Henrik Schyffert

NileCity 105,6 was a Swedish 6-part television show broadcast by SVT in 1995. It was the first major success of Swedish comedy group Killinggänget. Each episode was titled “Vuxna män gör saker tillsammans”.

Set in Stockholm, the show revolves around the low-budget radio station NileCity 105,6 and its staff as well as a number of related characters. It is owned and run by Percy Nilegård who rents a few rooms in a firestation. The station is not very popular, and in the first episode it is actually said to be broadcast on AM radio instead of FM.

Primary characters include

⁕Glenn Killing – The main host of NileCity. He mainly plays the straight man to his outlandish guests

⁕Percy Nilegård – The greedy owner who tries to turn a profit in spite of the stations very low ratings. To this end he runs a number of dubious schemes such as airing advertisements for companies and asking them for payments afterwards, a concept which he calls “marketing by not asking any questions first”.

⁕Veiron – A stereotype of a socialist blue collar worker from Gothenburg. He hosts his own show where he pesters people trying to sleep. His show airs at 3:30 AM and he arrives at the studio during the night in a forklift. This is the first show of the day but in the context of the series it caps off each episode, with Veiron’s monologue blending into the credits.