WRTH B17 Schedules Update

This file is a supplement to the 2018 edition of World Radio TV Handbook. It summarises the changes to the B17 schedules printed in the book.

Contact details and other information about the stations shown in this file can be found in the International Radio section of WRTH 2018.

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INTERNATIONAL RADIOALASKA (ALS)

KNLS INTERNATIONAL (Rlg)Revised complete schedule

English Days Area kHz0800-0900 daily EAs 7370nls1000-1100 daily EAs 7370nls1200-1300 daily EAs 7355nls, 7370nls1400-1500 daily EAs 7355nlsChinese Days Area kHz0800-1300 daily EAs 7355nls1300-1400 daily EAs 7370nls, 7560nls1400-1500 daily EAs 7560nls1500-1600 daily EAs 6155nls1600-1800 daily EAs 6065nlsRussian Days Area kHz0900-1000 daily RUS 7370nls1100-1200 daily RUS 7370nls1500-1600 daily RUS 6110nls1600-1800 daily RUS 7370nls

ARGENTINA (ARG)

RAE - ARGENTINA AL MUNDO (Pub)Revised complete schedule

Chinese Days Area kHz0800-0900 mtwtf.. NAm 9455rmiEnglish Days Area kHz0200-0300 .twtfs. NAm 9395rmiFrench Days Area kHz2330-2400 mtwtf.. NAm,Eu 7780rmi German Days Area kHz1000-1100 .twtfs. CEu 6005kll1900-2000 mtwtf.. NAm 9395rmi2100-2200 mtwtf.. NAm,Eu 7780rmiItalian Days Area kHz2000-2100 mtwtf.. NAm 9395rmi2200-2300 mtwtf.. NAm,Eu 7780rmiJapanese Days Area kHz0800-0900 mtwtf.. NAm 9455rmiPortuguese Days Area kHz1200-1300 mtwtf.. B 9955rmiSpanish Days Area kHz2200-2300 mtwtf.. CAm 5950rmiUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA (AUS)

REACH BEYOND AUSTRALIA (Rlg)Bengali Days Area kHz1330-1345 .t..... SAs 12040knx (add)1400-1415 m..t... SAs 12040knx (add)1415-1445 ...t... SAs 12040knx (add)ChhattisgarhiDays Area kHz1400-1415 .....ss SAs 12040knx (add)English Days Area kHz1415-1445 m.w..s. SAs 12040knx (add)1430-1445 .t..... SAs 12040knx (add)1445-1500 daily SAs 12040knx (add)Gujarati Days Area kHz1330-1345 ......s SAs 12040knx (add)1400-1415 ....f.. SAs 12040knx (add)1415-1445 ...t... SAs 12040knx (add)

Hindi Days Area kHz1330-1345 m.w.... SAs 12040knx (add)1345-1400 daily SAs 12040knx (add)1400-1415 ..w.... SAs 12040knx (add)1415-1445 ......s SAs 12040knx (add)Marathi Days Area kHz1415-1430 .t..... SAs 12040knx (add)Marwari Days Area kHz1400-1415 .t..... SAs 12040knx (add)Urdu Days Area kHz1330-1345 ...t.s. SAs 12040knx (add)

BONAIRE

TWR BONAIRE (Rlg)Revised complete schedule

Portuguese Days Area kHz0800-1000 daily B 800twbSpanish Days Area kHz0000-0300 daily CUB 800twb0300-0800 daily Car 800twb1000-1230 daily Car 800twb2130-2300 daily Car 800twbEnglish Days Area kHz2300-2400 daily Car 800twb

CANADA (CAN)

BIBLE VOICE BROADCASTING (Rlg)Arabic Days Area kHz0300-0315 daily ME 5900sof(del),

7325mos (del)0315-0330 daily ME 5900sof(add)1710-1730 m.w.... ME 5995sof(del)1710-1745 .t.tf.. ME 11700sof (ex 5995)1710-1745 .t.tfss ME 11700sof (del)1715-1745 .....s. ME 11700sof (ex 5995)1745-1800 daily ME 5995sof(del)2030-2045 daily NAf 9400sof(ex 1930-1945)Arabic/Punjabi/Urdu* Days Area kHz1530-1600 ......s SAs 11790nau(ex 1230-1245)English Days Area kHz0200-0340 ...t.ss SAs 11790mdc(ex 0200-0300)0445-0515 ......s ME 7325nau (del)1130-1200 ......s EAs 9420tac (add)1230-1245 ......s SEA 21480mdc (add)1400-1430 ....f.. SAs 6260tac (del)1730-1745 .t..... EAf 11790nau (del)1800-1830 ....f.. Af 15420mdc (del)1830-2000 .....s. ME 9715mos(ex 1815-2000)1830-1900 ......s Eu 6030nau(ex 1830-1930)1900-2000 ......s Eu 6030nau (add)Indonesian Days Area kHz1230-1245 ......s SEA 21480mdc (del)Nuer Days Area kHz1630-1700 daily Af 11875nau (ex iss)

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Punjabi Days Area kHz1500-1600 ....f.. SAs 11790nau (add)Tigrinya Days Area kHz1800-1830 .....s. EAf 11790nau (add)Urdu Days Area kHz1500-1600 ..w.... SAs 11790nau (add)Key: * Broadcast language rotates from week to week.

CHINA (CHN)

VOICE OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (Gov)Complete schedule

Filipino Days Area kHz1200-1230 daily SEA 9720xia, 11955kun

CYPRUS (CYP)

FG RADIOEnglish Days Area kHz0500-0530 ..w.f.. LAm 9955rmi (del)1430-1445 ..w.... LAm 9955rmi(ex 1400-1415)

CZECHIA (CZE)

RADIO PRAGUE (Pub)English Days Area kHz0230-0300 daily NAm,Eu 7780rmi (ex 11580)

ETHIOPIA (ETH)ETH)

ETHIOPIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (EBC)(RADIO ETHIOPIA) (Pub)Somali Days Area kHz0700-1000 daily EAf, ME 7235gjw±,† (add)Key: ± Variable frequency ; † Irregular

GERMANY (D)

HAMBURGER LOKALRADIOEnglish Days Area kHz0700-0800 .....s. Eu 6190goh*(ex 0700-0730)1200-1400 .....s. Eu 6190goh* (ex 7265)1500-1600 .....s. Eu 6190goh* (ex 7265)(ex 1500-1530)German Days Area kHz0800-1000 .....s. Eu 6190goh*(ex 0800-1100)1000-1200 .....s. Eu 7265goh*(ex 1100-1200)Spanish Days Area kHz1400-1500 .....s. Eu 6190goh* (ex 7265)Key: H3E (AM/USB) mode.

INDIA (IND)

ALL INDIA RADIO (Pub)Russian Days Area kHz1615-1715 daily Eu 9910del (ex 9595),

11560bgl (ex 15140)Telugu Days Area kHz1215-1245 daily SEA 13695bgl(not Tamil)

FEBA INDIA (Rlg)NB: Transmissions on 9775 kHz are now 1330-1400 (ex 1400-1430).Tamil on 1125 kHz has stopped.

JAPAN (J)

NHK WORLD - RADIO JAPAN (Pub)Urdu Days Area kHz1515-1600 daily SAs 9580dha (ex 11775)

MONGOLIA (MNG)

VOICE OF MONGOLIA (Pub)Chinese Days Area kHz1000-1030 daily EAs 12085uba (ex 12035)English Days Area kHz0900-0930 daily EAs 12085uba (ex 12035)Japanese Days Area kHz1030-1100 daily EAs 12085uba (ex 12035)Mongolian Days Area kHz0930-1000 daily EAs 12085uba (ex 12035)

NETHERLANDS (HOL)

THE MIGHTY KBCEnglish Days Area kHz0000-0200 ......s NAm 6150nau (ex 5960)

NEW ZEALAND (NZL)

RNZ PACIFIC (Pub)Revised complete schedule

English Days Area kHz0500-0800 daily Pac 13730ran0800-1100 daily Pac 9765ran1100-1300 daily Pac 9890ran1300-1650 daily Pac 7390ran1650-1750 mtwtf.s Pac 5975ran+1650-1800 .....s. Pac 7390ran1750-1850 mtwtf.s Pac 9780ran+1800-2000 .....s. Pac 11725ran1850-1950 mtwtf.s Pac 11690ran+1950-2050 mtwtf.s Pac 13840ran+2000-2050 .....s. Pac 13840ran2050-0500 daily Pac 15720ranKey: + DRM

PAKISTAN (PAK)

FEBA PAKISTAN (Rlg) (New Entry)W: feba-radio.org;febapak.org

Revised complete schedule(Schedule was part of FEBC PHILIPPINES in WRTH2018)

Pashto Days Area kHz0230-0300 ....f.. SAs 7320dhaPunjabi Days Area kHz0215-0230 m...... SAs 7320dhaSindhi Days Area kHz0215-0230 .twt... SAs 7320dhaUrdu Days Area kHz0200-0215 daily SAs 7320dha0215-0230 ....f.. SAs 7320dha0215-0300 .....ss SAs 7320dha1600-1630 daily SAs 7535twr

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PHILIPPINES (PHL)

FEBC PHILIPPINES (Rlg)Ukrainian Days Area kHz1530-1600 ......s UKR 11650boc(not Russian)

RADIO VERITAS ASIA (Rlg)Bengali Days Area kHz1400-1430 daily As 11730pug (ex 11880)

SLOVAKIA (SVK)

RADIO SLOVAKIA INTERNATIONAL (Pub)English Days Area kHz0030-0100 daily Eu,NAm 7780rmi (ex 11580)Slovak Days Area kHz0000-0030 daily Eu.NAm 7780rmi (ex 11580)Spanish Days Area kHz0530-0600 daily LAm 9955rmi (del)

SPAIN (E)

RADIO MI AMIGO INTERNATIONALEnglish Days Area kHz1800-2000 ......s Eu 5845erv* (add)Key: * Last Sun of month

TAIWAN (TWN)

RADIO TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL (RTI) (Gov)Chinese Days Area kHz1100-1120 daily SEA 12100pao (add)1200-1300 daily EAs 9545tsh (ex 11985)English Days Area kHz1120-1140 daily SEA 12100pao (add)1600-1700 daily SAs 6185tsh (ex 9405)Indonesian Days Area kHz1140-1200 daily SEA 12100pao (add)Japanese Days Area kHz2230-2330 daily EAs 9735pao(ex 2200-2300)

PCJ RADIO INTERNATIONALEnglish Days Area kHz0100-0200 ..w.... NAm,Eu 7780rmi (ex 11530)1100-1130 ......s Eu 9485goh (add)1500-1530 .....s. Eu 6190goh (add)

THAILAND (THA)

RADIO THAILAND WORLD SERVICE (Gov)Chinese Days Area kHz1115-1130 daily SEA 5875udo(ex Khmer)German Days Area kHz1145-1200 daily SEA 5875udo(ex Burmese)Japanese Days Area kHz1130-1145 daily SEA 5875udo(ex Lao)Malay Days Area kHz1100-1115 daily SEA 5875udo(ex Vietnamese)

AWR ASIA/PACIFIC (Rlg)Bengali Days Area kHz1230-1300 mt.t.s. SAs 15430trm (del)1300-1330 mt.t.s. SAs 15255sda (add)Chinese Days Area kHz1400-1500 daily CHN 11935sda (ex 11630trm)English Days Area kHz1530-1600 mtw..ss SAs 11985trm (del)1600-1630 daily SAs 17730mdc (ex 11955trm)2200-2230 m.w..s. SEA 9720trm (del)Gujarati Days Area kHz1530-1600 daily SAs 9505tac (ex 15525trm)Karen Days Area kHz1430-1500 daily SEA 15180sda (ex trm)Korean Days Area kHz1200-1300 daily EAs 11825trm (del)1530-1630 daily EAs 1431cho (add)Meitei Days Area kHz1230-1300 ..w.f.s SAs 15430trm (del)1300-1330 ..w.f.s SAs 15255trm (add)Mon Days Area kHz1200-1230 daily SEA 15195sda (ex 15400trm)Pashto Days Area kHz1630-1700 m.w.f.. WAs 11985sda (ex 15360trm)Punjabi Days Area kHz1500-1530 daily SAs 15150mdc (ex trm)Sindhi Days Area kHz1630-1700 .t.t.ss SAs 11985sda (ex 15360trm)Urdu Days Area kHz1600-1630 daily SAs 11985sda (ex 15360trm)NB: AWR relays via Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) are currently off the air,but expected to be back in March.

UKRAINE (UKR)

RADIO UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL (Pub)English Days Area kHz0200-0230 daily NAm,Eu 7780rmi (ex 11580)2330-2400 daily NAm,Eu 11580rmi (del)Russian Days Area kHz1700-2100 daily RUS,UKR 1278kse (del)*Key: * The Kurisove tx now carries domestic NSTU Prgr 3 (Kultura) inUkrainian 0400-2200 (see National Radio section)

UNITED KINGDOM (G)

BBC WORLD SERVICE (Pub)Amharic Days Area kHz1730-1750 mtwtf.. EAf 7595sof, 11720dha,

12065mey (add)1830-1850 mtwtf.. EAf 9885mey, 15490asc (add)English Days Area kHz0200-0300 daily SAs 6170sla (ex 6155)Farsi Days Area kHz0430-0530 daily ME 13860tac (ex 13710)Korean Days Area kHz1530-1830 daily EAs 7395sng (ex 9940tsh)Oromo Days Area kHz1750-1810 mtwtf.. EAf 7595sof, 11720dha,

12065mey (add)1850-1910 mtwtf.. EAf 9885mey, 15490asc (add)

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Tigrinya Days Area kHz1810-1830 mtwtf.. EAf 7595sof, 11720dha,

12065mey (add)1910-1930 mtwtf.. EAf 9885mey, 15490asc (add)Uzbek Days Area kHz1300-1330 daily CAs 4790tac (add)

AWR AFRICA (Rlg)Amharic Days Area kHz0330-0400 daily EAf 11875tac (ex 15500trm)Arabic Days Area kHz0500-0600 daily NAf,ME 17780tac (ex trm)NB: AWR relays via Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) are currently off the air,but expected to be back in March.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

BBG – RADIO FARDA (Gov)Farsi Days Area kHz0400-0500 daily IRN 5860kwt (add)0400-0530 daily IRN 13765udo (add)1500-1530 daily IRN 13765lam (add)1430-1500 daily IRN 9990bib (add)Farsi Days Area kHz1430-1530 daily IRN 5860kwt (add)1500-1630 daily IRN 11695lam (add)1730-2130 daily IRN 7585udo (add)

BBG – RADIO FREE ASIA (RFA) (Gov)Burmese Days Area kHz0030-0130 daily BRM 13735tin (ex 12115)Cantonese Days Area kHz1400-1500 .....s. CHN 13675tin (ex 13695)Khmer Days Area kHz2230-2330 daily CHN 9325tin (ex 15275)

BBG – RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY(RFE/RL) (Gov)Turkmen Days Area kHz1400-1600 daily CAs 11965bib (ex 11890)

BBG – RADIO MARTÍ (Gov)Spanish Days Area kHz2300-0700 daily CUB 7355grv (add)1000-1400 daily CUB 7355grv (add)

BBG – VOA STUDIO 7 (Gov)English/Shona/Ndebele Days Area kHz0400-0500 mtwtf.. ZWE 6175bot, 9825sao (add)

BBG – VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA) (Gov)Burmese Days Area kHz1430-1530 daily SEA 15450pht (ex 17680)Khmer Days Area kHz1330-1430 daily SEA 9580pht (add)2200-2230 daily SEA 7590pht (add)

KVOH – VOICE OF HOPE (Rlg)Revised complete schedule

English Days Area kHz1600-2000 .....s. CAm,SAm 17775vohSpanish Days Area kHz2000-2200 .t.t.... CAm,SAm 17775voh1500-2000 mtwtf.. CAm,SAm 17775voh

LIVING WATER MINISTRY BROADCASTING (Rlg)Korean Days Area kHz1500-1600 .twtf.. EAs 7280pug (ex 9650)

THE OVERCOMER MINISTRY (Rlg)NB: SW broadcasts have stopped, except for relays via WWCR andone hour on WBCQ.

UNIVERSITY NETWORK (Rlg)NB: Transmissions on 6090 & 11775kHz are irregular; MW 1610 kHzremains off the air.

WEWN – EWTN SHORTWAVE RADIO (Rlg)English Days Area kHz0900-1200 daily EAs 9470ewn (del)

WORLD HARVEST RADIO (Rlg)English Days Area kHz2200-2400 daily NAm,Eu 6040hri (ex 9505)

THE POWER HOUR (New Entry)E: [email protected]: powerhournation.comEnglish Days Area kHz1300-1400 mtwtf.. NAm 7490wcr1300-1500 mtwtf.. NAm 7780rmi, 9395rmi1300-1600 mtwtf.. NAm 13845wcr2100-2300 mtwtf.. NAm 7780rmi, 9395rmi

VORW RADIO INTERNATIONALEnglish Days Area kHz0100-0200 ....f.. NAm 5850rmi (add), 7490bcq (del)1600-1700 ......s Eu 9400sof (del)2000-2100 ...t... Eu,NAm 7780rmi (ex 11580)2100-2200 ......s Eu,NAm 7780rmi, 9265rmi (add)

WORLD OF RADIO (WOR)English Days Area kHz0200-0230 ......s NAm 7780rmi (ex 11580)1415-1445 ..w.... LAm 9955rmi (del)2030-2100 .t..... LAm 7780rmi (ex 11580)2300-2330 .....s. NAm,Eu 7780rmi (ex 11580)

VATICAN CITY STATE (CVA)

VATICAN RADIO (Rlg)Hindi Days Area kHz1430-1450 daily SAs 7250pht (ex 11700)Malayalam Days Area kHz1510-1530 daily SAs 7250pht (ex 11700)Tamil Days Area kHz1450-1510 daily SAs 7250pht (ex 11700)

ZAMBIA (ZMB)

VOICE OF HOPE – AFRICA (Rlg)English Days Area kHz1600-1900 mtwtf.. SAf,CAf 4965luv (add)1900-1930 mtwtf.. SAf,CAf 4965luv, 6065luv* (add)Key: * Until mid February.

CLANDESTINE & OTHERTARGET BROADCASTS

Target: ERITREA (ERI)

RADIO ADAL ‡Key: ‡ Shortwave transmissions cancelled until further notice.

RADIO AL–MUKHTAR (Rlg) ‡Key: ‡ Shortwave transmissions cancelled until further notice.

RADIO ERENAArabic Days Area kHz1730-1800 daily ERI 9720sof (ex 11965)Tigrinya Days Area kHz1700-1730 daily ERI 9720sof (ex 11965)

Target: ETHIOPIA (ETH)

RADIO OMN - OROMIA MEDIA NETWORK(New Entry)

E: [email protected]; [email protected]: www.oromiamedia.org; www.facebook.com/OromiaMediaOromo Days Area kHz1600-1700 mtwtf.. ETH 11600sof†±, 11575sof†±Key: † Irregular (test transmissions), ± Variable frequency.

VOICE OF AMARA RADIO (VAR/VOAR)Revised complete schedule

Amharic Days Area kHz1700-1800 m.w..ss ETH 15360iss

Target: KOREA (NORTH) (KRE)

VOICE OF THE MARTYRS KOREA (Rlg)Korean Days Area kHz1400-1430 daily EAs 1431cho (add)

NATIONAL UNITY RADIORevised complete schedule

Korean Days Area kHz1200-1500 daily KRE 9565tsu*, 7530dsb±Key: ± Variable frequency; *Alt. fq’s 9530 & 9700kHz.

SHIOKAZE (SEA BREEZE)Revised complete schedule

Chinese Days Area kHz1300-1330 m...... KRE 5935yam1600-1630 m...... KRE 6110yamEnglish Days Area kHz1300-1400 ...t... KRE 5935yam1600-1700 ...t... KRE 6110yamJapanese Days Area kHz1300-1330 .....s. KRE 5935yam1300-1400 .t..... KRE 5935yam1330-1400 ......s KRE 5935yam1405-1435 daily KRE 6085yam 1600-1630 .....s. KRE 6110yam1600-1700 .t..... KRE 6110yam1630-1700 ......s KRE 6110yamKorean Days Area kHz1300-1330 ......s KRE 5935yam1300-1400 ..w.f.. KRE 5935yam1330-1400 m....s. KRE 5935yam1600-1630 ......s KRE 6110yam1600-1700 ..w.f.. KRE 6110yam1630-1700 m....s. KRE 6110yam1630-1700 .....s. KRE 6110yam

FREE NORTH KOREA RADIO (Clan)Korean Days Area kHz1200-1300 daily KRE 9345tac (ex 9470)

NORTH KOREA REFORM RADIO (Clan)+ 11, Cheonggu-ro 14-gil, Jung-gu (Songwon Building) 3fl, Seoul04613, Rep. of Korea.

RADIO FREE KOREA (Clan)Korean Days Area kHz0600-2400 daily KRE 1143goy(ex 0700-2300)

Target: NIGERIA (NIG)

RADIO BIAFRA (Clan) ‡Key: ‡ Broadcasts on SW have stopped

RADIO NA GASKIYA (RADIO TRUTH) (Clan) (New Entry)W: ipob.orgHausa Days Area kHz1600-1700 daily NIG 15110sofNotes: Produced by IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra). The stationrefers itself as "R. Nigeria Hausa Service" in publicity material, how-ever uses the on-air ID "Radio Na gaskiya", which translates as"Radio (Of) Truth". On SW since 6 January 2018. Main target is theHausa speaking population in Northern Nigeria.

RADIO HERWA INTERNATIONAL (New Entry)E: [email protected]/Kanuri Days Area kHz0700-0730 Daily NIG 11530rmi, 13710iss1930-2000 Daily NIG 11530rmi

RWANDA

RADIO ITAHUKA

NB: The transmissions are in Kinyarwanda, not Kirundi.

Target: SOUTH SUDAN (SSD)

RADIO TAMAZUJ

NB: In future WRTH schedules, this service will be moved fromSUDAN (SDN) to SOUTH SUDAN (SSD) to more accuratelyreflect the Juba Arabic speaking target audience.

Target: TURKEY (TUR)

DENGÊ KURDISTANÊRevised complete schedule

Kurdish Days Area kHz0330-1530 daily ME 4810erv0330-1600 daily ME 7520erv1600-2200 daily ME 1395erv, 7320erv

Target: YEMEN (YEM)

RADIO AL–AZM (Gov)Arabic Days Area kHz0000-2400 daily YEM 11745jed(ex 0700-1700)

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Notes for using this update:Schedule additions, deletions, frequencychanges and other updates, are shown in paren-theses () at the end of the relevant line.Schedule additions are shown as (add), whilstschedule deletions are shown as (del).Frequency changes or other updates aredetailed in black italics.Changes to broadcast times are shown in blackitalics underneath the existing time.New broadcaster/station entries are shownentirely in green.Changes since the previous file release aremarked in blue italics.