Stockholm Närradio 2 95.3 FM, Sweden
Country: Sweden
Genres: College
Find it on Reciva here
Website: www.narradio.se
Shows to watch for: Rörstrand
Been listening to this last night and this morning: both times I have been transported west to American railroads and prairies, rather than north east to great forests and model societies.
The sound is vintage bluegrass, country, blues, a touch of yodelling and the comforting crackle of very old vinyl. From time to time there are spoken interludes but they are, sadly, not accessible to me. In any case, it’s a rather lovely backdrop for working at home. Oh, hang on – they’ve pootled into a spot of trad jazz: my mind’s eye is picking up small town bandstands and look, Tom and Jerry are rollicking past. I like it very much indeed!
There are a lot of stations with ‘Stockholm’ in the title under the Swedish/College category. I’ve had a quick listen to many of them – Stockholm 2, Stockholm Community 95.3 etc – and they seem to be identical. The website says Stockholm Närradio is “an association of some 25 non-profit organisations in the Stockholm area, that broadcast their own radio programs on three low power radio transmitters” so therein lies the answer, undoubtedly.
Actually, the tone has just now completely changed to driving indie rock: a Bloc Party remix, a modern version of Roxette. Check the website for schedules – it seems that Närradio hosts various ‘stations’. Radio Rörstrand was the station described in this post, the indie rock is coming from Radio Rocket and – for all scholars of Swedish town planning – they also run live broadcasts of Stockholm city council meetings
Tags: College, Närradio, Rörstrand, stockholm, Sweden
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