Retro Radio Dial: 1953 Iron Curtain Europe Radio
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, USSR [Bielorussia,
Estonia, Karelia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, RSFSR, Ukraine] Yugoslavia
| kc/Mc |
Station |
Country |
Location |
| |
| Longwave |
| |
| 155 | Radio Moscow 1 | USSR | Moscow, RSFSR |
| 173 | Radio Moscow 1 | USSR | Moscow, RSFSR |
| 185 | Deutschlandsender | East Germany | Berlin |
| 200 | Radio Moscow II | USSR | Moscow, RSFSR |
| 209 | Radio Kiev I | USSR | Kiev, Ukraine |
| 227 | Polskie Radio | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 236 | Radio Leningrad I | USSR | Leningrad, RSFSR |
| | Radio Moscow 1 | USSR | Moscow, RSFSR |
| 272 | Radio Praha II | Czechoslovakia | Praha |
| 281 | Radio Minsk | USSR | Minsk, Bielorussia |
| 385 | Radio Charkov | USSR | Charkov, Ukraine |
| |
| AM |
| |
| 539 | Radio Kossuth | Hungary | Budapest |
| 548 | Radio Moscow II | USSR | Moscow, RSFSR |
| | Radio Simferopol | USSR | Simferopol, Ukraine |
| 575 | Berlin I | East Germany | Leipzig |
| | Radio Riga | USSR | Riga, Latvia |
| 593 | Radio Sofia II | Bulgaria | Sofia |
| 611 | Berlin III | East Germany | Berlin |
| | Radio Petrozavodsk | USSR | Petrozavodsk, Karelia |
| | Radio Sarajevo | Yugoslavia | Sarajevo |
| 638 | Radio Praha I | Czechoslovakia | Praha |
| 647 | Radio Charkov | USSR | Charkov, Ukraine |
| 656 | Radio Murmansk | USSR | Murmansk, RSFSR |
| 665 | Radio Vilnius | USSR | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 683 | Radio Belgrade I | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| 710 | Radio Stalino | USSR | Stalino, Ukraine |
| | Radio Tallinn II | USSR | Tallinn, Estonia |
| 728 | Berlin III | East Germany | Schwerin |
| 737 | Polskie Radio | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Radio Stalingrad | USSR | Stalingrad, RSFSR |
| 764 | Radio Rostov | USSR | Rostov, RSFSR |
| 782 | Deutschlandsender | East Germany | Berlin |
| | Radio Kiev II | USSR | Kiev, Ukraine |
| 800 | Berlin I | East Germany | |
| | Radio Leningrad II | USSR | Leningrad, RSFSR |
| 809 | Radio Adjovscina | Yugoslavia | Adjovscina |
| | Radio Skopje | Yugoslavia | Skopje |
| 818 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 826.9 | Radio Sofia I | Bulgaria | Sofia |
| 827 | Radio Kowno | USSR | Kowno, Lithuania |
| 833 | Berlin I | East Germany | |
| 872 | Radio Moscow III | USSR | Moscow, RSFSR |
| 890 | Radio Dnjepropetrovsk | USSR | Dnjeproppetrovsk, Ukraine |
| 910 | Berlin III | East Germany | Reichenbach |
| 917 | Radio Ljubljana I | Yugoslavia | Ljubljana |
| 935 | Radio Lvov | USSR | Lvov, Ukraine |
| 944 | Radio Voronesh | USSR | Voronesh, RSFSR |
| 953 | Radio Praha | Czechoslovakia | Brno Budejovice |
| | Radio Praha | Czechoslovakia | Plzen |
| 998 | Radio Kichinev | USSR | Kichinev, Moldova |
| 1016 | Berlin III | East Germany | |
| 1034 | Radio Tallinn | USSR | Tallinn, Estonia |
| 1043 | Berlin III | East Germany | Dresden |
| 1070 | Radio Krasnodar | USSR | Krasnodar, RSFSR |
| 1079 | Berlin III | East Germany | Plauen |
| | Polskie Radio | Poland | Stalinograd |
| 1097 | Radio Praha | Czechoslovakia | Bratislava |
| 1106 | Radio Moghilev | USSR | Moghilev, Bielorussia |
| 1124 | Radio Sofia | Bulgaria | Varna |
| | Radio Leningrad III | USSR | Leningrad, RSFSR |
| 1133 | Radio Zagreb I | Yugoslavia | Zagreb |
| 1142 | Radio Kaliningrad | USSR | Kaliningrad, RSFSR |
| 1169 | Radio Odessa | USSR | Odessa, Ukraine |
| 1187 | Radio Pestofi | Hungary | Budapest |
| 1196 | Berlin I | East Germany | Bernburg |
| 1205 | Polskie Radio | Poland | Poznan |
| 1214 | Radio Kursk | USSR | Kursk, RSFSR |
| 1223 | Radio Sofia | Bulgaria | Stara Zagora |
| 1241 | Radio Tiraspol | USSR | Tiraspol, Moldova |
| 1250 | Radio Budapest | Hungary | Budapest |
| 1259 | Polskie Radio | Poland | Szcecin |
| 1268 | Radio Novi Sad | Yugoslavia | Novi Sad |
| | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Novi Sad |
| 1271 | Radio Leningrad I | USSR | Leningrad, RSFSR |
| 1286 | Radio Praha II | Czechoslovakia | Praha |
| 1304 | Polskie Radio | Poland | Lodz |
| 1340 | Radio Kossuth | Hungary | Magyarovar |
| | Radio Kossuth | Hungary | Miscolc |
| | Radio Kossuth | Hungary | Pecs |
| 1349 | Radio Madona | USSR | Madona, Latvia |
| 1358 | Radio Tirana | Albania | Tirana |
| 1367 | Polskie Radio | Poland | Wroclaw |
| | Polskie Radio | Poland | Bydgoszcz |
| 1385 | Radio Kaunas | USSR | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 1412 | Radio Maribor | Yugoslavia | Maribor |
| | Radio Pristina | Yugoslavia | Pristina |
| | Radio Rijeka | Yugoslavia | Rijeka |
| 1484 | Radio Praha | Czechoslovakia | Bratislava |
| | Radio Praha | Czechoslovakia | Ostrava |
| | Polskie Radio | Poland | Gdansk |
| | Radio Belgrade II | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| | Radio Bitola | Yugoslavia | Bitola |
| | Radio Dubrovnik | Yugoslavia | Dubrovnik |
| | Radio Osijek | Yugoslavia | Osijek |
| | Radio Nis | Yugoslavia | Nis |
| | Radio Zagreb II | Yugoslavia | Zagreb |
| 1502 | Polskie Radio | Poland | Cracow |
| 1520 | Radio Praha | Czechoslovakia | Ostrava |
| |
| Shortwave |
| |
| 4380 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 4460 | Radio Moscow` | USSR | Moscow |
| 4560 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 4634 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 4675 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5065 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5080 | Radio Grozny | USSR | Grozny, RSFSR |
| 5455 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5480 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5919 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5922 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5930 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5940 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5947 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5955 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5960 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5965 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5970 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 5975 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 5995 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6000 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6010 | OLR2A Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| 6020 | Radio Kiev I | USSR | Kiev, Ukraine |
| 6025 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 6030 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6035 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6040 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6045 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6050 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6060 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6070 | Radio Sofia | Bulgaria | Sofia |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6090 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6095 | OLR Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| 6100 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6110 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6115 | Berlin I | East Germany | Berlin |
| 6120 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6135 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6150 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6160 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6165 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6170 | OLR2D Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6175 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6195 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6210 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6248 | Radio Budapest | Hungary | Budapest |
| 6405 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6480 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6540 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 6570 | Radio Tirana | Albania | Tirana |
| 6852 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7095 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7100 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7110 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7115 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7125 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7145 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 7150 | Berlin I | East Germany | Berlin |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Warsaw |
| 7155 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7165 | Radio Kiev | USSR | Kiev, Ukraine |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7175 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 7177 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7180 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7190 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7200 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7205 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 7210 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7215 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7220 | Radio Budapest | Hungary | Budapest |
| 7225 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7235 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7240 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| 7245 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7255 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7256 | Radio Sofia | Bulgaria | Sofia |
| 7260 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7265 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7280 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7290 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7295 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7300 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7310 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7320 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7330 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7340 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7360 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7370 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7380 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7400 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7420 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 7670 | Radio Sofia | Bulgaria | Sofia |
| 7850 | Radio Tirana | Albania | Tirana |
| 8100 | Radio Tirana | Albania | Korca |
| 8215 | Radio Tirana | Albania | Shkodra |
| 8570 | Radio Tirana | Albania | Vlore |
| 9145 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9390 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9450 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9470 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9480 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9490 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9500 | Radio Minsk | USSR | Minsk, Bielorussia |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9504 | OLR3B Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| 9505 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| 9515 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9550 | OLR3A Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| 9555 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9565 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9570 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 9580 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9585 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 9593 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9600 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Radio Leningrad | USSR | Leningrad, RSFSR |
| 9610 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9615 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| 9620 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9630 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9640 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9650 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9655 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9660 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9670 | Radio Kiev | USSR | Kiev, Ukraine |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9680 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9685 | Radio Kaunas | USSR | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 9690 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9700 | Radio Sofia | Bulgaria | Sofia |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9710 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9720 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9730 | Deutschlandsender | East Germany | Berlin |
| 9740 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9750 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9760 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9780 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9790 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9800 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 9833 | Radio Budapest | Hungary | Budapest |
| 9880 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11630 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11690 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11700 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11710 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11720 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11725 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11735 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| 11740 | Warsaw Calling | Poland | Warsaw |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11750 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11760 | OLR4A Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| 11765 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11780 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11785 | Radio Kiev | USSR | Kiev, Ukraine |
| 11790 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11805 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11810 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11815 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11825 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11830 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11840 | OLR4A Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11850 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11860 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11870 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11875 | OLL4C Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| 11885 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11895 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| 11900 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11910 | Radio Budapest | Hungary | Budapest |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11920 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11930 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11945 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11955 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11960 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11970 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 11980 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 12020 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 12270 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15000 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15100 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15110 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15120 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15130 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15140 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15170 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15180 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15210 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15220 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15230 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15246 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| 15275 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15280 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15300 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15310 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15320 | OLR4B Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15330 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15340 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15345 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15360 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15370 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15390 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15410 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15430 | Radio Kaunas | USSR | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 15440 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15450 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15470 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 15500 | Radio Budapest | Hungary | Budapest |
| 17710 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 17740 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 17780 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 17800 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| 17810 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 17820 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 17830 | OLR6A Radio Prague | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 17850 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 17880 | Radio Moscow | USSR | Moscow |
| 21680 | Radio Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
| |
| FM |
| |
| 88.0 | Deutschlandsender | East Germany | Leipzig |
| 89.2 | Deutschlandsender | East Germany | Schwerin |
| 92.5 | Deutschlandsender | East Germany | Berlin |
| 94.0 | Deuschlandsender | East Germany | Inselberg |
| 94.6 | Deutschlandsender | East Germany | Brocken |
It Happened 1953
| Josef Stalin of USSR dies |
| USSR vice-premier Beria arrested |
| USSR breaks diplomatic relations with Israel |
| USSR tests H-bomb |
| Khrushchev becomes 1st secretary of USSR communist party |
| Malenkov becomes chairman of USSR communist party |
| Marshall Tito elected as Yugoslavian president |
| Antonin Zapotocky elected as Czechoslovakian president |
| Cardinal Wyszynski imprisoned by Polish government |
| East German riots demanding reunification |
| East German foreign minister arrested for espionage |
| 10th Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich premieres in Leningrad |
| Arrivals: |
| |
| Playboy magazine |
| Pat Benetar |
| Pierce Brosnan |
| Alex Van Halen |
| Cyndi Lauper |
| Kim Bassinger |
| |
| Departures: |
| |
| Hank Williams |
| Joseph Stalin |
| Alice Prin ‘Kiki de Montparnasse’ |
| Django Reinhardt |
| Rene Fonck |
| Dylan Thomas |
| Registered Broadcasting Receivers: |
| |
| USSR | 13,000,000 |
| East Germany | 3,400,000 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2,544,606 |
| Poland | 1,747,148 |
| Hungary | 886,717 |
| Yugoslavia | 383,296 |
| Romania | 270,000 |
| Bulgaria | 220,000 |
| Albania | 40,025 |
Favorite Movies of 1953: Your Personal Collection
Top 20 Singles
| | Artist | Song |
|---|
| |
| 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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