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=== Formerly used === * {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Radio Tirana]]: ''Këputa një gjethe dafine'' (transmission intro) and the trumpet version of ''With Pickaxe and Rifle''. {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"trombone" \key g \minor \time 2/4 \skip4 \skip8. d''16 d''4 d''8. es''16 d''4 c''8. a'16 bes'2 g'2}</score>|caption=Radio Tirana|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Radio Australia]]: Chimes version of ''[[Waltzing Matilda]]'' (chorus), [[Kookaburra]] call. News signature tune: ''[[Majestic Fanfare]]''. * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Radio Österreich International]]: Orchestral version of ''An der schönen blauen Donau'' ("[[Blue Danube Waltz]]") by Johann Strauss.<ref name="WRTH1983" /> {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"brass section" \key g \minor \time 3/4 bes d' f' <<{<bes d' f'>2.} {\skip2 <d'' f''>4}>> <<{<bes d' f'>2.} {<d'' f''>4 \skip4 <bes' d''>4}>> <<{<bes d' f'>2.} {<bes' d''>4} \skip2>> }</score>|caption=Radio Österreich International|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Ö1]]: Three notes signifying [[ORF (broadcaster)|O–R–F]] by [[Werner Pirchner]], played on [[viola]].<ref name="O1">{{Cite book |last=Treiber|first=Alfred|title=Ö1 gehört gehört : die kommentierte Erfolgsgeschichte eines Radiosenders |publisher=Böhlau |year=2007 |isbn=978-3-205-77495-2 |location=Vienna|page=218|language=de|oclc=127107294}}</ref> {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">\relative c'{\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"viola" c g' c}</score>|caption=Interval signal for Ö1|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[RTBF International]]: ''{{ill|Où peut-on être mieux qu’au sein de sa famille|fr}}''. * {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rádio Nacional]]: ''[[Luar do Sertão]]'' ("Hinterlands Moonlight"). * {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Radio Canada International]]: First four notes of ''[[O Canada]]'', played on piano or [[autoharp]]. {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">\relative c''{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"orchestral harp" \once \hide Score.MetronomeMark \tempo 2 = 120 \key g \major b2 d4. d8 g,2. \skip4}</score>|caption=Radio Canada International|align=center}} * {{flagicon|China}} [[Radio Peking]] (predecessor of [[China Radio International]]): Chimes version of 东方红 ("[[The East Is Red (song)|The East Is Red]]"). {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"celesta" \key c \major \time 4/4 g'2 g'4 a'4 d'1 c'2 c'4 a4 d'1}</score>|caption=Radio Peking|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation]]: ''Avkoritsa'' by [[Andreas Mappouras]], played on guitar * {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Radio Prague]] :* Trumpet version of ''Kupředu levá'' ("Forward, Left") by Jan Seidl {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"trumpet" a'8 r16 d''16 d''8 r8 e''8 d''4. b'8 r16 d''16 d''8 r8 e''8 d''4.}</score>|caption=Radio Prague|align=center}} :* ''[[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Adagio – Allegro molto from Symphony No. 9]]'' by [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]. * {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Yle#Radio|Yle Radio 1]]: ''Pim-pam-pulla'' by [[Armas Otto Väisänen|A. O. Väisänen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2008/07/04/radion-valiaikamerkki|title=Radion väliaikamerkki|website=yle.fi|date=4 July 2008 }}</ref> {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"celesta" \key f \major <c'' f' f>2 bes'4 a'4 g'2 <a' f'> c'' bes'4 a'4 g'2 r2 <a' f' f>1}</score>|caption=Radio Finland (Yle)|align=center}} * {{flagicon|France}} [[Radio France Internationale]]: Trumpet version of a popular song, ''{{ill|Nous n'irons plus au bois|fr}}''.<ref name="WRTH1983" /> {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"trumpet" \key f \major \time 2/4 \skip8 f'8 a'8 bes'8 c''4 d''4 c''8 bes'8 a'8 c''8 bes'4 a'8( g'8) f'8 \skip8 \skip4}</score>|caption=Radio France Internationale|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Allied-occupied Germany}} [[Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk]]: The 4th symphony by [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]]. {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\key g \major d''8 e'' fis''4 d'' gis'' fis'' \skip2.}</score>|caption=Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} {{ill|Reichssender Berlin|de|Funk-Stunde Berlin}}: Ending bars of ''[[Volk ans Gewehr]]'', played on glockenspiel. {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"glockenspiel" \key d \minor \time 4/4 f''2 a'4. d''8 c''1 a'2 <a' g'>4. a'8 <d'' a' f'>1}</score>|caption=Reichssender Berlin|align=center}} * {{flagu|East Germany}} :* [[Berliner Rundfunk]]: Motif from the opera ''[[Regina (Lortzing)|Regina]]'' by [[Albert Lortzing]], played by trumpets. :* [[Radio Berlin International]]: Beginning of ''[[Auferstanden aus Ruinen]]'' ("Risen from Ruins"), played on chimes. {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"electric piano 1" \key f \major \time 2/4 <a' f'>4 <a' f'> <g' c'> <f' bes> <bes' g'> <bes' g'> <a' f'> <g' c'>}</score>|caption=Radio Berlin International|align=center}} :* [[Radio DDR]]: First few bars of ''Wann wir schreiten Seit’ an Seit’''. :* [[National Alliance of Russian Solidarists|Radio NTS]] ::: [[File:Radio NTS 1972.ogg|thumb|center|Interval signal for [[National Alliance of Russian Solidarists#Propaganda|Radio NTS]]]] {{Clear}} :* {{ill|DFS 904|de|Deutscher Freiheitssender 904}}: "[[Ode to Joy]]" ::: [[File:Deutscher Freiheitssender 904.ogg|thumb|center|Interval signal for DFS 904]] {{Clear}} * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Deutschlandfunk]]: Celesta version of ''Dir, Land voll Lieb' und Leben'' from "[[Ich hab' mich ergeben]]" by [[Hans Ferdinand Maßmann]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kalter-krieg-im-radio.de/index.php?er=18#|title=kalter-krieg-im-radio.de|website=www.kalter-krieg-im-radio.de}}</ref> {{thumb|content=<score sound="1" override_midi="DLF Pausenzeichen.mid">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"celesta" \time 4/4 \skip2. d''4 <b'' g''>4 <b'' g''>4 <d''' b''>4 <b'' g''>4 <fis'' a''>4 r4 <d'' fis''>4 \skip4}</score>|caption=Deutschlandfunk|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Magyar Rádió|Radio Budapest]]: Excerpts from the suite ''1848'' by T.K. Polgar played on three trumpets and two cornets. {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"french horn" e''2-- a''8 e''8 d''8. fis''16 e''1-- e''4-_ e''8-. e''8-. a''8 e''8 d''8. fis''16 e''1}</score>|caption=Radio Budapest|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Kol Yisrael]]: Trumpet and drum version of ''[[Hatikvah]]''. {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"muted trumpet" d' <f' d''>4 <f' d''>4<f' d''>4 <<{a'2} {c''8 d''8 c''8 bes'8}>> <<{a'1} {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"timpani" \clef bass d,8 a,, d, a,, d,4}>>}</score>|caption=Kol Yisrael|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rai Italia Radio]]: Mechanically generated canary chirping. * {{flagicon|Monaco}} [[Trans World Radio]]: ''[[Hymne Monégasque]]'' {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"electric piano 1" \key f \major c'2 f'4. g'8 a'2 bes'4. a'8 g'2 a'4. g'8 f'2 c'4. r8 c''2 c''4. c''8 c''2. r8 f'8 g'4. a'8 bes'4. a'8 g'2 r2}</score>|caption=Trans World Radio|align=center}} * {{flagu|Netherlands}} :* [[Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organization)|NPO]]: First seven notes of ''[[Wilhelmus]]'', played on clarinet ([[NPO Radio 1|Radio 1]] and [[NPO Radio 5|Radio 5]]), synthesizer ([[NPO 3FM|Radio 3]]), [[spinet]] ([[NPO Radio 4|Radio 4]]) and flute ([[NPO Radio 2|Radio 2]]).<ref>[[:nl:Pauzeteken]]</ref>{{Better source needed|date=November 2015|reason=[[WP:CIRCULAR]]}} :* [[Radio Netherlands]]: Carillon version of the [[Eighty Years' War]] song ''[[Merck toch hoe sterck]]''. {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"tubular bells" \key g \major e'4 dis'8 e'8 fis'4 e'8 fis'8 g'4 fis'8 e'8 fis'4 \skip4}</score>|caption=Radio Netherlands|align=center}} * {{flagu|Norway}} :* [[NRK P1]]: Motif from ''Sigurd Jorsalfar'' by [[Edvard Grieg]].<ref>http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Articles/The_Interval_Signal.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> :* Radio Norway International ({{ill|Utenlandssendingen|no}} {{inlang|no}}, former international service of [[NRK]]): Symphony No. 1, Op. 26: Innover viddene. 1938, 51 by [[Eivind Groven]] {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"xylophone" \time 3/4 \skip2 \skip8 bes'8 bes'16 bes'16 d''16 f''16 es''16 d''16 es''8 ~ es''8 es''8 d''16 bes'8. c''16 as'8. bes'4 ~ bes'2 r8 bes'8 bes'16 bes'16 d''16 f''16 es''4. des''8 ces''8 bes'16 as'16 ges'4. ges'8 as'8 bes'16 des''16 ces''8 bes'4 as'8 ges'16 f'16 ges'16 f'16 es'16 f'16 ges'8 ~ ges'8 as'8 ges'16 f'16 ges'16 f'16 es'16 f'16 ges'8 ~ ges'8 f'8 es'8 des'8 es'2 bes2 \skip4}</score>|caption=Radio Norway International (NRK)|align=center}} * {{flagu|Poland}} :* [[Radio Katowice]]: Sound of a hammer striking an anvil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2QQ6FH-ORM|title=- YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> :* {{ill|Radio Olsztyn|pl|Polskie Radio Olsztyn}}: Excerpt from ''O Warmio moja miła'' by [[Feliks Nowowiejski]], played on barrel organ. :* [[Polish Radio External Service]]: Excerpt from ''Prząśniczka'' by [[Stanisław Moniuszko]], played on piano.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ztH0_2ueIYc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310092741/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztH0_2ueIYc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztH0_2ueIYc| title = RADIO INTERVAL SIGNALS - "Radio Polonia" | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> :* [[Radio Polonia]]: Piano version of [[Étude Op. 10, No. 12 (Chopin)|''Etude No. 12'' ("Revolutionary Etude")]] by Frédéric Chopin. {{thumb|content=<score sound="1"><<{\key c \minor \skip2 \skip8. <c'' c'''>16[ <d'' d'''>8. <es'' es'''>16] <es'' es'''>2 r8. <g'' es'' c'' g'>16[ <g'' es'' c'' g'>8.\< <g'' es'' c'' g'>16]\! <as'' es'' c'' as'>2\> <g'' es'' c'' g'>2\!} {\key c \minor \clef bass \skip2. es16\> d c g,\! c,\< g, c d es g c' d'\! es'\> d' c' g es d c g,\! c,\< g, c d\! es\> d c g,\! c,2}>></score>|caption=Radio Polonia|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Romania|1965}} [[Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company|Radio Bucharest 1]] and [[Radio Romania International|Radio Bucharest External Service]] (pre 1989): Fragment from ''Cantata anilor luminǎ'' by [[Anatol Vieru]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Voice of Russia]]: "Majestic" chorus from the "Great Gate of Kiev" portion of ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]'' by [[Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky|Mussorgsky]]. * {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[International Radio of Serbia|Radio Serbia]]: ''[[Bože pravde]]''. * {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Radio Slovakia International]]: ''Kto za pravdu horí''. * {{flagicon|Union of South Africa}} [[Radio RSA]] (former international service of [[Apartheid]]-era [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]]): [[Bokmakierie]] chirping and first bars of ''Ver in die Wereld, Kittie'', played on guitar.<ref name="WRTH1983">{{cite book|last=Frost|first=Jens Mathiesen|title=World Radio TV Handbook|location=New York|publisher=Billboard Publications|year=1983}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld7043.txt|title=DX Listening Digest 7-043}}</ref> {{thumb|content=<score sound="1">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"acoustic guitar (nylon)" \key c \major \time 2/4 g'8 g'16 g'16 g'8 f'8 e'8 g'4. d'8 f'4. e'8 g'4. g'8 g'16 g'16 g'8 f'8 e'8 g'4. d'8 f'8 e'8 d'8 c'4 r}</score>|caption=Radio RSA|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Radio Sweden]]: Chime version of ''Ut i vida världen'' ("Out in the Wide World"), composed by [[Ralph Lundsten]] and the opening notes of [[Carl Michael Bellman]]'s ''Storm och böljor tystna r'en''.<ref name="WRTH1983" /><ref>[http://www.andromeda.se/ Radio Sweden interval signal] Retrieved 2011-11-24.</ref> * {{flagu|Switzerland}} :* {{ill|Radio Beromünster|de}}: ''D' Zit isch do'', played on [[music box]]. :* [[Swiss Radio International]]: ''Lueget, vo Berg und Tal''. {{thumb|content=<score sound="Swiss Radio International.ogg" lang="lilypond">{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"accordion" \key a \major \time 3/8 cis''8. d''16 cis''8 b'8 e'8 cis''8 a'4 r8 e'8. fis'16 e'8 a'8 cis''8 e''8 b'4 r8}</score>|caption=Swiss Radio International|align=center}} * {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Voice of Turkey]]: [[Turkish makam]], played on piano. :: [[File:Voice of Turkey Interval Signal.ogg|thumb|center|300px|Interval signal of [[Voice of Turkey]] as heard in 2013]] {{Clear}} * {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Radio Moscow]] (former international service of the Soviet Union): :* ''Подмосковные вечера'' ("[[Moscow Nights]]"), played on [[vibraphone]]. :* ''Песня о Родине'' ("[[Wide Is My Motherland]]") {{thumb|content=<score sound="Wide Is My Motherland in 1941.ogg">{\key g \major \skip2. d'4. d'8 g'2. fis'4 e'4 fis'4 g'4 a'4 g'2 d'2 \skip2}</score>|caption=Radio Moscow|align=center}} * {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[BBC World Service]]: Trumpet version of ''[[Oranges and Lemons]]'', first four notes of ''Symphony No. 5'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], played on timpani; ''[[Lillibullero]]'' (signature tune, played on trumpet).<ref>[http://www.portabletubes.co.uk/sitefiles/lilibulero.wav BBC World Service (Europe) interval signal] Retrieved 2013-10-09.</ref> * {{flagicon|United States}} [[WYFR]]: First two bars of ''[[To God Be the Glory]]'' by [[William Howard Doane]] played by a brass band * {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Radio Yugoslavia]] (1980–1989): First bar of ''Druže Tito, ljubićice bjela'' anonymous [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisan]] song, in various orchestral renditions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vijesti.ba/clanak/147926/top-deset-pjesama-o-titu|title=Top deset pjesama o Titu|website=vijesti.ba}}</ref> :* {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Radio Yugoslavia, later [[International Radio of Serbia]] and Montenegro: ''Jugoslavijo'' by Nikola Hercigonja. Classical radio station [[WQXR-FM]] in New York City, during its ownership by [[The New York Times Company]], played different variations of a classical infused gong with the ID read at the same time as "The Classical Station of the New York Times, WQXR, New York (And WQXR.com 2000–2009) {{citation needed|reason=http://tophour.com/audio/New%20York%20City%20NY/fm0963_2006-08_wqxr-fm_sfybush.mp3|date=February 2018}}
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