KBS World Radio airs 51 hours and 44 minutes of programming a day on a total of 23 frequencies (20 shortwave, 2 mediumwave, 1 FM). In addition, English, Arabic, French, German and Russian programs reach listeners via satellite, with Russian and Indonesian programming available on local FM and AM.
| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (kHz) |
| Korean 1 | 16:00 ~ 18:00 17:00 ~ 19:00 |
7275 9515 |
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| Korean 2 | 07:00 ~ 08:00 | 6045 (Skelton) | ||
| Russian | 18:00 ~ 19:00 | 7235 (Rampisham) | ||
| English 1 | 00:00
~ 01:00 16:00 ~ 17:00 18:00 ~ 19:00 |
1440
(Marnach) 9515 7275 |
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| English 2 | 11:00
~ 11:30 22:00 ~ 22:30 23:00 ~ 23:30 09:30 ~ 10:00 |
9760
(DRM) 3955 (Skelton) WRN WRN |
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| French | 21:00 ~ 22:00 | 3955 (Skelton) | ||
| German | 09:00
~ 10:00 20:00 ~ 21:00 |
6095
(DRM) 3955 (Skelton) |
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| Spanish | 06:00 ~ 07:00 | 6045 (Sackville) | ||
| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (kHz) |
| Korean 2 | 14:00 ~ 15:00 | 9650 (Sackville) | ||
| English 1 | 12:00 ~ 13:00 | 9650 (Sackville) | ||
| Spanish | 02:00 ~ 02:30 | 9650 (Sackville) | ||
| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (kHz) |
| Korean 2 | 03:00 ~ 04:00 | 11810 | ||
| English 1 | 02:00 ~ 03:00 | 9580 | ||
| Spanish | 01:00 ~ 02:00 11:00 ~ 12:00 |
9580 11795 (Sackville) |
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| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (kHz) |
| Korean 2 | 09:00 ~ 11:00 | 9570 | ||
| Chinese | 11:30
~ 12:30 23:00 ~ 24:00 |
9770 9805 |
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| English 1 | 08:00
~ 09:00 13:00 ~ 14:00 |
9570 9570, 9770 |
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| Indonesian | 12:00
~ 13:00 14:00 ~ 15:00 22:00 ~ 23:00 |
9570 9570 9805 |
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| Vietnamese | 12:30
~ 13:00 14:30 ~ 15:00 |
9770 9640 |
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| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (kHz) |
| Korean 1 | 16:00 ~ 18:00 | 9705 | ||
| Korean 2 | 09:00 ~ 10:00 | 15160 | ||
| Arabic | 19:00 ~ 20:00 | 5935 (Rampisham) | ||
| 17:30
~ 18:00 21:00 ~ 21:40 |
WRN | |||
| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (kHz) |
| Chinese | 11:30 ~ 12:30 22:00 ~ 23:00 |
6065 7275 |
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| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (kHz) |
| Japanese | 00:00
~ 01:00 02:00 ~ 03:00 08:00 ~ 09:00 09:00 ~ 10:00 11:00 ~ 12:00 12:00 ~ 13:00 |
11810 11810 7275 6155 7275 1170 (MW) |
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| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (kHz) |
| Russian | 17:30 ~ 18:00 | 738 | ||
| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (MHz) |
| Indonesian | 12:00 ~ 13:00 | 102.6 | ||
| Language | ![]() |
Time (UTC) | ![]() |
Frequencies (kHz) |
| Korean 1 | 09:00 ~ 11:00 | 7275 | ||
| Korean 2 | 10:00 ~ 11:00 12:00 ~ 13:00 |
1170 (MW) 7275 |
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| Chinese | 13:00 ~ 14:00 | 1170 (MW), 7275 | ||
| Russian | 11:00 ~ 12:00 | 1170 (MW) | ||