SHORTWAVE TRANSMISSIONS FROM MEYERTON,
SOUTH AFRICA EFFECTIVE FROM 28 MARCH 2004
TO 30 OCTOBER 2004

Last updated on 25 March 2004

CHANNEL AFRICA

Time UTC kHz Language

0300-0500 3345 English
0300-0355 3965 Swahili
0300-0355 6160 English
0400-0455 7265 French
0500-0700 7210 English
0500-0555 9770 English
0600-0655 15215 English
0700-0800 11825 English
0800-0900 11825 Chinyanja
0900-1000 11825 Silozi
1000-1200 11825 English
1200-1300 11825 Chinyanja
1300-1400 11825 Silozi
1400-1559 11825 English
1500-1555 17770 English
1500-1555 17780 Swahili
1600-1655 15245 French
1700-1755 15265 English
1900-2200 3345 English

BBC

0300-0330 6050 Swahili
0300-0500 7120 English
0300-0500 3255 English
0300-0500 6190 English
0400-0430 9840 Swahili
0430-0500 3390 Portuguese
0430-0500 6135 Portuguese
0430-0500 7205 Portuguese
0500-0700 11765 English
0500-1700 6190 English
0500-1700 11940 English
0530-0600 15400 Kirundi **
0700-0730 17695 French
1500-1530 21490 English
1530-1700 21490 Swahili/Kirundi*
1530-1615 21490 Swahili**
1615-1700 21490 English**
1700-2200 3255 English
1700-2200 6190 English
1700-1900 15420 English
1730-1745 3390 English teaching
1730-1745 7230 English teaching
1730-1745 9525 English teaching
1745-1800 7230 Swahili
1800-1830 7230 French
2030-2100 3390 Portuguese
2030-2100 6135 Portuguese
2030-2100 7205 Portuguese
*Monday-Friday
**Saturdays and Sundays

RADIO VERITAS PRODUCTIONS

1000-1100 6100 English

FEBA RADIO

1515-1545 12125 Nuer / Dinka
1545-1600 12125 Makonde
1600-1700 12125 Amharic

UNITED NATIONS RADIO

1700-1715 7150 French *
1700-1715 21535 French*
1730-1745 7150 English *
*Monday to Friday

ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO

1700-1730 12130 Swahili
1730-1800 12130 Masai
1800-1830 3215 English
1800-1830 3345 English
1800-1900 12130 English
1930-2000 6040 Hausa
1930-2000 9620 Ibo
2000-2030 9620 French
2000-2100 7170 English
2000-2030 7225 French
2030-2100 6040 Yoruba

RADIO ECCLESIA

1900-2000 7205 Portuguese

TRANS WORLD RADIO


UTC Freq Days Lang
0330-0345 7215 34 Sidamo
0330-0345 7215 567 Amharic
0600-0630 11640 123456 English
0630-0635 11640 1234567 English
1600-1630 9675 1234567 Kirundi
1625-1640 9660 67 Somali
1625-1655 9660 12345 Somali
1645-1700 9930 123 Oromo
1645-1700 9930 45 Kambaata
1645-1700 9930 67 Hadiya
1657-1712 9660 123456 Juba
1700-1730 9930 1234567 Amharic
1703-1718 7265 1234567 Sena
1718-1733 7265 1234567 Yao
1730-1800 9930 12345 Oromo
1730-1800 9930 6 Amharic
1733-1748 7265 2 5 7 Yao
1755-1825 9695 12345 Pulaar
1755-1825 9695 67 French
1815-1830 9720 6 Songhai
1830-1900 9720 1234567 Bambara
1830-1900 9510 1234567 Fulfulde
1830-1900 9695 1234567 Hausa
1900-1915 9695 1234567 Kanuri
1900-1930 9510 1234567 Yoruba
1900-1945 9720 1234 67 French
1900-1930 9720 5 Songhai
1930-1945 9720 5 Moore
1930-1945 9510 67 Ewe
1945-2000 9510 6 Igbo
1945-2015 9510 7 Igbo

Day 1 = Monday, Day 2 = Tuesday...

FAMILY RADIO

1900-2100 3230 English

RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONAL

0257-0359 5925 French
0700-0800 15170 French
1100-1400 17850 French
1230-1300 21760 French
1600-1700 15160 English
1600-1700 9730 English
1900-2200 7160 French

RADIO VLAANDEREN INTERNATIONAL

0500-0530 9925 Dutch
1000-1100 21630 Dutch*
1100-1130 21630 Dutch
*Sundays

EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER

1200-1230 15370 Somali*
*Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE

0800-0900 9750 English *
0800-0900 17815 English *
1900-2000 3215 English **
**Monday, *Sunday

RADIO SONDER GRENSE

0530-0800 7185 Afrikaans
0800-1600 9650 Afrikaans
1600-0530 3320 Afrikaans

Sentech is a commercially operated, state-owned enterprise with its own
board of directors. For decades, Sentech has been at the leading edge
of communication technology, pioneering the provision of broadcast signal
distribution services. Sentech is the largest signal distributor for
broadcasting
in Africa, transmitting programmes for customers such as the SABC, M-
Net, CNN, e-tv and the BBC to audiences across the continent.
Sentech is also becoming a force in the telecommunications and multimedia
industries, offering a range of high-end services such as International
Telephony,
Business Communications solutions, Data and Multicasting to organisations in
Africa and to Telecommunications Operators globally. Sentech deploys the
latest satellite and terrestrial based technology using IP based protocols
for the
services offered.


Web site: www.sentech.co.za

Transmission Planning
Sentech Ltd
Private Bag X06
Honeydew 2040
South Africa

Tel: +27 11 471 4658
Fax: +27 11 471 4754

(Via Millingo Nkosi, Sentech)

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