List of longwave radio broadcasters

This is a list of longwave radio broadcasters updated on Feb 27, 2022:

  Denotes non-standard frequency (not divisible by 9)
Freq.
(kHz)		 Station
name		 Language Country Location Aerial
type		 Power
(kW)		 Coordinates Notes
153 Radio Antena Satelor Romanian  Romania Brașov 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°45′13.16″N 25°36′25.15″E		 Fifth state-owned radio station in Romania
Chaine 1

Radio Algerie International

 Arabic  Algeria Kenadsa Three 357 metres (1,171 ft) tall guyed masts 2000 31°34′12.1″N 2°20′42.1″W
 Testing with low power since 6 December 2021[1]
164 MNB Radio 1 Mongolian  Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 259 metres (850 ft) tall cable-stayed steel truss mast[2] 250 47°47′54.67″N 107°11′14.7″E Broadcasts from 22:00 to 15:00 UTC
171 Médi 1 Arabic and French  Morocco Nador Directional aerial consisting of three guyed steel lattice masts, 380 metres (1,250 ft) tall 1600 35°02′50.65″N 2°55′22.81″W
35°02′30.27″N 2°55′16.16″W
35°02′9.89″N 2°55′9.52″W		 Private and commercial Moroccan radio network
189 RÚV Rás 1
RÚV Rás 2		 Icelandic  Iceland Gufuskalar near Hellissandur 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) 100 64°54′26″N 23°55′19.5″W Iceland's national public service broadcaster
198 BBC Radio 4 English  United Kingdom Droitwich (SFN) 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°17′40.4″N 2°6′20.62″W		 All four transmitters carry Radio teleswitch PSK data; Droitwich relays BBC World Service from 01:00 to 05:20 UTC
Burghead (SFN) Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, height 154 metres (505 ft) 50 57°41′57.9″N 3°28′4.78″W
Westerglen (SFN) Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, height 152 metres (499 ft) 55°58′33″N 3°48′58.8″W
Dartford Tunnel (SFN) 0.004
207 RÚV Rás 1
RÚV Rás 2		 Icelandic  Iceland Eiðar near Egilsstaðir Omnidirectional aerial, steel lattice mast insulated against ground, height 221 metres (725 ft) 50 65°22′22.93″N 14°20′27.29″W Iceland's national public service broadcaster
209 MNB Radio 1 Mongolian  Mongolia Choibalsan Cable-stayed steel truss mast, height: 275.84 metres (905.0 ft) 75 48°00′17.27″N 114°27′17.6″E Broadcasts from 21:00 to 14:00 UTC
Dalanzadgad 43°31′54.43″N 104°24′41.4″E Broadcasts from 21:00 to 14:00 UTC
Olgii Omnidirectional antenna, 352.5 metres (1,156 ft) high guyed mast 48°57′24.52″N 89°58′13.15″E Broadcasts from 21:00 to 14:00 UTC
225 Polskie Radio Program I
Polskae Radyjo (Belarusian)
Pols'ske Radio (Ukrainian)		 Polish  Poland Solec Kujawski Directional aerial, two guyed radio masts fed on the top, heights 330 metres (1,080 ft) and 289 metres (948 ft) 1200
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700		 53°1′21.01″N 18°15′32.63″E
53°1′12.83″N 18°15′44.06″E		 Earlier Konstantynów was used (52°22′3.91″N 19°48′7.04″E). 3-minutes news bulletins by Belarusian service Polish radio aired every day in 6:40, 12:20 (12:30 in Saturday, 12:10 in Sunday) and 22:20 (22:05 in Saturday and Sunday) (Warsaw time).[3] 3-minutes news bulletins by Ukrainian service Polish radio aired every day in 10:05 and 17:05 (Warsaw time).[4]
227 MNB Radio 1 Mongolian  Mongolia Altai Cable-stayed steel truss mast 75 46°19′25.52″N 96°15′31.2″E Broadcasts from 21:00 to 14:00 UTC
234 RTL French  Luxembourg Beidweiler Directional aerial, three guyed grounded steel lattice masts, 290 metres (950 ft) high, with vertical cage aerials 750
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375		 49°43′42.57″N 6°19′4.29″E
49°43′49.2″N 6°19′15.02″E
49°43′55.81″N 6°19′25.67″E		 Spare transmitter site Junglinster (49°43′0.35″N 6°15′28.9″E, 49°43′6.56″N 6°15′40.27″E, 49°43′12.75″N 6°15′51.44″E)
243 DR P1 Danish  Denmark Kalundborg Semi-directional Alexanderson antenna 153/333 degrees, two grounded 118 metres (387 ft) steel lattice radiating towers with interconnecting top wire capacitance 50 55°40′39.27″N 11°4′8.6″E
55°40′32.91″N 11°4′14.33″E		 Transmitting in time slots only
252 RTÉ Radio 1 English and Irish  Ireland Clarkstown Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, insulated against ground, height 248 metres (814 ft) 150
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60		 53°27′46″N 6°40′39″W The only AM transmitter for RTÉ Radio 1, power is decreased at night to 100 kW; it was scheduled to cease broadcasting in June 2019.[5] In April 2019 it announced an antenna upgrade and the closure was postponed.[6]

List of stations that have closed or are inactive
153
Deutschlandfunk  Germany Donebach Directional aerial, two guyed steel lattice masts, 363 m high, fed at the top 500 49°33′40.25″N 9°10′22.76″E  ; 49°33′33.53″N 9°10′50.82″E
YuFM  Russia Taldom transmitter Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast of 257 m height 300 56°45′30.04″N 37°37′12.17″E
NRK P1/P2  Norway Ingøy Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast 352 metres (1,155 ft) tall, fed at the top, ex-Omega equipment 100 71°4′17″N 24°5′14″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Popova near Komsomolsk-na-Amure 1200 50°39′16.75″N 136°54′46.9″E
162 TRT Radyo 4  Turkey Agri Two guyed lattice steel masts, height 250 m 1000 39°46′23.11″N 43°02′14.55″E ; 39°46′25.86″N 43°02′33.32″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Norilsk Omnidirectional antenna, 205 m high antenna 150 69°22′46″N 87°6′26″E ?
Radio Yuldash, Radio Rossii  Russia Ufa 150 54°46′19.73″N 56°0′17.02″E
171 Radio Rossii  Russia Bolshakovo near Kaliningrad Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) 600 54°54′42.62″N 21°43′2.32″E
Radio Ukraine 1  Ukraine Krasne near Lviv Omnidirectional antenna, 259 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) 150/75 49°54′12.85″N 24°41′15.22″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Raduga Omnidirectional antenna, 255 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 250 55°29′16″N 83°41′28″E
Radio 1  Russia Murmansk Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 150 69°00′59.07″N 32°55′57.17″E
Radio 1  Russia Noginsk Omnidirectional antenna, 242 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 150 55°50′0.89″N 38°20′35.18″E
Radio 1  Russia Ezhva near Syktyvkar Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 150 61°49′09.34″N 50°41′26.42″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Tulagino near Yakutsk Omnidirectional antenna, circle antenna with 1 central and 6 ring masts 150 62°14′15.01″N 129°48′10.4″E ; 62°14′22.82″N 129°48′0.85″E ; 62°14′15.06″N 129°47′51.2″E ; 62°14′7.27″N 129°48′0.82″E ; 62°14′7.31″N 129°48′20″E ; 62°14′15.06″N 129°48′29.7″E ; 62°14′22.82″N 129°48′20″E
177 Deutschlandradio Kultur  Germany Zehlendorf near Oranienburg Omnidirectional aerial, cage aerial mounted on 359.7 m high guyed mast, triangle aerial on 3 150 m high guyed steel lattice masts 500 52°47′41.87″N 13°23′9.5″E
180 TRT Radyo 1  Turkey Polatli Omnidirectional antenna, 250 m high guyed latice steel mast 1200 39°45′22.46″N 32°25′6.24″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Yelizovo near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Omnidirectional antenna, 255 m high guyed lattice steel mast 150 53°11′4.92″N 158°24′2.24″E
Radio Mayak  Russia Kruchina near Chita Omnidirectional antenna, 200 m high guyed lattice steel mast 150 51°50′22.5″N 113°44′8.9″E
183 Europe 1  Germany Felsberg-Berus Directional aerial, four ground insulated steel lattice masts 270 metres (890 ft), 276 metres (906 ft), 280 metres (920 ft) and 282 metres (925 ft) tall; spare aerial: two ground insulated steel lattice masts, height: 234 metres (768 ft) 750 Main antenna:
49°17′4.2″N 6°40′57.73″E
49°16′55.86″N 6°40′46.16″E
49°16′47.55″N 6°40′34.48″E
49°16′39.18″N 6°40′22.72″E
Spare antenna:
49°17′8.93″N 6°39′31.71″E
49°17′1.54″N 6°39′23.6″E
189 Rai Radio 1  Italy Caltanissetta Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, height 282 m 10 37°29′53.05″N 14°04′04.08″E
Sveriges Radio P1  Sweden Orlunda, near Motala 300 58°25′37″N 14°58′38″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Kostantinogradovka near Blagoveshchensk Omnidirectional aerial, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 1200 50°30′23.58″N 128°18′32.9″E
Sakartvelos Radio  Georgia Dusheti 250 42°03′1.76″N 44°40′37.56″E
198 Cnaine 1  Algeria Berkaoui 2000
Polskie Radio Parlament/Radio Polonia  Poland Raszyn Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast insulated against ground, 335 m high 200 52°4′21.72″N 20°53′2.15″E
Radio Mayak  Russia Saint Petersburg – Olgino Omnidirectional aerial, 205 m high guyed steel lattice mast 150 59°59′30.01″N 30°07′38.81″E
Radio Mayak  Russia Angarsk Before 2001: T-antenna spun between 2 205 m tall guyed steel lattice mast 250 52°31′51.95″N 103°52′9.46″E, possibly 52°26′10.17″N 103°41′1.05″E
Radio Mayak  Russia Avsyunino Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 150 55°35′13.75″N 39°09′57.84″E
Radio Mayak  Russia Ufa 150 54°46′19.73″N 56°0′17.02″E
Radio 1  Kyrgyzstan Krasnaya Rechka near Bishkek 150 42°52′51.9″N 74°59′43.79″E
207 RNE Radio 5  Spain Logroño Directional antenna, 300 metres tall. >100
Radio Ukraine 1  Ukraine Brovary Omnidirectional antenna, 259.6 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 600 50°29′48.8″N 30°48′9.2″E
Radio al-Urdunniya  Jordan Al Karanah  ? 31°45′55.47″N 36°28′44.97″E ; 31°45′29.66″N 36°28′59.11″E
SNRT Al-Idaa Al-Watania  Morocco Azilal Demnate 304.8 metres (1,000 ft) tall guyed mast 400
Radio Mayak  Russia Tynda Omnidirectional aerial, steel lattice mast insulated against ground, height 244 m 150 55°05′19.31″N 124°43′9.7″E
Deutschlandfunk  Germany Aholming Directional aerial, two guyed steel lattice masts, 265 m high, fed at the top 500 48°43′50.55″N 12°55′47.04″E  ; 48°43′38.46″N 12°56′2.06″E
216 Radio Monte Carlo Info  France Roumoules Directional aerial, three 300 metres (980 ft) high guyed steel lattice masts, 330 metres (1,080 ft) high guyed steel lattice mast as backup aerial 700
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1400		 43°47′41.45″N 6°8′48.41″E
43°47′34.56″N 6°8′59.09″E
43°47′27.7″N 6°9′9.85″E,
Backup antenna:
43°47′36.29″N 6°9′30.61″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Krasnoyarsk Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 210 m tall 150 56°02′02.97″N 92°45′32.31″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Atamanovka Directional antenna 150 51°50′02″N 113°43′10″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Birobidzhan 2 guyed masts, 260 m high 30 48°44′19.37″N 132°48′3.95″E ; 48°44′14.71″N 132°48′32.6″E
225 TRT GAP  Turkey Van Omnidirectional antenna, 250 m high guyed lattice steel mast 600 38°35′11.47″N 43°15′59.17″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Surgut Omnidirectional antenna, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 1000 61°23′35″N 72°53′20″E
234 Radio 1  Russia Krasny Bor transmitter near Sankt-Peterburg Omnidirectional aerial, 271.5 metres tall guyed mast with cage antenna 1200 59°39′12.32″N 30°41′50.12″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Koskovo near Murmansk Omnidirectional aerial, 210 m tall guyed mast 250 64°21′35.83″N 41°23′4.01″E
Radio 1  Russia Novosemeykino near Samara Four 205 metres tall towers insulated against ground arranged in a square 2000 53°22′59.44″N 50°20′13.84″E ; 53°22′59.53″N 50°20′19.23″E ; 53°22′56.2″N 50°20′13.94″E ; 53°22′56.31″N 50°20′19.32″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Raduzhnyy near Magadan Omnidirectional aerial, 259 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 1000 59°42′51.14″N 150°11′29.9″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Odinsk near Irkutsk Omnidirectional aerial, 259 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 500 52°24′57.43″N 103°42′0.29″E
Radio 1  Russia Koskovo near Arkhangelsk Omnidirectional aerial, 257 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 500 64°21′50.92″N 41°24′41.8″E
243 TRT Radyo 4  Turkey Erzurum Omnidirectional antenna, 185 m high guyed lattice steel mast 200 39°59′53.59″N 41°06′40.95″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Razdolnoye near Ussuriysk Omnidirectional antenna, 259 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 1000 43°32′18″N 131°55′46″E
Kazakh Radio 2 Shalkar  Kazakhstan Karaganda Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast of 254 m height 1000 49°47′32.45″N 73°01′40.15″E
Radio Algeria
Chaîne 3		  Algeria Tipaza Omnidirectional aerial, single guyed lattice steel mast, height 355 metres (1,165 ft) 750
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1500		 36°33′58.14″N 2°28′50.3″E
252 Yle Radio 1  Finland Lahti 200 60.980137°N 25.644195°E / 60.980137; 25.644195 (Lahti longwave transmitter), 60.978747°N 25.649155°E / 60.978747; 25.649155 (Lahti longwave transmitter)
Radio Rossii  Russia Kazan Omnidirectional aerial, 152 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna ( ARRT-antenna) 100 55°49′6.3″N 49°10′24.64″E
261 Radioropa Info  Germany Burg Omnidirectional aerial, cage aerial on 324 m high guyed, grounded steel lattice mast, 210 m high steel tube mast, insulated against ground 200 52°17′12.93″N 11°53′50.52″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Taldom Omnidirectional antenna, circle antenna with 1 central and 5 ring masts, height of central mast 275 m 2500 56°43′59.86″N 37°39′47.51″E ; 56°44′10.32″N 37°39′46.53″E ; 56°44′2.54″N 37°39′29.17″E ; 56°43′51.09″N 37°39′37.2″E ; 56°43′51.76″N 37°39′59.6″E ; 56°44′3.64″N 37°40′5.34″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Kruchina near Chita Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 260 m high 150 51°50′22.5″N 113°44′8.9″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Tyumen Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 220 m high 150
Radio Rossii  Russia Vorkuta Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 220 m high 50
Radio Horizont  Bulgaria Vakarel One of the few Blaw-Knox Towers in Europe, 215 m high 75 42°34′35.18″N 23°41′55.52″E
270 Radio Rossii  Russia Orenburg Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast of 137 m height 25 51°46′44.37″N 55°06′23.01″E
Radio 1  Russia Khabarovsk 2 guyed steel lattice masts, height: 164 m 150 48°30′43.48″N 135°07′02.24″E ; 48°30′48.75″N 135°07′18.15″E
ČRo Radiožurnál  Czech Republic Topolná Directional aerial (maximum of radiation in east–west direction), two grounded 257 metres (843 ft) high guyed steel lattice mast with cage aerials 50 49°7′32.88″N 17°30′45.97″E
49°7′18.85″N 17°30′41.78″E
279 Radio Rossii  Russia Gorno-Altaisk Omnidirectional antenna, 143m high guyed lattice steel mast 50 51°58′1.12″N 85°54′54.68″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Selenginsk Omnidirectional aerial, 260 m high guyed lattice steel mast with cage antenna (ARRT-antenna) 150 52°02′17.52″N 106°56′25.6″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Vestochka near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Omnidirectional antenna, guyed lattice steel mast, 258 m high 1000 46°50′35″N 142°53′44″E
Radio Rossii  Russia Yekaterinburg Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast of 256 m height, fed at the top 150 56°53′22.46″N 60°41′30.22″E
BR Pershy Kanal/BR Radyjo Stalitsa  Belarus Sasnovy 353.5 metres tall guyed mast 500 53°24′31″N 28°31′57″E
TR1 Watan Radio  Turkmenistan Ashgabat Cable-stayed steel truss mast 150 37°51′14.89″N 58°21′57.99″E

References
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