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Last updated on July 24, 2008

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Radio Explorer supports both broadcasting schedules (frequency schedules) and programming schedules (thematic schedules). Currently, only broadcasting schedules are publicly available on the Internet. Programming schedules supported by Radio Explorer are no longer maintained by their provider.

On this page:

• EiBi broadcasting schedules
• FCC HF Seasonal shortwave broadcasting schedules
• HFCC shortwave broadcasting schedules
• Prime Time Shortwave English-language broadcasting schedules
• SWBC English-language broadcasting and programming schedules

EiBi broadcasting schedules

Eike Bierwirth's Comprehensive Schedules include information about shortwave, mediumwave and longwave broadcasting, and are available free at the EiBi home page at www.eibi.de.vu. Radio Explorer reads EiBi schedules in the time-ordered format.

Radio Explorer supports EiBi schedules for seasons starting with the B02, winter 2002 - 2003 broadcasting season. Schedules for earlier seasons appeared in the EiBi schedule archive more recently, in November 2007, and are not supported at the moment.

For seasons up to and including the A06, summer 2006 broadcasting season, all schedule information is contained in bc-###.txt files. To open a schedule for one of those seasons, point Radio Explorer to a bc-###.txt file. Please also use a bc-###.txt file if you want to open one of the unofficial EiBi schedules for the B06 broadcasting season (you can track the history of the unofficial EiBi schedule at the pages of Radio Explorer newsletter archive).

For seasons starting with the B06, winter 2006 - 2007 broadcasting season, information of the official schedules is contained in bc-###.txt files and in the README.TXT file. To open a schedule for one of these more recent seasons, add a bc-###.txt file and the README.TXT file into a zip archive, and point Radio Explorer to the resulting zip archive file.

Provided below is the download link to the schedule for the current broadcasting season (A08, summer 2008, from March 30, 2008 through October 25, 2008), published as an already prepared zip archive file.

FCC HF Seasonal shortwave broadcasting schedules

High-Frequency Seasonal schedules of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) include information about broadcasting on the short waves by private stations in the U.S., and are available free at the Seasonal Schedules page of the FCC Web site.

HFCC shortwave broadcasting schedules

High Frequency Coordination Conference (HFCC) coordinates transmission schedules of shortwave broadcasting stations. HFCC schedules are available free at the HFCC Public Data page. Radio Explorer reads HFCC schedules directly in the zip archive form, exactly as they are published.

Prime Time Shortwave English-language broadcasting schedules

Prime Time Shortwave schedules include information about shortwave broadcasting in English, and are available free at the Prime Time Shortwave home page at www.primetimeshortwave.com. Radio Explorer reads Prime Time Shortwave schedules in the time-ordered text format (time.txt files). On the Prime Time Shortwave home page, you can subscribe to the PTSW e-mail newsletter and receive notice of schedule updates.

SWBC English-language broadcasting and programming schedules

SWBC schedules used to include information about shortwave, mediumwave, and longwave broadcasting in English, as well as information about the broadcasted programs. Previously you could get free copies of SWBC schedules at the English Language Schedules Download page. Regrettably, SWBC schedules are no longer maintained.

If you have SWBC schedules for previous seasons, here is how you can view them in Radio Explorer. The schedules were published as two zip archives, SW_DATA.ZIP and DX_ALT.ZIP. Extract files from the archives. You will get two files: SW_UPD.DBF, which is the broadcasting schedule, and DX_UPD.DBF, which is the programming schedule. To view the schedules, first open the broadcasting schedule, and then open the programming schedule. The programming schedule data will be displayed along with the broadcasting schedule data, as shown on this large screenshot.