megahertz
This range of radio frequencies is commonly called shortwave, or high frequency. These signals can travel much farther than ordinary local AM or FM broadcasts.
Radio without the internet
A real signal.
Across real distance.
Shortwave radio sends sound far beyond a local tower, sometimes across oceans, using the upper atmosphere to carry the signal. No app, account, cellular plan, or internet connection is required to listen.
UCN's internet station stays 24/7. Shortwave airs only at the scheduled times below.
Current broadcast
Shortwave schedule.
Schedules use UTC, the international standard for broadcasting. Your approximate local time is shown automatically.
Scheduled
Uncommon Radio
Weekly Christian talk, testimony, music, and encouragement from UCN.
Next broadcast
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DaySaturday
BeginsAugust 1, 2026
Time19:30 UTC
Frequency15,770 kHz
StationWRMI
Target areaAfrica & Europe
Your time: Calculating…
Reception is not guaranteed in every location. Frequencies and schedules can change, so check this page before listening.
Shortwave in plain English
It is radio built to travel.
Most radio stays near the transmitter. Shortwave uses a different part of the radio spectrum and a remarkable natural path through the sky.
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A powerful station transmits the program.The broadcast begins from a shortwave facility with a large antenna system.
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The signal travels high into the sky.Layers of the ionosphere can bend the signal back toward Earth instead of letting it continue into space.
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It returns hundreds or thousands of miles away.A listener tunes the frequency on a shortwave receiver. No internet connection is involved.
Why it still matters
Shortwave reaches differently.
It does not replace the internet station. It gives UCN another path to listeners when ordinary digital paths are unavailable, unreliable, or simply out of reach.
Cross-border reach
One transmission can cover very large target regions and cross national borders without a chain of local stations.
No internet required
A receiver and antenna are enough. There is no account to create, app to install, or data plan to maintain.
Useful when networks fail
Battery-powered radios can continue receiving even when local internet or cellular service is interrupted.
Remote-area listening
Shortwave can reach rural and isolated places where broadband coverage is limited or unavailable.
Private and direct
Listening does not require a login, email address, subscription, or personal information.
A signal carrying hope
Prayer, testimony, conversation, and music can reach someone UCN may never be able to meet online.
For first-time listeners
How to hear the broadcast.
You do not need a large antenna or an expensive radio to begin. Start simple and experiment.
Use a shortwave receiver
Look for a radio marked SW, shortwave, or HF that covers the listed frequency.
Extend the antenna
Place the radio near a window, extend its antenna, and move away from noisy electronics.
Tune at the listed time
Enter the frequency and listen a few minutes before and after the scheduled start.
Shortwave · Beyond the internet
Sponsor a shortwave block.
Reach the people the internet can't. Shortwave carries prayer and programming into places with no reliable internet. These air on trusted third-party networks — WWCR and WRMI — so UCN selects the time slot and region for the strongest reach. Sold in 30-minute blocks — each block is a one-time show that airs once.
1 · Choose a network
Prices include our 40¢/min production markup — WWCR $2/min + 40¢ = $2.40/min, WRMI $1/min + 40¢ = $1.40/min. Each block is 30 minutes.
2 · How many 30-minute blocks?
= 30 minutes of airtime
3 · Your 30-second message
0 / 480 · about 30 seconds read aloud