radio six international

We're now in our 50th Year! Our station began on 6th June, 1963 when a handful of like-minded primary school friends decided to start their own radio station. It operated with a bunch of wires to the living-room of my home, but we were on our way to 2013 when we now have 30,000+ listeners in 190 countries around the world. Along the way in our big 50 year adventure, we've had a lot of fun making great radio programmes. And you can expect to hear the best of those in June as we devote an entire week to archive programmes, together with a special show on June 6th - The Big Birthday Card at 14:35 GMT featuring as many of our presenters, producers and contributors as we can track down. (Three repeats - Fri 7th at 01:00 and Sat 8th at 09:00 and 15:35 GMT) But none of it would be worthwhile without you - our listener. Yes, we broadcast to you alone... that's how we make it work. Thank you for your support, and we hope you will enjoy celebrating with us a half-century of Radio Six!

Our loyal listeners in New Zealand won't have to miss the fun, either, because our affiliate there, WORLD FM will be simulcasting 68 hours of our special programming between June 1st and 7th. NZ times are Sat: 1 - 3pm, 7 - 9pm Sun: Midnight - 8am, 1 - 3pm and 7 - 8pm Mon - Fri: Midnight - 8am and 7 - 8pm. Tune in to 88.2MHz FM Stereo in Tawa and Redwood, Wellington; and 88.2MHz FM Stereo in Marahau, Abel Tasman National Park, Nelson.

After our 50th Anniversary celebrations in June, many of our current regular programmes will be taking a rest. Some may not return, others will reappear later in the year or perhaps in a different form. And some shows will continue to be heard via other online stations. But we hope you will continue to enjoy our continuing programmes, The Lively Lounge, Soundwave, Two's Company, The Kenny Tosh Revival Show, Behind The Tracks, along with Random Play, Light and Easy and Sequent Sounds will remain in production, while throughout the summer we'll be repeating the best of Jazz International and David Belcher's Soul Show.

Our Random Playlist is truly International - this week we have entries from 21 countries: Argentina, Barbados, Brasil, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Qayar, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States!

We have listeners in 190 countries, and this month's top ten countries for the greatest number of hours listening are: 1) Great Britain 2) United States of America 3) Japan 4) Germany 5) France 6) Australia 7) Canada 8) Switzerland 9) Finland 10) Mexico.

Please note that CDs, Reception reports and letters to the station should now be addressed to: Radio Six International, 21 Sherbrooke Avenue, Glasgow G41 4HF, Scotland.

Website updated at 19:05 GMT on Thursday, 23rd May 2013. Programme details updated.

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We publish a quarterly full colour programme guide in printable form as a PDF file. You can email us at letters@radiosix.com to request that we email a copy to you upon publication. The 40-page 50th Anniversary Souvenir Special edition of Radio News is now available to download: click here. The file size is 140MB so it will take much longer than usual to download. It will be available to download until 7th June and details programmes from June 1st to 7th. The following issue will cover the period until the end of August.

We're always happy to acknowledge your broadcast Reception Reports with a QSL card; all reception reports have been acknowledged, and all outstanding QSL cards have been mailed. In return for your report, please send either a Euro, one US Dollar or an International Reply Coupon to cover return postage together with the report and your name and return address to : 21 Sherbrooke Avenue, Glasgow G41 4HF, Scotland.

Welcome to radio six international, a private (not for profit) radio station operating from Scotland and playing an interesting mixture of songs from the world's unsigned and indie artists in their native languages with a leaning towards instrumentals and some jazz plus specialist shows featuring oldies, bagpipes, easy listening, lounge, Americana, jazz, instrumentals, light music, classical plus some talk shows to spice up the mixture from time to time! If you have any comments, please drop us a line. We rely on a team of outstanding broadcasters and producers who create their programmes for love, not money. Our current team of great professionals includes: David Ades, David Belcher, Trish Bertram, Rose Blackham, Denis Blackham, John Cavanagh, Freddy Cole, Jeananne Crowley, Andrea Cunningham, Tony Currie, Lynne C Ferguson, Sue Fisher, Jim Gellatly, Todd Gordon, Judy Gruber, Salena Jones, Brian Kay, Diana Luke, Mike Marwick, Lewis McLeod, Bob McWilliam, Dave Meddes, Karen Miller, Matt Monro Jr, Noodles, Andy Park, Gaynor Sadler, Tony Sadler, Kenny Tosh, and Robert Wallace. Our email address is letters@radiosix.com. All our programme material is cleared for internet broadcast with all the copyright owners concerned and licenced by PRS For Music and Phonographic Performance Ltd. No material in any of our broadcasts may be copied or rebroadcast without the written consent of Radio Six International. All rights are reserved by Radio Six International and the individual copyright owners. This website does not use cookies to track your use. Radio Six International is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk.

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