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Broadcasting Hours
From 14th December 1958
Weekdays – 11.00am-3.00pm
Weekends 12noon – 5.00pm
From August 1959
11.00am-3.00pm
From February 1961
Weekdays - 7.00am-8.00pm, 11.00pm-12midnight
Sundays – 9.00am -8.00pm, 10pm-12midnight
Format
Popular music aimed at Swedish listeners
Skånes Radio Mercur
Owners
Nils-Eric Svensson hired airtime from Danish Radio Mercur, owned by Internationale Mercur Radio Anstalt (registered in Lichtenstein)
Management
Nils-Eric Svensson
(to January 1962)
Britt Wadner
(January-March 1962)
Landbased Address
Skånes Radio Mercur originally recorded its programmes in the attic of a house at Fältgatan 2 in Landskrona, Sweden.
After a short while the recording studio was relocated to more sophisticated facilities at Norra Infartsgatan 55, in Landskrona.
In 1960 the station again relocated to larger premises at Kalendegaten 18, Malmo, Sweden.
Frequencies
89.55 mHz FM (from December 1958)
89.6 mHz FM (from 16th November 1960)
88 mHz FM (from 31st January 1961)
Opening Date
Danish Radio Mercur began experimental Swedish language broadcasts on
1st September 1958.
Skånes Radio Mercur officially began broadcasting on 14th December 1958
Closing Date
Broadcasts ceased on 6th March 1962, when the station became Radio Syd.
Thanks to
Nils-Eric Svensson, founder of Skånes Radio Mercur for providing additional details about the history of his station.
Thanks to
Ingemar Lindqvist (www.radioarkivet.se) and Henrik Norgaard (radio-mercur.dk)
for providing additional information and allowing us to use photographs and audio files from their websites
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