This is a list of when the first radio broadcasts to the public occurred in the mentioned countries and territories. Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not referred to; neither are license dates or dates of the official opening.
1920s, 1st half, or earlier (33)
1920s, 2nd half (53)
1930s (56)
1940s (35)
1950s (27)
1960s or later (17)
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Basis for each entry is the time of introduction. Listed are independent countries, dependent territories and territories within a country only if they became independent later or if it is a large country and there is a vast time difference with the introduction in different parts.
Each entry comprises: the flag linked to the country or territory, the name of the country or territory and, in parentheses, the designation of the radio station (either by call sign or by name, linked to a main article), its city and some additional information.
History
edit1910s and 1920s
edit1930s
edit| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Bermuda (TJW Hamilton),[12] Bulgaria (Rodno R., Sofia), Guatemala (TGW La Voz de Guatemala, Guatemala City), Malaysia (KLAWS, Kuala Lumpur), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (R. Club), Tunisia (Tunis Kasbah), VT: Cochinchina (FZS Saigon), Australia ( Australian Capital Territory (R. Canberra)) |
| 1931 | Kazakh ASSR (RV60 Alma-Ata), Madagascar (R. Tananarive), Samoa (5ZA Apia), Tajik SSR (RV47 Stalinabad), Vatican City (Vatican R.), Puebla (XHTM/R. Puebla) |
| 1932 | Southern Rhodesia (ZEA Salisbury), Nord (FBKI R. Lille) |
| 1933 | Curaçao (CUROM Willemstad), Macau (CQN/CRY-9), Mozambique (LM Radio, Lourenço Marques), Panama (HPJ5 R. Tembleque, Panama City), Spanish Morocco (EAJ-21 Melilla) |
| 1934 | French Polynesia (FO8AA R. Club Oceanien, Papeete), Lebanon (R. East), Mongolia (R. Ulaanbaatar), Nicaragua (YNLF Managua), Tenerife (EAJ-43 R. Club Tenerife, Santa Cruz), Australia ( Northern Territory (R. Darwin)) |
| 1935 | British Guiana (VP3BG Georgetown > ZFY), Dutch Guiana (AVROS, Paramaribo), Ethiopia (R. Addis Ababa), Fiji (ZJV Suva), French Equatorial Africa [AEF]/Congo (R. Club Brazzaville), Haiti (HHK Port-au-Prince), Hyderabad (VUV Deccan R.), Leeward Islands (VP2LO Caribbean Broadcasting Service, Basseterre > ZIZ), Malta (Radju Malta, Valletta), Mysore (VU7MC Ākāśavāṇī), Papua (4PM Port Moresby)[13] |
| 1936 | Bahamas (ZNS Nassau), Botswana (ZNB Mafeking), Iraq (R. Baghdad), Korea, North (JBBK Heijō), Las Palmas (EAJ-50 R. Las Palmas), Palestine (PBS, Jerusalem/Ramallah), Tyva (R. Kyzyl),[14] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (R. Kingstown, Kingstown) |
| 1937 | Angola (CR6AA Lobito),[15] Belgian Congo (OQ2AA R. Léo, Léopoldville), British Honduras (ZIK-2 Belize), Guadeloupe (R. Guadeloupe), Martinique (R. Martinique), New Caledonia (FK8AA Nouméa) |
| 1938 | Albania (R. Tirana), Kirghiz SSR (RV6 Frunze; wired earlier), Libya (ITR Tripoli), Liechtenstein (R. Liechtenstein), Saint Lucia (R. Castries), Italian East Africa (R. Mogadiscio, wired and experimental 1951), Bas-Rhin (FBGT R. Strasbourg) |
| 1939 | Andorra (R. Andorra), Antigua and Barbuda (R. St. John's, Windward Islands), Bangladesh (All India Radio, Dhaka), Baroda (Baroda), French West Africa [AOF]/Senegal (R. AOF, Dakar), Jamaica (VP5PZ Kingston),[16] Rhône (FBRF R. Lyon), Kaliningrad Oblast (R. Kaliningrad) |
1940s
edit1950s
edit| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 1950 | Liberia (ELBC Monrovia), Tibet (R. Lhasa),[19] U.S. Virgin Islands (WSTA Charlotte Amalie), Loire-Atlantique (FBJL R. Nantes), Sakhalin Oblast (R. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) |
| 1951 | French Guiana (R. Cayenne), Italian Somaliland (R. Mogadishu; wired 1938), Kuwait (R. Kuwait), Laos (RNL, Vientiane), Nepal (R. Nepal, Kathmandu), Tanganyika (Sauti ya Dar es Salaam), Zanzibar (Sauti ya Unguja)[20] |
| 1952 | Sarthe (FBYF R. Le Mans) |
| 1953 | Cyprus (CyBS, Nicosia; BBC 1948), AOF: French Dahomey (R. Cotonou), AOF: French Guinea (R. Conakry), AOF: French Togoland (R. Lomé), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (R. Friuli-Venezia Giulia) |
| 1954 | Sarawak (R. Sarawak, Kuching), Windward Islands (WIBS, St. George's, Grenada),[21] Calabria (R. Calabria) |
| 1955 | AEF: Chad (R. Tchad, Fort Lamy), North Borneo (R. Sabah, Jesselton), Sierra Leone (SLBS, Freetown; wired 1934), Alpes-Maritimes (FBVZ R. Nice) |
| 1956 | Jordan (Radio Jordan), Côte-d'Or (FBDO R. Dijon), Aruba (R. Oranjestad; wired 1937) |
| 1957 | Brunei (RTB), AOF: French West Africa (R. Soudan, Bamako), AOF: Mauritania (R. Mauritanie, Saint-Louis, Senegal), Chile ( Easter Island (R. Hanga Roa)), Meurthe-et-Moselle (FBNH R. Nancy) |
| 1958 | AEF: Ubangi-Shari (R. Bangui), Gibraltar (R. Gibraltar), AOF: Niger (R. Niger, Niamey), Uganda (UBS, Kampala), Haute-Vienne (FBTG R. Limoges) |
| 1959 | AOF: Upper Volta (R. Haute Volta, Ouagadougou), AEF: Gabon (R. Gabon, Libreville), Jeju Island (R. Jeju, Jeju-si), Somme (FBSP R. Amiens) |
1960s
edit| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 1960 | New Guinea (VL9BR Rabaul), Ruanda-Urundi (R. Usumbura) |
| 1961 | Comoros (R. Comores, Moroni), Spanish Sahara (EAJ-202/203 R. Sahara, El Aaiún),[22] Tonga (ZCO Nukuʻalofa), Antarctica ( McMurdo Station (R. McMurdo)) |
| 1962 | Gambia (R. Gambia, Bakau), Maldives (Malé R.) |
| 1963 | Barbados (R. Barbados; wired 1935), Tristan da Cunha (R. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas) |
| 1964 | Lesotho (R. Lesotho, Maseru), Malawi (MBC, Blantyre), Pohnpei (R. Kolonia) |
| 1965 | Swaziland (SBS, Mbabane), Trucial States (Voice of the Coast, Sharjah) |
| 1966 | Kosovo (R. Pristina; wired 1945) |
| 1967 | Saint Helena (Radio Saint Helena), Sabah (R. Kota Kinabalu) |
| 1968 | Nauru (NBS), Abkhaz ASSR (Radio Sokhumi) |
| 1969 | Anguilla (R. Anguilla, The Valley), Northern Cyprus (North Nicosia Radio) |
1970s
edit| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Oman (R. Sultanate of Oman, Muscat), Azores (R. Ponta Delgada) |
| 1971 | Corsica (R. Corsica, Corsica), Venda (R. Thohoyandou) |
| 1972 | Saint Barthélemy (R. Gustavia), Nakhichevan ASSR (R. Nakhchivan) |
| 1973 | Bhutan (Radio NYAB, Thimphu), Chuuk (Radio Weno) |
| 1974 | Niue (R. Alofi), Transkei (R. Umtata) |
| 1975 | Tuvalu (Radio Tuvalu),[23] KwaZulu (R. Pietermaritzburg) |
| 1976 | Bophuthatswana (R. Mamabatho, shutdown 1993) |
| 1977 | Yap (R. Colonia) |
| 1978 | YU: Republika Srpska (R. Sarajevo, wired 1945) |
| 1979 | German-speaking Community (German Speaking Radio), Ciskei (R. Bisho) |
1980s
edit| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Ceuta (R. Ceuta), Lebowa (R. Lebowa) |
| 1981 | Transnistria (R. Tiraspol), KaNgwane (R. Louieville) |
| 1982 | Melilla (R. Melilla), Gazankulu (R. Giyani), Kosrae (R. Tofol) |
| 1983 | Eritrea (Radio Asmara, Asmara), Gagauzia (R. Comrat) |
| 1984 | Norfolk Island (Radio Norfolk Island, Kingston), QwaQwa (R. Phuthaditjhaba) |
| 1985 | Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (R. Stepanakert) |
| 1986 | South Ossetia (R. Tskhinvali) |
| 1987 | Akrotiri and Dhekelia (R. Akrotiri and R. Dhekelia), Sint Maarten (R. Philipsburg) |
| 1988 | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (R. Sarajevo, wired 1945) |
| 1989 | Montserrat (R. Plymouth) |
1990s
edit| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Peru (National Hispanic Radio FM) |
| 1992 | Tokelau (R. Nukunonu) |
| 1993 | San Marino (R. San Marino) |
| 1994 | Collectivity of Saint Martin (R. Marigot) |
| 1995 | Somaliland (R. Hargeisa; wired 1944) |
| 1996 | Saba Department (R. The Bottom) |
| 1997 | Southern Provinces (R. Laayoune) |
| 1999 | Pitcairn Islands (R. Adamstown) |
2000s
edit| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Netherlands ( Bonaire (R. Kralendijk)) |
| 2002 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (R. West Island) |
| 2004 | South Sudan (R. Juba) |
| 2005 | Clipperton Island (R. Clipperton) |
| 2006 | Donetsk People's Republic (R. Donetsk) |
| 2007 | Luhansk People's Republic (R. Luhansk) Solomon Islands (Buala Isabel Learning Network), Solomon Islands (Sigana Isabel Learning Network), Solomon Islands (Kolotubi Isabel Learning Network), Solomon Islands (Susubona Isabel Learning Network), Solomon Islands (Samasodu Isabel Learning Network), Solomon Islands (Kia Isabel Learning Network) |
| 2008 | Sint Eustatius (R. Oranjestad) |
| 2009 | Vanuatu (Toruba Radio) |
2010s
edit| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Chinland (R. Chinland) |
| 2015 | Puntland (R. Puntland) |
2020s
edit| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 2022 | British Antarctic Territory (BFBS Antarctica) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ferraretto, Luiz Artur. De 1919 a 1923, os primeiros momentos do rádio no Brasil (2014)
- ^ Marconi Books - 2MT Writtle
- ^ CW90A - 90th Anniversary of the Uruguayan Radio Broadcasting
- ^ Radio-Geschichte Schweiz
- ^ Roorda, Eric Paul. Historical Dictionary of the Dominican Republic, p. 187, at Google Books (2016)
- ^ Lin, Chua Ai. The Story of Singapore Radio (1924-41) (2016)
- ^ Eighty Years of Radio in Indonesia (Wavescan, 2003)
- ^ Abdel Rahman, Haidi M. K. Women, Regional Radio and Development p. 30 (2010)
- ^ "Радио в Узбекистане". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- ^ Karachi in Pakistan (Wavescan update, 2010)
- ^ "Radio Nacional, 80 años registrando la historia de Colombia". Señal Memoria (in Spanish). Bogotá: RTVC. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ Mediumwave broadcasting in Bermuda (Wavescan, 2009)
- ^ Port Moresby on Shortwave (Wavescan, 2009)
- ^ Тувинскому радио - 70 лет
- ^ Radio em Angola
- ^ History of Radio Jamaica Ltd.
- ^ 胡少红. 民国时期不同治疆思想下的新闻事业 (2014)
- ^ Adejunmobi, Jonathan Adegoke. The development of radio broadcasting in Nigeria, West Africa p. 45 (1974)
- ^ Richardson, Irene. History of Tibetan and exile radio (2009)
- ^ Sturmer, Martin. The media history of Tanzania (2008)
- ^ The Grenada Revolution Online: Radio
- ^ Montes Fernández, Francisco José. Breve historia de Radio Sahara (2013)
- ^ Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (1988). Handbook - Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.
Bibliography
edit- Blin, Bernard. Milestones in radio: the first half century (1895–1945). The UNESCO courier (February 1997), p. 16–21
- Radio Review/Radio Listeners Guide (1925–1929), Broadcasting Yearbook (1935–2010), World Radio TV Handbook (1947–)
- Berg, Jerome S. The early shortwave stations: a broadcasting history through 1945 (2013)
- radioheritage.net
- worldradiomap.com (Europe, Americas, Asia, Oceania)
- Europe: Broadcasting abroad (1934); The media in Europe at Google Books (2004)
- Africa: Head, Sydney W. Broadcasting in Africa: a continental survey of radio and television at Google Books (1974); Ziegler, Dhyana. Thunder and silence: the mass media in Africa, p. 160–182, at Google Books (1992)
- Arab world: Boyd, Douglas A. Broadcasting in the Arab world: a survey of radio and television in the Middle East at Google Books (1982)
- Asia: Sterling, Christopher H. Encyclopedia of radio. Asia (2004); Luthra, H. R. Indian broadcasting at Google Books (1986); McDaniel, Drew O. Broadcasting in the Malay world: radio, television, and video in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore at Google Books (1994)