Monday, September 17, 2007

NHK World/Radio Japan multilingual schedule update


NHK World Radio Japan
October 1, 2007, in effect from 11 o'clock Japan Time [0200 UT?],
until October 28, 2007

To Southeast Asia

Japanese 0200-0300 11780SNG* 0200-0500 17810*
0800-1000 11740SNG*
1000-1700 11815* 1700-1900 7200*
2200-0000 13680 2100-2200 11665*
English 0000-0020 17810* 13650
0500-0530 17810* 0900-0930 11815*
1200-1230 13660* 1400-1430 7200*
Chinese 0600-0630 17860* 1200-1230 11740SNG*
2240-2300 13650* 2340-0000 15195* 17810*
Indonesian 0930-1000 9695* 1130-1200 13660*
1300-1330 7200*
2300-2320 17810* 2340-0000 13650*
Thai 1130-1200 11740SNG* 1330-1400 7200*
2300-2320 13650*
Vietnamese 1100-1130 13660* 1230-1300 11740SNG*
2320-2340 17810*
Burmese 1030-1100 11740SNG* 1230-1300 13660*
2320-2340 13650*
No Malay ex1200-1230 ex1300-1330 ex2240-2300

To Asian Continent
Japanese 0200-0500 & 0700-0800 15195*
0700-0800 6145* 6165*
0800-1700 9750* 1700-1900 6035*
2000-0000 11910* 2000-2100 6165*
2100-2200 9560*
Russian 0330-0400 15300*
0530-0600 11715* 11760*
0800-0830 6145* 6165*
1330-1400 6190* 1900-1920 5955*
Korean 0430-0500 15300* 1100-1130 6090*
1230-1300 & 1400-1430 6190*
1630-1700 6035*
2210-2230 9560*
Chinese 0400-0430 & 0500-0530 15300*
1200-1230, 1300-1330 6190* 1430-1500 6190*
2230-2250 9560*
No English ex0100-0200 ex0500-0700 ex1000-1200 ex1500-1600

To Southwest Asia
Japanese 0200-0500 15325* 1500-1700 12045SNG*
English 0500-0530 15325* 0900-0930 15590*
1310-1340 11985* 1400-1430 11985*
Bengali 0630-0700 15590* 11890SRI* 1230-1300 11890SRI*
Hindi 0700-0730 15590* 11890SRI* 1300-1330 11890SRI*
Urdu 0730-0800 15590* 11890SRI* 1330-1400 11890SRI*

To Oceania
Japanese 2000-2200 13640*
English 0900-0900 11890* 1200-1230 9625*
2200-2220 13640*

To North America
English 0000-0020 6145CAN*Ea 0500-0520 6110CAN*We
1200-1230 6120CAN*Ea 1400-1430 11705CAN*Ea
No Japanese ex0200-0500 ex0300-0500 ex0800-1000
ex1300-1500 ex1500-1700 ex2200-2300

To Hawaii
English 0900-0930 9825*
No Japanese ex0700-0800 ex0800-1000 ex1700-1900

To Central America
Japanese 0200-0500 5960CAN* 1500-1700 9535*
Spanish 0500-0530 11895GUF* 1000-1030 6120CAN*
No English ex0100-0200 ex0600-0700 ex1500-1600
ex1700-1800 ex2100-2200

To South America
Japanese 0200-0400 11935BON* 0800-0900 9825*
0900-1000 6195GUF* 1700-1900 9835*
2200-2300 9655ASC* 2300-2400 15265BON*
Portug 0230-0300 9660GUF*Ea 1030-1100 9530GUF*Ea
Spanish 0400-0430 9660GUF*We 1000-1030 9710*
No English ex0100-0200

To Europe
English 0500-0530 5975UKr* 1200-1230 17600UAE
1400-1430 13630UKr* 0000-0020 5960UKs*
Russian 0430-0500 11970GAB* 1130-1200 11710UKs*
1800-1820 11970*
No French ex0630-0700 ex1800-1820
No German ex0600-0630 ex1100-1130
No Italian ex0530-0545 ex1030-1045
No Japanese ex0800-1000 ex1700-1900 ex2000-2100
ex2200-2300
No Spanish ex0500-0530 ex1820-1840
No Swedish ex0545-0600 ex1045-1100

To Middle East and North Africa
Japanese 0200-0500 17560* 1700-1900 13740UAE*
1900-2200 9700* 2200-2300 9650UAE*
Persian 0230-0300 15240SRI* 0830-0900 17675SRI*
Arabic 0400-0430 17780SRI* 0700-0730 15220ASC*
No English ex0100-0200 ex1000-1100
No French ex0500-0530 ex1630-1650

To Africa
Japanese 0800-1000 17650ASC* 1500-1700 21630ASC*
1700-1900 15355GAB*
English 0500-0530 9725GAB*So 1400-1430 17580ASC*Ce
Swahili 0330-0400 6135ASC*Ce 1300-1330 17870ASC*Ce
French 0630-0700 11970GAB*We
1230-1300 15400ASC*We 17870ASC*Ce
1800-1820 9685* 11785*
Arabic 0400-0430 17780SRI* 0700-0730 15220ASC*

Relay transmissions of NHK R Japan NHK World
ASC = Ascension 250 kW BON = BonaireATN 250kW CAN = Sackville 250 kW
GAB = Gabon 500 kW GUF = Fr.Guiana 300 kW SNG = Singapore 100/250 kW
SRI = Sri Lanka 300 kW UAE = Al Dhabbaya 500 kW
UK = United Kingdom, RMP 500 kW, SKN 250/300 kW, noWoofferton anymore.
Remaining direct via Yamata-JPN.

Please be advised that the schedule is subject to change.
Radio Japan
(NHK A-07 Oct 1 schedule, via Barry Hartley-NZL, wwdxc BC-DX Sept 12/W.B., Germany)