VOICE OF AMERICA VOA FREQUENCY SCHEDULE - September 26, 1993 to March 26, 1994 Last revised/reviewed: November 3, 1993/1500 GMT (M303/292) IMPORTANT NOTICES: A morning Arabic program and the evening Kurdish programs changed broadcast times effective October 31. The 0500-0700 GMT Arabic program will moved to 0400-0600 GMT. The 1400-1500 GMT Kurdish program moved to 1500-1600 GMT. The new medium wave transmitter in Kuwait began broadcasting on October 6, 1993. This transmitter, on 1548 kHz, carries Arabic, English and Farsi programming. The new Morocco Relay Station added additional transmitters to its active broadcast schedule starting October 6. These transmitters replaced lower powered Tangier Relay Station transmitters for many European and African language broadcasts. Listeners in Europe, Africa and the Middle East should experienced improved reception. NOTES: All times and days are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), same as UTC. Frequencies are in kiloHertz (kHz). Abbreviations: All frequencies are on daily unless stated otherwise. * - Monday through Friday (GMT) # - Tuesday through Saturday (GMT) % - Tuesday through Sunday (GMT) ! - Sunday through Friday (GMT) $ - Saturday and Sunday (GMT) @ - Saturday only (GMT) & - Monday only (GMT) Frequencies in parentheses are single sideband feeds: U - upper sideband / L - lower sideband The latest version of this schedule is available from the VOA Frequency Division BBS (+1-202-619-1494) at connect speeds up to 14400 bps. It can be obtained through internet by addressing an EMail request to df@voa.gov. It is also posted to Usenet's rec.radio.shortwave and rec.radio.info newsgroups, to FidoNet's Shortwave Echo, CompuServe's HamNet Forum, GEnie's Radio Electronics Roundtable AOL's Ham Radio Club and various other computer networks. ALBANIAN to Europe 0500-0530 6150 6160 7210 1700-1800 5965 9735 11865 15195 AMHARIC to Africa 1800-1900 9650 11740 11965 15170 15445 ARABIC to the Middle East and North Africa 0400-0500 15195 15160 11775 9650 7115 5965 1548 1260 0500-0600 15195 15160 11775 9650 7120 5965 1548 1260 0730-0800 6150 9575 9705 11775 11840 15235 1700-1800 1260 7205 11960 15155 15305 17885 21570 (14526U) 1800-1900 1260 7205 9530 11960 15155 15245 15305 17885 21570 1900-2000 1548 6160 9530 9650 15155 15245 17740 17885 21570 2000-2100 1260 1314 1548 6070 6160 7195 7205 7250 9650 11895 15225 15245 17740 2100-2200 1548 6160 7195 7205 9530 9705 11895 15225 15245 17740 ARMENIAN to the C.I.S. 1600-1700 9615 11865 15195 15305 17885 AZERBAIJANI to the C.I.S. 1900-2000 7280 9680 11835 (18275L) BANGLA to South Asia 0130-0230 15210 17780 21475 1600-1700 1575 9575 11870 15185 BULGARIAN to Europe 0400-0430 792 3980 6130 7295 9615 9740 (7651U) 1930-2030 5965 9535 9600 9735 BURMESE to East Asia 1130-1230 1575 9505 9560 11835 15145 2330-2400 5965 7260 11840 CANTONESE to East Asia 1500-1600 1143 6030 CHINESE (MANDARIN) to East Asia 1100-1200 1143 6160 11785 11965 11995 15410 17790 21585 1200-1300 6160 11785 11965 11995 15410 17790 21585 1300-1330 6160 11730 11785 11965 11995 15410 17790 1330-1400 1143 6160 11730 11785 11965 11995 15410 17790 1400-1500 5915 5945 6160 9715 11730 11965 11995 15410 17790 1500-1600 5915 9680 11730 11820 11965 11995 15410 17790 1600-1700 1143 9680 11965 11995 15410 17790 2100-2200 1575 6025 6045 7200 9545 11925 15395 2200-2230 5915 6025 6045 7150 7200 9545 9675 11925 15395 2230-2300 5915 6025 6045 7200 9545 11925 15395 2300-0100 7200 9545 11925 15395 17765 CREOLE to the Caribbean 1230-1300 * 9525 9670 11935 1730-1800 13740 17800 17830 2200-2230 9670 11890 15120 0030-0100 # 6195 9670 11895 CROATIAN to Europe 0530-0600 756 1458 6030 6060 7210 9585 1930-2000 5975 6050 7180 11760 CZECH to Europe 0430-0500 1197 3980 6010 2000-2100 1197 DARI to the Middle East 0215-0300 6015 9635 9705 11820 (7651L) 1515-1600 7280 11825 11960 15225 (18275L) ENGLISH to Africa 0300-0400 621 1530 7105 7265 7280 7405 9575 9885 11965 0400-0430 621 1530 7265 7280 7405 9575 0430-0500 7265 7280 7405 9575 0500-0600 6035 7405 9665 12080 15600 0600-0630 1530 6035 7405 9530 9665 11925 12080 15600 15080 0630-0700 $ 1530 6035 7405 9530 9665 11925 12080 15600 15080 1600-1630 $ 1530 11920 12040 13710 15255 15320 15410 15445 17790 1630-1700 1530 11920 12040 13710 15255 15320 15410 15445 17790 1700-1730 1530 11920 12040 13710 15320 15410 15445 17790 1730-1800 621$ 11920 12040 13710 15320 15410 15445 1800-1900 621 11920 12040 13675 13710 15410 15580 17800 1900-2000 621 7415 11920 12040 13710 15410 15580 17800 2000-2030 621 1530 7415 11820 13710 15160 15410 15580 17800 21485 2030-2100 621 1530 7415 13710 15410 15580 17800 21485 2100-2130 621 1530 7415 13710 15410 15580 17800 21485 2130-2200 ! 621 1530 7415 13710 15410 15445 15580 17800 21485 ENGLISH to the Caribbean and the American Republics c = medium wave to northern Central America. 0000-0100 930 6130 9455 11695 (Caribbean program) 0000-0030 5995 7405 9775 11580 15120 15205 0030-0100 1530c 1580c 5995 7405 9775 11580 15120 15205 0100-0200 1530c 1580c 5995 6130 7405 9455 9775 11580 15120 15205 0200-0230 # 5995 7405 9775 11580 15120 15205 0200-0300 930 (to the Caribbean) 0400-0500 # 1530c 1580c (northern Central America) 1000-1100 930 7405 9590 11915 15120 (to the Caribbean) 1100-1200 7405 9590 11915 15120 (to the Caribbean) 1200-1230 930 (to the Caribbean) 1700-1730 930 (to the Caribbean) 2100-2200 930 (to the Caribbean) ENGLISH to East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific p - primarily to the Pacific region 1000-1100p 5985 11720 15425 1100-1200 5985 6110 9760 11720 15160 15425 1200-1230 1143 6110 9760 11715 15160 15425 1230-1330 6110 9560 9760 11715 15160 15425 1330-1400 6110 9760 15160 15425 1400-1430 1143 6110 9760 15160 15425 1430-1500 1143 6110 9760 11705 15160 15425 1900-2000p 9525 11870 15180 2100-2200p 11870 15185 17735 2200-2300 7215 6035 9770 11760 15185 15290 15305 17735 17820 2300-2400 7215 9770 11760 15185 15290 15305 17735 17820 0000-0100 1575 7215 9770 11760 15185 15290 17735 17820 ENGLISH to Middle East, North Africa, Europe v - VOA Europe programs, ME - Middle East 0400-0430 1260 5995 6040 6140 7170 (6873L) 0430-0500 1260 1548 5995 6040 6140 7170 (6873L) 0500-0530 792 5995 6040 6140 7170 9530 9700 11825 15205 (6873L) 0530-0600 792 3980 5995 6040 6140 7170 9530 9700 11825 15205 (6873L) 0600-0630 792 3980 5995 6040 6060 6140 7170 7325 11805 11825 15205 (6873L) 0630-0700 792 1197 3980 5995 6040 6060 6140 7170 7325 11805 11825 15205 (6873L) 1400-1500 ME 1548 1500-1600 1260 1548 9700 15205 (19379L) 1600-1630 1548 9700 15205 (19379L) 1630-1700 1548 6180 9700 9760 11855 15205 15245 (19379L) 1700-1800 792 6040 9700 9760 15205 (19379L) 1800-1900 6040 9700 9760 15205 (19379L) 1900-2000 1197 3980 6040 9700 9760 15205 (19379L) 2000-2100 3980 6040 9700 9760 11760 15205 (19379L) 2100-2200 1260 6040 6095 9760 11760 15205 (19379L) 2230-2330 1260 (Middle East) 2330-2400 1260 1548 (Middle East) 0000-0030 1260 (Middle East) ENGLISH VOA Europe 0600-1200 1197x 1200-1700 1197 x = not Sunday VOA Europe is also available 24 hours a day on cable systems and FM stations in many cities of Europe. For more information, write to: VOA Europe, P.O. Box 23333, Washington, D.C. 20026. ENGLISH to South Asia 0100-0300 7115 7205 9740 11705 15250 17740 21550 (7651U) 1400-1430 6110 7125 9645 9760 15205 15395 1430-1500 6110 7125 9645 9760 11705 15205 15395 1500-1530 6110 7125 9645 9700 9760 15205 15395 1530-1600 6110 7125 9645 9700 9760 11705 15205 15395 1600-1700 6110 7125 9645 9700 9760 15205 15395 1700-1800 6110 7125 9645 9700 11855 15205 15395 ESTONIAN to Europe 0445-0500 6130 6150 7130 7210 (7651L) FARSI to the Middle East 0300-0400 1158 6060 7200 9700 11805 (7651L) 0400-0430 6060 7200 9700 11805 (7651L) 1700-1900 1158 6160 7280 9680 11835 (18275L) 2300-2330 1158 5970 7170 7285 9680 FRENCH to Africa 0530-0600 * 1530 9635 9775 11650 11835 11875 15375 17650 0600-0630 * 9635 9775 11650 11835 11875 15375 17650 1830-2000 1530 12080 15365 15625 17640 17785 21485 2000-2030 12080 15365 15625 17640 17785 2030-2100 $ 12080 15365 15625 17640 17785 17880 2100-2130 * 12080 15365 15445 15625 17640 17785 GEORGIAN to Europe 2000-2100 6140 7280 9525 (18275L) HAUSA to Africa 0500-0530 1530 7415 9635 9775 11650 11835 15375 2030-2100 * 12080 15365 15625 17640 17785 17880 HINDI to South Asia 0000-0100 6010 7125 7205 7440 11825 (7651L) 1600-1700 6160 7280 9675 11905 11945 (18275L) HUNGARIAN to Europe 0530-0600 6125 7295 9615 INDONESIAN to East Asia 1130-1230 9620 11930 15125 2200-2330 9620 11805 15205 KHMER to East Asia 1330-1500 1575 9575 11930 15285 2200-2230 1575 6060 7260 9760 KOREAN to East Asia 1300-1400 648 11895 15195 17740 2130-2200 6130 7110 7150 7300 9755 KURDISH to the Middle East 1500-1600 17830 15265 15170 11855 LAO to East Asia 1230-1300 1575 9645 11930 15240 1300-1330 1575 LATVIAN to Europe 2000-2030 6095 6150 7180 LITHUANIAN to Europe 2030-2100 6095 6150 7180 PASHTO to the Middle East 0130-0215 6015 9635 9705 11820 (7651L) 1430-1515 7280 11825 11960 15225 (18275L) POLISH to Europe 0530-0630 1197 5955 6160 7130 (10235L) 2100-2200 1197 3980 6095 6150 9650 (18275L) 2200-2230 6095 6150 7180 7210 9650 (18275L) 2230-2400 1197 3980 6095 6150 7180 7210 9650 (18275L) PORTUGUESE to Africa 0430-0500 1530 7200 7415 9635 9775 11650 11835 1730-1800 621* 1530 15150 15505 17705 17740 17785 21485 1800-1830 1530 7340 15150 17705 17740 17785 21485 PORTUGUESE to Brazil 2200-2300 * 9455 11680 15330 17740 ROMANIAN to Europe 0430-0445 792 6130 7295 9615 9740 (7651U) 1800-1900 792 5965 9735 11780 15125 (14526U) 1900-1930 792 11780 15125 (14526U) 1930-2000 792 RUSSIAN to the C.I.S. E - to eastern Russia 0400-0500 5985 6020 6090 7110 7270 (10235L) 0900-1100 E 11930 11965 15150 15410 17865 1630-1800 7245 9535 9660 11710 11740 11805 15235 17865 (14526L) 1800-1900 6140 7170 7270 9690 11710 11805 11825 1900-2000 6060 6140 7170 7270 9585 9690 11710 11805 11825 2000-2100 6060 7170 7270 9585 9690 11710 11805 11825 2100-2200 6060 6085 6140 7170 7270 7280 11710 11805 11825 (14526L) SERBIAN to Europe 0445-0500 756 792 1395 6060 7295 9615 9740 (7651U) 0630-0700 1458 6015 6125 7295 1400-1430 7115 11915 15265 17865 1500-1530 7295 11805 15130 17865 1600-1630 5965 9535 11855 15165 15265 1700-1730 1458 6060 7180 15265 15430 2030-2100 792 5965 9535 9715 9735 2300-2330 756 792 1224 1395 SLOVAK to Europe 0500-0530 1197 3980 6015 6125 7295 9615 1800-1900 1197 3980 6060 7180 9585 11760 15225 SLOVENE to Europe 0600-0630 6125 7295 9715 SOMALI to Africa 0400-0415 6155 9775 9885 11965 SPANISH to the American Republics C - transmission directed primarily to Central America 0200-0300 # 1530C 1580C 6030 6190 9465 9670 9840 11895 13740 15400 0300-0400 *C 1530 1580 6030 9465 9670 9840 13740 1200-1300 *C 11890 11945 13775 15265 17730 17830 21490 21580 21610 1700-1730 * 15185 17710 17805 21745 2130-2200 * 11890 15120 17715 17730 SPANISH OAS to the American Republics 2345-0030 9565 11835 15160 SPANISH Radio Marti to Cuba 0300-0600 % 9525 0600-0900 % 6030 0900-1200 6030 1200-1400 9590 1400-2300 11930 2300-0400 9525 SWAHILI to Africa 1630-1700 * 9890 15150 15360 17705 17740 21485 1700-1730 9890 15150 15360 17705 17740 21485 TIBETAN to East Asia 0000-0030 6090 7165 9845 11860 15405 17875 1500-1530 9575 11705 11865 15200 15255 TURKISH to Europe/Middle East 1900-2000 1260 6095 6160 7205 UKRAINIAN to the C.I.S. 0500-0600 7200 9570 9715 9740 2100-2200 7180 9715 11960 URDU to South Asia 0100-0130 6010 7105 7175 9635 9710 11820 (7651L) 0130-0200 7105 7175 9530 1330-1430 11705 11825 11960 12005 15145 17875 (18275L) UZBEK to the C.I.S. 0100-0130 5985 6065 7130 7180 (6873U) 1500-1600 11835 11945 15185 15235 17780 17855 (19379U) VIETNAMESE to East Asia 1230-1330 1143 9890 11835 15250 1430-1500 6095 9540 11895 2230-2330 6060 7260 9760 ************************************************************ Summary of changes: Language Effective Time (GMT) Description ARABIC 06 OCT 93 0500-0700, Addition of 1548 kHz - new 1900-2200 Kuwait medium wave ARABIC 10 OCT 93 2000-2100 Addition of 6070 kHz (M269) ARABIC 31 OCT 93 0400-0600 Change program time from 0500-0700 to 0400-0600 (M284) ARMENIAN 03 OCT 93 1600-1700 Change program time from 1500-1600 to 1600-1700, multiple frequency changes (M255) CREOLE 04 OCT 93 2100-2130 Add 9670 kHz (M263) CREOLE 17 OCT 93 2330-2400 Add 2330-2400 GMT program (M276) CREOLE 23 OCT 93 2330-2400 Change program to MON-FRI (M289) CREOLE 31 OCT 93 ALL TIMES Change program times for change to Standard Time (M292) ENGLISH to AFR 26 SEP 93 2100-2200 Add 15445 kHz (M250) ENGLISH to AFR 16 OCT 93 2100-2130 Delete 15445 kHz (M268) ENGLISH to AFR 22 OCT 93 1800-2200 Delete 15320 kHz from 1800-2100 GMT Delete 15290 kHz from 2100-2200 GMT (M281) ENGLISH to ASIA 24 OCT 93 2200-2300 Cancel 6050 kHz insert 6035 kHz (M287) ENGLISH to ME 06 OCT 93 0430-0500, Add 1548 kHz from Kuwait 1400-1700, (M260) 2330-2400 ENGLISH to ME 10 OCT 93 2100-2200 Cancel 11960 kHz, add 6125 kHz (M269) FARSI 06 OCT 93 0300-0400, Add 1158 kHz (M252) 1700-1900, 2300-2330 FRENCH to AFR 16 OCT 93 2100-2130 Add 15445 kHz (M268) FRENCH to AFR 24 OCT 93 1830-2130 Cancel 7340 kHz insert 15625 kHz (M288) GERMAN 31 SEP 93 2200-2230 Program cancelled HAUSA 24 OCT 93 2030-2100 Cancel 7340 kHz insert 15625 kHz (M288) KURDISH 31 OCT 93 1500-1600 Change program time from 1400-1500 to 1500-1600 (M284) PORT to AFRICA 24 OCT 93 1730-1830 Cancel 7340 kHz insert 15505 kHz (M288) PORT to BRAZIL 17 OCT 93 2300-2400 Change program time to 2200-2300 GMT due to local time change (M264) SERBIAN 03 OCT 93 1600-1700 Cancel 9615 insert 9535 (M255) SPANISH 26 SEP 93 0200-0400 Change listed days of week from MON-FRI to TUE-SAT SWAHILI 20 OCT 93 1630-1730 Delete 17755 kHz (M280) TURKISH 10 OCT 93 2100-2130 Add 6070 kHz (M269) UKRAINIAN 24 OCT 93 2100-2200 Cancel 11935 kHz insert 11960 kHz (M283) URDU 24 OCT 93 0100-0130 Cancel 9705 kHz insert 9710 kHz (M283) VIETNAMESE 24 OCT 93 1430-1500 Cancel 9525 kHz insert 9540 kHz (M285)