New A13 freq's for Radio Japan Hindi & Bengali

Radio Japan NHK World Radio Bengali & Hindi Service has announced on air its new frequencies for its spring/summer season i.e.A13 season of broadcast period effective from March 31st.R.Japan Bengali will be on 11685 kHz during its usual time of broadcast on shortwave i.e.1300-1345UTC.

 

And Hindi Service's evening transmission will be on 15745kHz during its usual transmission time of 1430-1515 UTC.But its morning transmission time & frequency will be changed from March 31st.It will be on air from 0100 to 0130 UTC on 11590 kHz.

(Gautam Kumar Sharma, Abhayapuri, Assam)

NHK Radio Japan to be available on AIR FM channels

As per a response for my report to Radio Japan NHK on their relays via All India Radio they are planning to commence daily FM relays in India in coming October, 2012.

The relay transmissions will be carried by All India Radio's "FM Rainbow" network stations. Sunday, October 28 will be the first day of this FM relays.

Prior to this, All India Radio FM Rainbow Hyderabad will commence TEST transmissions on the daily basis starting from Sunday, July 1. Listeners in Hyderabad and its suburbs can hear Radio Japan every night at 2130 Indian Standard Time, or 1600 UTC on 101.9 MHz, duration of this transmission is for 30 minutes of daily programs.

Hyderabad will be followed by Jaipur, Mumbai, and some other major cities across India. Radio Japan will try to increase the number of the stations by Oct. 28.

Note: Radio Japan is already heard daily via All India Radio FM Rainbow on 101,9 MHz at 1600-1630 UTC although they saay that it will start in July.

Radio Japan bengali service is already available in Bangladesh on FM channels.

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India)

NHK Radio Japan to add 30 minutes of Hindi for A11 seaosn

In this era of shortwave cuts NHK Radio Japan has announced to add 30 minutues of shortwave in Hindi language for A11 season effective 27th March 2011. NHK Radio Japan will introduce a new 30 minute morning slot in Hindi at 0130-0200 UTC (0700-0730 IST) in addition to their exisiting evening transmission. Evening transmission in Hindi will be retimed to 1430-1515 UTC (2000-2045 IST). Morning txn will be repeat broadcast of previous day's evening programs excluding the 15 minute news bulletin.

NHK Radio Japan Hindi Frequency change

NHK Radio Japan Hindi Frequency change wef 14th June 2010

1345-1430 UTC (1915-2000 IST) on 11825 kHz ( ex 5975) Daily

Radio Japan A09 in Indian Languages

(Effective from 29th Mar to 25th Oct, 2009)

Bengali 1300 - 1345 UTC (1830-1915 IST) 15215 kHz
Hindi 1345 - 1430 UTC (1915-2000 IST) 9585 kHz
Urdu 1430 -1515 UTC (2000-2045 IST) 9680 kHz

Reports to :nhkworld@nhk.jp