Broadcasting resources

Updated: 01/30/2006

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Countries: United States Afghanistan Australia Austria Bosnia & Herzegovina Canada Czech Republic Bolivia
Counties (cont'd): Denmark Dominican Republic England Finland Guatemala Hong Kong Iceland
Counties (cont'd): Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Latvia Lebanon
Counties (cont'd): Lithuania Mauritius Mexico Nicaragua New Zealand Panama Poland Portugal
Counties (cont'd): Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden
Counties (cont'd): Switzerland Thailand The Netherlands The Philippines Taiwan Venezuela

Regional listings
- Useful sites for checking completeness of data or fill-in data
- FMList from Europe and North Africa
- Asia DXing links
- DXing.info's list of station lists
- TVRadio World listings
- Asiawaves listings recomended!
- ITU HF Database

FCC resources
- CM&D FCCinfo CDBS/ASR access
- FM/TV DX technical info for US/Mexico
- Media Bureau Broadcast Applications: 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, previous years
- Media Bureau Broadcast Actions: 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, previous years
- Media Bureau AM, FM & TV queries
- Media Bureau CDBS station & application searches
- WTB ULS Searches: v2.0 (javascript) and the older version (non-javascript).
- OET FM Protected Contour Maps
- NIST IST select grade A & B TV coverage maps (not FCC but related)
- downloadable DBs: CDBS & ULS updated

Canada
- Industry Canada: Canadian broadcasting DBs, Older alternative link?
- Industry Canada: ALS query (Canadian version of FCC ULS), TAFL database download (data for ALS)

England
- BBC: TV, Ch. 5, Analog Radio, Digital Radio & Local Radio transmitter information Links updated
- Ch. 5: Channel 5 transmitter details
- OFCOM:
  - MF/FM licenses (Excel) Link updated
  - Ch. 3-5, DTT MUX licenee lists
  - Channel 3 (ITV) licensee list
- DTT transmitter info
- DigitalRadio: DigitalRadio DAB transmitter locations
- UK/ROI reception advice (transmitter maps and historic tech info, recommended!)
- ITV: ~~Reception & transmitter info~~ gone

Australia
- All files are in Adobe PDF format
- ACMA: RTV broadcast transmitter lists
- ACMA: Radio and TV licenee lists
- ACA: Radcom database query (Australian ULS equivalent)

Bosnia & Herzegovina
- RAK: RTV licenses (Excel, last link in middle of page)

Czech Republic
- Excellent info but not query generated, not easily downloadable
- CTU: Lookup RTV transmitter information

Denmark
- Very good information in DOC/PDF format, but in Dutch only
- ITST: FM/TV licenses and transmitter information

Ireland
- COMREG: RTE transmitter licenses (Excel)
- COMREG: TV deflector licenses (Excel)
- BCi: Independent RTV licenses (technical parameters but location by transmitter site name only)
- RTE: RTE radio reception page

New Zealand
- MED: Spectrum license search page
- MED: PRISMS Lite/Database (NZ version of FCC ULS?)

Nicaragua
- Great data but in seperate PDF files by licensee. The data is there thought!
- TELCOR: FM licenses
- TELCOR: AM licenses
- TELCOR: VHF TV licenses
- TELCOR: UHF TV licenses

Panama
- Ente Regulador: Frequency lookup (Panamanian version of FCC ULS!)
- Ente Regulador: TV licenses (query/drilldown but excellent info)

South Africa
- All files are in PDF format
- ICASA: R/TV licenses

Switzerland
- All files are in Adobe PDF format
- OFCOM: Analog VHF TV & Digital TV/Audio licenses

Thailand
- All files are in Adobe PDF format and in Thai only!!!
- PTD: Frequency management/licenses

Venezuela
- MS Word and Excel formatted data
- CONATEL: RTV licenses

Data without transmitter site coordinate information

Afghanistan
- Unoffical "offical" information on MW licensees
- Internews list of FM stations
- Comunica MW (AM) station list circa 11/05/2002

Austria
- Listings only, no way to conveniently download
- TKC: RTV licenses and tech parameters

Bolivia
- SITTEL: AM/FM/Shortwave licenses
- SITTEL: TV Licensees ONLY

Dominican Republic
- You should mirror/download documents of interest, website access if very spotty!
- INDOTEL: See Radio and Television links on right side of page

Ecuador
- All files are in Adobe PDF format
- Supertel: RTV licenses

Finland
- HTML table, licensee and Freq. info only
- FICORA: FM licenses
- Digita Transmitter, channel and network listing

France
- HTML tables, no transmitter coordinates, FM data very lacking
- CSA: Main RTV page
- CSA: TV transmitter/licensee info
- CSA: FM licensee and Feq. info

Guatemala
- PDF formated lists to license to channel/freq mapping grouped by area
- SIT: RTV licenses
- RTV licenses

Hong Kong
- All files are in Adobe PDF format
- OFTA: MW/FM Transmitter List
- OFTA: Analog TV Transmitter List
- OFTA: DTT/DAB information (see Chief Telecom Engineer presentation for pics of TX sites!)
- CITB: DAB trail results and DTT frequency planning studies

Iceland
- PTA: Broadcast transmitter maps

Israel
- IBA FM/AM frequency list
- Second R/TV authority TV transmitter list

Italy
- RAIWay: RTV transmitter lookup (Query only)

Japan
- Database contains broadcast technical parameters but not transmitter location info. Must use Google Translate!!
- MIC (Telecom): Frequency assignment plan (in Engrish!)
- MIC (Telecom): Frequency database (Japanese version of FCC ULS? in Japanese)
- NAB: Directory of broadcasters (Licensee along with call sign, ERP and Chan/Freq)

Kenya
- HTML table of license and assigned freq., seperate table of transmitter sites
- CCK: RTV licenses & broadcast transmitter list
- CCK: RTV transmitter list
- CCK: TV stations
- CCK: FM stations
- Kenya Broadcasting Corp. transmitter site specs

Latvia
- Files are in Adobe PDF format and in Latvian, still highly useable
- ECO: RTV licenses

Lebanon
- MPT: TV/FM broadcasters
- List of TV/FM boadcasters (recommended by MPT)

Lithuania
- HTML tablular data, not TX coord but coverage maps for each licensee
- CRA: TV Licenses and tech parameters (FM licenses are not available at this time)

Mauritius
- Station listing with chan/freq and ERP
- Mauritius Broadcasting Corp. AM/FM/TV transmitter sites

Mexico
- All files are in Adobe PDF format
- SCT: RTV licenses (technical info only, no transmitter location info)

Poland
- HTML/Excel format, license and frequency allocation only
- KRRiT: RTV licenses
- RadioPolska's list (click on links in Stacje sections, much much better than KRRiT data)

Spain
- No real useful data, althought some information can be gained from the analog channel assignment page
- MITC: MITC homepage (cuase it was so damn hard to find)
- MITC: DTV transition calendar
- MITC: Regional DTV transition channel plans
- MITC: Analog TV channel assignments by locale w/transmitter name (HTML tables, data circa 10/2003)
- MITC: List of municipale FM frequency allocations

Sri Lanka
- Freq to license mapping only, contained in file called "MASTER FREQUENCY REGISTER"
- TRC: Sri Lanka frequency plan

The Netherlands
- HTML table of Analog/Digital transmitter sites
- AT: TV transmitter lookup

The Philippines
- Mix of PDF/HTML data
- NTC: List of broadcast licenses among other data

Portugal
- Static HTML pages grouped by transmitter type and service area
- ANACOM: Radio licenses
- ANACOM: TV licenses

Serbia
- HTML table, no transmitter locations
- MoI: TV licenses, tech parameters and broadcast areas
- MoI: TV licenses, tech parameters and broadcast areas
- ~~TMC: RTV licenses/freq in Kosovo and surrounding regions~~ dead

Romania
- HTML tables w/Licensee to channel/freq mapping
- MCTI: TV licenses
- MCTI: FM licenses

Slovakia
- HTML tables and in Slovakian only
- RADA RTV: RTV licenses and frequency assignments (click on Frekvencne spektrum....)
- Unoffical but much better source of info! recommended!

Slovenia
- HTML tables of TV licenses (no chan assignment info) and FM licenses w/Freq assignments
- TV licensees
- FM licensees

Sweden
- HTML only
- Teracom: RTV licenses

Taiwan
- DGT: AM/FM license allocations