WRTH A14 season schedule updates file available for download

World Radio TV Handbook has posted updates to the A14 season international radio broadcasting schedules, these are available to download, for free, from http://www.wrth.com/, including the cuts and changes to VOA/RFA/RFE etc.

Sean D. Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook)

Direct link for update file :

http://wrth.com/updates_new.asp

Radio Thailand A14

RADIO THAILAND A14 BROADCAST SCHEDULE 

EFFECTIVE MARCH 30, 2014 AT 0800 UTC

SORTED BY TIME :

TIME (UTC)          LANGUAGE          FREQUENCY (KHz)

0000‑0030           ENGLISH             15590 

0030‑0100           ENGLISH             15590 

0100‑0200           THAI                15590 

0200‑0230           ENGLISH             15590 

0230‑0330           THAI                15590 

0530‑0600           ENGLISH             17640 

1000-1100           THAI                17770 

1100‑1115           VIETNAMESE          5875 

1115‑1130           KHMER               5875 

1130‑1145           LAO                 5875 

1145‑1200           BURMESE             5875 

1200‑1215           MALAYSIAN           9390 

1230‑1300           ENGLISH             9390 

1300‑1315           JAPANESE            9390 

1315‑1330           MANDARIN            9390

1330‑1400           THAI                9390

1400‑1430           ENGLISH             9390 

1800‑1900           THAI                9390

1900‑2000           ENGLISH             9390

2000‑2015           GERMAN              9390

2030‑2045           ENGLISH             9390

2045‑2115           THAI                9390

SORTED BY LANGUAGE :

TIME (UTC)          LANGUAGE          FREQUENCY (KHz)

1145‑1200           BURMESE             5875 

0000‑0030           ENGLISH             15590

0030‑0100           ENGLISH             15590

0200‑0230           ENGLISH             15590

0530‑0600           ENGLISH             17640

1230‑1300           ENGLISH             9390

1400‑1430           ENGLISH             9390 

1900‑2000           ENGLISH             9390

2030‑2045           ENGLISH             9390

2000‑2015           GERMAN              9390 

1300‑1315           JAPANESE            9390 

1115‑1130           KHMER               5875

1130‑1145           LAO                 5875 

1200‑1215           MALAYSIAN           9390

1315‑1330           MANDARIN            9390 

0100‑0200           THAI                15590

0230‑0330           THAI                15590

1000-1100           THAI                17770

1330‑1400           THAI                9390

1800‑1900           THAI                9390

2045‑2115           THAI                9390 

1100‑1115           VIETNAMESE          5875

(Source : Radio Thailand)

KTWR Guam introduces weekly DRM transmission in Japanese for A14

After series of DRM tests, KTWR Guam has introduced a weekly DRM transmission in Japanese language for A14 season effective 30th March 2014  :

 

 

1100-1200 UTC on 12120 kHz ( Sunday) towards Japan

Radio Romania resumes english broadcast in DRM mode for India

Radio Romania International has resumed it's DRM transmission in English for India during A14 season (effective 30th March 2014), schedule as following :

 

0300 – 0400 UTC on 11825 kHz (analog) & 15220 kHz (DRM)

 

RRI English A14 schedule is available online at :

http://rri.ro/en_gb/schedule_valid_from_march_30th_2014-13859

Radio Romania International had introduced its English language broadcast in DRM mode for India during A12 season, here are couple of video's from RRI English transmission in DRM mode towards India logged during 2012  : 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FgRrl3874U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1UBsQDpK3I 

 

CRI A14 Shortwave frequencies

By clicking the links, you'll find the relevant frequencies for your listening convenicence in 2014.

America: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560015.htm

Europe: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560016.htm

Asia: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560017.htm

Africa : http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560021.htm

The South Pacific : http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/03/30/2141s560019.htm

Best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

YingLian

English Service

China Radio International

http://english.cri.cn/

SW Radio Africa reduces shortwave broadcasts

From the SW Radio Africa website...
 

We have an important announcement for our listeners on shortwave. Starting Tuesday 1st April we will be reducing our shortwave broadcasts to one hour a day. There will also be no shortwave broadcasts at the weekend.

 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Our full two hours of programming will still be available via our website www.swradioafrica.com and also on Channel Zim, available through free to air TV decoders.

 

Our broadcasts via Channel Zim are 5 – 7am and 7 – 9pm.

Our live 2 hours of programming via our website remains 7 – 9pm and podcasts of all our programs are available 24 hours a day. Our shortwave broadcasts, starting Tuesday 1st April, will be one hour 7 – 8pm, available Monday – Friday. All times quoted are Zim times and…………thanks for listening.

 

Source :  http://www.swradioafrica.com/swra-reducing-shortwave-broadcasts/

SW Radio Africa A14 schedule 1700-1800 UTC on 4880 kHz (100 kW)

BBC adds one hour of DRM txn for South Asia

BBC has added one hour DRM txn towards South Asia for A14 season effective 30th March, 2014 :

0900-1000 UTC on 17820 kHz (Daily) English towards South Asia Via Nakhon Sawan

BBC already has four hours of DRM txn for South Asia :

1400-1800 UTC on 5845 kHz

KBC Radio to stay on 7375 for A14

Latest News !!

The Mighty KBC is not moving to 9925 kHz, but staying on 7375 Khz till May. This is only for our broadcasts to the USA, Canada and South America. Please spread the word.

 

(This show is recorded, so we are mentioning the wrong frequency).

 

--

Kind regards,

Eric van Willegen

 

www.kbcradio.eu

 

 

Radio Africa Network Update - Frequency Changes A14

The new Radio Africa Network broadcasting from Okeechobee, Florida is proving to be an exceptional Outreach for our ministries, and the broadcasts continue to be a blessing to all people that are listening to the station…Praise God!  

 

Since the first day we began broadcasting from the Florida site, December 1, 2013, we continue to monitor the effectiveness of the station, as well as fine tune the transmission in order to ensure that we receive optimum coverage and maximize the transmission quality of the signal.  During our three months of broadcasting, we have received numerous reception reports, and we look forward to receiving more reports from listeners around the world!  If you have sent us a reception report in the past couple of months, we thank you!  It is amazing to receive your letters and reports, and they inspire us and the ministries to continue with the broadcast service. 

 

We are excited to announce that effective March 30^th, 2014 The Radio Africa Network is adjusting its frequencies in order to provide optimum coverage to its targeted areas.  The new schedule will be as follows:

 

17790 kHz = 0800 – 2100 UTC

15190 kHz = 2100 - 0800 UTC

 

Your reception reports are very important to us, and we look forward to receiving each and every one of them.  We are excited to announce that we have 3 different QSL cards as noted below: 

 

 

Additionally, we continue to track where in the world the Radio Africa Network is being heard and you can see the results at  http://www.radiopanam.com/QSLmap.html

Have a wonderful day!

  

Jeff Bernald and The Pan American Broadcasting Team

 

       

 

Alex & Yeyi A14

PROGRAM           TIME(UTC)FREQUENCY DAYS LANGUAGE TARGET AREA

Radio Miraya       0300-0600 11560 mtwtfss Arab/Engl Africa

Denge Kurdistan    0300-1900 11510 mtwtfss Kurdish   Middle East

Suab Xaa Moo Zoo   1130-1200 11570 mtwtfss Hmong     Asia

Que Me             1200-1230 9930  ----f-- Vietnamese Asia

The Khmer Post Radio 1200-1300 9960 mtwtfss Khmer    Asia

Radio Xoriyo       1600-1630 17870 m---f-- Somali    Africa

Oromo Voice        1600-1630 17850 m-w--s- Oromo     Africa

Radio Inyabutatu   1600-1700 17870 -----s- Kinyarwanda Africa

Radio Hilaac       1700-1730 15180 mtwt-ss Somali    Africa

ESAT Radio         1700-1800 15370 mtwtfss Amharic   Africa

Radio Assenna      1700-1800 15245 m--t-s- Tigrinya  Africa

Eritrean Forum     1700-1800 15245 -t--f-s Tigrinya  Africa

Eritrean Forum     1700-1800 15245 --w---- Arabic    Africa

Eritrean Forum     1800-1900 15245 -----s- Arabic    Africa

BBN Radio          1900-1930 15150 ----fss Amharic   Africa

Suab Xaa Moo Zoo   2230-2300 7530  mtwtfss Hmong     Asia

RNZI A14

Effective 30 Mar 2014 - 03 May 2014

 

UTC kHz Target Days

0459-0758 11725 AM 11675 DRM Pacific

0759-1058 9700  AM 9890  DRM Pacific Daily

1059-1158 9700  AM 9890  DRM NW Pacific,PNG Timor Daily

1159-1258 9700  AM           NW Pacific, PNG Timor Daily

1259-1550 6170  AM           Pacific Daily

1551-1650 9700  AM 7330  DRM Cook Islands Daily

1651-1850 9700  AM 9630  DRM Cook Islands Samoa Niue, Tonga Daily

1851-2050 11725 AM 11675 DRM Cook Islands, Samoa Niue, Tonga Daily

2051-2150 11725 AM 15720 DRM Solomon Islands Daily

2151-0458 15720 AM 17675 DRM Pacific Daily

 

Bougainville/Papua New Guinea and Timor Transmission 1100 -1300 UTC

 

From 1100 -1300 UTC our programme is directed to the North Western Pacific and Asia.