List of shortwave radio broadcasters

State Broadcaster First shortwave broadcast Last shortwave broadcast Currently broadcasting on SW Currently broadcasting online Notes
United States United States Voice of America (VOA) 1942 - Yes Yes
United States United States Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1949/1953 - Yes Yes
United States United States Radio Martí 1985 - Yes Yes
China China, People's Republic of China Radio International 1941 - Yes Yes Founded as Radio Peking. Renamed Radio Beijing in 1983 and China Radio International on January 1, 1993.
United Kingdom United Kingdom BBC World Service 1932 - Yes Yes Previously known as the BBC Empire Service (1932-1939), BBC Overseas Service (1939-1965)
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Russia Russian Federation		 Radio Moscow / Voice of Russia 1929 2014 No No Became Voice of Russia in 1993. Replaced by the online service Sputnik in 2014
Germany Germany, Federal Republic Deutsche Welle 1953 Yes Yes West German state service absorbed the East German Radio Berlin International in 1990 following German reunification.
Egypt Egypt Voice of the Arabs/Radio Cairo (ERTU) 1953 Yes Yes
Iran Iran IRIB World Service / Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran 1956 Yes Yes Radio Tehran founded as domestic service in 1940, also made SW broadcasts. Radio Iran founded as a shortwave service in 1956.
India India All India Radio 1939 Yes Yes
Japan Japan NHK World Radio Japan 1935/1954 Yes Yes Founded as Nippon Hoso Kyokai in 1935, renamed Radio Tokyo in 1941, closed in 1945, resumes as Radio Japan in 1954, renamed NHK World in 1996
France France Radio France Internationale 1975 Yes Yes Founded in 1975, replacing Radio Paris which has been operated by Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française and its predecessors since 1945.
Netherlands Netherlands Radio Netherlands Worldwide 1947 2013 No Yes Succeeded Philips Radio (PCJJ) and wartime Radio Oranje broadcasts.
Israel Israel Israel Radio International 1950 2013 No Yes Most shortwave broadcasts ended in 2007, a Persian broadcast continued until 2013.
Turkey Turkey Voice of Turkey 1937 Yes Yes
North Korea North Korea Voice of Korea 1945 Yes No Known as Radio Pyongyang until 2002.
Bulgaria Bulgaria Radio Bulgaria 1930 2012 No Yes Founded as Homeland Radio in 1930, renamed Radio Sofia in 1931, and Radio Bulgari in 1992.
Australia Australia Radio Australia 1939 Yes Yes Founded as the Australian Broadcasting Corporations international service, renamed Radio Australia in 1941.
Albania Albania Radio Tirana (RTSH) 1937 Yes Yes
Romania Romania Radio Romania International 1927 Yes Yes Known as Radio Bucharest until 1989.
Spain Spain Radio Exterior de España 1942 Yes Yes Ceased international shortwave broadcasts in 2014. Has resumed 4 hours a day of Spanish-language broadcasts aimed at fishermen at sea.
Portugal Portugal Radio Portugal/RDP Internacional 1935 2011 No No
Cuba Cuba Radio Havana Cuba 1961 Yes Yes
Italy Italy Rai Italia Radio 1930 2007 No No Also known as Radio Roma. Originally known as "Ente Italiano Audizioni Radiofoniche" (EIAR). Taken over by Rai in 1962. Online channel closed in 2011.
Canada Canada Radio Canada International 1945 2012 No No Known as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation International Service until 1970.
Poland Poland Radio Polonia 1936 2013 No Yes Renamed Polish Radio External Service in 2007, name changed back in 2014.
South Africa South Africa Radio RSA / Channel Africa 1966 Yes Yes Became Channel Africa with the fall of apartheid in 1992. Shortwave broadcasts are now only aimed at the African continent.
Sweden Sweden Radio Sweden 1938 2010 No Yes
Hungary Hungary Radio Budapest 1950 2007 No No
Czech Republic Czechosolvakia/Czech Republic Radio Prague 1936 2011 No Yes
Nigeria Nigeria Voice of Nigeria 1961 Yes Yes
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Serbia Serbia		 Radio Belgrade / International Radio of Serbia 1935 2015 No Yes Known as Radio Belgrade until 2012.
East Germany German Democratic Republic Radio Berlin International 1959 1990 No No Absorbed by Deutsche Welle due to German reunification
Argentina Argentina Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior 1949 - Yes Yes Launched as SIRA, International Service of the Republic of Argentina. Shut down in 1955. Relaunched as RAE in 1958.
Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Betar 1939 - Yes Yes Also known as Radio Bangladesh.
Belgium Belgium RTBF International 2004 2009 No Yes
Taiwan China, Republic of/Taiwan Voice of Free China/Radio Taiwan International 1949 No Yes Known as the Voice of Free China until 1998.
Finland Finland YLE Radio Finland 1948[1] 2006 No Yes
Indonesia Indonesia Voice of Indonesia 1945 Yes Yes Known as Voice of Free Indonesia until 1950.
Republic of Ireland Ireland Raidió Teilifís Éireann 1995 2004 No Yes
South Korea South Korea KBS World Radio 1953 Yes Yes Formerly The Voice of Free Korea (1953-1973), Radio Korea (1973-1994) and Radio Korea International (1994-2004)
Croatia Croatia Voice of Croatia 1991[2] 2013 No Yes
Mongolia Mongolia Voice of Mongolia 1966 Yes Yes Known as Radio Ulaanbaatar until 1997
New Zealand New Zealand Radio New Zealand International 1948 Yes Yes Known as Radio New Zealand until 1987.
Pakistan Pakistan Radio Pakistan 1973 Yes Yes
Philippines Philippines Radyo Pilipinas 1987 Yes Yes
Slovakia Slovakia Radio Slovakia International 1993 2011 No Yes
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Radio Ceylon/Radio Sri Lanka 1949 Yes Yes Inherited the shortwave service of Colombo Radio, which began in 1934, and the wartime Radio SEAC. Known as Radio Sri Lanka since 1972.
Syria Syria Radio Damascus 1957 Yes Yes .
Thailand Thailand Radio Thailand World Service 1938 Yes Yes .
Tunisia Tunisia Radio Tunis Chaîne Internationale 1938 unknown No Yes .
Vatican City Vatican City Vatican Radio 1931 Yes Yes
United Nations United Nations United Nations Radio 1946 1986 No Yes
Vietnam Vietnam Voice of Vietnam 1945 Yes Yes
Belarus Belarus Radio Belarus 1962 Yes Yes
Nazi Germany Germany Deutscher Kurzwellensender (German Shortwave Station) 1933 1945 No No Operated by the Foreign Radio Section of the Ministry of Propaganda
Germany Germany Weltrundfunksender (World Radio Station) 1929 1933 No No Shortwave station operated by the Reichspost (post office)
Austria Austria Radio Austria International 1955 2003 No No
Austria Austria Ö1 International 2003 2009 No No Shortwave relay of the main domestic German-language Austrian radio station with some international inserts in English and Spanish. Internet service continued until 2013.
Switzerland Switzerland Swiss Radio International 1930 2004 No No Replaced by the website swissinfo.
Netherlands Netherlands Philips Radio (PCJJ & PHOHI) 1927 1947 No No Private broadcaster. PHOHI was aimed at Dutch colonies in the East and West Indies, PCJJ was an international station broadcasting in English, Spanish, German and Dutch. Service suspended in 1940 due to World War II, resumed in 1945 until 1947 when the stations were nationalized and became Radio Netherlands.
Ecuador Ecuador HCJB 1931 2009 No Yes Private religious broadcaster also known as "The Voice of the Andes". Continues online and on FM and AM and low power SW for Ecuador at 6050 kHz. International broadcasting ceased in 2009.
France France Poste Colonial/Paris Mondial 1931 1940 No No State owned broadcaster transmitting programming in French to the French Colonial Empire. Replaced by Paris Mondial (Paris Worldwide), which had a worldwide audience as its target and broadcast in 24 languages, in 1938, before being closed due to the German conquest of France in 1940.
France France The Voice of France 1941 1944 No No State owned shortwave broadcaster of the Vichy regime, broadcast with German permission. Broadcasts ended when the retreating Germans blew up the station's transmitter.

References

  1. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/yle_ends_short_wave_broadcasts/5756519
  2. ↑ http://www.hrt.hr/273790/satellite-broadcasting/the-voice-of-croatia-2

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