When coast radio stations along the Atlantic coast of Europe broadcast weather forecasts, gale warnings and maritime safety information on medium frequency (MF), on the timelines of your cities and in your own time zone.
The calendar follows the coast from the North Sea to the Canaries. The Netherlands Coastguard and Oostende Radio in Belgium cover the southern North Sea and the Dover Strait in English; CROSS Corsen on Ouessant covers the western Channel and Brittany in French; Coruña Radio, with transmitters along the Galician and Cantabrian coast, covers the Bay of Biscay and the waters off northern Spain; Las Palmas and Arrecife cover the Canary Islands. Each broadcast is a short block of ten to fifteen minutes: forecasts for coastal and offshore waters, gale warnings and navigational warnings.
Times are published in UTC, while the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Spain change their clocks twice a year — and the Canaries run an hour behind mainland Spain. This calendar follows the EiBi schedule and places each broadcast at its local time in each of your cities, whether you are planning a crossing from home or listening aboard.
Select a broadcast to see its frequencies, the transmitter and the language, with a link to listen on an online SDR receiver.
CROSS Corsen, on Ouessant at the western tip of Brittany, broadcasts in French on 1650 and 2677 kHz ten times a day, in the early morning and through the evening (UTC). The timeline shows each slot at your local time.
Oostende Radio (OSU) broadcasts in English and Dutch on 2761 kHz; the Netherlands Coastguard broadcasts in English on 3673 kHz, every four hours or so.
Coruña Radio covers Galicia and the Bay of Biscay from several Spanish coast stations on 1677 to 1764 kHz, in Spanish with some bulletins also in English, every few hours through the day.
Yes: Las Palmas Radio and Arrecife Radio broadcast weather in Spanish (and occasionally English) on 1644 and 1689 kHz for the waters around the Canaries.
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