03 Where can I find a list of broadcasts in the English language? (Shortwave radio)
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This article is from the Shortwave radio FAQ, by Ralph Brandi rbrandi@lucent.com with numerous contributions by others.
03 Where can I find a list of broadcasts in the English language? (Shortwave radio)
The World Radio TV Handbook has a list of English Language Broadcasts,
starting on page 561 of the 1995 edition. Unfortunately, since the WRTH only
comes out once a year the data tend to go out of date fairly quickly. There
are a number of sources for current lists:
-Monitoring Times magazine carries a listing every month.
-The North American Shortwave Association (NASWA) publishes a complete listing
twice a year in their bulletin, The Journal, sent to all members monthly; each
month there are updates to the list. See the address at the end of this
article.
-Jim Frimmel used to offer a HyperCard program for the Apple Macintosh that offers
both frequency schedules and program schedules for international English
language broadcasts and a quarterly update subscription
The program, called Shortwave Navigator, which is up to version 3.3, also
offers computer control of a number of radios. See the address for
DX Computing at the end of this file, including e-mail.
-Jan Nieuwenhuis of the Benelux DX Club periodically posts a list of
broadcasts in English to Europe to rec.radio.shortwave. This list, as
well as lists of broadcasts in German and French, are also available on
the web at http://promet12.cineca.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html .
-Paul Dwerryhouse's shortWWWave page in Australia at
http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~thed/SW/index.html is another source on the
web of English language broadcasts, among other treats.
If you are interested in finding out what programs are on the air at a given
time, there are a couple of recent publications that attempt to provide
semi-comprehensive information:
-Grove Enterprises publishes *The Guide to Shortwave Programs* edited by
the Program Manager of its "Shortwave Guide" section of *Monitoring Times*,
Kannon Shanmugam along with the programming staff.
-One-man dynamo John Figliozzi produces *The Shortwave Radio Guide* each year,
for sale through the Ontario DX Association (ODXA), who do the actual
production on the book, and NASWA.
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