All time references are in UTC, frequencies in kHz (kilohertz) // indicates a parallel frequency. Broadcast are daily unless otherwise indicated.
Country/Station
Language
Hrs/freq/info
Clandestine, Ictimai/VO Talyshistan
Azeri
1600-1700 11761as (new entry)
Clandestine, R Free Sarawak
Iban
1100-1130 mtwhfa 15425as (ex 1100-1145 15410as)
1130-1200 mtwhfa 15425as (ex 1145-1200 15420as)
1200-1230 mtwhfa 15425as (ex 15420as)
Clandestine, Hamada R Intl
Hausa
0530-0600 mtwhf 7350as (broadcast cancelled)
Clandestine, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze
Chinese/Korean
1330-1400 t 6020as (6135as)
1400-1430 t 6020as (6135as) (new entry)
English
1330-1400 h 6020as (6135as)
1400-1430 h 6020as (6135as)
1600-1700 h 6165as (ex 6090as)
Japanese
1330-1400 mw 6020as (ex 6135as)
1400-1430 mw 6020as (ex 6135as)
Korean
1330-1400 f 6020as (ex 6135as)
Korean/Japanese
1330-1400 Sat/Sun 6020as (new entry)
1400-1430 Sat/Sun 6020as (new entry)
Clandestine, VO Martyrs (Freedom)
Korean
1600-1700 7515as (ex 7505as)
1700-1730 7515as (ex 7505as)
France, R France Intl
Chinese
0930-1000 7325as 11875as (broadcast cancelled)
1100-1200 9955as (new entry)
1200-1300 9955as (new entry)
2300-0000 9660as (additional freq) // 9955as (deleted)
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Dari
1330-1400 15595as (cancelled)
Pashto
1400-1427 15595as (cancelled)
Laos, Lao National R
(new entrys to database)
Khmer
1530-1600 6130as
Thai
1330-1400 6130as
Vietnamese
1500-1530 6130as
Sweden, IBRA Radio
Bengali
0000-0030 9390as (ex 5905as)
Swahili
1730-1800 11785af (effective 01 July)
UK, BBC World Service
English
0100-0200 11600as (transmission/freq suspended to Thailand)
0200-0300 11600as (transmission/freq suspended to Thailand)
0300-0400 7370as (transmission/freq suspended to Thailand)
0400-0500 7370as (transmisison/freq suspended to Thailand)
0500-0800 11700as (transmission/freq suspended to Thailand)
Farsi
0230-0300 7325as (ex 7250as)
0300-0315 7324as (ex 7250as)
0330-0400 9780as (9425as)
0400-0430 9780as (9425as)
Tamil
1545-1600 9900as (9500as)
1600-1615 9900as (9500as)
Sinhala
1630-1700 9900as (9500as)
Urdu
1500-1600 11910 (11730as)
UK, FEBA Radio
English
1330-1345 m 9720as (new entry)
Kannada
1330-1345 Sun 9720as
Kuvi
1330-1345 Sat 9720as (new entry)
Malayalam
1345-1400 thfa 9720as (new entry)
Tamil
1330-1345 w 9720as (new entry)
1345-1400 mwa 9720as (new entry)
Telugu
1330-1345 thf 9720as (new entry)
USA, Radio Free Asia - Revised A14 Schedule
Transmitters via: Germany, Kuwait, Lithuania, Mariana Islands-Saipan & Tinian,
Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates.
(this schedule is likely to be revised, and I will post an updated version when available/GVH)
Burmese (4 hours daily)
0030-0130 9940IRA 12115KWT 15700TIN
1230-1330 7390IRA 9335TIN 13870TIN
1330-1400 7390TIN 9335TIN 12140SAI
1400-1430 7390TIN 9335TIN
1630-1730 9940IRA
Cantonese (2 hours daily)
all via Tinian Isl, variable change every week.
1400-1500 13585Sa 13595Su 13635Mo/We/Fr 13700Tu/Th
2200-2300 15260Mo 15270Tu 15280We 15290Th 15300Fr
15380Sa 15390Su
Khmer (2 hours daily)
1230-1330 12140SAI
2230-2330 13740SAI
Korean (5 hours daily)
1500-1700 1188SEO 5820TIN 7210TIN 7455TIN
1700-1800 1188SEO 5820TIN 9975TIN
1800-1900 5820TIN
2100-2200 7460MNG 9610TIN 11945SAI
Lao (2 hours daily)
0000-0100 15690TIN
1100-1200 9325SAI 15120TIN
Mandarin (12 hours daily)
0300-0400 13710SAI 17495TIN 17615TIN 17855SAI
0400-0500 13790SAI 15615TIN 17855SAI 21505TIN
0500-0600 13790SAI 15615TIN 17855SAI 21690TIN
0600-0700 13790SAI 15615TIN 17495TIN 17790SAI 17810TIN
1500-1600 9455SAI 13675TJK 15205TIN 15430SAI
1600-1630 9455SAI 13675TJK 15560SAI
1630-1700 9695SAI 11685TIN 13675TJK 15560SAI
1700-1800 5890TIN 7395TIN 9355SAI 9745SAI
1800-1900 5890TIN 9355SAI 9745SAI 11555SAI
1900-2000 1098KOU-TWN 5890TIN 7260TIN
9355SAI 9745KWT
2000-2100 1098KOU-TWN 5890TIN 6140TIN 7260TIN
7435TJK 9355SAI 9745KWT
2100-2200 1098KOU-TWN 5890TIN 7435TJK
9335TIN 9690KWT
2300-2330 9440KWT 11785TIN 15570TIN
2330-0000 9440SAI 11785TIN 15570TIN
Tibetan (10 hours daily)
TIN and KWT frequency hopping, variable change every week,
variable operation day of the week change very often.
0100-0200 9680KWT 9885TJK 11695UAE 17730MNG
TIN:17635Tu/Th 17665Sa 17685Mo/We/Fr 17700Su
0200-0300 9885TJK 11695UAE 11745KWT 17730MNG
TIN:21550Mo 21560Tu 21575We 21585Th 21595Fr
21610Sa 21620Su
0600-0700 17510TJK 17635KWT 17700KWT 21550TIN 21690UAE
1000-1100 13680KWT 15620TIN
TIN:21455Su 21465Sa 21475Fr 21485Th 21495We
21505Tu 21525Mo
1100-1200 7470MNG 13830TJK 15195UAE
KWT:18930Mo 18980Fr/Tu 18990We/Sa 19000Th 19010Su
1200-1300 7470MNG 11605TIN 13830TJK 15195TJK
KWT:18930Su 18980Mo/Th 18990Tu/Fr 19000We/Sa
1300-1400 7470MNG 11605TIN 13830TJK 15195TJK
KWT:18930Mo 18980Tu/Fr 18990We/Sa
19000Th 19010Su
1400-1500 9920UDO 17485UDO 17515UDO 17570LAM
1500-1600 9370TJK 11795UAE 13735TIN
2200-2300 7505TJK 9370SAI
KWT:11830Mo 11870Tu 11965We 11995Th 12035Fr
12045Sa 12125Su
2300-0000 6075KWT 9805UAE 9815KWT 9875TJK
Uyghur (2 hours daily)
0100-0200 9350TJK 9400SIT 11640UAE 11945UAE 17540TIN
1600-1700 9370TJK 9555UAE 9975TIN 11560TIN
Vietnamese (2 hours daily)
0000-0030 12125KWT 13835SAI 15675TIN
1400-1430 1503FAO-TWN
1400-1500 9720TIN 12130TIN 13825SAI
2300-2400 1503FAO-TWN
2330-2400 12125KWT 13835SAI 15675TIN
(via wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 20/WWDC Top Nx 1167)
USA, Voice of America
VOA to end shortwave broadcasts in English and several language services. From Monday June 30 all shortwave frequencies for English News programs to Asia will be eliminated. We will no longer be heard via shortwave in the morning 2200-0200 UT and in the evening 1200-1600 UT.
Shortwave frequencies for the following services will also be eliminated:
This may not be a complete listing for all of VOA's Asian services that were dropped. Missing from this release are services in Burmese, Cantonese, Chinese, Korean and Tibetan. When an updated version is available, it will be posted on this blog./GVH
Azeri (Azerbaijani)
1730-1800 7435 KWT 250 kW 058 deg to CeAs
1730-1800 9490 BIB 100 kW 080 deg to CeAs
1730-1800 11985 SMG 250 kW 073 deg to CeAs
Bangla (Bengali)
1600-1700 7475 UDO 250 kW 300 deg to SoAs
1600-1700 11850 UDO 250 kW 300 deg to SoAs
English
2200-2300 5895 IRA 250 kW 065 deg to SoEaAS Sun-Thu
2200-2300 5915 UDO 250 kW 018 deg to EaAS Sun-Thu
2200-2300 7480 KWT 250 kW 058 deg to SoAS Sun-Thu
2200-2300 7575 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SoEaAS Sun-Thu
2200-2300 12150 TIN 250 kW 313 deg to EaAS Sun-Thu
2300-2400 5895 PHT 250 kW 275 deg to SEAs
2300-2400 7480 UDO 250 kW 018 deg to EaAs
2300-2400 7575 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SEAs
2300-2400 12150 TIN 250 kW 313 deg to EaAs
0100-0200 7425 KWT 250 kW 082 deg to SoAs
0100-0200 9780 IRA 250 kW 356 deg to SoAs
0100-0200 15205 UDO 250 kW 292 deg to SoAs
1200-1300 7575 UDO 250 kW 018 deg to EaAs
1200-1300 9510 PHT 250 kW 283 deg to SEAs
1200-1300 12075 PHT 250 kW 349 deg to SEAs
1200-1300 12150 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to EaAs
1300-1400 7575 UDO 250 kW 018 deg to EaAS Sat/Sun
1300-1400 9510 PHT 250 kW 283 deg to SoEaAS Sat/Sun
1300-1400 12075 TIN 250 kW 305 deg to EaAS Sat/Sun
1300-1400 12150 PHT 250 kW 349 deg to SoEaAS Sat/Sun
1400-1500 7575 UDO 250 kW 268 deg to SoAS Mon-Fri
1400-1500 12110 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SoAS Mon-Fri
1400-1500 15490 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SoEaAS Mon-Fri
1500-1600 7575 UDO 250 kW 268 deg to SoAs
1500-1600 12110 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SoAs
1500-1600 15490 UDO 250 kW 280 deg to SoAs
English Learning
2230-2300 7460 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SEAs
2230-2300 9570 UDO 250 kW 018 deg to EaAs
2230-2300 11840 PHT 250 kW 349 deg to EaAs
2300-2400 7460 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SEAs
2300-2400 9570 UDO 250 kW 018 deg to EaAs
2300-2400 11840 PHT 250 kW 349 deg to EaAs
0030-0100 7425 KWT 250 kW 082 deg to SoAs
0030-0100 9790 KWT 250 kW 078 deg to SEAs
0030-0100 12015 UDO 250 kW 030 deg to EaAs
0030-0100 12150 UDO 250 kW 280 deg to SEAs
0030-0100 15290 PHT 250 kW 349 deg to EaAs
0030-0100 17820 PHT 250 kW 021 deg to EaAs
1500-1600 6140 UDO 250 kW 284 deg to SoAs
1500-1600 7540 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SoAs
1500-1600 9400 PHT 250 kW 349 deg to EaAs
Khmer
2200-2230 5905 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SEAs
2200-2230 9320 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SEAs
1330-1430 11695 IRA 250 kW 073 deg to SEAs
Kurdish
0500-0600 11995 SMG 250 kW 114 deg to WeAS
0500-0600 15560 IRA 250 kW 310 deg to WeAS
0500-0600 17870 BIB 100 kW 085 deg to WeAS
1400-1500 15470 BOT 100 kW 010 deg to WeAS
1400-1500 17870 IRA 250 kW 299 deg to WeAS
1700-1800 7365 BIB 100 kW 105 deg to WeAS
1700-1800 9850 BIB 100 kW 105 deg to WeAS
1700-1800 11995 IRA 250 kW 315 deg to WeAS
Lao
1230-1300 11965 PHT 250 kW 270 deg to SEAs
Uzbek
1500-1530 11810 KWT 250 kW 046 deg to CeAs
1500-1530 11920 SMG 250 kW 073 deg to CeAs
1500-1530 13650 UDO 250 kW 316 deg to CeAs
1500-1530 17600 KWT 250 kW 046 deg to CeAs
Shortwave being used by services at Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty and
Radio Free Asia are also being cut.
(Ivo Ivanov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 28)
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Days:
m (Monday)
t (Tuesday)
w (Wednesday)
h (Thursday)
f (Friday)
a/Sat (Saturday)
s/Sun (Sunday)
DRM: Digital Radio Mondiale
Target Areas:
af Africa
as Asia
ca Central America
eu Europe
na North America
pa Pacific
sa South America
va various target areas
