World Radio TV Handbook 2018: The Directory of Global Broadcasting

Another year - another WRTH. Same layout - same 674 pg, inc covers. The price dropped since I ordered it Wed - and it's only Fri - aggravating. It's now $36.71 + s/t (Prime). That beats the pre-available order price of $49.95! A few reviews of SDR & a new Wellbrook loop were interesting. Some of the data, of course, is already out of date - Example: Radio Australia will go off the air next month! Still a valuable resource - I started buying it in the eighth grade - still have that 1963 edition.

I have purchased the annual WRTH for almost 25 years and I still enjoy reading about changes in the radio and TV broadcast functions of the various countries I can hear from my location. I use mine for shortwave and it allows me to know the broadcast times and frequencies for the English-language transmissions that are beamed toward N. America. I dread the day the publishers decide to stop publishing these books - as happened with the wonderful "Passport to Worldband Radio" books.

This is the most up-to-date, considering it was printed in December, info you can find for most, if not all, of the radio & TV stations in the world, arranged by country. Updates are available during the year. It is a valuable asset to my listening to shortwave broadcasts. I bought my first one in 1962 - and have bought most of them since. It's sort of a tradition. I miss the 'Passport to World Band Radio', a great frequency vs date/time annual that ceased publication some time back. I guess I keep buying new WRTH's just to keep them going. I think it's a value at the ~$43 I paid for it. What price is too much for nostalgia? It's getting close!

A must have if you're a Short Wave Listener (SWL). Everything you want to know about a station in this book: frequency, times in GMT, language. antenna location, etc.As a SWL I'll be listening to a foreign station on a given frequency and if I want to know from where their broadcasts originate all I have to go is look up the frequency and the rest is hopefully great native music.

I'm sad that Passport to Worldband Radio is gone, but WRTH is still around. Although not as attractive as Passport and not as many radios, antennas and other product reviews it lists tons more radio frequencies. It covers shortwave, longwave, am, fm, tv and more. Excellent for serious dxers and novices. And for a few years WRTH has been including more radios for reviews and adding more feature articles. I hope WRTH never goes bye bye like Passport.

There's nothing else on the market like it. Well written, jam packed with information and data, plus very interesting as well. The sheer volume of documentation alone is more than enough reason to own it. Highly recommended.

As I usually say, "another year, another WRTH". It's as good or bad as ever, depending upon one's point of view. I'm getting old however and my eyesight isn't what it used to be, and it would be great if next year's edition had larger type. It's also about time that the U.S. was listed as having 120 V AC power, since that's been the standard for a number of years now. I would also like to see Internet ccTLDs (country code top level domains) shown in the listing for each individual country.

Any serious short wave listener needs this annual book. Along with the book, they publish mid year frequency guides, so be sure to get registered with their online site so you get the notices when they are available.

A "MUST HAVE" reference for any serious monitor of World Radio and Television. Gives a breath-taking picture of the extent of these communications. Very useful listing of broadcasting on the Short Wave in English giving frequencies, times, and beam directions.

Have had this book for many years, and have always found it useful.Am former R/O og later 3rd mate, 2nd mate and Chief Mate, and always been at sea, until my retirement.If you ar interested in shortwave, HF and MF stations, I can highly recommend it.

A good HF-LF-VHF reference however, some of the frequencies are out of date.

A mine of information. Last bought in 1999. Far fewer shortwave stations nowadays but not the books fault obviously.

Always a good reference book that I buy most every year. I got mine with almost a £15 discount, so it pays to shop around and compare prices.