THE MIDDLE EAST and countries of the FSU A GUIDE TO LISTENING IN ENGLISH GMT +3 TO GMT +4½ MARCH – OCTOBER 2021 including Eastern Mediterranean, Gulf States, North and South Sudan, Iraq (GMT +3), UAE (GMT +4), Iran and South Afghanistan (GMT +4½) Where you see this sign v you will hear a short News Update at 30 minutes past the hour GMT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY GMT 0:00 News News News News News News News 0:00 0:06 Business Matters v The Science Hour World Business Report v Business Matters v Business Matters v Business Matters v Business Matters v 0:06 0:32 Discovery (rpt) 0:32 1:00 The Newsroom v The Newsroom v The Newsroom v The Newsroom v The Newsroom v The Newsroom v The Newsroom v 1:00 1:32 The Conversation When Katty Met Carlos The Climate Question The Documentary (Tue) The Compass Assignment World Football 1:32 2:00 News News News News News News News 2:00 2:06 The Fifth Floor v Weekend Weekend Feature v Outlook v Outlook v Outlook v Outlook v 2:06 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(B) This slot will be home to occasional documentaries and once a month you will hear World Book Club (D) At times, Debates and other ad hoc programmes will be broadcast here (W) This slot includes a 10-minute broadcast of Witness (S) This slot includes a 10-minute broadcast of Sporting Witness FOOC = From Our Own Correspondent

Libya: Benghazi 91.5 FM (Arabic) (currently off air); 106.3 FM, Batken 102.2 FM, Orgochor 100.6 FM, OstWest TV (Germany) – documentaries by BBC HOW TO LISTEN Misratah 91.5 FM, Tripoli 91.1 FM and Zawiya 91.5 FM Naryn 107.7 FM, Talas 105.7 FM. News Russian each Tuesday at 22:00 (local time) (Arabic) BBC on FM Nouakchott 106.9 FM (Arabic) and BBC World Service programmes can be heard on the Mauritania: BBC Uzbek on MW BBC Ukrainian on TV Nouadhibou 102.4 FM (Arabic). Dushanbe 1251 MW. Via FM radio stations in BBC on Espreso TV– daily news bulletin on Espreso following frequencies: Partner: Tenwir radio 97.1 FM Afghanistan (please see above) TV Monday to Friday at 21:00 (local time). : Kabul 101.6 FM (24 hours a day in Afghanistan partner MFM Agadair 96.5 FM, Casablanca BBC on ICTV – short news reports (two-ways) that English). Morocco: 88.7 FM, Fez 106.9 FM, Marrakech 97.7 FM, Laayoune can be seen on Mondays and Wednesdays between The BBC is available in Dari, Pashto and Uzbek on the BBC Arabic TV on satellite 107.1 FM and Oujda 101 FM (all in Arabic) Al Yah 1, 52.5º East, 11977 horizontal, DVB-S2/QPSK, 21:00 and 21:25 (local time) during the news following stations (with English 0000-0500 local time): Muscat 89.8 FM (Arabic) and 103.2 FM 27500-8/9, MPEG-4 programme ‘Fakty’; BBC on STB - short news reports Bamian 89 FM; Faizabad 89.0 FM; Farah 89.0 FM; Oman: (English) Al Yah 1, 52.5º East, 11976 vertical, DVB-S, 27500-7/8, (two-ways) each Tuesday between 17:30 and 18:00 Gardez 87.9 FM; Ghazni 88.2 FM; Herat 89.2 FM; Gaza 107.4 FM, Hebron MPEG-2 (local time) during the news programme ‘Vikna’. Jabal os Saraj 92.2 FM; Jalalabad 89 FM; Kabul 89 FM; Palestinian Territories: 89.8 FM, Jenin 103 FM, Nablus 91.8 FM, Ramallah 98.8 Badr 4 26.4º East, 11996 horizontal, DVB-S, Kandahar 90 FM; Khost 90.1MHz; Konduz 88.1 FM; FM (all in Arabic); partner Radio Bethlehem 2000 27500-3/4, MPEG-2 Kunar 87.5 FM Lashkar-Gah 89.2 FM; Maimana 92.1 FM; BBC Kyrgyz on TV 106.3 FM (Arabic and English); Gaza 90 FM Palestine Badr 4 26.4º East, 11996 horizontal, DVB-S, 27500 15-minute News bulletin on weekdays and BBC Sapar Mazar-e Sharif 89 FM; Pol-e Khomri 89.0 FM; Youth Radio 3/4, MPEG-4, HD 1080 monthly on First Channel of Kyrgyz National TV and Qalat 89.0 FM; Sharan 89.0 FM; Sheberghan 89.0 FM; Doha 107.4 FM (Arabic) Hotbird 13B, 13° East, 11727 vertical; DVB-S2/8PSK, Radio Broadcaster OTRK. Taloqan 88.3 FM; Tarin Kowt 89.0 FM Qatar: Baidoa 90.8 FM*, Beledweyne 88.4 FM*, 29900-3/4 BBC Sapar – monthly repeats on OTRK’s Ala-Too24. Nine new relays completed in: Emam Sahib 88.1 FM; Somalia: Borama 89 FM, Bosasso 88.2 FM, Burao 88.8 FM, Nilesat 201, 7° West, 12207 vertical;DVB-S, 27500- Shindand 89.2 FM; Rustaq 89 FM; Spinboldak 92 FM; Galkaacyo 96.6 FM, Hargeisa 89 FM, Jowhar 89.7 FM*, 5/6, MPEG-2 Shikhabad 90.2 FM; Sar-e-pol 89.1 FM; Feruzkuh 89.2 BBC Uzbek on TV Kismaayo 90.5 FM*, Marka 95.1 FM*, Mogadishu 91.91 15-minute news bulletin on Arezo TV in Afghanistan FM; Pul-e-Alam 105.4 MHz; Aibak 89.1 FM. FM (all English, Somali and Arabic). Partners: Bosasso from Monday to Friday; 15-minute ‘Dunyo’ on the : Manama 103.8 FM (Arabic) and 101.0 FM BBC Arabic radio on Satellite Bahrain (SBC) 89.0 FM, Garoowe 89.2 FM, Quardho 88.7 FM Al Yah 2.5º East, East 51-52, 11996 vertical, DVB-S, national Sevimli TV in Uzbekistan. Broadcast at 18.00 (English) and partner radio Bahrain 99.5 FM (English) (Arabic, English and Somali); Mogadishu (Radio Shabelle). 27500-7/8, Ara (local time) on Saturdays. : Djibouti City 99.2 FM (Arabic, English, Djibouti (*These frequencies were off air at the time of publication) Badr 4 26º East, BSS 51, 11996 horizontal, DVB-S, Somali, French) : Juba 88.2 FM (English) and 90.0 FM 27500-3/4, Ara : Al Amara 89.0 FM (Arabic), Baghdad 89.10 FM South Sudan BBC News Online Iraq (Arabic) (also available in Waw on 90.0 MHz, Arabic Astra 1N, 19.2º East, Pan Europe 0, 12285 vertical, BBC news is updated constantly at bbc.com/news. (Arabic), Basra 90.0 FM (Arabic), Babil – Al Hillah 90.0 and English), Malakal 90 FM (Arabic and English), DVB-S2 8PSK, 29700-2/3, Ara English radio programmes can be heard at FM (Arabic), Kirkuk 92.9 FM (Arabic), Mosul and Erbil Khartoum, 90.6 FM (Arabic). Partner: Yambio South Hotbird 13B, 13° East, Wide 44-46, 11727 vertical; bbcworldservice.com. For schedule and frequency 96.1 FM (Arabic), Thi Qar – Nasiriyah 100 FM (Arabic), Sudan 90 FM (English). DVB-S2/8PSK, 29900-3/4, Ara information click ‘How To Listen’. Wasit-Al Kut 89.0 FM (Arabic) and Karbala 89.10 FM Partner: Express FM radio 103.6 FM (Arabic) Eutelsat 7C, 7.0º East, West 50-52, 10721 vertical, (Arabic). Partners: Radio One, Baghdad 95.7 FM Tunisia: For news in Arabic, Russian, Persian, Pashto, DVB-S 27500-3/4, Ara (English); Al Mada Radio, Baghdad, Duhouk and Erbil Ukrainian, Kyrgyz, Uzbek and Azeri visit: Nilesat 201, 7.0º West, Middle East 48, 11843 92.8 FM and Sulaimaniya 104.5 FM (Arabic); Al BBC Kyrgyz on radio bbcarabic.com; bbcrussian.com; bbc.ua; bbcpersian. 1st channel ‘Byrinchi’: Chuyskaya oblast and Bishkek on Horizontal, DVB-S 27500-5/6, Ara Rasheed FM, Baghdad 91.5 FM, Al Anbar 91.5 FM and com; bbcpashto.com; www.bbckyrgyz.com; bbcuzbek. 104.1 MHz, Talasskaya oblast on 102.0 and 101.5 MHz, Al Mosul 97.5 FM ( Arabic) com; bbcazeri.com Dzhalal-Abadskaya oblast on 104.0, 104.7, 102.3, 105.7 : Amman 103.1 FM (Arabic) BBC Russian on TV Jordan and 101.9 MHz, Isyk-Kulskaya oblast on 105.3 and Belsat TV (Belarus) – daily short news reports can find information about Ajloun 89.1 FM (Arabic) Television audiences 102.4 MHz, Narynskaya oblast on 100.5, 103.9, 102.0 (two-ways) during prime time Russian language news BBC World News, the BBC’s international news : 100.1 FM (English) and 90.1 FM (Arabic) Kuwait and 103.9 MHz, Batkenskaya oblast on 104.3, 104.1, bulletin Vot Tak at 19:30 (local time). channel, at bbcworldnews.com : Beirut 93.6 FM; partner Voice of Lebanon, Lebanon 104.2 and 104 MHz, Oshskaya oblast on 105.8, 101.1 LTV7 (Latvia) - short news reports (two-ways) each For information about the BBC’s Arabic and Persian Beirut 93.3 FM; North of Lebanon 93.3 MHz; Beqaa and 100.7 MHz. Wednesday during the Russian language news bulletin television channels visit bbcarabic.com and Valley 93.5 FM 3rd channel ‘Mingkyial’: Bishkek 103.7 FM, Kerben at 19:00 (local time) bbcpersian.com