An interval signal, or tuning signal, is a characteristic sound or musical phrase used in international broadcasting, numbers stations, and by some domestic broadcasters, played before commencement or during breaks in transmission, but most commonly between programs in different languages.
It serves several purposes:
- It helps a listener using a radio with an analog tuner to find the correct frequency.
- It informs other stations that the frequency is in use.
- It serves as a station identifier even if the language used in the subsequent broadcast is not one the listener understands.
The practice began in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s and was carried over into shortwave broadcasts. The use of interval signals has declined with the advent of digital tuning systems, but has not vanished. Interval signals were not required on commercial channels in the United States, where jingles were used as identification.
List of interval signals by station
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| Radio station | Playable sound |
|---|---|
| Abkhazian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company: | |
| Voice of Sharia: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/afg-z-voice_of_sharia_external_090600.mp3 |
| BFBS Akrotiri and Dhekelia: | |
| Ålands Radio och TV: | |
| Radio Algiers: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/alg-z-radio_algiers_c1996.mp3 |
| Radio Andorra: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/and-z-radio_andorra_311225.mp3 |
| Rádio Nacional de Angola: |
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| Radio Anguilla: | |
| ABS Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/atg-abs_161001.mp3 |
| Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior: First eight notes of "Mi Buenos Aires querido" by Carlos Gardel, followed by people saying the station's name in eight languages. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Yerevan: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/arm-radio_yerevan_300707.mp3 |
| TeleAruba Audio: | |
| Radio Ascension: | |
| Radio Baku: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/aze-z-radio_baku_th_1075.mp3 |
| Radio Bahamas: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/bah-bcb_radio_bahamas_090518.mp3 |
| Radio Bahrain: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/bhr-radio_bahrain_english_service_150102.mp3 |
| Bangladesh Betar: A tune composed by Samar Das. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| CBC The One 98.1: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/brb-cbc_theone98p1_171011.mp3 |
| Radio Belarus: "Motherland, my dear" (Belarusian: be:Радзіма мая дарагая, Russian: Родина моя дорогая) by Vladimir Olovnikov and Ales Bachyla. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Belize: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/blz-z-radio_belize_fdxa_c1980.mp3 |
| Radio Benin: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/ben-ortb_radio_benin_121205.mp3 |
| Bermuda Broadcasting Company: | |
| Bhutan Broadcasting Service: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/btn-bbs_dzongkha_250208.mp3 |
| Radio Illimani: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/bol-radio_illimani_220804.mp3 |
| Radio Bonaire: | |
| BH Radio 1: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/bih-rtvfbih_bhradio1_201108.mp3 |
| Radio Botswana: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/bot-z-radio_botswana_241199.mp3 |
| Rádio Nacional: |
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| Rádio MEC: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| AFN Diego Garcia: | |
| Radio Brunei: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/bru-z-radio_brunei_c1964.mp3 |
| Radio Bulgaria: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Burkina: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Burundi: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/bdi-radio_burundi1_110809.mp3 |
| National Radio of Cambodia: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/cbg-nrc_national_041211.mp3 |
| CRTV: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/cme-crtv_national_station_071105.mp3 |
| Rádio Nacional de Cabo Verde: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Cayman: | |
| Radio Centrafrique: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/caf-radio_centrafrique_c1995.mp3 |
| Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/tcd-rnt_201111.mp3 |
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China National Radio and China Radio International: Chime version of March of the Volunteers (义勇军进行曲). |
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| / CRI Indonesian Radio (and Radio Peking, predecessor of China Radio International): 东方红 ("The East Is Red"). | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| / Voice of the Strait News Radio: Bell version of "Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention" (三大纪律八项注意). | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Christmas Island: | |
| VK9X: | |
| La Voz de la Resistencia: | 01. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/clm-voz_de_la_resistencia_ow_0102.mp3
02. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/clm-voz_de_la_resistencia_eb_ow_0102.mp3 03. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/clm-voz_de_la_resistencia_wf_ow_0102.mp3 |
| Radio Comoros: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/com-radio_comoro_091207.mp3 |
| Cook Islands Radio: | |
| Adventist World Radio (AWR): | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/ctr-z-awr_c1995.mp3 |
| Croatian Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/hrv-z-croatian_radio_sw_c1999.mp3 |
| Radio Habana Cuba: Refrain of "March of the 26th of July" (es:La Marcha del 26 de Julio) by Agustín Díaz Cartaya. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Hoyer: | |
| Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation: | |
| DR P1: "Drømte mig en drøm i nat", played on metallophone. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Djibouti: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/dji-rd1_031207.mp3 |
| DBS Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/dma-dbs_151113.mp3 |
| Radio Santo Domingo: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/dom-certv_rsd_181012.mp3 |
| Radio Nacional de El Salvador: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/slv-radio_nacional_280613.mp3 |
| Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file.
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| Voice of the Broad Masses: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/eri-vobme1_121203.mp3 |
| Radio Tallinn: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/est-z-radio_tallinn_c1985.mp3 |
| Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service (Swazi Service): | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/swz-ebis-1_071122.mp3 |
| Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service (English Service): | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/swz-ebis2_201123.mp3 |
| Radio Ethiopia: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Falkland Islands Radio Service: | |
| Kringvarp Føroya: | |
| Fiji Broadcasting Commission (FBC): | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/fji-z-fbc_c1965.mp3 |
| Radio France Internationale: Electronic-disco, culminating in the last 8 measures of "La Marseillaise". | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Guyane La 1ère: | |
| Polynésie La 1ère: | |
| Radio Gabon: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/gab-radio_gabon_010424.mp3 |
| GRTS: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/gmb-grts_240311_040711.mp3 |
| Georgian Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/geo-z-georgian_radio.mp3 |
| Deutsche Welle: "Es sucht der Bruder seine Brüder" from Fidelio (Act2 No.16 Finale. Heil sei dem Tag!) by Ludwig van Beethoven. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Uniiq FM: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/gha-gbc_uniiqfm_290212.mp3 |
| Radio Gibraltar: | |
| Voice of Greece: "The Little Shepherd" (el:Ο Τσομπανάκος), played on floghera. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa: | |
| K105: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/grd-gbn_k105_271114.mp3 |
| Guadeloupe La 1ère: | |
| KPRG: | |
| W Radio (La Voz de Guatemala): | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/gtm-wradio_140214.mp3 |
| BBC Radio Guernsey: | |
| Radio Guinea: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/gui-radio_guinea_260518.mp3 |
| Radiodifusão Nacional da Guiné-Bissau: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Voice of Guyana: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/guy-ncn_vo_guyana_250417.mp3 |
| 4VEH: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/hti-radio_4veh_010605.mp3 |
| Radio Nacional de Honduras: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/hnd-radio_nacional_140214.mp3 |
| Radio Hong Kong: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Rikisutvarpid: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/isl-z-rikisutvarpid_rvd_c1965.mp3 |
| All India Radio: A tune composed by Walter Kaufmann or Thakur Balwant Singh, used since 1936. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| AIR Goa: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
Indonesia
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Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. RRI Regional: "Love Ambon" by George de Fretes Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. RRI Voice of Indonesia: "Feeling of Love" (Rasa Sayang). |
| IRIB World Service (VIRI: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran): | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/irn-viriws_cheshmazar_is_181123.mp3 |
| RTÉ Radio 1: 2nd segment of "O'Donnell Forever" (O'Donnell Abú). | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Manx Radio: | |
| Radio Cote d'Ivoire: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/cti-rci_110404.mp3 |
| RJR 94FM: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/jmc-rjr_94_fm_301100.mp3 |
| NHK Radio Japan: "KazoeUta (Hitotsu to ya)" (数え歌, counting-out game). | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Nikkei: Kan Ishii | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| BBC Radio Jersey: | |
| Radio Jordan: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/jor-z-rj_english_c1999.mp3 |
| Kazakh Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/kaz-z-kazakh_radio.mp3 |
| KBC: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/ken-z-kbc_national_300504.mp3 |
| Radio Kiribati: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/kir-z-radio_kiribati_121105.mp3 |
|
Voice of Korea: Melody of "Song of General Kim Il-sung" (김일성장군의 노래). |
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Pyongyang FM: Melody of "Song of General Kim Jong-il" (김정일장군의 노래). Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| KBS World Radio: "Dawn" (여명); Korean kids song "Moon, moon, bright moon" (달아 달아 밝은달아) | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Kosova: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/ksv-z-rtk_kosova1_170600.mp3 |
| Radio Kuwait: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/kwt-z-radio_kuwait_cm.mp3 |
| Kyrgyz Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/kgz-z-kirghiz_radio_c1982.mp3 |
| Lao National Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/lao-z-lnr_external_280308.mp3 |
| Radio Lebanon: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/lbn-z-radio_lebanon.mp3 |
| Radio Lesotho: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/lso-rl_main_290912.mp3 |
| ELBC: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/lbr-lbs_elbc_111013.mp3 |
| Radio Liechtenstein: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/lie-z-radio_liechtenstein_050924.mp3 |
| RTL Radio: last segment of "lb:De Feierwon" by Michel Lentz, played on chimes. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Macau: |
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| Macedonian Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mkd-mr1_150425.mp3 |
| Radio Madagascar (mg:Radio Madagasikara): | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| MBC Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mwi-z-mbc_domestic_c1976.mp3 |
| Voice of Maldives: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mld-psm_vom_dhivehi_raajjeyge_adu_281016.mp3 |
| ORTM: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mli-ortm_national_network_201101.mp3 |
| V7AB: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mhl-radio_marshalls_031015.mp3 |
| La 1ère Martinique: | |
| Radio Mauritania: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Mayotte La 1ère: | |
| Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mau-z-mbc_c1978.mp3 |
| XEW: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| V6AH: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/fsm-v6ah_voice_of_pohnpei_141105.mp3 |
| Moldavian Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mda-radio_moldova_171214.mp3 |
| Voice of Mongolia: "Motherland" (Эх орон) by Luvsanjambyn Mördorj. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Crne Gore: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mne-radio_montenegro_300507.mp3 |
| Radio Montserrat: | |
| SNRT: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mrc-snrt_national_250511.mp3 |
| Rádio Moçambique: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Myanmar Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/brm-mr_national_burmese_200125.mp3 |
| NBC (National Radio): | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/nmb-nbc_national_091209.mp3 |
| Radio Naoero: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/nru-radio_naoero_140826.mp3 |
| Radio Nepal: A tune composed by Ustad Govinda Lal Nepali. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| NC La 1ère: | |
| Radio New Zealand International: The call of a New Zealand bellbird | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Nicaragua: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/ncg-radio_nicaragua_010903.mp3 |
| ORTN: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Nigeria: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/nig-radio_nigeria_abuja_180805.mp3 |
| Radio Niue: | |
| Radio Norfolk: | |
| KCNM: | |
| Radio Sultanate of Oman: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/oma-z-rso_arabic_c1996.mp3 |
| South Ossetian Radio: | |
| Radio Pakistan: A tune composed by Khwaja Khursheed Anwar. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| T8WH: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/plw-hope_radio_t8wh_070524.mp3 |
| Voice of Palestine: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/wbg-vo_palestine_english_050907.mp3 |
| SERT (Nacional FM): | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/pnr-sert_nacionalfm_060411.mp3 |
| NBC (Karai National Radio): | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/png-nbc_karai_260905.mp3 |
| Radio Nacional del Paraguay: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/prg-z-rn_c1976.mp3 |
| Radio Nacional del Peru: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/pru-z-irtp_nacional_220902.mp3 |
| Pitcairn Island Radio: | |
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Far East Broadcasting Company: 2nd segment of "We Have Heard the Joyful Sound (Jesus Saves)". |
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Radio Veritas Asia: "O via, vita, veritas". Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| RTP Antena 1, Antena 1 Açores, Antena 1 Madeira, RTP África, and RTP Mundo: |
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| WIPR Radio: | |
| : Qatar Radio | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Réunion La 1ère: | |
| Radio Romania International: The first nine notes of “Pui de lei", lyrics by Ioan S. Nenițescu and song by Ionel G. Brătianu | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Mayak: Vibraphone version of Moscow Nights. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Radio Sakha: Excerpt from a Yakut folk song. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| : Radio Rwanda | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| : Radio Saba | |
| : Radio St. Barth | |
| : PJC-4 | |
| : Radio St. Helena | |
| : Radio Nacional de la RASD: Five final notes of a 1960s Polisarian revolutionary anti-colonial and anti-imperialist song | |
| : ZIZ Radio | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/scn-ziz_radio_220912.mp3 |
| : Radio St. Lucia | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/lca-z-rsl_260703.mp3 |
| : PJB3 | |
| : Saint-Martin La 1ère | |
| : SPM La 1ère | |
| : NBC Radio | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/vct-nbc_051012.mp3 |
| : KVZK | |
| : National Radio 2AP | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/smo-radio2ap_011120.mp3 |
| : Radio San Marino | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/smr-rsm_270307.mp3 |
| Rádio Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| : Radio Saudi International | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Senegal Chaine Nationale: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/sen-z-radio_senegal_chaine_nationale_fdxa_c1976.mp3 |
| FEBA Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/sey-z-feba_c1968.mp3 |
| Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/srl-z-slbs_280800.mp3 |
| Radio Slovenia: Electronically generated cuckoo chirping. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| : Solomons Radio | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/slm-z-sibs_fdxa_c1976.mp3 |
| : Radio Mogadishu | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/som-radio_mogadishu_votrs_040912.mp3 |
| : Radio Hargeysa | |
| : BFBS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |
| : South Sudan Radio | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/ssd-south_sudan_radio_020114.mp3 |
| : SLBC National Service (Sinhala Service) | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/cln-slbc_national_sinhala_160901.mp3 |
| : SLBC National Service (Tamil Service) | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/cln-slbc_national_tamil_160901.mp3 |
| : Sudan Radio | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/sdn-omdurman_domestic_011206.mp3 |
| : Radio Suriname International | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/sur-z-radio_suriname_international_sdp_c1989.mp3 |
| : NRK Svalbard | |
| : Radio Damascus | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Voice of Free China (current Radio Taiwan International): | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Tajik Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/tjk-z-tajik_radio_c1978.mp3 |
| TBC FM: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/tza-tbcfm_280614.mp3 |
| Radio Timor Leste: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Lomé: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/tgo-radio_lome_270405.mp3 |
| Radio Tokelau: | |
| Radio Tonga: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/ton-tbc_radio_tonga_a3z_060312.mp3 |
| Radio PMR: | |
| Caribbean New Media Group: | 01. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/trd-cnmg_nextfm_010515.mp3
02. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/trd-cnmg_sweetfm_010515.mp3 03. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/trd-cnmg_talkcity_010515.mp3 |
| ZFB-2: | |
| Radio Tunis Chaîne Internationale: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/tun-z-rt_international_281000.mp3 |
| Turkmen Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/tkm-z-tr1_c1978.mp3 |
| Radio Turks and Caicos: | |
| Radio Tuvalu: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/tuv-radio_tuvalu_271107.mp3 |
| : Radio Abu Dhabi | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/uae-z-uae_radio_abu_dhabi_english.mp3 |
| : Radio Dubai | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/uae-z-uae_radio_dubai_english.mp3 |
| : Radio Uganda | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Ukraine International: "The Wide Dniepr Roars and Moans" (Реве та стогне Дніпр широкий). | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
BBC World Service:
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| Trans World Radio (TWR) | |
| // Trans World Radio: Hymne Monégasque (Monaco anthem) | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| / TWR Europe: Amazing Grace | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| / TWR Albania: last segment of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| / TWR Guam: first part of "We've a story to tell to the nations" | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| / TWR Africa: last part of "We've a story to tell to the nations" | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| / TWR Bonaire: last part of Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus by George James Webb, in various renditions | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Voice of America: Brass band version of "Yankee Doodle". | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), Middle Eastern and North African service of "Voice of America" (VOA): Middle Eastern and North African traditional musical version of "Yankee Doodle". | |
| Radio Free Asia (RFA), Far Eastern service of "Voice of America" (VOA): Far Eastern traditional musical version of "Yankee Doodle". | |
| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL), Central and Eastern European service of "Voice of America" (VOA): Central and Eastern European traditional musical version of "Yankee Doodle". | |
| Radio y Televisión Martí (RTM), Latin American service of "Voice of America" (VOA): Latin American traditional musical version of "Yankee Doodle". | |
| WEWN, later EWTN Global Radio: "Salve Regina" (in simple tone) by Henri Dumont | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| SODRE: | 01. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/urg-z-sodre_uruguay_091106.mp3
02. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/urg-z-sodre_babelfm_091106.mp3 03. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/urg-z-sodre_clasica_091106.mp3 04. https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/urg-z-sodre_emisora_del_sur_091106.mp3 |
| Uzbek Radio: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/uzb-z-uzbek_radio1_c1996.mp3 |
| Radio Vanuatu: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/vut-vbtc_radio_vanuatu_060726.mp3 |
| Vatican Radio: "Christus Vincit" by fr:Aloys Kunc. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Nacional de Venezuela's Canal Internacional: Beginning of "Alma Llanera" by Pedro Elías Gutiérrez and Rafael Bolívar Coronado. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Đài tiếng nói Việt Nam (VOV): latter half of "vi:Diệt phát xít" | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| ZBVI 780 AM: | |
| WTJX Public Radio: | |
| Wallis et Futuna La 1ère: | |
| Radio Yemen: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/yem-royr1_sana_english_c1999.mp3
https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/yem-royr2_aden_english_190804.mp3 |
| Radio Zambia: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/zmb-z-radio_zambia_xs_c1978.mp3 |
| Radio Zimbabwe: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/zwe-zbc_radio_zimbabwe_300102.mp3 |
Formerly used
| Radio station | Playable sound |
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| Radio Tirana
Këputa një gjethe dafine (transmission intro); the trumpet version of With Pickaxe and Rifle. |
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| Radio Australia
Chorus segment of Waltzing Matilda; Kookaburra call; News signature tune: Majestic Fanfare. |
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| Radio Österreich International
An der schönen blauen Donau ("Blue Danube Waltz") by Johann Strauss. |
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| Ö1
Three notes signifying O–R–F by Werner Pirchner, played on viola. |
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| ORF | 1st Program: Schubert, Rosamunde, Ballet Music 2
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. 3rd Program: Haydn, Surprise Symphony Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| RTBF International: | Où peut-on être mieux qu’au sein de sa famille ?
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Benoit, Beiaardlied Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Rádio Nacional | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Canada International | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Nacional de Chile | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/chl-z-radio_nacional_1983.mp3 |
| La Voix de la Revolution | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/cog-z-la_voix_de_la_revolution_congolaise.mp3 |
| Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Prague | Smetana, Má vlast, 1. Vyšehrad
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Last segment of Kupředu levá ("Forward, Left") by cs:Jan Seidl Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Adagio – Allegro molto from Symphony No. 9 by Dvořák. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Denmark: Nielsen, Moderen, Scene7 No.22 Som en rejselysten flåde | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| HCJB: using a motif from Great Is Thy Faithfulness | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. HCJB Japanese program: "Sakura Sakura" (さくらさくら, cherry blossoms) Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Cairo: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/egy-z-radio_cairo_c1973.mp3 |
| Yle Radio 1: Pim-pam-pulla, a tune from the 1700s proposed by A. O. Väisänen for 5-string kantele. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio France Internationale: a popular song, Nous n'irons plus au bois. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk: The 4th symphony by Brahms. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Reichssender Berlin: Ending bars of Volk ans Gewehr, played on celesta. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
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Berliner Rundfunk: Motif from the opera Regina, Act3 Finale by Albert Lortzing, played by horns. |
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Radio Berlin International: Beginning of Auferstanden aus Ruinen ("Risen from Ruins"), played on chimes. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Radio DDR: Refrain of de:Wann wir schreiten Seit’ an Seit’ Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Radio NTS: Tchaikovsky, Symphony #5, Mvt.4 Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. DFS 904: "Ode to Joy" Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Germany | Deutschlandfunk: Ending bars of "Ich hab' mich ergeben" by August Daniel von Binzer.
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. RIAS Berlin: Franz Wallner-Basté Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Deutschlandsender: Mozart, The Magic Flute (Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen) / Schubart, Üb’ immer Treu und Redlichkeit Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| ORAG Königsberg | |
| Friedrich Dewischeit, de:Masurenlied (Wild flutet der See) | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Wo des Haffes Wellen trecken an den Strand Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. NORAG Hamburg: Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer, Act 3, Steuermann, lass die Wacht (Sailors' Chorus) Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. (Dominant major ninth chord) Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. WDR Köln: Beethoven, Bundeslied (In allen guten Stunden) Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Deutsche Stunde in Bayern München: Wagner, Parsifal, Parsifal bell Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. BR München: Wiesberg, de:Solang der alte Peter Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Schlesische Funkstunde Breslau: Hohenfriedberger Marsch Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Sender Freies Berlin: Es-F-B Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Radio Saarbrücken: Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. SR Saarbrücken: de:Steigerlied (2nd line: Und er hat sein helles Licht bei der Nacht) Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. SWF Baden-Baden: Mozart, The Magic Flute (Act 2: No.21, Finale: Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden) Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. SDR Stuttgart: Silcher, Jetzt gang i ans Brünnele Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Radio Bremen: Bach, Mass in B minor, Et in terra pax Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Budapest I:
Excerpts from the suite 1848 by T.K. Polgar played on three trumpets and two cornets. |
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| Radio Baghdad: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/irq-z-radio_baghdad_c1978.mp3 |
| Kol Yisrael: latter half of Hatikvah played on trumpets and timpani. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Rai Italia Radio: Mechanically generated canary chirping. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Riga: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| LJBC: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file.
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| Radio Vilnius: | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. latter half of Anthem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Voice of Malaysia: Dondang Sayang | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Voice of the Mediterranean: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mlt-z-vom.mp3 |
| Radio Monte Carlo (French Service) | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mco-rmc_french_160601.mp3 |
| Radio Monte Carlo (Italian Service) | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/mco-rmc_italian_160601.mp3 |
| NPO
First eight notes of Wilhelmus, played on:
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Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Radio Netherlands: Carillon version of the Eighty Years' War song Merck toch hoe sterck. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
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Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Kjenningssignalet: beginning bars of Symphony No.1 "Innover viddene" by Eivind Groven Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
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Radio Katowice: Sound of a hammer striking an anvil. Radio Olsztyn: Excerpt from pl:O Warmio moja miła by Feliks Nowowiejski, played on barrel organ. |
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Polish Radio External Service: Excerpt from Prząśniczka by Stanisław Moniuszko Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Etude No. 12 ("Revolutionary Etude") by Chopin Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Military Polonaise by Chopin Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Bucharest 1 and Radio Bucharest External Service (pre 1989): Fragment from Cantata anilor luminǎ by Anatol Vieru | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Voice of Russia: "Great Gate of Kiev" portion of Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Serbia: Bože pravde, in various renditions. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Singapore: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/sng-z-radio_singapore_c1983.mp3 |
| Radio Slovakia International: sk:Kto za pravdu horí | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio RSA (former international service of Apartheid-era South African Broadcasting Corporation): Bokmakierie chirping and first bars of Ver in die Wereld, Kittie, played on guitar. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Exterior de España: "Generala" (1761,1769) by es:Manuel de Espinosa de los Monteros | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Sweden:
Ut i vida världen ("Out in the Wide World"), composed by Ralph Lundsten |
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. The opening notes of Carl Michael Bellman's Storm och böljor tystna r'en. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
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Radio Beromünster: D' Zit isch do, played on music box. |
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Swiss Radio International: de:Lueget, vo Bärgen und Tal. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Red Cross Broadcasting Service: Purcell, The Indian Queen, Trumpet Tune Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Thailand - World Service: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/tha-z-radio_thailand_1974.mp3 |
| Voice of Turkey: Turkish makam, played on piano. | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Moscow (former international service of the Soviet Union) |
Подмосковные вечера ("Moscow Nights") performed by "Georgy Garanian and Melodia" Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Песня о Родине ("Wide Is My Motherland") Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| BBC World Service: Trumpet version of Oranges and Lemons; first four notes of Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven, played on timpani; Lillibullero (signature tune). | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| World Christian Broadcasting (Alaska KNLS, Madagascar Madagascar World Voice (MWV)) | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. An unnamed tune by Jeff Brock Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| WYFR: First bars of To God Be the Glory by William Howard Doane | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Yugoslavia (1980–1989) | Druže Tito, ljubićice bjela anonymous Partisan song, in various orchestral renditions. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| Radio Yugoslavia, later International Radio of Serbia and Montenegro: 2nd verse of Svečana Pesma (sr:Свечана песма) by sh:Nikola Hercigonja | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
| La Voix du Zaire: | https://www.intervalsignals.net/sounds/cod-z-lv_du_zaire_mb_1980.mp3 |
| Classical radio station WQXR-FM in New York City, during its ownership by The New York Times Company, played different variations of a classical infused gong with the ID read at the same time as "The Classical Station of the New York Times, WQXR, New York (And WQXR.com 2000–2009) | Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file. |
Numbers station interval signals
Numbers stations are often named after their interval signals, such as The Lincolnshire Poacher or Magnetic Fields after "Magnetic Fields Part 1" by Jean-Michel Jarre.
