All times UTC / frequency in
kHz (kilohertz) // parallel frequency
China
6035, Yunnan RTV Int’l/Voice
of Shangri-La, 0030-0105. Chinese programming from male/female hosting, with
musical jingles, public-service format announcements and friendly chat.
Voice-overs from various segments. Pop Chinese vocals to easy-listening tunes.
Station promotional and jingle at 0057. Time tips signal at 0100, followed by
Chinese music program. Signal fair, minimal fading. (SDR Shenzhen, China)
Clandestine
6.520, Voice of the People,
1745-1805. Korean text noted under signal jamming // 6600. Both freqs jammed to
North Korea. Asian music to 1800, followed by two announcer’s chat. (SDR Twente, Netherlands)
11530, Radio Denge Welat,
1725-1745. Kurdish service for two announcer’s chat about Iran and Washington
DC. Station is relayed via Armenia. (SDR Twente, Netherlands)
Denmark
5840, World Music Radio,
1822-1840. Pop vocals to station ID and website info. Hip-hop tune to Andean
flute music. Station ID. Nice variety of music - station is definitely ‘World
Music Radio.’
(SDR Twente, Netherlands)
Germany
5920, HCJB Deutschland,
1925-1935. German religious text amid fair signal quality. Best on LSB for
monitoring. (SDR Twente, Netherlands)
6160, SW Service Radio,
1930-1935. John Lennon tune to English service DJ’s music talk. Promotional to
Euro pops. Weak signal peaked at 1935. (SDR Twente, Netherlands)
Greece
9420, Voice of Greece,
1935-1945. Announcer’s Greek text at tune-in. Station identification at 1938 to
Greek musical vocals. No signal of // 9935. (SDR Twente, Netherlands)
9380, All India
Radio-National Channel, 2005-2010. Hindi programming amid lengthy Indian music
program. Announcer’s talk amid poor signal quality.(SDR New Delhi, India)
VO Indonesia via RRI Palangkaraya relay |
Indonesia
3325, Kalimantan/Borneo,
Voice of Indonesia relay via RRI Palangkaraya, 2025-2058. French service with
national news items, Indo pop vocals, station ID’s with mentions of
broadcasting on “9525 kilohertz.” Email
contact info, to announcer’s closing comments. Drum signal at 2058 to sign-off.
Japanese service 1244-1305, similar program format. English service 1308-1328.
Newscast, Win a Trip to Indonesia contest questions, Today in History program
and item about the upcoming Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang. News in
Brief, station ID’s, and contest preview. English service is also mentioning
they are broadcasting on 9525 kilohertz. French, Japanese and English services
had the exact program formats. (SDR Jakarta, Indonesia)
Monitoring Laos signals on 6130 kHz |
Laos
6130, Lao National Radio,
0000-0030. Station interval signal to bell tones. Male announcer’s Laotian
station identification and mentions of “Lao National Radio.” national anthem,
followed by martial music at 0003. Additional mentions of Laos. National news
from 0006, clips of correspondent reports. Rapid static increase by 0020. Laotian
music as intro to feature on Laos. Audio clips from a comedy routine to a
musical jingle. Fair signal. SDR Shenzhen, China)
Station audible on subsequent
daily checks for 6130, Khmer logged 1345-1400, followed by Chinese 1400-1430.
English commences at 1430–1500. All services include news on Laos, flute/Laotian
music and time tips to station identification. SDR Hanoi, Vietnam)
(GVH/NC)