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What to listen to

Stations worth an evening: what they are, why they are on the air, and how to hear them without a receiver of your own.

Medium and long wave

Radio Svoboda 1386 kHz (18:30–21:30 UTC) story 1386 kHz AM RFE/RL Russian on medium wave from Viešintos, Lithuania, 300 kW. Since 1 July 2026: daily 18:30–21:30 UTC. Other hours on 1386 carry Ukrainian Radio, NHK and Radio Poland. Also via WRMI 15770 kHz 04:00–05:00 UTC weekdays.
Ukrainian Radio 1386 kHz (21:30–04:00 UTC) story 1386 kHz AM Ukrainian Radio channel 1 via Viešintos, Lithuania: daily 21:30–04:00 UTC (inserts: Slovak 22:00, Bulgarian 23:00, Belarusian 01:00, Romanian 02:00–02:30). Ukraine’s own remaining MW transmitter is 1278 kHz.
Radio Rossii 999 kHz (Grigoriopol) story 999 kHz AM Radio Rossii from the Maiac/Grigoriopol centre (Transnistria), 1000 kW, 11:00–15:00 UTC (BDXC guide 12 Oct 2026). The loudest Russian-language MW signal in Ukraine.
Vesti FM 1413 kHz (Grigoriopol) story 1413 kHz AM Vesti FM from Grigoriopol, 500 kW, 18:00–05:00 UTC. VGTRK news radio.
Radio Rossii 549 kHz (Kaliningrad) story 549 kHz AM Bolshakovo (Kaliningrad): Radio Rossii test transmissions, seen on weekdays 06:00–14:00 UTC on 549, 1143 and 1215 kHz. Irregular.
Polish Radio 1 (225 kHz) story 225 kHz AM Polish Radio on long wave, Solec Kujawski, 1000 kW.
Kossuth Rádió (540 kHz) story 540 kHz AM Hungarian national radio on medium wave, powerful Solt transmitter.
Radio Romania Actualități (1152 kHz) story 1152 kHz AM Romanian Radio channel 1 on medium wave.
BBC Radio 5 Live (909 kHz) story 909 kHz AM UK sport and news radio on medium wave. Also 693.
talkSPORT (1089 kHz) story 1089 kHz AM UK sports radio, one of the loudest medium-wave signals in Europe at night.
TWR Europe (1467 kHz) story 1467 kHz AM Trans World Radio from Monte Carlo (Roumoules), evening programmes in many languages.
Ukrainian Radio 1278 kHz (Kurisove) story 1278 kHz AM UR-1, the only working MW transmitter in Ukraine: Kurisove (Odesa region), 100 kW. 657, 873 and 1404 off since 1 January 2023.
Radio Moldova 873 kHz story 873 kHz AM Teleradio-Moldova channel 1, Codru (Chișinău), 50 kW, 03:55–20:00 UTC, Romanian; Russian news at 07:00, 11:00, 14:00, 17:00; Tuesdays 17:10 a Russian programme, Thursdays Ukrainian.
Radio 1 Plyus 621 kHz (Transnistria) story 621 kHz AM Second programme of PMR radio, Grigoriopol, 150 kW: weekdays 12:00–15:18 UTC in Russian, 12:30 Ukrainian, 13:30 Romanian.
Radio Signal 666 kHz (Russian) story 666 kHz AM Russian-language information station about Belarus, Sitkūnai (Lithuania), 25 kW, 14:55–21:05 UTC.
Radio Lenta 1557 kHz (Russian) story 1557 kHz AM Radio Lenta / “Nasha Lenta” (Pravda): anti-war Russian-language radio for Russia, produced in the Netherlands, Sitkūnai (Lithuania), 50 kW, about 14:55–21:05 UTC (schedule changes often).
Radio Eli 1035 kHz (Estonia) story 1035 kHz AM Christian radio in Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian round the clock, Pajukurmu near Tartu, 100 kW (200 kW for TWR 19:15–20:20 weekdays).
Horizont 576 kHz (Bulgaria) story 576 kHz AM Bulgarian National Radio channel 1, Vidin, 200 kW, 24 h.
ERA-1 729 kHz (Athens) story 729 kHz AM ERT first programme, Athens, 70 kW, 24 h.
Radio Romania Actualități 855 kHz story 855 kHz AM Romania’s main news network, Bucharest (Tâncăbești), 200 kW, 03:00–19:00 UTC (since Aug 2025 all MW/LW run 06–22 local at half power). Also 1152 Cluj, 1179 Bacău, 558 Târgu Jiu, 756 Lugoj.
Antena Satelor 153 kHz (LW) story 153 kHz AM Romanian rural radio on long wave, Brașov/Bod, 200 kW, 02:55–19:00 UTC. Hydrological bulletin in French, Russian and Romanian around 09:05.
Médi 1 171 kHz (LW) story 171 kHz AM Moroccan radio in Arabic and French, Nador, 1600 kW, 24 h.
Radio Algérienne Chaîne 3 252 kHz (LW) story 252 kHz AM Algerian French-language programme, Tipaza, 750 kW, 24 h (sometimes off). 153 kHz Kénadsa 2000 kW in Arabic is hard to hear in Europe.
Hungarian minority programmes 1188 kHz story 1188 kHz AM Hungarian minority-language service, Marcali, 300 kW, 06:00–18:00 UTC: Croatian 06:00, German 08:00, Serbian 12:00, Romanian 14:00, Slovak 16:00; Fridays 11:00 Ukrainian, Tuesdays Rusyn.
BBC World Service 720 kHz (Cyprus) story 720 kHz AM BBC from Cyprus (Zakaki, 250 kW), parallel 639 kHz: English 06:00–06:30, 14:30–15:00 (weekends 14:00–15:00), 15:30–16:00, 16:00–17:00 weekdays, 17:30–18:00, 19:00–19:30 weekends; Arabic otherwise.
BBC World Service 1413 kHz (Oman) story 1413 kHz AM BBC English from A’Seela, Oman, 800 kW: 01:00–05:00, 13:00–18:00, 19:00–21:00 UTC; in Ukraine Vesti FM shares the channel.