For a sampling of what could be heard on the shortwaves during World War II, here is the program schedule of the BBC’s shortwave signal 75 years ago today. This schedule is from the June 30, 1943, issue of the Ottawa Citizen.

For more information about the shortwave bands during the war:

• WW2 Shortwave Broadcasting
• The Shortwave Broadcast Bands During WW2
• World War 2 Shortwave Listening
• American Shortwave Broadcasting, 1941
• KGEI, GE’s Shortwave Station