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RADIO SYLVIA LIVE
FROM HAMBURG TO THE WORLD.
FOUNDED IN 1977.
We started as a pirate station in 1977. Since then we stand for free, alternative and non-commercial radio.
AGAINST THE MAINSTREAM.
AGAINST THE NORM.
We don't care for the omnipresent mainstream rubbish. We focus on Punk, Metal and Alternative.
RADIO AND ROCK MUSIC.
OUR PASSIONS.
We are a team of long-time radio and music enthusiasts hailing from Germany, the UK, Ireland and the USA.
ON AIR: -
Our promise: No "Last Christmas" by Wham on Radio Sylvia! This also applies to "Driving Home For Christmas" by Chris Rea and other Christmas cruelties played to death on the "official" media.
Instead we bring you the somewhat different Christmas songs by Bad Religion, Rote Rosen, Toy Dolls, Girlschool etc.
Radio Sylvia is a free, alternative and non-commercial radio station and can look back on an eventful history. After the foundation in July 1977, we were active as a pirate for many years on FM as well as long, medium and shortwave. In January 2009 we returned and are now broadcasting legally from our studios in Hamburg via internet and shortwave.
The station is run by a dedicated international team of long-time radio and music enthusiasts. Our aim has always been (and still is today) to provide an alternative to the omnipresent musical mishmash.
Radiorandale
We'll repeat the current "Radiorandale" on 21st December from 6 p.m. to midnight CET. The programme schedule:
For further details see our schedule.
Harte Zeiten
Here you can find the Spotify playlist of the festive "Harte Zeiten" show #86 with Artschie and Tom (December 2024) .
New QSL Cards
We have newly designed QSL cards and eQSLs, which we'll send out to all listeners, who send us reception reports for our shortwave broadcasts.
Your Donations
At this point we would like to thank all listeners who have sent donations to us. Thank you very much for your continuing support!
This is our MP3-coded primary stream with a bit rate of 192 kbit/s. In addition, we offer a 128 kbit/s MP3 stream and - for mobile use - an aacPlus stream with 64 kbit/s. You can see further stream details on the "Listen Live" page.
Our streaming servers are located in two data centres in Finland and Germany that run on renewable energy. This website displays the current operating state of the servers.
On every 1st Saturday of the month Radio Sylvia broadcasts in parallel on shortwave 6070 and 3955 kHz at the following times:
6 p.m. - midnight CET > 6070 kHz (49m band)
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. CET > 3955 kHz (75m band)
Here are all details of our shortwave transmissioms.
(Our complete schedule can be found here.)
The current Single of the Week is the track "Over" by the Irish band The Greeting.
Are you looking for the name of a track you heard on Radio Sylvia? No problem! Here you can see what we've played the last seven days.
The operational and maintenance costs of an internet radio station are considerable. So donations are greatly appreciated. With a donation you help to secure Radio Sylvia's future. Click on the "Donate" button and enter an amount of your choice. Thanks a lot!
We are getting lots of submissions and enquiries from bands and artists, who would like to be played on Radio Sylvia. We listen to your music and add it to our playlist if we like it and it matches our format. But due to time constraints, we cannot reply to every enquiry. Thanks for your understanding!
