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BRITISH DX CLUB MIDDLE EAST ON SHORTWAVE GUIDE TO SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AUGUST 2014 BAHRAIN BAHRAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION CORPORATION Radio Bahrain shortwave transmissions commenced in 1991. Transmitter Site : Abu Hayan - 2 x 10 kW. GENERAL PROGRAMME Times/UTC Days Language Target Freqs/kHz 24 hours Daily Arabic Gulf 9745 - carrier + usb Radio Bahrain's English service was last reported on 6010 kHz in August 2012. CYPRUS CYPRUS BROADCASTING CORPORATION CyBC Greek-language programming on shortwave via the BBC East Mediterranean Relay Station was discontinued in January 2013. BBC EAST MEDITERRANEAN RELAY STATION The BBC East Mediterranean Relay Station, operated by Babcock for BBC relays mainly to the Middle East, West Asia and North Africa, closed at the end of March 2013. TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS RADIO BAYRAK INTERNATIONAL Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation is the official radio and television broadcasting corporation of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It had broadcast on 6150 kHz from a 25 kW transmitter, but is now believed to be inactive. EGYPT EGYPTIAN RADIO - GENERAL PROGRAMME The General Programme is the ERTU's flagship radio service. It was founded in 1934. Although intended primarily for a domestic audience, it has traditionally been broadcast on shortwave for Arabic-speaking listeners outside of Egypt. Transmitter Site : Abis - 250 kW; Abu Zaabal - 100/250 kW. Times/UTC Days Language Target Freq/kHz 0200-0700 Daily Arabic North America 9905-abs 0700-1100 Daily Arabic West & Central Africa 17510-abz VOICE OF THE ARABS Voice of the Arabs was founded in 1953 and was once the most influential broadcast medium in the Middle East and North Africa. Transmitter Site : Abu Zaabal - 100 kW. Times/UTC Days Language Target Freq/kHz 1900-0030 Daily Arabic North-East Africa 11540-abz RADIO CAIRO Radio Cairo was founded in 1953 and is the external service of Egyptian radio. It has traditionally served listeners outside of the Arab world with its African and overseas services. Transmitter Site : Abis - 250 kW; Abu Zaabal - 100/250 kW. Times/UTC Days Language Target Freq/kHz 0400-0600 Daily Swahili East Africa 13650-abz 15610-abz 1015-1215 Daily Arabic Middle East 17480-abz 17830-abz 1215-1330 Daily English South & South-East Asia 17480-abz 17870-abz 1230-1400 Daily Indonesian South-East Asia 15710-abs 1330-1400 Daily Dari West Asia 15360-abz 1300-1600 Daily Arabic West Africa 15535-abs 15800-abs 1330-1530 Daily Persian West Asia 15245-z 15790-abz 2 1400-1600 Daily Pashto West Asia 15545-abz 15770-abz 1500-1600 Daily Albanian South-East Europe 13580-abs 1500-1600 Daily Uzbek Central Asia 15160-abs 1600-1700 Daily Bosnian South-East Europe 13680-abs 1600-1700 Daily Afar East Africa 15450-abs 1600-1800 Daily Urdu West Asia 13820-abs 15735-abs 1600-1800 Daily English Central & Southern Africa 15345-abs 1600-1800 Daily Swahili East Africa 17840-abz 1700-1800 Daily Somali East Africa 15285-abz 1700-1900 Daily Turkish South-East Europe 9280-abs 1800-1900 Daily Italian Southern Europe 9490-abs 9655-abs 1800-1900 Daily Amharic East Africa 15285-abz 1800-2100 Daily Hausa West Africa 15710-abs 1845-2000 Daily Fulfulde West Africa 15520-abz 17625-abz 1900-2000 Daily Russian Russia 9685-abs 9885-abs 1900-2000 Daily German Central Europe 9410-abs 1900-2030 Daily English West Africa 15290-abz 2000-2115 Daily French Western Europe 9410-abs 2000-2200 Daily Arabic Australasia 9855-abz 11610-abz 15225-abz 2100-2300 Daily French West & Central Africa 13580-abs 2115-2245 Daily English Western Europe 9895-abs 2215-2330 Daily Portuguese South America 12000-abz 15480-abz 2300-0030 Daily English North America 9965-abs 2330-0045 Daily Arabic South America 12000-abz 12070-abs 15480-abz 0030-0430 Daily Arabic North America 9965-abs 0045-0200 Daily Spanish The Americas 9315-abs 11670-abs 11710-abs 0200-0330 Daily English North America 9315-abs / 12070-abs IRAN IRIB WORLD SERVICE - VOICE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN The Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the external service of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Transmitter Sites: Ahwaz - 250 kW; Kamalabad - 100/500 kW; Mashhad - 500 kW; Sirjan - 500 kW; Times/UTC Days Lanugage Target Freq/kHz Zahedan - 500 kW 0020-0320 Daily Spanish S America 9860-kam 11760-kam(until 0220) 0050-0220 Daily Tajik C Asia 5950-sir 7365-kam 0120-0220 Daily Kazakh C Asia 9790-sir 11820-sir 0120-0220 Daily Urdu SW Asia 7325-kam 7410-kam 9480-ahw 0150-0250 Daily Hindi S Asia 11970-sir 13800-sir 0220-0250 Daily Uzbek C Asia 7400-kam 11880-sir 0220-0320 Daily Pashto SW Asia 6175-sir 9700-kam 0250-0320 Daily Armenian Caucasus 7220-sir 9750-sir 0250-0320 Daily Russian Russia 13630-sir 11925-kam 0250-0620 Daily Dari SW Asia 12070-kam 13740-ahw 0320-0420 Daily English N America 11780-kam 13650-sir (Voice of Justice) 0320-0420 Daily Kurdish Middle East 7415-kam 9750-sir (Sorani dialect) 0320-0520 Daily Azeri Caucasus 11760-sir 0350-0450 Daily Swahili E Africa 13750-sir 15340-kam 0420-0450 Daily Hebrew Middle East 9610-kam 11875-sir 0420-0550 Daily Turkish Turkey 11925-kam 13710-kam 0450-0520 Daily Russian Russia 13590-kam 15530-sir 17655-sir 21520-sir 0520-0620 Daily Spanish SW Europe 15430-kam 17530-sir 0520-0620 Daily Bosnian SE Europe 15310-sir 17660-kam 0500-0650 Daily Hausa W Africa 17540-sir 0620-0720 Daily Albanian SE Europe 15550-sir 17595-kam 0620-0720 Daily French W Europe 15430-kam 17780-sir 0620-0720 Daily Italian S Europe 13650-kam 17660-kam 0620-0820 Daily Dari SW Asia 15630-kam 0720-0820 Daily German C Europe 15500-sir 17570-sir 3 0720-0820 Daily Pashto SW Asia 11810-sir 13730-sir (Mashhad programme) 0820-0920 Daily Swahili E Africa 21525-kam 21790-kam 0920-0950 Daily Armenian Caucasus 11945-sir 13720-sir 0820-1150 Daily Dari SW Asia 13880-ahw 15500-kam 1020-1120 Daily English S Asia 17640-kam 17820-kam 1120-1150 Daily Hausa W Africa 21505-sir 21750-sir 1150-1220 Daily Hebrew Middle East 13685-kam 15500-sir 1150-1250 Daily Chinese China 17700-sir 17780-kam 21470-sir 21650-kam 1150-1420 Daily Dari SW Asia 12065-kam 13880-ahw 1220-1320 Daily Pashto SW Asia 11730-sir 13730-kam 1220-1320 Daily Indonesian SE Asia 17590-sir 21750-sir 1250-1420 Daily Urdu SW Asia 9500-sir 9790-sir 15520-kam 1320-1420 Daily Japanese Far East 13630-sir 15555-kam 1320-1620 Daily Kurdish Middle East 7355-kam (Kirmanji dialect) 1420-1520 Daily Bengali S Asia 11720-kam 13840-kam 15400-kam 1420-1520 Daily Hindi S Asia 13765-sir 15300-kam 1420-1520 Daily Russian Russia 9830-kam 11825-ahw 13800-sir 1420-1650 Daily Azeri Caucasus 11985-zah 1450-1550 Daily Uzbek C Asia 9810-kam 11860-sir 1520-1620 Daily Urdu SW Asia 6175-sir (Mashhad prgr) 1520-1620 Daily English S&SE Asia 11620-kam 13780-sir 1520-1620 Daily Kazakh C Asia 9940-kam 11600-sir 1550-1720 Daily Tajik C Asia 5950-sir 7435-kam 1500-1720 Daily Turkish Turkey 6185-kam 9860-kam 1620-1650 Daily Bengali S Asia 9580-kam 11825-kam 1620-1720 Daily Armenian Caucasus 7230-sir 9655-sir 1620-1720 Daily Pashto SW Asia 6005-sir 7340-ahw 1650-1750 Daily Russian Russia 7350-kam 9870-ahw 1720-1820 Daily Bosnian SE Europe 9610-sir 11865-kam 1720-1820 Daily German C Europe 7410-kam 9860-sir 1720-1820 Daily Swahili E Africa 11965-sir 13670-kam 1750-1850 Daily Russian Russia 5920-sir 7350-kam 1820-1920 Daily Albanian SE Europe 9570-sir 11985-kam 1820-1920 Daily French W Africa 13730-kam 1820-1920 Daily Hausa W Africa 11680-sir 13840-kam 1820-1920 Daily French W Europe 9860-kam 11715-sir 1920-1950 Daily Italian S Europe 7305-sir 9755-kam 1920-2020 Daily English W Europe 7315-sir 9400-kam 1920-2020 Daily English S Africa 9715-kam 11885-sir 1920-2020 Daily Russian Russia 6035-kam 7405-sir 2020-2120 Daily Albanian SE Europe 6090-sir 9830-kam 2020-2120 Daily Spanish SW Europe 7425-kam 9480-sir 2050-2150 Daily Japanese Far East 9540-sir 11830-sir 2120-2220 Daily Bosnian SE Europe 9720-sir 11685-kam 2220-2320 Daily Indonesian SE Asia 7200-kam 9720-sir 2320-0020 Daily Chinese China 11865-kam 11660-sir 13715-sir ARABIC RADIO OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN IRIB External Service in Arabic. Transmitter Sites: Ahwaz - 250 kW; Kamalabad - 100/500 kW; Sirjan - 500 kW; Zahedan - 500 kW. Times/UTC Days Lang. Target Freq/kHz 0220-0520 Daily Arabic Middle East 12080-kam 0520-1020 Daily Arabic Middle East 13785-kam 15750-zah 17550-kam 1020-1120 Daily Arabic Middle East 11925-ahw 13770-kam 13785-kam 15750-zah 17550-kam 1120-1420 Daily Arabic Middle East 13785-kam 15750-zah 17550-kam 1420-1620 Daily Arabic Middle East 9445-kam 17550-kam 1620-1720 Daily Arabic Middle East 9420-zah 9445-kam 1720-2020 Daily Arabic Middle East 6155-kam 9420-zah 2020-0220 Daily Arabic Middle East 9420-zah 4 TARGET BROADCASTS FROM IRAN TO THE WEST BANK & GAZA VOICE OF THE ISLAMIC PALESTINIAN REVOLUTION Programming from the Voice of the Islamic Palestinian Revolution originates from Iran and is aired over IRIB transmitters in support of Palestinian groups. Transmitter Sites: IRIB transmitters at Kamalabad - 500 kW, Zahedan - 500 kW.