List of radio orchestras

This is a list of radio orchestras with the links in their names, and the native language names in italics (where available).

Current radio orchestras Americas CountryOrchestraNative nameNetwork affiliationNotes Brazil Jazz Symphony Orchestra Brasil Jazz SinfônicaFather Anchieta FoundationFormerly managed by the Secretariat of Culture of Government of the State of São Paulo, since 2020 it is managed by Father Anchieta Foundation.

Asia CountryOrchestraNative nameNetwork affiliationNotes NHK Symphony Orchestra NHK 交響楽団Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) ABS-CBN Philharmonic OrchestraABS-CBN CorporationKBS Symphony OrchestraKBS 교향악단Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)

Europe CountryOrchestraNative nameNetwork affiliationNotes RTSH Symphony OrchestraOrkestra Simfonike e RTSHRadio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH)Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Radio-Symphonieorchester WienÖsterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) Brussels PhilharmonicVlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT)Formerly known as Vlaams Radio OrkestBulgarian National Radio Symphony OrchestraСимфоничен оркестър на Българското национално радиоBulgarian National Radio (BNR)Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony OrchestraSimfonijski orkestar Hrvatske radiotelevizijeCroatian Radiotelevision (HRT)Prague Radio Symphony OrchestraSymfonický orchestr Českého rozhlasuCzech Radio (ČRo) Danish National Symphony Orchestra DR SymfoniOrkestret Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) Danish Chamber Orchestra Danmarks Underholdningsorkestret DR Big BandFinnish Radio Symphony OrchestraRadion sinfoniaorkesteri (Finnish)Radions symfoniorkester (Swedish)Yleisradio (Yle) Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France Radio France Orchestre National de France Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksBayerischer Rundfunk (BR) Berlin Radio Symphony OrchestraRundfunk-Sinfonieorchester BerlinDeutschlandradio (DLR) (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB)Formerly known as the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester (Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg)hr-Sinfonieorchester Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)Formerly Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester FrankfurtMDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra MDR SinfonieorchesterMitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) Munich Radio OrchestraMünchner RundfunkorchesterBayerischer Rundfunk (BR) NDR Radiophilharmonie Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)Formerly Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Hannover NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Formerly NDR Sinfonieorchester Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken KaiserslauternSaarländischer Rundfunk (SR) SWR Symphonieorchester Südwestrundfunk (SWR)Created in a merger of the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) WDR Rundfunkorchester KölnHungarian Radio Symphony OrchestraMagyar Rádió Szimfonikus ZenekaraMagyar Rádió (MR)Also known earlier as Budapest Symphony Orchestra RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) RTÉ Concert OrchestraRAI National Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAIRAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)Created in a merger of the four Symphony Orchestras of RAI from Turin, Rome, Naples and Milan. Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO)Norwegian Radio Orchestra KringkastingsorkestretNorsk rikskringkasting (NRK) Polish National Radio Symphony OrchestraNarodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach Polskie Radio (PR)Based in KatowicePolish Radio Symphony OrchestraPolska Orkiestra RadiowaBased in Warsaw Romanian Radio Big BandBig Band Radio RomaniaSocietatea Română de Radiodifuziune (ROR)Based in BucharestRomanian Radio Chamber OrchestraOrchestra de Cameră RadioSocietatea Română de Radiodifuziune (ROR)Based in BucharestNational Radio Orchestra of RomaniaOrchestra Nationala RadioSocietatea Română de Radiodifuziune (ROR)Based in BucharestTchaikovsky Symphony OrchestraБольшой симфонический оркестр имени П. И. ЧайковскогоAll-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK)Radio Orpheus (OP)Formerly affiliated with the Soviet-run All-Union Radio.Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasuRadio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS) RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) RTV Slovenia Big BandBig Band RTV SlovenijaRTVE Symphony Orchestra Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión EspañolaRadiotelevisión Española (RTVE)Swedish Radio Symphony OrchestraSveriges Radios SymfoniorkesterSveriges Radio (SR) Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI)Ukrainian Radio Symphony OrchestraСимфонічний Оркестр Українського радіоNational Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) BBC Radio Big Band British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) BBC Concert OrchestraBBC National Orchestra of WalesCerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC BBC Philharmonic BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Ulster Orchestra

Defunct radio orchestras CountryOrchestraNetwork affiliationFormedDisbandedNotes SBS Radio and Television Youth OrchestraSpecial Broadcasting Service (SBS)19882013Symphony Cultura OrchestraFather Anchieta Foundation19982005Dissolved due to lack of funding and budget cuts. CBC Radio Orchestra Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)19382008Disbanded due to federal government budget cuts. Reorganized as the independent National Broadcast Orchestra.CBC Symphony Orchestra19521964 CBC Winnipeg Orchestra19471984Netherlands Radio Symphony OrchestraNederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO)19852005Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic20052013NZBC Symphony OrchestraNew Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC)19461975Originally named the National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Became independent from the broadcaster and renamed the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.RDP Symphony OrchestraRadiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)19341989Originally named Orquestra Sinfónica da Emissora Nacional. BBC Northern Dance Orchestra British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)19561975Renamed the BBC Northern Radio Orchestra.BBC Revue Orchestra19391964Merged into the BBC Radio Orchestra.BBC Television Orchestra 19361939BBC Radio Orchestra 19641991BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra19401981Originally named the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra.NBC Symphony Orchestra National Broadcasting Company (NBC)19371954Orchestra was conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Some members continued as the Symphony of the Air until 1963.

See also List of symphony orchestras

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