Antenna 5 Radio Network () is a number 1 hits

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North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

. Antenna 5 Radio Network was founded in 1994 as a

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radio station. In 1999 it became the first private national radio station in the country. From its very beginning, Antenna 5 Radio Network was part of the European group radio stations that were part of the

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Radio Network. Antenna 5 covers more than 90% of the country. The audience of the radio station is the population mainly aged between 12 and 35 and living in urban areas. According to

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conducted in North Macedonia, Antenna 5 Radio Network has been the number one national radio station or the last 16 years.

Major events

Antenna 5 Radio Network is part of the

MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards (originally named MTV European Music Awards, commonly abbreviated as MTV EMA) are awards presented by Paramount International Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an al ...

, Brit Awards, Party In The Park,

Mandela Day Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual list of minor secular observances#July, international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday. The day was officially declared by the ...

Hard Rock Calling Calling Festival (formerly Hyde Park Calling and Hard Rock Calling) was an annual music festival, formerly held in Hyde Park, London, from 2006 until 2012, and from 2013 in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. In September 2013, Hard Rock I ...

, Concert for NY,

Concert for Diana Concert for Diana was a benefit concert held at the then newly built Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 1 July 2007, which would have been her 46th birthday. 31 August that year brought the 10t ...

, World Aid, Net Aid,

Live Earth Live Earth was an event developed to increase Environmentalism, environmental awareness through entertainment. Background Founded by producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Live Earth 2007 The 1st series ...

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

Winter Music Conference The Winter Music Conference (WMC) is a week-long electronic music conference, held every March in Miami Beach, Florida, United States since 1985. It is also known as the premiere platform for electronic dance music. The conference brings togethe ...

, Capital FM

Jingle Bell Ball The Jingle Bell Ball is a concert held annually in December since 2008 (except for 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic), by the radio station Capital (radio network), Capital FM at The O2 Arena. Various notable artists have headlined the con ...

, Capital FM

Summertime Ball Capital's Summertime Ball is a mini-festival in London, usually held on either first or second Saturday or Sunday of June by the radio station Capital (radio network), Capital. The first ball was at Emirates Stadium in 2009, and it has since b ...

Exit Festival Exit (stylized in all caps; ) is a summer music festival which is held at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia. Founded in 2000, it has twice won the Best Major Festival award at the European Festivals Awards, for 2013 and 2017. EXIT has ...

, InMusic Festival,

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

. Antenna 5 also covers and supports music and culture events in North Macedonia: Taksirat Festival, Pivolend, Makfest, Basker Fest, Off Fest,

Skopje Jazz Festival The Skopje Jazz Festival is a jazz festival held in Skopje, North Macedonia, since 1982. Although the festival promotes a genre which seems distant from its own culture and traditions, it attracts large audiences and receives attention in the B ...

Ohrid Summer Festival The Ohrid Summer Festival () is a festival founded on 4 August 1961, always taking place between 12 July and 20 August in the city of Ohrid, North Macedonia. Originally, the event was initiated and it played important role in efforts of the Sociali ...

, Skopje Summer Festival, ICCF

Manaki Brothers The Manaki brothers (), Yanaki and Milton ( and ), were two Aromanian photography and cinema pioneers within the Balkan Peninsula and the Ottoman Empire. They were the first to bring a film camera and create a motion picture in the city of Ma ...

, May Opera Evenings, Skopje Biennial. Starting in 2003, Antenna 5 Radio Network has been broadcasting every season live from the studios in

Ohrid Ohrid ( ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of ...

and Mavrovo.

Programming

Coverage

Antenna5 Radio Network covers 95% of the territory of North Macedonia with 20

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with stereo RDS EON signal (that enables automatic change of the alternative frequencies while driving a car). Skopje 95.5 FM Stereo with RDS, Veles 91.9,

Bitola Bitola (; ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing ...

92.9,

Prilep Prilep ( ) is the List of cities in North Macedonia, fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. According to 2021 census, it had a population of 63,308. Name The name of Prilep appeared first as ''Πρίλαπος'' in Greek (''Prilapos'') in 1 ...

92.9; 106.3,

103.3; 92.0,

Gevgelija Gevgelija (; ) is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of North Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece (Bogorodica-Evzoni), the point which links the motorway f ...

89.2 FM; 106.3,

Tetovo Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena (river), Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, wit ...

106.9; 105.5,

Struga Struga ( ; , sq-definite, Struga) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality. Name The name Struga ...

103.3 FM; 92.0,

Strumica Strumica (, ) is the largest city2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF) in so ...

100.5 FM; 91.9, Stip 104.8; 91.9,

Kumanovo Kumanovo ( ; , sq-definite, Kumanova; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is the second-largest city in North Macedonia after the capital Skopje and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic ...

106.3 FM; 106.9 FM; 104.8, Popova Sapka 106.9, Mavrovo 105.5; 95.5,

Negotino Negotino (, ) is a town in North Macedonia, the seat of the Negotino Municipality. Its population is about 13,000. Geography Negotino is located on the right side of the river Vardar. It is about Above mean sea level, above sea level. Negotin ...

91.9 FM; 104.2 FM; 88.8,

Kavadarci Kavadarci ( ) is a town in the Tikveš region of North Macedonia. In the heart of North Macedonia's wine country, it is home to the largest winery in Southeast Europe, named after the Tikveš plain. The town of Kavadarci is the seat of Kavadarc ...

104.2; 91.9,

Demir Kapija Demir Kapija ( ) is a small town in North Macedonia, located near the limestone gates of the same name. It has 3,725 inhabitants. The town is the seat of Demir Kapija Municipality. Etymology The name of the town comes from Ottoman Turkish ''Demi ...

88.8; 91.9; 104.2,

Sveti Nikole Sveti Nikole ( ; meaning ''Saint Nicholas'') is a town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Sveti Nikole Municipality and a center of a plain called Ovče Pole (''Plain of sheep''), famous for sheep farming, lamb meat, and dairy products of al ...

91.9,

Kriva Palanka Kriva Palanka ( ) is a town located in the northeastern part of North Macedonia. It has 13,481 inhabitants. The town of Kriva Palanka is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality which has 18,059 inhabitants. The town lies near the ''Deve Bair'' ...

105.5; 95.5, Kratovo 105.5; 106.9,

Gostivar Gostivar ( ; sq-definite, Gostivari) is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is the seat of one of the larger municipalities in the country with a population of 59,770, and the town also covers . Gostivar has ...

106.9; 105.5, Kocani 97.9; 104.8, Vinica 104.8; 97.9,

Dojran Dojran ( ) was a city on the west shore of Lake Dojran in the southeast part of North Macedonia. Today, it is a collective name for two villages on the territory of the ruined city: Nov Dojran (New Dojran, settled from the end of World War I t ...

106.3,

Valandovo Valandovo ( ) is a small town in southeastern North Macedonia. The city is the seat of Valandovo Municipality. History Ancient Period Evidence of life can be found beginning in the 10th-7th centuries B.C. There is a settlement known as Mal Kon ...

106.3,

Bogdanci Bogdanci ( ) is a small town in North Macedonia, close to the border with Greece. It is located at around , and is the seat of Bogdanci Municipality. Location The space of the Gevgelian ravine that comprise the space of the Bogdanci field is loca ...

106.3; 89.2, Radovis 91.9, Resen 92.9, Krusevo 106.3; 92.9, Galicnik 92.9, Kicevo 95.5,

Berovo Berovo (, ) is a small town near the Maleševo Mountains, from Skopje, from Strumica and from Kočani, in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Berovo Municipality. Demographics According to the 2002 census, the town had a total of 7,002 inha ...

97.9, Dusegubica 103.3, Pesocan 101.9, M.Radobil 97.9 & Stracin 105.5 FM Stereo with RDS.

References

External links

Antenna 5 Web Site
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