Broadcasters by language
National TV and radio feeds for authentic immersion — trusted national news and radio you can grow into. · 141 entries from the shared resources table.
| Language | Resource | Type | Cost | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| afrikaans |
RSG (Radiosondergrense)
Afrikaans-language public radio station.
|
listening | free | — |
| albanian | Radio Tirana | listening | free | — |
| amharic |
BBC News Amharic
Amharic-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| amharic |
EBC Amharic (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation)
State broadcaster's Amharic-language news portal.
|
listening | free | — |
| arabic |
Al Jazeera Arabic
Major MSA news site with video for immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| arabic |
BBC Arabic
News immersion.
|
listening | free | 2026-08-02 |
| armenian |
Azatutyun (RFE/RL Armenian)
Armenian-language news radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| armenian |
Public Radio of Armenia
Armenian public radio streams and news.
|
listening | free | — |
| bengali |
BBC News Bangla
Bengali-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| bosnian | Radio Sarajevo | listening | free | — |
| bulgarian |
Bulgarian National Radio (BNR)
Public radio — use Bulgarian streams for listening practice.
|
listening | free | — |
| burmese |
BBC News Burmese
Burmese-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| burmese |
VOA Burmese
Burmese radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| cantonese |
RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Hong Kong public broadcaster; Cantonese news and radio archives.
|
listening | free | — |
| cantonese |
RTHK news
Hong Kong public broadcaster news — Cantonese/Chinese audio.
|
listening | free | — |
| catalan |
TV3 a la carta
Catalan public broadcaster.
|
listening | free | — |
| czech |
Czech Radio (ČRo)
Public radio portal for Czech listening.
|
listening | free | — |
| czech |
Radio Prague International
Public-radio news and culture; Czech editions support listening practice.
|
listening | free | — |
| czech |
ČT24 (Czech Television news)
Public broadcaster news portal for immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| danish |
DR Lyd (podcasts & radio)
Danish public-broadcaster audio catalog for immersive listening.
|
listening | free | — |
| danish |
DR Nyheder
Danish public news — video and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| dutch |
NPO / Dutch public media
Public broadcast immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| dutch |
NPO Luister / radio
Dutch public radio for immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| farsi |
BBC Persian
News immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| farsi |
VOA Persian
Persian radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| finnish |
Yle Areena
Finnish public media on-demand — filter for news and docs.
|
listening | free | — |
| french |
France 24
International news in French.
|
listening | free | — |
| french |
France Info
Clear French news video and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| french |
LyricsTraining French
Song-based listening practice.
|
listening | free | — |
| galician | CRTVG / Televisión de Galicia | listening | free | — |
| georgian |
Radio Free Europe Georgian
Georgian news radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| german |
LyricsTraining German
Fill-in-the-blank practice with German songs.
|
listening | free | — |
| greek |
ERT / Greek public media
Greek broadcast immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| greek |
ERT news
Greek public broadcaster news.
|
listening | free | — |
| gujarati |
BBC News Gujarati
Gujarati-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| haitian-creole |
Radio Kiskeya
Haitian Creole radio news and talk.
|
listening | free | — |
| haitian-creole |
VOA Kreyòl
Haitian Creole-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| hawaiian | ʻŌlelo TV / community media | listening | free | — |
| hindi |
All India Radio / News on Air
Indian public radio news — Hindi streams.
|
listening | free | — |
| hindi |
BBC Hindi
News immersion.
|
listening | free | 2026-08-02 |
| icelandic | Bylgjan radio | listening | free | — |
| icelandic |
RÚV (Icelandic public broadcaster)
Public broadcaster news, radio and TV streaming.
|
listening | free | — |
| indonesian |
VOA Indonesia
News immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| irish |
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
Irish-language public radio station, live and on demand.
|
listening | free | — |
| irish |
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta live
Live Irish-language radio stream.
|
listening | free | — |
| italian |
LyricsTraining Italian
Song-based listening practice.
|
listening | free | — |
| italian |
RAI News
Italian public news TV/radio portal.
|
listening | free | — |
| italian |
RAI Play
Italian public broadcasting.
|
listening | free | — |
| italian |
RAI Radio 3
Established RAI resource for Italian learners.
|
listening | free | — |
| italian |
Radio 24
Established Il Sole 24 Ore resource for Italian learners.
|
listening | free | — |
| kazakh |
Azattyq (RFE/RL Kazakh)
Kazakh news radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| kazakh |
Qazaqstan radio / TV portals
National broadcaster for Kazakh immersion media.
|
listening | free | — |
| khmer |
Radio Free Asia Khmer
Khmer news audio and reading.
|
listening | free | — |
| korean |
KBS News
Korean public broadcaster news.
|
listening | free | — |
| korean |
SBS News
SBS broadcast news — separate from the KBS News row.
|
listening | free | — |
| lao |
RFA Lao
Lao-language news and audio archive.
|
listening | free | — |
| lao |
VOA Lao
Lao radio and reading practice.
|
listening | free | — |
| latin |
Latinitium
Spoken/living Latin: audio stories, readings, comprehensible input.
|
listening | freemium | — |
| latvian | LSM (Latvian Public Media) | listening | free | — |
| luxembourgish | Radio 100,7 | listening | free | — |
| macedonian | Radio MOF / youth media | listening | free | — |
| malay |
Bernama Malay
Malaysian national news agency in Malay.
|
listening | free | — |
| malay |
RTM Berita (Malaysian public broadcaster news)
State broadcaster's Malay-language news portal.
|
listening | free | — |
| mandarin |
CCTV / CGTN Chinese
National media immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| mandarin |
CCTV News Chinese
Mainland Chinese news video portal.
|
listening | free | — |
| mandarin |
LyricsTraining Chinese
Search Chinese songs for fill-in listening practice.
|
listening | free | — |
| mandarin |
Radio Free Asia Mandarin
Mandarin news audio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| mandarin |
VOA Chinese
Mandarin news radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| maori | Radio Waatea | listening | free | — |
| marathi |
BBC News Marathi
Marathi-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| mongolian |
VOA Mongolian
Mongolian news service pages.
|
listening | free | — |
| navajo |
KTNN Navajo radio
Navajo-language radio station — live listening.
|
listening | free | — |
| nepali |
BBC News Nepali
Nepali-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| nepali | Radio Nepal | listening | free | — |
| norwegian |
NRK Nyheter
Norwegian public news — radio, TV, articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| ojibwe |
Ojibwe.net song & audio library
Ojibwe songs and audio for listening practice.
|
listening | free | 2026-08-01 |
| pashto | Radio Azadi | listening | free | — |
| polish |
Polskie Radio 24
Public radio news stream for intermediate Polish listening.
|
listening | free | — |
| polish |
TVP / Polish public media
Broadcast immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| polish |
TVP Info / public news
Polish public news video portal.
|
listening | free | — |
| portuguese |
BBC Portuguese
Portuguese-language BBC news.
|
listening | free | 2026-08-02 |
| punjabi |
BBC News Punjabi
Punjabi-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| quechua | Peruvian Quechua radio pointers | listening | free | — |
| romanian |
Radio Romania International
Public broadcaster with on-demand audio.
|
listening | free | — |
| romanian |
Radio România
Romanian public radio.
|
listening | free | — |
| russian |
BBC Russian
Russian BBC news articles and audio.
|
listening | free | 2026-08-02 |
| russian |
Current Time / Настоящее Время
Russian-language video news.
|
listening | free | — |
| russian |
RT / Russian media (choose carefully)
Use reputable broadcasters; prefer age-safe news orgs.
|
listening | free | — |
| samoan | Radio Polynesia / Pacific media | listening | free | — |
| scottish-gaelic | Radio nan Gàidheal | listening | free | — |
| serbian |
RTS (Radio Television of Serbia)
Public broadcaster news portal for immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| serbian |
Radio Free Europe Serbian
Serbian news radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| sinhala |
BBC News Sinhala
Sinhala-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| slovak |
RTVS Slovak public media
Slovak public broadcaster for immersion listening.
|
listening | free | — |
| slovak |
STVR (Slovak public broadcaster)
Public broadcaster news and radio.
|
listening | free | — |
| slovak |
TA3 news
Slovak news TV portal.
|
listening | free | — |
| slovenian | RTV Slovenija | listening | free | — |
| slovenian | Val 202 radio | listening | free | — |
| somali |
BBC News Somali
Somali-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| somali |
Radio Ergo
Somali-language humanitarian news radio from correspondents across Somalia.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
CNN en Español
News video and articles in Spanish.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
COPE Radio
National radio news and talk for immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
Cadena SER
Major Spanish talk radio — fast native pace.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
Duolingo Spanish Podcast
Bilingual storytelling podcast for intermediates.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
Los40 / music radio
Pop music radio for lighter listening stamina.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
LyricsTraining Spanish
Fill-gap listening via music videos.
|
listening | freemium | — |
| spanish |
RTVE Noticias
Spanish public broadcaster news.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
RTVE Play
Spanish national broadcaster — news, series, documentaries.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
Radio Ambulante
Long-form Latin American narrative journalism podcast.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
Radio Nacional de España
Live and on-demand radio for advanced immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
Spotify — Spanish learners playlists
Discovery for Spanish learner and native podcasts.
|
listening | freemium | 2026-08-02 |
| spanish |
Telemundo Noticias
US Spanish-language news — useful Latin American register.
|
listening | free | — |
| spanish |
Univision Noticias
Major US Hispanic news network.
|
listening | free | — |
| swahili |
BBC Swahili
News immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| swahili |
Deutsche Welle Swahili
Swahili news and learner-friendly multimedia.
|
listening | free | — |
| swahili |
VOA Swahili
Swahili radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| swedish |
SVT Nyheter
Swedish public TV news.
|
listening | free | — |
| swedish |
SVT Play
Swedish public television.
|
listening | free | — |
| tagalog |
DW Filipino / Tagalog
Tagalog/Filipino news multimedia.
|
listening | free | — |
| tagalog |
GMA News Online (Filipino/Tagalog news)
Filipino-language news site and video for immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| tamil |
BBC News Tamil
Tamil-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| tamil |
Puthiya Thalaimurai
Tamil news TV/portal.
|
listening | free | — |
| telugu |
BBC News Telugu
Telugu-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| telugu | TV9 Telugu | listening | free | — |
| thai |
BBC Thai
Thai BBC news.
|
listening | free | — |
| thai |
Thai PBS / public media
Public broadcast immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| turkish |
BBC Turkish
Turkish BBC news.
|
listening | free | — |
| turkish |
Deutsche Welle Turkish
Turkish news multimedia.
|
listening | free | — |
| turkish |
TRT World / TRT Haber
Turkish broadcast news.
|
listening | free | — |
| ukrainian |
Radio Free Europe Ukrainian
Ukrainian news radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| urdu |
BBC News Urdu
Urdu-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| urdu |
VOA Urdu
Urdu radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| uzbek |
BBC News Uzbek
Uzbek-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| uzbek |
Ozodlik (RFE/RL Uzbek)
Uzbek news radio and articles.
|
listening | free | — |
| uzbek |
VOA Uzbek
Uzbek news multimedia.
|
listening | free | — |
| vietnamese |
BBC Vietnamese
Vietnamese BBC news.
|
listening | free | — |
| vietnamese |
VOA Vietnamese
News immersion.
|
listening | free | — |
| welsh | Radio Cymru | listening | free | — |
| xhosa |
SABC Umhlobo Wenene FM & Xhosa news
SABC public broadcaster; Umhlobo Wenene FM carries Xhosa-language programming.
|
listening | free | — |
| yoruba |
BBC News Yoruba
Yoruba-language news service with audio/video.
|
listening | free | — |
| zulu |
SABC Ukhozi FM & Zulu news
SABC public broadcaster; Ukhozi FM carries Zulu-language programming.
|
listening | free | — |