This is a list of longwave radio broadcasters updated on Aug 01 2024:
Freq. (kHz) | Station name | Language | Country | Location | Height | Aerial type | Power (kW) | Coordinates | Notes | |
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153 | Radio Antena Satelor[1] | Romanian | Brașov | 250m | T-aerial on 2 guyed steel lattice masts, height: 250m (820feet) | 200 | Fifth state-owned radio station in Romania | |||
164 | MNB Radio 1[2] | Mongolian | Ulaanbaatar | 259m | 259m (850feet) tall cable-stayed steel truss mast[3] | 250 | Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC. Reportedly intermittent and operating at significantly reduced power. | |||
171 | Médi 1[4] | Arabic and French | Nador | 380m | Directional aerial consisting of three guyed steel lattice masts, 380m (1,250feet) tall | 1,600 | Private and commercial Moroccan radio network. As of August 2023 observed to be operating intermittently at low power | |||
189 | RÚV Rás 1 RÚV Rás 2[5] | Icelandic | Gufuskalar near Hellissandur | 412m | Slight oval bi-directivity aerial, top loaded parallel connected triangular loops, mast as a common member, all guys insulated except two radiating diametrically opposed grounded top guys, loops closed by copper straps in the ground from two conducting guy grounding points to base of the guyed steel lattice mast insulated against ground, height: 412m (1,352feet) | 300 | Iceland's national public service broadcaster.[6] Scheduled to stop broadcasting in 2024 | |||
198 | BBC Radio 4[7] | English | Droitwich (SFN) | 213m | T-aerial on two guyed steel lattice masts insulated against ground with a height of 213m (699feet) | 500 | All three transmitters carry Radio teleswitch PSK data; Droitwich relays BBC World Service from 01:00 to 05:20 UTCOn 30 May 2023, the BBC announced that BBC Radio 4 will stop broadcasting on long wave but did not set a date. Opt-out programming ended on 31 Mar 2024. | |||
Burghead (SFN) | 154m | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, height 154m (505feet) | 50 | |||||||
Westerglen (SFN) | 152m | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, height 152m (499feet) | ||||||||
209 | MNB Radio 1 | Mongolian | Choibalsan | 40 | Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC. Reportedly intermittent. | |||||
Dalanzadgad | 40 | Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC. Reportedly intermittent. | ||||||||
225 | Polskie Radio Program I[8] | Polish | Solec Kujawski | 330m | Directional aerial, two guyed radio masts fed on the top, heights 330m (1,080feet) and 289m (948feet) | 1,000/700 | Earlier Konstantynów was used . | |||
227 | MNB Radio 1 | Mongolian | Altai City | Cable-stayed steel truss mast | 40 | Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC. Reportedly intermittent. | ||||
252 | Radio Algeria Chaîne 3[9] | French | Tipaza | 335m | Omnidirectional aerial, single guyed lattice steel mast, height 355m (1,165feet) | 1,500/750 | Intermittent |
153 | Radio Algeria Chaîne 1 | Kenadsa | Three 357m (1,171feet) tall guyed masts | 2,000 | ||
Deutschlandfunk | Donebach | Directional aerial, two guyed steel lattice masts, 363 m high, fed at the top | 500 | |||
YuFM | Taldom transmitter | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast of 257 m height | 300 | |||
NRK P1/P2 | Ingøy | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast 352m (1,155feet) tall, fed at the top, ex-Omega equipment | 100 | |||
Radio Rossii | Popova near Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 1,200 | ||||
162 | TRT Radyo 4 | Agri | Two guyed lattice steel masts, height 250 m | 1,000 | ||
France Inter | Allouis | Special cage aerial,height 308 m | 250 | |||
Radio Rossii | Norilsk | Omnidirectional antenna, 205 m high antenna | 150 | |||
Radio Yuldash, Radio Rossii | Ufa | 150 | ||||
171 | Radio Rossii | Bolshakovo near Kaliningrad | Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 600 | ||
Radio Ukraine 1 | Krasne near Lviv | Omnidirectional antenna, 259 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 150/75 | |||
Radio Rossii | Raduga | Omnidirectional antenna, 255 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 250 | |||
Radio 1 | Murmansk | Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 150 | |||
Radio 1 | Noginsk | Omnidirectional antenna, 242 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 150 | |||
Radio 1 | Ezhva near Syktyvkar | Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 150 | |||
Radio Rossii | Tulagino near Yakutsk | Omnidirectional antenna, circle antenna with 1 central and 6 ring masts | 150 | ; ; ; ; ; ; | ||
177 | Deutschlandradio Kultur | Zehlendorf near Oranienburg | Omnidirectional aerial, cage aerial mounted on 359.7 m high guyed mast, triangle aerial on 3 150 m high guyed steel lattice masts | 500 | ||
180 | TRT Radyo 1 | Polatli | Omnidirectional antenna, 250 m high guyed latice steel mast | 1,200 | ||
Radio Rossii | Yelizovo near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy | Omnidirectional antenna, 255 m high guyed lattice steel mast | 150 | |||
Radio Mayak | Kruchina near Chita | Omnidirectional antenna, 200 m high guyed lattice steel mast | 150 | |||
183 | Europe 1 | Felsberg-Berus | Directional aerial, four ground insulated steel lattice masts 270m (890feet), 276m (906feet), 280m (920feet) and 282m (925feet) tall; spare aerial: two ground insulated steel lattice masts, height: 234m (768feet) | 750 | Main antenna: Spare antenna: | |
189 | Rai Radio 1 | Caltanissetta | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, height 282 m | 10 | ||
Sveriges Radio P1 | Orlunda, near Motala | 300 | ||||
Radio Rossii | Kostantinogradovka near Blagoveshchensk | Omnidirectional aerial, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 1,200 | |||
Sakartvelos Radio | Dusheti | 250 | ||||
198 | Chaine 1 | Berkaoui | Three guyed directional mast | 2,000 | ||
Polskie Radio Parlament/Radio Polonia | Raszyn | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast insulated against ground, 335 m high | 200 | |||
Radio Mayak | Saint Petersburg – Olgino | Omnidirectional aerial, 205 m high guyed steel lattice mast | 150 | |||
Radio Mayak | Angarsk | Before 2001: T-antenna spun between 2 205 m tall guyed steel lattice mast | 250 | , possibly | ||
Radio Mayak | Avsyunino | Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 150 | |||
Radio Mayak | Ufa | 150 | ||||
Krasnaya Rechka near Bishkek | 150 | |||||
207 | RÚV Rás 1 RÚV Rás 2[10] | Eiðar near Egilsstaðir | Omnidirectional aerial, steel lattice mast insulated against ground, height 221m (725feet) | 100 | ||
RNE Radio 5 | Logroño | Directional antenna, 300 metres tall. | >100 | |||
Radio Ukraine 1 | Brovary | Omnidirectional antenna, 259.6 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 600 | |||
Radio al-Urdunniya | Al Karanah | ? | ||||
SNRT Al-Idaa Al-Watania | Azilal Demnate | tall guyed mast | 400 | |||
Radio Mayak | Tynda | Omnidirectional aerial, steel lattice mast insulated against ground, height 244 m | 150 | |||
Deutschlandfunk | Aholming | Directional aerial, two guyed steel lattice masts, 265 m high, fed at the top | 500 | |||
216 | Radio Monte Carlo Info | Roumoules | Directional aerial, three 300m (1,000feet) high guyed steel lattice masts, 330m (1,080feet) high guyed steel lattice mast as backup aerial | 700 / 1400 | , Backup antenna: | |
Radio Rossii | Krasnoyarsk | Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 210 m tall | 150 | |||
Radio Rossii | Atamanovka | Directional antenna | 150 | |||
Radio Rossii | Birobidzhan | 2 guyed masts, 260 m high | 30 | ; | ||
225 | TRT GAP | Van | Omnidirectional antenna, 250 m high guyed lattice steel mast | 600 | ||
Radio Rossii | Surgut | Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 1,000 | |||
234 | Radio 1 | Krasny Bor transmitter near Sankt-Peterburg | Omnidirectional aerial, 271.5 metres tall guyed mast with cage antenna | 1200 | ||
Radio Rossii | Koskovo near Murmansk | Omnidirectional aerial, 210 m tall guyed mast | 250 | |||
Radio 1 | Novosemeykino near Samara | Four 205 metres tall towers insulated against ground arranged in a square | 2,000 | ; ; ; | ||
Radio Rossii | Raduzhnyy near Magadan | Omnidirectional aerial, 259 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 1,000 | |||
Radio Rossii | Odinsk near Irkutsk | Omnidirectional aerial, 259 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 500 | |||
Radio 1 | Koskovo near Arkhangelsk | Omnidirectional aerial, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 500 | |||
RTL | Beidweiler | Directional aerial, three guyed grounded steel lattice masts, 290m (950feet) high, with vertical cage aerial | 1,500 |
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243 | DR Langbølge[11] | Kalundborg | Semi-directional Alexanderson antenna 153/333 degrees, two grounded 118m (387feet) steel lattice radiating towers with interconnecting top wire capacitance | 50 | ||
TRT Radyo 4 | Erzurum | Omnidirectional antenna, 185 m high guyed lattice steel mast | 200 | |||
Radio Rossii | Razdolnoye near Ussuriysk | Omnidirectional antenna, 259 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 1,000 | |||
Kazakh Radio 2 Shalkar | Karaganda | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast of 254 m height | 1,000 | |||
252 | Yle Radio 1 | Lahti | 200 | 60.9801°N 25.6442°W, 60.9787°N 25.6492°W | ||
RTÉ Radio 1 | Clarkstown | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, insulated against ground, height 248m (814feet) | 150/60 | |||
Radio Rossii | Kazan | Omnidirectional aerial, 152 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 100 | |||
261 | Radioropa Info | Burg | Omnidirectional aerial, cage aerial on 324 m high guyed, grounded steel lattice mast, 210 m high steel tube mast, insulated against ground | 200 | ||
Radio Rossii | Taldom | Omnidirectional antenna, circle antenna with 1 central and 5 ring masts, height of central mast 275 m | 2,500 | ; ; ; ; ; | ||
Radio Rossii | Kruchina near Chita | Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 260 m high | 150 | |||
Radio Rossii | Tyumen | Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 220 m high | 150 | |||
Radio Rossii | Vorkuta | Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 220 m high | 50 | |||
Radio Horizont | Vakarel | One of the few Blaw-Knox Towers in Europe, 215 m high | 75 | |||
270 | Radio Rossii | Orenburg | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast of 137 m height | 25 | ||
Radio 1 | Khabarovsk | 2 guyed steel lattice masts, height: 164 m | 150 | ; | ||
ČRo Radiožurnál | Topolná | Masts demolished on 28.7.2022, directional aerial (maximum of radiation in east–west direction), two grounded 257m (843feet) high guyed steel lattice mast with cage aerials | 50 | |||
279 | Radio Rossii | Gorno-Altaisk | Omnidirectional antenna, 143m high guyed lattice steel mast | 50 | ||
Radio Rossii | Selenginsk | Omnidirectional aerial, 260 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) | 150 | |||
Radio Rossii | Vestochka near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 258 m high | 1,000 | |||
Radio Rossii | Yekaterinburg | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast of 256 m height, fed at the top | 150 | |||
BR Pershy Kanal/BR Radyjo Stalitsa | Sasnovy | 353.5 metres tall guyed mast | 500 | |||
TR1 Watan Radio | Ashgabat | Cable-stayed steel truss mast | 150 | |||