 It was founded on 30 March 1930 as Rodno radio ("Native radio") by a group of intellectuals.Broadcasting began in June the same year.Off Air on 261 kHz Vakarel Transmitter on Longwave as from 2 jan 2015

BNR has two radio stations in Bulgarian, Horizont and Hristo Botev, as well as a world service called Radio Bulgaria broadcasting in 11 languages (Bulgarian, Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, Serbian, Greek, Albanian, Turkish and Arabic).