The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive is a podcast that contains off-air recordings from the shortwaves. These recordings represent the wide variety of stations found on the shortwave, long wave and medium wave radio spectrums (30-30,000 kHz)
Radio Netherlands ('Media Network' Program): April 29, 1982
Feb 21, 2026
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' Program
Date of recording: April 29, 1982
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: unknown
Reception location: St.Louis, MO
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001
Notes: This is a partial recording of "Media Network," though most of the program is on this recording. My interest in this specific show was the feature on Radio Luxembourg, This program is not in the Jonathan Marks archive of his "Media Network" shows.
Radio Netherlands (Media Network): April 23, 1982
Paul Harner
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Radio Union (Lima, Peru): July 1, 1994
Feb 18, 2026
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Union, Lima Peru July 1994
Date of recording: July 01, 1994
Starting time: 0730-0815 UTC
Frequency: 6115 kHz
Your location: St.Louis, MO
Your receiver and antenna: Icom IC R-71-A
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Radio Union in Lima was a longtime favorite station of mine from the late 1980s through the 1990s. Radio Union was well heard in the overnight hours, and featured salsa, chicha, and huayno music. Long after it left shortwave, I listened to the station online, until it closed down a few years ago.
Radio Union (Lima, Peru): July 1, 1994
Paul Harner
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Radio Netherlands ('Media Network' Program): April 23, 1987
Feb 11, 2026
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' Program
Date of recording: April 23, 1987
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: Either 6165 or 9590 kHz
Reception location: St.Louis, MO
Receiver and antenna: Icom IC R-71-A
Notes: I recorded "Media Network" using a timer, and reused these tapes weekly. In this case, it became a time capsule. It is also not a show that is on Jonathan Marks' archive site.
Radio Netherlands ('Media Network' Program): April 23, 1987
Paul Harner
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Voice Of America (Breakfast Show): August 02, 1975
Feb 04, 2026
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice Of America 'Breakfast Show"
Date of recording: August 02, 1975
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: unknown
Your location: St.Louis, MO
Your receiver and antenna: Multi-Band portable
Voice Of America (Breakfast Show): August 02, 1975
Paul Harner
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NDR - Gruss an Bord: December 24, 2025
Feb 02, 2026
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COPYRIGHT NDR
Live, off-air, two-hour recording of the special annual Gruss an Bord program from German broadcaster NDR, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, on 24 December 2025. Gruss an Bord features music and greetings to and from mariners around the world. The Christmas greetings were recorded at an event in Hamburg.
Relatives and friends had the opportunity to wish their loved ones at sea a happy holiday and a happy new year. The Hamburg event was recorded on the third Sunday of Advent, 14 December, in the Duckdalben International Seamen's Club and was hosted by Susanne Stichler. The program included a number of special guests including Bishop Kirsten Fehrs; Hamburg's Senator for Economic Affairs, Melanie Leonhard; the Federal Government's Maritime Coordinator, Christoph Ploß; and Vice Admiral Axel Deertz. Music was provided by the folk music duo of Frank Grischek and Ralf Lübke. The broadcast was primarily in German, however there were several minutes in English when Filipino seamen were interviewed and some of the songs had English lyrics.
In addition to being carried on the NDR Info and NDR Info Spezial networks, the broadcast was transmitted around the world on shortwave using transmitters at Nauen, Germany; Issoudun, France; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; and Okeechobee, Florida, U.S.A.; and was organized by Media Broadcast.
The scheduled frequencies (kHz) were: 6030 (via Issoudun) for the Northeast Atlantic, 6080 (via Tashkent) for Europe, 9635 (via Nauen) for the Indian Ocean, 11650 (via Issoudun) for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, 13830 (via Nauen) for the Southern Atlantic, and 15770 (via Okeechobee) for the Northwest Atlantic
Monitors reported that the program did not air on 9635 or 11650 kHz.
This recording was made in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada. It is of the transmission on the frequency of 15770 kHz for the full two hours.
The recording was made primarily using a Belka-DX receiver in pseudo-synchronous (AM2) mode with a bandwidth of 50 Hz - 2.7 kHz outdoors with a Tecsun AN-03L 7-metre wire antenna Reception was quite good for the most part with a bit of fading at times. But that receiver was initially tuned to 13830 kHz with a weaker signal. However, 15770 kHz was being recorded simultaneously with a KiwiSDR 2 software-defined radio receiver in narrow AM (AMN) mode with noise cancelling and with a W6LVP indoor magnetic loop antenna. So, the recording here has about a 4-1/2-minute splice from the KiwiSDR receiver at the beginning with the remainder of the recording from the Belka-DX receiver. A few seconds of the end of the program are missing as WRMI cut over to other programming before the complete end of the program.
NDR - Gruss an Bord: December 24, 2025
Richard Langley
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Radio Barquisimeto (Venezuela): Circa 1970
Jan 28, 2026
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1970
Frequency: 4.990 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: On 4990 kHz shortwave, Radio Barquisimeto in Venezuela was one of the "regulars" on the 60 metre band here in southern Ontario Canada during the evening hours in the 1970's. On nearby 4980 kHz, you could find Ecos del Torbes from San Cristobal.
Radio Barquisimeto (Venezuela): Circa 1970
Dan Greenall
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BBC World Service: September 28, 2025
Jan 21, 2026
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of the BBC World Service on 9410 kHz made on September 28, 2025 at 0603 UTC in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes that this was an exceptionally strong signal to have been received in McGrath, Alaska.
BBC World Service: September 28, 2025
Paul Walker
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Emisoras Jesús del Gran Poder Quito: Circa 1989
Jan 14, 2026
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor David Goren, who shares the following recording of Emisoras Jesús del Gran Poder Quito, which he recorded on cassette tape, most likely in the summer of 1989. This broadcast was received on 5050 kHz.
Emisoras Jesús del Gran Poder Quito: Circa 1989
David Goren
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BBC World Service (French Language Service): September 20, 2025
Jan 07, 2026
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of the BBC World Service (French Language Service) on 13790 kHz made on Sept 20, 2025 at 1815 UTC in McGrath, Alaska.
BBC World Service (French Language Service): September 20, 2025
Paul Walker
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BBC World Service (Carrier and Interval Signal): September 19, 20, and 25, 2025.
Dec 31, 2025
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recordings of the BBC World Service on 9410 kHz made on September 19, 20, and 25, 2025 at 0458 UTC in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes:
The English feed via Ascension to West Africa operates from 05:00 to 07:00 UTC on several days in late September, featuring something rare: the carrier is switched on, followed by a brief silence and then an interval signal. This sequence occurs every time I hear this transmission sign on, but I have noticed it almost nowhere else on BBC World Service shortwave, which usually just “crash starts” and ends abruptly.
BBC World Service: September 19, 2025.
Paul Walker
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BBC World Service: September 20, 2025.
Paul Walker
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BBC World Service: September 25, 2025.
Paul Walker
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