Radio Eden 

A Global Broadcasting Company

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is Satellite Radio?
A: Traditional radio is either on AM or FM which you can receive with a little handheld radio or on your tuner which is connected to your hifi system. The range of a normal radio station is limited to the locality or it is regional. On short wave there will be international coverage but the quality of the signal may not be very good.

Satellite radio is somewhat different. You need a satellite dish, a digital satellite receiver and either a hifi system or a TV set to listen to satellite radio. Once the dish is pointing to the satellite and the digital receiver has scanned for all available stations, you can listen to the radio station in hifi quality. The range of the station is defined by the satellites footprint and tends to cover a whole country or a continent. In our case the footprint covers 3 continents.

Q: Who is listening to Satellite Radio?
A: If you read this and you are from the US or some parts of Europe the whole concept of satellite broadcasting will be very unusual to you due to most of your TV and Radio services coming into your home by cable. If you read this from the Middle East or Europe you will be very familiar with satellite broadcasting.

Until the 90's most of the media and broadcasting infrastructure in Europe and the Middle East were government controlled. As analogue satellite systems were introduced in the mid 90's, private broadcasters had a chance to run services independent from government control.

Over time a lot of TV and radio stations have opened up to reach out to communities in countries with oppressive regimes. In the Middle East and North Africa it is typical for a household to have two or three dishes hooked up to a satellite receiver. In Europe most households have a system dedicated to one satellite on which most of the national TV stations are hosted. Still a lot of households will have access to a movable dish or a dish with several LNB's to tune in to different satellites. Even in Sub-Saharan Africa satellite reception is becoming more popular amongst the middle class. In India and the Far East the main access to media are satellites.

With our service you will find that people from all over the footprint (reception) area will tune in to the satellite and also choose to listen to Radio Eden.

Q: How much does it cost to listen to satellite radio?
A: Listening to satellite radio is free. There are a lot of Pay-to-View services on satellites but the majority of services in Europe and the Middle East are free-to-air.

To buy a dish and a receiver is nowadays very cheap. I recently bought in Germany a full satellite reception kit consisting of the dish, dish mountings and a digital receiver for only 40 Euros ($60). I would think that prices are similar if not lower in the Middle East and Africa.

It is safe to assume that the average household in the third world will be in a position to afford satellite TV/Radio.

Q: How do I tune in to Radio Eden?
A: Six steps to listen to Radio Eden:

To listen to Radio Eden you will need:

1. a satellite dish
2. a standard digital satellite receiver with a standard K-Band LNB for EB9 and Galaxy 19 and a C-Band LNB for IS-10
3. align the dish to either 9 or 68.5 degrees East or 97 degrees West along the geostationary orbit.
4. make sure you are either tuned in to Eurobird 9, Intelsat 10 or Galaxy 19
5. scan the data feed and look for Radio Eden
6. select the 'Radio' button on your remote control, look for and choose 'Radio Eden' and then simply enjoy the programme 24/7

The tuning details for manual tuning on Eurobird 9:

Frequency: 11.917 (V) / 27494
Polarisation: vertical
APID: 3013
PPID: 3013
VPID: 0000

EPG identifier: Radio Eden

 On the Internet:
You can only listen to a selection of broadcasters featured on Radio Eden at www.angeloffaith.com


Q: What will I hear on Radio Eden?
A: You will hear a music speech mix of about 50/50.
At the moment we are running a 6 hour block which is repeated 4 times a day. The block starts at 8am GMT and then follows through until the next morning.

We try to play good rock and pop music from new upcoming artists you are unlikely to hear on other radio stations. You will hear a couple of broadcasters who produce programs for us or are using our platform for their programs.

In the 6th hour we tend to broadcast specialist and foreign language programs:

Monday - German
Tuesday - Specialist Program
Wednesday - Russian language program (The Apologet or TWR Kyiv)
Thursday - Arabic language program
Friday - Farzi language program
Saturday - Specialist Program - special music genre, rock music show
Sunday - Specialist Program -Book Reading:"The Shaking" by J.Noble

Other regular programs (times are in British Standard Time):

Monday -   13:15 am German (Rudy Rodel)
Tuesday -   8:15 am  GNBA - Bringing the Book Alive
Tuesday -   9:00 am Carey Hedgpeth - Faith at Work
Tuesday -  11:00 am GNBA - Finding the plot
Tuesday -  13:00 pm Don Fass - Celebrate Radio/Reching Up
Thursday -  8:00 am Gloria Mancini - Crying out Ministry
Thursday -  8:30 am GNBA - Bringing the Book Alive
Thursday - 11:00 am GNBA - Bible Focus
Saturday -  8:15 am GNBA - Bringing the Book Alive
Saturday -  9:30 am Call to Soul Winning - Wayne Hoffman
Saturday - 11:00 am Ken Gaub
Saturday - 11:30 am GNBA - Bible Focus
Sunday    -  8:00 am Pastor Andrews - Discovering Truth
Sunday    -  8:25 am GNBA - Bringing the Book Alive
Sunday    -  8:45 am Carmen Harris
Sunday    -  9:30 am Alan Maybury - Allnations Community Church
Sunday    - 11:00 am GNBA - Word Alive
Sunday    - 13:00    John Noble - Book Reading of 'The Shaking'
Daily       - 12:00am Mikelive - www.mikelive.co.uk
Daily       - Christianity Works at various times and days

All programs above are repeated in 6 hour intervals until the next morning.

Q: What does it take to get my program on Radio Eden?
A: It is our aim to be an affordable platform for any broadcaster. In the first instance talk to us about your project. We are keen to ensure that your program fits in with our audience. As a company we follow a Christian ethos and we would insist for our clients to respect this with regards to the material you would wish to broadcast.

We accept advertising contracts, music programs, outreach and social agenda programs.

If you are based in the US or Canada please contact our partner organisation PanAmerican Broadcasting to discuss your project. If you are based in Europe, the Middle East, Africa or Asia please contact us directly.

Cost:
Getting on air with Radio Eden is not much more expensive per minute than an International phone call. If you have a message to broadcast we have the technology and the platform to reach millions.


Q: How many people listen to Radio Eden?
We did a survey in the beginning of 2010 and based on feedback from the Internet and other sources and broadcasting only via EB9 and IS10 we arrived at a figure of about 2 million listeners per annum. The number at any one time is most likely well below that but still comparable to a major urban FM radio station. The main difference is that listeners are from all areas throughout the Globe - representing a truly global community.
We are keen for our programs to have a wide appeal and ideally be of interest to listeners throughout the reception area.