Radio Netherlands Worldwide

Martyn,

I haven't worked for the WRTH since 1997, so I don't have access to current sales information. I think I saw somewhere that the print run is about 30,000. But I believe that was before Passport to World Band Radio ceased publication.

When I worked on the book, we were averaging about 50,000 copies a year. In our best year (the first Gulf War) we did two reprints and sold a a total of 68,000 copies. But of course that was before the Internet.

DXers are not the only audience for WRTH. In fact, many DXers don't buy the WRTH every year. A few don't buy it at all. The book sells well in the professional field, and this tends to be a more settled part of the market.

For updated schedules, I recommend getting the WRTH Bargraph Frequency Guide CD, but there are other sources that are updated continuously, such as the HFCC site which now makes all changes available to the public in real time. This accounts for about 80 percent of the international broadcasting hours on shortwave.