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MW and SW stations in Afghanistan
| kHz |
radio
station, location |
kW |
remarks:
broadcast times in UTC, languages, sources |
| 594 |
R Faryab, Maimana |
0.5 |
1230-1430 Dari/Pashtu/Uzbek
(Internews 10/2002)
on air (RTA 2/2004) |
| 621 |
R Paktia, Gardez |
7 |
0230-0430, 1330-1430
Dari/Pashtu 40/60 (Internews 10/2002) |
| 828 |
R Afghanistan, Herat |
10 |
faulty TX, on air with
only 0.1 kW (RTA 2/2004) |
| 864 |
R Peace, Kandahar |
|
0030-1830 Dari/Pashtu (CRW 11/2002)
|
| 882 |
R Kandahar, Kandahar |
10 |
0130-0330, 1230-1530
Dari/Pashtu 20/80 (Internews 10/2002) |
| 909 |
R Afghanistan, Kabul |
|
0030-0340 Saturday-Thursday,
0230-0800 Friday, 1230-1815 daily (BBC Monitoring
8/2002)
on air (RTA 2/2004) |
| 1017 |
R Afghanistan,
Ghazni |
10 |
on air (RTA
2/2004) |
| 1044 |
R Farah, Farah |
25 |
0300-0430 Dari/Pashtu
50/50 (Internews 10/2002) |
| 1107 |
R Afghanistan, Kabul |
400 |
|
| 1278 |
R Afghanistan, Kabul |
50 |
0030-0340 Saturday-Thursday,
0230-0800 Friday, 1230-1815 daily (BBC Monitoring
8/2002)
on air (RTA 2/2004) |
| 1296 |
Voice of America /
R Free Afghanistan, Kabul |
400 |
|
| 1440 |
R Nangarhar, Jalalabad |
10 |
0230-0430, 1230-1430
Dari/Pashtu 20/80 (Internews 10/2002) |
| 1500 |
R Bamiyan, Bamiyan |
0.4 |
1330-1500 Dari (Internews
10/2002) |
| 1512 |
R Afghanistan, Herat |
10 |
0200-0400 daily
faulty TX, on air with only 0.1 kW (RTA 2/2004) |
| 1518 |
R Nimroz, Zaranj |
2 irr |
1230-1430 (Fri -1930)
Dari/Pashtu/Balochi (Internews 10/2002) |
| 1550 |
R Afghanistan,
Herat |
10 |
|
| 1580 |
R Kunar, Asadabad |
0.1 |
1030-1230 Dari/Pashtu
20/80 (Internews 10/2002) |
| 1584 |
Balkh R, Mazar-e-Sharif |
2 |
0130-0330, 1330-1530/1549
(logged in Finland by Ritola et al. 2002, when still
10 kW) |
| 1602 |
R Khost, Khost |
50 |
0630-0930, 1230-1530
Dari/Pashtu 20/80 (Internews 10/2002) |
| 1680 |
R Helmand, Lashkar
Ga |
0.1 |
0530-0630, 1230-1515
Dari/Pashtu 20/80 (Internews 10/2002) |
| 9365 |
R Peace, Bagram |
1 |
0030-1530 (ex-8700, ex-7000
kHz) |
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on MW: R Sada-l-Solh in Jabal Saraj (10 kW, inactive
10/2002), R Kunduz in Kunduz (5 kW, inactive 10/2002)
and several RTV Afghanistan regional transmitters,
but their frequencies remain unknown. Radio Afghanistan
plans to open a 100-kilowatt on shortwave. |
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| Main sources: compiled
by Mika Mäkeläinen from material collected
by Internews
and partly published in The
Potential for Community Radio in Afghanistan,
via co-author Bruce Girard, thanks to a tip from Bernd
Trutenau. Further information from "Position
Plan: Strategy for Radio-Television Afghanistan and
Bakhtar Information Agency" (Ministry of Information
and Culture. Kabul. February, 2004), via Mark Nicholls,
Editor New Zealand DX Times magazine. |
Please email your updates
and corrections to Mauno
Ritola
last
update on October 5, 2005
  
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