1. This file is a supplement to the 2022 edition of World Radio TV Handbook.
It summarises the changes to the B21 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 2022.
If you haven’t yet got your copy, the book can be ordered from your nearest
bookstore or directly from our website at www.wrth.com/_shop
2. ALASKA (ALA)
KNLS INTERNATIONAL (Rlg)
Chinese Days Area kHz
1300-1400 daily EAs 9760nls (ex 9535)
1500-1600 daily EAs 9730nls (ex 9570)
Russian Days Area kHz
1500-1600 daily CAs 9550nls (ex 9465)
ALBANIA (ALB)
RADIO TIRANA INTERNATIONAL (Pub)
German Days Area kHz
1600-1630 mtwtfs. CEu,WEu 6005kll (ex 3985)
BELARUS
RADIO BELARUS INTERNATIONAL (Gov) ‡
Key: ‡ No longer relayed on shortwave.
BULGARIA (BUL)
RADIO BULGARIA (BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO)
(Gov) (NEW ENTRY)
W: bnr.bg/en
English Days Area kHz
1830-1900 daily CAs 3985kll
German Days Area kHz
1800-1830 daily CAs 3985kll
Notes: Relay of the multilingual podcast “Bulgaria Today”.
CANADA (CAN)
BIBLE VOICE BROADCASTING (BVB) (Rlg)
Korean Days Area kHz
1200-1300 …..s. EAs 6240tac (add)
CHINA (CHN)
CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL (CRI) (Gov)
Spanish Days Area kHz
0000-0100 daily SAm 15120qvc (del)
Cantonese Days Area kHz
1200-1230 daily NAm 9570qvc
(ex -1300)
English Days Area kHz
1500-1600 daily NAm 15700qvc (del)
CUBA (CUB)
RADIO HABANA CUBA (RHC) (Gov)
Arabic Days Area kHz
2130-2200 daily Eu 13680hab (ex 15370)
English Days Area kHz
0100-0800 daily NAm 9700hab (ex 6165)
French Days Area kHz
2030-2100 daily Eu 13680hab (ex 15370)
Portuguese Days Area kHz
2100-2130 daily Eu 13680hab (ex 15370)
Spanish Days Area kHz
1200-1400 daily NAm 6000qvc (ex 6145),
6100hab (ex 11950)
1200-1400 daily Car 7340hab (ex 9650, ex
9710)
2200-2400 daily Eu 13680hab (ex 15370)
GERMANY
DEUTSCHE WELLE (DW) (Pub)
Dari Days Area kHz
1400-1430 daily WAs 5925tac (ex 11990iss,
ex 15235nau)
Pashto Days Area kHz
1430-1500 daily WAs 5925tac (ex 11990iss,
ex 15235nau)
INDIA
ALL INDIA RADIO (AIR) (Pub)
Revised complete schedule
Arabic Days Area kHz
0500-0600 daily ME 15030del
1730-1930 daily ME,NAf 9620bgl
Baluchi Days Area kHz
0300-0400 daily SAs 1071raj+
0300-0430 daily SAs 9950del
1230-1330 dialy SAs 9950del
Bengali Days Area kHz
0030-0900 daily SAs 594kkt
1000-1830 daily SAs 594kkt
Burmese Days Area kHz
0315-0415 daily SEA 11560del
Chinese Days Area kHz
1030-1200 daily EAs 13795bgl
2345-0115 daily EAs 13795bgl
Dari Days Area kHz
0430-0600 daily WAs 9950del
1330-1430 daily WAs 1071raj+
1330-1500 daily WAs 9950del, 15030bgl
Farsi Days Area kHz
0800-0830 daily ME 15030bgl
1615-1730 daily ME 9620bgl
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Notes for using this update:
Schedule additions, deletions, frequency changes and
other updates, are shown in parentheses () at the end
of the relevant line.
Schedule additions are shown as (add), whilst sched-
ule deletions are shown as (del).
Frequency changes or other updates are detailed in
black italics.
Changes to broadcast times are shown in black italics
underneath the existing time.
New broadcaster/station entries are shown entirely in
green.
Changes since the previous file release are marked in
blue italics.
Where a frequency has an asterisk (*) etc. after it, see
the ‘KEY’ section at the end of the schedule entry.
The following symbols may be used in this update file:
† = Irregular transmissions/broadcasts;
‡ = Inactive at editorial deadline;
± = variable frequency;
+ = DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) transmission.
INTERNATIONAL RADIO
B21 BROADCAST SCHEDULES UPDATE
(FEBRUARY 2022)
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French Days Area kHz
1930-2030 daily Eu 9620bgl+
Indonesian Days Area kHz
0130-0230 daily SEA 13710bgl
Nepali Days Area kHz
0145-0315 daily SAs 11560del
0900-1030 daily SAs 9950del
Pashto Days Area kHz
0430-0600 daily WAs 11560del
1230-1400 daily WAs 11560bgl
Punjabi Days Area kHz
1200-1330 daily SAs 1071raj+
Saraiki Days Area kHz
1130-1200 daily SAs 1071raj+
Swahili Days Area kHz
1215-1315 daily EAf 15030bgl
Tibetan Days Area kHz
0100-0230 daily EAs 9875del
1045-1215 daily EAs 11590del
Urdu Days Area kHz
0400-0745 daily SAs 1071raj+
0930-1130 daily SAs 1071raj+
Key: + DRM Transmission.
TWR INDIA (Rlg)
Bengali Days Area kHz
2230-2300 daily SAs 882put (del)
Gujarati Days Area kHz
2330-2400 mtwt.ss SAs 882put (del)
Hindi Days Area kHz
2300-2330 daily SAs 882put (del)
Kukna Days Area kHz
2330-2345 ....f.. SAs 882put (del)
Kutchi Days Area kHz
2345-2400 ....f.. SAs 882put (del)
Malayalam Days Area kHz
0000-0030 daily SAs 882put (del)
Tamil Days Area kHz
0030-0130 daily SAs 882put (del)
IRAN (IRN)
PARS TODAY (VOICE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
OF IRAN) (Gov)
Bengali Days Area kHz
1420-1520 daily SAs 9620sir (ex 6150),
9870zah (ex ahw)
German Days Area kHz
1720-1820 daily Eu 5940sir‡, 6090sir
(del), 7425sir (del)
Hausa Days Area kHz
1050-1120 daily EAf 17595sir (add)
1220-1250 daily EAf 17665sir (del)
Italian Days Area kHz
1750-1820 daily Eu 5930sir (del)
Kazakh Days Area kHz
1120-1150 daily CAs 11700sir (add)
Pashto Days Area kHz
1650-1750 daily WAs 6040zah
(ex 1620-1720)
Russian Days Area kHz
0320-0420 daily Cau,CAs 9550sir (del)
Turkish Days Area kHz
1650-1820 daily ME 9870sir
(ex 1550-1720)
Key: ‡ Inactive at time of publication.
KOREA, SOUTH (KOR)
KBS WORLD RADIO (Pub)
Spanish Days Area kHz
0100-0200 daily LAm 9870grv (ex 11880)
NETHERLANDS (HOL)
ROCKPOWER
Dutch Days Area kHz
0900-1800 daily Eu 7280nij (ex 7220)
ROMANIA (ROU)
RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL (RRI) (Pub)
English Days Area kHz
0400-0500 daily SAs 15260gal (ex 11790),
17700tig (ex 13720)
SINGAPORE (SNG)
TWR ASIA (Rlg)
English Days Area kHz
1030-1100 ……s SAs 15200twr+ (ex 13800)
Tamil Days Area kHz
1000-1030 ……s SAs 15200twr+ (ex 13800)
Key: + DRM transmission.
SOUTH AFRICA (AFS)
TWR AFRICA (Rlg)
Shona Days Area kHz
0300-0330 mtwtf.. SAf 1170man (add)
SRI LANKA (CLN)
SRI LANKA BROADCASTING CORPORATION
(SLBC) (Pub)
Tamil Days Area kHz
0125-0230 daily SAS 873put (add)
TAIWAN (TWN)
RADIO TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL - RTI
(CHUNGYANG KUANGPO TIANTAI) (Gov)
English Days Area kHz
1600-1700 daily SAs,Af 6100tsh* (ex 9405)
Key: * Will return to 9405 kHz in March.
UNITED KINGDOM (G)
BBC WORLD SERVICE
Dari Days Area kHz
0130-0200 daily WAs 5945sla (ex 6195)
1600-1630 daily WAs 9910sof (del)
1630-1700 …..ss WAs 9910sof (del)
1700-1800 daily WAs 7550sof (del)
English Days Area kHz
0500-0600 daily EAf 15525dha (ex 15420)
0600-0800 daily EAf 15525mdc (ex 15420)
Pashto Days Area kHz
0100-0130 daily WAs 5945sla (ex 6195)
1500-1600 daily WAs 9910sof (del)
1630-1700 mtwtf.. WAs 9910sof (del)
1800-1900 daily WAs 7550sof (del)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
RADIO FARDA (Gov)
Farsi Days Area kHz
1730-2400 daily IRN 5860kwt (ex 5865)
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RADIO FREE ASIA (RFA) (Gov)
Chinese Days Area kHz
1200-1300 daily CHN 9700pao (ex 9580)
1900-2200 daily CHN 1557kou (del)
Tibetan Days Area kHz
0100-0200 daily CHN 17740sai (ex 13755)
0200-0300 daily CHN 17645tin (ex 12010),
17690sai (ex 11895),
17730tin (ex 11540)
VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA) (Gov)
Kurdish Days Area kHz
1200-1250 mtwt..s ME 9340bib (del),
12030lam (del),
15500udo (del)
LIVING WATER MINISTRY BROADCASTING (Rlg)
Korean Days Area kHz
1500-1600 .twtfs. Eas 9900twr (add)
1515-1615 .twtf.. EAs 7515twr (del)
WLC RADIO (Rlg)
Revised complete schedule
English Days Area kHz
0100-0900 daily NAm 9330bcq
1400-1700 daily NAm 9330bcq
1900-2000 daily Eu 9330bcq
2000-2100 daily WAf 9330bcq
French Days Area kHz
0900-1000 daily Car 9330bcq
1800-1900 daily Eu 9330bcq
2100-2200 daily WAf 9330bcq
German Days Area kHz
1700-1800 daily Eu 9330bcq
Portuguese Days Area kHz
2300-0100 daily SAm 9330bcq
Spanish Days Area kHz
1000-1400 daily CAm 9330bcq
2200-2300 daily SAm 9330bcq
WWRB ‡
Key: ‡ WWRB has ceased broadcasting on shortwave and is now an
internet only station.
VATICAN CITY STATE (CVA)
VATICAN RADIO (Rlg)
German Days Area kHz
1500-1520 daily CEu,WEu 3985kll (del)
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