Radio Canada International - A Comparison of RCI To Other Broadcasters

A Comparison of RCI To Other Broadcasters

Estimated total direct programme hours per week of some external radio broadcasters for 1996
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:

  1. 1996 figures as at June; all other years as at December.
  2. Before 1991, broadcasting for the former USSR.
  3. Before 1996, broadcasting for the former Czechoslovakia.
  4. Nigeria's external service is now off air.

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