List of public service radio stations explained

This article contains publicly-funded radio channels.[1]

Some are run by public service broadcasters who have editorial independence from the government thought most are run by state media which does not have editorial independence.

Afghanistan

RTA - Radio Television Afghanistan

Albania

RTSH - Radio Televizioni Shqiptar / Radio Tirana

Algeria

ENRS - Entreprise nationale de radiodiffusion sonore - Radio Algérienne

Andorra

Angola

Rádio national de Angola

Anguilla

Argentina

Radio Nacional de Argentina

Armenia

Public Radio of Armenia

Australia

ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation

SBS Special Broadcasting Service

Austria

Azerbaijan

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

French

Dutch

German 

Belize

none

Benin

Bermuda

BBC - Bermuda Broadcasting Company

Bhutan

Bolivia

Sistema Nacional de Radiodifusión Boliviana del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Radio MEC (Rádio Música, Educação e Cultura) 

São Paulo Government

Brunei

RTB - Radio Television Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

RTB - Radio Télévision du Burkina

Burundi

Cape Verde

RTC - Radiotelevisão Caboverdiana

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Radio-Canada

English

French

Catalonia

Catalunya Ràdio

Central African Republic

Radiodiffusion Television Centrafricaine

Ceuta

Chad

RNT - Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne

China

CNR - China National Radio / 中央人民广播电台

Provincial radio

Separate organization in each province and large city with 4-10 stations.

Chile

none

Colombia

Radio Nacional de Colombia

Congo (Republic)

Radiodiffusion Télévision Congolaise

Costa Rica

Radio Nacional )

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

ICRT - Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión

Cyprus

CyBC / RIK - Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation - Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου

Cyprus North (occupied)

BRT - Bayrak Radyo Televizyon Kurumu

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

DR Congo

Ecuador

Radio Publica de Ecuador   

East Timor

Egypt

ERTU - Egyptian Radio and Television Union (إتحاد الإذاعة والتلفزيون المصري Itteh'ad Al-Edhaa'a wa at-Televezyon al-Mis'ri)

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial

Eritrea

Dimtsi Hafash Eritrea (Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea / ድምጺ ሓፋሽ)

Estonia

Eswatini / Swaziland

Swaziland Broadcasting and Information Services

Ethiopia

Faeroe Islands

KVF - Útvarp Føroya

Falkland Islands

Fiji

Finland

YLE - Yleisradio Oy (Swedish: Rundradion Ab) 

France

French Polynesia

Radio France

Gabon

Africa Radio

Gambia

GRTS - Gambia Radio & Television Service

Georgia

Germany

WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk — Cologne

NDR - Norddeutscher RundfunkHamburg

MDR - Mitteldeutscher RundfunkLeipzig

BR - Bayerischer Rundfunk — Munich

SWR - SüdwestrundfunkStuttgart

rbb - Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg — Berlin

hr - Hessischer RundfunkFrankfurt

SR - Saarländischer RundfunkSaarbrücken

Radio BremenBremen

Ghana

Gibraltar

GBC - Radio Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland

Grenada

GBN Grenada Broadcasting Network 

Guadeloupe

Radio France

Guam

KPRG

Guatemala

none

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

National Broadcasting of Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

National Communications Network (NCN)

Haiti

none

Holy See

Vatican Radio / Radio Vaticana

Honduras

none

Hong Kong

Hungary

Duna Media Service (MTVA):

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Al Iraqiya

Ireland

Isle of Man

Manx Radio

Israel

IPBC /KAN - Israeli public broadcasting corporation

Italy

Japan

NHK - Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai 日本放送協会

Note: online radio streams can only be accessed from a Japanese IP address

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Kuwait

Ministry of information/Kuwait Radio 

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Radio Lebanon (راديو لبنان)

Lesotho

LNBS - Lesotho National Broadcasting Service

Liberia

LBC - Liberia Broadcasting System

Libya

none

Liechtenstein

Liechtensteinischer Rundfunk

Lithuania

LRT - Lithuanian National Radio and Television

Luxembourg

Radio Letzebuerg 

Macao

TDM - Teledifusao de Macau

Madagascar

RNM Radio Madagasikara

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Voice of Maldives 

Mali

Malta

PBS - Public Broadcasting Services

Mauritania

Radio Mauritanie 

Mauritius

MBC - Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation

Mexico

IMER - Instituto Mexicano de la Radio

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat

Radio Montserrat (ZJB)[4]

Morocco

Mozambique

Rádio Moçambique 

Myanmar

Namibia

Nauru

Nauru Broadcasting Service

Nepal

Netherlands

New Caledonia

Radio France

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Radio Nicaragua

Niger

ORTN - Office de radiodiffusion et Télévision du Niger

Nigeria

Niue

BCN - Broadcasting Corporation of Niue

North Korea

KCBS Korean Central Broadcasting Station  / Chosŏn Chungang Pangsong / 조선 중앙 방송

PBS Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (for South Korea)

Unified Echo Broadcasting Station 통일 의 메아리 방송 (for South Korea)

North Macedonia

Northern Mariana Islands

KRNM

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

T8AA (AM)

T8AA-FM

Palestine

Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation

Gaza

Panama

Sistema Estatal de Radio y Televisión

Papua New Guinea

NBC/PNG - National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

IRTP 

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation

WRTU

Qatar

Réunion

Radio France

Romania

Radio România

Russia

VGRTK - Всероссийская государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компания

The Russian State TV and Radio Music Centre - Российский государственный музыкальный телерадиоцентр

Rwanda

RBA - Rwanda Broadcasting Agency

Radio Rwanda Fm100.7 - Kinyarwanda, French, English, Kiswahili   

Saint Barthelemy  

Radio France

Radio St. Barth

Saint Helena

SAMS - South Atlantic Media Services

Saint Kitts & Nevis  

ZIZ - National Broadcasting Corporation of St. Kitts & Nevis

Saint Lucia

Radio St. Lucia (closed)

Saint Martin

Radio France

Radio Saint Martin 101.5 Fm

Saint Pierre & Miquelon

Radio France

Samoa

SBC - Samoa Broadcasting Corporation

San Marino

San Marino RTV

Sao Tome & Principe

Radio Nacional São Tomé

Saudi Arabia

SBA - Saudi Broadcasting Authority

Scotland

BBC Scotland

Senegal

RTS - Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise

Serbia

Vojvodina

Радио Телевизија Војводине - Radio Televizija Vojvodine

Seychelles 

SBC - Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation

Sierra Leone  

Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation

Singapore

Mediacorp

Sint Maarten  

NPO - Nederlandse Publieke Omroep

Slovakia

RTV - Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska

Slovenia

RTV Slovenija

Solomon Islands

Somalia

Somali Broadcasting Corporation

Somali National Army Radio

SNA Radio 90.7

Somaliland

South Africa

SABC - South African Broadcasting Corporation

South Korea

South Sudan

United Nations

Spain

Provincial media organizations

Sri Lanka

SLBC - Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation

Sudan

SRTC

Suriname

Sweden

SR - Sveriges Radio

Switzerland

German

SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

French

RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse

Italian

RSI - Radiotelevisione Svizzera

Romansh

RTR - Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha

Syria

Taiwan

FHBS - Fuxing Broadcasting Station

NER - National Education Radio (國立教育廣播電臺)

PRS - Police Radio Station (警察廣播電台)

KBS - Kaohsiung Broadcasting Station (高雄廣播電台)

Tajikistan

TeleRadioCom

Tanzania

TBC - Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation

Thailand

MCOT

Radio Thailand

Togo

Radio Lomé 

Tokelau  

Radio Tokelau

RNZ - Radio New Zealand

Tonga

TBC Tonga Broadcasting Commission

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean New Media Group

Tunisia

Turkey

TRT - Turkish Radio and Television Corporation/Turkey Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu

Turkmenistan

TR / Türkmentelekom

Turks and Caicos

RTC 

Tuvalu

Tuvalu Media Corporation (web)

U.S. Virgin Islands

PBS

Uganda

UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation

Ukraine

UR - Ukrainske Radio

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Media

Dubai Media Incorporated

United Kingdom

BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation

United States

The USA government maintains two groups of stations for external broadcasting (Voice of America and Radio Liberty and its sister stations) plus the American Forces Network.

National Cable Satellite Corporation

NPR - National Public Radio  (nonprofit, NGO)

PRI - Public Radio International (nonprofit, NGO)

Public broadcasters

The outputs of these broadcasters are aired in several local stations. Some broadcasters form a group of FM and/or HD stations, consisting of talk/news and jazz/classical stations.

Blue Ridge Public Radio (western North Carolina)

WAMU - American University Radio

Uruguay

Radiodifusión Nacional del Uruguay

Uzbekistan

MTRK - O'zbekiston Milly Teleradioompaniyasi

Vanuatu

VBTC - Vanuatu Broadcasting & Television Corporation

Venezuela

RNV - Radio Nacional de Venezuela

Vietnam

VoV - Voice of Vietnam

Wallis & Futuna

Radio France

Western Sahara

Radio national de LA R.A.S.D (الإذاعة الوطنية للجمهورية العربية الصحراوية)

Yemen

Yemen General Corporation for Radio & TV

Zambia

ZNBC - Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation

Zimbabwe

ZBC - Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BBC NEWS Country Profiles . 2020-05-24 . news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. Web site: Radio Anguilla 95.5FM - Home . 2022-03-18 . radioaxa.com.
  3. Web site: Naxçıvan radiosu - 104.1 FM . 2022-03-18 . radio.naxcivantv.az.
  4. Web site: ZJB Radio: Community Radio At Its Best . 2022-03-19 . ZJB Radio: Community Radio At Its Best . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2018-09-26 . Radio Vanuatu - VBTC . 2022-03-13 . en-AU.