Friday, April 08, 2011

North Korea shortwave summer broadcast schedules


Effective: 27 March - 30 October 2011

All times UTC
broadcast daily unless otherwise indicated
Target areas: af (Africa) as (Asia) ca (Central America) eu (Europe) sa (South America) va (various target areas as listed below)


Voice of Korea
Arabic
1500-1557 9990va 11545va (Near & Middle East)
1700-1757 9990va 11545va (Near & Middle East)

Chinese
0000-0057 13650as 15100as
0200-0257 7220as 9345as 9730as
0300-0357 13650as 15100as
0800-0857 9345as
1100-1157 7220as 9345as
1300-1357 11735as 13650as
2100-2157 7235as 9345as 9975as 11535as
2200-2257 7235as 9345as 9975as 11535as

English
0100-0157 7220as 9345as 9730as 11735ca 15180sa
0200-0257 13650as 15100as
0300-0357 7220as 9345as 9730as
1000-1057 11710ca 11735as 13650as 15180sa
1300-1357 9335na 11710na 13760eu 15245eu
1500-1557 9335na 11710na 13760eu 15245eu
1600-1657 9990va 11545va (Near & Middle East/North Africa)
1800-1857 13760eu 15245eu
1900-1957 7210af 9975va 11535va 11910af (va-Near & Middle East/North Africa)
2100-2157 13760eu 15245eu

French
0100-0157 13650as 15100as
0300-0357 11735ca 13760ca 15180sa
1100-1157 11710ca 11735as 13650as 15180sa
1400-1457 9335na 11710na 13760eu 15245eu
1600-1657 9335na 11710na 13760eu 15245eu
1800-1857 7210af 9975va 11535va 11910af (va-Near & Middle East/North Africa)
2000-2057 13760eu 15245eu

German
1600-1657 9325eu 12015eu
1800-1857 9325eu 12015eu
1900-1957 9325eu 12015eu

Japanese
0700-0757 3250as 9650as 11865as
0800-0857 3250as 9650as 11865as
0900-0957 3250as 6070as 9650as 11865as
1000-1057 3250as 6070as 9650as 11865as
1100-1157 3250as 6070as 9650as 11865as
1200-1257 3250as 6070as 9650as 11865as
2100-2157 3250as 9650as 11865as
2200-2257 3250as 9650as 11865as
2300-2357 3250as 9650as 11865as

Russian
0700-0757 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245eu
0800-0857 9975eu 11735eu 13760eu 15245eu
1400-1457 9325eu 12015eu
1500-1557 9325eu 12015eu
1700-1757 9325eu 12015eu

Spanish
0000-0057 11735ca 13760ca 15180sa
0200-0257 11735ca 13760ca 15180sa
1900-1957 13760eu 15245eu
2200-2257 13760eu 15245eu

PBS (Pyongyang Broadcasting Station)
Korean
0000-0057 7220as 9345as 9730as
0700-0757 7220as 9345as
0900-0957 9975eu 11735eu 13760as 15245as
1000-1057 7220as 9345as
1200-1257 7220as 9345as
1300-1357 9325eu 12015eu

KCBS (Korean Central Broadcasting Station)
Korean

0900-0957 7220as 9345as
1200-1257 11710ca 11735as 13650as 15180sa
1400-1457 11735as 13650as
1700-1757 9335na 11710na 13760eu 15245eu
2000-2057 7210af 9325eu 9975va 11535va 11910af 12015eu (va-Near & Middle East/North Africa)
2300-2357 7235as 9345as 9975as 11535as 13760eu 15245eu

(Complied by Arnulf Piontek, Berlin, Germany)
(programs last 47 to 57 minutes, data based on announcements and schedules of Voice of Korea monitoring)