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Retro Radio Dial: 1953 Middle East / Central Asia Radio
| kc |
Call/Brand |
Country |
Location |
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| Longwave [LW] | |
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| 182 | TAR Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 191 | Radio Tbilisi | USSR | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR |
| 218 | Radio Baku | USSR | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR |
| 254 | Radio Tashkent | USSR | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR |
| 272 | Radio Alma Ata | USSR | Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR |
| 400 | Radio Tashkent | USSR | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR |
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| Mediumwave [AM] | |
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| 575 | 4XB36 Kol Israel | Israel | Tel Aviv |
| 602 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 606 | [British] Forces Broadcasting Service | Cyprus | Lakatamia |
| 611 | Radio Frunze | USSR | Frunze, Kirghiz SSR |
| 629 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Peshawar |
| 635 | Near East Arab Broadcasting Station | Cyprus | Sharq al Adna |
| 652.1 | 4XB47 Kol Israel | Israel | Tel Aviv |
| 660 | ABS | Afghanistan | Kabul |
| 677 | HJBS | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | Ramallah |
| 692 | CBS | Cyprus | Nicosia |
| 701 | TAW Radio Istanbul | Turkey | Istanbul |
| 719 | SBS | Syria | Aleppo |
| 725 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 737 | 4XB34 Kol Israel | Israel | Jerusalem |
| 767 | Radio Baghdad | Iraq | Baghdad |
| 825 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 836 | LBS | Lebanon | Beyrouth |
| 895 | EQA Radio Teheran | Iran | Teheran |
| 1007 | Radio Ufa | USSR | Ufa, Bashkir ASSR |
| 1150 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Rawalpindi |
| 1086 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Lahore |
| 1205 | 4XB35 Kol Israel | Israel | Haifa |
| 1304 | 4XB41 Galey Zahal | Israel | Tel Aviv |
| 1336.5 | 4XB42 Galey Zahal | Israel | Haifa |
| | Kol Israel | Israel | Haifa |
| 1390 | 4XB43 Galey Zahal | Israel | Jerusalem |
| | Kol Israel | Israel | Jerusalem |
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| Shortwave [SW] | |
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| 2442 | 4XB51 Galey Zahal | Israel | Te Aviv |
| 3335 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Lahore |
| 3395 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 3850 | EQO Radio Teheran | Iran | Teheran |
| 3930 | EPP Radio Teheran | Iran | Teheran |
| 3950 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 3915 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Lahore |
| 3955 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 3960 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 3980 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 4050 | Radio Frunze | USSR | Frunze, Kirghiz SSR |
| 4790 | EQD Radio Teheran | Iran | Teheran |
| 4785 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Lahore |
| 4807 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 4910 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 4958 | Radio Baku | USSR | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR |
| 5000 | Radio Kuwait | Kuwait | Kuwait |
| 5040 | Radio Tbilisi | USSR | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR |
| 5150 | Radio Guryev | USSR | Guryev, Kazakh SSR |
| 5450 | Radio Samarkand | USSR | Samarkand, Uzbek SSR |
| 5740 | Radio Yerevan | USSR | Yerevan, Armenian SSR |
| 5860 | Radio Alma Ata | USSR | Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR |
| 5900 | Radio Alma Ata | USSR | Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR |
| 5975 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 5980 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 5990 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 6000 | TAN Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 6035 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 6060 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 6072 | Radio Bukhara | USSR | Bukhara, Uzbek SSR |
| 6075 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 6100 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 6112 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 6120 | ZJM4 Near East Arab Broadcasting Station | Cyprus | Sharq al Adna |
| 6135 | Radio Baghdad | Iraq | Baghdad |
| | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 6138 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Lahore |
| 6155 | EQB Radio Teheran | Iran | Teheran |
| 6165 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 6170 | ZJM5 Near East Arab Broadcasting Station | Cyprus | Sharq al Adna |
| 6175 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 6180 | Radio Ashkabad | USSR | Ashkabad, Turkmen SSR |
| 6195 | Radio Baku | USSR | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR |
| 6200 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 6203 | Radio Batum | USSR | Batum, Georgian SSR |
| 6220 | Radio Alma Ata | USSR | Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR |
| 6235 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 6400 | Technical University of Istanbul | Turkey | Istanbul |
| 6600 | TAZ Radio Izmir | Turkey | Izmir |
| 6640 | Radio Kurdistan | Iran | Kurdistan |
| 6690 | Technical School of Istanbul | Turkey | Istanbul |
| 6700 | Radio Stalinabad | USSR | Stalinabad, Tajik SSR |
| 6725 | 4XB44 Galey Zahal | Israel | Tel Aviv |
| 6730 | Radio Tashkent | USSR | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR |
| 6790 | ZJM6 Near East Arab Broadcasting Station | Cyprus | Sharq al Adna |
| 6825 | Radio Tashkent | USSR | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR |
| 6830 | 4XB21 Kol Israel | Israel | Tel Aviv |
| 6845 | Radio Isafan | Iran | Isafan |
| 7010 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 7062 | Radio Baghdad | Iraq | Baghdad |
| 7092 | Radio Baghdad | Iraq | Baghdad |
| 7096 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 7100 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 7140 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 7145 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 7150 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 7240 | TAM Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 7263 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 7284 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Lahore |
| 7285 | TAS Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 7245 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 7385 | Radio San’a | Yemen | Sana’a |
| 7655 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 7960 | Radio Ahwaz | Iran | Ahwaz |
| 8015 | Radio Meshed | Iran | Meshed |
| 8036 | LBS | Lebanon | Beyrouth |
| 8110 | EPF Radio Teheran | Iran | Teheran |
| 9009 | 4XB31 Kol Zion | Israel | Tel Aviv |
| 9340 | Radio Alma Ata | USSR | Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR |
| 9380 | Radio Alma Ata | USSR | Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR |
| 9465 | TAP Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 9484 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 9515 | TAT Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 9518 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 9525 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 9555 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 9645 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 9650 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| | ZJM8 Near East Arab Broadcasting Station | Cyprus | Sharq al Adna |
| 9680 | EQC Radio Teheran | Iran | Teheran |
| | Radio Ashkabad | USSR | Ashkabad, Turkmen SSR |
| 9755 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 9840 | Radio Baku | USSR | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR |
| 9975 | ABS | Afghanistan | Kabul |
| 11570 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 11580 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 11650 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 11674 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 11695 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 11720 | ZJM7 Near East Arab Broadcasting Station | Cyprus | Sharq al Adna |
| 11724 | Radio Baghdad | Iraq | Baghdad |
| 11726 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 11750 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 11760 | TAK Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 11770 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 11845 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 11850 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 11885 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 11914 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 11915 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 11950 | SABS | Saudi Arabia | Djeddah |
| 15100 | EPB Radio Teheran | Iran | Teheran |
| 15160 | TAU Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 15195 | TAQ Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 15255 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 15270 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 15335 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 15395 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 17720 | TAD Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 17750 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 17700 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 17820 | TAV Radio Ankara | Turkey | Ankara |
| 17835 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 17865 | SBS | Syria | Damascus |
| 18590 | EPJ Radio Teheran | Iran | Teheran |
| 21570 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 21580 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 21630 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
| 21690 | Radio Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi |
It Happened 1953
| Turkey, Greece & Yugoslavia sign the Balkan Pact |
| Earthquake in western Turkey kills 250 people |
| Dag Hammarskjold becomes UN Secretary-General |
| King Hussein of Jordan crowned |
| Queen Elizabeth II of UK crowned |
| Iranian government overthrown |
| Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran enthroned |
| Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel resigns |
| Arrivals: |
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| Playboy magazine |
| Pat Benetar |
| Pierce Brosnan |
| Alex Van Halen |
| Cyndi Lauper |
| Kim Bassinger |
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| Departures: |
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| Hank Williams |
| Joseph Stalin |
| Alice Prin ‘Kiki de Montparnasse’ |
| Django Reinhardt |
| Rene Fonck |
| Dylan Thomas |
| Registered Broadcasting Receivers |
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| Pakistan | 800,000 |
| Turkey | 412,270 |
| Israel | 212,028 |
| Syria | 45,000 |
| Lebanon | 42,390 |
| Iraq | 42,150 |
| Cyprus | 14,000 |
| Afghanistan | 10,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10,000 |
| Jordan | 7,000 |
Favorite Movies of 1953: Your Personal Collection
Top 20 Singles
| | Artist | Song |
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| 1 | Percy Faith | The Song from Moulin Rouge |
| 2 | Les Paul & Mary Ford | Vaya Con Dios |
| 3 | Patti Page | [How Much is] That Doggie in the Window |
| 4 | Eddie Fisher | I’m Walking Behind You |
| 5 | Ames Brothers | You, You, You |
| 6 | Teresa Brewer | Till I Waltz Again with You |
| 7 | Les Baxter | April in Portugal |
| 8 | Perry Como | No Other Love |
| 9 | Perry Como | Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes |
| 10 | Frankie Lane | I Believe |
| 11 | Pee Wee Hunt | Oh |
| 12 | Frank Chacksfield | Ebb Tide |
| 13 | Nat King Cole | Pretend |
| 14 | Richard Hayman | Ruby |
| 15 | Stan Freberg | St George and the Dragonet |
| 16 | The Hilltoppers | PS I Love You |
| 17 | The Gaylords | Tell Me You’re Mine |
| 18 | Julias La Rosa | Eh Cumpari! |
| 19 | Tony Bennett | Rags to Riches |
| 20 | Doris Day | Anna |
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Top 5 Music Albums: Your Personal Collection
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