (World Music Charts and trends)
12.05 - 13.00 WDR Euro Globale Dorfmusik (global village music)
13.00 - 15.00 Multikulti Weltmusik a la Carte (world music)
14.05 - 15.00 WDR Euro World Music Live
14.30 - 16.00 BR 2 Zündfunk
15.00 - 16.00 RNE 3 Musicas Possibiles (meditative quiet folk)
16.05 - 18.00 WDR Euro World Music Special (from DRS 3 Switzerland)
16.15 - 17.00 Bayern2 Phono-Shop
17.05 - 19.00 NRK P3 DJ Dust funk, funkjazz and soul
18.05 - 20.00 Multikulti Global Dancehall (global hip hop)
19.05 - 23.00 radioeins Dancehall (souljazz, protosoul, motown, elektroboogie, monsterfunk)
19.30 - 21.00 Scotland Take The Floor (live Scottish Dance Music, music feature 20.30-21.00)
20.05 - 22.00 Multikulti Drum And Tribe
20.10 - 21.00 Africa1 Reggafrica
21.00 - 22.00 Scotland Pipeline (only pipe tunes)
21.05 - 23.00 radioeins Dubsolution (reggae)
21.10 - 24.00 Africa1 Africa Dance
22.00 - 23.00 BR 2 Zündfunk (occ. live concerts)
22.00 - 24.00 LeMouv Live Concerts (begin between 22.00 and 22.35)
22.00 - 23.00 RNE 3 Tropico Utopico
23.00 - 02.00 Scotland Travelling Folk
23.05 - 24.00 RTE R.1 The Late Session (Irish Folk)
23.05 - 24.00 WDR Euro The Mix (from BBC Asian Network, also on Multikulti)
23.05 - 24.00 Bayern2 occ. Soundcheck (live concerts) or Ausklang (songs and instr.)
23.05 - 24.00 NDRinfo Nachtclub Classics (album classics from 50s to 80s)
23.05 - 24.00 NWR Hot Jazz
23.05 - 01.00 radioeins Planet Fruit (reggae / dub / world music)


Sunday


00.00 - 01.00 FM4 Live
00.05 - 02.00 Bayern2 Jazznacht
00.05 - 02.00 NDRinfo Nachtclub Domingo (latin)
00.05 - 02.00 WDR Euro Kalakuta Republic (from Couleur 3, also on Multikulti)
02.03 - 06.00 WDR Euro Nachtfalter - World Music Pur (also on Multikulti)
02.05 - 05.55 NDRinfo Nightlounge (nonstop soul,songwriter,ambient,trip,reggae,jazz,mixes...)
04.05 - 06.00 RCI Saturday Night Blues
07.00 - 08.00 RNE 3 Toma 1 (Country) >br>08.05 - 10.00 WDR Euro Spirits (Gospel a.o.)
09.05 - 12.00 Multikulti Rixen's Cafe (Jazz and World Music)
09.10 - 10.58 Africa1 Music specials
13.00 - 15.00 Scotland Reel Blend (Scottish music old and new)
13.00 - 14.00 CityMadrid Aires Celtas (celtic tunes)
14.05 - 15.00 WDR Euro Corso (music from the balcans)
15.00 - 16.00 RNE 3 Musicas Possibiles (meditative quiet folk)
16.03 - 17.00 BBC R.1 Top of the Pops (occ. sessions)
17.00 - 20.00 Totalrock Punk Show
17.03 - 20.00 BBC R.1 UK Top 40
17.05 - 18.00 WDR Euro World Music Live (from Radio Multikulti)
19.00 - 21.00 XFM Exposure (new releases in Electronic, Hardrock, Jungle, Loony Reggea, Hip Hop)
19.05 - 21.00 radioeins Lost In Music (from jazzy trance beats to old school soul)
20.00 - 22.00 Jam FM Ipuria (jazz and soul)
20.05 - 21.00 NDRinfo Nachtclub Extra (flamenco,tango,blues)
20.05 - 22.00 NWR Nordwest live
22.00 - 24.00 LeMouv Live Concerts (begin between 22.00 and 22.35)
22.00 - 24.00 Jam FM Latin Jam
22.00 - 24.00 Multikulti Jazzanova (world and jazz beats)
22.00 - 23.00 Scotland The Mix (Asian and Black culture in Scotland, hip hop to ragga)
22.05 - 24.00 RockAnt Rock Live (live songs mixed)
22.05 - 24.00 NWR On The Tracks (portraits)
23.00 - 24.00 WDR Euro Meridian 13 World Music Club
23.05 - 24.00 WDR 2 Soundfiles (live)
23.05 - 24.00 NDRinfo Nachtclub Radio Globo (world music)
23.05 - 01.00 radioeins Roots - the history of big records

Reception hints

There are 4 important satellite positions mentioned here:


Most European dishes are fixed at one of these positions. You must turn your dish a bit left of right to receive the other positions. Or even better: Buy a rotor. Modern receivers support the DiseqC 1.2 standard (€60 for the rotor like Geotrack 2100). This means you can control the rotor via the coax. The dish will automatically turn to the requested satellite as soon as you select a channel. If you only need two positions, multifeeds are a possible solution (2 feeds on one immovable dish, €50 for the multifeed), but you'd miss a lot.

Dishes


80 cm should be enough in most European countries. The only exception is Russia, which is out-of-spot for some satellites.

There are 3 transmission modes:

DVB-S

The digital satellite standard around the world. Receivers have spread much since 2000 and cost €50 up. In Europe you can receive about 600 free TV and another 600 radio stations with a turnable dish. In addition to that about 3000 stations are crypted (mostly Pay-TV and Radio, many nonstop-music stations for special styles). The stations mentioned here are all free.

Sound quality

ranges from very poor to excellent because stations use all sorts of bitrates (everything from 64 kbps mono to 320 kbps stereo). If you're interested: I've compiled a list with some more kbps-bitrates of DVB stations.

DVB Channel settings

If your receiver's automatic search doesn't find the programmes, try to enter the frequency, polarisation (H or V), and symbol rate (SR) manually. Unfortunally these parameters change from time to time (especially the UK-stations on Astra 2 / 28°E). Look out for the latest data at Lyngsat.com or Satco DX. A few receivers support the SatcoDX standard (sdx-file-import). Then you can update the channel lists automatically via the internet. That saves a lot of time. The Setedit Software enables many receivers for that purpose.

DVB-PCI-Card recording

Direct and loss-free MPEG-recording is theoretically possible with most of them, but it's tricky. If you record radio streams, keep in mind that DVB-satellite stations use MPEG1 Layer 2 (instead of Layer 3 which is the MP3 standard) and 48 or 32 kHz sample frequency (instead of 44.1 kHz). Here the problems begin: only a few portable players support Layer 2. Not any software will import Layer 2. And the codecs on many PCs for playing Layer 2 appear to be of a very poor sound quality. So after all I've found that it's easier to connect the receiver's/card's analogue audio output with the sound card's input to get the best results. One alternative would be to use the digital/SPDIF output of the receiver/card if your sound card supports that. But keep in mind that the digital stream will already be converted into plain WAV by your receiver then.

Analogue

The old standard from the 80ies and 90ies. Cheap receivers cost €20. Only a few countries like Germany, Turkey and France still transmit analogue signals (parallel to DVB). Analogue signals require more capacity of the satellite, that's why they're being replaced one after another. Probably in 2010 all satellite transmissions will be digital. By then, all analoguie receivers will become trash.

ADR

This is a special satellite-radio mode used in Germany very much. The audio-stream is digital (usually 192 kbps), but it is modulated upon a carrier of an analogue TV signal. When analogue TV runs out, ADR will leave, too. You can't receive ADR with an ordinary DVB receiver. You need a special ADR receiver. I use the Kathrein UFD232 receiver for it, working very well. Most ADR-tuners search automatically for all the programmes. The best deal are probably cheap second hand ADR receivers available at E-Bay Germany. Some ADR receivers allow direct MPEG1 Layer 2 recording in combination with a PC and special software.

If you know a good programme that is not mentioned here and can be heard not only locally, please let me know.


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