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International Broadcasters
The following International broadcasters, (through shortwave SW radio) are available throughout most parts of the World. Their broadcasting is deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. Many are entirely broadcast in English, or else carry a selection of English programming. Please note that reception is often dependant on range, time of day, season of year, solar weather and the Earth's geomagnetic field.
Also available on MW and FM in many parts of the world. See seperate country pages for more information.
Located in: London, UK Coverage: Throughout the world (except Central & South America).
About: Educational, talk, news, public affairs, culture. For international news, analysis & information in English and 32 other languages. One of the largest and most-listened to international broadcasters around the world.
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Frequency: Available on SW radio. For exact frequencies and details of English programming, please refer to
About: Educational, news, public affairs, culture, talk. Deutsche Welle produces programs geared to viewers and listeners abroad. They broadcast worldwide in a variety of languages, both TV and shortwave radio. This service is there not so much for Germans in Germany, but for those people abroad (not only Germans) who would like to keep in touch with Germany
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Located in: Hilversum, Netherlands Coverage: Throughout the world
About: Educational, news, public affairs, culture. For programming information, see Radio Netherlands Schedule. The shortwave international broadcasts are heard world-wide via broadcast facilities in Flevoland, Bonaire and Madagascar. In the last decade, the shortwave broadcasts have been supplemented by an extensive network of partner stations. In 2005, this was approximately 5500 partners, of which half are partners that use the station's music output (classical, jazz and world music). There is speech programing on short-wave and satellite in the Dutch, English, Spanish, Indonesian, French and Papiamento languages. Radio Netherlands has a weekly reach through all its language services, and music programmes, of 50 million listeners a week
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Frequency: On SW: 0100-0130 UTC 1593 1400-1500 UTC 11655 15205 1500-1630 UTC 11890 15205
Located in: Washington DC, USA Coverage: Throughout the world
About: Educational, news, public affairs, culture, talk. TVOA is an international broadcasting service, much in the same vain as BBC World Service. It broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people.
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Frequency: On SW: For exact frequencies & details of English language programming see: www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/horaires.shtml Located in: Montreal, Canada Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. RCI broadcasts a full range of daily and weekly programs in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Mandarin, Cantonese , Arabic and Portuguese. RCI also broadcasts a bouquet of CBC/Radio-Canada programs. These consist of national and international news, regional events from across Canada, in-depth analysis, reports and interviews on political, economic, social, scientific and cultural issues.
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Frequency: On SW: For details on frequencies please refer to RRI Frequencies
These are the hours when you can listen to the programmes broadcast by the English Service of RRI: (UTC): 01.00 - 02.00; 04.00 - 05.00; 06.30 - 07.00; 13.00 - 14.00; 18.00 - 19.00; 21.30 - 22.00; 23.00 - 24.00
Located in: Bucharest, Romania Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Music, Culture, Talk. Radio Romania International offers correct, impartial, quick, relevant, and understandable information and analysis about Romania and its citizens to listeners from other countries. RRI 2 produces and broadcasts shows in ten foreign languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Serbian, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian, which total 25.5 hours per day. In other words, 9,300 more broadcasting hours per year.
Website: www.roi.ro Listen Online: n/a Contact: n/a
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Frequency: On SW. For exact frequencies & details of English language programming see: Radio Sweden Frequencies Located in: Stockholm, Sweden Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. Radio Sweden is the best source of information about Sweden in English with relevant, interesting and thought-provoking programmes for Sweden’s culturally diverse society, its expatriate community, Swedes abroad and “Swedophiles” around the world.
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Located in: Stockholm, Sweden Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. The Central Broadcasting System or CBS is the national broadcasting system of the Republic of China on Taiwan. It broadcasts in 13 languages via the call sign "Radio Taiwan International (RTI)."
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Frequency: SW: Varying frequencies. Please refer to the following link for details of English language programming: Voice of Turkey Frequencies Located in: Istanbul, Turkey Coverage: Throughout the world
About: Music, News, Talk, Culture. Voice of Turkey is the international service of Turkish state radio. The Voice of Turkey, in addition to Turkish, broadcasts on a daily basis for a total duration of 58 hours in 26 languages. Thes broadcasts in which culture, music and news programmes weigh heavier are carried in in German, Albanian, Arabic, Azeri, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Georgian, English, Spanish, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Hungarian, Macedonian, Uzbek, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Tatar, Turkmen, Urdu, and Greek.
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Frequency: On SW: For frequencies & English programming, please refer to KBS Frequencies
Located in: South Korea Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. KBS WORLD Radio, the voice of Korea, is the nation's sole foreign language promotional broadcast of Korea for the entire world. By providing a variety of accurate and up-to-date programs and news on Korea's politics, economy, society, culture and traditions to our audience and netizens, KBS and KBS WORLD Radio seek to strengthen friendly ties and the international understanding of Korea among people in the global community.
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Frequency: On SW: For frequencies & English programming, please refer to IRIB Frequencies
Located in: Iran Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. Around 180 minutes of programs in the form of recorded programs, live news, commentaries and news reports are produced in the English section each day. The radio’s schedule includes the recitation of Quranic verses, news, political commentaries, different series and features on special occasions
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Located in: India Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Music, Talk. AIR has many different services each catering to different regions/languages across India. AIR covers 99.37% of India's populace, the largest democracy in the world with over one billion inhabitants. AIR maintains approximately 200 broadcasting centres around the country and transmits in 24 different languages
Website: All India Home Listen Online: n/a Contact: airlive@air.org.in
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Located in: Iran Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Music, Talk. The World Service broadcasts ten hours of programmes a day in Urdu and English. In these services programmes about music, dramatic features, news and general information are given. Some of them are produced on daily basis keeping the requirements of the overseas Pakistanis in the field of information like economic and political developments in Pakistan and information relating to custom regulations, trade and investment
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Frequency: On SW: For frequencies & English programming, please refer to Israel Frequencies
Located in: Israel Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. Administered by the overseas broadcasting division, it transmits to listeners abroad in 14 languages: English, French, Russian, Bukharan, Georgian, Tatar, Yiddish, Ladino, Spanish, Rumanian, Hungarian, Persian, Yemenite and easy Hebrew. Apart from news and broadcasts reflecting events in the country, the channel transmits documentaries on Judaism, the history of the Israeli people, Israeli culture and discussions on immigration and absorption.
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Located in: Argentina Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Sport, Music, Talk. Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior (RAE)’s international service, on the air since 1958 over short wave, aims to introduce Argentina to the rest of the world. RAE focuses the divulging of all activities related to national reality, encompassing areas of economy, politics, industry and the social and cultural life of the country, without excluding its history, geography, traditions and all that which conforms Argentine culture in a profuse sense. Transimissions are carried out in 7 languages: English, Italian, French, Geman, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.
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Frequency: On SW: For frequencies & English programming, please refer to HCJB Frequencies
Located in: Various studios around the world Coverage: Throughout the world
About: Religion. HCJB is the flagship station of one of the most popular and far-reaching international radio ministries in the world. Its official title is "World Radio Missionary Fellowship, Inc." and together with local partners broadcasts in more than 100 countries in more than 120 languages via shortwave, and in Ecuador via mediumwave as well as FM, satellite, internet.
Website: HCJB Home Listen Online: n/a Contact: info@hcjb.org
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Frequency: On SW: For frequencies & English programming, please refer to VOR Frequencies
Located in: Moscow, Russia Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. The "Voice of Russia" aims to brief the international community on developments in Russia, to present a true-to-life picture of what is happening in this country and to help audiences abroad to get a better understanding of Russia. As of date, it broadcasts in Russian and 31 other foreign languages
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Located in: Vatican City Coverage: Throughout the world
About: Religion, Talk, News. Created specifically to serve the Pope's Ministry, the stations primary task is to proclaim the Christian message, "freely, faithfully, and efficiently" throughout the World.
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Located in: Kyiv, Ukraine Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Talk, Public Affairs, Culture. Radio Ukraine International is official international broadcasting station of Ukraine. RUI acquaints foreign listeners with all diversity of political and social-economic life in Ukraine. Radio Ukraine International was broadcasting in four languages: Ukrainian, English, German, Rumanian.
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Located in: Bratislava, Slovakia Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture. Radio Slovakia International (RSI) is the official international broadcasting station of Slovakia. It was created in 1993, almost simultaneously with the emergence of independent Slovakia, its duty being to give other countries information about the new state and to keep contact with the numerous expatriate communities.
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Located in: Belarus Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. The service was founded back in 1998. English air time is 2 hours a week plus 10 hours on the Web. The service features news, analytical, political, cultural, and educational and music programs.
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Located in: Budapest, Hungary Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. Hungarian Radio / Radio Budapest is the official international broadcasting station of Hungary. "Ever since its foundation, the Hungarian Radio, has been a ”citadel” of domestic information, and cultural life. Since December 1, 1925, the institution has had a decisive role in forming the Hungarian public opinion, and general taste."
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Frequency: On SW: For frequencies & English programming, please refer to: VOC Frequencies
Located in: Croatia Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. The station designed to cater for Croatians living abroad, Croatia's minority groups as well as the international community.
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Frequency: On SW: For frequencies & English programming, please refer to: Serbia Radio Frequencies - and then click on "Programme Schedule" on the left-hand side of the page
Located in: Serbia Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. The International Radio of Serbia is the official international broadcasting station of Serbia. The International Radio of Serbia is the only state-run short-wave radio station broadcasting its program to all parts of the world, in thirteen languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Albanian, Greek, Bulgarian, Italian, Hungarian, Chinese and Serbian.
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Located in: Bulgaria Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. Radio Bulgaria (BNR) is the official international broadcasting station of Bulgaria. For almost seventy years the world service of the Bulgarian radio has been presenting the country’s cultural and national identity to the world. It is a principal source of information from and about Bulgaria for millions of listeners outside its borders.
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Located in: Prague, Czech Republic Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. Radio Prague is the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic. Radio Prague broadcasts in six languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Czech and Russian. It broadcasts programmes about the Czech Republic on shortwave, via satellite and on the Internet. Broadcasting first began on August 31, 1936. The station broadcasts a total of 24 hours' worth of programmes per day, 3 hours of which are new programmes (one new 30-minute programme in each of the six languages); the remaining 21 hours are rebroadcasts.
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Frequency: On LW: 252 Located in: Dublin, Republic of Ireland Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Music, Drama, Education, Culture, Talk. RTE Radio Europe broadcasts a mixture of news, current affairs, features, arts coverage, drama, sport, music (from popular music favourites through country and traditional to world music and jazz), and general entertainment. RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926.
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Frequency: On SW: For frequencies & programming, please refer to: RAI Frequencies
Located in: Rome, Italy Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Culture, Talk. Radio RAI International is the official international broadcasting station of Italy. Rai International broadcasts, throughout the world, the best of the programmes of Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana, as well as original programmes made for Italians who live abroad and for those who have a family link with our country or want to know more about Italy
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Frequency: On SW: For frequencies & English programming, please refer to: O1 Frequencies
Located in: Austria Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Music, Culture, Talk. "Austrian Radio Ö1 International (German: Radio Österreich 1, Ö1) is the official international broadcasting station of Austria. Austrian Radio 1 (Ö1) is Europe’s most successful cultural radio network. The entire programme offering is broadcast worldwide as Radio Ö1 International. This mix of information, culture, music, literature, education, science and religion reaches Austrians living abroad as well as a global audience with an interest in Austria."
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Frequency: On SW: For details on frequencies & English programming, please refer to: Radio Polania Frequencies Located in: Poland Coverage: Throughout the world
About: News, Public affairs, Education, Music, Culture, Talk. "Radio Polonia is the is the official international broadcasting station of Poland. Radio Polonia is a part of Poland’s public radio network. Its aim is to broadcast programs on developments in Poland, Polish foreign policy, the economy, business and foreign investments. Radio Polonia provides objective and impartial information on Poland and it’s stance on international affairs. It shows Polish society, its daily life as well as scientific and cultural achievements."
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Frequency: Available on SW: 9420, 15630 and 7475 Located in: Athens, Greece
Coverage: Throughout the world
About: Educational, news, public affairs, culture. 19 Greek bulletins are broadcast from the studios of ERA 5 on a daily basis. The programme also includes informative programmes of political, cultural and folklore interest, as well as musical programmes that promote good Greek songs. Voice of Greece is not only intended to the Greeks living abroad, but also to foreigners living in Greece and abroad. It accomplishes this through a daily programme in many languages at short and medium wavelength.
This programme is transmitted in 12 languages: English, German, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Albanian, Rumanian, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish and Arabic. Thus, the stations becomes a timely and direct briefing of the various developments in Greece and the world.
Website: VOG Home Listen Online: n/a Contact: n/a
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Frequency: SW around the world. See this link for more information.
Located in: Bangkok, Thailand Coverage: Throughout the world
About: Educational, news, public affairs, culture. "Radio Thailand (HSK-9) broadcasts to various parts of the world in Thai, English, French, German, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Bermee, Malaysian, Indonesian, Japanese and Mandarin on short wave via satellite. Newscasts in English are heard on FM 95.5 and F.M.105. Radio Thailand (HSK-9),World Service presents news, reportages, features,analyses and musics in its broadcasts to the world, with the objectives to inform the audiences about events and happenings in Thailand"
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Frequency: SW around the world and on FM/AM relays in many major cities. See this link for more information. Located in: Beijing, China Coverage: Throughout the world
About: Educational, news, music, public affairs, culture. "China Radio International , (CRI) is the only overseas broadcaster in the People's Republic of China. CRI was founded is owned and operated by the state. The English Service is one of CRI's most important divisions. It is widely acknowledged that the CRI English Service provides the world with one of the most efficient and convenient ways of learning about China. The programs broadcast by the English Service are comprehensive. They focus mainly on news but include a variety of features programs. Music programs like Easy FM, Joy FM are also popular for CRI's domestic listeners. CRI English Service has become the first choice of domestic listeners who want to keep up with current affairs, learn English and enjoy music.The entire staff of the English Service is dedicated to serving our listeners in order to build a bridge for the Chinese people to learn about the world and for the people around the globe to get to know China."
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