This is a list of longwave radio broadcasters updated on December 31, 2023:
Denotes non-standard frequency (not divisible by 9)
| Freq. (kHz) |
Station name |
Language | Country | Location | Height | Aerial type |
Power (kW) |
Coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | Radio Antena Satelor[1] | Romanian |  Romania |
Brașov | 250m | T-aerial on 2 guyed steel lattice masts, height: 250 metres (820 ft) | 200 | 45°45′22.27″N 25°36′26.77″E / 45.7561861°N 25.6074361°E 45°45′13.16″N 25°36′25.15″E / 45.7536556°N 25.6069861°E |
Fifth state-owned radio station in Romania |
| 164 | MNB Radio 1[2] | Mongolian |  Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar | 259m | 259 metres (850 ft) tall cable-stayed steel truss mast[3] | 250 | 47°47′54.67″N 107°11′14.7″E / 47.7985194°N 107.187417°E | Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC.
Reportedly intermittent and operating at significantly reduced power. |
| 171 | Médi 1[4] | Arabic and French |  Morocco |
Nador | 380m | Directional aerial consisting of three guyed steel lattice masts, 380 metres (1,250 ft) tall | 1,600 | 35°2′50.65″N 2°55′22.81″W / 35.0474028°N 2.9230028°W 35°2′30.27″N 2°55′16.16″W / 35.0417417°N 2.9211556°W 35°2′9.89″N 2°55′9.52″W / 35.0360806°N 2.9193111°W |
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 |  Iceland |
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: 412 metres (1,352 ft) | 300 | 64°54′26″N 23°55′19.5″W / 64.90722°N 23.922083°W | Iceland's national public service broadcaster.[6]
Scheduled to stop broadcasting in 2024 |
| 198 | BBC Radio 4[7] | English |  United Kingdom |
Droitwich (SFN) | 213m | T-aerial on two guyed steel lattice masts insulated against ground with a height of 213 metres (699 ft) | 500 | 52°17′46.9″N 2°6′24.32″W / 52.296361°N 2.1067556°W 52°17′40.4″N 2°6′20.62″W / 52.294556°N 2.1057278°W |
All four transmitters carry Radio teleswitch PSK data; Droitwich relays BBC World Service from 01:00 to 05:20 UTC
On 30 May 2023, the BBC announced that BBC Radio 4 will stop broadcasting on long wave in 2024, sometime after the long wave opt-outs end during March 2024.[8] |
| Burghead (SFN) | 154m | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, height 154 metres (505 ft) | 50 | 57°41′57.9″N 3°28′4.78″W / 57.699417°N 3.4679944°W | |||||
| Westerglen (SFN) | 152m | Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, height 152 metres (499 ft) | 55°58′33″N 3°48′58.8″W / 55.97583°N 3.816333°W | ||||||
| 209 | MNB Radio 1[2] | Mongolian | Mongolia |
Dalanzadgad | 40 | 43°31′54.43″N 104°24′41.4″E / 43.5317861°N 104.411500°E | Broadcasts from 21:00 to 15:00 UTC. Reportedly intermittent. | ||
| 225 | Polskie Radio Program I[9] | Polish |  Poland |
Solec Kujawski | 330m | Directional aerial, two guyed radio masts fed on the top, heights 330 metres (1,080 ft) and 289 metres (948 ft) | 1,000/700 | 53°1′21.01″N 18°15′32.63″E / 53.0225028°N 18.2590639°E 53°1′12.83″N 18°15′44.06″E / 53.0202306°N 18.2622389°E |
Earlier Konstantynów was used (52°22′3.91″N 19°48′7.04″E / 52.3677528°N 19.8019556°E). |
| 227 | MNB Radio 1[2] | Mongolian | Mongolia |
Altai | Cable-stayed steel truss mast | 40 | 46°19′25.52″N 96°15′31.2″E / 46.3237556°N 96.258667°E | Broadcasts from 21:00 to 15:00 UTC. Reportedly intermittent. | |
| 252 | Radio Algeria Chaîne 3[10] |
French |  Algeria |
Tipaza | 335m | Omnidirectional aerial, single guyed lattice steel mast, height 355 metres (1,165 ft) | 1,500/750 | 36°33′58.14″N 2°28′50.3″E / 36.5661500°N 2.480639°E | Intermittent |
List of stations that have closed or are inactive
References
- ↑ "MWLIST quick and easy: Europe, Africa and Middle East". www.mwlist.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- 1 2 3 Lorenz, Günter (2014). "MW Offset List".
- ↑ "Ulan Bator Longwave Transmission Mast (Ulan Bator) – Structurae". Structurae. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ↑ "MWLIST quick and easy: Europe, Africa and Middle East". www.mwlist.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ "MWLIST quick and easy: Europe, Africa and Middle East". www.mwlist.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ "MWLIST quick and easy: Europe, Africa and Middle East". www.mwlist.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ BBC Radio 4 begins information campaign to transition listeners from Long Wave
- ↑ "MWLIST quick and easy: Europe, Africa and Middle East". www.mwlist.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ "MWLIST quick and easy: Europe, Africa and Middle East". www.mwlist.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ↑ "Third largest structure in Iceland demolished - RÚV.is". 28 February 2023.
- ↑ "MWLIST quick and easy: Europe, Africa and Middle East". www.mwlist.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- WRTH 2017. WRTH Publications Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0955548192.
- de:Langwellenrundfunk
- World Radio TV Handbook
- "MWLIST quick and easy: Europe, Africa and Middle East". www.mwlist.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- "MWLIST quick and easy: Asia and Pacific". www.mwlist.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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