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Frequencies

Special English Radio Frequencies

Listings are in Universal Time, same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

TIME

REGION

FREQUENCIES

0030-0100

East and S.E.Asia

1575  6170  9325  9490  9715 11695 12005 15185 15205 15290

0030-0100

Middle East

1593

0130-0200
Tue-Sat UT

Americas
Mon-Fri local time

1593  5960  7465

1530-1600

East and S.E. Asia

6140  7520  9760  9945

1630-1700

Africa

9395 13600 15470

1630-1700
Mon-Fri UT

S.E. Asia

1170

1930-2000

W. Asia/E. Europe

7480  9590

2230-2300

China

5810  7545  9570

2330-2400

East and S.E. Asia

5895  7460  9490 11840

2330-2400

Middle East

1593

Effective  30 October 2011 through 25 March 2012

Frequencies are in kilohertz (kHz);
1000 kHz = 1 megahertz (mHz) . Conversion to meter bands: Meters = 300000/frequency in kHz. Example: 17705 kHz = 16.9 meters  

Special English is also available at these additional frequencies and times (UT):

COUNTRY/CITY

TIME

FREQUENCIES

Baku

0030-0100

101.7

 

1430-1500

101.7

 

1630-1700

101.7

 

1930-2000

101.7

 

2030-2100

101.7

 

2130-2200

101.7

 

2230-2300

101.7

 

2330-0000

101.7

Iraq

0030-0100

102.4   105

 

0130-0200

102.4   105

 

1230-1300

102.4   105

 

1330-1400

102.4   105

 

1930-2000

102.4   105

 

2030-2100

102.4   105

 

2230-2300

102.4   105

 

2330-0000

102.4   105

Kabul

2030-2100

105

 

2130-2200

105

 

2330-0000

105

Kuwait

0030-0100

96.9

 

0130-0200

96.9

 

1330-0400

96.9

 

1730-1800

96.9

 

1930-2000

96.9

 

2030-2100

96.9

 

2130-2200

96.9

 

2330-0000

96.9

Moscow

1230-1300

810

 

1630-1700

810

 

1730-0800

810

 

 

 

 

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