List of longwave radio broadcasters
This is a list of longwave radio broadcasters updated on Jan 08 2025:
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 | 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 | Mongolian | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 259m | 259 metres (850 ft) tall cable-stayed steel truss mast | 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. |
| 171 | Médi 1 | 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. |
| 198 | BBC Radio 4 | 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 three transmitters carry Radio teleswitch PSK data; Droitwich relays BBC World Service from 01:00 to 05:20 UTC
Opt-out programming ended on 31 Mar 2024. Radio teleswitching signals will be switched off on, or shortly after 30 June 2025. |
| 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 | Mongolian | Mongolia | Choibalsan | 40 | 48°0′17.27″N 114°27′17.6″E / 48.0047972°N 114.454889°E | Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC. | ||
| Dalanzadgad | 40 | 43°31′54.43″N 104°24′41.4″E / 43.5317861°N 104.411500°E | Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC. | ||||||
| Ölgii | 30 | 48°57′25.0″N 89°58′13.0″E / 48.956944°N 89.970278°E | Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC. | ||||||
| 225 | Polskie Radio Program I | 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 | Mongolian | Mongolia | Altai City | Cable-stayed steel truss mast | 40 | 46°19′25.52″N 96°15′31.2″E / 46.3237556°N 96.258667°E | Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC. | |
| 252 | Alger Chaîne 3 | 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 |