MONDAY -- is devoted of features, reports and news about tourism in Slovakia. The Tourism News alternates with Environmental Update. The show also includes the hottest news story of the day: the Topical Issue.

TUESDAY -- is the day we look at Slovakia in an International Context. Also included are news and features about Slovak Sports, History, Culture and Foreign Relations, and the Topical Issue.

WEDNESDAY -- is the day on which we turn our attention to business and economy in Slovakia. In this show, you can hear the regular Topical Issue, Business News, Currency Exchange Rates and various reports and interviews concerning business in Slovakia.

THURSDAY -- is our culture day on Radio Slovakia International. We begin the day with the Topical Issue. The twice-monthly Culture news compliments reports, interviews, features and other items about all aspects of cultural life in Slovakia.. Also included the off-beat Back Page News and Culture News.

FRIDAY -- is reserved for a mix of features on Education, Science, and Regional News, bringing you interesting and important stories from the various press sources in Slovakia, and, of course, the Topical Issue.

SATURDAY -- After news and the Front Page Review -- news stories from our most important dailies, -- we may reprise a few of the reports from the past week or present various features from any number of areas of life in Slovakia. Features which do not fit into the categories above end up in the Saturday show

SUNDAY -- is the day for relaxing; the day dedicated to our listeners. Each week we feature letters from our listeners in the Listeners Tribune, and as much Slovak Music as we can fit in, and our Week Newsreel which begins the show on Sunday.

Since March 1993, Radio Slovakia International English Section has been broadcasting on short wave a regular half hour program depicting a wide variety of life in Slovakia, a country that has its firm place in Europe. The signal of Radio Slovakia International can be heard all over the world, and the numerous letters we receive every day from our listeners, since the very beginning of our broadcasting, are a true evidence of people's interest in what's happening in this part of the world.

The Radio Slovakia International Listeners Clubs that were founded in Bangladesh and India make us happy knowing that there are people in the world that have made listening to RSI's English Section something they feel deeply about. We in the English Section have been thinking of creating similar clubs in other countries of the world to build firm ties with people listening to our shows. We always welcome our listeners in our upside down looking radio station building so that they can experience how the programs have been prepared.

Radio Slovakia International English Section is glad that by having broadened its services via Internet it will this way enable its listeners to have closer contact with their radio station and the people working for it. And we hope that in this way our listeners' family will grow even bigger.

The aim of Radio Slovakia International is to produce and broadcast news and program material which objectively informs listeners abroad about the current political, economic, cultural and social life in Slovakia. At the same time, it aims to provide a link between Slovaks living abroad and their original home country.

Forms and means of broadcasting: 30 and 60-minute programs in English, German, French, Russian and Slovak languages broadcast 17 times a day through a short-wave transmitter on the territory of the Slovak Republic in Rimavsk Sobota (3x250 kW).

The reception reports which we receive from DXers all over the world have been a great help to RSI since it was established in 1993. Our listeners' grading of the technical quality of the signal they receive help us with our analysis, and it also serves as important feedback when we are planning the short-wave frequencies for the next broadcast period.

QSL-cards which prove the confirmation of accurate program details for listeners of Radio Slovakia International.

At 01,00-01,30 UTC to North America on the frequency 5930, to Central America on the frequency 7 300 and to South America on 9440.

At 07,00-07,30 UTC to Australia on the frequencies 9440, 15460 and 17550.

At 16,30-17,00 UTC to Western Europe on the frequencies 5920, 6055 and 7345.

At 18,30-19,00 UTC to Western Europe on the frequencies 5920, 6055 and 7345.

(At this time, Slovakia is one hour ahead of UTC time)

1. On Channel WRN 1 to Europe: Slovakia Today to Europe from Monday to Friday at 18.00 UTC (19.00 CET) - Satellite Astra at 19.2 =B0 East, with audio subcarrier at 7.38 MHz, transponder 22 (VH - 1) at 11.538 GHz. This channel is also available on cable systems in major cities across Europe such as Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, London, Cologne, Dublin, etc.

2. On Channel WRN 1 to North America: Slovakia Today from Monday to Friday at 01.30 CET (20.30 Eastern Time - New York Time) - Galaxy 5 at 125=B0 West, transponder 6 (TBS Television) at 3.820 GHz audio subcarrier at 6.8 MHz. This channel is also available on the cable systems of more than 50 North American cities, including New York and Washington

3. On Channel WRN 1 to Asia - Pacific: Slovakia Today from Monday to Friday at 18.00 UTC (19.00 CET) - Satellite Asiasat-2 at 100.5 degrees East, at 4.000 GHz, MPEG2 DVB, Symbol rate 28.125 Mbaud, FEC 3/4.

4. On Channel WRN 3: Hallo Freunde daily at 19.00 UTC (20.00 CET) - Analogue reception: Satellite Astra 1A, audio subcarrier 7.38 MHz, transponder 16 (Sky Movies) at 11.436 GHz vertical. Digital reception: Astra 1C, monochannel B, audio subcarrier 7.56 MHz after ZDF, transponder 33 (10.964 GHz horizontal).