antenna@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Horvitz) (03/12/91)
Does anyone know anything about the Narradionamndn in Sweden, a
government agency which apparently sells transmitters to community
radio stations? (I have the name, address and phone number from the
1991 World Radio-TV Handbook).
In particular, I want to know about those transmitters - cost,
specifications, etc. Are they sold outside of Sweden?
Does anyone have the name of someone at the agency who could
discuss the availability of their equipment to new licensed
low-power stations in Eastern Europe?
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
Robert Horvitz
Radio Consultant
Independent Electronic Media Program for East & Central Europe
Internews Network
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antenna@well.sf.ca.us ...{apple,pacbell,hplabs,ucbvax}!well!antennalhe@sics.se (Lars-Henrik Eriksson) (03/13/91)
In article <23560@well.sf.ca.us>, antenna@well (Robert Horvitz) writes: > >Does anyone know anything about the Narradionamndn in Sweden, a >government agency which apparently sells transmitters to community >radio stations? (I have the name, address and phone number from the >1991 World Radio-TV Handbook). The "N{rradion{mnden" does not sell transmitters. It is a regulatory body that licenses community radio stations. I don't even think these radio stations have their own transmitters, or even access to the transmitters themselves, but are provided with a set of cables leading to a transmitter provided by Swedish Telecom. -- Lars-Henrik Eriksson Internet: lhe@sics.se Swedish Institute of Computer Science Phone (intn'l): +46 8 752 15 09 Box 1263 Telefon (nat'l): 08 - 752 15 09 S-164 28 KISTA, SWEDEN
tijoma@uta.fi (Jorma M{ntyl{) (03/14/91)
In article <23560@well.sf.ca.us> antenna@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Horvitz) writes: > >Does anyone know anything about the Narradionamndn in Sweden, a >government agency which apparently sells transmitters to community >radio stations? (I have the name, address and phone number from the >1991 World Radio-TV Handbook). > >In particular, I want to know about those transmitters - cost, >specifications, etc. Are they sold outside of Sweden? > >Does anyone have the name of someone at the agency who could >discuss the availability of their equipment to new licensed >low-power stations in Eastern Europe? The body which regulates local radio in Sweden is called "N{rradion{mnden" ("Naerradionaemnden" = local radio body). This body gives licences to various (non-commercial) organizations who usually share transmitters which, on the other hand, are made available by Televerket. Televerket is the Swedish post&tele authority which owns all radio&tv-transmitters in Sweden, including the state-owned Swedish radio & tv as well as these small community stations. The community stations do not own their transmitters but they are leased from Televerket. Here are the prices for one YEAR: 30 Watts: SEK 12440 (+SEK 3110 if stereo) 300 Watts: SEK 19900 (+SEK 3110 if stereo) (Info based on fact sheet of 1989) Televerket also charges from links between studio & transmitter & antenna but these costs are smaller. At this moment there are 155 community stations ("Naerradiostationer") in Sweden. Some of them are very small in the rural areas with only some hours of weekly broadcasting but in major cities as Stockholm etc. there are large stations broadcasting 24 hrs. All stations are non-commercial and usually the background is religious or political, and immigrants are also active (in Stockholm you can listen eg. to an islamic radio station). There are growing demands for commercial radio in Sweden; I think somebody from Sweden might tell us what is happening just now (is Radio Nova still on the air?). Sweden and Albania are the only countries in Europe where advertising is not allowed on radio (!). I don't know if Televerket is willing to lease their transmitters to Eastern Europe but I am sure that they have many small & medium size tramsitters in their stocks. I think Naerradionamnden will give you the address of Televerket where you'll find some person to negotiate with. #Jorma Mantyla #University of Tampere #Finland
hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Peter Anvin) (03/15/91)
In article <2367@kielo.uta.fi> tijoma@kielo.uta.fi (Jorma M{ntyl{) writes: >Televerket is the >Swedish post&tele authority which owns all radio&tv-transmitters in Sweden, >including the state-owned Swedish radio & tv as well as these small community >stations. Ummm.... Televerket ("Swedish Telecom" which is their official English name) is **not** the same as most countries' PTT, that is Post, Telephone and Telegraph. Televerket only handles telecommunication, I guess Americans could call it ST&T if they wanted (Swedish Telephone & Telegraph :-) ). Postal services is handled by Postverket (Swedish Mail). Interesting note: the symbol for Postverket is a postal horn with a crown above, the one for Televerket a star with lightning bolts coming from it, and a crown above. Historically, these entities were called "Kungliga Postverket" and "Kungliga Telegrafverket" (Royal Mail and Royal Telegraph). The Socialist government of Sweden later removed the "Kungliga" from the name of most Swedish government institutions. /Peter -- hpa = H. Peter Anvin (in case you wondered) * Heja Sverige! INTERNET: hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu FIDONET: 1:115/989.4 HAM RADIO: N9ITP, SM4TKN RBBSNET: 8:970/101.4