Timeline of the introduction of radio in countries
1920s, 1st half, or earlier (33)
1920s, 2nd half (53)
1930s (56)
1940s (35)
1950s (27)
1960s or later (17)
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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
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1930s
| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 1930 |  Bermuda (TJW Hamilton),[12]  Bulgaria (Rodno R., Sofia),  Guatemala (TGW La Voz de Guatemala, Guatemala City),  Malaysia (KLAWS, Kuala Lumpur),  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (R. Club),  Tunisia (Tunis Kasbah),  VT: Cochinchina (FZS Saigon)
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| 1931 |  Kazakh ASSR (RV60 Alma-Ata), Madagascar (R. Tananarive),  Samoa (5ZA Apia), Tajik SSR (RV47 Stalinabad),  Vatican City (Vatican R.)
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| 1932 |  Southern Rhodesia (ZEA Salisbury)
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| 1933 |  Curaçao (CUROM Willemstad),  Macau (CQN/CRY-9), Mozambique (LM Radio, Lourenço Marques),  Panama (HPJ5 R. Tembleque, Panama City),  Spanish Morocco (EAJ-21 Melilla)
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| 1934 | French Polynesia (FO8AA R. Club Oceanien, Papeete),  Mongolia (R. Ulaanbaatar),  Nicaragua (YNLF Managua),  Tenerife (EAJ-43 R. Club Tenerife, Santa Cruz)
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| 1935 |  British Guiana (VP3BG Georgetown > ZFY), Dutch Guiana (AVROS, Paramaribo),  Ethiopia (R. Addis Ababa),  Fiji (ZJV Suva), French Equatorial Africa [AEF]/Congo (R. Club Brazzaville),  Haiti (HHK Port-au-Prince),  Hyderabad (VUV Deccan R.),  Leeward Islands (VP2LO Caribbean Broadcasting Service, Basseterre > ZIZ), .svg){kind=small} Malta (Radju Malta, Valletta),  Mysore (VU7MC Ākāśavāṇī),  Papua (4PM Port Moresby)[13]
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| 1936 |  Bahamas (ZNS Nassau),  Botswana (ZNB Mafeking),  Iraq (R. Baghdad),  Korea, North (JBBK Heijō),  Las Palmas (EAJ-50 R. Las Palmas), Palestine (PBS, Jerusalem/Ramallah),  Tyva (R. Kyzyl)[14]
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| 1937 | Angola (CR6AA Lobito),[15]  Belgian Congo (OQ2AA R. Léo, Léopoldville),  British Honduras (ZIK-2 Belize), Guadeloupe (R. Guadeloupe),  Martinique (R. Martinique), New Caledonia (FK8AA Nouméa)
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| 1938 |  Albania (R. Tirana),  Kirghiz SSR (RV6 Frunze; wired earlier),  Greater Lebanon (R. Levant), .svg){kind=small} Libya (ITR Tripoli),  Liechtenstein (R. Liechtenstein), Italian Somaliland (R. Mogadiscio)
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| 1939 |  Andorra (R. Andorra),  Bangladesh (All India Radio, Dhaka),  Baroda (Baroda), French West Africa [AOF]/Senegal (R. AOF, Dakar),  Jamaica (VP5PZ Kingston)[16]
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1940s
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1950s
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1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
| Year | Countries and territories |
|---|---|
| 1960 |  New Guinea (VL9BR Rabaul), .svg){kind=small} Ruanda-Urundi (R. Usumbura)
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| 1961 | Comoros (R. Comores, Moroni),  Spanish Sahara (EAJ-202/203 R. Sahara, El Aaiún),[22]  Tonga (ZCO Nukuʻalofa)
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| 1962 |  Gambia (R. Gambia, Bakau),  Maldives (Malé R.)
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| 1963 |  Barbados (R. Barbados; wired 1935)
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| 1964 |  Lesotho (R. Lesotho, Maseru),  Malawi (MBC, Blantyre)
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| 1965 | Swaziland (SBS, Mbabane),  Trucial States (Voice of the Coast, Sharjah)
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| 1966 |  Kosovo (R. Pristina; wired 1945)
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| 1967 | Saint Helena (Radio Saint Helena)
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| 1968 |  Nauru (NBS)
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| 1969 |  Anguilla (R. Anguilla, The Valley)
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| 1970 |  Oman (R. Sultanate of Oman, Muscat)
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| 1971 |  Corsica (R. Corsica, Corsica)
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| 1973 |  Bhutan (Radio NYAB, Thimphu)
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| 1975 |  Tuvalu (Radio Tuvalu)[23]
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| 1983 |  Eritrea (Radio Asmara, Asmara)
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| 1984 |  Norfolk Island (Radio Norfolk Island, Kingston)
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| 1993 |  San Marino (R. San Marino)
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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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- ^ Marconi Books - 2MT Writtle
- ^ CW90A - 90th Anniversary of the Uruguayan Radio Broadcasting
- ^ Radio-Geschichte Schweiz
- ^ Roorda, Eric Paul. Historical Dictionary of the Dominican Republic, p. 187, at Google Books (2016)
- ^ Lin, Chua Ai. The Story of Singapore Radio (1924-41) (2016)
- ^ Eighty Years of Radio in Indonesia (Wavescan, 2003)
- ^ Abdel Rahman, Haidi M. K. Women, Regional Radio and Development p. 30 (2010)
- ^ "Радио в Узбекистане". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- ^ Karachi in Pakistan (Wavescan update, 2010)
- ^ "Radio Nacional, 80 años registrando la historia de Colombia". Señal Memoria (in Spanish). Bogotá: RTVC. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ Mediumwave broadcasting in Bermuda (Wavescan, 2009)
- ^ Port Moresby on Shortwave (Wavescan, 2009)
- ^ Тувинскому радио - 70 лет
- ^ Radio em Angola
- ^ History of Radio Jamaica Ltd.
- ^ 胡少红. 民国时期不同治疆思想下的新闻事业 (2014)
- ^ Adejunmobi, Jonathan Adegoke. The development of radio broadcasting in Nigeria, West Africa p. 45 (1974)
- ^ Richardson, Irene. History of Tibetan and exile radio (2009)
- ^ Sturmer, Martin. The media history of Tanzania (2008)
- ^ The Grenada Revolution Online: Radio
- ^ Montes Fernández, Francisco José. Breve historia de Radio Sahara (2013)
- ^ Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (1988). Handbook - Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.
Bibliography
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- Africa: Head, Sydney W. Broadcasting in Africa: a continental survey of radio and television at Google Books (1974); Ziegler, Dhyana. Thunder and silence: the mass media in Africa, p. 160–182, at Google Books (1992)
- Arab world: Boyd, Douglas A. Broadcasting in the Arab world: a survey of radio and television in the Middle East at Google Books (1982)
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