Adventist World Radio-Asia(AWR) Guam-Pacific Ocean Region

Programme Schedule

Simultaneous programs from other European countries in the same band makes listening the program quite difficult in Sweden. We are trying to get more information on this station.

Please contact them by e-mail:info@awr.org

Programme Schedule

Christian missionary radio station. Inaudible in Europe.
Their address:
Box 234, Mahe,
Seychelles,
Indian Ocean. 
E-mail:febawebsite@feba.org.uk

1st session: UTC 0100-0125 SW 15335 kHz.
2nd Session: UTC 1400-1425 SW 9555 kHz

Catholic radio station in the Philippines corresponding Vatican Radio. Good transmission quality. Maintains a high quality of her cultural, health and religon based programmes. On Friday they send words from the holy Quran. On Sundays you can enjoy if you are lucky Rabindra sangeet.
Worth listening.

UTC 1330-1400 SW 17595 kHz

Here you can listen Arabic songs, Bangla gan and Bangla music and news from the Middle East, entertaining for the Bangladeshis working in the ME. Only station in Africa that sends Bangla programme. Isn't it unique?
Poor monitoring in Sweden, audibility is relatively better during the summer months. You can be almost sure of not getting the QSL-card reply.

1st session: UTC 1630-1730 SW 9650 kHz, 15520 kHz
2nd session: UTC 1915 - 2000 SW 7190 kHz,9650 kHz

 Bangladesh Betar is a vital propaganda radio station for the government. It broadcasts Bangla islamic songs, Nazrul sangeet, Rabindra sangeet, popular modern Bangla gan, news review, international news covering SE-asia, Islamic world,sport news covering football, cricket.

Poor quality of transmission, although monitored from Abisko, Piteå Luleå Haparanda, Arvidsjaur in the north of Sweden quite clearly during the summer months. Depending on the solar activity one can try 15520kHz in Europe round the year UTC 1200-1600. 
Many Bangalees have endless passion to hear every single sound transmitted by Radio Bangladesh or Bangladesh Betar. A process is now under work to free Radio Bangladesh to a neutral body.It would be a giant leap forward in the direction of democracy if Sheikh Hasina can materialize it.

(Freedom seeking Bangalees could hear their beloved Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman calling for the freedom struggle against barbaric Pakistani occupation army and urged the people to "make every home a fortress" a call just short of proclaiming Independence of Bangladesh ,8th March 1971 from radio station at Dhaka. 

19 days later a relatively unknown middle ranking Bangali military officer Major Ziaur Rahman could use a small radio station in the port town of Chittagong and reiterated independence of Bangladesh on behalf of imprisoned leader of the Bangali nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
(Ziaur Rahman became president of Bangladesh in 1975 after a series of coup in the same year, thus establishing militarocracy in Bangladesh.) This radio station was bombared by the Pakistan Air Force on the 30th March 1971 but a group of dauntless Bangali freedom fighters could with much difficulties and risking their lives remove an 1kw transmitter to a safer place called Colonel Chaumuhoni.
This weak transmitter could cover only a part of Bangladesh which resulted in the news blackout for the western half of Bangladesh. Until middle of April 1971 when the revolutionary government of Bangladesh based in Calcutta started using a mobile radio- transmitter borrowed from Indian government. This 50KW transmitter started broadcasting programmes only in the medium wave with the name Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra from 23rd May 1971 both in Bangla and English(only news and news-review). 

Since January 1972 Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra was baptized to Bangladesh Betar or Radio Bangladesh.Unfortunately different governments of Bangladesh have failed to make a museum with those radio-transmitters. 

RB's external service regularly sends programmes in
Urdu, Nepali, Arabic, English and Hindi as well. 

Write to them for more information:
Bangladesh Betar or Radio Bangladesh.
Postal address: POBox 2204 Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Tel:+880(2)503688

Short Wave:Dhaka (G.C. 90.26E/23.43N)2X250kW kHz7185,9548 and 9568.
Transmission in Arabic 1630-1630 9568kHz and 7185 kHz .
Hindi 1515-1545 9548 kHz and 7185 kHz.
Nepali transmission 1315-1345 9548 kHz and 7185 kHz.
Urdu transmission 1400-1430 9548 kHz and 7185 kHz.
English transmission 1230-1300 9548 kHz and 7185 kHz for Asia,
English transmission for the listener in Europe 1815-1900 15520 kHz,9568 kHz and 7185 kHz.
An additional program in English "Voice of Islam" is transmitted during 1745-1815 15520 kHz,9568 kHz and 7185 kHz.
Bangla program for Bangladeshis and other Bangla speaking people living in Europe is transmitted during 1915-2000 9568 kHz and 7185 kHz.)

1st session: UTC 0100-0200 SW 9515k kHz,12015kHz.
2nd Session: UTC 1200-1400 SW 11955kHz,15625 kHz

Bangla songs, news, news-review covering Pakistan and the Islamic world.

Both transmission and quality of programmes are not up to the standard. At Åbisko one could here Radio Pakistan's Bangla programme very clearly. Simultaneous monitoring in Stockholm with the same type of radioset provided only very bad reception.

Radio Pakistan also transmit's a programme in Sylheti on Fridays UTC 1335-1350 SW 15625 kHz and 17802 kHz. A good news for the Sylhetis, isn't it?

Programme Schedule

Only news and news review. Indian government ignores the bangla speaking population of West Bengal, Assam,Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Poor transmission quality. Write to them about QSL card for much delayed answer.AIR is known in India and neighbouring Bangladesh as AKASHVANI. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore coined the term for India-wide acceptance for All India Radio.

UTC 1650 SW 4820kHz on Saturdays

It uses AIR for broadcasting Bangla programme. Target areas Bangladesh and West Bengal. One interested in UN activities world over can be beneficial.