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Last updated:
page content on July 03, 2009,
source code on July 03, 2009.

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 Program schedules supported by Radio Explorer are no longer maintained by their provider.

On this page:

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

EiBi broadcast schedules

Eike Bierwirth's Comprehensive Schedules include information about shortwave, mediumwave and longwave broadcasts, and are available free at EiBi home page at www.eibispace.de (the original and more widely known alias address is www.eibi.de.vu).

Provided below is the download link to the schedule for the current broadcasting season (A09, summer 2009, from March 29, 2009 through October 24, 2009).

Please open the zip archive file in Radio Explorer directly. It is not necessary to extract text files from the zip archive.

Previous EiBi schedules, in a format compatible with Radio Explorer, are available on this Web site in the Archive of EiBi Schedules.

FCC HF Seasonal shortwave broadcast 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 broadcast schedules

High Frequency Coordination Conference (HFCC) coordinates transmission schedules of stations broadcasting on the short waves. 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 broadcast schedules

Prime Time Shortwave schedules include information about shortwave broadcasts 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 e-mail newsletter and receive notice of schedule updates.

SWBC English-language broadcast and program schedules

SWBC schedules used to include information about shortwave, mediumwave, and longwave broadcasts in English, as well as information about the programs being broadcast. 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 broadcast schedule, and DX_UPD.DBF, which is the program schedule. To view the schedules, first open the broadcast schedule, and then open the program schedule. The program schedule data will be displayed along with the broadcast schedule data, as shown on this large screenshot.