LW Radio

Long Wave Radio

 153 Ger  Deutschlandfunk     500   Heidelberg, sw              4.8 NB info/cul, +Sp, night: 250 kW towards N/S/W, 22 kW towards E/SE
     Rou  Antena Satelor/RA  1200   Bod                         NB rural, 22-05 R.Romania Actualitati
 162 Fra  France Inter       2000   Allouis, c                  4.8 NB mix
 171 Rus  R.Rossii            600   Kaliningrad, w              4.0 NB
    *Rus  R.St.Chechenya Sv. 1200   Krasnodar, seEu             PB, "Radiostanzya Chechenya Svobodna", station reported to be pro-russian
    *Mrc  Medi 1             2000   Nador, ne                   9.0 Com
 177 Ger  Deutschlandr.Kultur 500   Berlin-Oranienburg, e       4.5 NB mix, DRM tests at night
 183 Ger  Europe 1           6325   Saarbruecken,sw             5.0 Com for France, transmitter power 2 MW beaming sw with 5 dB gain, ERP to ne only 1 KW
 189*Isl  RAS 1               300   Gufuskalar, nw              NB
 198 Gbr  BBC Radio 4 (LW)    600   Birmingham, wEng + 2 tx Sco 4.7 NB aff
     Pol  R.Bis/Parlament     300   Warszawa                    NB, also FS
 207 Ger  Deutschlandfunk     500   Munich, s                   NB info/cul, night: 250 kW N/S, 2.5 kW E/W
     Isl  RAS 1               120   Eidar, e                    NB
 216 Fra  RMC Info           1400   Marseille, se               7.3/6.5 Com pop
 225 Pol  Polskie Radio 1     600   Warszawa, e                 5.7/4.5 NB mix
 234 Lux  RTL (French)       2000   Luxembourg                  5.1 Com pop
 243#Den    DR Kalundborg        300   Kalundborg, e            NB Current Affairs, reduced power for DRM
 252 Alg  RTA /3/4           1500   Alger, n                    10.0 NB arab, Arabic, French and Int. Sces.
     Irl  RTE                 300   County Meath, e             4.5 NB
 261 Rus  Radio Rossii       2500   Moscow, cEu                 NB
    *Bul  R.Horizont           40   Sofia, w                    NB
 270 Cze  R.Zurnal/Ces.Radio1 650   Brno, e                     6.1 NB
 279 Blr  Belaruskaye Radio 1 500   Mahiliou                    5.2 NB

Columns:

• 1. KHZ= Frequency in Kilohertz
• 2. Ctr= Country of the transmitter site (see below)
• 4. KW = Kilowatts (effective radiated power), sum of all transmitters
• 5. n-w-e-s etc. =Area=north/west/east/south/central within the country

Abbreviations and Explanations

* = weak signal / some can only be picked up in the night when the other stations pause
& = heavy interference / inferior signal unless you're close to the transmitter
: = only a few hours on air
# = digital modulation (DRM = Digital Radio Mondiale)
- = currently not active / planned
tx= transmitter (no of transmitter sites)
px= programme
//= parallel audio bandwidth: refers to the demodulated AM signal. Some stations reduce treble above an edge frequency. In these cases the first value refers to the full spectrum, the second one refers to the spectrum with full amplitude. All values are based my own spectrum analysis with free SpecLab software and/or the Perseus receiver. Errors and changes are possible. power: in Kilowatts. Powers of single frequency networks were just added together. I know that this is not mathmatically correct (should be about 30-50% less). I'll work it over as soon as I find the time.

Types of broadcasters:

• NB = nationwide broadcaster financed by licence-fees or taxes
• PB = provincial broadcaster financed by licence-fees or taxes (only for a part of the country)
• Com= Commercial
• FS = Foreign Service
• FW = Programmes for foreigners in the country, in various languages (also ARD FW)
• Loc= Local
• Mil= Military Forces Radio
• Nat= Nationwide
• Sh = Shipping Weather
• Sp = Special Purpose (parliamentary debates etc., shipping weather)

Formats:

• aff = current affairs
• arab= Arabian music and information
• cul = culture, classical music
• info= news
• mix = mix of news and magazines, music programmes and sports
• mn = minorities
• old = oldie format (hits of the 60ies and 70ies)
• sen = senior citizen format (50 up), a lot of national music

Countries:

Alb= Albania Alg= Algeria Arm= Armeniad Aus= Austria Bel= Belgium Bih= Bosnia and Hercegovina Blr= Belorussia Bul= Bulgaria Cro= Croatia Cze= Czech Republik Dnk= Denmark Egy= Egypt Est= Estonia Far= Faroe Islands Fin= Finland Fra= France Gbr= Great Britain & Northern Ireland Ger= Germany Grc= Greece Hng= Hungary Ind= India Irl= Ireland Irn= Iran Isl= Iceland Ita= Italy Lib= Libya Ltu= Lithuania Lux= Luxemburg Lva= Latvia Mco= Monaco Mda= Moldavia Mkd= Macedonia Ned= Netherlands Nor= Norway Oma= Oman Pol= Poland Por= Portugal Qua= Quatar Rom= Romania Rus= Russia Sau= Saudi-Arabia Scg= Yugoslavia (Serbia and Crne Gore=Montenegro) Spa= Spain Svk= Slovakia Svn= Slovenia Swe= Sweden Swi= Switzerland Syr= Syria Tur= Turkey Uae= United Arab. Emirates Ukr= Ukraine Vat= Vaticane
Local stations should be completely included for Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, and the Benelux