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Broadcast Schedule

Note: This information is an aggregation of publicly available (like HFCC for example) and informal sources. It represents a general overview of DRM broadcasts and is not a complete list which the DRM consortium cannot provide and is not responsible for. The list may suffer updates so please check the schedules periodically.

B23 Season — Valid from 29 October 2023

 

For best reception please use a long wire antenna (app. 20m wire located in 3 to 5 m above ground) or an active receiving antenna.

Also visit the DRM Reception Project – for schedules and reception reports at www.drmrx.org.

To use the map, simply click on circles to see details of shortwave broadcasts to that region highlighted in green in the list below.
To get transmission information, click on relevant circle to see list of shortwave broadcasts highlighted in green.

Local Time
UTC Time

Listeners with a radio set capable of receiving DRM transmissions can tune in to the broadcasts below.

The nature of shortwave signals means that reception is often possible far outside the intended target areas.

 

 


TIME IN UTC/GMT BROADCASTER FREQ in kHz DAYS LANGUAGE TARGET TRANSMITTING SITE Power kW Antenna beam degrees
TO EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA
0000-2400 Funklust 15785 Daily German Nuremberg area Erlangen, Germany 0.2 Non Directional
0000-2400 University Station 26060 Irregular Hungarian Budapest Budapest, Hungary 1 Non Directional
0600-0700 BBC World Service 3955 Daily English NW Europe Woofferton, UK 100 114
0945-1325 Radio Kuwait 15110 Daily Arabic Europe Kuwait, Kabd 50 310
0630-0700 Radio Romania International 11930 Daily English W. Europe Romania, Galbeni 90 300
1900-2000 Radio Romania International 7235 Daily German Germany Romania, Tiganesti 90 307
1700-1800 Radio Romania International 9720 Daily French France Romania, Tiganesti 90 292
1800-1900 Radio Romania International 11630 Daily English Europe Romania, Tiganesti 90 307
1900-1930 Radio Romania International 5955 Daily Italian Italy Romania, Tiganesti 40 270
2200-2300 Radio Romania International 17530 Daily Spanish Spain + S. America Romania, Tiganesti 90 247
TO PACIFIC ISLANDS, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
1651-1755 (times may vary) Radio New Zealand International 9780 Sun-Fri English Pacific New Zealand, Rangitaiki 50 35
1756-1857 (times may vary) Radio New Zealand International 11690 Sun-Fri English Pacific New Zealand, Rangitaiki 50 35
1859-2058 (times may vary) Radio New Zealand International 13840 Sun-Fri English Pacific New Zealand, Rangitaiki 50 35
ASIA
1500-1545 Trans World Radio (KTWR) 13690 Sunday English India KTWR, Guam 90 290
1600-1630 Trans World Radio (KTWR) 13690 Sunday Tamil India KTWR, Guam 90 290
1100-1130 Trans World Radio (KTWR) 12040 or 12120 Saturday Chinese China KTWR, Guam 90 305
1130-1230 Trans World Radio (KTWR) 9910 Saturday Japanese/English Japan KTWR, Guam 50 350
1215-1245 Trans World Radio (KTWR) 9910 Monday Mandarin China KTWR, Guam 90 305
0400-0500 Radio Romania International 15260 Daily Chinese China Romania, Galbeni 90 97
0800-0900 BBC World Service 15110 Daily English India Uzbekistan, Tashkent 30 163
0100-0900 China National Radio 1 13825 Daily Chinese S China China, Beijing 30 175
0100-0900 China National Radio 1 17770 Daily Chinese N China China, Donfang 30 41
0000-0400 China National Radio 1 13850 Daily Chinese N China China, Qigihar 30 203
0400-0900 China National Radio 1 11990 Daily Chinese N China China, Qigihar 30 203
0900-1200 China National Radio 1 13710 Daily Chinese China China, Qiqihar 30 203
2200-0800 China National Radio 1 9655 Daily Chinese China China, Urumqi 30 98
0100-0800 China National Radio 1 17830 Daily Chinese China China, Urumqi 30 98
2025-1805 China National Radio 1 6030 Daily Chinese N China China, Beijing 30 Non Dir
0800-1200 China National Radio 1 9655 Daily Chinese N & E China China, Urumqi 30 98
0100-0400 China National Radio 1 15180 Daily Chinese China China, Kunming 30 32
0800-1100 China National Radio 1 15180 Daily Chinese China China, Kunming 30 32
0400-0800 China National Radio 1 17800 Daily Chinese China China, Kunming 30 32
0800-1100 China National Radio 1 13810 Daily Chinese China China, Kunming 30 32
2000-1800 Korea Central Broadcast Station (DPRK) 3205 Daily Korean East Asia Pyongyang, DPR Korea 100 Non Dir
2000-1800 Korea Central Broadcast Station (DPRK) 6140 Daily Korean East Asia Pyongyang, DPR Korea 100 Non Dir
0300-0400 Akashvani 1071 Daily Baluchi Baluchistan Rajkot, India 1000 Non Dir
0400-1130 Akashvani 1071 Daily Urdu (incl. Hindi section) Pakistan Rajkot, India 1000 Non Dir
1130-1230 Akashvani 1071 Daily Saraiki and Punjabi Pakistan Rajkot, India 1000 Non Dir
00-00 Akashvani 1071 Daily Dari Afghanistan Rajkot, India 1000 Non Dir
00-00 Akashvani 1071 Daily Hindi (Vividh Bharati) South Asia Rajkot, India 1000 Non Dir

MEDIUM WAVE BROADCASTS IN INDIA BY All India Radio
Indicative locations of MW DRM transmitters in India

LOCATION FREQENCY POWER MODE CONTENT NOTE
Chennai 783 kHz 20 kW Pure DRM (2 channel) Vividh Bharati/Raagam (pure DRM)
Delhi C 1368 kHz 20 kW Pure DRM (2 channel) Vividh Bharati, Raagam (pure DRM)
Rajkot 1071 kHz 870 kW Pure DRM (1 channel) AIR Urdu service, others
Ahmedabad 837 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 1
Ajmer 594 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 1
Bengaluru 603 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM FM Gold 1
Barmer 1449 kHz 20 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Vividh Bharati Mumbai 1
Bikaner 1386 kHz 20 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Vividh Bharati Mumbai 1
Chennai A 711 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Raagam (Classical music station) 1
Chennai C 783 kHz 20 kW pure DRM News on Air, Raagam (pure DRM) 1
Chinsurah 1125 kHz 1000 kW Simulcast AM+DRM (off air?)
Delhi A 810 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM News on Air, FM Rainbow (pure DRM) 1
Dharwad 756 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 1
Dibrugarh 577 kHz 300 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Vividh Bharati Mumbai
Guwahati B 1026 kHz 20 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 1
Hyderabad A 729 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM AIR Hyderabad, AIR 24×7 News, AIR VBS National, AIR Journaline
Itanagar 666 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 1
Jabalpur 792 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM News on Air, Primary, FM Rainbow 1
Jalandhar A 864 kHz 300 kW Simulcast AM+DRM FM Gold
Jammu 981 kHz 300 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 2
Kolkata A 648 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM FM Gold (Kolkata) 1
Kolkata B 999 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM FM Rainbow (Kolkata) 1
Luknow 756 kHz 300 kW Simulcast AM+DRM AIR News 24×7, AIR Lucknow, AIR Journaline 1
Jagdalpur 747 kHz 100 kW 1
Mumbai A 1044 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Samvadita, News on Air, Raagam 1
Pasighat 1053 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM 1
Mumbai B 549 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM DTH Marathi 1
Panaji 1296 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM FM Gold 1
Passighat 1071 kHz 10 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Vividh Bharati Mumbai
Patna 612 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 1
Pune 801 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 1
Rajkot 801 kHz 300 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Vividh Bharati /Urdu
Ranchi 558 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India
Siliguri 702 kHz 200 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 1
Visakhapatnam 918 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Rainbow India 1
Suratgarh 909 kHz 300 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Vividh Bharati Mumbai
Tawang 1512 kHz 10 kW Simulcast AM+DRM Vividh Bharati Mumbai
Trichirapalli 927 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM News on Air, Primary, Vividh Bharti 1
Varanasi 1233 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM News on Air, Primary, Vividh Bharati 1
Vijayawada 828 kHz 100 kW Simulcast AM+DRM FM Gold 1

Simulcast stations, above, list the DRM frequency and the AM carrier is 9 kHz lower. Programme content of AM and DRM is the same.
Vividh Bharati Service is also known as VBS. Regional programme variants are indicated by city name after the network title.
Note 1: Operates in Pure DRM mode 1530-1630 hrs. (India Standard Time) every day except Sunday carrying two channels
Note 2: Operates on 990 kHz (i.e. 999 minus 9 kHz) in pure DRM Mode at 1030-1130 hrs (India Standard Time) every day except Sunday carrying two channels
Broadcasts will have local coverage during daylight hours but generally cover long distances during darkness
Updates 17th April 2018