Timeline of the introduction of radio in countries

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A map showing when radio broadcasting was introduced in each country.
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1920s, 1st half, or earlier (33)
1920s, 2nd half (53)
1930s (56)
1940s (35)
1950s (27)
1960s or later (17)
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A map showing when radio broadcasting was introduced in each country.
  1920s, 1st half, or earlier (33)
  1920s, 2nd half (53)
  1930s (56)
  1940s (35)
  1950s (27)
  1960s or later (17)
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This is a list of when the first radio broadcasts to the public occurred in the mentioned countries and territories. Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not referred to; neither are license dates or dates of the official opening.

Contents

Basis for each entry is the time of introduction. Listed are independent countries, dependent territories and territories within a country only if they became independent later or if it is a large country and there is a vast time difference with the introduction in different parts.

Each entry comprises: the flag linked to the country or territory, the name of the country or territory and, in parentheses, the designation of the radio station (either by call sign or by name, linked to a main article), its city and some additional information.

History

1910s and 1920s

YearCountries and territories
1916Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (2XG New York City; 8MK Detroit > WWJ & 8XK Pittsburgh > KDKA 1920)
1919Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (PCGG The Hague; HDO Hilversum 1923)
1920Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (LOR Buenos Aires), Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg Canada (XWA Montreal > 9AM > CFCF)
1921Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (2CM Sydney), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974).svg France (R. Tour Eiffel, Paris), Flag of Mexico (1916-1934).svg Mexico (TND Monterrey)
1922Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Brazil (SPE Rio de Janeiro), [1] Flag of Cuba (1902-1906).svg Cuba (2LC Havana, followed by PWX), Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (R. Dunedin > 4AB), Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay (CXZ-27 Asunción; ZP1 1926), Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg Philippines (KZKZ Manila), Flag of Puerto Rico (1895-1952).png Puerto Rico (WKAQ San Juan), Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (2MT Writtle; [2] 2LO London), Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (CW90A R. Paradizábal, Montevideo; [3] CWOA 1927), Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria (R. Melbourne)
1923Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (R. Bruxelles), Flag of Chile.svg Chile (CBC R. Chilena Santiago), Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia (Radiojournal, Prague), Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Germany (Funk-Stunde, Berlin), British Raj Red Ensign.svg British Raj (2FV R. Club Bombay > IBC 1927), Flag of the Shanghai International Settlement.svg Shanghai (XRO Shanghai), Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg South Africa (JB Johannesburg), Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (2HB Lausanne) [4]
1924Flag of Austria (1230-1934).svg Austria (RAVAG, Vienna), Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (HIH Santo Domingo; HIX 1928), [5] Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy (IRO Rome URI), Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxemburg (R. Luxembourg), Flag of the Dominion of Newfoundland.svg Newfoundland (8WMC St. John's > VOWR), Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1925-1946).svg Singapore (1SE AWSM > ZHI 1933), [6] Flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1936).svg Soviet Union (Moscow: RA1 Komintern, RA2 MGSPS), Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spain (EAJ2 Madrid, EAJ1 Barcelona), Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg YU: Serbia (R. Belgrade; Rakovica 1924), Flag of South Australia.svg South Australia (R. Adelaide)
1925Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg Afghanistan (R. Kabul), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Algeria (8DB Algiers), Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919-1927).svg Byelorussian SSR (RA18 Minsk), Flag of Ceylon (1875-1948).svg Ceylon (Colombo R.), Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (Statsradiofonien, Copenhagen), Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch East Indies (BRX, Batavia > NIROM), [7] Flag of Hungary (1915-1918; angels).svg Hungary (Magyar Telefonhírmondó és Rádió Rt., Budapest; wired Hírmondó 1893), Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg Japan (JOAK Tokyo), Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kwantung (JQAK Dairen), Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia (Radiofon Riga), Flag of Norway.svg Norway (Kringkastingsselskapet, Oslo), Flag of Peru.svg Peru (OAX Lima), Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal (P1AA Lisbon), Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (Radiotjänst, Stockholm), Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919-1929).svg Ukrainian SSR (RA21 Kharkov), Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Australia (R. Perth)
1926Flag of SSRA.svg Armenian SSR (RA49 Yerevan), Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1924-1927).svg Azerbaijan SSR (RA45 Baku), Flag of Burma (1939-1941, 1945-1948).svg Burma (2HZ R. Club Rangoon), Flag of China (1912-1928).svg China (XOH Harbin; Flag of the Republic of China.svg XKM Nanjing 1928; Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg XNCR Yan'an 1940); Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZ: Slovakia (Radiojournal, Bratislava), Flag of the Free City of Danzig.svg Danzig (Landessender Danzig), Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Egypt (R. Farouk et al., Cairo), [8] Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador (AQM San Salvador), Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia (R. Ringhääling, Tallinn), Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Yle, Helsinki; 3NB Tampere 1924), Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921-1922).svg Georgian SSR (RA27 Tbilisi), Flag of Iceland (1918-1944).svg Iceland (H.f. Útvarp, Reykjavík), Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (2RN Dublin), Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (Lietuvos radijas, Kaunas), Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Polskie R., Warsaw), Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela (AYRE Caracas), Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg YU: Croatia (R. Zagreb)
1927Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia (CPX La Paz; CP1AA 1922), Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (TI4NRH Heredia), Flag of Kenya (1921-1963).svg Kenya (VQ7LO Nairobi), Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Korea, South (JODK Keijo), Ottoman flag.svg Turkey (İstanbul Radyosu), Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1926-1937).svg Turkmen SSR (RA6 Ashgabat), Flag of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic(1927-1929).png Uzbek SSR (RA27 Tashkent) [9]
1928Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece (Thessaloniki; YRE 1938), Flag of Honduras (1866-1898).svg Honduras (HRB La Voz del Trópico, Tegucigalpa), Flag of Hong Kong 1876.svg Hong Kong (GOW), Merchant flag of French Morocco.svg Morocco (R. Maroc), British Raj Red Ensign.svg Pakistan (YMCA, Lahore; Karachi 1926), [10] Flag of Romania.svg Rumania (R. Bukarest), Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg Taiwan under Japanese rule (JFAK Taihoku), Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (4PJ Bangkok), Flag of Colonial Annam.svg VT: Tonkin (R. Sindex, Haiphong), Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg YU: Slovenia (R. Ljubljana), Flag of Tasmania.svg Tasmania (R. Hobart), Flag of Baja California.svg Baja California (XEY/R. Mexicali)
1929Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (HJN Bogotá), [11] Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg Ecuador (El Prado, Riobamba), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Réunion (R. Saint-Denis), Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland (R. Brisbane)

1930s

YearCountries and territories
1930Flag of Bermuda 1910.svg Bermuda (TJW Hamilton), [12] Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (Rodno R., Sofia), Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (TGW La Voz de Guatemala, Guatemala City), Flag of the Federated Malay States (1895-1946).svg Malaysia (KLAWS, Kuala Lumpur), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon (R. Club), Flag of Tunisia with French canton.svg Tunisia (Tunis Kasbah), Flag of Colonial Annam.svg VT: Cochinchina (FZS Saigon), Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Australian Capital Territory (R. Canberra))
1931Flag of The Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920-36).svg Kazakh ASSR (RV60 Alma-Ata), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Madagascar (R. Tananarive), Flag of the Samoa Trust Territory.svg Samoa (5ZA Apia), Flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1931-1935).svg Tajik SSR (RV47 Stalinabad), Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican City (Vatican R.), Flag of Puebla.svg Puebla (XHTM/R. Puebla)
1932Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924-1964).svg Southern Rhodesia (ZEA Salisbury), Flag placeholder.svg Nord (FBKI R. Lille)
1933 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Curaçao (CUROM Willemstad), Flag of Portugal (official).svg Macau (CQN/CRY-9), Flag of Portugal (official).svg Mozambique (LM Radio, Lourenço Marques), Flag of Panama.svg Panama (HPJ5 R. Tembleque, Panama City), Merchant flag of Spanish Morocco.svg Spanish Morocco (EAJ-21 Melilla)
1934 Flag of France (1794-1958).svg French Polynesia (FO8AA R. Club Oceanien, Papeete), Flag of Lebanon (1920-1943).svg Lebanon (R. East), Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1924-1930).svg Mongolia (R. Ulaanbaatar), Flag of Nicaragua (1908-1971).svg Nicaragua (YNLF Managua), Provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Escudo.svg Tenerife (EAJ-43 R. Club Tenerife, Santa Cruz), Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (Flag of the Northern Territory.svg Northern Territory (R. Darwin))
1935Flag of British Guiana (1919-1955).svg British Guiana (VP3BG Georgetown > ZFY), Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Guiana (AVROS, Paramaribo), Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia (R. Addis Ababa), Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg Fiji (ZJV Suva), Flag of France (1794-1958).svg French Equatorial Africa [AEF]/Congo (R. Club Brazzaville), Flag of Haiti (1820-1849, 1859-1964).svg Haiti (HHK Port-au-Prince), Flag of Hyderabad (1900-1947).svg Hyderabad (VUV Deccan R.), Flag of Leeward Islands (1952-1958).svg Leeward Islands (VP2LO Caribbean Broadcasting Service, Basseterre > ZIZ), Flag of Malta (1923-1943).svg Malta (Radju Malta, Valletta), Flag of Kingdom of Mysore.svg Mysore (VU7MC Ākāśavāṇī), Flag of the Territory of Papua.svg Papua (4PM Port Moresby) [13]
1936Flag of the Bahamas (1923-1953).svg Bahamas (ZNS Nassau), Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Botswana (ZNB Mafeking), Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Iraq (R. Baghdad), Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Korea, North (JBBK Heijō), Provincia de Las Palmas - Escudo.svg Las Palmas (EAJ-50 R. Las Palmas), Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Palestine (PBS, Jerusalem/Ramallah), Flag of the Tuvan People's Republic (1933-1939).svg Tyva (R. Kyzyl), [14] Flag of the British Windward Islands (1903-1953).svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (R. Kingstown, Kingstown)
1937 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Angola (CR6AA Lobito), [15] Flag of the Congo Free State.svg Belgian Congo (OQ2AA R. Léo, Léopoldville), Flag of British Honduras (1919-1981).svg British Honduras (ZIK-2 Belize), Flag of France (1794-1958).svg Guadeloupe (R. Guadeloupe), Snake Flag of Martinique.svg Martinique (R. Martinique), Flag of France (1794-1958).svg New Caledonia (FK8AA Nouméa)
1938Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg Albania (R. Tirana), Flag of Kyrgyz SSR.svg Kirghiz SSR (RV6 Frunze; wired earlier), Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Libya (ITR Tripoli), Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg Liechtenstein (R. Liechtenstein), Flag of Saint Lucia (1875-1939).svg Saint Lucia (R. Castries), Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian East Africa (R. Mogadiscio, wired and experimental 1951), Flag of Basse-Alsace.svg Bas-Rhin (FBGT R. Strasbourg)
1939Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra (R. Andorra), Flag of Antigua and Barbuda (1956-1962).svg Antigua and Barbuda (R. St. John's, Windward Islands), British Raj Red Ensign.svg Bangladesh (All India Radio, Dhaka), Baroda flag.svg Baroda (Baroda), Flag of France (1794-1958).svg French West Africa [AOF]/Senegal (R. AOF, Dakar), Flag of Jamaica (1906-1957).svg Jamaica (VP5PZ Kingston), [16] Flag of Rhone.svg Rhône (FBRF R. Lyon), Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Kaliningrad Oblast (R. Kaliningrad)

1940s

YearCountries and territories
1940Flag of Bahrain (1932 to 1972).svg Bahrain (R. Bahrain > Arabic 1955), Flag of the Gold Coast (1877-1957).svg Gold Coast (ZOY Accra; wired 1935), State Flag of Iran (1925).svg Iran (R. Tehran), Flag of Aden (1937-1963).svg Aden South Yemen (ZNR Aden R. > 1954), Flag of the Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.svg Sudan (R. Omdurman)
1941 Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg AEF: French Cameroons (R. Douala), Flag of Northern Rhodesia (1939-1964).svg Northern Rhodesia (R. Lusaka), Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Palau (JRAK Koror), Kokbayraq flag.svg Xinjiang (R. Dihua; wired 1935), [17] Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg YU: Macedonia (R. Skoplje), Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde (R. Praia), Flag of Gironde.svg Gironde (FBXE R. Bordeaux), Flag of Veneto.svg Veneto (R. Veneto)
1942US flag 48 stars.svg American Samoa (WVUV Leone), Flag of the Falkland Islands (1925-1948).svg Falkland Islands (Falklands R.), Flag of Denmark.svg Greenland (Grønlands R., Godthåb), Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg Syria (R. Damas)
1943Flag of British Somaliland (1903-1950).svg British Somaliland (R. Hargeisa), Flag of France.svg French Somaliland (R. Djibouti), Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco (R. Monte Carlo), Flag of Kingdom of Travancore.svg Travancore (Thiruvananthapuram), Flag of Tatar ASSR.svg Tatar ASSR (R. Kazan), Flag of the Crimean ASSR (1938).svg Crimean ASSR (R. Simfeopol)
1944Flag of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1937-1976).svg Gilbert and Ellice Islands (WXLF Tarawa), Flag of Guam.svg Guam (WXLI Agana), Flag of the British New Hebrides (1906-1952).svg New Hebrides (WVUR Espiritu Santo), Flag of the Solomon Islands (1906-1947).svg Solomon Islands (WVUQ Guadalcanal), Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands (WXLD Saipan), Yugoslav Partisans flag 1945.svg YU: Montenegro (R. Cetinje), Flag of Sardinia.svg Sardinia (R. Sardinia)
1945 Yugoslav Partisans flag 1945.svg YU: Bosnia and Herzegovina (R. Sarajevo), Yugoslav Partisans flag 1945.svg YU: Kosovo (R. Pristina), Flag of North Vietnam 1945-1955.svg YU: Vietnam (Voice of Vietnam), Drapeau non-officiel fr departement Haute-Garonne.svg Haute-Garonne (FBGJ R. Toulouse)
1946Flag of Cambodia under French protection.svg Cambodia (R. Cambodge), Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spanish Guinea (R. Atlántica, Fernando Póo), Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.svg Yemen (Sana'a R. > 1955), Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands (R. Majuro), Drapeau propose pour le departement Puy-de-Dome.svg Puy-de-Dôme (FBKU R. Clermont-Ferrand), Flag of Umbria.svg Umbria (R. Umbria)
1947Flag of Portugal.svg Portuguese Guinea (CMQ Bissau), Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1958).svg Trinidad and Tobago (R. Trinidad, Port of Spain), Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Federated States of Micronesia (R. Palikir; wired 1939), Drapeau non-officiel fr departement Ille-et-Vilaine.svg Ille-et-Vilaine (FBWP R. Rennes), Flag of Tuscany.svg Tuscany (R. Tuscany)
1948Flag of Portugal.svg Portuguese India (R. Goa), Flag of Nigeria (1914-1952).svg Nigeria (R. Nigeria; wired 1935), [18] Drapeau fr departement Cher.svg Cher (FBTF R. Bourges)
1949 Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg AOF: Ivory Coast (R. Abidjan), Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South West Africa (SABC via sw), Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg Saudi Arabia (R. Mecca, Jeddah), Flag of Karakalpak ASSR.svg Karakalpak ASSR Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (R. Nukus), Flag of Calvados.svg Calvados (FBGQ R. Caen)

1950s

YearCountries and territories
1950Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia (ELBC Monrovia), Flag of Tibet.svg Tibet (R. Lhasa), [19] Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands (WSTA Charlotte Amalie), Drapeau fr departement Loire-Atlantique.svg Loire-Atlantique (FBJL R. Nantes), Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Sakhalin Oblast (R. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
1951 Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Guiana (R. Cayenne), Flag of Italy.svg Italian Somaliland (R. Mogadishu; wired 1938), Flag of Kuwait (1940-1961).svg Kuwait (R. Kuwait), Flag of French Laos.svg Laos (RNL, Vientiane), Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal (R. Nepal, Kathmandu), Flag of Tanganyika (1923-1961).svg Tanganyika (Sauti ya Dar es Salaam), Flag of Zanzibar Under British Rule.svg Zanzibar (Sauti ya Unguja) [20]
1952Drapeau fr departement Sarthe.svg Sarthe (FBYF R. Le Mans)
1953Blue Ensign of Cyprus (1922).svg Cyprus (CyBS, Nicosia; BBC 1948), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg AOF: French Dahomey (R. Cotonou), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg AOF: French Guinea (R. Conakry), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974).svg AOF: French Togoland (R. Lomé), Flag of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.svg Friuli-Venezia Giulia (R. Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
1954Flag of Sarawak (1947-1963).svg Sarawak (R. Sarawak, Kuching), Flag of the British Windward Islands (1903-1953).svg Windward Islands (WIBS, St. George's, Grenada), [21] Flag of Calabria.svg Calabria (R. Calabria)
1955 Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg AEF: Chad (R. Tchad, Fort Lamy), Flag of North Borneo (1948-1963).svg North Borneo (R. Sabah, Jesselton), Flag of Sierra Leone (1916-1961).svg Sierra Leone (SLBS, Freetown; wired 1934), Flag of the County of Nice.svg Alpes-Maritimes (FBVZ R. Nice)
1956Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan (Radio Jordan), Drapeau non-officiel fr departement Cote-d'Or.svg Côte-d'Or (FBDO R. Dijon), Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba (R. Oranjestad; wired 1937)
1957Flag of Brunei 1906-1959.svg Brunei (RTB), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg AOF: French West Africa (R. Soudan, Bamako), Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg AOF: Mauritania (R. Mauritanie, Saint-Louis, Senegal), Flag of Chile.svg Chile (Flag of Rapa Nui, Chile.svg Easter Island (R. Hanga Roa)), Drapeau fr departement Meurthe-et-Moselle.svg Meurthe-et-Moselle (FBNH R. Nancy)
1958 Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg AEF: Ubangi-Shari (R. Bangui), Government Ensign of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar (R. Gibraltar), Flag of France.svg AOF: Niger (R. Niger, Niamey), Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg Uganda (UBS, Kampala), Drapeau fr departement Haute-Vienne.svg Haute-Vienne (FBTG R. Limoges)
1959Flag of Upper Volta.svg AOF: Upper Volta (R. Haute Volta, Ouagadougou), Flag of Gabon (1959-1960).svg AEF: Gabon (R. Gabon, Libreville), Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg Jeju Island (R. Jeju, Jeju-si), Drapeau fr departement Somme.svg Somme (FBSP R. Amiens)

1960s

YearCountries and territories
1960Flag of Australia (converted).svg New Guinea (VL9BR Rabaul), Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ruanda-Urundi (R. Usumbura)
1961 Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Comoros (R. Comores, Moroni), Flag of Spain (1945 - 1977).svg Spanish Sahara (EAJ-202/203 R. Sahara, El Aaiún), [22] Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga (ZCO Nukuʻalofa), Blank flag.svg Antarctica ( Flag of the United States.svg McMurdo Station (R. McMurdo))
1962Flag of The Gambia (1889-1965).svg Gambia (R. Gambia, Bakau), Flag of the Maldives 1953.svg Maldives (Malé R.)
1963Flag of Barbados (1870-1966).svg Barbados (R. Barbados; wired 1935), Flag of Tristan da Cunha.svg Tristan da Cunha (R. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas)
1964Unofficial Basutoland Ensign.svg Lesotho (R. Lesotho, Maseru), Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi (MBC, Blantyre), Flag of Pohnpei.svg Pohnpei (R. Kolonia)
1965 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Swaziland (SBS, Mbabane), Flag of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.svg Trucial States (Voice of the Coast, Sharjah)
1966Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo (R. Pristina; wired 1945)
1967 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Saint Helena (Radio Saint Helena), Flag of Sabah (1963-1982).svg Sabah (R. Kota Kinabalu)
1968Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru (NBS), Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Abkhaz ASSR (Radio Sokhumi)
1969Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla (R. Anguilla, The Valley), Flag of Turkey.svg Northern Cyprus (North Nicosia Radio)

1970s

YearCountries and territories
1970Old Flag of Oman.svg Oman (R. Sultanate of Oman, Muscat), Flag of Portugal (official).svg Azores (R. Ponta Delgada)
1971Flag of Corsica.svg Corsica (R. Corsica, Corsica), Flag of Venda (1973-1994).svg Venda (R. Thohoyandou)
1972Flag of France.svg Saint Barthélemy (R. Gustavia), Flag of Nakhichevan ASSR.svg Nakhichevan ASSR (R. Nakhchivan)
1973Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (Radio NYAB, Thimphu), Flag of Chuuk.svg Chuuk (Radio Weno)
1974Flag of Niue.svg Niue (R. Alofi), Flag of Transkei.svg Transkei (R. Umtata)
1975Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu (Radio Tuvalu), [23] Flag of KwaZulu (1985-1994).svg KwaZulu (R. Pietermaritzburg)
1976Flag of Bophuthatswana (1972-1994).svg Bophuthatswana (R. Mamabatho, shutdown 1993)
1977Flag of Yap.svg Yap (R. Colonia)
1978 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg YU: Republika Srpska (R. Sarajevo, wired 1945),
1979Flag of the German Community in Belgium.svg German-speaking Community (German Speaking Radio), Flag of Ciskei.svg Ciskei (R. Bisho)

1980s

YearCountries and territories
1980Flag Ceuta.svg Ceuta (R. Ceuta), Flag of Lebowa.svg Lebowa (R. Lebowa)
1981Flag of Transnistria (state).svg Transnistria (R. Tiraspol), Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg KaNgwane (R. Louieville)
1982Flag of Melilla.svg Melilla (R. Melilla), Flag of Gazankulu.svg Gazankulu (R. Giyani), Flag of Kosrae.svg Kosrae (R. Tofol)
1983Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea (Radio Asmara, Asmara), Flag of Gagauzia.svg Gagauzia (R. Comrat)
1984Flag of Norfolk Island.svg Norfolk Island (Radio Norfolk Island, Kingston), Flag of QwaQwa (1975-1994).svg QwaQwa (R. Phuthaditjhaba)
1985 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (R. Stepanakert)
1986Flag of South Ossetia.svg South Ossetia (R. Tskhinvali)
1987Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Akrotiri and Dhekelia (R. Akrotiri and R. Dhekelia), Flag of Sint Maarten.svg Sint Maarten (R. Philipsburg)
1988Flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996-2007).svg Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (R. Sarajevo, wired 1945)
1989Flag of Montserrat.svg Montserrat (R. Plymouth)

1990s

YearCountries and territories
1992Flag of Tokelau.svg Tokelau (R. Nukunonu)
1993Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino (R. San Marino)
1994Flag of France.svg Collectivity of Saint Martin (R. Marigot)
1995Flag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland (R. Hargeisa; wired 1944)
1996Flag of Saba.svg Saba Department (R. The Bottom)
1997 Flag of Morocco.svg Southern Provinces (R. Laayoune)
1999Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg Pitcairn Islands (R. Adamstown)

2000s

YearCountries and territories
2000Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (Flag of Bonaire.svg Bonaire (R. Kralendijk))
2002Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.svg Cocos (Keeling) Islands (R. West Island)
2004Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan (R. Juba)
2005Flag of France.svg Clipperton Island (R. Clipperton)
2006Flag of Donetsk People's Republic.svg Donetsk People's Republic (R. Donetsk) Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands (Buala Isabel Learning Network)
2007Flag of Lugansk People's Republic.svg Luhansk People's Republic (R. Luhansk) Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands (Kolotubi Isabel Learning Network)
2008Flag of Sint Eustatius.svg Sint Eustatius (R. Oranjestad)

2010s

YearCountries and territories
2012Flag of the Chin National Front.svg Chinland (R. Chinland)
2015Flag of Puntland.svg Puntland (R. Puntland)

See also

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