International Shortwave Radio Stations & Broadcasters
Find a comprehensive directory of international shortwave broadcasters, including official sites, schedules, and live audio feeds.
Shortwave radio continues to be a significant medium for international communication, with numerous organizations operating stations that transmit across vast distances. These broadcasters utilize specific frequency allocations within the shortwave spectrum to reach diverse audiences globally, often overcoming geographical barriers and providing information or entertainment where other media may be unavailable. The content ranges from news and cultural programming to religious broadcasts and specialized niche transmissions, reflecting a wide array of purposes and target demographics.
Resources in this category provide insights into the operational aspects of these stations, including their transmission schedules, target regions, and the languages used for their programming. Users can find information on both state-sponsored international broadcasters and independent stations, detailing their technical specifications such as transmitter power and antenna configurations. This collection serves as a reference for understanding the global landscape of shortwave broadcasting and for identifying active stations for reception, often aiding in the practice of SWL (shortwave listening).
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Adventist World Radio, The Voice of Hope for all Peoples -
All India radio official web site with live audio, programs and schedules -
BBC World Service England UK web site -
World famous BBC World Service -
One of several Colombian broadcasting networks heard on AM and FM and worldwide on 5076 kHz in the 60 meter band. -
CFRB Canada - Toronto, Canada web site. -
Address and links of many broadcasting stations -
"Croatian Radio-Television Public Corporation (Hrvatska radiotelevizija, ""HRT"")" -
Germany's International Broadcasting Station with links to numerous pages in multiple languages containing program schedules, and live audio feeds. -
Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) - Manilla, Philippines. -
Radio Budapest is the external service of Hungarian Radio Company Limited, the public service broadcasting organisation. -
Broadcasts Bible teachings in 15 languages to all world regions on local media such as mediumwave, TV and FM, via international shortwave radio and Internet radio and TV. -
International Public Access Radio via IRRS Shortwave and Internet Radio NEXUS via MP3 streaming audio -
Broadcasting week-end from 09:00 utc - 16:00 UTC in English - Trucker Radio , Transport Radio each week day day 08:00 - 10:00 UTC in Dutch -
KNLS English Service, this Is Alaska Calling! World Christian Broadcasting, Station KNLS, Anchor Point, AK USA -
Operates Singapore's largest radio network with 11 FM stations and 3 shortwave stations providing sound entertainment and up-to-the-minute news and information locally and internationally. -
Radio Cubana by Instituto Cubano de Radio y Television official site -
Radio ABC Denmark -
What may be received from africa in north-west of france, french and english data -
Radi Australia web site -
Online in RealAudio and Windows Media formats, with multiple language shortwave schedules, and instructions for receiving Australian satellite radio and TV (AusTV). -
RCI web site -
The radio voice of Canada broadcasts daily programs in French, English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian, on shortwaves, satellite and via RealAudio. -
Emits daily 24 hour shortwave radio broadcast from Spain and targets international listeners who wish to find out about Spain and also Spaniards living abroad, who wish to keep abreast of news at home. -
Radio for Peace International (RFPI) is a Global Community Radio Station located in Costa Rica, Central America that broadcasts progressive news on shortwave radio and the internet on topics of Peace, Human Rights and the Environment. RFPI gives a voice to the voiceless by promoting democratic communication. -
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries. -
Yugoslavia's only external broadcast shortwave station; it broadcasts to all world regions in eleven languages. -
RKI (Radio Korea International), an international broadcast service. Information and connection to live Real Audio broadcasts. RKi brings 10 languages news and Korean songs -
Broadcasts to Western Europe on AM/FM and shortwave 9710 kHz, to Russia on shortwave on 9555 kHz, and to North America on shortwave on 9855 kHz. -
Provides broadcast times, frequencies and power of the network emissions. Airs mediumwave, FM, shortwave and RealAudio broadcasts -
Radio New Zealand International is a Shortwave Broadcaster. Our broadcasts are beamed to the island nations of the Pacific but can also be heard in other parts of the world. -
Radio Norway International web site -
The international service of Czech Radio offers a broad, unbiased, and up-to-the-minute picture of life in the Czech Republic. -
Radio Singapore International -
Current program schedules, RealAudio feeds, and listening tips from Belgian Public Radio which broadcasts worldwide in Dutch, German, French and English. -
Radio televisione italiana, italian radio television -
Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a private, non-profit corporation broadcasting news and information in 9 languages to listeners in Asia -
SWR is Finland's first private shortwave station. -
Official site of Radio Slovakia International -
Station QRP offers circuit diagrams for building low-power AM vacuum tube shortwave transmitters, focusing on nostalgic QRP operation. -
Tubes are a dying technology. All modern transmitters, even high power ones, do work with transistors and other semiconductors. But many fondly remember their first homebrew transmitter and its hard to forget warm glow of a vacuum tube. The Station QRP website is especially for you to come into touch with tube technology. This site is all about handcrafted QRP AM tube transmitters. -
Studio DX, italian DX radio magazine -
Christian radio station 'The Overcomer' providing broadcasts via shortwave. -
UN Radio - (United Nations) - IRN Internet Radio NEXUS. -
Voice of America web site Washington, U.S.A. -
VOA News provides international news and information from the Voice of America, a multimedia broadcasting service in 44 languages from the US. -
The US Governament's International Broadcasting Bureau -
World Harvest Radio - South Bend, U.S.A. -
WWCR-Shortwave, Nashville, Tennessee, USA -
A large archive of medium-wave and long-wave broadcasting antennas from all over the world -
Worldwide Map of shortwave transmitters. Based on shortwave schedule database, this website let you serarch using filters for broadcasts schedule and at the same time to diplay the transmitter map.