International Radio Serbia was observed back on shortwave at 1734-2200 gmt on Friday 10 November 2006, with reception on 6100 kHz varying from fair to worthless throughout the broadcast period.
The transmission started slightly later than nominal 1730 gmt, and continued with a language schedule differing substantially from the supposedly current one given on the Serbian page of their website at http://www.radioyu.org/ (click on the “KT Program” link on the left). Observations as follows:
1734-1745 Mandarin
1745-1800 Albanian
1800-1815 Arabic
1815-1830 Hungarian
1830-1845 Greek
1845-1900 Italian*
1900-1930 Russian*
1930-2000 English
2000-2030 Spanish
2030-2100 Serbian
2100-2130 German
2130-2200 French
* Languages had to be presumed by a process of elimination, due to extreme co-channel interference.
(Source: BBC Monitoring research, in English 1025 gmt 11 Nov 06/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
