Template:External program hours

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Estimated total direct programme hours per week of some external radio broadcasters
Broadcaster 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1996[1]
Flag of the United States VOA, RFE/RL & Radio Marti 497 1,495 1,907 1,901 2,611 1,821
Flag of the People's Republic of China China Radio International 66 687 1,267 1,350 1,515 1,620
Flag of the United Kingdom BBC World Service 643 589 723 719 796 1,036
Flag of Russia Radio Moscow / Voice of Russia[2] 533 1,015 1,908 2,094 1,876 726
Flag of Germany Deutsche Welle 0 315 779 804 848 655
Flag of Egypt Radio Cairo / ERTU 0 301 540 546 605 604
Flag of Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting 12 24 155 175 400 575
Flag of India All India Radio 116 157 271 389 456 500
Flag of Japan NHK World Radio Japan 0 203 259 259 343 468
Flag of France Radio France Internationale 198 326 200 125 379 459
Flag of the Netherlands Radio Netherlands 127 178 335 289 323 392
Flag of Israel Israel Radio International 0 91 158 210 253 365
Flag of Turkey Voice of Turkey 40 77 88 199 322 364
Flag of North Korea Radio Pyongyang / Voice of Korea 0 159 330 597 534 364
Flag of Bulgaria Radio Bulgaria 30 117 164 236 320 338
Flag of Australia Radio Australia 181 257 350 333 330 307
Flag of Albania Radio Tirana 26 63 487 560 451 303
Flag of Romania Radio Romania International 30 159 185 198 199 298
Flag of Spain Radio Exterior de España 68 202 251 239 403 270
Flag of Portugal Radiodifusão Portuguesa Internacional 46 133 295 214 203 226
Flag of Cuba Radio Havana Cuba 0 0 320 424 352 203
Flag of Italy Radio RAI International 170 205 165 169 181 203
Flag of Canada Radio Canada International 85 80 98 134 195 175
Flag of Poland Radio Polonia 131 232 334 337 292 171
Flag of South Africa Radio RSA / Channel Africa 0 63 150 183 156 159
Flag of Sweden Sveriges Radio International 28 114 140 155 167 149
Flag of Hungary Magyar Rádió 76 120 105 127 102 144
Flag of the Czech Republic Radio Prague[3] 119 196 202 255 131 131
Flag of Nigeria Voice of Nigeria[4] 0 0 62 170 120 127
Flag of Yugoslavia 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.