KBS World Radio continues to reach the international audience with clear sound quality on local FM and AM, or via satellite overseas.
Our English and Arabic programming is available on international satellite radio outlets, while our Indonesian service is broadcast on Camajaya FM in Jakarta. Our Chinese service is broadcast on AM in southern China and Hong Kong.(Please note that air times below are subject to change without notice.)
Effective 29th March, 2020
Platform | Coverage Areas | Air Times(UTC) | Ways to Listen | Note |
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Satellite | UK & Ireland | 02:00-03:00(Sun/Mon) 08:00-09:00 13:30-14:00 22:00-22:30 |
Skydigital, Channel 0122 0122 (Astra 2F, 28°East) |
Select WRN Europe from audio menu |
Europe | EutelsatHot Bird 13A (13° East) |
Select WRN English from audio menu |
Platform | Coverage Areas | Air Times(UTC) | Ways to Listen | Note |
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Satellite | North America | 02:00-03:00 12:00-13:00 20:00-21:00 |
Galaxy 19 (97.0°West) |
Select WRN English from audio menu |
Platform | Coverage Areas | Air Times(UTC) | Ways to Listen | Note |
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Satellite | Africa | 02:00-03:00 12:00-13:00 20:00-21:00 |
Intelsat 20 (68.5° East) |
Select WRN English Africa and Asia-Pacific from audio menu |
Effective 27th October, 2019
Platform | Coverage Areas | Air Times(UTC) | Ways to Listen | Note |
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Satellite | Middle East |
00:00-01:00 02:00-03:00 03:00-04:00 05:00-06:00 06:30-07:30 08:00-09:00 09:00-10:00 11:00-12:00 13:00-14:00 15:00-16:00 17:00-18:00 18:00-19:00 21:00-22:00 23:00-00:00 |
ArabsatBADR 4 (26° East, Transponder 156, 11.966 GHz, Horizontal Polarisation, Symbol Rate 27.500 Msym/s, FEC 3/4, DVB MPEG2) |
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North Africa | Nilesat (7° West, Transponder 27, 11.766 GHz, Horizontal Polarisation, Symbol Rate 27,500 Msym/s, FEC 3/4, DVB MPEG2) |
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Europe | Hot Bird 6 (13° East, Transponder 94, 12,597 GHz, Vertical Polarisation, Symbol Rate 27.500 Msym/s, FEC 3/4, DVB, Audio Channel: ‘Sawt Al Alam’) |
Effective 27th October, 2019
Platform | Coverage Areas | Air Times(UTC) | Ways to Listen | Note |
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FM | Jakarta | 12:00 ~ 13:00 | Camajaya FM 102.6 MHz |
Effective 2nd December 2019
Platform | Coverage Areas | Air Times(UTC) | Ways to Listen | Note |
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AM | Southern China Hong Kong |
11:00 ~ 12:00 | 1557 kHz |