What schedule types are supported?

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 the EiBi home page at www.eibispace.de Page on the Web (the original and formerly more widely known alias address is www.eibi.de.vu Page on the Web).

The direct download link to the most recent schedule, in a format compatible with Radio Explorer, is provided on the Input Data page Page on the Web of Radio Explorer Web site.

Radio Explorer reads EiBi schedules in the time‐ordered format.

FCC HF Seasonal shortwave broadcast schedules

High‐Frequency Seasonal schedules of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Page on the Web (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 on the Web page of the FCC Web site.

HFCC shortwave broadcast schedules

High Frequency Coordination Conference Page on the Web (HFCC) coordinates transmission schedules of stations broadcasting on the short waves. HFCC schedules are available free at the HFCC Public Data Page on the Web page.

Radio Explorer reads HFCC schedules directly in the zip archive form, exactly as they are published. Please don’t unzip/unpack the zip archive files for HFCC schedules. Please open the zip archive files in Radio Explorer directly. It is not necessary to extract text files from the zip archives.

Prime Time Shortwave English‐language broadcast schedules

Prime Time Shortwave schedules include information about shortwave broadcasts in English. Initially the schedules were compiled by Daniel Sampson. Currently they are maintained by Ernest Riley in cooperation with Daniel.

The schedules are available free at the Prime Time Shortwave home page at www.primetimeshortwave.com Page on the Web. On the home page, you can also subscribe to the e‑mail newsletter and receive notice of schedule updates.

Radio Explorer reads Prime Time Shortwave schedules in the time‐ordered text format (time.txt files).

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. The schedules were compiled by Mark J. Fine. Previously you could get free copies of SWBC schedules at the English Language Schedules Download Page on the Web 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 andDX_ALT.ZIP. Extract files from the archives. You will get two files:SW_UPD.DBF, which is the broadcast schedule, andDX_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 Page on the Web on Radio Explorer Web site.

See also
Open a schedule
Stations, broadcasts, and programs in Radio Explorer
See the date of the latest modification of a schedule
View schedule properties