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Guide to radio stations in Europe broadcasting on longwave, mediumwave and shortwave

September 2021

featuring schedules for the A21 season

Europe on LW, MW & SW

This guide covers longwave, mediumwave and shortwave broadcasting in Europe. It is evolving to provide a variety of information about the radio scene in Europe.

Descriptions used in this guide have been taken from radio station websites and Wikipedia.

This guide was last revised on 27 September 2021

Please check www.dxguides.info for the very latest edition of this guide.

Compiled and edited by Tony Rogers.

Please send updates to: [email protected] or [email protected]. Thank you!

Albania

Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTS) RTSH is the national broadcasting service of Albania. All national and regional services from RTSH are on FM only.

External broadcasting on shortwave

Radio Tirana Radio Tirana is the external service of RTSH. Although no longer broadcasting from in Albania, Radio Tirana is on shortwave via Radio Miami International in Okeechobee, Florida. Shortwaveservice in Kall-Krekel, also broadcasts Radio Tirana daily as a private initiative. sites: Kall-Krekel, Germany (kll) - 1 kW; Okeechobee FL USA (rmi) - 100 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 1230-1300 Mon-Sat English Europe 6005-kll 1500-1530 Daily German Europe 3985-kll 2230-2300 Mon-Thu/Sat English Americas 7780-rmi 2300-2330 Mon-Fri English Americas 5850-rmi

International relays on shortwave

China Radio International relay The Cërrik transmitting station is owned by RTSH and is leased to China Radio International. However, since the A20 season no broadcasts have been heard from CRI despite having been registered with HFCC.

Andorra

Ràdio Nacional d'Andorra (RNA) RNA is the service of Andorra. It broadcasts on FM only.

Radio Andorra on shortwave

Radio Andorra Revival Occasionally there are broadcasts to celebrate the Andorra, produced by Christian Milling. The most recent Radio Andorra Revival special broadcast was on 7 August 2021 on 6180 kHz, 1700-2000 UTC, from Moosbrunn Austria. It celebrated 82 years of Radio Andorra and offered another opportunity to hear again the world famous "Aqui Radio Andorra!"

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Austria

Ősterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) ORF is the national public broadcasting service of Austria.

Private radio stations on mediumwave

Museumsradio AM 1476 Museumsradio AM 1476 is the brainchild of Reinhard Pirnbacher, who has moderated the "Pirnis Plattenkiste" programme at Radio Salzburg for over 14 years. His museum broadcasting station airs old German and international record productions. Pirnbacher draws on a collection of over 100,000 records. Transmitter site: Bad Ischi - 0.4 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 1500-2100 German 1476

International broadcasting on shortwave

Radio Ö1 International Radio Ö1 International is a service of Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Austria's national public service broadcaster. It has a daily broadcast in German for listeners in Europe on shortwave. Transmitter site: Moosbrunn, Austria - 300 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0500-0610 Sat/Sun German Central Europe 6155 0500-0620 Mon-Fri German Central Europe 6155

Shortwave relays from Moosbrunn The Moosbrunn transmitting station is owned and operated by Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH & Co KG. Transmitter site: Moosbrunn - 2 x 100 kW & 2 x 300 kW. Time/UTC Days Station Language Target kHz 0030-0100 Daily BBC Dari Afghanistan 7295 0100-0130 Daily BBC Pashto Afghanistan 7295 0130-0200 Daily BBC Dari Afghanistan 7295 0200-0230 Daily Adventist World Radio Urdu South Asia 7385 0230-0300 Daily Adventist World Radio Punjabi South Asia 7385 0330-0400 Daily Adventist World Radio Persian Iran 6120 0400-0430 Daily Adventist World Radio Turkish Middle East 6120 0500-0530 Daily Adventist World Radio Hausa West Africa 9630 0529-0600 Daily BBC Hausa West Africa 9745 0600-0629 Daily BBC French North Africa 11930 0600-0700 Daily Adventist World Radio North Africa 11880 0700-0730 Daily Adventist World Radio French West Africa 11880 0800-0830 Daily Adventist World Radio French North Africa 15145 0800-0830 Daily IBRA Media Arabic Middle East 15260 0800-0900 1st Sun Welle 370 German/English Europe 6140 0900-1000 Sun Radio DARC German Central Europe 6070 1000-1100 1st Sun Radio Joystick German/English Europe 7330 1300-1400 Daily MBR registration on demand Europe 5960 1400-1430 Daily Adventist World Radio Urdu South Asia 15440 1500-1530 Daily Adventist World Radio Turkish Middle East 11955 1530-1600 Daily Adventist World Radio Punjabi South Asia 15265 1600-1630 Daily Adventist World Radio Urdu South Asia 11800 1630-1700 Daily Adventist World Radio Persian Iran 11955 1700-1715 Fri Bible Voice Broadcasting English Middle East 9810 1700-1730 Thu Bible Voice Broadcasting English Middle East 9810 1700-1730 Daily Adventist World Radio Swahili East Africa 17570 1700-1900 Sat Bible Voice Broadcasting English Middle East 9810 1730-1800 Daily Adventist World Radio Masai East Africa 17570 1730-1900 Sun Bible Voice Broadcasting English Middle East 9810 1800-1900 Daily Adventist World Radio Arabic North Africa 11955 1900-1930 Daily Adventist World Radio Hausa West Africa 11955 1930-2000 Daily Adventist World Radio French Central Africa 17570 2000-2030 Daily Adventist World Radio Dyula West Africa 9610 2030-2100 Daily Adventist World Radio French West Africa 11880

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Azores

RTP Antena 1 Açores RTP, formally Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, is the public service broadcasting organisation of Portugal. RTP Antena 1 Açores is a regional station for the Azores. Transmitter site: Monte das Cruzes, Flores - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily Portuguese 828

AFRTS This station serves the US Air Force based at Lajes Field. Transmitter site: Lajes Field - 1 kW (currently believed to be operating at lower power). Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily English 1503

Belarus

Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BRTC) BTRC, also know as Belteleradiocompany, operates two national and three regional radio services, all operating on FM (longwave, mediumwave and shortwave transmitters that had broadcast programmes from 's domestic services have all closed). The external service, , operates on shortwave from a transmitter in Germany.

International broadcasting on shortwave

Radio Belarus International Radio Belarus International is the External Service of BRTC. Although there is no longer any external broadcasting from transmitters in Belarus itself, Radio Belarus has daily transmissions via ShortwaveService in Germany. Transmitter site: Kall-Krekel, Germany - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 1420-1440 Daily Spanish Europe 3985 1440-1500 Daily French Europe 3985 1700-1800 Daily English Europe 3985 1900-2000 Daily English Europe 3985 2000-2200 Daily German Europe 3985

Belgium

Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep (VRT) Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté Francaise (RTBF) Belgisches Rundfunk und Fernsehzentrum der Deutschprachigen Gemeinschaft (BRF) VRT, RTBF and BRF are the Dutch, French and broadcasting networks in Belgium. All services are on FM and digital platforms only.

Private radio stations on shortwave

Radio Onda Radio Onda is a licensed Belgian station using a shortwave transmitter at Borculo, east . Transmitter site: Margraten, Netherlands - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz Notes 0600-1700 Sat/Sun Portuguese Europe 6140 future plans include a daily service on 6140 kHz; also 9530 kHz planned from October or November.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Radio-Televizija Bosne i Hercegovine (BHRT) Radio-Televizjia Federacije Bone i Hercegovine (RTV FBiH) Radio Televizija Republike Srpske (RTRS) BHRT, RTV FBiH and RTRS are the Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian language broadcasting networks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. All of their services are on FM only.

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Private radio stations on mediumwave

Radio 1503 Radio 1503 is the only radio station in Bosnia and Herzegovina that is still broadcasting on mediumwave. Transmitter site: Zavidovići, Zenica-Doboj Canton, central Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz Notes 24 hours Daily Bosnian 1503 includes relays of BHR-1 and Radio FBiH at certain times and carries the RFE/RL Bosnian Service at 0600-0700, 1300-1330, 1600-1630, 2000-2100 and 2200-2300 as per RFE/RL website

Bulgaria

Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) BNR is Bulgaria's national organisation.

BNR-1, Horizont is BNR's most listened-to channel, with round-the-clock news, comment, and music. Transmitter site: Vidin, Vidin Provinve, northwestern Bulgaria - 200 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz Notes 24 hours Daily Bulgarian 576 click here for daily program scheme for Horizont

International broadcasting on shortwave

Spaceline Bulgaria Spaceline Ltd Bulgaria was established in 1995 in Bulgaria from group of experts in , TV and Radio broadcasting with main objective to provide transmission facilities and technical services. It manages the operation of the NURTS-owned transmitting site at Kostinbrod and is a service provider of broadcasting. Transmitter site: Kostinbrod (Sofia) - 4 x 50 kW, 3 x 100 kW, 1 x 250 kW. Time/UTC Days Station Language Target kHz 0330-0430 Daily BBC Persian Iran 9880 0430-0530 Daily BBC Persian Iran 15310 0700-1000 Daily World's Last Chance Arabic Middle East 13840 0700-1000 Daily The Overcomer Ministry English Europe 12100 0700-1000 Daily The Overcomer Ministry English Middle East 15700 0700-1000 Daily The Overcomer Ministry English East Africa 17510 1500-1515 Daily Bible Voice - Dardasha 7 Arabic Middle East 11600 1500-1530 Sat Radio Warra Wangeelaa Oromo Horn of Africa 15515 (reportedly inactive) 1500-1600 Sun From the Isle of Music English Europe 9400 1500-1600 Daily BBC Pashto Afghanistan 9335 1500-1800 Mon-Sat The Overcomer Ministry English Middle East 15335 1515-1700 Daily The Overcomer Ministry English Europe 11600 1530-1630 Daily Radio Dabanga Arabic Sudan 11640 1600-1630 Daily BBC Dari Afghanistan 9335 1600-1700 Daily BBC Persian Iran 5875 1600-1900 Sat BBC Somali Horn of Africa 9660 1600-1940 Daily The Overcomer Ministry English Middle East 9400 1630-1700 Mon-Fri BBC Pashto Afghanistan 9335 1630-1700 Sat/Sun BBC Dari Afghanistan 9335 1700-1730 Daily Radio Taiwan International Russian Western 5900 1700-1800 Daily Dimtse Radio Erena Tigrinya/Arabic Horn of Africa 9720 1700-1800 Daily BBC Dari Afghanistan 7580 1715-1730 Mon/Wed Bible Voice - Dardasha 7 Arabic Middle East 9490 1730-1745 Daily Bible Voice - Dardasha 7 Arabic Middle East 9490 1745-1800 Daily Bible Voice - Dardasha 7 Arabic Middle East 9490 (reportedly inactive) 1800-1830 Daily BBC French Central Africa 11790 1800-1900 Daily IRRS SW English Europe 7290 (various programmes) 1800-1900 Daily BBC Pashto Afghanistan 7580 1830-1930 Daily BBC Persian Iran 6100 1900-1930 Daily Radio Taiwan International German Europe 5900 1900-1930 Daily Radio Taiwan International French Europe 6005 1930-1945 Daily Bible Voice - Dardasha 7 Arabic Middle East 5900 1945-2000 Daily Bible Voice - Dardasha 7 Arabic Middle East 5900 1945-2000 Daily Bible Voice - Dardasha 7 Arabic North Africa 9400 2005-0430 Daily The Overcomer Ministry English Europe 5900

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Croatia

Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT) HRT is the national public broadcasting service of . All HRT national, regional and local services are on FM and digital platforms. Mediumwave and shortwave transmissions have been discontinued.

Czech Republic

Český rozhlas (ČRo) ČRo is the public radio broadcaster of the .

Four national services of ČRo are broadcast on longwave or mediumwave. Radiožurnál is ČRo's "infotainment" station (pop music, news, traffic announcements, sports and other information). ČRo 2, Dvojka specialises in talk and family programmes. ČRo Plus is the spoken word channel of Český rozhlas and has two short news bulletins from in English. kHz Station Location kW Time/UTC 270 ČRo 1, Radiozurnál Uhersé Hradište 50 0200(0300ss)-2200 in Czech 639 ČRo 2, Dvoyka Prague-Liblice 750 0200(0300ss)-2200 in Czech ČRo 2, Dvoyka Ostrava-Svinov 30 0200(0300ss)-2200 in Czech 954 ČRo 2, Dvoyka Brno-Dobrochov 200 0200(0300ss)-2200 in Czech ČRo 2, Dvoyka Ceské Budejovice 30 0200(0300ss)-2200 in Czech ČRo 2, Dvoyka Karlovy Vary 20 0200(0300ss)-2200 in Czech 1071 ČRo Plus Ceské Budejovice 5 24h in Czech, except for news in English as below ČRo Plus Ostrava-Svinov 5 24h in Czech, except for news in English as below 1332 ČRo 2, Dvoyka Moravské Budejovice 50 0200(0300ss)-2200 in Czech

News in English produced by Radio Prague is aired by ČRo Plus, Monday-Friday at 2033 and 2305 UTC on 1071 kHz.

Since the beginning of this month, Český rozhlas Dvojka has been broadcasting information about their closure on .

At the end of this year, Český rozhlas will cease broadcasting on medium wave and long wave.

On this occasion, a warning begins to be broadcast on the AM transmitters of Dvojka radio. It aims to prepare the auditor for this stage.

Listeners on Dvojka’s AM frequencies are alerted by a message announcing that the broadcast will end on December 31, 2021.

In the weeks and months to come, will intensify this broadcasting.

Broadcasting in the AM range was very expensive for Czech radio. The director general of the public establishment René Zavoral has confirmed on several occasions that this distribution is of the order of tens of millions of crowns per year.

Dvojka and other Czech radio stations are broadcast in the ČRo DAB + multiplex, on FM and online.

(The above text was Google-translated from the original text in French: Radios du Monde fb group (2021-09-12) and Svenn Martinsen (2021-09-21) via mediumwave.info via Mike Terry)

Private radio stations on mediumwave

There are three private radio stations on mediumwave in the Czech Republic:

Radio Dechkova Radio Dechovka is a private radio station focusing on folk music with special programmes devoted to brass music in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. It also plays "old Prague" songs, popular songs from the 1960s and traditional music. Transmitter site: Hradec Králové-Stěžery - 10 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily Czech 792 Note: Líbeznice/Bořanovice with 10 kW planned for 1260 kHz.

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Radio Impuls Radio Impuls is a private radio station operating in the Czech Republic . It was formed in 1999 , when it replaced the nationwide radio station Alfa Radio, which did not defend its license. Radio Impuls is the most listened radio station in the Czech Republic. Since September 2014, an additional service called Český Impuls has been broadcast on 981 kHz specialising in Czech songs mostly from the 60s to the 80s. Transmitter sites: Líbeznice/Bořanovice - 10 kW and Moravské Budejovice-Domamil - 5 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily Czech 981

Country Radio Country Radio is the first music station that specialises exclusively in country music genres. It is one of the most successful regional radios on the Czech market. Transmitter site: Prague-Zbraslav - 20 kW (reduces to 1 kW between 1700-0400). Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily Czech 1062

International broadcasting on shortwave

Radio Prague International Radio Prague International (Český rozhlas 7) is the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic. Although shortwave broadcasts directly from the Czech Republic ceased in 2011, Radio Prague is now heard on Radio Miami International in Florida and Shortwaveservice in Germany. Transmitter sites: Radio Miami International, Okeechobee, Florida (rmi) - 100 kW; Kall-Krekel, Germany (kll) - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0130-0200 Tue-Sat English North America 5800-rmi 0200-0230 Daily Spanish Latin America 9955-rmi 0230-0300 Daily Spanish Caribbean 5010-rmi 0300-0330 Daily English Latin America 9955-rmi 0330-0400 Daily French Latin America 9955-rmi 0400-0430 Daily English Latin America 5800-rmi 0930-1000 Daily German Europe 6005-kll 1130-1200 Daily Spanish Caribbean 5010-rmi 1200-1230 Mon-Sat English Latin America 9955-rmi 2100-2130 Daily English North America, Europe 15770-rmi 2130-2200 Daily French North America, Europe 15770-rmi 2330-0000 Daily English North America 5850-rmi

Denmark

DR Radio (DR) DR is the national public radio service of Denmark. All national, regional and local services from DR are mostly on FM and digital platforms. The exception is DR Langbølge on longwave.

DR Langbølge DR Langbølge operates on 243 kHz longwave (LW = LB "Langbølge") and is used to cover nearby seas with news and weather broadcasts. Transmitter site: Kalundborg - 50 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 0345-0405, 0600-0705, 0945-1015, 1545-1615 Danish 243

Note: News from P1 or P4: 0400-0405, 0600-0605, 0700-0705, 1000-1015, 1600-1603. Weather reports: 0345-0400, 0645-0700, 0945-1000, 1545-1600; Navigational warnings: 1603-1610.

Private radio stations on mediumwave / shortwave

Radio OZ-Viola Radio OZ-Viola is a small low power legal hobby AM radio station broadcasting from Hillerød, Denmark, on 5980 kHz. Transmitter site: Hillerød, Denmark - 0.1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 1100-1300 Sat/Sun English 5980 (6055-alt 2100-2200 Wed English 5980 (6055-alt)

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World Music Radio World Music Radio (WMR) first went on the air in 1967 from the Netherlands, and later broadcast via Radio Andorra, Radio Milano International and Radio - as well as via FM stations in and France. In 1997 WMR came back for a short time from a new HQ in Denmark using transmitters in South Africa. In 2004 WMR was re-launched from its own transmitters in Denmark. Transmitter site: Hvidore (hvi) - 0.3 kW; Bramming (brm) - 0.2 kW; Maarslet (maa) - 0.1 kW; Randers (rnd) - 0.2 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily English 927-hvi* 5930-brg 25800-maa 0700-2000 Sat/Sun English 15790-rnd (and irregularly at other times)

* WMR is currently off the air on 927 kHz due to technical problems.

Radio208 Radio208 plays progressice classic rock from 1964-1984 with no studio hosts. Transmitter site: Ishøj, Denmark (ish) - 0.5 kW (but currently 0.2 kW); Hvidovre, Denmark (hvi) - 0.15 kW. Time/UTC Days kHz 24 hours Daily 1440-ish 5970-hvi

Estonia

Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) ERR is the public broadcast service of . All domestic broadcasting from ERR is on FM only.

International broadcasting on mediumwave

Radio Eli The mediumwave transmitter on 1035 kHz is owned by Tartu Pereraadio for broadcasts to Russia. It is used by Tartuiskoye Semeinoye Radio, operating under the name of Radio Eli. TWR has discontinued use of this transmitter for its broadcasts in Russian. Transmitter site: Tartu - 100 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0300-0900 Daily Russian 1035 1400-2300 Daily Russian 1035

Sergey Kolomiytsev reports that Radio Eli has a relay of Radio Teos daily at 2100-2200 and weekends at 0500-0600.

Faroe Islands

Kringvarp Føroya Kringvarp Føroya is the national broadcasting company of the Faroe Islands. It was founded on 1 January 2005 after a merging of the national Faroese radio (Útvarp Føroya) and the national Faroese Television (Sjónvarp Føroya). All domestic broadcasting is on FM except for Kringvarp Føroya Útvarpid on 531 kHz mediumwave.

Kringvarp Føroya Útvarpid Kringvarp Føroya Útvarpid is the national radio station of the Faroe Islands broadcasting on mediumwave and FM. Transmitter site: Akraberg - 10 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily Faroese 531

Finland

Yleisradio Oy () Yleisradio Oy (Finnish), also known as Rundradion (Swedish) or the Finnish Broadcasting Company (English), abbreviated to YLE, is Finland's national public broadcasting company.

Broadcasts on shortwave from Yle were closed at the end of 2006. Expatriate organisations had been campaigning for a continued service, but their efforts did not succeed in maintaining the service or even in slowing the process. The decision also affected a high-powered mediumwave on 963 kHz. A smaller medium wave covering the Gulf of Finland region (558 kHz) remained on air for a few more years.

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Private radio stations on mediumwave/shortwave

Scandinavian Weekend Radio Scandinavian Weekend Radio (SWR) transmitter site is located in the Virratcity, Upper Tampere Region, Liedenpohja village. The station broadcasts mainly on the first Saturday of every month for 24 hours of shortwave, mediumwave and FM starting 0001 local time, +2h (Summer +3h). The station offers an alternative for radio operations who are interested the opportunity to participate in private radio. The station is free of playlists and contributes to the radio hobby. Transmitter site: Virrat, Pirkanmaa, Finland (vir) - 0.4 kW. Remaining dates (UTC) of operation for 2021: 8 October, 5 November and 3 December. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 2100-0900 Fri Finnish/English 1602 6170 11690 0900-1300 Sat Finnish/English 1602 5980 11720 1300-1600 Sat Finnish/English 1602 5980 11690 1600-2100 Sat Finnish/English 1602 5980 11720

France

Radio France is the French public broadcasting service. It has now ceased all domestic broadcasting on longwave and mediumwave and is on FM and digital platforms only.

Private radio stations on mediumwave

Bretagne 5 Bretagne 5 is a private radio station located in Brittany. It was originally called Littoral AM but was relaunched in June 2015 as the first community radio station authorised to broadcast on mediumwave in France. Transmitter site: Saint Gouéno, Brittany - 10 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily French 1593

International broadcasting on mediumwave

TWR Europe and CAMENA TWR Europe and CAMENA (a regional abbreviation for outreaches to Central Asia, Middle East, and North Africa) is a division of TWR International. The following schedule is for broadcasts from the transmitter at Roumoules. Transmitter site: Roumoules, France (1000 kW). Time/UTC Days Language kHz 1945-2015 Mon-Fri Polish 1467 2015-2045 Mon-Sat Kabyl 1467 2045-2200 Daily Arabic 1467

International broadcasting on shortwave

Radio France Internationale Radio France Internationale, generally known its acronym RFI, is a subsidiary of France Médias Monde, which oversees the audiovisual sector outside France. RFI broadcasts primarily to Africa. Transmitter sites: Issoudun, France (iss) - 500 kW (DRM 1 kW); Talata Volonondry, Madagascar (mdc) - 250 kW; Paochung, Taiwan (pao) - 100kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 24 hours Daily French Europe 3965 0400-0500 Daily French Africa 9790-iss 11700-iss 0430-0500 Daily Swahili East Africa 9655-mdc 0500-0600 Daily French Africa 9790-iss 11700-iss 13695-iss 0530-0600 Daily Swahili East Africa 13740-mdc 0600-0630 Daily Hausa West Africa 11995-iss 13740-iss 0600-0700 Daily French Africa 9790-iss 11700-iss 13695-iss 15300-iss 0700-0730 Daily Mandingo West Africa 13660-iss 0700-0730 Daily Hausa West Africa 13740-iss 15315-iss 0700-0800 Daily French Africa 11700-iss 13695-iss 15300-iss 17850-iss 0730-0800 Daily Fulani West Africa 13660-iss 0800-0830 Daily Mandingo West Africa 15455-iss 0800-0900 Daily French Africa 13695-iss 15300-iss 15320-iss 17850-iss 0830-0900 Daily Fulani West Africa 15455-iss 0900-1000 Daily French Africa 13695-iss 15300-iss 15320-iss 17850-iss

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1000-1100 Daily French Africa 13695-iss 15300-iss 15320-iss 17660-iss 1200-1230 Daily Mandingo West Africa 17815-iss 1200-1300 Daily French Africa 15300-iss 17620-iss 17660-mdc 21690-iss 1300-1330 Daily Fulani West Africa 15300-iss 1300-1400 Sun Vietnamese South-East Asia 9650-pao 1500-1600 Daily Swahili East Africa 25775-iss 1600-1700 Daily Hausa West Africa 15300-iss 1700-1730 Daily Mandingo West Africa 13720-iss 1700-1800 Daily French Africa 15300-iss 17850-iss 21580-iss 1730-1800 Daily Fulfulde West Africa 13720-iss 1800-1900 Daily French Africa 13740-iss 15300-iss 17850-iss 21690-iss 1900-2000 Daily French Africa 11995-iss 13740-iss 15300-iss 17850-iss 2000-2030 Daily Hausa West Africa 9690-iss 2000-2100 Daily French Africa 7205-iss 9790-iss 11995-iss 2100-2200 Daily French Africa 7205-iss 9790-iss

TDF International Broadcasting Centre - Issoudun TDF (which stands for Télédiffusion de France officially renamed TDF in 2004) is a French company which provides radio and television transmission services, services for telecommunications ope ators, and other multimedia services, digitisation of content, encoding, storage, etc. Its headquarters are located in Paris. It is the dominant partner in the HDRR WiMAX consortium. It is also part of Digital Radio Mondiale. The International broadcasting centre of TDF is at Issoudun/Ste Aoustrille. Issoudun is currently used by TDF for shortwave transmissions. The site uses 12 rotary ALLISS antennas fed by 12 transmitters of 500 kW each to transmit shortwave broadcasts by Radio France International (RFI), along with other broadcast services. Transmitter site: Issoudun - 12 x 500 kW (currently operating at 100, 150, 250 & 500 kW). The schedule below excludes RFI transmissions which are listed above. Time/UTC Days Station Language Target kHz 0100-0200 Daily Radio República Spanish Caribbean 9490 0200-0300 Fri-Mon Radio República Spanish Caribbean 9490 0200-0400 Daily NHK World Japan Japanese Central America/Caribbean 6105 0230-0530 Daily Radio Dengȇ Welat Kurdish/Turkish Middle East 9525 0400-0500 Daily Radio Algérienne Arabic/French North Africa/Sahel 6050 0400-0500 Daily DW International Tigrinya Horn of Africa 11570 0430-0500 Mon-Fri NHK World Japan English Southern Africa 7355 0500-0530 Daily NHK World Japan English Southern Africa 7355 0500-0600 Daily Radio Algérienne Arabic/French North Africa/Sahel 7295 9535 0530-0600 Daily NHK World Japan French West Africa 11730 0600-0630 Daily NHK World Japan Arabic North Africa/Middle East 11730 0600-0700 Daily Radio Algérienne Arabic/French North Africa/Sahel 9620 0630-0700 Daily Hausa West Africa 11850 15215 0700-0800 Daily Manara Radio Int Hausa West Africa 13710 0800-1000 Daily NHK World Japan Japanese West Africa 15290 1300-1400 Daily Deutsche Welle Hausa West Africa 15215 1325-1530 Sat Deutsche Welle Hausa West Africa 15195 15350 1430-1500 Daily NHK World Japan Persian West Asia 13680 1500-1600 Daily Radio Tamazuj Arabic South Sudan 15400 1500-1600 Daily DW International Tigrinya Horn of Africa 17750 1600-1630 Daily R Dirree Shaggar Oromo Horn of Africa 15415 1600-1700 Daily Deutsche Welle Amharic Horn of Africa 13775 15275 1600-1700 Daily Manara Radio Int Hausa West Africa 15285 1600-1700 Daily R Tigray Media House Tigrinya Horn of Africa 17750 1600-1800 Daily Radio Dengȇ Welat Kurdish Middle East 11530 1630-1700 Wed/Sat Voice of Yiakl Tigrinya Horn of Africa 11760 1630-1700 Daily AWR Somali Horn of Africa 17570 1700-1730 Daily R Dirree Shaggar Oromo Horn of Africa 15490 1700-1800 Daily Voice of Tigray Dawn Tigrinya Horn of Africa 15340 1700-1900 Daily NHK World Japan Japanese Southern Africa 11945 1800-1830 Daily Dandal Kura Radio Int. Kanuri West Africa 11830 1800-1900 Daily Deutsche Welle Hausa West Africa 11850 15215 1800-1900 Daily Radio Algérienne Arabic North Africa/Sahel 13815 1600-1800 Daily Radio Dengȇ Welat Kurdish Middle East 9525 1900-2000 Daily Radio Algérienne Arabic/French North Africa/Sahel 11985 12060 1900-2000 Sun Radio Taiwan Int French West Africa 13835 1900-2100 Daily NHK World Japan Japanese West & Central Africa 15130 1930-2000 Daily AWR Ibo West Africa 12070 2000-2030 Daily AWR Mossi West Africa 9770

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2000-2100 Daily KBS World Radio French North & West Africa 5950 2000-2100 Daily Radio Algérienne Arabic/French North Africa/Sahel 9510 9655 2030-2100 Daily AWR Yoruba West Africa 11790 2100-2200 Daily Radio Algérienne Arabic/French North Africa/Sahel 5930 5940 2200-2300 Daily Radio Algérienne Arabic/French North Africa/Sahel 5930

Radio For Peace International RFPI broadcasts are structured around conferences lasting 45-50 minutes on subjects touching on peace, humanism, human rights, the environment, freedom of the press. The objective is not to impose a reality but to provide food for thought so that everyone can walk in respect, listening, dialogue in order to co-build peace. Transmitter sites: WRMI Okeechibee FL, USA (rmi) - 100 kW; Channel 292, Rohrbach, Germany (rob) 10 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0000-0100 Sunday French North & Central America 9395-rmi 1300-1400 Sunday French Europe, North Africa, Middle East 15770-rmi 1400-1500 3rd Thursday of the month French West Africa 21525-rmi 2000-2100 Daily French Europe, North Africa, Middle East 7780 -rmi 2000-2100 Friday French Europe, North Africa, Middle East 15770-rmi 2100-2200* 2nd Saturday of the month French Europe 6070-rob 2200-2300 Wednesday French South America 9955-rmi Note: * RFPI schedule says 2100-2200 UTC, but Channel 292 schedule indicates 2000-2100 UTC.

Germany

There are many domestic radio stations in Germany. They are licensed by media authorities in individual states, a result of Germany's federal structure. However, all domestic longwave, mediumwave and shortwave broadcasting from the states, with the exception of those private radio stations mentioned below, has now been discontinued in favour of FM and digital platforms.

Low-power private radio stations on mediumwave

There are a number of low-power mediumwave broadcasting stations in Germany that have started since the demise of regional, national and international broadcasting on long and mediumwave. Those stations currently believed to be on-air, either permanently or for special occasions, are:

Museumssender Cham Transmitter site: Cham, Bavaria - 0.001 kW. : 801 kHz with occasional special event broadcasts. Further details: website

Wertingen Radio & Telefonmuseum Transmitter site: Wertingen, Bavaria - 0.001 kW. Frequency: 801 kHz on the third Sunday of the month 1400-1700 local time and occasional special event broadcasts. Further details: website

Funkerberg - Sender und Funktechnikmuseum Königs Wusterhausen - Rundfunkstadt Transmitter site: Königs Wusterhausen, Brandenburg - 0.009 kW. Frequency: 810 kHz with "Welle 370" on the 3rd Sunday of the month from 1400 local time and occasional special event broadcasts. Further details: website

Funklust Transmitter site: Erlangen, Bavaria ("Joe") - 0.003 kW (0.1 kW between 1700-0500 UTC) Frequency: 1485kHz at 0400-0000 UTC with programmes produced by Funklust, a student radio station, and then between 0000-0400 has test tones that provide the opportunity for DXers in Europe to hear this low-power transmitter. Further details: website

Radio Eule Transmitter site: Munich, Bavaria - 0.001 kW. Frequency: 1500 kHz with occasional special event broadcasts. Further details: website Latest: Radio Eule, the small transmitter of the Deutsches Museum in Munich on MW 1500 kHz will have to stop broadcasting for 6 months from next week due to the renovation of the whole building, reports Thomas Nilsson, who heard the 10 watt station in and received reception confirmation. (Google translation; original report from Christoph DXer to A-DX Fernempfang FB group, 1 August 2021, via Ydun's Medium Wave Info)

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International broadcasting on shortwave

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany's public international broadcaster. While funded by the German government, the work of DW is regulated by the Deutsche Welle Act, meaning that content is always independent of government influence. All DW transmissions have ceased from their own shortwave transmitter sites in Germany and overseas and DW now hires airtime on other facilities. Transmitter sites: Dhabbaya, UAE (dha) - 250 kW; Issoudun, France (iss) - 250/500 kW. Nauen, Germany (nau) - 250 kW; Pinheira, Sao Tome (sao) - 100 kW Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0630-0700 Daily Hausa West Africa 9830-sao 11850-iss 15215-iss 1300-1400 Daily Hausa West Africa 9830-sao 11850-sao 15215-iss 1400-1430 Daily Dari Afghanistan 15230-nau 15390-dha 1430-1500 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 15230-nau 15390-dha 1600-1700 Daily Amharic Horn of Africa 15275-iss 17800-iss 1800-1900 Daily Hausa West Africa 9830-iss 11850-iss 15215-iss

Deutsche Welle also provides coverage of Bundesliga matches in Hausa on Saturdays during the football season. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 1325-1530 Sat Hausa West Africa 15195-iss 15350-iss

Media Broadcast GmbH Media Broadcast is Germany's largest service provider in the broadcasting and media industry. On shortwave, MBR own and operate the transmitter site at Nauen in Germany (see below) and also broker usage on transmitters at Issoudun (France), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Moosbrunn (Austria), Okeechobee (Florida USA), Sofia (Bulgaria), Talata Volonondry (Madagascar), Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Yerevan (Armenia).

MBR shortwave relays from Nauen The Nauen Transmitter Station in Nauen, Havelland district, Brandenburg, Germany, is owned and operated by Media Broadcast GmbH (MBR) and offers airtime to various international and religious broadcasting organisations. Transmitter site: Nauen - 2 x 100 kW & 4 x 500 kW (operating at 125 or 250 kW). Time/UTC Days Station Language Target kHz 0000-0200 Sun Mighty KBC Radio Dutch/English North America 5960 0300-0500 Daily NHK World Japan Japanese Middle/Near East 9490 0430-0500 Daily Adventist World Radio French North Africa 6155 0430-0500 Daily NHK World Japan Russian Eastern Europe 6165 0500-0515 Fri Bible Voice Broadcasting Arabic Middle East 9735 0600-0615 Daily Bible Voice Broadcasting Arabic North & West Africa 11655 0600-0630 Daily Adventist World Radio French West Africa 15455 0700-0800 Daily Adventist World Radio Arabic North Africa 15220 0700-0800 Daily Dandal Kura Radio International Kanuri West Africa 15260 0830-0900 Daily Adventist World Radio Tachelhit North Africa 15220 0900-1000 Sun Adventist World Radio Italian Europe 9610 1000-1100 1st Sat/qtr Radio SE-TA 2 German Europe 6165 1030-1100 Sat/Sun Evang. Missions-Gemeinden German Europe 6055 1300-1330 Mon-Fri Adventist World Radio Chinese Western China 15710 1300-1330 Sat/Sun Adventist World Radio Uighur Western China 15710 1330-1400 Daily Adventist World Radio Chinese Western China 15715 1400-1430 1st Sat Bible Voice Broadcasting English South Asia 15265 1430-1445 Sun Pan American Broadcasting English South Asia 15205 1430-1500 Sat Bible Voice Broadcasting English South Asia 15265 1530-1600 Daily Adventist World Radio Hindi South Asia 15215 1530-1600 Thu/Fri Adventist World Radio Tibetan Tibet & environs 15670 1530-1600 Sat-Wed Adventist World Radio English Tibet & environs 15670

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1530-1600 Sat HCJB Voice of Andes Chechen Caucasus 13800 1600-1630 Sat HCJB Voice of Andes Russian Caucasus 13800 1600-1630 Sun-Tue Bible Voice Broadcasting Oromo Horn of Africa 15310 1600-1700 Sun Pan American Broadcasting English Middle East 11830 1630-1700 Daily Adventist World Radio Amharic Horn of Africa 17725 1630-1700 Daily Adventist World Radio Tigrinya Horn of Africa 15490 1630-1700 Sat/Sun Bible Voice Broadcasting Somali Horn of Africa 15310 1630-1730 Tue Bible Voice Broadcasting Amharic Horn of Africa 15310 1700-1730 Wed/Thu Bible Voice Broadcasting Amharic Horn of Africa 15310 1700-1800 Wed/Fri/Sun Voice of Oromo Liberation Oromo/Amharic Horn of Africa 15420 1700-1900 Daily NHK World Japan Japanese Middle East 13690 1730-1800 Sun Bible Voice Broadcasting Amharic Horn of Africa 15310 1730-1800 Sat Bible Voice Broadcasting Oromo Horn of Africa 15310 1730-1800 Tue/Wed Bible Voice Broadcasting Tigrinya Horn of Africa 15310 1730-1800 Daily Adventist World Radio Oromo Horn if Africa 17720 1800-1830 Fri Bible Voice Broadcasting Persian Iran 9610 1800-1900 Thu Bible Voice Broadcasting Persian Iran 9610 1830-1900 Tue/Sun Bible Voice Broadcasting Persian Iran 9610 1815-1830 Sun Bible Voice Broadcasting English Middle East 9635 1830-1915 Sun Bible Voice Broadcasting English Middle East 9635 1900-2000 Daily Adventist World Radio Arabic North Africa 11800 1930-2000 Daily Adventist World Radio Tachelhit North Africa 11955 2000-2030 Daily Adventist World Radio French Central Africa 9760 2000-2030 Daily Adventist World Radio French North Africa 9780 2100-2130 Daily Adventist World Radio Nigerian Pidgin West Africa 9800 2130-2200 Daily Adventist World Radio Twi West Africa 9800 Note: additional transmissions from Nauen may be added at short notice.

USAGM Germany Transmitting Station (shortwave relays from Biblis and Lampertheim) The USAGM Germany Transmitting Stations at Biblis and Lampertheim are used for Voice of America and RFE/RL transmissions to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Transmitter site: Biblis, Germany (bib) - 11x 100 kW; Lampertheim, Germany (lam) - 9 x 100 kW. Time/UTC Days Station Language Target kHz 0030-0100 Daily VOA Pashto Pashto Afghanistan 7495-lam 0100-0130 Daily VOA Dari Dari Afghanistan 7495-lam 0100-0200 Daily Radio Free Asia Uighur Western China 9800-bib 0130-0200 Daily VOA Pashto Pashto Afghanistan 7495-lam 0200-0230 Daily VOA Dari Dari Afghanistan 7495-lam 0230-0300 Daily RFE/RL Radio Azadi Pashto Afghanistan 7495-lam 0200-0230 Daily RFE/RL Radio Azadi Dari Afghanistan 7495-lam 0230-0300 Daily RFE/RL Radio Azadi Pashto Afghanistan 9480-bib 0300-0330 Daily RFE/RL Radio Azadi Dari Afghanistan 9480-bib 0300-0630 Daily Radio Farda Persian Iran 9370-lam 0330-0430 Daily RFE/RL Radio Azadi Pashto Afghanistan 9480-bib 0530-1600 Daily Radio Farda Persian Iran 15690-bib 0830-1530 Daily Radio Farda Persian Iran 17830-lam 1100-1200 Daily Radio Free Asia Tibetan Tibet & environs 15265-bib 1100-1230 Daily Radio Farda Persian Iran 9370-lam 1100-1300 Daily Radio Farda Persian Iran 12005-lam 1200-1300 Daily Radio Free Asia Tibetan Tibet & environs 17720-lam 1300-1700 Daily RFE/RL Mashaal Radio Pashto Afghanistan/Pakistan 15640-lam 1400-1500 Daily Voice of America Kurdish Middle East 11985-bib 1400-1500 Daily RFE/RL Radio Azatlyk Turkmen Central Asia 12005-bib 1400-1500 Daily Voice of America Tibetan Tibet & environs 15730-bib 17690-lam 1400-1600 Daily RFE/RL Radio Ozodi Tajik Central Asia 11850-lam 15450-lam 1400-1500 Daily Voice of America Tibetan Tibet & environs 15730-bib 17690-lam 1600-1700 Daily Voice of America Tibetan Tibet & environs 9670-lam 1600-1700 Daily RFE/RL Radio Ozodlik Uzbek Central Asia 11790-bib 1600-1700 Daily Radio Free Asia Uighur Western China 15700-bib 1630-1700 Mon-Fri VOA South Sudan in Focus English South Sudan 15660-lam 1700-1800 Daily Voice of America Kurdish Middle East 7435-bib 11760-bib 1700-1900 Daily VOA Deewa Radio Pashto Afghanistan 12035-lam 1900-2000 Daily Voice of America Kurdish Middle East 6170-bib 7225-bib

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Privately-owned shortwave transmitters

Several privately-owned shortwave transmitters have been licensed in Germany and the owners either broadcast their own programmes and/or those produced by other organisations. Transmitters currently on-air are:

kHz Operator Transmitter Power Time/UTC 3955 Radio Channel 292 Rohrbach 10 kW 24 hours 3975 Shortwave Winsen 1 kW 1800-2200 3985 Shortwaveservice Kall-Krekei 1 kW 1400-2200 3995 Radio HCJB Deutschland Weenermoor 1.5 kW 24 hours 5905 Deutscher Wetterdienst Pinneburg 10 kW 0555-0635, 1155-1235, 1955-2035 5920 Radio HCJB Deutschland Weenermoor 1.5 kW 0600-1600 6005 Shortwaveservice Kall-Krekei 1 kW 0800-1600 6070 Radio Channel 292 Rohrbach 10 kW 24 hours 6085 Shortwaveservice Kall-Krekei 1 kW 0700-1700 (Radio Mi Amigo International) 6115 Radio SE-TA 2 Gera 1 kW Irregularly 1000-1200 6150 Europa 24 Datteln 0.25 kW 0800-1600 6160 Shortwave Gold Winsen 1 kW 1800-2200, Sat 1000-1600, Sun 0800-1600 6180 Deutscher Wetterdienst Pinneburg 10 kW 0555-0635, 1155-1235, 1955-2035 7365 Radio HCJB Deutschland Weenermoor 3 kW 0800-1300 9670 Radio Channel 292 Rohrbach 10 kW 24 hours

Channel 292 Channel 292 use the transmitter at Rohrback, which is licensed to Intermedicom GmbH. The schedule includes programmes produced by third party organisations. Further details: Channel 292 website Transmitter site: Rohrbach, Waal - 10 kW. Time/UTC Days kHz 24 hours Daily 3955 24 hours Daily 6070 24 hours Daily 9670

Overcomer via Channel 292 (3955, 6070, 9670 kHz): Channel 292’s Newsletter informs us: "As you know, we don't run our transmitters only for booked programmes, but the remaining about 440 hours per week we fill with own program and music. More than 33 €-cents per kWh results in expensive costs for energy, and additionally costs for technics, fees, etc. Therefore we are happy, even if not anybody might like it, that starting tomorrow, 16 August, once again we can fill the non booked hours with programme of Overcomer Ministry, because this will keep our station on air for some time. If you want to support Radio Channel 292 without having to pay anything, you can do this by sending as many reception reports as possible for this program to: [email protected] Every report helps to keep our station on air!" (via Alan Pennington, Allen Dean, BDXC Communication - September 2021)

Europa 24 (Radio Marabu) Europa 24 owns a transmitter at Datteln, which is licensed to Interessengemeinschaft Hochfrequenztechnik e.V. Airtime, and is leased to Radio Marabu, a non-commercial, German radio station with a focus on alternative music. Further details: Radio Marabu website Transmitter site: Datteln - 0.25 kW. Time/UTC Days kHz 0800-1600 Daily 6150

Radio HCJB Deutschland The German department of HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, was founded in 1953 and began producing programmes for German-speakers in Europe and South America. More recently, the Radio HCJB eV working group in Germany has been campaigning for more Christian programmes on the radio and to achieve this a range of programmes for Central Europe has been expanded step by step since 2012, and is now broadcast around the clock. German-language programmes are also produced by partner organistations. Further details: Radio HCJB Germany website Transmitter site: Weenermoor - 1.5 kW ( on 3995 & 5920 kHz) and 3 kW (on 7365 kHz) UTC Days Language kHz 0400-0500 Daily Russian 3995 0500-0400 Daily German 3995 0600-1600 Daily German 5920 0800-1300 Daily German 7365

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Radio SE-TA 2 Radio SE-TA 2 broadcasts primarily in German to German citizens living outside of Germany. Programmes include information and music from Germany to maintain their connection to home. Transmitter site: Naquen, Germany (nau) - 125 kW; Hartenstein, Saxony, Germany (ger) - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 1000-1100 1st Sat of each new quarter German 6095-nau (next transmission will be on Saturday 2 October 2021) 1000-1200 irregularly 1000-1200 German 6115-har

Shortwave Gold Shortwaveradio owns and operates shortwave transmitters at Winsen. The station is run by shortwave radio enthusiasts on a non-political and non-commercial basis. Further details: Shortwaveradio website Transmitter site: Winsen, Aller - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days kHz 0800-1600 Sun 6160 1000-1600 Sat 6160 1800-2200 Daily 3975 1800-2200 Daily 6160

Shortwaveradio report "... cooperation with Europe24 on 6150 kHz continues. Watch out for joint programming from Europe24 / Shortwave Radio on 3975, 6150 and 6160 kHz during the week. You can listen to either Europe24 shows or Shortwave Radio content on those three outlets"

Shortwaveservice The shortwave transmitters at Kall are owned and operated by Shortwaveservice and are located on the site of a former utility radio station of the German police force. As well as its own programmes on Sunday, Shortwaveservice relays an extensive selection of programmes produced by various organisations and also acts as a broker for transmissions aired over Radio CJSC facilities in Armenia. Further details: Shortwaveservice website Transmitter site: Kall, Krekel - 1 kW. 3985 kHz 1400-1420 in German 1420-1440 Radio Belarus in Spanish 1440-1500 Radio Belarus in French 1500-1530 Radio Tirana International in German 1530-1600 Radio Slovakia International in French 1600-1700 SRF Echo der Zeit in German 1700-1800 Radio Belarus in English (but reported at 1800-1900 on 24 July 2021) 1800-1830 Radio Slovakia International in German 1830-1900 Radio Slovakia International in French 1900-2000 Radio Belarus in English 2000-2200 Radio Belarus in German

6005 kHz 0800-0900 Radio International in German 0900-0930 Radio Slovakia International in English 0930-1000 Radio Prague in German 1000-1030 Radio Slovakia International in English 1030-1100 SRF Rendez-Vous in German 1100-1130 Radio Slovakia International in German 1130-1200 Radio Slovakia International in French 1200-1230 Voice of Mongolia in English (Mon-Sat); Radio Amathusia in Dutch (Sun) 1230-1300 Radio Tirana International in English (Mon-Sat); Radio Amathusia in Dutch (Sun) 1300-1330 Radio Slovakia International in German 1330-1400 Radio Slovakia International in French 1400-1430 Radio Slovakia International in Spanish 1430-1500 Radio Slovakia International in English 1500-1530 Polish Radio in German 1530-1600 Radio Slovakia International in English

6085 kHz 0700-1700 Radio Mi Amigo International

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Other notable German shortwave stations

Deutscher Wetterdienst Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Germany's National Meteorological Service, broadcasts shipping forecasts for the Baltic and the North Sea each day at the times specified below. Further details: DWD website Transmitter site: Pinneberg - 10 kW. Time/UTC Days kHz 0555-0635 Daily 5905 6180 1155-1235 Daily 5905 6180 1955-2035 Daily 5905 6180

Evangelische Missions-Gemeinden Evangelische Missions-Gemeinden is produced by Missionswerk Evangelische Missions-Gemeinden in Deutschland e.V. Transmitter site: Nauen, Germany (nau) - 250 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 1030-1100 Sat/Sun German 6055-nau

Radio DARC Radio DARC is produced by the association of German radio amateurs, Deutscher Amatuer-Radio-Club e.V. (DARC). Transmitter site: Moosbrunn, Austria (mos) - 100 kW; Rohrbach, Waal, Germany (rob) - 1 kW Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0900-1000 Sun German 6070-mos 9670-rob 1500-1600 Mon German 6070-rob 9670-rob 1900-2000 Mon German 3955-rob

Radio Joystick Radio Joystick is a long established radio station that started as a pirate operation but has since been relayed legally on shortwave. Transmitter site: Moosbrunn, Austria (mos) - 100 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 1000-1100 Sun German 7330-mos

Radio Öömerang Radio Öömrang (Amrum) has an annual broadcast usually in February in the North Frisian dialect, German and English. The February date coincides with local festivities in Amrum in the German North Frisian Islands. Transmitter site: to be confirmed for 2022 (brokered by Media Broadcast so likely to be Issoudun or Nauen) Time/UTC Next broadcast Languages kHz 1600-1700 Tuesday 21 February 2022 North Frisian dialect, German and English 15215 (subject to confirmation)

Studio52 Radio Group The Studio52 radio group is a network of small hobby radio stations in the Netherlands and Germany. They stream their programmes from studios in the Netherlands and Germany (using the Radio60! streaming service) and sometimes via a shortwave transmitter. The current members are Studio52 (Netherlands), Das Radio (Germany) , Radio60! (Germany), Telstar-Radio (Netherlands), Odynn-Radio (Nethelrands), Radio Dutchwing (Netherlands) and DJ Nick (Netherlands).

News from Studio52: "With "Telstar-Radio", another member of the Studio52-Radio group has now also received authorization from the German authorities to broadcast the program via the shortwave transmitters of Media Broadcast in Nauen / Germany. The first 3h-Live broadcast will run on Saturday , May 22nd , 2021 from 11:00 to 14:00 UTC on the already known frequency 6045 kHz with 100kW for Western Europe. You will hear beautiful English, German and Dutch music from the good old days in the style of Dutch free and pirateradiotradition". (studio52radiogroup.jimdofree.com)

Welle 370 Welle 370 is a monthly programme produced by Förderverein Sender Königs Wusterhausen e.V., the association in charge of maintaining the the museum at the historical "Funkerberg" transmitter site in Königs Wusterhausen (see entry for 810 kHz mediumwave). Transmitter site: Moosbrunn, Austria (mos) - 100 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0800-0900 first Sunday of the month German 6140-mos

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) GBC is Gibraltar's public service broadcaster. It operates Radio Gibraltar on mediumwave and FM.

Radio Gibraltar Plus Transmitter site: Maida Vale - 4 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily English/Spanish 1485 includes Spanish prgrs Mon-Fri 1200-1400

Greece

Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) ERT is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster for . ERT broadcast radio programmes under the name of Ellinikí Radiofonía. ERT in its current form was established on 11 June 2015.

ERA-1 ERA-1 is the main programme of ERT. Transmitters broadcasting ERA-1 may also carry regional programmes at certain times of the day and relay the Kosmos programme in the evenings. kHz Location kW Time Main prgr Regional prgr Overnight 729 Athia 70 24 hours ERA-1 1008 Kerkira 50 24 hours ERA-1 ERA Kerkiras relay Kosmos 93.6 overnight 1305 Tripoli 1 24 hours ERA-1 ERA Tripolis relay Kosmos 93.6 overnight 1404 50 24 hours ERA-1 ERA relay Kosmos 93.6 overnight

Kosmos 93.6 is the fourth public radio channel of Greece's public broadcaster, ERT. The programme consists of world music, jazz, folk, reggae, Latin idioms, black music and Afro and adult European pop.

Private radio stations on mediumwave

1431 AM 1431 AM is owned and operated by the Artistotle University of . Transmitter site: Thessaloniki - 0.35 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours Greek 1431

Ilida Radio Ilida Radio a commercial radio station based in Amaliada, with a mediumwave transmitter in nearby Kastro-Kyllini. Transmitter site: Kastro-Kyllini - 1 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours Greek 1584

International broadcasting on shortwave

ERT (I Foni tis Elladas, ) The Voice of Greece is the international service of Greek state radio. It is heard on shortwave with transmissions primarily for Europe and the Americas. However, these may be irregular and times of operation may vary. Transmitter site: Avlis - 2 x 100 kW & 1 x 150 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 1800-0700 irreg/Daily Greek Europe 9420 0700-0817 irreg/Mon-Fri see below Europe 9420 Note: believed to be operating at 150 kW.

There may be some variation to the Voice of Greece schedule when they are on air. Ivo Ivanov regularly monitors them and observed short news bulletins in six languages on 9420 kHz on 13 May 2021: 0707-0719 in Arabic, Serbian and Albanian 0719-0807 in Greek with Proto (First) programme 0807-0817 in Spanish, Romanian and Russian, and then off.

Since Wednesday 9 June 2021, Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz has been heard with much cleaner, crisper audio with very good signal strength, correcting a previous problem that had been noted. (John Gleeson, Birmingham, UK)

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Hungary

Magyar Rádió Magyar Rádió is Hungary's publicly funded radio broadcasting organisation.

MR P1 - Kossuth Rádió Kossuth Rádió is the First Programme of Magyar Radio, the national radio station of Hungary. Transmitter site: Solt, Great Hungarian Plain - 1000 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0230(0300sa/su)-2030 Daily Hungarian 540

MR P4 - Nemzetiségi adások Magyar Radio's P4 service, Nemzetiségi Adások, broadcasts in the languages of national minorities of Hungary. Transmitter sites: 873 kHz: Lakihegy - 20 kW and Pécs - 20 kW; 1188 kHz: Marcali - 300 kW and Szolnok - 100 kW; 1350 kHz: Györ - 5 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0600-1800 Daily National minority languages 873 1188 1350 Schedule: 0600-0800 Daily Croatian 1100-1130 Fri Ukrainian 0800-1000 Daily German 1100-1130 Sat Armenian 1003-1100 Mon-Fri Roma/Gypsy 1100-1155 Sun Hungarian ("In Our Home") 1003-1100 Sat/Sun Ethnic music 1130 -1200 Mon-Fri Ethnic music 1100-1130 Mon Slovenian 1130-1200 Sat Polish 1100-1130 Tue Rusyn/Ruthenian 1200-1400 Daily Serbian 1100-1130 Wed Greek 1400-1600 Daily Romanian 1100-1130 Thu Bulgarian 1600-1800 Daily Slovak

Dankó Rádió Dankó Rádió is one of the music radio channels of Hungarian Radio, which broadcasts Hungarian songs, folk music and operetta. The station is named after the Gypsy composer, Dankó Pista . Transmitter sites: 1116 kHz: Miskolc - 15 kW and Mosonmagyaróvár - 5 kW; 1251 kHz: Nyíregyháza - 25 kW and Szombathely - 25 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0230-1905 Daily Hungarian 1116 1251

Iceland

Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) RÚV is Iceland's national public-service broadcaster.

RÚV - Rás 1/2 RÚV broadcasts on two longwave transmitters. On 189 kHz, RÚV uses Western Europe's tallest radio mast at Gufuskálar, whilst there is a second longwave transmitter on 207 kHz at Eiðar in the east of Iceland. The longwave transmitters are intended to fill gaps in the FM coverage and serve the Icelandic fishing fleet. Transmitter sites: 189 kHz: Gufuskálar - 150 kW; 207 kHz: Eiðar - 75 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours Icelandic 189 207

Ireland

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) RTÉ is a semi-state company and the national public service broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland.

RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of RTÉ. The station offers a wide spectrum of programming which is mainly speech-based but also includes a fair amount of music. Transmitter site: Summerhill, County Meath - 150/60 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours English 252

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Private radio stations on mediumwave

Spirit Radio Spirit Radio is a Christian and religious radio station which began broadcasting in January 2011. In July 2012, due to licence obligations, the station extended its coverage by opening a mediumwave channel on 549 kHz. Transmitter site: Carrickroe, County Donegal - 11/25 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours English 549 Unlicensed radio stations on mediumwave

Radio North 846 AM Radio North 846 AM describes itself as "the Premier Oldies and Country station for Northern Ireland, the west of and the Scottish isles broadcasting region-wide. Radio North has been broadcasting for over 20 years and has established the largest audience for its genre of music. Radio North is also the premier station for advertisers and is constantly attracting new customers daily due to its easy listening programming". Transmitter site: Redcastle, County Donegal - 3 kW (unlicensed transmitter). Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours English 846

Radio Star Country Radio Star Country has been broadcasting over 981 kHz for over 25 years "bringing Gospel and Irish Country music province-wide, in Ireland". They say their focus "is on not just quality broadcasting, but also on providing Gospel ministries a reliable outlet to reach the nation with their message". Transmitter site: Emyvale, County Monaghan - 1 kW (unlicensed transmitter). Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours English 981

Italy

Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) RAI, commercially styled as Rai since 2000, is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

RAI Radio 1 (Radio Uno) specialises in news, sports, talk programmes, and popular music. It broadcasts in Italian. kHz Location kW Schedule Regional programmes 657 Pisa, PI (Tuscana ) 100 0400-2220 RAI Toscana: 0520-0530mo-sa, 1010-1030mo-sa, 1040-1100su 900 Milan, MI (Lombardia) 50 24 hours RAI Lombardia: 0520-0530mo-sa, 1010-1030mo-sa, 1040-1100su 936 Venezia, VE (Veneto) 5 0400-2200 RAI Veneto: 0520-0530mo-sa, 1010-1030mo-sa, 1040-1100su RAI : 1330-1400 999 Volpiano, TO (Piemonte) 50 0400-2200 RAI Piemonte 0520-0530mo-sa, 1010-1030mo-sa 1062 Cagliari, CA (Sardegna) 60 0400-2200 RAI Sardegna: 0520-0530mo-sa, 1010-1030mo-sa, 1040-1100su, 1630-1700 1062 Catania, CT (Sicilia) 20 24 hours RAI Sicilia: at 0520-0555 1062 Ancona, AN (Marche) 6 24 hours RAI Marche: 0520-0530mo-sa, 1010-1030mo-sa, 1040-1100su 1107 Rome, RM (Lazio) 1 24 hours RAI Lazio: 0520-0530mo-sa, 1010-1030mo-sa, 1040-1100su 1116 Palermo, PA (Sicilia) 10 0400-2200 1431 Foggia, FG (Puglia) 5 24 hours RAI Puglia: 0520-0530mo-sa, 1010-1030mo-sa, 1040-1100su 1449 Belluno, BL (Veneto) 2.5 0500-2300 RAI Veneto: 0520-0530mo-sa 1575 Genoa, GE (Liguria) 3 0500-2300 RAI Liguria at 0520-0530mo-sa, 1010-1030mo-sa

RAI, Trst A is aimed to the Slovene listeners in Friuli Venezia Giulia. kHz Location kW Schedule Programmes 981 , FVG 10 24 hours 0500(0600su)-1735 in Slovene (0800-0810mo-sa news in German), 1735-0500(0600su) relay RAI Radio 1 in Italian

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Private radio stations on mediumwave

There are a number of low power private radio stations on mediumwave in Italy. Some of the stations observed by DXers in the last twelve months include the following: kHz Station Location 693 Radio Zai.net Siziano, PV (Lombardia) - 2 kW 720 Radio Briscola Lenta, VC (Piemonte) - 0.2 kW 711 Media Radio Castellana Castel San Pietro Terme, BO (Emilia-Romagna) - 0.1 kW Radio King Italia Cerveteri, RM (Lazio) 720 Radio Diffusione Europea Trieste, TS (Friuli Venezia Giulia) - 0.1 kW 819 Radio Diffusione Europea Trieste, TS (Friuli Venezia Giulia) - 0.1 kW 918 AM Italia Villa Estense, PD (Veneto) - usually 1 kW but power increased to 10 kW for relays of IRRS Milano (see IRRS schedule below) - 918 replaced 594 from 28 Apr 2021. 927 Radio Milano Como, CO (Lombardia) - 1 kW (irregular tests) 1017 Amica Radio Veneta Vigonza, PD (Veneto) - 0.5 kW 1071 Radio Marina Vigonovo, VE (Venteo) - 0.15 kW 1098 Media Radio Castellana Castel San Pietro Terme, BO (Emilia-Romagna) - 0.1 kW 1188 Radio Studio X Pistoia, PT (Toscana) - 1 kW 1305 Radio Zai.net Coltano PI (Toscana) - 0.1 kW 1377 Radio One Pistoia, PT (Toscana) - 1 kW 1404 Radio 106 Zora Casalgrande, RE (Emilia-Romagna) 1440 Radio Z100 Milano Milano, MI (Lombardia) - 0.1 kW 1485 Radio Studio X Castellaccia, LI (Toscana) - 1 kW Regional Radio Otricoli, TR (Umbria) - 0.2 kW Radio Feltre Stereo Belluno, BL (Veneto) - 0.005 kW 1494 Radio in Somma Somma Vesuviana, NA (Campania) 1503 Radio Paradiso Scafati, SA (Campania) 1512 Mini Radio Castano Primo, MI (Lombardia) - 0.02 kW 1539 Radio Stereo 5 Pompei, NA (Campania) 1557 Milano XR Magenta, MI (Lombardia) 1566 Radio Kolbe Colli Berici, VI (Veneto) Radio Amiciza inBlu Polignano a Mare, BA (Apulia) 1584 Radio Diffusione Europea Trieste, TS (Friuli Venezia Giulia) - 1 kW Regional Radio Otricoli, TR (Umbria) - 1 kW Radio Studio X Arezzo, AR (Toscana) - 0.5 kW 1602 Radio Milano Milano, MI (Lombardia) - 1 kW DOT Radio Spello, PG (Umbria) - 0.15 kW Prêt-a-Porter Milano, MI (Lombardia) Radio 3 Network Poggibonsi, SI (Toscana) - 0.15 kW Radio Jeans Savona, SV (Liguria) - 0.1 kW Radio a Colori Bologna, BO (Emilia -Romagna) - 0.07 kW RTV Radio Treviso Treviso, TV (Veneto) - 0.02 kW

List updated with thanks to Christian Ghibaudo, whose observations appear in Ydun's Medium Wave Info (2021-08-02)

According to Radio Studio X, it transmits in "AM Stereo" on 1188 kHz. So not digital in DRM, but analog in AM. Radio Studio X is known for being the only European mediumwave transmitter to broadcast in AM stereo. It has already done this in the past, then on 1584 kHz. There are still countries today where analogue broadcasts are in AM stereo, for example Australia and the USA. Steffen Mehnert (31 March 2021) via Ydun's Medium Wave Info.

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International broadcasting on mediumwave/shortwave

IRRS - NEXUS-IBA NEXUS-International Broadcasting Association is a coalition of broadcasters and independent programme producers and enjoys official status as a United Nations Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). They operate from offices in Milan, Italy, and Dublin, Ireland, with technical facilities located around the world. IRRS is broadcasting on mediumwave and shortwave to Europe and Africa. Transmitter sites: Padova, Italy (pad) - 10 kW; Tiganesti, (tig) - 100 kW; Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (sof) - 50 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 1800-1900 Sat Radio City German Europe 9510-sof 0930-1200 Sun EGR/UNR/IPAR/other* English Europe 9510-tig 1500-1530 Sat Radio Wara Wangeelaa Oromo Horn of Africa 15515-sof 1800-2100 Fri-Sun EGR/UNR/IPAR/other* English Central Europe 918-pad 1800-1900 Sat-Thu EGR/UNR/IPAR/other* English Europe 7290-sof 1800-1900 Fri Radio City German Europe 7290-sof 2100-2200 Mon-Thu EGR/UNR/IPAR/other* English Central Europe 918-pad 1500-1530 Tue Kashmir Civitas Urdu South Asia 15170-tig

* may include programmes from European Gospel Radio, , IPAR and others, including: World of Radio 1800-1830 Sat, AWR Wavescan 1100-1130 Sun and 1830-1900 Tue

The website of nexus.org (IRRS-Shortwave and NEXUS-IBA) says that "a tentative service on Long Wave (207 kHz) to Europe is planned to start in late 2021. A formal authorisation has been obtained, but we are waiting for final clearance from local authorities to start regular broadcasts. You may already hear occasional, unscheduled, and transmitter tuning tests on this frequency". Christian Ghibaudo in France subsequently reported that test broadcasts had already taken place, but without satisfactory results because the antenna used in the tests was too short. The site is the same as 918 kHz, in Villa Estense near Padova. The broadcaster is AM-Italia (ex-Radio Challenger). So future plans are for operations on 207 kHz with a 300 meter antenna and possibly 1 kW.

Kosovo

Radiotelevizioni i Kosovës RTK is the national broadcasting service of Kosovo.

RTK Radio Kosovo 1 Radio Kosovo 1 is the main radio channel of RTK. Transmitter site: Prishtinë - 1 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours Albanian 549

Latvia

Latvijas Radio (LR) LR is 's national public-service radio broadcasting network.

Private radio stations on mediumwave

Radio Centrs Radio Centrs is a religious station in Riga. Transmitter site: Riga - 1.25 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours Latvian 1602

Radio Merkurs Radio Merkurs is a private radio station. It has been broadcasting since 2008. Transmitter site: Riga - 0.3 kW (licensed for 1 kW) Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours Latvian 1485

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Lithuania

Lietuvos Nacionalinis Radijas ir Televizija (LRT) LRT is the national public broadcaster of .

International broadcasting on mediumwave

Radio Baltic Waves International A mediumwave transmitter is leased by Radio Baltic Waves International from Lietuvos Radiojo ir Televisijos Centras (LRTC), Lithuania's national transmitter network operator, for transmissions to neighbouring countries. RBWI markets air time on 1386 kHz from Viešintos for foreign broadcasters. Transmitter site: Viešintos - 75 kW. Time/UTC Days Service Language kHz 0330-0400 Daily NHK World Japan Russian 1386 0400-0500 Daily Radio Belarusian 1386 0500-0530 Daily Ukrainian 1386 1200-1300 Daily Radio Poland English 1386 1530-1600 Daily Radio Poland Polish 1386 1600-1630 Daily Radio Poland Russian 1386 1630-1700 Daily Radio Poland German 1386 1700-1730 Daily Radio Poland Ukrainian 1386 1730-1800 Daily NHK World Japan Russian 1386 1800-2100 Daily RFE/RL Radio Svoboda Russian 1386

Luxembourg

RTL RTL, formerly Radio Luxembourg, is a French commercial owned by the RTL Group. Transmitter site: Beidweiler - 1500 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 24 hours French 234

Madeira

RTP RTP, formally Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, is the public service broadcasting organisation of Portugal.

PEF - Posto Emissor de Radiodifusão do Funchal PEF is a private radio station operating on Madeira. Transmitter site: Funchal - 10 kW, but believed to be operating at only 3 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily Portuguese 1530 may include programmes from Rádio Renascença.

Malta

Public Broadcasting Services Limited (PBS) PBS is the public broadcaster of .

Radju Malta (Radio Malta) Radju Malta is the main radio service of Public Broadcasting Services. It broadcasts cultural and current affairs programmes putting a strong focus on news. Classical music and classic hits form an integral part of its daily schedule. With the exception of the BBC News, all programmes on Radio Malta are in Maltese. Transmitter site: Bizbizja - 5 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz Note 24 hours Maltese & English 999 Radio Malta has BBC World Service news in English at certain times

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Moldova

Teleradio-Moldova Teleradio-Moldova is the state-owned national radio and television broadcaster.

Radio Moldova Actualităţi Radio Moldova Actualităţi is the First Programme of Teleradio Moldova. Transmitter sites: 873 kHz: Codru, Chisinau (for central Moldova) - 50 kW; 1494 kHz: Edinet (for northern Moldova) - 20 kW and Cahul (for southern Moldova) - 20 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz 0255-1900(2000mo) Moldovan, except for minority languages as below 873 1494

Some highlights of Radio Moldova schedule: 715-1755 Mon Programme in Gagauz 1715-1735 Tue/Wed Programme in Romani 1715-1755 Thu Programme in Ukrainian 1715-1755 Fri Programme in Bulgarian 1725-1755 Sat Programme from RFE/RL in Romanian 1735-1755 Tue/Wed Programme in Russian 1800-1815 Mon-Fri Programme in Russian 1815-1845 Mon Programme from RFE/RL in Russian 1930-2000 Mon Programme from RFE/RL in Romanian

Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

The self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic is an unrecognised state which controls part of the geographical region of Transnistria (the area between the Dniester river and Ukraine) and also the city of Bender and its surrounding localities on the west bank. This area was part of the former Moldavian SSR, and since the dissolution of the USSR has been claimed by the Republic of Moldova as the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester. The region is considered by the UN to be part of Moldova.

Radio 1 Plyus Radio 1 Plyus is the Second Programme of the broadcasting service in PMR and is an information and music station for older people. The schedule consists of programmes produced by Radio 1 Plyus with news and information from Radio 1. Transmitter site: Pridnestrovskiy Radioteletsentr, Grigoriopol - 150 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0300-0330 Mon-Fri Ukrainian 621 0330-0400 Mon-Fri Moldovan 621 0400-0615 Mon-Fri Russian 621

International broadcasting on mediumwave

TWR Europe TWR Europe is a division of TWR International. Its programmes on 999 kHz are primarily for listeners in Western Russia and Ukraine and on 1548 kHz for listeners in South-East Europe. 999 kHz Transmitter site: Pridnestrovskiy Radioteletsentr, Grigoriopol - 150 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 1730-1745 Sat/Sun Ukrainian 999 1730-1800 Mon-Fri Ukrainian 999 1745-1800 Sun Russian 999 1745-1815 Sat Ukrainian 999 1800-1815 Mon/Tue Russian 999 1800-1815 Fri Ukrainian 999 1800-1830 Wed Russian 999 1800-1830 Thu/Sun Ukrainian 999 1815-1845 Mon/Tue/Sat Russian 999 1815-1845 Fri Ukrainian 999 1830-1845 Wed/Thu Russian 999 1830-1900 Sun Russian 999 1845-1900 Mon Belarusian 999 1845-1900 Tue-Sat Russian 999

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1548 kHz Transmitter site: Pridnestrovskiy Radioteletsentr, Grigoriopol - 500 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 1830-1845 Sun-Fri Romani Balkan 1548 1830-1845 Sat Bulgarian 1548 1845-1915 Mon-Fri Romani Vlax 1548 1845-1915 Sat/Sun Romanian 1548 1915-1940 Sat/Sun Hungarian 1548 1915-2000 Mon-Fri Hungarian 1548 1940-1955 Sat/Sun Bosnian 1548 1955-2010 Sun Montenegrin 1548 2000-2030 Mon-Fri Serbian 1548 2010-2030 Sat/Sun Serbian 1548

Vesti FM Vesti FM is a news radio service belonging to the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Transmitter site: Pridnestrovskiy Radioteletsentr, Grigoriopol - 500 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily Russian 1413

International broadcasting on shortwave

Pridnestrovsky Radioteletsentr The Pridnestrovsky Radioteletsentr is owned by Russia's national transmitter network operator, the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN). Transmitter site: Pridnestrovsky Radioteletsentr, Grigoriopol - 5 x 1000 kW (believed to be operating at 300 kW). Time/UTC Days Station Language Target kHz 0230-0330 Daily BBC Persian Iran 7485 0530-1600 Daily Radio Dengê Welat Kurdish/Turkish Middle East 11530

Netherlands

The Dutch public broadcasting system is a set of organisations that together take care of public service television and radio broadcasting in the Netherlands. It is composed of a foundation called Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO), which acts as its governing body, and a number of public broadcasters. The Dutch Media Act 2008 regulates how air time is divided and puts the administration of the public broadcasting system in the hands of the Board of Directors of NPO. In addition to the national broadcasters, there are also regional broadcasters and local broadcasters in the Netherlands.

Private radio stations on mediumwave

Vahon Hindustani Radio Vahon Hindustandi Radio is a Surinamese-Hindustani radio station from The Hague. The station mainly broadcasts Bollywood music. It operates mediumwave, as well as FM and digital radio. Transmitter site: Den Haag, Zuid Holland - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Languages kHz 24 hours Daily Hindi and Dutch 1566

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Dutch LPAM radio stations With the cessation of NPO Radio 5's broadcasts on 747 kHz and 1251 kHz in late 2015, the Dutch government opened a public consultation on opening up the medium waveband for low powered broadcasting. In May 2016, it was formally announced that 747, 828, 1035, 1251, and 1395 kHz (previously used by full-power stations) would have a maximum transmission power of 100 watts, while 1485 kHz would have a maximum transmission power of 1 watt. Further expansion to other frequencies has since taken place. The following list has been compiled from the website at radio-tv- nederland.nl. Some stations may be licensed but not yet on air. kHz kW Station Location 675 0.1 Radio Calypso Oostwold, Groningen 0.1 Schalkhaar AM Schalkhaar, Overijssel 0.1 Groeistad Radio / Studio 675 Wassenaar, Zuid Holland 0.1 Unique AM 675 Wijchen, Gelderland 747 0.1 MCB Radio Alphen a.d. Rijn, Zuid Holland 0.1 Radio 4 Brainport Eindhoven, Noord Brabant 0.1 Cupra Radio Emmer-Compascuum, Drenthe 0.1 Radio0511 (0500-1700), Radio Seagull (1700-0500) Pietersbierum, Friesland 0.1 Radio Vrij Zwolle Zwolle, Overijssel 801 0.1 Radio Jong Europa Alphen a.d.Rijn, Zuid Holland 0.1 Stem vanaf Drenthe Hoogeveen, Drenthe 819 0.1 LOMP Radio Klazienaveen, Drenthe 0.1 RegioNL 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant 0.1 Radio Keukenduin (weekends only) Wassenaar, Zuid Holland 828 0.1 Flakkee Nieuws / Radio Superstar Middleharnis, Zuid Holland 0.05 Radio Actief AM Tilburg, Noord Brabant 0.1 Radio Paradijs Utrecht, Utrecht 846 0.1 Radio Nostalgie Kollumerzwaag, Friesland 0.1 Veluws Genot Oldebroek, Gelderland 0.1 Album AM Uden, Noord Brabant 0.1 brrHRI+ Voorburg, Zuid Holland 0.1 Radio Mebo 2 Westerlee , Groningen 891 0.1 HOTRADIO Hits Huissen, Gelderland 900 0.1 Theonex AM Hoogeveen, Drenthe 0.1 Sitara FM Houten, Utrecht 918 0.1 Citrus AM Emst, Gelderland 0.1 Radio T-Pot Gasselternijveen, Drenthe 0.1 Radio T-Pot Grou, Friesland 0.1 Radio T-Pot Oldenzaal, Overijssel 0.1 Golden Oldies Radio Hoogvliet, Zuid Holland 0.1 Radio Monique 918 Velsen-Noord, Noord Holland 1008 0.1 Radio Transparant Creil, Flevoland 0.1 Radio Babylona Lauwersoog, Groningen 0.1 Radio Babylona Musselkanaal, Groningen 0.1 United AM Neede, Gelderland 0.1 Radio Experience Wageningen, Gelderland 0.1 Impact AM Wassenaar, Zuid Holland 1035 0.1 Neverland AM Venlo, Limburg 1098 0.1 MasterFM Nuland, Noord Brabant 0.1 Het Milano Team Punthorst, Overijssel 0.1 Radio Popcorn Schiedam, Zuid Holland 0.05 Radio Gasselte Gasselte, Drenthe 1116 0.05 Backyard AM Zaandijk, Noord Holland 1134 0.1 Eye AM Radio Alkmaar, Noord Holland 0.1 Japie de portier Buitenpost, Friesland 0.1 60-AM-Radio Rotterdam (Noord), Zuid Holland 0.1 Groove Radio Wierden, Overijssel 0.05 Freya AM Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant 0.05 Like NL 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant 1179 0.1 Radio 220 Buitenpost, Friesland 0.1 Antenne Domstad Utrecht, Utrecht 1224 0.1 Amplivier Radio Damwald, Friesland 0.1 Radio 1224 Lunteren , Gelderland 0.1 Radio Turkiyem Voorburg, Zuid Holland 0.05 Piratensound Lemele, Overijssel 0.05 De Rode Adelaar Waalwijk, Noord Brabant 1251 0.1 Album AM Uden, Noord Brabant

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1287 0.1 Hotradio Hits Bornerbroek, Overijssel 0.1 Unique Malden, Gelderland 0.1 Kilrock 's-Gravendeel, Zuid Holland 0.1 Radio0511 (0500-1700), Radio Seagull (1700-0500) Ternaard, Friesland 0.05 Radio Daiwa AM Nunspeet, Gelderland 1332 0.1 Extra AM , Noord Holland 0.1 Radio Beilen AM Beilen, Drenthe 0.1 Radio 1224 Bennekom, Gelderland 0.1 De Parel van Twente Goor, Overijssel 1395 0.1 Columbia AM Aalst, Gelderland 0.1 Sterrekijker AM Elim, Drenthe 0.1 Happy AM Nieuw- en Sint Joosland, Zeeland 0.1 brrHRImx Voorburg, Zuid Holland 0.1 Seabreeze AM Grou, Friesland 0.05 Seabreeze AM Laren, Noord Holland 1467 0.1 Zuidwest Brabant AM Heerle, Noord Brabant 0.1 Radio Paradijs Utrecht, Utrecht 0.1 Eldorado Walterswald (Damwald), Friesland 0.1 Hit AM Zwartemeer, Drenthe 0.05 Radio de Vliegende Hollander Meppel, Drenthe 0.05 Radio Twente Gold Hengelo, Overijssel 1485 0.001 AMsterdam 1485 Amsterdam, Noord Holland 0.001 Flashback 1485 AM Baarn, Utrecht 0.001 B-AM Bladel, Noord Brabant 0.001 Radio ELS Coevorden, Drenthe 0.001 Atlantica AM (Sundays) Dordrecht, Zuid Holland 0.001 Radio Zwarte Hond Drachten, Friesland 0.001 Vader en Zoon combinatie Elim Elim, Drenthe 0.001 Radio Nomen Nescio Goes, Zeeland 0.001 Radio Jupiter A.M. (Monday-Saturday) Groningen, Groningen 0.001 TalentCast (Sunday) Groningen, Groningen 0.001 Radio Impuls Haulerwjik, Friesland 0.001 Ellen AM (Saturday) Heerhugowaard, Noord Holland 0.001 Radio Elvira (Sunday) Heerhugowaard, Noord Holland 0.001 Wijkradio Helvoirt, Noord Brabant 0.001 Midden Groningen AM (Saturdays; irreg in week) Hoogezand, Groningen 0.001 Radio Las Vegas (Sundays; irregular in week) Hoogezand, Groningen 0.001 TIQS Radio Leiden, Zuid Holland 0.001 Radio Colinda Rozenburg, Zuid Holland 0.001 Monti Radio 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland 0.001 Radio ZEBRA Schiedam, Zuid Holland 0.001 Radio Ome Ko Steenwijk, Overijssel 0.001 Radio Paradijs Utrecht, Utrecht 0.001 Radio Armada Venlo, Limburg 0.001 Vintage Music Radio Vlissingen, Zeeland 0.001 brrHRInx Voorburg, Zuid Holland 0.001 Radio 182 Waddinxveen, Zuid Holland 0.001 Hollands Palet Zoetermeer, Zuid Holland 1584 0.1 Fidelio Radio Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht 1602 0.01 Radio Flandria Hemelum, Friesland 0.001 Radio Podenco Warffum, Groningen

Please check the excellent website at radio-tv-nederland.nl for the latest news about LPAM stations in the Netherlands

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Dutch private radio stations on shortwave

Radio Delta International Radio Delta International is a dutch free radio station founded in 1971. Nowadays they are broadcasting with a license on 6020 kHz and 6005 kHz 49 meters shortwave with AM modulation. They are using a facility in Elburg the Netherlands. Transmitter site: Elburg, Gelderland - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 2000-2100 Sat English 6005 2200-0100 Sat English 6005 0600-1800 Sun English 6020

Radio Piepzender Transmitter site: Zwolle, Overijssel - 1 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz irregular Dutch 3920 6185

Rockpower Newly registered with HFCC from 28 June 2021. Transmitter site: Nijmegan, Gelderland - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0800-0000 Daily Dutch 7220 (also registered on 6170 7215 13685 15270 & 17515)

Radio Europe Netherlands Radio Europe Netherlands was newly registered with HFCC from 28 June 2021. Transmitter site: Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid Holland - 1 kW. Time/UTC Language kHz irregular Dutch 6125 (reported on this frequency on 18 September 2021 but registered to 6115 kHz)

Sunlite Sunlite is a new Dutch station registered to broadcast on 5955 kHz from November 2021 Transmitter site: Overslag. Time/UTC kHz registered 0600-1800 from November 2021 5955

The Mighty KBC Transmitter site: Nauen, Germany - 125 kW. Time/UTC Days Languages Target kHz 0000-0200 Sun Dutch/English North America 5960

North Macedonia

Makedonska Radio Televizija (MRT) MRT is the public broadcasting organisation of the Republic of North Macedonia.

MR-1 (Radio Skopje) / Radio Makedonija - MRT Sat Radio Skopje is the First Programme of MRT and Radio Makedonija is the International Service of MRT. Both had broadcast on 810 kHz mediumwave until around mid-August 2021, when reports say that the transmitter site was damaged by bush fires. There appears to be no indication of when the transmitter may return to the air.

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Norway

NRK P1 NRK is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company. NRK P1 is broadcast on mediumwave for listeners in Svalbard. Transmitter site: Longyearbyen, Svalbard - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily Norwegian 1485

Private radio stations on mediumwave and shortwave

LKB/LLE Bergen Kringkaster LKB/LLK Bergen Kringkaster is a museum/heritage radio station at Erdal that is operated by a group of enthusists. Transmitter site: Erdal - 1 kW. Schedule: irregularly on 1611 kHz on Sundays at 0800-1200 in English and Norwegian; also on shortwave 5895 kHz.

Radio Northern Star Radio Northern Star is a classic rock and pop radio station operated by Northern Star Media Services AS. Transmitter site: LKB/LLK, Erdal - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0329-2210 Daily Norwegian 1314 5895

The C The C is a Classic Country format radio station operated by Northern Star Media Services AS. Transmitter site: Erdal - 1 kW (currently running at approx 0.5 kW). Time/UTC Days Languages kHz 1458-2207 Daily Norwegian/English 1611

Poland

Polskie Radio (PR) is Poland's national public-service radio broadcasting organisation owned by the government of Poland.

Polskie Radio Program 1 (Jedynka) Polskie Radio Program 1, known also as PR1 or radiowa Jedynka, is a radio channel broadcast by the Polish public broadcaster, Polskie Radio. It is dedicated to news, information and easy listening music. Transmitter site: Solec Kujawski - 1200 kW (700 kW at night) Schedule: 24 hours in Polish Time/UTC Days Language kHz 24 hours Daily Polish 225

The Polish Radio longwave transmitter on 225 kHz located in Solec Kujawski will be switched off for maintenance from 27 September, 0610 UTC to 10 October 2021, 1700 UTC. (Wojtek Zaremba, Legionowo, Poland via HCDX mailing list)

Polish Radio special news broadcasts for Belarus on 225 kHz Since 22 August 2020, Polish Radio has broadcast special news bulletins in Belarusian, produced by the Belrusian section of Polish Radio's External Service and dedicated to the situation in Belarus. They are carried on the First Programme of Polish Radio on the longwave transmitter at Solec-Kujawski on 225 kHz which can be heard throughout most of Europe including the whole of Belarus. The news bulletin is aired in the programme "Polska i Świat" ("Poland and the World") three times a day: at around 0630 local time (0430 UTC), shortly after noon (1000 UTC) and just after 10 pm (2000 UTC)

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Private radio stations on mediumwave

Radio AM Lipsko In Poland there is a network of local stations broadcasting on mediumwave, known under the common name of "Radio AM". These are radio stations belonging to the company Polskie Fale Średnie, sometimes conducted with the cooperation of local governments.These stations usually broadcast a few hours of their own programme a day, and in the remaining time they broadcast a network programme from the central studio in Kraków. kHz kW Station Location Schedule 963 0.1 Radio AM Lipsko Lipsko 24h in Polish 1584 0.8 Radio AM Andrychów Andrychów 24h in Polish 1602 0.8 Radio AM Kraków 24h in Polish International broadcasting on mediumwave and shortwave

Radio Poland Radio Poland is part of Poland’s public radio network, Polish Radio. Transmitter site: Viešintos, Lithuania (vst) - 75 kW; Shortwaveservice, Kall-Krekei, Germany (kll) - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0400-0500 Daily Belarusian 1386-vst 0500-0530 Daily Ukrainian 1386-vst 1200-1300 Daily English 1386-vst 1500-1530 Daily German 6005-kll 1530-1600 Daily Polish 1386-vst 1600-1630 Daily Russian 1386-vst 1630-1700 Daily German 1386-vst 1700-1730 Daily Ukrainian 1386-vst

Portugal

RTP RTP, formally Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, is the public service broadcasting organisation of Portugal.

Antena 1 Antena 1 is one of the three national radio channels produced by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Antena 1 has a general programming policy focusing mainly on news, current affairs and sport, as well as the discussion of contemporary social issues, with the musical accent on Portuguese popular music. Schedule: 24 hours in Portuguese kHz Location kW kHz Location kW 630 Montemor-o-Velho, Centro Region 10 720 Castelo Branco, Centro Region 10 Miranda do Douro, Norte Region 2 Mirandela, Norte Region 10 666 Bragança, Norte Region 2 Guarda, Centro Region 10 Valença, Norte Region 10 Elvas, Alentejo Region 10 Vila Real, Norte Region 10 Elvas, Alentejo Region 10 Covilhã, Centro Region 10 Faro, Algarve Region 10 Viseu, Centro Region 10 1287 Portalegre, Alentejo Region 2 Castanheira do Ribatejo, Lisboa Region 10

Private radio stations on mediumwave

Rádio Renascença Rádio Renascença, also known as 'RR' or just 'Renascença' (Renaissance in English), is a private, commercial radio station in Portugal, owned by various organizations within the Portuguese Catholic Church: among others, the Patriarchate of Lisbon. Renascença owns another three stations, including Rádio Sim that previously broadcast on RR's current mediumwave channels. Schedule: 24 hours in Portuguese kHz Location kW 891 Vilamoura, Algarve Region 2.5 963 Seixal, Lisboa Region 1 981 Coimbra, Centro Region 3 1251 Chaves, Norte Region 1 Castelo Branco, Centro Region 1

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Romania

Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune (SRR) SRR, informally referred to as Radio România, is the public radio broadcaster in Romania.

Radio România The two national radio stations are Radio România Actualităţi and Antena Satelor. Radio România Actualităţi is the main channel of Radio România. It provides comprehensive news coverage, both national and international, and its content also includes social, cultural, political, economic and entertainment programmes. Antena Satelor focuses on rural affairs and folk music. Antena Satelor transmitters are on air 24 hours a day but relay Radio România Actualităţi overnight between 2200-0600 Romanian time (2000-0400). In addition there are several regional radio stations ... kHz Station Location kW Schedule 153 Antena Satelor Brasov (Bod) 200 24h in Romanian 531 Radio România Actualităţi Petrosani 15 24h in Romanian 531 Antena Satelor Urziceni 15 24h in Romanian 558 Radio România Actualităţi Târgu Jiu 400 24h in Romanian 567 Radio România Actualităţi Brasov (Bod) 50 24h in Romanian Radio România Actualităţi Satu Mare 50 24h in Romanian 603 Radio România Actualităţi Botosani 50 24h in Romanian Radio România Actualităţi Oradeu 50 24h in Romanian Antena Satelor Bucharest (Herastrau) 30 24h in Romanian, except for minority prgrs 603 Radio Oltenia Craiova Drobeta-Turnu Severin 15 0200-2200 in Romanian 630 Radio Timișoara (Prgr 2) Timișoara (Ortisoara) 400 24h in Romanian, except for minority prgrs 630 Antena Satelor Voinesti 50 24h in Romanian 711 Radio România Actualităţi Sighetu Marmației 50 24h in Romanian 720 Radio România Actualităţi Baia Mare 10 24h in Romanian Radio România Actualităţi Nufarul 15 24h in Romanian Radio România Actualităţi Sinaia 15 24h in Romanian 756 Radio România Actualităţi Lugoj (Boldur) 400 24h in Romanian 855 Radio România Actualităţi Bucharest (Tâncâbesti) 400 24h in Romanian 909 Radio România Cluj Cluj (Juca) 200 24h in Romanian, except for minority prgrs Radio România Actualităţi Timișoara 50 24h in Romanian Radio Constanța AM (P2) Constanța (Valul lui Traian) 25 0200-1800 in Romanian, except for minority prgrs 945 Radio România Actualităţi Miercurea Cuic 15 24h in Romanian 1053 Radio Iași AM (Prgr 2) Iasi (Uricani) 400 0200-1800 in Romanian, except for minority prgrs 1152 Radio România Actualităţi Cluj (Jucu) 400 24h in Romanian 1179 Radio România Actualităţi Bacau (Galbeni) 400 24h in Romanian Radio România Actualităţi Resita (Vascau) 10 24h in Romanian 1197 Radio Târgu Mureș Brasov (Bod) 15 0200-2000 in Romanian, except for minority prgrs 1314 Antena Satelor Constanța (Valul lui Traian) 50 24h in Romanian Antena Satelor Timișoara 25 0200-1800 in Romanian, except for minority prgrs Radio Oltenia Craiova Craiova 15 0200-2000 in Romanian 1323 Radio Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș 15 0200-2000 in Romanian, except for minority prgrs 1332 Radio România Actualităţi Galati 50 24h in Romanian 1404 Radio Sighet Sighetu Marmației 50 0200-2000 in Romanian, except for minority prgrs Radio România Actualităţi Sibiu 15 24h in Romanian 1422 Radio România Actualităţi Olanesti 10 24h in Romanian 1458 Radio România Actualităţi Constanța (Valul lui Traian) 100 24h in Romanian 1530 Radio Constanța AM (P2) Constanța (Valul lui Traian) 25 0200-1800 in Romanian, except for minority prgrs Radio Constanța AM (P2) Nufarul 15 0200-1800 in Romanian, except for minority prgrs Radio România Actualităţi Radauti 15 24h in Romanian 1593 Radio România Actualităţi Ioan Corvin 15 24h in Romanian Radio Târgu Mureș Miercurea Ciuc 15 0200-2000 in Romanian, except for minority prgrs Radio Cluj Oradea 15 24h in Romanian, except for minority prgrs Radio Cluj Sibiu 10 24h in Romanian, except for minority prgrs

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Minority language programmes on Radio România 0200-1700 Mon-Fri Marosvásárhelyi Rádió in Hungarian 1197-Brasov 1323-Târgu Mureș 1593-Miercurea Ciuc 0240-0250 Mon Maramarosszigeti Rádió in Hungarian 1404-Sighet 0300-1700 Sat Marosvásárhelyi Rádió in Hunga rian 1197-Brasov 1323-Târgu Mureș 1593-Miercurea Ciuc 0300-1800 Sun Marosvásárhelyi Rádió in Hungarian 1197-Brasov 1323-Târgu Mureș 1593-Miercurea Ciuc 0320-0325 Wed Maramarosszigeti Rádió in Hungarian 1404-Sighet 0400-0600 Mon-Sat Koloszvári Rádió in Hungarian 909-Cluj 1404-Sighet 1593-Oradea/Sibiu 0600-0620 Sun Programul Maghiar-German in Hungarian 603-Bucharest 909-Cluj 1314-Timișoara 1404-Sighet 1593-Oradea/Sibiu 0620-0630 Sun Programul Maghiar-German in German 603-Bucharest 909-Cluj 1314-Timișoara 1404-Sighet 1593-Oradea/Sibiu 0900-1000 Daily Radio Temeswar in German 630-Timișoara 1000-1100 Daily Temesvári Rádió in Hungarian 630-Timișoara 1000-1100 Mon-Sat Programul Maghiar-German in German 603-Bucharest 909-Cluj 1314-Timișoara 1404-Sighet 1593-Oradea/Sibiu 1000-1400 Sun Koloszvári Rádió in Hungarian 909-Cluj 1404-Sighet 1593-Oradea/Sibiu 1100-1200 Daily Radio Timișoara in Serbian 630-Timișoara 1100-1200 Mon-Sat Programul Maghiar-German in Hungarian 603-Bucharest 1314-Timișoara 1100-1400 Mon-Sat Koloszvári Rádió in Hungarian 909-Cluj 1404-Sighet 1593-Oradea/Sibiu 1230-1300 Sun Radio Timișoara in Czech 630-Timișoara 1300-1400 Sun Radio Timișoara in Slovak 630-Timișoara 1400-1500 Sun Radio Timișoara in Ukrainian 630-Timișoara 1420-1430 Tue Maramarosszigeti Rádió in Hungarian 1404-Sighet 1500-1555 Fri Radio Sighet in Ukrainian 1404-Sighet 1500-1600 Sun Radio Timișoara in Bulgarian 630-Timișoara 1530-1555 Thu Maramarosszigeti Rádió in Hungarian 1404-Sighet 1600-1700 Sun Radio Timișoara in Romany 630-Timișoara 1630-1700 Mon Radio Iași in Romany 1053-Iași 1630-1700 Thu Radio Iași in Ukrainian 1053-Iași 1630-1700 Tue Radio Iași in Yiddish 1053-Iași 1630-1700 Wed Radio Iași in Russian 1053-Iași 1700-1800 Mon-Sat Radio Neumarkt in German 1197-Brasov 1323-Târgu Mureș 1593-Miercurea Ciuc 1705-1800 Fri Radio Constanța in Turkish 909-Constanța 1530-Constanța/Nufaral 1705-1800 Mon Radio Constanța in Greek 909-Constanța 1530-Constanța/Nufaral 1705-1800 Sun Radio Constanța in Aromanian 909-Constanța 1530-Constanța/Nufaral 1705-1800 Thu Radio Constanța in Tatar 909-Constanța 1530-Constanța/Nufaral 1705-1800 Tue Radio Constanța in Armenian 909-Constanța 1530-Constanța/Nufaral 1705-1800 Wed Radio Constanța in Russian 909-Constanța 1530-Constanța/Nufaral

Private radio stations on mediumwave

The following four private radio stations on mediumwave are all religious. kHz Station Location kW Times/UTC 1485 Radio Jurnal Spiritual Bacau 1 24h in Romanian Radio Jurnal Spiritual Viseu De Sus 1 24h in Romanian Radio Maria Rotunda 1 24h in Romanian Radio Vocea Sperantei Botosani 1 24h in Romanian Radio Vocea Sperantei Medias 1 24h in Romanian Radio Vocea Sperantei Oradea 1 24h in Romanian 1575 ALT FM Resita 1 24h in Romanian 1584 ALT FM Timișoara 1 24h in Romanian Radio Jurnal Spiritual Craiova 1 24h in Romanian Radio Jurnal Spiritual Sfantu Georghe 1 24h in Romanian Radio Jurnal Spiritual Targu Mures 1 24h in Romanian Radio Jurnal Spiritual Zalau 1 24h in Romanian Radio Vocea Sperantei Iasi 1 24h in Romanian Radio Vocea Sperantei Sighetu Marmației 1 24h in Romanian Radio Vocea Sperantei Tecuci 1 24h in Romanian Radio Vocea Sperantei Vatra Dornei 1 24h in Romanian 1602 ALT FM Arad 1 24h in Romanian ALT FM Deva 1 24h in Romanian Radio Jurnal Spiritual Bistrita 1 24h in Romanian Radio Vocea Sperantei Piatra Neamt 1 24h in Romanian

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International broadcasting on shortwave

Radiocom Radiocomunicatii S.A. is a Romanian national company, which works under the brand name Radiocom Radiocom is a leading company in Romania in the sphere of broadcasting and Services supply. As the national transmitter network owner, it also operates the shortwave transmitters at Tiganesti, Galbeni and Saftica. This schedule lists relays that are believed to originate from transmitters in Romania. It may not be accurate so corrections/additions would be appreciated. Transmitter sites: Galbeni (gal) - 2 x 300 kW; Tiganesti (tig) - 3 x 300 kW; Saftica (saf) - 1 x 100 kW.

Radio România Internaţional Radio România Internaţional is owned by SRR and broadcasts to audiences abroad. Transmitter sites: see above (DRM transmissions are mostly at 90 kW, except * 30 kW) Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0000-0100 Daily English North America 7375-tig, 9550-tig 0000-0200 Daily Romanian North America 7420-gal 9730-gal 0100-0200 Daily French North America 7375-tig 9550-tig 0200-0300 Daily Spanish Central & South America 9440-gal 9700-tig 11780-tig 11945-gal 0300-0400 Daily English North America, South Asia 7375-tig 9850-tig 11825-gal 15330-gal-DRM 0400-0430 Daily Chinese East Asia 17760-tig 15220-tig-DRM 0400-0500 Daily Romanian Europe 6015-gal 7325-gal 0430-0500 Daily Russian Europe 6190-tig 7305-tig-DRM 0500-0530 Daily French Europe, Africa 6015-gal 15340-tig 17520-tig 7325-gal-DRM 0530-0600 Daily English Europe, Pacific 9660-tig 17760-gal 21550-tig 7325-gal-DRM 0600-0630 Daily German Europe 9700-tig 7325-tig-DRM 0630-0700 Daily Arabic North Africa, Middle East 9660-gal 9740-tig 11790-gal 11980-tig 0700-0800 Sun Romanian Middle East, South Asia 11790-gal 13750-tig 15200-gal 17780-tig 0800-0900 Sun Romanian North Africa, Middle East 11650-gal 11990-tig 13790-tig 15200-gal 0900-1000 Sun Romanian Europe, Africa 11650-gal 13790-tig 15130-tig 15150-gal 1000-1100 Daily French Europe, Africa 11650-gal 13790-tig 15130-tig 15150-gal 1100-1200 Daily English Europe, Africa 13750-tig 15130-tig 15320-gal 17670-gal 1200-1230 Daily Arabic North Africa, Middle East 11700-gal 13750-tig 15130-tig 15320-gal 1200-1300 Daily Romanian Europe 9490-saf 1230-1300 Daily Chinese East Asia 15160-tig 17760-tig 1300-1400 Daily Russian Central Asia 11940-tig 13610-tig 1300-1500 Daily Romanian Europe 11950-gal 15340-gal 1400-1430 Daily Italian Europe 9520-saf 1400-1500 Daily German Europe 9600-tig 11880-tig 1430-1500 Daily Aromanian Europe 5910-saf 1500-1530 Daily Ukrainian Europe 5910-saf 1500-1530 Daily Russian Europe 11810-tig 9580-tig-DRM 1530-1600 Daily Arabic North Africa, Middle East 9810-gal 11830-tig 11900-gal 13660-tig 1530-1600 Daily Serbian Europe 5910-saf 1600-1630 Daily Italian Europe 5910-saf 1600-1700 Sun Hebrew Middle East 7265-tig 9590-tig 1600-1700 Daily French Europe 9500-gal 11975-gal 1600-1700 Mon-Sat Romanian Middle East 7265-tig 9590-tig 1630-1700 Daily Aromanian Europe 5910-saf 1700-1730 Daily Ukrainian Europe 5910-saf 1700-1800 Daily English Europe 11850-tig 9760-tig-DRM 1700-2000 Daily Romanian Europe 9500-gal 11975-gal 1730-1800 Daily Serbian Europe 5910-saf 1800-1830 Daily Italian Europe 5910-saf-DRM* 1800-1900 Daily German Europe 9570-tig 7245-tig-DRM 1830-1900 Daily Aromanian Europe 5910-saf 1900-1930 Daily Ukrainian Europe 5910-saf 1900-2000 Daily Spanish Europe 9610-tig 11850-tig 1930-2000 Daily Serbian Europe 5910-saf 2000-2030 Daily French Europe 9575-gal 7315-gal-DRM 2030-2100 Daily English Europe, North America 9740-gal 11850-tig 13650-tig 7315-gal-DRM 2100-2200 Daily Spanish South America 11650-tig 9620-tig-DRM 2200-2300 Daily English Europe, East Asia 5945-gal 7310-gal 7325-tig 9790-tig 2300-2400 Daily Spanish Central & South America 9700-tig 9760-gal 11650-tig 11730-gal

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Other shortwave transmissions This schedule lists relays that are believed to originate from Radiocom transmitters in Romania. It may not be accurate so corrections/additions would be appreciated. Transmitter sites: to be confirmed. Time/UTC Days Station/programme Language Target kHz 0800-0900 Sat IRRS - Radio City English Europe, N Africa, M East 9510 0930-1000 Sun IRRS - Living the Bible English Europe, N Africa, M East 9510 1000-1030 Sun IRRS - European Gospel Radio English Europe, N Africa, M East 9510 1030-1100 Sun IRRS - United Nations Radio English Europe, N Africa, M East 9510 1100-1130 Sun IRRS - AWR Wavescan English Europe, N Africa, M East 9510 1130-1200 Sun IRRS - IBC Radio English Europe, N Africa, M East 9510 1500-1530 Thu-Mon IRRS HFCC registration 15170 (eff 130521) 1500-1530 Tue IRRS HFCC registration 15170 (eff 010621)

The transmission at 1500-1530 Tuesdays on 15710 kHz may be the IRRS-brokered programme heard in Urdu or Kashmiri on that frequency since 15 June 2021. No further details at the time of editing.

Russia

European Russia is the western part of Russia that is a part of Eastern Europe. With a population of 110 million people, European Russia's has about 77% of Russia's population, but covers less than 25% of Russia's territory. European Russia includes and , the two largest cities in Russia. The boundaries between continents are largely a matter of convention. However, the eastern boundary of Europe is generally considered to be along the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caucasus Mountains, the Turkish Straits and the border with Kazakhstan.

Vserossiyskaya Gosudarstvennaya Televizionnaya i Radioveshchatelnaya Kompaniya (VGTRK) VGTRK (English: The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, a.k.a Russian Television and Radio) is the state-owned broadcaster which operates many television and radio channels in 53 of Russia's languages. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Moscow.

Radio Rossii is the primary public radio station in Russia. It is part of the state-owned unitary enterprise VGTRK, which also includes radio stations Yunost, Mayak, Kultura and Vesti FM. All state broadcasting on longwave, mediumwave and shortwave has been discontinued in favour of FM and digital radio.

Private radio stations on mediumwave

Radio Radonezh Radio Radonezh is a Moscow-based Orthodox radio station that has been broadcasting since 1991 and exists on the donations of its listeners. It operates on 612 kHz in Moscow and on 684 kHz in St Petersburg. kHz Location kW Schedule 684 Olgino, St Petersburg 10 1600-2100 in Russian

Pravoslavnoye Radio Pravoslavnoye Radio is a Russian Orthodox Christian radio station broadcasting on 828kHz in St Petersburg. kHz Location kW Schedule 828 Olgino, St Petersburg 10 0200-0600 & 1400-1800 in Russian

Radiogazaeta Slovo Radiogazaeta Slovo is described as a "patriotic independent radio channel that has political, social, cultural, educational and musical content". It broadcasts in St Petersburg and shares airtime on 828 kHz with Pravoslavnoye Radio. kHz Location kW Schedule 828 Olgino, St Petersburg 10 0600-1400 & 1800-2200 in Russian

Radio Mariya Radio Mariya, formally known as The World Family of Radio Maria, is an international Catholic radio broadcasting service. In Russia, Radio Mariya operates on 1053 kHz in St Petersburg. kHz Location kW Schedule 1053 Olgino, St Petersburg 10 0700-1100 & 1500-1900 in Russian

Vostok Rossii (East of Russia) Although not in the European part of Russia, there is one other radio station on mediumwave in the Far East: Vostok Rossii broadcasts information, news, talk, and rock music. kHz Location kW Schedule 765 Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai 10 2100-1200 in Russian

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World Radio Network Anatoly Klepov reported in RUS-DX on 25 April 2021 that 738 kHz, the frequency of the World Radio Network, is being tested in Moscow. The broadcasting license was renewed on 22 January 2021. The abbreviated name of the licensee is "Freedom Technology Foundation". The license included a new broadcasting facility - Noginsk radio center 9. The power of the transmitting equipment is 50 kW. Technical tests started on April 20 at ~ 11:45 Moscow time and continued for a while. However, issues have arisen since and WRN has not yet started broadcasting again in Moscow.

International broadcasting on mediumwave

Vesti FM Vesti FM is an all-news format radio station that is owned by the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). It started broadcasting in February 2008 and can be heard on FM in many Russian towns and cities. It also currently broadcasts on mediumwave 1413 kHz specifically for listeners in Eastern Ukraine. Transmitter site: Pridnestrovskiy Radiotelesentr, Grigoriopol, Maiac, PMR - 500 kW. UTC Days Language Target kHz 24 hours Daily Russian Ukraine 1413 DRM broadcasting on shortwave

Radio Purga (DRM transmissions) Although not in the European-part of Russia, Radio Purga is based in Anadyr and broadcasts a variety of information and music for listeners in Chukotka, Far Eastern Russia. In addition to its FM coverage, it also broadcasts on shortwave in DRM mode for listeners in the region. Transmitter site: Komsomolsk-na-Amur - 20 kW DRM. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 2000-2300 Daily Russian Chukotka 9850 2300-0400 Daily Russian Chukotka 12025 0400-1000 Daily Russian Chutotka 15735 Note: times and freqs as per HFCC A21 registrations (actual times/freqs may differ)

Serbia

Radio-Televizija Srbije (RTS) RTS is the public broadcaster in . RTS operates 4 radio stations, under the name Radio .

Radio Beograd 1 1 is the flagship channel which provides comprehensive news and current affairs programmes to the public as well as entertainment and culture shows. The Radio Beograd transmitter on 1602 kHz at Sjenica appears to be the last remaining official radio station on mediumwave in Serbia. kHz Location kW Schedule 1602 Sjenica 0.5 24h in Serbian

Slovakia

Rozhlas a Televízia Slovenska (RTVS) RTVS is the state-owned nationwide public broadcasting organisation in Slovakia. It operates four national radio channels, mainly on FM throughout the country but two of which can be heard on mediumwave.

SRo5: Rádio Patria / SRo3: Rádio Devín Rádio Patria is the fifth radio station of RTVS and broadcasts for national minorities and ethnic groups in Slovakia in their mother tongues. The mediumwave outlets of Rádio Patria broadcast the Hungarian service during daytime hours. Hungarian is widely spoken in southern regions of Slovakia. Rádio Devin is the third channel of RTVS. It specialises in classical music, jazz, concerts, radio dramas, literature, art, etc and is broadcast overnight on mediumwave transmitters that otherwise broadcast Rádio Patria during the day. kHz Location kW Rádio Patria Rádio Devín 702 Kosice 5 0300-1500 in Hungarian 1500-0300 in Slovak 1098 Nitra (Jarok) 25 0300-1500 in Hungarian 1500-0300 in Slovak 1521 Rimavská Sobota 10 0300-1500 in Hungarian 1500-0300 in Slovak

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International broadcasting on shortwave

Radio Slovakia International Radio Slovakia International (RSI) is Slovakia's official -based international broadcaster. RSI has stopped broadcasting from transmitters in Slovakia, but is now relayed on shortwave by Radio Miami International in Florida and via the ShortwaveService in Germany. Transmitter sites: Okeechobee FL, USA (rmi) - 100 kW; Kall-Krekei, Germany (kll) - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0000-0030 Daily Slovak North America 5850-rmi 7780-rmi 0030-0100 Daily Spanish Caribbean 5010-rmi 0030-0100 Daily English North America 5850-rmi 7780-rmi 0230-0300 Daily Spanish Latin America 9955-rmi 0330-0400 Mon-Sat English North America 7780-rmi 0900-0930 Daily English Europe 6005-kll 1000-1030 Daily German Europe 6005-kll 1100-1130 Daily German Europe 6005-kll 1130-1200 Daily French Europe 6005-kll 1300-1330 Daily German Europe 6005-kll 1330-1400 Daily French Europe 6005-kll 1400-1430 Daily Spanish Europe 6005-kll 1430-1500 Daily English Europe 6005-kll 1530-1600 Daily French Europe 3985-kll 1530-1600 Daily English Europe 6005-kll 1800-1830 Daily German Europe 3985-kll 1830-1900 Daily French Europe 3985-kll

Slovenia

Radiotelevizija Slovenija RTV Slovenija is the national public broadcasting organisation of Slovenia.

Radio Slovenija Radio Slovenija 1 "Prvi program" can be heard overnight on 549 and 558 kHz, transmitters which otherwise broadcast Radio Koper and Muravidéki Magyar Rádió respectively during the day (see below). The service had been on 918 kHz until the transmitter at Domzale was closed in September 2017.

Radio Koper-Capodistria Radio Koper-Capodistria is a regional radio station of Radiotelevizija Slovenija located in the city of Koper. Radio Koper is in Slovenian on 549 kHz, whilst Radio Capodistria is in Italian on 1170 kHz and can be heard with good reception in its primary target area of Slovenia, Croatia and Northern Italy, as well as across much of Europe at night.

Radio Koper kHz Location kW Schedule 549 Beli Kriz 15 0300-2100 in Slovenian; 2100-0300 relay Radio Slovenija 1 Radio Capodistria kHz Location kW Schedule 1170 Beli Kriz 15 24h in Italian

Muravidéki Magyar Rádió Muravidéki Magyar Rádió broadcasts in Hungarian with Hungarian folk and mostly pop music. It is based in RTV Maribor's Lendava studio and provides a service primarily to Prekmurje, a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority. It maintains certain specific linguistic, cultural and religious features that differentiate it from other Slovenian traditional regions. It broadcasts on 558 kHz during the day. kHz Location kW Schedule 558 Nemcavci 15 0245-2100 in Hungarian; 2100-0245 relay Radio Slovenija 1

Private radio stations on mediumwave

Radio Murski Val Radio Murski val is a radio station which covers the north-eastern part of Slovenia, in particular Pomurje. It broadcasts on FM and on mediumwave 648 kHz. A joint night programme of several private Slovenian radio stations is broadcast at night. kHz Location kW Schedule 648 Nemcavci 10 24h in Slovenian

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Spain

Radio Nacional de España (RNE) RNE is Spain's national public radio service. RNE operates five national radio services, of which two can be heard on mediumwave, Radio Nacional (previously Radio 1) and Radio 5. Radio Exterior de Espana continues to broadcast on shortwave to audiences overseas.

RNE Radio Nacional / Radio 5 Radio Nacional is RTVE's principal radio station. It carries general programming principally focussed on news, current affairs, sport, and entertaining discussion of contemporary events and social issues. Radio 5 is an "all news" service, which also carries programming from Radio Nacional overnight and at certain other times..

Mauricio Molano advises: "The new season starts on 6 September 2021 with good news for DXers!: For the very first time there will be local outputs on RNE-1 network!. This is the complete schedule: UTC 0525-0530 LOCAL R1 // R5TN 0545-0600 REG R1 // R5TN 0645-0700 LOCAL R5TN 0804-0806 REG R1 // R5TN 0904-0906 REG R1 // R5TN 1004-1006 REG R1 // R5TN 1110-1155 REG R1 // R5TN 1155-1200 LOCAL R1 // R5TN 1404-1406 REG R1 // R5TN 1504-1506 REG R1 // R5TN 1604-1606 REG R1 // R5TN 1704-1706 REG R1 // R5TN 1750-1800 REG R5TN (Mauricio Molano via Medium Wave Circle iog, 31 August 2021) kHz Service Location kW Regional programme 531 Radio 5 Pontevedra, Galicia 25 Galicia Radio 5 Oviedo, Asturias 20 Asturias Radio 5 Córdoba, Andalucía 10 Andalucia Radio 5 Pamplona, Navarre 10 Navarre 558 Radio 5 Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana 50 Comunidad Valenciana Radio 5 La Coruña, Galicia 10 Galicia Radio 5 San Sebastián, País Vasco 10 País Vasco 567 Radio 5 Murcia, Murica 25 Murcia 576 Radio 5 Barcelona, Catalunya 100 RNE Rádio 4 585 Radio Nacional Majadahonda, Madrid 600 Madrid 603 Radio 5 Sevilla, Andalucia 50 Andalucia Radio 5 Palencia, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León 612 Radio Nacional Lleida, Catalunya 10 RNE Rádio 4 Radio Nacional Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, País Vasco 10 País Vasco

621 Radio Nacional Jaén, Andalucía 10 Andalucía Radio Nacional Ávila, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio Nacional Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands 10 Islas Baleares 639 Radio Nacional La Coruña, Galicia 300 Galicia Radio Nacional Zaragoza, Aragón 50 Aragón Radio Nacional Bilbao, País Vasco 50 País Vasco Radio Nacional Almería, Andalucía 20 Andalucía Radio Nacional Albacete, Castile-La Mancha 10 Castile-La Mancha 648 Radio Nacional Badajoz, Extemadura 10 Extemadura 657 Radio 5 Majadahonda, Madrid 20 Madrid 684 Radio Nacional Sevilla, Andalucía 300 Andalucía 693 Radio Nacional Toledo, Castile-La Mancha 5 Castile-La Mancha Radio Nacional Tortosa, Catalunya 5 RNE Rádio 4 Radio Nacional Boal, Asturias 5 Asturias 729 Radio Nacional Oviedo, Asturias 100 Asturias Radio Nacional Málaga, Andalucía 25 Andalucía Radio Nacional Logroño, La Rioja 20 La Rioja Radio Nacional Valladolid, Castilla y León 20 Castilla y León

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Radio Nacional Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha 10 Castilla-La Mancha Radio Nacional Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana 10 Comunidad Valenciana 738 Radio Nacional Barcelona, Catalunya 600 RNE Rádio 4 747 Radio 5 Cádiz, Andalucia 5 Andalucia 774 Radio Nacional València, Comunidad Valenciana 100 Comunidad Valenciana Radio Nacional Cáceres, Extremadura 60 Extremadura Radio Nacional San Sebastián, País Vasco 25 País Vasco Radio Nacional Ourense, Galicia 20 Galicia Radio Nacional Soria, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio Nacional León, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio Nacional La Línea, Andalucía 10 Andalucía Radio Nacional Granada, Andalucía 10 Andalucía 801 Radio Nacional Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha 25 Castile-La Mancha Radio Nacional Lugo, Galicia 20 Galicia Radio Nacional Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana 10 Comunidad Valenciana Radio Nacional Burgos, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio Nacional Zamora, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio Nacional Girona, Catalunya 10 RNE Rádio 4 855 Radio Nacional Murcia, Murcia 300 Murcia Radio Nacional Santander, Cantabria 20 Cantabria Radio Nacional Pontevedra, Galicia 20 Galicia Radio Nacional Tarragona, Catalunya 10 RNE Rádio 4 Radio Nacional Huelva, Andalucía 10 Andalucía 855 Radio Nacional Salamanca, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio Nacional Pamplona, Navarra 10 Navarra Radio Nacional Teruel, Aragon 10 Aragon Radio Nacional Ponferrada, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León 864 Radio Nacional Socuellamos, Castile-La Mancha 5 Castile-La Mancha 909 Radio 5 Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands 10 Islas Baleares 936 Radio 5 Zaragoza, Aragon 25 Aragon Radio 5 Valladolid, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio 5 Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana 10 Comunidad Valenciana 972 Radio Nacional Monforte de Lemos, Galicia 5 Galicia Radio Nacional Cabra, Andalucía 2 Andalucía 1017 Radio 5 Granada, Andalucía 10 Andalucia Radio 5 Burgos, Castilla y León 5 Castilla y León 1098 Radio 5 Almería, Andalucía 10 Andalucia Radio 5 Lugo, Galicia 10 Galicia Radio 5 Ávila, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio 5 Huelva, Andalucía 5 Andalucia 1107 Radio 5 Logroño, La Rioja 25 La Rioja Radio 5 Santander, Cantabria 10 Cantabria Radio 5 Teruel, Aragón 10 Aragón Radio 5 Ponferrada, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio 5 Cáceres, Extremadura 5 Extremadura 1125 Radio 5 Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana 10 Comunidad Valenciana Radio 5 Soria, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León Radio 5 Toledo, Castile-La Mancha 10 Castile-La Mancha 1125 Radio 5 Vitoria, País Vasco 10 País Vasco Radio 5 Badajoz, Extremadura 10 Extremadura 1152 Radio 5 Málaga, Andalucía 10 Andalucía Radio 5 Cartagena, Murcia 10 Murcia Radio 5 Albacete, Casila-La Mancha 10 Casila-La Mancha Radio 5 Lleida, Catalunya 10 RNE Rádio 4 Radio 5 Zamora, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León 1305 Radio Nacional Ourense, Galicia 10 Galicia Radio Nacional Ciudad Real, Castile La-Mancha 10 Castile-La Mancha Radio Nacional Bilbao, País Vasco 10 País Vasco Radio Nacional León, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León 1314 Radio 5 Tarragona, Catalunya 20 RNE Rádio 4 Radio 5 Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha 10 Castile-La Mancha Radio 5 Salamanca, Castilla y León 10 Castilla y León 1413 Radio Nacional Jaén, Andalucía 10 Andalucía Radio Nacional Vigo, Galicia 5 Galicia Radio Nacional Girona, Catalunya 5 RNE Rádio 4 1503 Radio 5 La Línea, Andalucía 2 Andalucía

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Radio 5 Monforte de Lemos, Galicia 2 Galicia

Commercial radio networks on mediumwave

Cadena SER Cadena SER (SER stands for Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión) is a Spanish radio network with a large presence on mediumwave. Cadena SER's programmes encompass news, sport, talk, entertainment and culture. The network's main studios are located on the Gran Vía in Madrid; in addition, studios across the country contribute local and regional news and information, with local programming in each location. Cadena SER is owned by Unión Radio, the majority shareholder in which is currently the PRISA group, a major player in the Spanish media market. Local and regional programmes (UTC): Monday-Friday: 0450, 0520, 0550, 0620, 0727, 0755, 0830, 0857, 0903, 0930, 0957, 1020, 1310, 1430, 1530, 1620, 1710-1755, 1825, 2057, 2155, 2230, 2300, 2330, 0059, 0159 Saturday/Sunday: 0650, 0755, 0855, 0955, 1005, and xx23 and/or xx53 evenings kHz Station Location kW 666 SER Radio Barcelona Barcelona, Catalunya 50 reported with low power - April 2021 792 SER Radio Sevilla Sevilla, Andalucía 50 810 SER Radio Madrid Madrid 50 873 SER Radio Zaragoza Zaragoza, Aragón 25 SER Radio Galicia Santiago de Compostela, Galicia 25 990 SER Radio Bilbao Bilbao, País Vasco 10 SER Radio Cádiz Cádiz, Andalucía 5 1008 SER Radio Extremadura Badajoz, Extremadura 10 SER Radio Girona Girona, Cataluna 5 SER Radio Alicante Alicante, Valenciana 3 1026 SER Radio Salamanca Salamanca, Castilla y León 10 SER Radio Reus Reus, Galicia 10 SER Radio Jaén Jaén, Andalucía 5 SER Radio Jerez Jerez de la Frontera, Andalucía 5 SER Radio Vigo Vigo, Galicia 5 SER Radio Asturias Oviedo, Asturias 5 1044 SER Radio San Sebastián San Sebastián, País Vasco 10 SER Radio Valladolid Valladolid, Castilla y León 10 1080 SER Radio Huesca Huesca, Aragón 10 SER Radio Granada Granada, Andalucía 5 SER Radio Mallorca Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands 5 SER Radio Coruña La Coruña, Galicia 3 1116 SER Radio Pontevedra Pontevedra, Galicia 10 SER Radio Albacete Albacete, Castile-La Mancha 5 1179 SER Radio Valencia València, Valenciana 50 SER Radio Rioja Logroño, La Rioja 10 1260 SER Radio Murcia Murcia, Murcia 25 SER Radio Algeciras Algeciras, Andalucía 5 1287 SER Radio Lleida Lleida, Catalunya 5 SER Radio Castilla Burgos, Castilla y León 5 SER Radio Lugo Lugo, Galicia 2 1341 SER Radio León León, Castilla y León 5

1485 SER Radio Santander Santander, Cantanbria 10 SER Radio Zamora Zamora, Castilla y León 10 SER Radio Alcoy Alcoy, Valencian 5 1521 SER Radio Castellón Castellón, Valeniana 10 1539 SER Radio Elche Elche, Valenciana 6 SER Radio Manresa Manresa, Catalunya 5 1575 SER Radio Córdoba Córdoba, Andalucía 5 1584 SER Radio Orense Orense, Galicia 5 SER Radio Gandía Gandía, Valencian 2 1602 SER Radio Cartagena Cartagena, Murcia 5 SER Radio Segovia Segovia, Castile and León 5 SER Radio Linares Linares, Andalusia 5 SER Radio Onteniente Onteniente, Valencian 5

COPE COPE, an acronym for Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas, is a Spanish radio network owned by the Spanish Episcopal Conference company, "Radio Popular SA". Local and regional programmes (UTC):

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Monday-Friday: 0455, 0524, 0550, 0624, xx27 & xx57 between 0657-1600, 1709-1759, 1830, 1930, 2030, 2130, 2157, 2230 Saturday/Sunday: xx27 & xx57 between 0657-1300, 1457, 1557, 1710, 1740, 1810, 1940, 2157, 2230 Sunday: xx27 & xx57 between 0857-1200, xx10 & xx40 between 1410-1740, 2057, 2230 kHz Station Location kW 711 COPE Murcia Murcia, Murcia 10 783 COPE Miramar Barcelona, Catalunya 50 837 COPE Andalucía Sevilla, Andalucía 50 COPE Castilla y León Burgos, Castilla y León 5 COPE Galicia Ferrol, Galicia 5 882 COPE Málaga Málaga, Andalucía 25 COPE Alicante Alicante, Valencian 5 COPE Valladolid Valladolid, Castilla y León 5 COPE Gijón Gijón, Asturias 5 900 COPE Granada Granada, Andalusia 5 COPE Vigo Vigo, Galicia 5 999 COPE Madrid Majadahonda 50 1053 COPE Zaragoza Zaragoza, Aragón 20 COPE Castellón Castellón, Valenciana 5 1134 COPE Salamanca Salamanca, Castilla y León 10 COPE Jerez Jerez de la Frontera, Andalucía 5 COPE Pamplona Pamplona, Navarra 5 1143 COPE Jaén Jaén, Andalucía 5 COPE Orense Ourense, Galicia 5 1215 COPE Córdoba Córdoba, Andalucía 5 COPE León León, Castilla y León 5 COPE Santander Santander, Cantabria 5 1224 COPE Almería Almería, Andalucía 5 COPE Huelva Huelva, Andalucía 5 COPE Lugo Lugo, Galicia 5 COPE Mallorca Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands 5 COPE Lleida Lleida, Catalunya 4 1269 COPE Zamora Zamora, Castilla y León 5 COPE Badajoz Badajoz, Extremadura 5 1296 COPE Valencia Valéncia, Valenicana 50

Radio Popular de Bilbao Radio Popular de Bilbao-Bolbo Herri Irratia is a radio station founded in 1960 and owned by the bishopric of Bilbao. kHz Location kW 900 Bilbao, País Vasco 10

Onda Cero Radio Onda Cero is a national radio station with a general format. It belongs to the radio group Atresmedia Radio. Local and regional programmes (UTC): Monday-Friday: 0427, 0455, 0520, 0555, 0620, 0727, 0755, 0827, 0855, 0925, 1030, 1300, 1427, 1457, 1527, 1557, 1627, 1657, 1700, 1930, 2030, 2130, 2157, 2240, 2330 Saturday/Sunday: 0427, 0627, 0657, 0727, 0757, 0827, 0857, 0927, 1127, 1357, 1750, 2155, 2220, 2240 kHz Location kW 540 Barcelona, Catalunya 50 954 Madrid 50 1080 Toledo, Castile-La Mancha 5 1341 Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha 10 Almería, Andalucía 5

Radio Inter Radio Inter or La Inter, formerly known as Radio Intercontinental, is a Spanish radio station of a general nature, broadcasting on mediumwave 918 kHz in Madrid, as well as on FM. It belongs to the joint-stock company Compañía de Radiodifusión Intercontinental (CRISA), owned by 96.7% of Grupo Intereconomía. kHz Location kW

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918 Madrid 20

International broadcasting on shortwave

Radio Exterior de España Radio Exterior de España (REE) is the international radio service operated by Radio Nacional de España. The station is primarily intended for Spaniards living abroad. It broadcasts 24-hours a day on satellite and the Internet but for limited hours on shortwave. Transmissions are in Spanish, French, Arabic, Ladino, Portuguese, Russian and English. Transmitter site: Noblejas - 4 x 300 kW (operating at 200 kW according to HFCC registrations). Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 1400-1800 Sat/Sun Spanish West Africa 11670 South America 11940 Middle East 15520 North America 17855 1500-1630 Mon-Fri Spanish West Africa 11670 Middle East 15520 1630-1700 Mon-Fri Arabic West Africa 11670 Middle East 15520 1700-1730 Mon-Fri Portuguese West Africa 11670 1700-1730 Mon/Thu/Fri Russian Middle East 15520 1700-1730 Tue Ladino Middle East 15520 1730-1800 Mon-Fri Spanish West Africa 11670 Middle East 15520 1800-2130 Daily Spanish West Africa 11670 South America 11940 Middle East 15520 North America 17855 2130-2200 Mon-Fri Spanish West Africa 11670 South America 11940 North America 17855 2130-2200 Mon-Fri Arabic Middle East 15520 2130-2200 Sat Spanish West Africa 11670 South America 11940 Middle East 15520 North America 17855 2130-2200 Sun Ladino West Africa 11670 South America 11940 Middle East 15520 North America 17855 2200-2230 Mon/Wed/Fri English West Africa 11670 South America 11940 Middle East 15520 North America 17855 2200-2230 Tue Ladino West Africa 11670 South America 11940 Middle East 15520 North America 17855

2200-2230 Thu Spanish West Africa 11670 South America 11940 Middle East 15520 North America 17855 2230-2300 Mon/Wed/Fri French West Africa 11670 South America 11940 Middle East 15520 North America 17855 2230-2300 Tue/Thu Spanish West Africa 11670 South America 11940 Middle East 15520 North America 17855 2300-2330 Tue-Sat Portuguese South America 11940 North America 17855 2330-0000 Mon-Fri Spanish South America 11940 North America 17855 0000-0200 Tue-Sat Spanish South America 11940 North America 17855

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Private radio stations on shortwave

Radio Mi Amigo International Radio Mi Amigo International is a Spanish-based Internet radio station that also broadcasts on shortwave during the daytime. It's mission is to bring back "the Golden Era of Offshore AM Radio". Transmitter site: Shortwaveservice, Kall-Krekel, Germany - 20 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0700-1700 Daily English/Dutch/French/German Europe 6085-kll

Sweden

Sveriges Radio SR is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, and funded through a licensing fee, the level of which is decided by the Swedish Riksdag. Four radio channels are available nationwide on FM and digital radio.

Private volunteer radio stations on VLF, MW & SW

Grimeton Radio Station in southern Sweden, close to in , is an early longwave transatlantic station built in 1922-1924, that has been preserved as a historical site. From the 1920s through the 1940s it was used to transmit telegram traffic by to North America and other countries, and during World War 2 was Sweden's only telecommunication link with the rest of the world. It is the only remaining example of an early pre- electronic radio transmitter technology called an Alexanderson . It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2004, with the statement: "Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg is an outstanding monument representing the process of development of communication technology in the period following the First World War." The radio station is also an anchor site for the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The transmitter is still in operational condition, and each year on a day called Alexanderson Day is started up and transmits brief Morse code test transmissions on 17.2 kHz.

The annual transmission event on the Alexanderson Day with the Alexanderson Alternator from 1924 on VLF 17.2 kHz CW with the SAQ, was last held on Sunday, July 4th, 2021.

The Alexander Grimeton Association usually carry out two broadcasts on the day to the world from the old Alexanderson alternator SAQ.

Transmission schedule: 1. Startup and tuning at 10:30 CET (08:30 UTC) with a transmission of a message at 11:00 CET (09:00 UTC) 2. Startup and tuning at 13:30 CET (11:30 UTC) with a transmission of a message at 14:00 CET (12:00 UTC)

Live video is usually streamed with both transmissions seen live on YouTube. The live video starts 5 minutes before the startup and tuning.

More information here: https://alexander.n.se/alexanderson-day-2021/?lang=en

Hörby Mellanvåg 1179 Hörby Mellanvåg 1179 is a heritage radio station run by volunteers. It uses a 2.5 Watt transmitter on 1179 kHz which is located at Karlsfält, the place where Hörby's first mediumwave transmitter was located between 1928 and 1937. Karlsfält is approximately 5 km south of Hörby and close to where the later Hörby transmitting station was located from 1937-38 until its closure in 2010. Each September, a license is issued by the Swedish PTS for an event called "Veteran Sound Day". This year it is due to be held on Saturday 4 September 2021.

Radio Nord Revival Radio Nord Revival was last on the air on 4 & 5 September 2021. Göran Lindemark, Radio Nord Revival Group wrote beforehand "Radio Nord Revival has now received a broadcast permit September 4-5. There will be broadcasts from Kastellet in Vaxholm on FM 91,9 MHz. And on a short wave from Julita in Sörmland. We have received three alternative frequencies in the 49 meter band: 6035, 6060 and 6130 kHz. (Göran Lindemark, Radio Nord Revival Facebook Group, 26 August 2021 - translated from Swedish via Alan Pennington, BDXC iog))

International broadcasting on shortwave

IBRA Media IBRA Media, formerly IBRA Radio, is a Swedish-based Christian media organisation that is owned by Pentecostal

41 churches in the Nordic countries. Transmitter sites: Dhabbaya, UAE (dha) - 250 kW; Moosbrunn, Austria (mos) - 100 kW; Tashkent, Uzbekistan (tac) - 100 kW; Woofferton, UK (wof) - 250/300 kW; Yerevan, Armenia (erv) - 300 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0230-0300 Daily Dari Afghanistan 9895-dha 0800-0830 Daily Arabic Middle East 15260-mos 1500-1530 Daily Bengali South Asia 9390-tac 1600-1630 Daily Afar North-East Africa 11655-dha 1615-1630 Daily Amharic North-East Africa 9540-dha 1630-1700 Daily Amharic North-East Africa 9540-dha 1700-1730 Daily Oromo North-East Africa 9630-dha 1700-1800 Daily Arabic Middle East 15260-wof 1730-1800 Daily Silt'e North-East Africa 7510-erv 1730-1800 Daily Tigrinya North-East Africa 9630-dha 1730-1900 Daily Arabic North-East Africa 15510-wof

Switzerland

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR; German: Schweizerische Radio und Fernsehgesellschaft, French: Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision, Italian: Società Svizzera di Radiotelevisione, Romansh: Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun) is the Swiss public broadcasting association.

International broadcasting on shortwave

SRG SSR SRG SSR has daily transmissions in Germany via Shortwaveservice in Germany. Transmitter site: Kall, Krekel, Germany - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language kHz 1030-1100 Daily German 6005-kll 1600-1700 Daily German 3985-kll

Ukraine

The National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine is the national public broadcaster in Ukraine. It was created in 2015 and prior to this Radio Ukraine was its radio predecessor and a stand-alone company until it merged with the National Television Company of Ukraine to be the first public broadcasting company of Ukraine.

UR1 The First Channel of Ukrainian Radio (Pershiy Kanal) consists of news and information, political and social-economic subjects, literary and musical programmes. It also broadcasts live sittings of the Ukrainian parliament (). Time/UTC Days Languages kHz Transmitter site kW 24 hours Daily Ukrainian 549 Luch, Mykolaiv 400 0400-2200 Daily Ukrainian 873 Chasiv Yar 25

International broadcasting on shortwave and mediumwave

Radio Ukraine International RUI is the foreign service of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. Although it no longer broadcasts from transmitters in Ukraine, RUI has a daily half-hour programme in German relayed via Shortwaveservice. Transmitter site: Kall, Krekel, Germany - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0800-0900 Daily German Europe 6005-kll

Krym.Realii Krym.Realii is a division of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service that delivers radio, TV, and online news to people living in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in March 2014. Transmitter site: Chonhar, Ukrainbe - 25 kW. Time/UTC Days Languages kHz Note 24 hours Daily Russian and Ukrainian 648 includes relay of RFE/RL in Russian at 0100-0200

United Kingdom

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British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering the majority of musical genres, as well as local radio stations covering local news, affairs and interests.

On longwave and mediumwave, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live can be heard, along with the national services of BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Ulster. In addition there is the BBC Asian Network and a number of BBC local radio stations still serving their target audience on mediumwave.

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a mixed speech service, offering in-depth news and current affairs and a wide range of other speech output including drama, readings, comedy, factual and magazine programmes. The service appeals to listeners seeking intelligent programmes in many genres which inform, educate and entertain. Freqs: 198, 720, 756, 774, 1449 & 1458 kHz

BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live (also known as just 5 Live) broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major sports events staged in the UK or involving British competitors. Freqs: 693, 909 and 990 kHz

BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland broadcasts a wide range of programming, including news, debate, music, drama, comedy and sports. It is broadcast from the BBC Scotland headquarters in the Pacific Quay in . Freq: 810 kHz

BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Wales is an speech-led service for listeners with programmes about the life, culture and affairs of Wales. Programmes focus on local and national concerns but also address matters of UK and international significance. Freq: 882 kHz.

BBC Local Radio The remit of BBC Local Radio is to provide a primarily speech-based service of news, information and debate to urban and rural communities. Speech output is complemented by music. The target audience is listeners aged 50 and over, who are not well-served elsewhere. There is a strong emphasis on interactivity and audience involvement.

BBC Asian Network The BBC Asian Network provides speech and music output appealing to British Asians, with a strong focus on news and current affairs. The primary target audience is British Asians under 35 but also appeals to anyone with an interest in British Asian issues, music and culture. Freqs: 828, 837, 1449 and 1458 kHz.

BBC on mediumwave kHz Station Transmitter location kW Area served by transmitter 198 BBC Radio 4 Droitwhich, Worcestershire 500 United Kingdom BBC Radio 4 Burghead, Morayshire 50 Northern Scotland BBC Radio 4 Westerglen, Strilingshire 50 Central Scotland 603 BBC Radio 4 Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0.5 Tyne and Wear 693 BBC Radio 5 Live Droitwich, Worcestershire 150 Central BBC Radio 5 Live Stagshaw, Northumberland 50 North-East England BBC Radio 5 Live Start Point, South Devon 50 South-West England BBC Radio 5 Live Burghead, Morayshire 25 Northern Scotland BBC Radio 5 Live Postwick, Norwich, Norfolk 10 Norfolk BBC Radio 5 Live Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria 0.6 South Cumbria BBC Radio 5 Live Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex 0.4 East Sussex BBC Radio 5 Live Folkestone, Kent 1 South Kent BBC Radio 5 Live Redmoss, Aberdeenshire 1 Aberdeenshire BBC Radio 5 Live Enniskillen, County Fermanagh 1 County Fermanagh 720 BBC Radio 4 Lisnagarvey, County Antrim 10 Northern Ireland BBC Radio 4 Londonderry, County Londonderry 0.25 Londonderry BBC Radio 4 Crystal Palace, 0.24 London

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756 BBC Radio 4 Redruth, Cornwall 2 West Cornwall BBC Radio Cumbria , Cumbria 1 North Cumbria 774 BBC Radio 4 Plymouth, Devon 0.2 South Devon BBC Radio 4 Enniskillen, County Fermanagh 0.5 Fermanagh 810 BBC Radio Scotland Burghead, Morayshire 100 Northern Scotland BBC Radio Scotland Westerglen, Stirlingshire 100 Central Scotland 828 BBC Asian Network Sedgley, West Midlands 0.2 Wolverhampton/Black Country 837 BBC Radio Cumbria Barrow in Furness, Cumbria 2 South Cumbria BBC Asian Network Freeman's Common, Leicestershire 0.5 Leicester 873 BBC Radio Norfolk West Lynn, Norfolk 0.3 West Norfolk 882 BBC Radio Wales Washford, Somerset tbc South Wales 909 BBC Radio 5 Live Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire 200 Northern England BBC Radio 5 Live Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire 150 South-East England BBC Radio 5 Live Westerglen, Strilingshire 50 Central Scotland BBC Radio 5 Live Clevedon, Avon 50 South-West England BBC Radio 5 Live Lisnagarvey, County Down 10 Northern Ireland BBC Radio 5 Live Redruth, Cornwall 2 West Cornwall BBC Radio 5 Live Exeter, Devon 1 South Devon BBC Radio 5 Live Fareham, Hampshire 1 Hampshire BBC Radio 5 Live Whitehaven, Cumbria 1 West Cumbria BBC Radio 5 Live Londonderry, County Londonderry 1 Londonderry BBC Radio 5 Live Bournemouth, Dorset 0.25 Dorset BBC Radio 5 Live Dartford Tunnel, Essex/Kent 0.004 Dartford Tunnel 990 BBC Radio 5 Live Tywyn 1 West Wales 1026 BBC Radio Jersey Trinity, Jersey 1 Jersey, Channel Islands 1116 BBC Radio Derby Burnaston Lane, Derby 1 Derbyshire BBC Radio Guernsey Rohais, Guernsey 0.5 Guernsey, Channel Island 1413 BBC Radio Gloucestershire Berkeley Heath, Gloucestershire 0.5 West Gloucestershire 1449 BBC Radio 4 Redmoss, 2 Aberdeenshire 1485 BBC Radio 4 Carlisle, Cumbria 0.79 North Cumbria 1449 BBC Asian Network Gunthorpe, Cambridgeshire 0.15 Cambridge 1458 BBC Asian Network Langley Mill, Staffordshire 5 Birmingham 1566 BBC Radio Somerset Taunton, Somerset 1 Somerset

Commercial radio Commercial radio licences are awarded by , a government body which advertises a licence for an area and then grants permission to broadcast in that area. Two national commercial channels are available on mediumwave, and . Rather than operating as independent entities, many local radio stations are owned by large radio groups which broadcast a similar format to many areas. The largest operator of radio is Global Radio and other owners are Bauer Radio and Wireless Group. The following stations operate on mediumwave: kHz Station Transmitter location kW Area served by transmitter 558 Panjab Radio Crystal Palace, London 2.5 Greater London 603 Littlebourne, East Kent 0.1 East Kent 774 Smooth Radio Little Shurdington, Cheltenham, Gloucs 0.14 Gloucestershire 792 Smooth Radio Kempston, Bedfordshire 0.275 Bedford & Bedfordshire 828 Smooth Radio Fern Barrow, Bournemouth, Dorset 0.27 Bournemouth & Hampshire Smooth Radio Lewsey Farm, Luton, Bedfordshire 0.2 Luton & Bedfordshire 855 Sunshine 855 Villa Farm, Ludlow, Shropshire 0.15 South Shropshire 936 Smooth Radio Naish Hill, West Wiltshire 0.18 West Wiltshire 945 Smooth Radio Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex 0.7 Eastbourne & East Sussex Gold Quarndon, Derbyshire 0.2 Derby & East Midl&s 963 Asian Sound Radio Haslingden, Lancashire 0.2 East Lancashire Sunrise Radio Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, London 0.95 North London

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972 Sunrise Radio Glade Road, Southall, London 0.95 South London 990 Greatest Crimpsall, South Yorkshire 0.25 Doncaster/South Yorkshire 999 Gold Trowell, Nottinghamshire 0.25 Nottingham & East Midl&s 1026 Downtown Radio Knock-Breckan, County Down 1.7 Belfast 1035 Lyca Gold Crystal Palace, London 2.5 South London West Sound Symington, South Ayrshire 0.32 Ayr 1053 TalkSport Droitwich, Worcestershire 500 Central England TalkSport Postwick, Norwich, Norfolk 18 Norfolk TalkSport Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway 10 South-West Scotland TalkSport Rusthall, Kent 4 West Kent TalkSport Southwick, West Sussex 2.2 West Sussex TalkSport Bournemouth, Dorset 1 Dorset TalkSport Exeter, South Devon 1 Exeter/South Devon TalkSport Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire 1 Humberside TalkSport Plymouth, South Devon 1 Plymouth/South Devon TalkSport Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire 1 Teeside TalkSport Wrekenton, Tyne and Wear 1 Tyne and Wear TalkSport Dundee, Perth and Kinross 1 Dundee TalkSport Rosemarkie, Inverness 1 Inverness 1071 TalkSport Clipstone, Nottinghamshire 1 Nottingham 1089 TalkSport Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire 400 South-East England TalkSport Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire 400 Northern England TalkSport Westerglen, Stirlingshire 125 Central Scotland TalkSport Washford, Somerset 80 South-West England 1089 TalkSport Lisnagarvey, County Antrim 12.5 Northern Ireland TalkSport Redmoss, Aberdeenshire 2.2 Aberdeenshire TalkSport Lydd, Kent 2 South Kent TalkSport Redruth, Cornwall 2 West Cornwall TalkSport Dartford Tunnel, Kent/Essex 0.004 Dartford Tunnel 1107 MFR 2 Tarbat Ness, Easter Ross 1.5 Inverness TalkSport Boston, Lincolnshire 1 Lincolnshire TalkSport Duxhurst, Surrey 1 Surrey TalkSport Fareham, Hampshire 1 Hampshire TalkSport Occombe, Torbay, South Devon 1 Torbay/South Devon TalkSport Wallasey, Wirral 0.5 Merseyside/Wirral 1152 LBC London News Saffron , Hertfordhire 23.5 Gtr London & Home Counties Clyde 2 Dechmont Hill, South Lanarkshire 3.6 Glasgow Greatest Hits Radio Greenside, Tyne and Wear 1.8 Newcastle/Tyne and Wear Smooth Radio Brundall, Norfolk 0.83 Norwich & Norfolk Smooth Radio Plumer Barracks, Plymouth, South Devon 0.32 Plymouth & South Devon 1161 Tay 2 Greenside Scalp, Fife 1.4 Dundee Smooth Radio Blunsdon, Wiltshire 0.16 Swindon & Wiltshire 1170 Greatest Hits Radio Winsh-Wen, Swansea, West Glamorgan 0.58 Swansea Bay area Greatest Hits Radio Stockton, Teeside 0.32 Middlesborough/Teeside Greatest Hits Radio Sideway, Staffordshire 0.2 Stoke-on-Trent/Staffs Smooth Radio Foxhall Heath, Suffolk 0.28 Ipswhich & Suffolk Smooth Radio Farlington Marshes, Hampshire 0.12 Portsmouth & Hampshire 1197 Absolute Radio Southwick, West Sussex 1.1 West Sussex Absolute Radio Trowell, Nottinghamshire 0.5 Nottingham Absolute Radio Gloucester, Gloucestershire 0.3 Gloucester Absolute Radio Fern Barrow, Bournemouth, Dorset 0.25 Bournemouth Absolute Radio Oxford, Oxfordshire 0.25 Oxford 1215 Absolute Radio Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire 200 Northern England Absolute Radio Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire 125 South-East England Absolute Radio Droitwich, Worcestershire 105 Central England Absolute Radio Washford, Somerset 100 South-West England Absolute Radio Westerglen, Stirlingshire 100 Central Scotland Absolute Radio Lisnagarvey, County Antrim 16 Northern Ireland Absolute Radio Redmoss, Aberdeenshire 2.3 North-East Scotland Absolute Radio Wrekenton, Tyne and Wear 2.2 Tyne and Wear Absolute Radio Postwick, Norwich, Norfolk 1.2 Norfolk Absolute Radio Fareham, Hampshire 1 Hampshire Absolute Radio Dartford Tunnel, Kent/Essex 0.004 Dartford Tunnel 1233 Absolute Radio Kings Heath, Northampton 0.5 Northampton Absolute Radio Manningtree, Essex 0.5 Essex Absolute Radio Reading, Berkshire 0.16 Reading

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1242 Absolute Radio Boston, Lincolnshire 2 Lincolnshire Absolute Radio Sideway, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire 1 Staffordshire Absolute Radio Stockton-on-Tess, Teeside 1 Teeside Smooth Radio Hoo, Kent 0.32 North Kent 1251 Smooth Radio Great Barton, Suffolk 0.76 Bury St Edmunds & Suffolk 1260 Absolute Radio Lydd, South-East Kent 1 Kent Smooth Radio Farndon, Cheshire 0.64 Wrexham & Deeside Sabras Radio Freemans Common, Leicester 0.29 Leicester 1278 Greatest Hits Radio Tyersal Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire 0.43 Bradford/West Yorkshire 1296 Radio XL Langley Mill, Staffordshire 10 Birmingham/West Midlands 1305 Chingford, London 0.5 North London Premier Christian Radio North Looe, London 0.5 South London Greatest Hits Radio Ardsley, South Yorkshire 0.15 Barnsley/South Yorkshire 1323 Smooth Radio Southwick, West Sussex 0.5 Brighton & West Sussex 1332 Smooth Radio Gunthorpe, Peterborough, Cambs 0.6 Cambridge & Cambs 1359 Smooth Radio Chelmsford, Essex 0.28 Chelmsford & Essex 1368 Manx Radio Foxdale, Isle of Man 20 Isle of Man 1377 Asian Sound Radio Ashton Moss, Greater 0.08 Greater Manchester 1413 Premier Christian Radio Dartford Marshes, London 0.5 East London Premier Christian Radio Heathrow, London 0.5 West London 1431 Smooth Radio Rayleigh, Essex 0.35 Southend-on-Sea & Essex 1458 Lyca Radio 1458 Brookmans Park, Hertforshire 125 Gtr London & Home Counties Gold Ashton Moss, Greater Manchester 5 Greater Manchester 1530 Greatest Hits Radio Huddersfield, West Yorkshire 0.74 Huddersfield/West Yorkshire 1548 Gold Saffron Green, Hertfordshire 97.5 Gtr London & Home Counties Forth 2 Collinswell, Fife 2.2 Edinburgh Greatest Hits Radio Skew Hill, South Yorkshire 0.74 Sheffield/South Yorkshire 1557 Smooth Radio Kings Heath, Northampton 0.76 Northampton & Northants Smooth Radio Veals Farm, Southampton 0.5 Southampton & Hampshire 1566 Premier Christian Radio Peasmarsh, East Sussex 0.8 Surrey 1584 Tay 2 Perth, Perth and Kinross 0.21 Perth

Com munity Radio (CR) CR stations typically cover a small geographical area with a coverage radius of up to 5 km and run on a not-for-profit basis. The idea for this new level of radio broadcasting was piloted by the regulator at the time, the Radio Authority, in 2002 with the licensing of 15 so-called Access Radio stations for a trial period of one year to test the feasibility of such stations. The licences were extended in 2003 for a further year, and in 2004 a consultation was issued by the Authority's successor, Ofcom, on the creation of Community Radio. They can cater for whole communities or for different areas of interest, such as a particular ethnic group, age group or interest group. Hz Station Transmitter location kW 648 Radio Caroline Orfordness, Suffolk 1 936 Dales Radio Hawes, North Yorkshire 0.15 1323 Akash Radio Leeds, West Yorkshire 0.001 1332 Radio Warrington Warrington, Cheshire 0.001 1431 Bradford Asian Radio Bradford, West Yorkshire 0.001 1449 Leicester Community Radio Leicester 0.05 1476 Carillon Wellbeing Radio Coalville, Leicestershire 0.25 1503 Betar Bangla Bow, East London 0.001 1521 Flame Christian Community R. Willaston, South Wirral 0.07 Radio Panj Coventry, West Midlands 0.001

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1530 Radio Ramadhan 365 Glasgow 0.001 1566 Salaam BCR Bury, Greater Manchester 0.001 1575 Radio Seerah Leicester 0.001 1602 Desi Radio Southall, London 0.15

Low Power AM (LPAM) LPAM licences are issued throughout the UK, except within an area enclosed by the M25 London orbital motorway, and allow for freely-radiating transmission on the AM waveband at a usual maximum radiated power of up to 1 watt. kHz Station Transmitter location kW 1134 BFBS Gurkha Radio Gamecock Barracks, Bramcote, Warks 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Royal Military Acad, Sandhurst, Berks 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Dalton Barracks, Abingdon, Oxon 0.001 L & D Hospital Radio Luton & Dunstable Hosp, Luton, Beds 0.001 1251 BFBS Gurkha Radio Imphal Barracks, York, North Yorks 0.001 RaW, Radio Warwick Univ of Coventry, Coventry, W Mids 0.001 The Cat UCC, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire 0.001 1278 BFBS Gurkha Radio Shorncliffe Barracks, Folkestone, Kent 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Barracks, Stafford, Staffs 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Swinton Barracks, Tidworth, Wiltshire 0.001 1287 BFBS Gurkha Radio Blandford Camp, Dorset 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Maidstone, Kent 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Aldershot, Hampshire 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Innsworth, Gloucestershire 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Brecon, Powys 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Warminster Barracks, Wiltshire 0.001 BFBS Gurkha Radio Buckleigh Barracks, Hullavington, Wilts 0.001 BFBS Radio Bovington Camp, Dorset 0.001 1350 Hospital Radio Yare Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 0.001 Kingstown Radio Hull, East Yorkshire 0.001 Mid-Downs Radio Haywards Heath, West Sussex 0.001 Radio Cavell Oldham, Lancs 0.001 URY York, North Yorkshire 0.001 1386 Anker Radio Nuneaton, Warwickshire 0.001 Carillon Radio Loughborough, Leicestershire 0.001 Radio Clatterbridge Clatterbridge, Wirral 0.001 Radio City Swansea, West Glamorgan 0.001 1431 Carillon Radio Coalville, Leicestershire 0.001 CHR 1431 Chichester, West Sussex 0.001 Radio Redhill Redhill, Surrey 0.001 Sheffield Hospital Radio Sheffield, South Yorkshire 0.001 1449 The Hub Frenchay, Bristol 0.001

Restricted Service Licences (RSL) RSL's are granted for such things as coverage of special events and other special projects. Licensees are limited to a small coverage area and a usual maximum of 28 consecutive days. There are some exceptions to the consecutive days rule when covering a series of events such as those for sport. There have been no recent RSL stations on mediumwave.

International broadcasting on mediumwave and shortwave

BBC World Service The BBC World Service (BBCWS) is the world’s leading international radio broadcaster, providing impartial news reports and analysis in English and 27 other languages. BBCWS is a public corporation of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Transmitter sites: Longwave: Droitwich, UK (dro) - 500 kW; Mediumwave: Dushanbe, Tajikistan (db) - 100 kW; A'Seela, Oman (sla) - 800 kW; Zakaki, Cyprus (zak) - 500 kW; Washford, UK (wsh) - 100 kW Shortwave: Ascension Island (asc) - 125/250 kW; A'Seela, Oman (sla) - 125/250 kW; Dhabbaya, UAE (dha) - 250 kW; Dushanbe, Tajikistan (db) - 250 kW; Grigoriopol, PMR (kch) - 300 kW; Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (sof) - 250 kW; Kranji, Singapore (sng) - 100/125/250 kW; Moosbrun, Austria (mos) - 300 kW; Pinheira, Sao Tome (sao) - 100 kW; Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican (smg) - 100/250 kW; Talata Volonondry, Madagscar (mdc) - 250 kW; Tashkent, Uzbekistan (tac) - 100 kW; Tinang, Philippines (pht) - 250 kW; Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (trm) - 125 kW; Woofferton, UK (wof) - 100/250/300 kW; Yerevan, Armenia (erv) - 300 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0000-0030 Daily Burmese South-East Asia 7465-sng 11700-sng 15310-pht 0000-0100 Daily English South Asia 6155-sla 7325-tac

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0000-0420 Daily English Europe 198-dro 882-wsh 0030-0100 Daily Dari Afghanistan 1413-sla 6195-sla 7295-mos 0100-0130 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 6195-sla 7295-mos 7445-sla 0100-0200 Daily English South Asia 1413-sla 7410-sla 11730-sng 0130-0200 Daily Dari Afghanistan 6195-sla 7295-mos 7445-sla 0200-0230 Daily English South Asia 1413-sla 0200-0230 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 7445-sla 9410-sla 9880-erv 0200-0230 Daily Tajik West Asia 1251-db 0200-0300 Daily Arabic North Africa 639-zak Middle East 720-zak 0230-0300 Daily Dari Afghanistan 1413-sla 7445-sla 9410-sla 9880-erv 0230-0300 Daily Persian Iran 6040-dha 6195-tac 7360-sof 7485-kch 0300-0330 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 9880-sla 11870-dha 13580-erv 0300-0330 Daily Persian Iran 1413-sla 6040-dha 6195-tac 7360-sof 7485-kch 0300-0400 Daily Arabic Middle East 720-zak North Africa 639-zak 7235-wof 9410-dha 0300-0400 Daily English Middle East 9440-sla 12095-sla 0330-0430 Daily Persian Iran 1413-sla 1251-db 9880-sof 11870-sla 13825-tac 0400-0430 Daily Somali Horn of Africa 11995-mdc 13790-dha 0400-0500 Daily Arabic Middle East 720-zak North Africa 639-zak 0400-0500 Daily English East Africa 9915-mdc West Asia 12095-sla 13580-mdc 0430-0500 Daily Persian Iran 1413-sla 9880-dha 13825-tac 15310-sof 0459-0600 Daily English Europe 3955-wof - DRM 0500-0530 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 13850-sla 15590-sla 0500-0530 Daily Persian Iran 9880-dha 13825-tac 15310-sof 0500-0600 Daily Arabic Middle East 720-zak North Africa 639-zak 12095-sla 0500-0600 Daily English Central Africa 12015-wof East Africa 13580-dha Southern Africa 9915-mdc West Africa 6005-asc 9410-smg 0500-0600 Sat Kirundi Great Lakes 13810-dha 15490-erv 0529-0600 Daily Hausa West Africa 5875-asc 9440-wof 9745-mos 0529-0600 Sun Kirundi Great Lakes 13810-dha 15490-erv 0530-0600 Daily Dari Afghanistan 13850-sla 15590-sla 0600-0629 Daily French Central Africa 12030-sao North Africa 9440-wof 11930-mos West Africa 5875-asc 0600-0630 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 13850-sla 15590-sla 0600-0700 Daily Arabic Middle East 720-zak North Africa 639-zak 12095-sla 0600-0700 Daily English Central Africa 13660-wof 15490-smg East Africa 15420-mdc Southern Africa 12015-sao 15400-mdc West Africa 6005-asc 7345-asc 0629-0700 Daily Hausa West Africa 5875-asc 7305-asc 11660-wof 0630-0700 Daily Dari Afghanistan 13850-sla 15590-sla 0700-0729 Daily French Central Africa 13810-sao West Africa 9440-asc 0700-0730 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 13850-sla 15590-sla 0700-0800 Daily English Central Africa 9745-sao 15490-smg East Africa 15420-mdc Southern Africa 15400-mdc West Africa 9410-sao 12015-asc 0730-0800 Daily Dari Afghanistan 13740-sla 15310-sla 0759-0900 Daily English South Asia 15620-sng - DRM 0800-0830 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 13740-sla 15310-sla 0830-0900 Daily Dari Afghanistan 13740-sla 15310-sla 0900-0930 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 13740-sla 15310-sla 0930-1000 Daily Dari Afghanistan 13740-sla 15310-sla 0930-1000 Daily Tajik West Asia 1251-db 1000-1030 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 1251-db(su/mo) 13740-sla 15310-sla 1000-1030 Tue-Sat English Cental Asia 1251-db 1000-1100 Daily English East Asia 9410-sng

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South-East Asia 6195-sng 9410-sng 11945-sng 1030-1100 Daily Dari Afghanistan 13740-sla 15310-sla 1100-1130 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 13740-sla 15310-sla 1100-1130 Daily Somali Horn of Africa 13790-dha 15420-dha 1100-1200 Daily English East Asia 9410-sng South-East Asia 6195-sng 9410-sng 11945-sng 1100-1300 Sat Somali Horn of Africa 12015-mdc 17745-dha (Premier League football) 1100-1600 Sat Hausa West Africa 17780-asc (Premier League football) 1130-1200 Daily Dari Afghanistan 13630-sla 1200-1230 Daily French Central Africa 15260-sao North Africa 13790-smg West Africa 15400-asc 1200-1300 Daily English East Asia 15640-sng South Asia 11945-sng 12065-sla 15310-sla 1200-1400 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 13630-sla 1300-1330 Mon-Fri Uzbek Central Asia 1251-db 1300-1330 Sat/Sun Pashto Central Asia 1251-db 1300-1400 Daily English South Asia 1314-sla 11805-sla 11945-sng 12065-sng 1300-1400 Sat Somali Horn of Africa 12015-mdc 15420-dha 17745-dha (Premier League football) 1330-1400 Daily Bengali South Asia 9410-trm 9510-sng 11750-sla 1330-1400 Daily Burmese South-East Asia 7465-sng 9585-sng 15325-pht 1330-1400 Daily Uzbek Central Asia 1251-db 1330-1430 Daily Burmese South-East Asia 5890-sng 1400-1430 Mon-Fri Hausa West Africa 9705-sao 17780-asc 21630-asc 1400-1500 Daily Dari Afghanistan 1413-sla 5970-sla 7465-sng 1400-1500 Daily Tajik Central Asia 1251-db 1400-1500 Daily Somali Horn of Africa 12095-mdc 15420-dha 17745-dha 1400-1600 Sat Somali Horn of Africa 12095-mdc 15420-dha 17745-dha (Premier League football) 1500-1600 Daily Arabic Middle East 702-sla 1500-1600 Daily English East Africa 9410-sla West Asia 7485-sng 1500-1600 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 1413-sla 5970-sla 7465-sng 9335-sof 1500-1600 Daily Persian Iran 5875-sla 6195-sla 1530-1830 Daily Korean East Asia 7355-sng 9390-db 9615-pht 1600-1630 Daily Dari Afghanistan 1413-sla 5970-sla 7465-sng 9335-sof 1600-1700 Daily Arabic Middle East 720-zak 1600-1700 Daily English Central Africa 17830-asc East Africa 7445-mdc Southern Africa 15400-asc 17640-asc Middle East 7485-sng 1600-1700 Sat Hausa West Africa 15685-asc (Premier League football) 1600-1700 Daily Persian Iran 5875-sof 6195-sla 1600-1900 Sat Somali Horn of Africa 7225-dha 9660-sof (Premier League football) 1630-1700 Daily Bengali South Asia 7410-sla 9445-sng 1630-1700 Mon-Fri Kirundi Great Lakes 9720-mdc 12095-dha 1630-1700 Mon-Fri Pashto Afghanistan 1413-sla 5970-sla 7465-sng 9335-sof 1630-1700 Sat/Sun Dari Afghanistan 1413-sla 5970-sla 7465-sng 9335-sof

1700-1800 Daily Arabic Middle East 702-sla 720-zak North Africa 9585-dha 1700-1800 Daily Dari Afghanistan 1413-sla 5875-erv 5970-sla 7465-sng 7580-sof 1700-1800 Daily English Central Africa 17830-asc East Africa 7445-mdc Southern Africa 7265-mdc West Africa 15400-asc 17780-asc Cental Asia 1251-db West Asia 6195-sla 7485-sng 1700-1900 Sat Hausa West Africa 15685-wof (Premier League football) 1730-1750 Mon-Fri Amharic Horn of Africa 9540-sla 11965-smg 12095-dha 1730-1830 Daily Persian Iran 6100-sof 1750-1810 Mon-Fri Oromo Horn of Africa 9540-sla 11965-smg 12095-dha 1800-1830 Daily French Central Africa 11790-sof Indian Ocean 9750-smg North Africa 12005-wof West Africa 13790-smg 15490-asc 1800-1830 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 1413-sla 5875-erv 5970-sla 7465-sng 7580-sof

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1800-1830 Daily Tajik West Asia 1251-db 1800-1900 Daily Arabic Middle East 702-sla 720-zak North Africa 639-zak 9585-dha 1800-1900 Daily English Central Africa 11810-asc East Africa 7445-mdc 9410-dha Southern Africa 7265-mdc West Africa 13660-wof 15400-asc West Asia 6195-sla 7485-sng 1810-1830 Mon-Fri Tigrinya Horn of Africa 9540-sla 11965-smg 12095-dha 1830-1850 Mon-Fri Amharic Horn of Africa 7305-sla 9470-sla 11965-smg 1830-1900 Daily Pashto Afghanistan 1251-db 1413-sla 5875-erv 5970-sla 7465-sng 7580-sof 1830-1930 Daily Persian Iran 6100-sof 1850-1910 Mon-Fri Oromo Horn of Africa 7305-sla 9470-sla 9685-sla 11965-smg 1900-2000 Daily Arabic Middle East 702-sla 720-zak North Africa 639-zak 5925-dha 1900-2000 Daily English Central Africa 11810-asc East Africa 6195-dha 7445-mdc Southern Africa 6155-sao 7265-mdc West Africa 12095-asc Middle East 1413-sla 1910-1930 Mon-Fri Tigrinya Horn of Africa 7305-sla 9470-sla 9685-sla 11965-smg 1930-2000 Daily Hausa West Africa 9410-asc 11610-wof 11660-asc 2000-2030 Fri Hausa West Africa 9410-asc 11610-wof 11660-asc 2000-2100 Daily Arabic Middle East 702-sla 720-zak North Africa 639-zak 5925-sla 2000-2100 Daily English Central Africa 11810-wof Southern Africa 6155-sao West Africa 12095-asc Middle East 1413-sla 2100-2200 Mon-Fri English Central Africa 11810-asc 2100-2200 Mon-Fri English West Africa 12095-asc 2200-2300 Daily English East Asia 9580-sla South-East Asia 3915-sng 5890-sng 5955-sla 6195-sng 7445-pht 2300-0000 Daily English South-East Asia 3915-sng 5890-sng 6195-sng 11825-pht

BBC World Service programme guides for the period March-October 2021 are available online as follows

Transmissions to West & Central Africa: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/west-centralafrica_audienceguidetolistening.pdf

Transmissions to East & South Africa: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/east_southernafrica_audienceguidetolistening.pdf

Transmissions to Middle East: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/middleeast_fsu_audienceguidetolistening.pdf

Transmissions to East Asia: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/eastasia_audienceguidetolistening.pdf

Transmissions to South Asia: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/southasia_audienceguidetolistening.pdf

Shortwave relays from Woofferton The Woofferton Transmitting Station is located about three miles south-south west of Ludlow in Shropshire, near to the Shropshire-Herefordshire border. It is owned and operated by Encompass (who acquired Babcock Media

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Services in 2018). The site consists of six 250 kW and four 300 kW shortwave transmitters. It is the last remaining shortwave transmitter site in the United Kingdom. Transmitter site: Woofferton - 6 x 250 kW & 4 x 300 kW (operating at 125, 250 & 300 kW according to HFCC registrations) (DRM transmissions: 100 kW). Time/UTC Days Station Language Target kHz 0000-0100 Daily BBC World Service English South Asia 9575 0300-0400 Daily BBC World Service Arabic North-East Africa 7235 0400-0500 Daily Voice of America English Central Africa 7375 0459-0600 Daily BBC World Sce (DRM) English Europe 3955-DRM 0500-0600 Daily BBC World Service Hausa West Africa 12015 0529-0600 Daily BBC World Service Hausa West Africa 9440 0530-0600 Daily Voice of America French West/Central Africa 9885 0600-0629 Daily BBC World Service French North Africa 9440 0600-0630 Mon-Fri Voice of America French West/Central Africa 9885 0600-0700 Daily Radio Ndarason Int. Kanuri West Africa 12050 0600-0700 Daily BBC World Service English Central Africa 13660 0629-0700 Daily BBC World Service Hausa West Africa 11660 0700-0800 Daily KBS World Radio Korean Europe 9860 1300-1800 Daily Radio Farda Persian Iran 12005 1400-1500 Daily RFE/RL Ozodlik Radiosi Uzbek Central Asia 15310 1530-1600 Daily BBC World Service Hausa West Africa 17700 1630-1700 Fri Voice of America Portuguese Southern Africa 17655 1700-1730 Mon-Fri Voice of America Amharic Horn of Africa 11610 1700-1800 Daily Voice of America English West/Central Africa 15165 1700-1800 Daily IBRA Radio Arabic Middle East 15260 1700-1900 Sat BBC World Service Hausa West Africa 15685 1700-1900 Daily ENC registration unknown Horn of Africa 17700 1730-1800 Mon-Fri Voice of America Oromo Horn of Africa 11610 1730-1900 Daily IBRA Radio Arabic North-East Africa 15510 1800-1830 Daily BBC World Service French North Africa 12005 1800-1900 Daily Radio Ndarason Int. Kanuri West Africa 9775 1800-1900 Daily Radio Ndarason Int. Kanuri West Africa 12050 1800-1900 Daily KBS World Radio Russian Russia 9820 1800-1900 Daily Voice of America Amharic Horn of Africa 11610 1800-1900 Daily BBC World Service English West Africa 13660 1800-1900 Daily Voice of America Amharic Horn of Africa 15660 1800-2100 Daily World's Last Chance Arabic Middle East 9800 1830-1900 Sun Follow the Bible Ministry Arabic North Africa 9470 1830-1900 Sun Follow the Bible Ministry Arabic North Africa 11660 1900-1930 Daily Voice of America Tigrinya Horn of Africa 11610 1900-2000 Daily KBS World Radio French Europe 6145 1900-2100 Daily Radio Ndarason Int. Kanuri West Africa 12050 1930-2000 Daily BBC World Service Hausa West Africa 11610 2000-2030 Fri BBC World Service Hausa West Africa 11610 2000-2100 Daily KBS World Radio German Europe 3955 2000-2100 Daily KBS World Radio Arabic North Africa 6090 2100-2115 Daily Radio Akhbar Mufriha Tachelhit North Africa 7300 2100-2130 Mon-Fri Voice of America French West/Central Africa 9410 Additional tests and one-off transmissions may be broadcast from Woofferton at short notice. One such example was on the afternoon of 5 July 2021 when several people reported hearing a test on 15510 kHz and mentioning an email address of [email protected]. François (surname not known) posted a comment to the British DX Club iog to say that he had sent a report to this address and received a reply from Dave Porter: "Thank you for your report and I confirm the details are correct. These transmissions were to fault-find on a 250/300 kW sender at the UK HF transmitter station at Woofferton in England. These duration of these tests can be variable as the engineers can sometimes need a long time to establish a fault or they may interrupt the test, make an adjustment and resume. This is particularly so if the fault is of an intermittent nature. Encompass Digital Media, Woofferton is the only remaining UK HF sender broadcast station and also is the only one with this transmission test audio and email address. The audio is contained in a file play-out system and incorporates non-copyright music and voice announcements from one of the engineers, Martin, 2E1EKX at the transmitter site".

Afghanistan International TV On 15 August 2021, the day the Taliban captured Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, Volant Media UK Ltd, the parent company of Iran International TV, launched Afghanistan International TV (AITV). AITV aspires to serve as an international news network to provide reliable information for audiences and protect media freedom in the country. AITV, which has started with daily nine hours of live television news and programmes, plans to expand to a full 24/7 schedule as soon as possible.

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AITV also had a radio stream which is already offering 24-hour news and programmes (a shortwave broadcast from AITV were first reported on 16 August 2021). Transmitter site: unknown but likely to be Tashkent, Uzbekistan (tac) and Yerevan-Gavar, Armenia (erv). Time/UTC Days Language kHz 0230-1430 Daily Pashto 7600-tac 1430-0230 Daily Pashto 7600-gav

Afghanistan International TV has also been reported irregularly on 7590 kHz between 0630-1400 (this is in parallel to 7600 kHz). Monitoring by Ivo Ivanov suggests that this is a test broadcast via Yerevan-Gavar.

Jose Jacob confirms that on 7600 kHz the daily programme starts at 0230 UTC nowadays. Until 0230 there is their theme music for many hours! Other notable British shortwave stations

Encore - Classical Music on Radio Tumbril Encore is a weekly classical music programme produced by Brice Avory. Regular broadcast times for each edition are: Days Time/UTC Language kHz & target Saturday 1000-1100 English 6070 kHz Channel 292 to Europe - Simulcast on 9670 kHz 2200-2300 English 5950 kHz WRMI to the US and Canada Sunday 0100-0200 English 7780 & 5850 kHz WRMI to Europe US and Canada 1600-1700 English 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe 2100-2200 English 3955 kHz Channel 292 to Europe Monday 0200-0300 English 5950 kHz WRMI to the US and Canada Tuesday 1300-1400 English 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe, east coast of US and Iceland. Thursday 2200-2300 English 5950 kHz WRMI to the US and Canada Friday 1900-2000 English 6070 kHz Channel 292 to Europe

This week's Programme from Radio Tumbril (first broadcast on Saturday 25 September by Channel 292) begins with the piano piece Drammatico by Scriabin, Missa Pro Fidelibus Defunctis by Antoine de Févin, and part of Schumann's String Quartet No.2. After that, the Andante from the Oboe Concerto in D by Strauss, some Prokofiev, and part of Act lll of Louise by Gustave Charpentier. The programme ends with part of Weber's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra. (If reading or downloading this guide from the BDXC website, a more recent version may be available at dxguides.info giving the contents for the very latest edition of the programme)

Radio Emma Toc World Service The 'Radio Emma Toc World Service' is a half hour programme produced by Jim Salmon available on various broadcast stations & online. The aim is to provide a monthly entertainment & information programme - celebrating all things radio! Why 'Emma Toc' ...? Wireless station 2MT at Writtle, near Chelmsford, was required to read out their allocated callsign '2MT' at regular intervals, & in 1922 the British Army phonetic alphabet of the time was used. 'M' was 'Emma' & 'T' was 'Toc', so '2MT' became 'Two Emma Toc'. The amusing & flippant manner in which Captain Peter Eckersley read out the phonetic version of '2MT' resulted in the station being affectionately known as 'Two Emma Toc'! Check the station's website at www.emmatoc.org for details of the station's history and forthcoming broadcasts. Radio Six International Radio Six International is a private (not for profit) radio station operating from Scotland. Their website says they play "an interesting mixture of songs from the world's unsigned and indie artists in their native languages with a leaning towards instrumentals and some jazz plus specialist shows featuring oldies, bagpipes, easy listening, lounge, Americana, jazz, instrumentals, light music, classical plus some talk shows to spice up the mixture from time to time!" Transmitter site: Rohrbach, Germany (rob) - 10 kW Schedule: For the summer months (2021), Radio Six International will be on shortwave on the first Sunday of the month on Sunday 1 August and Sunday 5 September (further details at www.radiosix.com) Time/UTC Days Language kHz 1200-1300 1st Sunday of the month English 3955-rob 9670-rob

Vatican City State

Vatican Radio Vatican Radio is the official broadcasting service of the Vatican.

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International broadcasting on shortwave

Vatican Radio Vatican Radio's transmitting station is located at Santa Maria di Galeria, an extraterritorial area near Cesano (to the north of Rome) belonging to the Holy See. Shortwave transmissions from Vatican Radio have been reduced in recent years in favour of digital distribution but there are still a number of shortwave broadcasts mainly to Africa and Asia. Transmitter sites: Santa Maria di Galeria (smg) - 4 x 100 kW & 5 x 500 kW (currently operating at 100 & 250 kW according to HFCC registrations); Talata Volonondry, Madagascar (mdc) - 250 kW; Tinang, Philippines (pht) - 250 kW; Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (sai) - 250 kW; Greenville NC, USA (gb) - 250 kW; Kall, Krekel, Germany (kll) - 1 kW. Time/UTC Days Language Target kHz 0100-0130 Daily Portuguese South America 7305-gb 0130-0200 Daily Spanish South America 7305-gb 0500-0600 Daily Italian (Mass) North Africa/Middle East 11620-smg 0600-0610 Mon-Sat Italian Middle East 11620-smg 0605-0700 Sun Ukrainian (Liturgy) Eastern Europe 9645-smg 11815-smg 0610-0630 Mon-Sat Arabic Middle East 11620-smg 0630-0645 Mon-Sat French Middle East 11620-smg 0710-0820 Sun Romanian (Liturgy) Europe 7250-smg 9645-smg 0830-0950 Sun I Amharic Horn of Africa 15595-smg 17790-smg 0830-0950 Sun II/IV Russian Russia 15595-smg 17790-smg 0830-0950 Sun III Armenian Caucasus 15595-smg 17790-smg 0830-0950 Sun V Arabic Middle East 15595-smg 17790-smg 1130-1145 Daily Spanish South America 7305-gb 1130-1200 Fri English (Liturgy) Middle East 15595-smg 17790-smg 1230-1300 Daily Russian Siberia 9610-pht 11850-pht 1230-1300 Sat Chinese East Asia 6085-pht 7490-pht 9720-pht 1400-1420 Daily German Europe 3985-kll 1430-1450 Daily Hindi South Asia 7320-pht 9595-pht 1450-1510 Daily Tamil South Asia 7320-pht 9595-pht 1510-1530 Daily Malayalam South Asia 7320-pht 9595-pht 1530-1600 Daily Arabic Middle East 11620-smg 15595-smg 1530-1600 Daily Amharic Horn of Africa 13830-smg 15565-smg 1600-1615 Daily French Middle East 11620-smg 1600-1615 Sat Swahili East Africa 7360-mdc 15565-smg 1600-1620 Daily Armenian Caucasus 9705-smg 11815-smg 1600-1630 Sun-Fri Swahili East Africa 7360-mdc 15565-smg 1615-1630 Sat Somali Horn of Africa 7360-mdc 15565-smg 1615-1630 Daily English Middle East 11620-smg 1620-1640 Daily Russian Russia 9705-smg 11815-smg 1630-1700 Daily English South & East Africa 7360-mdc 15565-smg 1640-1700 Daily Ukrainian Europe 9705-smg 11815-smg 1700-1720 Daily Belarusian Europe 9705-smg 1700-1730 Daily French Africa 13830-smg 15565-smg 1730-1800 Daily Tigrinya Horn of Africa 13830-smg 15565-smg 1800-1830 Daily Portuguese Africa 13830-smg 1840-1900 Daily Latin (Liturgy) Africa 7360-smg 9705-smg 13830-smg 2000-2030 Daily English Africa 7360-smg 9705-smg 2030-2100 Daily French Africa 7360-smg 9705-smg 2100-2130 Daily Portuguese Africa 7360-smg 2200-2230 Daily Chinese East Asia 6115-smg 7410-smg 9735-pht 2315-0800 Daily Vietnamese South-East Asia 9735-pht 11900-pht

Shortwave relays from Santa Maria di Galeria The Vatican Radio shortwave transmitters at Santa Maria di Galeria are also used by several other international broadcasting stations. These are the transmissions that are additional to those from Vatican Radio stated above. Transmitter site: Santa Maria di Galeria - operating at 100 & 250 kW. Time/UTC Days Station Language Target kHz 0000-0030 Daily Radio Veritas Asia Kachin South-East Asia 9700 0330-0400 Daily Voice of America Somali Horn of Africa 7260 0330-0430 Daily Radio Tamazuj Arabic South Sudan 7315 0400-0500 Mon-Fri Eye Radio Arabic/local langs South Sudan 7340 0430-0500 Daily NHK World Japan English West Africa 7245 0430-0500 Daily Radio Dabanga Arabic Sudan 7315 0500-0530 Daily NHK World Japan English West Africa 7245 0500-0530 Daily Voice of America Hausa West Africa 9715

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0500-0600 Daily BBC World Service English West Africa 9410 0600-0800 Daily BBC World Service English Central Africa 15490 0700-0730 Daily Voice of America Hausa West Africa 12070 1030-1100 Daily Voice of America Somali Horn of Africa 15620 17775 1100-1130 Sat Voice of America French West/CentralAfrica 17540 1200-1230 Daily BBC World Service French North Africa 13790 1300-1400 Daily Voice of America Somali Horn of Africa 17530 1500-1530 Daily Voice of America Hausa West Africa 17700 1530-1630 Daily Radio Dabanga Arabic Sudan 15550 1600-1700 Mon-Fri Eye Radio Arabic/local langs Sudan 15410 1700-1800 Daily Voice of America Portuguese Southern Africa 17655 1730-1750 Mon-Fri BBC World Service Amharic Horn of Africa 11965 1750-1810 Mon-Fri BBC World Service Oromo Horn of Africa 11965 1800-1830 Daily BBC World Service French West/Central Africa 9750 13790 1810-1830 Mon-Fri BBC World Service Tigrinya Horn of Africa 11965 1830-1850 Mon-Fri BBC World Service Amharic Horn of Africa 11965 1850-1910 Mon-Fri BBC World Service Oromo Horn of Africa 11965 1910-1930 Mon-Fri BBC World Service Tigrinya Horn of Africa 11965 2130-2200 Mon-Fri Voice of America Bambara West Africa 11900

Frequencies reserved for International Radio for Disaster Relief From its infancy since 1920s shortwave radio has been associated with its potential of being a communication tool in emergencies. This use of shortwave radio is still very much present among amateur radio enthusiasts for example, who discovered its long distance properties early in the twentieth century. Amateur radio provides a means of communication on shortwaves and other frequencies "when all else fails". This role of amateur radio is well recognised, valued and appreciated both by the public and by the world institutions managing and regulating the use of the . In contrast the huge technical potential of international shortwave broadcasting that operates transmitter facilities tens, or hundred times, more powerful than those of amateur radio, remains almost unused in emergencies. At the moment when local and even regional communication and information networks are needed most, they are destroyed or overloaded and the population suffers from an information blackout. Shortwave radio is capable of remaining the only source of information. Although the life-saving role of radio broadcasting is widely recognised by the public, and confirmed by surveys conducted after the recent disasters - and even acknowledged by world leaders - no concrete projects have been ever designed and no regulatory framework has been developed. That is why the HFCC - International Broadcasting Delivery in co-operation with the Arab States and Asia-Pacific broadcasting unions are working on an International Radio for Disaster Relief (IRDR) project that is based on the system of online co-ordination of frequencies managed by the HFCC in accordance with International Radio Regulations. Transmitter site: Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican - 100 kW. kHz Time/UTC kHz Time/UTC kHz Time/UTC kHz Time/UTC 5910 0500-0600 7400 2000 -1300 13620 0000 -2400 18950 0000 -2400 5910 2100-0100 9430 0000 -2400 15650 0000 -2400 21840 0000 -2400 7400 1600 -1800 11840 0000 -2400 17500 0000 -2400 26010 0000 -2400

Europe on Longwave, Mediumwave and Shortwave

Edited by Tony Rogers

with thanks to Jose Jacob, Dave Kenny, Sergey Kolomiytsev, Alan Pennington and Zenon Teles.

and acknowledging the following for regularly providing news and information on the current DX scene:

British DX Club (BDXC-UK) Bulgarian DX Blog (Ivo Ivanov) EiBi Schedules (Eike Bierwirth) Weekly Log Roundups Hansjörg Bieners DX Digest

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hard-core-dx.com MWList (Günter Lorenz) Nagoya DXers Circle (including Aoki List) Shortwave Central (Gayle Van Horn) Stig Hartvig Nielsen (for his excellent list of European private SW stations) World of Radio / WOR io group (Glenn Hauser) WWDXC Top News / BC-DX (Wolfgang Bueschel) Ydun's Medium Wave Info (Ydun Ritz)

If you spot anything in this guide that needs correcting please do not hesitate to let me know. Thank you!

Contact email addresses: [email protected] or [email protected]

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