Shortwave radio online – Top “external” world services

1 Radio News app – 1 Radio News, is the quickest shortwave-like radio news app for Android.

Headlines and daily shows on-demand. Top global live stations including many international shortwave broadcasters (or former broadcasters). Radio with English from over 50 countries in one remarkable app.

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The app is free. Upgrade to the Pro version for search, “favorites” PlayMix, and no mobile ads.

We’re listed among the “Best Amateur and Shortwave Apps.” And here are some awesome public reviews of the Pro version of the app from shortwave listening fans.

 

Inspired by Shortware Radio Founder’s Note

1 Radio News was inspired by my experience as a teen in the 1980s with an old shortwave radio that my uncle gave me. In those days, shortwave radio was the only way to listen to the BBC World Service, Radio Moscow, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Netherlands, YLE from Finland, Radio Vlaanderen (Belgium), Radio Sweden, Radio Australia International and others. I strung wire all over place as I “discovered” the world around me before the Internet.

While most “external services” or “world services” no longer broadcast on shortwave, I built 1 Radio News in spirit of increasing global understanding by giving our listener quick and easy access to comparative, unfiltered news from many countries in English. The good news is that now it’s now “static-free” shortwave despite the nostalgia we might have for the signal fading in and out.

If you are looking for actual “shortwave” broadcasts or more links, see a few of these recommended sources: