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PAKISTAN IS CHANGING BACK TO NORMAL TIME UTC+5.00 HRS AFFECTING VOA URDU SERVICE
Mon, 11 Aug 2008
Due to the local time change in Pakistan the following changes are effective from 1st September for VOA URDU SERVICE :
- MW 972 1539 kHz is available at 1400-0200 hrs instead of 1300-0100 hrs.
- SW service 0100-0200 (ex 0000-0100) on 7135 11805 kHz.
- SW service 1400-1500 (ex 1300-1400) on 9510 11690 kHz.
New BBC Hindi transmission at 1630 hrs via R.Nepal on 576 kHz
Mon, 23 Jun 2008
Effective 23rd June 2008 BBC Hindi Service has added another Hindi transmission at 1630-1700 hrs on 576 kHz (via R.Nepal) replacing BBC WS program in English. The programs mostly consists of a repeat of 1430-1500 hrs transmission b'cast earlier on the same day.
R.SINGAPORE INT'L English service last transmission on 31st July, 2008
Fri, 20 Jun 2008
Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi reports: Karamjit Kaur, Sr Station Administrative Executive at RSI English Service informed that Radio Singapore International will cease transmission from end July 2008, they are in the midst of winding down with last broadcast on 31st July 2008.
RADIO JAPAN CHANGES FREQUENCY FOR S.ASIA EFFECTIVE 08 JUNE 2008
Sat, 07 Jun 2008
Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi reports: NHK Radio Japan frequency changes wef 8th June, 2008
- Bengali : 1300-1345 UTC on 15215 (ex 17595)
- Hindi : 1345-1430 UTC on 15215 (ex 17595)
PAKISTAN IS CHANGING TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME AFFECTING VOA URDU SERVICE
Thu, 29 May 2008
Due to the local time change in Pakistan the following changes are effective from 1st June for VOA URDU SERVICE :
- MW 972 1539 kHz is available at 1300-0100 hrs instead of 1400-0200 hrs.
- SW service 0000-0100 (ex-0100-0200) on 7135 11755 kHz.
- SW service 1300-1400 (ex-1400-1500) on 9340 15790 kHz.
VOA drops additional transmission to Asia in English
Wed, 28 May 2008
The additional English transmission to Asia at 0200-0300 is to discontinue from 31st May 2008
- 9780 kHz 0200-0300 from Sri Lanka
- 11705 kHz 0200-0300 from Thailand
VOA Changes frequency for Asia in English
Sat, 17 May 2008
Effective 19th May VOA changes frequency for Asia in English:
- 9345 kHz 1400-1530 from Philippines
- 9345 kHz 1530-1600 from Sri Lanka
This replaces 15185 kHz at 1400-1500 hrs and 13735 kHz at 1500-1600 hrs.
Myanmar Radio is back on the air
Fri, 09 May 2008
Victor Goonetilleke reports from Colombo: "I heard last afternoon(8th May) first broadcast at 0730 on 9730 and nothing after that till this morning 0030 s.on on 7185".
On the evening of 9th May noted 5985 kHz is also back on the air but s/off at 1430 hrs earlier than regular s/off time 1600 hrs.
News on Myanmar
Wed, 07 May 2008
Victor Goonetilleke reporting: MYANMAR Cyclone hit Yangon and power is down and vast destruction reported. Death toll over 22000. So obviously Myanmar is running on emergency power, so SW txers are off the air. I can't hear any MW stations here. All three Yangon based TXers are off the air at 1245, viz 5040, 5915, 5985. No SW frequency active. However Defense Forces Station on 5770 is going on as usual.
Morning 5915 5985 and 7185 are also off the air. Surely the midday 9730 khz is also off the air. Watching 594 and 576 MW channels for any programs.
New Frequency for Radio Taiwan International
Mon, 05 May 2008
Andy Sennitt advises that from May 4th till September 6th, RTI's English broadcast to South Asia will be changed from 11600 KHz to 15515 KHz
New Frequency for Vatican Radio for Asia
Sat, 03 May 2008
Effective 04 May 2008 Vatican Radio changes frequencies in the morning from 5915 to 9650 kHz for their b'cast to South Asia at 0040(Mo,Th from 0025)-0200 hrs.
Radio Netherlands new frequencies for Asia
Fri, 18 Apr 2008
Effective 19 April 2008 Radio Netherlands changes frequencies due to interference and propagation for the following:
- For English to Asia at 1400-1557 UTC, Madagascar moves from 9890 to 9885 kHz.
- Also for English to Asia at 1359-1557 UTC, Dushanbe will move down to 5830 kHz instead of 9345.
VOA changes frequency for evening English & Urdu to Asia
Thu, 10 Apr 2008
Effective 14 April 2008 VOA changes frequencies for the following:
- 1400-1500 hrs Urdu on 9510 (ex-15790 kHz from Thailand)
- 1400-1500 hrs Urdu on 15790(ex-9580 kHz from Kuwait)
- 1200-1400 hrs English on 9510 kHz (ex-9645)
- 1400-1600 hrs English on 7430 kHz (ex-7125)
VOA changes frequency for evening Bengali & Hindi service
Tue, 01 Apr 2008
In order to preserve continuity between winter and summer schedule VOA changes frequency for their evening Bengali and Hindi service effective 04 April 2008
- 1600-1700 hrs Hindi on 7430(used also in B07 - now replaces 7260)
- 1600-1700 hrs Bengali on 7260 (used 7280 in B07 - now replaces 7430)
VOA reintroduces SW service for Urdu Service in A08
Sat, 22 Mar 2008
Starting 30th March VOA reintroduces 2 hrs of b'casting on SW for Urdu Service after it was discontinued from 28th January:
- 0100-0200 hrs on 7145 11805 kHz.
- 1400-1500 hrs on 9580 15255 kHz.
This will definitely improve reception in Northern and Eastern parts of India. The MW channels 972 and 1539 kHz will continue to b'cast at 1400-0200 hrs for 12 hrs.
VOA increases Tibetan b'cast timings
Tue, 18 Mar 2008
VOA increases 2 hrs of b'casting as per the following schedule :
- 0300-0400 hrs on 15545 17665 21570 kHz.
- 1600-1700 hrs on 7395 9395 11865 kHz.
Detailed b'cast list of Tibetan language.
DW to increase Evening channels for South Asia in A08
Sun, 16 Mar 2008
In order to reach effectively in the target area DW is increasing its frequencies in the evening to South Asia.
- Urdu 1430-1500 hrs on 1548 9655 13840 15595 kHz
- Hindi at 1500 and Bengali at 1530 hrs (all from Trincomalee relay station) on 1548 6180 9540 9655. The last freq was used for a number of years for the German Language b'cast to South Asia.
RVA Frequency changes for A08 effective 30-MAR-08
Sat, 15 Mar 2008
Radio Veritas Asia new frequencies for South Asia in A08 period.
- Sinhala 0000-0027 11730 kHz (ex-12005)
- Hindi 0030-0057 11710 kHz (ex-9670)
- Bengali 0030-0057 11945 kHz (ex-9510)
- Telugu 1430-1457 9665 kHz (ex-9520)
- Urdu 0100-0127 11820 khz (ex-17860)
Radio Japan will introduce a reduced service for South Asian language in A08
Mon, 10 Mar 2008
Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi [06-08-2008] :Radio Japan plans to drop its Bengali, Hindi & Urdu afternoon transmissions to South Asia for A08 Cuts back 15 minutes of transmission time for all the three languages.
- NHK Radio Japan new times wef 30th March (Sun)
- Bengali :1300 -1345 UTC (Freq not known) (ex 0630-0700 & 1230-1300 UTC)
- Hindi : 1345 -1430 UTC on 17595 (ex 0700-0730 & 1300-1330 UTC)
- Urdu : 1330 -1415 UTC (Freq not known) (ex 0730-0800 & 1330-1400 UTC)
Alok Dasgupta,Calcutta Actually all transmissions will use a single channel 17595 kHz with Bengali 1300-1345, Hindi 1345-1430 and Urdu 1430-1515 UTC. The confusion on Urdu timings is actually due to the wrong announcement over Radio Japan's Urdu Service as 7-00 to 7-45 PM Indian Time - whereas it should be 8-00 PM to 8-45 PM.
New Frequency for Radio Taiwan Intl
Wed, 05 Mar 2008
Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi Radio Taiwan Intl B07 Frequency Change wef 3rd March English to South Asia 1600 -1700 UTC on 11995 kHz ( ex 9785) // 11550
DW introducing a new freq for South Asia
Tue, 04 Mar 2008
Due to interference DW is moving its 9585 kHz freq from Trincomalee relay station to 9650 kHz at 1500-1530 Hindi and 1530-1600 hrs in Bengali effective 07 March 2008. 1548 kHz (MW) and 7225 kHz are also available at these period.
New Frequency for VOA English
Mon, 03 Mar 2008
VOA in English is changing one frequency at 0100-0200 hrs from 9865 to 9740 kHz effective 05 March 2008 from their Thailand relay station. Parallel channels at this times are 7205 and 11705 kHz.
Additional BBC Hindi Frequency
Mon, 25 Feb 2008
BBC Hindi service added one more frequency at 1400-1500 hrs on 9615 kHz - parallel SW channels are 6140 7205 7430 11955 15245 kHz.
BBC Urdu Special Election News
Mon, 18 Feb 2008
BBC Urdu service noted on 18-FEB-2008 with a special election news b'cast at 1600-1700 hrs on 9500 and 7475 kHz - this is in addition to their regular b'cast at 1500-1600 and 1730-1800 hrs.
Anniversary of the world-famous BBC six-pip Greenwich Time Signal
Wed, 06 Feb 2008
Posted by David Rooney (Curator of Timekeeping) in Royal Observatory Greenwich Blog on February 5, 2008 : For 84 years the major global news headlines of the day have been preceded by the six Greenwich Time 'pips'. When the news of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon, President John F Kennedy’s assassination, and the destruction of the Berlin Wall were broadcast across the world on the BBC, they followed the familiar sound of the Greenwich pips.
The six-pip Time Signal was introduced on 5 February following the successful broadcast of the chimes of Big Ben to usher in the new year of 1924. Late in 1923, Frank Dyson, ninth Astronomer Royal, visited John Reith, Director General of the BBC, to discuss the idea of public time signals being broadcast. The six-pip Time Signal (pips for seconds 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60) was Dyson’s brain-child, devised in discussion with Frank Hope-Jones, inventor of the free pendulum clock, who had originally advocated a five-pip signal.
In 1939, the six-pip signal and the Time Service moved from Greenwich to the magnetic observatory at Abinger in Surrey. They then moved to Herstmonceux, Sussex in 1957. In 1990, the Greenwich Time Signal transmitted its last pips. Since then the BBC has originated its own pips based on signals from the GPS satellite network and from the 60kHz radio transmitter at Anthorn, Cumbria, operated by VT Communications under contract to the National Physical Laboratory.
The original clock used for the six-pips signal is in the Time and Greenwich gallery at the Royal Observatory. This is currently closed for redecoration, but will reopen on 1 March 2008.
The clock is regulator number 2016 by Dent of London. It was made in 1874 for use across the globe when observing the Transit of Venus astronomical phenomenon that year, before moving to Greenwich. It was the very first to provide the six-pip signals in 1924 with pendulum roller contacts, which are still in the Observatory collection.
New frequency for Family Radio
Mon, 04 Feb 2008
Family Radio noted on a new frequency in Punjabi at 1400-1600 hrs on 6090 kHz(with cochannel interference) replacing 5900 kHz.
Trans World Radio changes frequency 7350 to 9445 w.e.f. 03 Feb 2008
Sat, 02 Feb 2008
Trans World Radio changes frequency in the morning from 7350 to 9445 kHz w.e.f. 03 February 2008 for their transmission to India between 0015 and 0200 UTC.
BBC radio available on Bangladesh's leading news website
Wed, 30 Jan 2008
BBC Press release & Mukesh Kumar, Bihar,India :The BBC has teamed up with Bangladesh's leading news website bdnews24.com so its users can listen to BBC World Service radio.
Thanks to the new partnership, visitors to the 24/7 site across the world can now access BBC radio programmes in English and Bangla. bdnews24.com is the first news site in Bangladesh to carry BBC radio content. Toufique I Khalidi, Chief Editor, bdnews24.com, said: "We're absolutely delighted to be associated with BBC World Service. I'm certain that this partnership will not only be of great convenience to many who'd gotten out of the habit of listening to the radio but also will prove beneficial to BBC and bdnews24.com." Neil Curry, BBC World Service Regional Business Development Manager for Asia, added: "We are committed to working with like-minded organisations across the widest possible range of platforms.
"Bangladesh is a very important country for the BBC, and this tie-up with bdnews24.com reflects our commitment. Availability of our radio content on this news website means further growth of the BBC's outreach around the world. It's an exciting development for us."
BBC Bangla has around 17 million weekly listeners in Bangladesh and over 2.4 million weekly listeners in India. It has bureaux in Dhaka, Delhi and Kolkata, and broadcasts news, current affairs, sports, science and cultural features to the Bangla community worldwide. BBC Bangla broadcasts daily at 06.30-07.00, 07.30-08.00, 19.30-20.00 and 22.30-23.00 (Dhaka Time : UTC+6.00hrs) via 100 FM in Dhaka, and on shortwave across South Asia. BBC Bangla programmes in audio can also be accessed at bbcbengali.com.
bdnews24.com is the first web-based news site and news service, providing news content to newspapers, TV and radio stations, in Bangladesh. A 24/7 operation, it is accessed daily by over 100,000 unique users. It has related sites for children (Kidz), techies (Tech), writers and poets (Arts) and cricket, with the business site (Biz) ready for launch in early February.
VOA Urdu (Aap Ki Duniya) Service drops all SW channels
Sat, 26 Jan 2008
With effect from 28 January 2008 VOA Urdu Service (Aap Ki Duniya) is to discontinue all shortwave channels. The SW schedule was 0100-0200 7145 9740 kHz and in the evening 1400-1800 7495 9370 kHz 1800-1900 7425 7495 kHz. Most of the channels carrying Urdu service is moving to VOA DEEWA service specially the evening 7495 and 9370 kHz. From 28 January VOA Urdu service is available only on 972 and 1539 kHz MW. If you've any comments on this please write to urdu@voanews.com
Additional BBC Bengali coverage
Fri, 25 Jan 2008
Additional transmission with a change noted from BBC Bengali Service :
- 0330-0430 13770 15225 17485 every Mo,Tu
- 1330-1500 9435 7580 (ex-11655) every Su (1330-1400 hrs regular channels are 7225 7430 11835 kHz).
All India Radio Special Broadcast 25-29 January 2008
Sat, 19 Jan 2008
Alokesh Gupta,New Delhi All India Radio will broadcast following special programmes in connection with the Republic Day Celebrations.
25 Jan 2008 (Fri) - 1330 UTC onwards : President's Address to the Nation. 9835, 9575, 5015, 6030, 6085
26 Jan 2008 (Sat) - 0350 UTC onwards : Running commentary on the Republic Day Parade and Cultural Pageant from Rajpath Hindi Commentary : 9595, 11620, 15020 English Commentary :6085, 9950, 11585,15050
29 Jan 2008 (Tues) - 1630-1700 UTC Radio Report on 'Beating Retreat' ceremony. 7140, 9835, 9575, 6085
Note : 9950 via Aligarh, 15050 via B'lore, all other freq's via Delhi.
Consequent to the above special broadcasts there will be changes/cancellation in the schedule of National bulletins in Regional languages, Hindi/English News & Current Affairas programmes.
All stations of AIR will relay at least one of these programs.
Reception reports to: spectrum-manager@air.org.in
Or can be submitted online at : http://www.allindiaradio.gov.in/recepfdk.html
Radio Pakistan Changes from January 5th
Tue, 15 Jan 2008
Noel R. Green-UK via WWDXC BC-DX Jan 12 Radio Pakistan has introduced a new schedule for external service effective January 5th. The following External Service will be discontinued w.e.f. 5th Jan, 2008.
| Service | Details |
|---|---|
| Assami | 0045-0115 7445 |
| Arabic | 1815-1900 6280 |
| Tamil I & | II0315-0345 & 0945-1015 both 15620 |
| Turki | 1330-1400 5050 |
| English | 0730-0830 15100 & 17835 |
| Nepali | 1245-1315 7445 |
| Sinhali | 1015-1045 15620 |
| Turkish | 1630-1700 6240 |
| Russian | 1415-1445 9395 |
The following services will continue with some changes in the Timings & Duration. The detail is as under:
| Service | Details Time UTC |
|---|---|
| Hindi-I | 0215-0300 no change 7445 |
| Hindi-II | 1030-1130 (x1100-1145) 7445 |
| Bangla-I | 0115-0200 no change 7445 |
| Bangla-I | I1200-1245 no change 7445 |
| Pushto | 1300-1400 (x0500-0545) 5050 (x6235) |
| Dari | 1430-1530 (x1515-1545) 5050 |
| Irani | 1700-1800 (x1715-1800) 5050 |
| Gujrati | 0400-0430 no change 9350 |
| Chinese | 1200-1300 (x1200-1230) 9380 & 11570 |
Trans World Radio Changes effective January 2008
Mon, 14 Jan 2008
Trans World Radio has introduced a new schedule effective January 1st and 6th. Details can be found on Trans World Radio page under STATION head.
Additional BBC Bengali coverage
Sat, 12 Jan 2008
Additional transmission with a change noted from BBC Bengali Service :
- 0330-0430 13770 15225 17485 every Mo,Tu
- 1330-1500 9435 11655 every Su (1330-1400 hrs regular channels are 7225 7430 11835 kHz).
BBC WS via Radio Nepal FM
Fri, 11 Jan 2008
BBC Press Release 08-01-2008 :BBC programming in English can now be heard on the BBC 24-hour 103 FM relay in Kathmandu and on the following partner FM stations throughout Nepal in these regions:
- Baglung – Dhawalgiri 98.6 FM
- Bajhang – Saipal 100.6 FM
- Banke – Bageshwari 94.6 FM
- Chitwan – Kalika 95.2 FM and Synergy 91.6 FM
- Ghorahi – Sworgadwori 102.8 FM
- Dhanusa – Radio Milthia 100.8 FM and Jakapur 101.8 FM
- Kailali – Dinesh 93.8 FM
- Hetauda – Hetauda 96.6 FM
- Ilam – Ilam 93 FM
- Jhapa – Pathibara 93.6 FM and Saptarangi 101.6 FM
- Jumla – Radio Karnali 105.2 FM
- Kanchanpur – Skuklapanda 94.4 FM
- Kathmandu – Radio Sagamartha 102.4 FM
- Nawalparasi – Vijaya 101.6 FM
- Palpa – Radio Madanpokhara 106.9 FM
- Parsa – Gadhina 91.4 FM, Radio Birgunj 99 FM and Narayani 103.8 FM
- Pokhara – Himchuli 92.2 FM and Radio Annapura 93.4 FM
- Rupandehi – Butwal 94.4 FM, Radio Lumbini 96.8 FM and Tinau 98.2 FM
- Sunsari – Saptakoshi 90 FM
- Surket – Bheri 106.4 FM
Further changes to VOA Urdu Service
Thu, 10 Jan 2008
Starting 14th January VOA Urdu service moved its 11705 kHz frequency to 7495 kHz at 1400-1500 hrs. The revised schedule is as follows :
- 1400-1800 7495 9370 kHz
- 1800-1900 7425 7495 kHz
AIR b'cast schedule of India - Australia Cricket Test Series 2007-08 in Australia
Thu, 27 Dec 2007
Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi: All India Radio will broadcast live commentary off-tube from the studios of AIR Delhi alternately in Hindi & English of the forthcoming India - Australia Cricket Test Series 2007-08 as per following schedule :
Live Commentary on Medium Wave, FM-Gold & Shortwave Channels:
- 26th - 30th Dec, 2007 2315-0630 UTC - 1st Cricket Test at Melbourne
- 2nd - 6th Jan, 2008 2315-0630 UTC - 2nd Cricket Test at Sydney
- 16th - 20th Jan, 2008 0215-0930 UTC - 3rd Cricket Test at Perth
- 24th - 28th Jan, 2008 2345-0700 UTC - 4th Cricket Test at Adelaide, Oval
Several MW channels will be operative during this period as early as 2315UTC.
There will be hourly updates on FM-Rainbow Channels.
Radio Veritas Asia changes frequency from 01-01-2008
Thu, 20 Dec 2007
Effective 1st January 2008 Radio Veritas is to use the following changes :
- 9510 kHz 0030-0057 Bengali (ex-9670)
- 9670 kHz 0030-0057 Hindi (ex-11895)
- 9520 kHz 1430-1457 Telugu (ex-9800)
VOA HINDI changes frequency effective 07 December 2007
Fri, 07 Dec 2007
- 1600-1700 Hindi 7430 (ex-5840), other freq 9760 kHz.
Gospel for Asia new frequency
Tue, 04 Dec 2007
A new freq introduced by Gospel for Asia for various South Asian language effective 04 December 2007
- 9510 1230-1500 (ex-15215)
VOA Urdu changes on SW
Tue, 20 Nov 2007
The extended VOA Urdu coverage on SW has rationalised the frequencies and the full schedule is as follows effective 20 November:
- 0100-0200 7145 9740
- 0630-0700 15325 17685
- 1400-1500 9370 11705
- 1500-1800 9370 7495
- 1800-1900 7425 7495