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"Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed to talk."
Fran Lebowitz
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Radio stations which used to operate on shortwave played short identification tunes, known as interval signals, before their programmes started. They did this for a few reasons:
- Because the radios of old didn't have very accurate tuning scales, it helped listeners to make sure that they had the right station.
- It informed other stations that the frequency was in use.
- As most stations broadcast programmes in various languages it allowed listeners, even if they didn't understand the language, to know what station they were listening to.
Unfortunately many of the stations have now disappeared from shortwave, and alas more disappear each month :-(
Below are some of these interval signals - just click the station name to listen on your computer's mp3 player, and have a reminisce, or perhaps a first listen :-)
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| All India Radio, New Delhi |
| Austrian Radio (ORF), Vienna |
| BBC European Service |
| BBC World Service (Oranges and Lemons) |
| Deutsche Welle, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany |
| ELWA, Monrovia, Liberia |
| FEBA, Seychelles |
| FEBC, Philippines |
| HCJB, Quito, Ecuador |
| IBRA Radio, Portugal |
| Israel Radio, Jerusalem |
| KTWR, Agana, Guam |
| KYOI (Super Rock), Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands |
| Polskie Radio, Warsaw |
| Radio Australia, Melbourne |
| Radio Baghdad, Iraq |
| Radio Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Radio Berlin International, German Democratic Republic |
| Radio Bucharest, Romania |
| Radio Budapest, Hungary |
| Radio Canada International, Montreal |
| Radio Finland, Helsinki |
| Radio France International, Paris |
| Radio France International (Paris Calling Africa), Paris |
| Radio Havana, Cuba |
| Radio Japan, Tokyo |
| Radio Kiev, Ukraine |
| Radio Kuwait English Service |
| Radio Mayak, Moscow |
| Radio Moscow |
| Radio Nacional of Brasilia, Brazil |
| Radio Nederland, Hilversum |
| Radio New Zealand, Auckland |
| Radio Norway, Oslo |
| Radio Peking |
| Radio Portugal, Lisbon |
| Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Radio Pyongyang, DPR Korea |
| Radio RSA, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Radio Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Radio Stancia Atlantica, Moscow |
| Radio Station Peace & Progress, Moscow |
| Radio Sweden, Stockholm |
| Radio Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Radio Thailand, Bangkok |
| Radio Tirana, Albania |
| Radiodiffusion Argentina al Exterior (RAE), Buenos Aires |
| RAI, Rome |
| RTB/BRT, Brussels, Belgium |
| Swiss Radio International, Berne |
| The Voice of America, Washington DC |
| The Voice of Greece, Athens |
| The Voice of Iran, Teheran |
| The Voice of Spain (Radio Exterior de Espana - RNE), Madrid |
| The Voice of Turkey, Ankara |
| The Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi |
| Trans World Radio, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles |
| Trans World Radio, Monte Carlo |
| Vatican Radio |
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