A Comparison of RCI To Other Broadcasters
Broadcaster | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1996 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VOA, RFE/RL & Radio Martí | 497 | 1,495 | 1,907 | 1,901 | 2,611 | 1,821 |
China Radio International | 66 | 687 | 1,267 | 1,350 | 1,515 | 1,620 |
BBC World Service | 643 | 589 | 723 | 719 | 796 | 1,036 |
Radio Moscow / Voice of Russia | 533 | 1,015 | 1,908 | 2,094 | 1,876 | 726 |
Deutsche Welle | 0 | 315 | 779 | 804 | 848 | 655 |
Radio Cairo / ERTU | 0 | 301 | 540 | 546 | 605 | 604 |
IRIB World Service | 12 | 24 | 155 | 175 | 400 | 575 |
All India Radio | 116 | 157 | 271 | 389 | 456 | 500 |
NHK World Radio Japan | 0 | 203 | 259 | 259 | 343 | 468 |
Radio France Internationale | 198 | 326 | 200 | 125 | 379 | 459 |
Radio Netherlands Worldwide | 127 | 178 | 335 | 289 | 323 | 392 |
Israel Radio International | 0 | 91 | 158 | 210 | 253 | 365 |
Voice of Turkey | 40 | 77 | 88 | 199 | 322 | 364 |
Radio Pyongyang / Voice of Korea | 0 | 159 | 330 | 597 | 534 | 364 |
Radio Bulgaria | 30 | 117 | 164 | 236 | 320 | 338 |
Radio Australia | 181 | 257 | 350 | 333 | 330 | 307 |
Radio Tirana | 26 | 63 | 487 | 560 | 451 | 303 |
Radio Romania International | 30 | 159 | 185 | 198 | 199 | 298 |
Radio Exterior de España | 68 | 202 | 251 | 239 | 403 | 270 |
RDP Internacional | 46 | 133 | 295 | 214 | 203 | 226 |
Radio Havana Cuba | 0 | 0 | 320 | 424 | 352 | 203 |
Rai Italia Radio | 170 | 205 | 165 | 169 | 181 | 203 |
Radio Canada International | 85 | 80 | 98 | 134 | 195 | 175 |
Radio Polonia | 131 | 232 | 334 | 337 | 292 | 171 |
Radio RSA / Channel Africa | 0 | 63 | 150 | 183 | 156 | 159 |
Sveriges Radio International | 28 | 114 | 140 | 155 | 167 | 149 |
Magyar Rádió | 76 | 120 | 105 | 127 | 102 | 144 |
Radio Prague | 119 | 196 | 202 | 255 | 131 | 131 |
Voice of Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 62 | 170 | 120 | 127 |
Radio Belgrade | 80 | 70 | 76 | 72 | 96 | 68 |
Source: International Broadcast Audience Research, June 1996
The list includes about a quarter of the world's external broadcasters whose output is both publicly funded and worldwide. Among those excluded are Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea and various international commercial and religious stations.
Notes:
- 1996 figures as at June; all other years as at December.
- Before 1991, broadcasting for the former USSR.
- Before 1996, broadcasting for the former Czechoslovakia.
- Nigeria's external service is now off air.
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