After an absence of five years, Scottish station radio six international returns to the
HF bands to mark the outlet’s 57th anniversary.
Saturday Sounds
with Tony Currie will air from 22:00 to 24:00 UTC on
6,070kHz (49.39m) via Channel 292’s 10kW transmitter in Germany. The programme
will largely feature independent and unsigned music from around the world. QSL
cards will be issued on receipt of either one Euro of one US dollar for return
postage, with Reception Reports requested to be sent to Radio Six
International, 21 Sherbrooke Avenue, Glasgow G41 4HF, Scotland. E-QSLs will happily be sent free of charge.
Launched in 1963 as an afternoon’s entertainment by a group
of primary school children, it never went away and after various incarnations –
including a spell as Europe’s first commercial cable radio network in the 1980s
– the station has been webcasting round the clock for the past twenty years.
For a time, the station maintained a daily shortwave
presence from 2004, using the facilities of both IRRS and WBCQ , switching to weekly transmissions from
Ulbroka, Latvia in 2005 and daily programmes on medium wave and satellite via
RTI in Tatras, Slovakia.
In 2008 the various transmissions were ended to concentrate
on the internet service and the provision of syndicated programming around the
world. 58 stations now take some or all of our output, with 9 hours a week
simulcast on FM in New Zealand and 4 hours on FM in Taiwan.
Our broadcast on June 6th is currently on
one-off; however we are considering a more regular return to the HF bands in
the future.
Note for editors: Radio Six International is an
internet station at www.radiosix.com
with audited listeners in 200 countries worldwide. It’s been webcasting since 2000, and
syndicates up to 9 hours a week of programmes to its affiliate network of 58
AM, FM and DAB Digital stations around the world.
For further details contact: Tony Currie,
Director of Programmes
tony@radiosix.com
Issued 13th May 2020
