List of Stations heard
on WorldSpace  (Afristar West)

Updated  : 13 Dec 2003

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BC= Broadcaster
SC= Service Component
PTY = Program Type
BC Nr BC name SC PTY Audio Station Language Remaks
627 WRN  1 1 NEWS mono World Radio Network English Bunch of international broadcasters programs, often also available on shortwaves. (See WRN1). Free weekly newsletter available by email. [Sat  0800TU World of Radio]
628 WRN  2 1 NEWS mono World Radio Network French,/ German Bunch of international broadcasters programs, often also available on shortwaves. (See WRN2) . French 15h30 to 7h UTC, German 7h to 15h30 UTC. Free email weekly newsletter available.
845 ESPERANC 1 TALK mono Radio Esperance French Religious. France. (see list in french)
613 NGOMA 1 OTHER stereo Ngoma English WS: African dance
812 WALF  1 INFO mono Walf FM French, other Senegal - web: www.walf.sn
846 S G H  1 NO PTYPE mono  coded Radio Sai Global Harmony other  "Swami's Discourses, Bhajans, Devotional Songs, Instrumental songs and special concerts"- Encrypted since Sept2003, GBP 35.88 /year.  - web: www.radiosai.org or www.srisathyasai.org.in/ pages/RadioSai1.htm
814 CNNI 1 NEWS mono CNN International English  Web:www.cnn.com/CNNI
818 BLMBR EN 1 NEWS mono Bloomberg English English (business news) 
516 GENEVE03 1 EDUCAT mono Special French World Summit on Information Society, Geneva, from Dec 10 to 12. Live retransmission of debates and plenary sessions.
516 GENEVE03 2 DATA CH data (data) - (this data channel was previously called EDUTEST)
806 EAST FM 1 POP stereo coded East FM Hindi, Urdu, English Kenya - web: www.eastfm.com- Coded since Oct 2003. Combined bubscription with SUNRISE (Indian Bouquet) GBP 60.00 /year.
847 COMORES 1 NEWS mono Multimedia Com Comorian French, Arabic  Tph: +269 732117
834 EUROPE 1 1 NEWS mono Europe 1 French web: www.europe1.fr
842 LAMP FM 1 INFO stereo Lamp Fall FM Various Senegal -  (FM in Dakar and Touba) -  email: lamp.fall@africatel.sn - Religious station - Web: www.africatel.sn. (stereo is sometimes poor)
848 VIRGINUK 1 POP stereo Virgin Radio  English Since mid-October.
849 SUNRISE 1 INFO stereo coded R. Sunrise  Others + English Indian station based in London. Web: www.sunriseradio.com - Combined subscription with EAST FM (Indian Bouquet) GBP 60.00 /year. 
810 RSI-RTS 1 INFO mono R. TV Sénégalaise French + others Senegal - Web: www.rts.sn or www.snrts.com
807 KBC 1 INFO mono Kenya Broadcasting Corp Swahili, others Kenya - Web: www.kbc.co.ke/renglish.asp
573 WEATHER 1 INFO coded mono Weather Channel English  WorldSpace weather channel. Subscribe with   WS UK (Tel +44 207 494 8222). GBP 59.88 /year. See schedule /lineup on www.worldspace.com > weather.
839 N P R 1 INFO mono 
coded
National Public Radio English USA. Combined subscription with Radio Caroline, see below.  
 web: www.npr.org/worldwide - Email : worldwide@npr.org
843 CAROLINE 1 ROCK stereo 
coded
Radio Caroline English That's Peter Moore station. Combined subscription with NPR, call WS UK  tel +44 207 494 8222 -  GBP 59.88 /year. Look for possible promotions combined with a receiver sale.  
web: www.radiocaroline.co.uk 
studio email: studio@radiocaroline.co.uk - Other web: www.carolinesouth.com
844 MARINE 1 OTHER coded Météo Marine  French Météo France . Encrypted channel  (see details on french list)
708 THE HOP 1 OTHER stereo The Hop English WS : 50-60-70's hits
900 KAYA 1 OTHER stereo Kaya-FM English South Africa 
700 BOB 1 ROCK stereo Bob English WS : Modern rock
701 ULTRAPOP 1 POP stereo Ultra Pop English WS: Pop/hits contemporary
703 POTION 1 URBAN stereo Potion English WS Urban, contemporary
999 CH ISLAM 1 EDUCAT mono Channel Islam International English, Arabic South Africa - Since Nov 2003 (innaugural program on 8 Nov, including interview by Noah Samara).
704 UPCNTRY 1 COUNTRY stereo Up Country English WS country music channel
904 BBC -AFRW 1 NEWS mono BBC Africa English  BBC 24h/24 - Web: www.bbc.co.uk
709 OYEME 1 OTHER stereo Oyeme! English  WS: Tropical / Latino channel
903 RFI 1 1 NEWS mono RFI Afrique French Radio France Internationale - Web: www.rfi.fr
705 RIFF 1 JAZZ stereo Riff English WS Jazz channel
711 ORBIT RK 1 OTHER stereo Orbit Rock English Classic Rock  60/70/80's
750 ALC 1 EDUCAT stereo Africa Learning Channel English Learning programmes
707 MAESTRO 1 CLASSIC stereo Maestro English WS classical music channel -  Email: maestro@worldspace.com
794 DATA 128K 1 DATA CH data (data) - -
794 DATA 128K 2 DATA CH data (data) - -
792 ALC DATA 1 DATA CH data (data) - -
793 DMS 128K 1 DATA CH data Direct Media Service - -
793 DMS 128K 2 DATA CH data Direct Media Service - -
790 - - NO DATA - - - - NO DATA
710 VOYAGER 1 POP stereo Radio Voyager English Contemporaneous music/News - To get the weekly email newsletter, write to radiovoyager @worldspace.com including "voyager voice" in the title of your email.
New as of 13 Dec 2003 update :  Disappeared : BLMBR-FR, KILLAMUSICA, HITMIXFM.
New channel 516 GENEVE03 from Dec 10 to 12, retransmitting debates of World Summit on Information Society in Geneva.
A future set of programmes offer is announced on the WorldSpace musical channels, actually meaning these will be encrypted (13.33 GBP /year). Pay-mode starting date may now have been pushed to May 2004  (subject to changes...).

Note : Premium package on South Beam (not this one) is announced as including The Hop, Up Country, Orbit Rock and Ngoma. Subscription is free till March 31, 2004. Free decryption code to be obtained from customer service in South Africa at +27 11 293 9298.

Note: For information on WorldSpace Datacasting offer, write to datacast@worldspace.com

Note : This is just the list I am personnally using for my WorldSpace listening, just shared here with you. This is not another reference. It just meets my needs.  In case of conflict, french issue takes precedence, although I try to update both simultaneously.
 
Press/Finance data offer : French newspapers  LA TRIBUNE, L'EQUIPE and LE MONDE can be subscribed to through  WorldSpace and received daily on your computer as a pdf file, whatever external conditions (location, political, crisis, weather - Additional services can be provided such as real time financial data  (stock market, exchange rates, materials market, interest rates, precious metals, news...), as well as Agence France Press news line in French or Arabic.. Contact = WorldsSpace France, Immeuble "Le Shannon", 13 rue Michel Labrousse, 31100 Toulouse, France.  Fax: +33 5 6143 8299. For details, see WorldSpace France web site.
 
 

Channels are listed here in the order they appear when I scan on the Sanyo.
Changes done since this issue will only appear in... next update. This is not a real time service.
New : An "under construction" more uptodate issue may be found  HERE
Some comments may be personal. For commercial infos (prices, subscriptions...), refer to the authorised sources.

Lists history in english : History
Lists history in french : Historique
Official WorldSpace websites in English and French.
Other website : www.worldspace.tk
Other website : www.worldspace.i-p.com

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