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VOA Schedule

Schedule effective 0800 UTC, 29 October 2001
Notes:

All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Frequencies are in kiloHertz (kHz). 1 MegaHertz (MHz) is equal to 1000 kHz. Conversion to meter bands: Meters=300000/frequency in kHz.
e.g.: 17705 kHz --> 16.9 meters
Abbreviations: All programs/frequencies are on daily unless noted otherwise.

& - Monday only
* - Monday through Friday
= - Monday through Saturday
< - Tuesday through Friday
/ - Tuesday and Friday only # - Tuesday through Saturday
% - Tuesday through Sunday
~ - Thursday only
> - Friday and Saturday
@ - Saturday only $ - Saturday and Sunday
" - Sunday only
+ - Sunday and Monday
^ - Sunday through Thursday
! - Sunday through Friday

Contact B/EOF for further information or specific frequency recommendations for your location. We also appreciate any comments on the quality of program reception.

Steve Bratcher

VOA LANGUAGE/FREQUENCY SCHEDULE

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Afan Oromo
1845-1900 UTC* 13675 15160 17640

Albanian
0600-0630 UTC  1215 6030 6125 9635
1700-1730 UTC  5970 9705 11905
1930-2000 UTC  1458 7115 9600 9680

Amharic
1800-1830 UTC 13675 15160 17640

Arabic
0400-0500 UTC  1260 1548 5965 7115 9665 11670 11865 15160
0500-0530 UTC  1260 1548 5965 7115 9665 11670 11865 15160 15705 17855
0530-0600 UTC  1260 1548 5965 7115 9665 11670 11865 15160
0730-0830 UTC  6045 7170 9565 9615 11805 15165 15235 15440 17875
1100-1130 UTC  15165 15235 17895
1400-1430 UTC  11690 13735 15265
1500-1530 UTC  1548 11950 13735 15120 15265
1600-1630 UTC  1548 11950 13735 15120
1700-1800 UTC  1260 7105 11855 12035
1800-1900 UTC  1260 7180 7205 9530 9770 11825 11905 11960
1900-2000 UTC  1260 1548 6040 7195 7205 9530 9615 11825 11905 17740
2000-2100 UTC  1260 1548 6040 6060 6160 7195 7305 9530 9650 11825 11905 17745

Armenian
1600-1630 UTC 9815 11760 15370

Azerbaijani
1830-1900 UTC 6170 9645 9695

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Bangla
0130-0200 UTC 11805 15210 17780
1600-1700 UTC 1575 7280 9855 11895 15265

Bosnian
1600-1630 UTC * 1197
2230-2300 UTC 792 1197

Burmese
1130-1200 UTC  1575 6100 9890 11850 15205
1430-1500 UTC  1575 5955 9720 11930
2330-2400 UTC  6185 7260 9865

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Cantonese
1300-1330 UTC  9355 11865 15330
1330-1400 UTC  1143 9355 11865 15330
1500-1700 UTC  1143 6030 7255 13625

Chinese
0000-0100 UTC  6045 7190 9545 11925 15395 17765
0100-0200 UTC  7190 9545 11925 15395 17765
0200-0300 UTC  11925 15395 17765
0700-0800 UTC  11855 11965 12010 13615 13650 13760 15515
0800-0900 UTC  11855 11965 12010 13650 13760 15515
0900-1000 UTC  9845 11855 11965 12010 13650 13760 15515 15665
1000-1100 UTC  9845 11855 11965 12010 13615 13650 13760 15515 15665
1100-1200 UTC  1143 6160 9530 9680 11785 11965 12040 15500
1200-1300 UTC  6160 9530 9680 11785 11965 11995 12040 15500
1300-1400 UTC  6160 7390 9680 9790 11765 12040 15500
1400-1500 UTC  6160 7390 9680 9790 11785 15500
2200-2300 UTC  5905 6025 6045 7140 9545 11925 15395

Creole
1230-1300 UTC*  9525 11890 15265
1730-1800 UTC  15385 17565 21540
2200-2230 UTC  9525 9670 21540

Croatian
0530-0600 UTC 756 792 1197 1395 6180 7165 9615
1930-2000 UTC 1197 6050 6170 7245

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Dari
0200-0230 UTC  6170 9705 9750
1045-1100 UTC  13660 15215 17665
1215-1230 UTC  13605 15705
1530-1630 UTC  7260 11770 15705
1900-1930 UTC  7260 9575 11865

English to Europe, Middle East and North Africa
0000-0030 UTC  1260 1548 5995 6015 6105 7265
0030-0100 UTC  5995 6015 6105 7265
0100-0300 UTC  1548 5995 6015 6105 7255
0400-0500 UTC  7170 15205
0500-0530 UTC  792 7170 9700 11825 15205
0530-0600 UTC  7170 9700 11825 15205
0600-0630 UTC  792 1197 1260 5995 7170 11825 11915 11930 12025 15205 15335
0630-0700 UTC  792 1260 5995 7170 11825 11915 11930 12025 15205 15335
0700-0730 UTC  1197 11915 12025 15335
0730-0830 UTC  1197
0830-0930 UTC  1197 15165 15235 17875
0930-1100 UTC  1197 15165 15235 17895
1100-1200 UTC  1197
1200-1400 UTC  1197 15170 15260 17630
1400-1500 UTC  1197 1548 15205
1500-1530 UTC  1197 1260 9575 15205
1530-1600 UTC  1197 1260 1548 9575 11955 13735 15120 15205 15265
1600-1630 UTC  1260 9575 15205
1630-1700 UTC  1197 1260 1548 9575 11950 13735 15120 15205
1700-1800 UTC  6040 9760 15205
1800-1830 UTC  6040 9760 9840
1830-1900 UTC  1197 6040 9760 9840
1900-1930 UTC  1197 9690 9760
1930-2000 UTC  9690 9760
2000-2030 UTC  1197 6095 9690 9760
2030-2100 UTC  4950$ 6095 9690 9760
2100-2200 UTC  1197 1260 1548 6040 6095 6160 7140 9530 9595 9760
2200-2230 UTC  15486160 7290 9530 9880
2230-2400 UTC  1260 1548 6160 7290 9530 9880

English to Africa
0300-0330 UTC  909 1530 4960* 6035 6080 7105 7290 7340 7415 9575 9885 17895
0330-0400 UTC  909 1530 6035 6080 7105 7290 7415 9575 9885
0400-0430 UTC  909 1530 6080 7290 7415 9575 9775 9885
0430-0500 UTC  909 6080 7290 7415 9575 9775
0500-0600 UTC  909 5970 6035 6080 7295 9775 11835 13710
0600-0630 UTC  909 1530 5970 6035 6080 7295 11835 11995 13710
0630-0700 UTC$  909 1530 5970 6035 6080 7295 11835 11995 13710
1600-1700 UTC  909 1530 6035 13710 15240 15485 17715 17895
1700-1730 UTC  909 13710 15240 15445 17895
1730-1800 UTC  909* 13710 15240 15445 17895
1800-1830 UTC  909 6035 11975 13710 15240 15580 15410 17895
1830-1900 UTC$  13675 15160 17640
1900-2000 UTC  909 4950 6035 7415 11975 13710 15240 15580 17895
2000-2030 UTC  909 1530 4950 6035 7415 11855 11975 13710 15240 15580 17885 17895
2030-2100 UTC  909 1530 6035 7415 11975 13710 15240 15580 17885 17895
2100-2200 UTC  909 1530 6035 7415 11975 13710 15240 15580 17895
2200-2230 UTC*  909 1530 6035 7415 11655 11975 13710

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English to Caribbean and Latin America
0000-0100 UTC#  5995 6130 7405 9455 9775 11695 13790
0100-0130 UTC#  5995 6130 7405 9455 9775 13790
0130-0200 UTC#  5995 6130 9455
0200-0400 UTC  1530 1580
0400-0500 UTC+  1530 1580
1000-1100 UTC  5745 7370 9590

English to Far East Asia, South Asia and Oceania
0000-0030 UTC  1575 7215 9890 11760 15185 15290 17740 17820
0100-0300 UTC  7115 7200 9850 11705 11820 15250 15300 17740 17820
0800-1000 UTC  11995 13615 15150
1000-1100 UTC  5985 11720 15250 15425
1100-1130 UTC  1575$ 5985 6110 9645 9760 11705 11720 15250 15425
1130-1200 UTC  5985 6110 9645 9760 11705 11720 15250 15425
1200-1230 UTC  1143 6110 9645 9760 11705 11715 15250 15425
1230-1300 UTC  6110 9645 9760 11705 11715 15250 15425
1300-1400 UTC  6110 9645 9760 11705 15425
1400-1500 UTC  1143 6110 7125 9645 9760 11705 15395 15425
1500-1600 UTC  7125 9645 15395
1600-1700 UTC  1143 6110 7125 9645 9760 15395
1700-1800 UTC  1143* 1575* 5990* 6045* 6110 7125 9525* 9645 9670* 9795* 11955* 12005* 15255* 15395
1900-2000 UTC  9525 11870 15180
2100-2200 UTC  9670 11870 15185 17735 17820
2200-2230 UTC  7215 9770 9890 11760 15185 15290 15305 17735 17820
2230-2400 UTC  1575 7215 9770 9890 11760 15185 15290 15305 17735 17820

English – Border Crossings
1900-2000 UTC* 5965 9840 11720 11970 13725 15205 15410

English-Special
0030-0100 UTC  (Middle East and Asia) 1548 1575 7215 9890 11760 15185 15290 17740 17820
0130-0200 UTC#  (Caribbean and Latin America) 7405 9775 13740
0700-0730 UTC@  6873
1400-1430 UTC"  18275
1500-1530 UTC  (Asia) 1575$ 6110 9760 9795 12040 15460
1530-1600 UTC  (Asia) 1575 6110 9760 9795 12040 15460
1600-1700 UTC  (Africa) 13600 15445 17640
1900-1930 UTC  (Middle East and Asia) 5965* 9785 9840* 11720* 11970* 12015 13640 13725* 15205* 15410*
1930-2000 UTC  (Middle East and Asia) 5965* 9840* 11720* 11970* 13725* 15205* 15410*
1930-2000 UTC  (Europe) 792 9785 12015 13640
2300-2330 UTC  (East & South Asia) 6045 7140 9545 11925 15395
2330-2400 UTC  (East & South Asia) 6045 7130 7140 9545 9620 11805 11925 13745 15205 15395

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Farsi
0300-0400 UTC  1548 7200 9435 15705 17855
0400-0430 UTC  7200 9435 15705 17855
1130-1200  15165 15235 17895
1230-1300  13605 15705
1430-1500  11690 13735 15265
1700-1800 UTC  1548 6160 9680 11835
1800-1900 UTC  972 1548 6160 9680 11835

French
0530-0600 UTC*  1530 4960 5890 6120 7265 7370 9480 9505 11655 13695 15375
0600-0630 UTC*  4960 5890 6120 7265 7370 9480 9505 11655 13695 15375
1830-2000 UTC  1530 9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 17580 21485
2000-2030 UTC  9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 21485
2030-2100 UTC$  9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 21485
2100-2130 UTC*  5985 9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 17755 21485

Georgian
1530-1600 UTC 9770 11850 13670

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Hausa
0500-0530 UTC  1530 4960 6120 7105 9885
1500-1530 UTC  7135 9810 11680
2030-2100 UTC*  4950 9780 9815 11775 12080 15220 21485

Hindi
0030-0100 UTC  6090 7175 9505
1630-1700 UTC  6060 9815 15130
1730-1800 UTC  11975 13680 15130

Indonesian
1130-1230 UTC 7215 7255 9720 11930 15160
2200-2330 UTC 7130 9620 11805 15205

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Khmer
1330-1430 UTC 1575 5955 9720 11930
2200-2230 UTC 1575 6060 7260 9535 13745

Kinyarwanda/Kirunda
0330-0400 UTC 7340 9585 11915
0400-0430 UTC 5995 7340 9585 11915

Korean
1300-1400 UTC 648 5985 7235 9555 11895
2130-2200 UTC 6060 7110 15470

Kurdish
1600-1700 UTC 6160 7240 15250

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Laotian
1230-1300 UTC 1575 6030 7215 11930

Macedonian
2030-2100 UTC * 1197

Pashto
0130-0200 UTC  6170 9705 9750
1030-1045 UTC  13660 15215 17665
1200-1215 UTC  13605 15705
1430-1530 UTC  11770 11990 15705
1830-1900 UTC  7270 9505 11865

Portuguese
0430-0500 UTC  1530 5890 5975 5995 6125 7145 7370 9480 9675
1700-1730 UTC  1530 7290 11775 13600 15545
1730-1800 UTC  909$ 1530 7290 9815 11775 13600 15545 17785 21485
1800-1830 UTC*  1530 7290 9815 11775 13600 15545 17785 21485

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Russian
1400-1500 UTC  7255 9615 11895 11945 15130 15370
1800-1900 UTC  6105 7220 9520 9660 9725 11770
1900-2000 UTC  6105 7220 9505 9520 9660 11770

Serbian
0630-0700 UTC  1188 1197 1458 6035 6125 7115
1800-1830 UTC  792 1188 1197 6115 9695 11750
2030-2100 UTC  792 1593 7180 9600 9625
2200-2230 UTC  756 1188 1197 1593 7195 9540 9655

Spanish
0100-0200 UTC  1530 1580
1130-1200 UTC  * 9535 11890 15265
1200-1230 UTC  9480 11890 13715 15265 15390 17875
2300-2400 UTC  9480 12010 13715 15265 15510 17565

Swahili
1630-1700 UTC 15580 17580 17705 21480
1700-1730 UTC* 15580 17580 17705 21480

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Tibetan
0000-0100 UTC  6015 7200 7255 9555
0400-0600 UTC  15585 17630 17770 21560
1400-1500 UTC  6015 7290 11790 12040

Tigrigna
1830-1845 UTC* 13675 15160 17640

Turkish
1900-1930 UTC 792 6160 9770 11875

Ukrainian
0500-0600 UTC 9695
2100-2130 UTC 7190 9565 11875

Urdu
0100-0130 UTC  6170 9705 9750
1330-1430 UTC  9510 11715 15320
1700-1800 UTC  11975 13680 15130

Uzbek
1230-1300 UTC 13650 15325 17555
1500-1530 UTC 7295 9745 11850 15535

Vietnamese
1300-1330 UTC  1143 1575 9720 9890 15145
1500-1600 UTC  5955 7150 9725 9780
2230-2330 UTC  6060 7260 9535 13745

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