Foreign broadcasting is broadcasting with a foreign element.
The foreign element may be the territory of the audience, its ethnicity, or both. Foreign country and ethnicity: an external service aimed at foreign societies in general. Its purpose may be information about the country of origin, about the target country from an outside point of view as well as missionary or commercial purposes. Foreign territory: an external service aimed at expatriates. A special audience among expatriates is armed forces personnel, for whom broadcasting is often done not only from the home country, but also from within the country of deployment. Foreign ethnicity: a service for foreign communities within the country of broadcasting (like migrants, refugees, tourists), which in turn is to be distinguished from broadcasting for indigenous and other non-foreign groups (see also Minority language broadcasting).
List of radio services External and selected other foreign language audio broadcasting services
Country Area Broadcaster Years Active languages Former languages Website As Radio Afghanistan 1940– 02: eng, urd ara, bal, prs, fre, ger, pus Eu Radio Tirana 1938– 07: eng, fre, ger, gre, ita, srb alb, ara, bul, cmn, cze, hun, ind, per, pol, por, rum, rus, spa, swe, tur Ar RAI ? 04: ara, eng, fre, spa Af RNA 1977?– 04?: eng, fre, lin, por spa Am RAE 1949– 08: cmn, eng, fre, ger, ita, jpn, por, spa ara As Armradio ? 08: ara, aii, gre, kur, kmr, per, rus, tur aze, eng, fre, geo, ger, spa Pac Radio Australia 1939(1931)– 01: eng cmn, yue, fre, ind, jpn, tha, tpi, vie Pac SBS 1975– 68: alb, amh, ara, arm, aii, ben, bos, bul, bur, cmn, yue, hak, hrv, cze, prs, din, dut, est, fil, fin, fre, ger, gre, guj, heb, hin, hmn, hun, ind, ita, jpn, kar, khm, run, kor, kur, lao, mac, mal, mlt, mon, nep, pus, per, pol, por, pan, rhg, rum, rus, smo, srb, sin, slo, slv, som, spa, swa, tam, tel, tha, tib, tir, tur, ukr, urd, vie, yid fij, kan, lav, lit, may, mao, nor, swe, ton Eu RÖI 1955(1929)– 02: eng, fre ara, epo, ger, spa As AzTV 195?– 01: rus ara, aze, eng, fre, ger, per, tur Ar Radio Bahrain 1977– 01: eng As Bangladesh Betar 1971?– 06: ara, ben, eng, hin, nep, urd Eu Radio Belarus 1962– 08: bel 1962, cmn 2012, eng 1998, fre 2010, ger 1985, pol 2006, rus 1998, spa 2010 - Eu RVi 1934/77–2011 - dut, eng, fre, ger, spa Eu RTBFi 1999– 01: fre ger (BRF) Am Radiobrás 1975?–2007? - eng, ger, por Eu Radio Bulgaria 1937– 11: alb, ara, bul, eng, fre, ger, gre, por, srb, spa, tur ita As RNK 1956?– 02: eng, fre lao, tha, vie Am RCI 1945– 05: ara, cmn, eng, fre, spa cze, ger, hun, jpn, pol, por, rus, slo, ukr As CRI 1941– 51?: alb, ara, bel, ben, bul, bur, cmn/yue/nan/hak, hrv, cze, eng 1947, epo, fil, fre 1958, ger 1960, gre, hau, heb, hin 1959, hun, ind, ita, jpn 1941, kaz, khm, kor 1950, kir, lao, may, mon, nep, pus, per, pol, por, rum, rus 1954, srb, sin, spa, swa, tam, tha, tib, tur, ukr, urd, uig, vie , Voice of Tibet ? 01: eng Eu Voice of Croatia 1991– 04: hrv, eng, ger, spa hun, ita Am RHC 1961– 06: ara, eng, epo, fre, por, spa cpf, grn, que Eu Radio Prague 1936– 06: cze, eng, fre, ger, rus, spa ara, ita, por, slo Eu DR 1928–2003 - dan Ar European Program 1934– 06: arm, eng, fre, ger, gre, ita Ar Radio Cairo 1953– 18: aar, alb, amh, ara, prs, eng, fre, ful, ger, hau, ita, pus, rus, som, swa, tur, urd, uzb aze, bam, ben, hin, ind, lin, may, nde, per, por, sna, spa, tgk, tha, wol, yor, zul Eu EER4 195?– 01: rus eng, est, fin, swe Af Radio Ethiopia ? 05: aar, ara, eng (also 104.7), fre, som amh Eu Yle 1939–58 & 1967– 03: eng, fin (easy), lat 1989– fre 1987–2002, ger 1985–2002, rus, swe , Eu RFI, MCD 1931– 13: ara, cmn, eng, fre, hau, khm, mande, por, rum, rus, spa, swa, vie cpf, ger, pol, scr , As Radio Georgia ? - abk, arm, aze, eng, fre, geo, ger, rus Eu DW (DLF) 1953(1929)– 10: ara 1959, amh 1965, prs 1970, eng 1954, fre 1954, gre 1964, hau 1963, pus 1970, por 1954, swa 1963 ben, bul, cze (DLF), dan (DLF), dut (DLF), ger, hin, hun (DLF), ind, ita (DLF), jpn, mac, nor, per, pol (DLF), rum, rus, san, scr, slo (DLF), slv, spa, swe, tur, urd Eu WDR Cosmo 1964/1998– 09: ara, gre, ita, kur, pol, rus, scr, spa, tur Eu RBI 1959–1990 - ara, eng, fre, ger, hin, ita, por, spa, swa, swe Eu Voice of Greece 1940/47– 01: gre alb, ara, bul, eng, fre, ger, ita, pol, por, rum, rus, scr, spa, swe, tur Eu Radio BudapestDuna 1934–20072012– 01: hun eng, ger, hun, ita, spa, tur As AIR 1939– 26: ara, bal, ben, bur, cmn, prs, eng, fre, guj, hin, ind, kan, mal, nep, pus, per, pan, rus, snd, sin, swa, tam, tel, tha, tib, urd yue As VOI 1945– 08: ara, cmn, eng, fre, ger, ind, jpn, spa kor, may, tha As IRIB 1956– 27: ara, alb, arm, ben, cmn, prs, eng, fre, ger, hau, heb, hin, ind, ita, jpn, kaz, pus, per, por, rus, spa, swa, tgk, tly, tur, urd, uzb aii, aze, bal, kur, tuk As Radio Baghdad ? - ara, aze, eng, fre, ger, heb, kur, per, rus, spa, urd As Kan Reka 1948– 09: amh 1984, bhh 1975, eng 1948, fre 1948, geo 1970, lad 1948, rus 1958, spa 1952, yid 1948 heb, hun, per, por, rum Eu Rai 1930–2011 - alb, amh, ara, bul, cze, dan, eng, epo, fre, ger, gre, hun, ita, lit, pol, por, rum, rus, scr, slo, slv, som, spa, swe, tur, ukr As NHK World 1935– 18: ara, ben, bur, cmn, eng, fre, hin, ind, jpn, kor, per, por, rus, spa, swa, tha, urd, vie ger, ita, may, swe Ar Radio Jordan ? 01: eng As KazTRK ? 04: rus; ger, kor, uig kaz; aze, tat, tur (Достық) Af KBC ? 01: eng As KBS World Radio 1953– 11: ara, cmn, eng, fre, ger, ind, jpn, kor, rus, spa, vie por As Voice of Korea 1945– 09: ara, cmn, eng, fre, ger, jpn, kor, rus, spa Ar RK FM ? 01: eng As KTRK Dostuk ? 08: dng, pol, rus, ukr, uig, tat, tur, uzb ger As LNR ? 06?: cmn, eng, fre, khm, tha, vie Eu LR ?–2001 - lav, rus, swe Ar Voice of Africa ?–2011 - ara, eng, fre Eu LRT 195?– - eng, lit, pol, rus Eu Radio Luxembourg 1933–1992 - dut, eng, fre, ger, ita Eu MR3 1945?– 06: alb, rup, bos, rom, srb, tur bul, gre As Voice of Malaysia 1963–2011 - ara, bur, cmn, eng, ind, may, tgl, tha Am XERMX-OC 1969– 01: spa As Voice of Mongolia 1964– 05: cmn 1964, eng 1965, jpn 1989, mon 1964, rus fre As MRTV ? 01: eng As Radio Nepal 1951?– 01: eng (अंग्रेजी समाचार) Eu RNW 1947–2012 - ara, dut, eng, fre, pap, por, spa, sra Pac RNZI 1948– 07: eng, fre, niu, pis, rar, smo, ton Af Voice of Nigeria 1961– 08: ara, eng, fre, ful, hau, ibo, swa, yor Eu RNI 1938/48–2001/03 - eng, nor Ar Radio Oman ? 01: eng As Radio Pakistan 1947?– 14: bft, ben, cmn, prs, guj, hin, nep, pus, per, scl, sin, tam, urd; eng ara, asm, bur, fre, ind, rus, swa, tur, uig As DZRP 1972– 02: eng, fil Eu Polish Radio 1936– 06: bel, eng, ger, pol, rus, ukr ara, dan, epo, fin, fre, ita, spa, swe Eu RDPi 1935?– 01: por eng, fre, ita Ar Qatar Radio ? 03: eng, fre, urd Eu RRI 1939– 12: ara, rup, cmn, eng, fre, ger, ita, rum, rus, srb, spa, ukr gre, per, por, tur Eu Sputnik 1929/2014– 31: abk, ara, arm, aze, bel, cmn, cze, prs, eng, est, fre, geo, ger, ita, jpn, kaz, kur, kir, lav, lit, oss, per, pol, por, srb, spa, tgk, tur, uzb, vie afr, alb, amh, asm, bam, ben, bul, bur, cat, yue, dan, dut, fin, ful, gre, guj, hau, hin, hun, ind, kan, khm, kor, lao, mac, mlg, may, mal, mar, mon, nde, nep, nor, pus, pan, rum, rus, scr, sin, slo, slv, sna, som, swa, swe, tgl, tam, tel, tha, urd, zul Ar SBC ? 12: ara, ben, fre, ind, pus, som, swa, tgk, tur, tuk, urd, uzb bam, eng, per Eu International Radio of Serbia 1936–2015 - alb, ara, bul, cmn, eng, fre, ger, gre, hun, ita, rus, srb, spa As RSI 1994–2007 - cmn, eng, ind, may Eu RSI 1993– 06: eng, fre, ger, rus, slo, spa Eu RSi ? 03: eng, ger, slv Af Channel Africa 1966/1992– 06: nya, eng, fre, loz, por, swa afr, dan, dut, ger, kua/ndo, spa, tso Eu RPP 1964–1991 - ara, aze, cpf, eng, ger, grn, heb, per, por, spa, yid Eu REE 1942– 06: ara, eng, fre, lad, por, rus, spa As SLBC ? 05: ben, eng, hin, sin, tam kan, mal, nep, tel Eu Radio Sweden 1938– 06: ara, eng, kur, per, som, swe (easy) est, fre, ger, por, rus, spa Eu SRI 1930–2004 - ara, eng, epo, fre, ger, ita, por, roh, spa Ar Radio Damascus 1957– 06: ara, eng, fre, ger, rus, spa, tur heb As RTI 1939– 13: cmn/yue/nan/hak, eng, fre, ger, ind, jpn, rus, spa, tha, vie ara, kor ICRT 1979– 01: eng As Radio Tajikistan ? - ara, prs, eng, per, rus, uzb As RTWS 1938– 10: bur, cmn, eng, fre, jpn, khm, lao, may, tha, vie Transnistria Eu Radio Pridnestrovie 1991–2014 - eng, fre, ger, rus Ar RTCI 1960– 05: eng, fre, ger, ita, spa As Voice of Turkey 1937– 32: alb, ara, arm, aze, bul, cmn, prs, eng, fre, geo, ger, gre, hau, hun, ita, jpn, kaz, kir, mac, may, pus, per, por, rus, spa, swa, tat, tur, tuk, urd, uig, uzb rum, scr As Bayrak ? 05: ara, eng, fre, ger, gre, rus Eu RUI 1950 03: eng, ger, rum rus, ukr Ar ARN Dubai Eye ? 01: eng (public) Eu BBC WS 1932– 37: amh 2017, ara 1938, aze 1994, ben 1941, bur 1940, yue 1941, eng 1932, fre 1938, guj 2017, hau 1957, hin 1940, ind 1949, kin 1994, kor 2017, kir 1995, Marathi language 2017, nep 1969, pcm 2017, orm 2017, pan 2017, pus 1981, per 1940, por 1938, rus 1942, sin 1942/90, som 1957, spa 1938, swa 1957, tam 1941, tel 2017, tha 1941, tir 2017, tur 1939, ukr 1992, urd 1949, uzb 1994, vie 1952 afr, alb, bul, cmn, cze, dan, dut, fin, ger, gre, guj, heb, hun, ice, ita, jpn, kaz, ltz, mac, may, mlt, nor, pol, rum, rus, scr, slo, slv, swe (military) Eu BFBS 1943– 02: eng, nep Am United Nations Radio 1946(1929)– 11: ara, ben, cmn, eng, fre, hin, por, rus, spa, swa, urd (public)22 USC Ch. 71 Am VoA 1942– 31: amh 1982, bam 2013, ben 1958, bur 1943, cmn 1941, yue 1941, cpf 1987, prs 1980, eng 1941, fre 1942, hau 1979, ind 1942, khm 1955, kin/run 1996, kor 1942, kur 1992, lao 1962, nde 2003, orm 1996, pus 1982, por 1942, sna 2003, som 1992, spa 1941, swa 1962, tha 1942, tib 1991, tir 1996, urd 1951, uzb 1958/72, vie 1943 alb, ara, arm, aze, bul, cze, est, geo, ger, gre, hin, hun, ita, jpn, lav, lit, per, pol, rum, rus, scr, slv, tur, ukr RFE/RL 1951– 17: alb (RFE), arm (RL), aze (RL), bel (RL), prs (RL), geo (RL), kir (RL), mac (RFE), pus (RL), per (RL), rum (RFE), rus (RL), srb (RFE), tgk (RL), tuk (RL), ukr (RL), uzb (RL) bak (RL), bul (RFE), cze (RFE), est (RFE), hun (RFE), kaz (RL), lav (RFE), lit (RFE), pol (RFE), slo (RFE), tat (RL) Radio Martí 1985– 01: spa RFA 1996(1951)– 09: bur, cmn, yue, khm, kor, lao, tib, uig, vie Radio Sawa 2002– 01: ara (military)DoDD 5105.74 Am AFN 1942– 01: eng , (religious) Am TWR 1954– more than 230 As Radio Tashkent 195?– - ara, cmn, prs, eng, ger, hin, kaz, pus, per, rus, tat, tur, uig, urd, uzb Eu Vatican Radio 1931– 37: alb 1951, amh 1948, ara 1949, arm 1966, bel 1950, bul 1949, cmn 1950, hrv 1947, cze 1947, eng 1937, epo 1976, fin 1975, fre 1931, ger 1937, heb, hin 1965, hun 1939, ita 1931, jpn 1959, kor, lav 1948, lit 1940, mac, mal 1965, pol 1938, por 1940, rum 1947, rus 1948, slo 1947, slv 1947, spa 1934, swa, swe 1953, tam 1965, tig, ukr 1939, vie 1980 dan, est, nor, som, urd Am Voz de Venezuela 1976–? - spa As VOV5 1945– 12: cmn, eng, fre, ger, ind, jpn, khm, lao, rus, spa, tha, vie yue
Bold: 10 major international broadcasting languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish) Italic: major language(s) of the respective country
List of TV services Selected external and other foreign language TV services