Timeline of the introduction of radio in countries
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.
History
1910s and 1920s
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1930s
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1960s
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1970s and 1990s
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![](../I/m/Radio-introduction-world-map.png)
A map showing when radio broadcasting was introduced in each country.
1920s, 1ˢᵗ half, or earlier (33)
1920s, 2ⁿᵈ half (53)
1930s (56)
1940s (35)
1950s (27)
1960s or later (17)
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Sources
- Blin, Bernard. Milestones in radio: the first half century (1895–1945). The UNESCO courier (February 1997), p. 16–21
- Radio Review/Radio Listeners Guide (1925–1929), Broadcasting Yearbook (1935–2010), World Radio TV Handbook (1947–)
- Berg, Jerome S. The early shortwave stations: a broadcasting history through 1945 (2013)
- radioheritage.net
- worldradiomap.com (Europe, Americas, Asia, Oceania)
- Europe: Broadcasting abroad (1934); The media in Europe at Google Books (2004)
- 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)
- Asia: Sterling, Christopher H. Encyclopedia of radio. Asia (2004); Luthra, H. R. Indian broadcasting at Google Books (1986); McDaniel, Drew O. Broadcasting in the Malay world: radio, television, and video in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore at Google Books (1994)
- Ferraretto, Luiz Artur. De 1919 a 1923, os primeiros momentos do rádio no Brasil (2014)
- 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)
- Karachi in Pakistan (Wavescan update, 2010)
- 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)
Notes
Basis for each entry is the time of introduction.
Listed are:
- Independent countries
- Dependent territories away from the ruling country
- Territories within a country only
- If they became independent later
- 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 place
- Sometimes additional information.
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