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WORLD PUBLICATIONS - BROADCASTING IDENTIFICATION TAPE

In addition to the annual World Radio TV Handbook and Summer Supplements, World Publications (Hellerup, Denmark) produced other books and materials of interest to the radio listener. In the 1965-66 How to Listen to the World (p. 159), 1966 WRTH (p. 66) and 1966 WRTH Summer Supplement (p. 43), advertisements announced the release of "BIT-Broadcasting Identification Tape," a one hour reel-to-reel recording featuring the interval signals and identifications of over 60 shortwave stations. The stations were grouped on the tape alphabetically, by continent, with a brief introduction before each clip. Here are two separate mp3 files (Side 1 and Side 2 of the tape). Thanks to the World Radio TV Handbook for permission to post this.

Side 1

1. Albania - Radio Tirana (00:00)
2. Austria - Osterreichischer Rundfunk (00:50)
3. Belgium - Radiodiffusion-Television Belge (01:32)
4. Bulgaria - Radio Sofia (02:20)
5. Czechoslovakia - Radio Prague (03:21)
6. Denmark - Radio Denmark (03:59)
7. Finland - Finnish Broadcasting Co. (04:57)
8. France - ORTF, Office de Radio-Television Francaise (05:57)
9. Germany - Deutsche Welle (07:02)
10. Great Britain - BBC (07:50)
11. Greece - National Hellenic Broadcasting Institute (08:36)
12. Holland - Radio Nederland (09:17)
13. Hungary - Radio Budapest (10:16)
14. Iceland - Iceland State Broadcast Service (10:55)
15. Italy - RAI, Radiotelevisione Italiana (11:39)
16. Monaco - Radio Monte Carlo (12:20)
17. Monaco - Trans World Radio (12:36)
18. Norway - Radio Norway (13:10)
19. Poland - Polskie Radio (14:13)
20. Portugal - Emissora Nacional de Radiodifusao ("The Voice of the West") (14:40)
21. Rumania - Radio Bucharest (15:35)
22. Spain - Radio Nacional de Espana (16:13)
23. Sweden - Radio Sweden (17:20)
24. Switzerland - Swiss Broadcasting Corp. (18:14)
25. USSR - Radio Moscow (18:52)
26. Vatican - Vatican Radio (19:28)
27. Yugoslavia - Radio Belgrade (20:17)

28. Cameroon - Radiodiffusion du Cameroon (20:57)
29. Ethiopia - ETLF, Radio Voice of the Gospel (21:29)
30. Gabon - Radiodiffusion Television Gabonaise (22:13)
31. Guinea (Spanish) - Radio Santa Isabel (22:54)
32. Liberia - ELWA (23:40)
33. Malagasy - Radiodiffusion Nationale Malgache (24:31)
34. Mozambique - Radio Clube de Mozambique (25:24)
35. Nigeria - Voice of Nigeria (26:36)

Side 2

36. Nigeria (East) - Eastern Nigeria Broadcasting Serv. (00:00)
37. South Africa - South African Broadcasting Corp. (00:51)
38. Tanganyika - Radio Tanganyika (02:00)
39. Uganda - Radio Uganda (03:09)

40. Afghanistan - Radio Afghanistan (04:23)
41. Ceylon - Radio Ceylon (05:28)
42. China (People's Republic of) - Radio Peking (06:42)
43. India - All India Radio (07:48)
44. Indonesia - Voice of Indonesia (08:56)
45. Iran - Radio Iran (09:54)
46. Israel - Kol Israel (11:15)
47. Japan - Radio Japan (12:23)
48. Korea (Republic of) - Voice of Free Korea (13:15)
49. Lebanon - Lebanese Broadcasting Station (14:04)
50. Malaysia - Radio Malaysia (14:58)
51. Pakistan - Radio Pakistan (15:51)
52. Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian Broadcasting (16:38)

53. Australia - Radio Australia (17:14)
54. New Zealand - Radio New Zealand (18:08)
55. Tahiti - Radio Tahiti (18:54)

56. Canada - Radio Canada (19:24)
57. U.S. - Voice of America (20:12)
58. U.S. - KGEI (21:06)
59. U.S. - WRUL, Radio New York Worldwide (21:53)
60. United Nations - United Nations Radio (22:47)
61. Haiti - 4VEH (23:20)
62. Martinique - Radiodiffusion Française Antilles-Guyane (23:58)
63. Windward Islands - Windward Islands Broadcasting Service (24:41)

64. Ecuador - HCJB (25:19)
65. Guiana (British) - Radio Demerara (26:01)

66. Radio Liberty (27:04)
67. Taiwan - Voice of Free China (27:36)