NileCity 105,6

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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.

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. (Exterior shots featured the old 19th-century Katarina fire station.) 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 (Henrik Schyffert) - The main host of NileCity. He mainly plays the straight man to his outlandish guests (played by Robert Gustafsson)

• Percy Nilegård (Johan Rheborg) - 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".

• Weiron (Robert Gustafsson) - 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 Weiron's monologue blending into the credits.

• Farbror Barbro (Johan Rheborg) - A guidance councilor (presumably male, despite having a female name) who tends to ignore actual problems in favor of marketing hi-fi equipment.

• Greger (Robert Gustafsson) - An obviously homosexual fire chief dressed in a plaid kilt. He has a secret crush on Percy.

• The firemen - A number of barechested hunks who are quite philosophical about their masculinity. Each episode begins with an introduction to one of them.

[edit] Trivia

• The video release of the show omitted a piece of music by The Prodigy as the group refused to give them permission to include it. It was replaced by a short commentary featuring Schyffert and Gustafsson who explain the situation to the viewers. They also quote parts of what they claim is a letter from the Prodigy, saying "we refuse to have our music on your shit programme". Schyffert then jokes that they probably ment to say "hit programme".

• Every episode was entitled "Vuxna män gör saker tillsammans" meaning "grown-up men do things together".

• In 2005 Greger was voted Sweden's funniest TV character in SVT's Folktoppen while Weiron landed at number 4[1]. In Folktoppen's second season, Nilecity was voted the second funniest Swedish comedy show[2].