Sabras Radio is a commercial radio station in Leicester

Leicester

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, England specialising in South Asian music and culture.

The radio station itself is located within the Belgrave

Belgrave, Leicestershire

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 area of the city; broadcasting on 1260 kHz, DAB

Digital audio broadcasting

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 Radio and also via the net. Also from July 5, 2005 station output could be heard in London on 558 kHz, during the hours 7am-1pm weekdays, 7am-noon weekends on Spectrum Radio

Spectrum Radio

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Although the majority of the schedule is presented in Hindi

Hindi

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 and English

English language

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 - there are speciality shows broadcasting in Bengali

Bengali language

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, Gujarati

Gujarati language

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 and Punjabi

Punjabi language

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History

The station actually started out as a radio show in the late eighties on 'GEM-AM' broadcasting on the same frequency (1260 kHz) in the evenings.