Category Archives: Schedules

RCI Sackville to continue relays and their North Quebec service until Oct 31st

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Thomas

I was just informed by RCI Sackville that they plan to continue to broadcast their North Quebec service and various relays of other broadcasters until the end of October.  Specifically: The North Quebec service will continue to operate until all … Continue reading →

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Glenn Hauser’s calendar of shortwave radio specials and farewells

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Thomas

Since I’m travelling, I was very pleased to find that Glenn Hauser outlined the many special broadcasts and farewells over the next couple of weeks. Frankly, there are so many, I’ve had trouble keeping them organized in my calendar. (Source: Glenn … Continue reading →

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Updates to the WRTH Summer A12 schedules are now available for download

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Thomas

The World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) A12 schedules updates file is now available to download, free of charge, from the WRTH website. This is a comprehensive update and supplement to the printed 2012 WRTH. (Source: Sean Gilbert, WRTH) The WRTH … Continue reading →

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DX-Antwerp special broadcast May 12th

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Thomas

(Source: DX-Antwerp) The Belgian club, DX-Antwerp, is celebrating its 30th anniversary on May 12th. They’re airing a commemorative shortwave broadcast on the following schedule: 0430-0530 UTC 17880 kHz Issoudun F AM India 0800-0900 UTC 9680 kHz Issoudun F AM Western-Europe 1200-1300 UTC 6015 kHz Issoudun F DRM … Continue reading →

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ShortwaveSchedule.com: An up-to-date online frequency/broadcaster database for shortwave radio

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Thomas

There are a number of online shortwave frequency databases out there, but until recently, I was never satisfied with any one single site. Some of the more user-friendly sites are horribly out-of-date and many of the up-to-date sites are difficult … Continue reading →

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World Radio TV Handbook 2012 contest

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Thomas

UPDATE: This contest is now closed and the winner will be announced soon. Thank you so much to all who participated! We will do more contests in the future as we occasionally have extra shortwave radio supplies/books. We’re thinking of “name that … Continue reading →

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Updates to the WRTH B11 schedules are now available for download

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Thomas

The World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) B11 schedules updates file is now available to download, free of charge, from the WRTH website. This is a comprehensive update and supplement to the printed 2012 WRTH.

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Scandinavian Weekend Radio–catch it on shortwave

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Thomas

SWR (Scandinavian Weekend Radio) is one hip shortwave broadcaster–they’re grass-roots, people-driven and format-free. SWR has been on the air since 2000 and they were, at the time, Scandinavia’s first and only privately owned shortwave radio station. SWR is not an easy … Continue reading →

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5th Edition of The Worldwide Listening Guide now available

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Thomas

John Figliozzi’s The Worldwide Listening Guide is now available for order at Universal Radio. This is the 5th edition of Figliozzi’s book and is unique in that it not only offers shortwave radio listings, but also provides podcast, terrestrial, satellite, Internet, digital, … Continue reading →

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Don’t expect WWV to only give you the time of day

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Thomas

Last Monday, while taking a walk and listening to a Tecsun PL-380 in review, I tuned to WWV (10,000 kHz) at 10 minutes after the hour. I heard a full NOAA marine weather report including tropical storm activity in the … Continue reading →

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