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.
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
1910s and 1920s Year Countries and territories 1916 (2XG New York City; 8MK Detroit > WWJ & 8XK Pittsburgh > KDKA 1920) 1919 (PCGG The Hague; HDO Hilversum 1923) 1920 (LOR Buenos Aires), (XWA Montreal > 9AM > CFCF) 1921 (2CM Sydney), France (R. Tour Eiffel, Paris), (TND Monterrey) 1922 (SPE Rio de Janeiro),Ferraretto, Luiz Artur. De 1919 a 1923, os primeiros momentos do rádio no Brasil (2014) (2LC Havana, followed by PWX), (R. Dunedin > 4AB), (CXZ-27 Asunción; ZP1 1926), (KZKZ Manila), (WKAQ San Juan), (2MT Writtle;Marconi Books - 2MT Writtle 2LO London), (CW90A R. Paradizábal, Montevideo;CW90A - 90th Anniversary of the Uruguayan Radio Broadcasting CWOA 1927), (R. Melbourne) 1923 (R. Bruxelles), (CBC R. Chilena Santiago), (Radiojournal, Prague), (Funk-Stunde, Berlin), (2FV R. Club Bombay > IBC 1927), (XRO Shanghai), (JB Johannesburg), (2HB Lausanne)Radio-Geschichte Schweiz 1924 (RAVAG, Vienna), (HIH Santo Domingo; HIX 1928),Roorda, Eric Paul. (2016) (IRO Rome URI), (R. Luxembourg), (8WMC St. John's > VOWR), (1SE AWSM > ZHI 1933),Lin, Chua Ai. The Story of Singapore Radio (1924-41) (2016) (Moscow: RA1 Komintern, RA2 MGSPS), (EAJ2 Madrid, EAJ1 Barcelona), YU: Serbia (R. Belgrade; Rakovica 1924), (R. Adelaide) 1925 (R. Kabul), (8DB Algiers), (RA18 Minsk), Ceylon (Colombo R.), (Statsradiofonien, Copenhagen), (BRX, Batavia > NIROM),Eighty Years of Radio in Indonesia (Wavescan, 2003) (Magyar Telefonhírmondó és Rádió Rt., Budapest; wired Hírmondó 1893), (JOAK Tokyo), Kwantung (JQAK Dairen), (Radiofon Riga), (Kringkastingsselskapet, Oslo), (OAX Lima), (P1AA Lisbon), (Radiotjänst, Stockholm), (RA21 Kharkov), (R. Perth) 1926 (RA49 Yerevan), (RA45 Baku), (2HZ R. Club Rangoon), (XOH Harbin; XKM Nanjing 1928; XNCR Yan'an 1940); CZ: Slovakia (Radiojournal, Bratislava), (Landessender Danzig), (R. Farouk et al., Cairo),Abdel Rahman, Haidi M. K. Women, Regional Radio and Development p. 30 (2010) (AQM San Salvador), (R. Ringhääling, Tallinn), (Yle, Helsinki; 3NB Tampere 1924), (RA27 Tbilisi), (H.f. Útvarp, Reykjavík), (2RN Dublin), (Lietuvos radijas, Kaunas), (Polskie R., Warsaw), (AYRE Caracas), YU: Croatia (R. Zagreb) 1927 (CPX La Paz; CP1AA 1922), (TI4NRH Heredia), (VQ7LO Nairobi), Korea, South (JODK Keijo), Turkey (İstanbul Radyosu), (RA6 Ashgabat), (RA27 Tashkent) 1928 (Thessaloniki; YRE 1938), (HRB La Voz del Trópico, Tegucigalpa), (GOW), Morocco (R. Maroc), (YMCA, Lahore; Karachi 1926),Karachi in Pakistan (Wavescan update, 2010) (R. Bukarest), (JFAK Taihoku), (4PJ Bangkok), VT: Tonkin (R. Sindex, Haiphong), YU: Slovenia (R. Ljubljana), (R. Hobart), (XEY/R. Mexicali) 1929 (HJN Bogotá), (El Prado, Riobamba), Réunion (R. Saint-Denis), (R. Brisbane)
1930s Year Countries and territories 1930 (TJW Hamilton),Mediumwave broadcasting in Bermuda (Wavescan, 2009) (Rodno R., Sofia), (TGW La Voz de Guatemala, Guatemala City), (KLAWS, Kuala Lumpur), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (R. Club), Tunisia (Tunis Kasbah), VT: Cochinchina (FZS Saigon), ( (R. Canberra)) 1931 Kazakh ASSR (RV60 Alma-Ata), (R. Tananarive), (5ZA Apia), Tajik SSR (RV47 Stalinabad), (Vatican R.), (XHTM/R. Puebla) 1932 (ZEA Salisbury), (FBKI R. Lille) 1933 Curaçao (CUROM Willemstad), Macau (CQN/CRY-9), Mozambique (LM Radio, Lourenço Marques), (HPJ5 R. Tembleque, Panama City), Spanish Morocco (EAJ-21 Melilla) 1934 French Polynesia (FO8AA R. Club Oceanien, Papeete), (R. East), (R. Ulaanbaatar), (YNLF Managua), Tenerife (EAJ-43 R. Club Tenerife, Santa Cruz), ( (R. Darwin)) 1935 (VP3BG Georgetown > ZFY), Dutch Guiana (AVROS, Paramaribo), (R. Addis Ababa), (ZJV Suva), French Equatorial Africa [AEF]/Congo (R. Club Brazzaville), (HHK Port-au-Prince), (VUV Deccan R.), (VP2LO Caribbean Broadcasting Service, Basseterre > ZIZ), Malta (Radju Malta, Valletta), (VU7MC Ākāśavāṇī), (4PM Port Moresby)Port Moresby on Shortwave (Wavescan, 2009) 1936 (ZNS Nassau), (ZNB Mafeking), (R. Baghdad), Korea, North (JBBK Heijō), Las Palmas (EAJ-50 R. Las Palmas), (PBS, Jerusalem/Ramallah), (R. Kyzyl),Тувинскому радио - 70 лет (R. Kingstown, Kingstown) 1937 Angola (CR6AA Lobito),Radio em Angola (OQ2AA R. Léo, Léopoldville), (ZIK-2 Belize), Guadeloupe (R. Guadeloupe), (R. Martinique), New Caledonia (FK8AA Nouméa) 1938 (R. Tirana), (RV6 Frunze; wired earlier), (ITR Tripoli), (R. Liechtenstein), (R. Castries), (R. Mogadiscio, wired and experimental 1951), (FBGT R. Strasbourg) 1939 (R. Andorra), (R. St. John's, Windward Islands), (All India Radio, Dhaka), (Baroda), French West Africa [AOF]/Senegal (R. AOF, Dakar), (VP5PZ Kingston),History of Radio Jamaica Ltd. (FBRF R. Lyon), Kaliningrad Oblast (R. Kaliningrad)
1940s Year Countries and territories 1940 (R. Bahrain > Arabic 1955), (ZOY Accra; wired 1935), (R. Tehran), South Yemen (ZNR Aden R. > 1954), Sudan (R. Omdurman) 1941 AEF: French Cameroons (R. Douala), (R. Lusaka), Palau (JRAK Koror), Xinjiang (R. Dihua; wired 1935),胡少红. 民国时期不同治疆思想下的新闻事业 (2014) YU: Macedonia (R. Skoplje), Cape Verde (R. Praia), (FBXE R. Bordeaux), (R. Veneto) 1942 (WVUV Leone), (Falklands R.), (Grønlands R., Godthåb), (R. Damas) 1943 (R. Hargeisa), (R. Djibouti), (R. Monte Carlo), (Thiruvananthapuram), (R. Kazan), (R. Simfeopol) 1944 (WXLF Tarawa), (WXLI Agana), (WVUR Espiritu Santo), Solomon Islands (WVUQ Guadalcanal), (WXLD Saipan), YU: Montenegro (R. Cetinje), (R. Sardinia) 1945 YU: Bosnia and Herzegovina (R. Sarajevo), YU: Kosovo (R. Pristina), YU: Vietnam (Voice of Vietnam), (FBGJ R. Toulouse) 1946 Cambodia (R. Cambodge), Spanish Guinea (R. Atlántica, Fernando Póo), (Sana'a R. > 1955), (R. Majuro), (FBKU R. Clermont-Ferrand), (R. Umbria) 1947 (CMQ Bissau), (R. Trinidad, Port of Spain), (R. Palikir; wired 1939), (FBWP R. Rennes), (R. Tuscany) 1948 (R. Goa), (R. Nigeria; wired 1935),Adejunmobi, Jonathan Adegoke. The development of radio broadcasting in Nigeria, West Africa p. 45 (1974) (FBTF R. Bourges) 1949 AOF: Ivory Coast (R. Abidjan), (SABC via sw), (R. Mecca, Jeddah), Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (R. Nukus), (FBGQ R. Caen)
1950s Year Countries and territories 1950 (ELBC Monrovia), (R. Lhasa),Richardson, Irene. History of Tibetan and exile radio (2009) (WSTA Charlotte Amalie), (FBJL R. Nantes), Sakhalin Oblast (R. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) 1951 French Guiana (R. Cayenne), (R. Mogadishu; wired 1938), (R. Kuwait), Laos (RNL, Vientiane), (R. Nepal, Kathmandu), (Sauti ya Dar es Salaam), (Sauti ya Unguja)Sturmer, Martin. The media history of Tanzania (2008) 1952 (FBYF R. Le Mans) 1953 (CyBS, Nicosia; BBC 1948), AOF: French Dahomey (R. Cotonou), AOF: French Guinea (R. Conakry), AOF: French Togoland (R. Lomé), (R. Friuli-Venezia Giulia) 1954 (R. Sarawak, Kuching), (WIBS, St. George's, Grenada),The Grenada Revolution Online: Radio (R. Calabria) 1955 AEF: Chad (R. Tchad, Fort Lamy), (R. Sabah, Jesselton), Sierra Leone (SLBS, Freetown; wired 1934), (FBVZ R. Nice) 1956 (Radio Jordan), (FBDO R. Dijon), (R. Oranjestad; wired 1937) 1957 (RTB), AOF: French West Africa (R. Soudan, Bamako), AOF: Mauritania (R. Mauritanie, Saint-Louis, Senegal), ( (R. Hanga Roa)), (FBNH R. Nancy) 1958 AEF: Ubangi-Shari (R. Bangui), (R. Gibraltar), AOF: Niger (R. Niger, Niamey), (UBS, Kampala), (FBTG R. Limoges) 1959 AOF: Upper Volta (R. Haute Volta, Ouagadougou), AEF: Gabon (R. Gabon, Libreville), Jeju Island (R. Jeju, Jeju-si), (FBSP R. Amiens)
1960s Year Countries and territories 1960 (VL9BR Rabaul), Ruanda-Urundi (R. Usumbura) 1961 Comoros (R. Comores, Moroni), (EAJ-202/203 R. Sahara, El Aaiún),Montes Fernández, Francisco José. Breve historia de Radio Sahara (2013) (ZCO Nukuʻalofa), ( McMurdo Station (R. McMurdo)) 1962 (R. Gambia, Bakau), Maldives (Malé R.) 1963 (R. Barbados; wired 1935), (R. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas) 1964 (R. Lesotho, Maseru), (MBC, Blantyre), (R. Kolonia) 1965 Swaziland (SBS, Mbabane), Trucial States (Voice of the Coast, Sharjah) 1966 (R. Pristina; wired 1945) 1967 Saint Helena (Radio Saint Helena), (R. Kota Kinabalu) 1968 (NBS), Abkhaz ASSR (Radio Sokhumi) 1969 (R. Anguilla, The Valley), Northern Cyprus (North Nicosia Radio)
1970s Year Countries and territories 1970 (R. Sultanate of Oman, Muscat), Azores (R. Ponta Delgada) 1971 (R. Corsica, Corsica), (R. Thohoyandou) 1972 (R. Gustavia), (R. Nakhchivan) 1973 (Radio NYAB, Thimphu), (Radio Weno) 1974 (R. Alofi), (R. Umtata) 1975 (Radio Tuvalu), (R. Pietermaritzburg) 1976 (R. Mamabatho, shutdown 1993) 1977 (R. Colonia) 1978 YU: Republika Srpska (R. Sarajevo, wired 1945) 1979 (German Speaking Radio), (R. Bisho)
1980s Year Countries and territories 1980 (R. Ceuta), (R. Lebowa) 1981 (R. Tiraspol), (R. Louieville) 1982 (R. Melilla), (R. Giyani), (R. Tofol) 1983 (Radio Asmara, Asmara), (R. Comrat) 1984 (Radio Norfolk Island, Kingston), (R. Phuthaditjhaba) 1985 Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (R. Stepanakert) 1986 (R. Tskhinvali) 1987 (R. Akrotiri and R. Dhekelia), (R. Philipsburg) 1988 (R. Sarajevo, wired 1945) 1989 (R. Plymouth)
1990s Year Countries and territories 1990 (National Hispanic Radio FM) 1992 (R. Nukunonu) 1993 (R. San Marino) 1994 (R. Marigot) 1995 (R. Hargeisa; wired 1944) 1996 (R. The Bottom) 1997 Southern Provinces (R. Laayoune) 1999 (R. Adamstown)
2000s Year Countries and territories 2000 ( (R. Kralendijk)) 2002 (R. West Island) 2004 (R. Juba) 2005 (R. Clipperton) 2006 (R. Donetsk), (Buala Isabel Learning Network) 2007 (R. Luhansk), (Kolotubi Isabel Learning Network) 2008 (R. Oranjestad), (Tataba Isabel Learning Network) 2009 (Toruba Radio), (Lelegia Isabel Learning Network)
2010s Year Countries and territories 2012 (R. Chinland) 2015 (R. Puntland) 2022 (BFBS Antarctica)
See also History of radio Table of years in radio List of oldest radio stations Timeline of the introduction of television in countries
References
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