List of shortwave radio broadcasters

State	Broadcaster	First shortwave broadcast	Last shortwave broadcast	Currently broadcasting on SW	Currently broadcasting online	Notes
United States	Voice of America (VOA)	1942	-	Yes	Yes
United States	Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty	1949/1953	-	Yes	Yes
United States	Radio Martí	1985	-	Yes	Yes
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	BBC World Service	1932	-	Yes	Yes	Previously known as the BBC Empire Service (1932-1939), BBC Overseas Service (1939-1965)
Soviet Union 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, Federal Republic	Deutsche Welle	1953		Yes	Yes	West German state service absorbed the East German Radio Berlin International in 1990 following German reunification.
Egypt	Voice of the Arabs/Radio Cairo (ERTU)	1953		Yes	Yes
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	All India Radio	1939		Yes	Yes
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	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	Radio Netherlands Worldwide	1947	2013	No	Yes	Succeeded Philips Radio (PCJJ) and wartime Radio Oranje broadcasts.
Israel	Israel Radio International	1950	2013	No	Yes	Most shortwave broadcasts ended in 2007, a Persian broadcast continued until 2013.
Turkey	Voice of Turkey	1937		Yes	Yes
North Korea	Voice of Korea	1945		Yes	No	Known as Radio Pyongyang until 2002.
Bulgaria	Radio Bulgaria	1930	2012	No	Yes	Founded as Homeland Radio in 1930, renamed Radio Sofia in 1931, and Radio Bulgari in 1992.
Australia	Radio Australia	1939		Yes	Yes	Founded as the Australian Broadcasting Corporations international service, renamed Radio Australia in 1941.
Albania	Radio Tirana (RTSH)	1937		Yes	Yes
Romania	Radio Romania International	1927		Yes	Yes	Known as Radio Bucharest until 1989.
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	Radio Portugal/RDP Internacional	1935	2011	No	No
Cuba	Radio Havana Cuba	1961		Yes	Yes
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	Radio Canada International	1945	2012	No	No	Known as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation International Service until 1970.
Poland	Radio Polonia	1936	2013	No	Yes	Renamed Polish Radio External Service in 2007, name changed back in 2014.
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	Radio Sweden	1938	2010	No	Yes
Hungary	Radio Budapest	1950	2007	No	No
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic	Radio Prague	1936	2011	No	Yes
Nigeria	Voice of Nigeria	1961		Yes	Yes
Yugoslavia Serbia	Radio Belgrade / International Radio of Serbia	1935	2015	No	Yes	Known as Radio Belgrade until 2012.
German Democratic Republic	Radio Berlin International	1959	1990	No	No	Absorbed by Deutsche Welle due to German reunification
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 Betar	1939	-	Yes	Yes	Also known as Radio Bangladesh.
Belgium	RTBF International	2004	2009	No	Yes
China, Republic of/Taiwan	Voice of Free China/Radio Taiwan International	1949		Yes	Yes	Known as the Voice of Free China until 1998.
Finland	YLE Radio Finland	1948^[1]	2006	No	Yes
Indonesia	Voice of Indonesia	1945		Yes	Yes	Known as Voice of Free Indonesia until 1950.
Ireland	Raidió Teilifís Éireann	1995	2004	No	Yes
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	Voice of Croatia	1991^[2]	2013	No	Yes
Mongolia	Voice of Mongolia	1966		Yes	Yes	Known as Radio Ulaanbaatar until 1997
New Zealand	Radio New Zealand International	1948		Yes	Yes	Known as Radio New Zealand until 1987.
Pakistan	Radio Pakistan	1973		Yes	Yes
Philippines	Radyo Pilipinas	1987		Yes	Yes
Slovakia	Radio Slovakia International	1993	2011	No	Yes
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	Radio Damascus	1957		Yes	Yes	.
Thailand	Radio Thailand World Service	1938		Yes	Yes	.
Tunisia	Radio Tunis Chaîne Internationale	1938	unknown	No	Yes	.
Vatican City	Vatican Radio	1931		Yes	Yes
United Nations	United Nations Radio	1946	1986	No	No^[3]
Vietnam	Voice of Vietnam	1945		Yes	Yes
Belarus	Radio Belarus	1962	2016	Yes (Radio 700)	Yes
Germany	Deutscher Kurzwellensender (German Shortwave Station)	1933	1945	No	No	Operated by the Foreign Radio Section of the Ministry of Propaganda
Germany	Weltrundfunksender (World Radio Station)	1929	1933	No	No	Shortwave station operated by the Reichspost (post office)
Austria	Radio Austria International	1955	2003	No	No
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	Swiss Radio International	1930	2004	No	No	Replaced by the website swissinfo.
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	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	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	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

↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/yle_ends_short_wave_broadcasts/5756519
↑ http://www.hrt.hr/273790/satellite-broadcasting/the-voice-of-croatia-2
↑ "United Nations Radio FAQ". Where does it broadcast? UN Radio no longer broadcasts in the traditional sense. Instead, we place all our audio content on line from where it can be downloaded and used by broadcasters or individuals.

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