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A list of all national and regional radio stations in North Korea.
The list of radio stations in North Korea lists all the national and regional
radio stations in
North Korea .
Radio is the most commonly used broadcast media in North Korea. All stations are subject to the strict control of the government and carry no advertising. Some of the transmitters carry regional programmes in the afternoons, but usually relay the central programme from Pyongyang.
There are five North Korean radio networks:
Korean Central Broadcasting Station : the main domestic
full service radio network, primarily broadcast on mediumwave with some FM and shortwave transmitters
[1]
Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station [
ko ] : FM-only, domestic music network
Pyongyang Broadcasting Station [
ko ] : an "all-Korea" service primarily aimed at South Koreans and ethnic Koreans in China, broadcast on mediumwave and widely available on FM and shortwave
Echo of Unification / Tongil Voice: Propaganda station beamed to South Korea, Shortwave and FM frequencies close to the
DMZ .
Voice of Korea , a multi-lingual shortwave broadcaster aimed at audiences worldwide, also available on mediumwave in the Pyongyang area
[2]
Noise jamming: blocking South Korean and other Korean language foreign broadcasts
Korean Central Broadcasting Station
Mediumwave
702 kHz, Chongjin (50 kW) (Shared with PBS during special programs, when VOK is on 621)
720 kHz, Kanggye (500 kW) (Shared with PBS overnight)
765 kHz, Hyesan (50 kW) (inactive)
810 kHz, Kaesong (50 kW) (Shared with PBS overnight, working with low power now)
819 kHz, Pyongyang (500 kW)
873 kHz, Sinuiju (250 kW) (Shared with PBS overnight)
882 kHz, Wonsan (250 kW)(irregular)
927 kHz, Sariwon (50 kW) (irregular)
999 kHz, Hamhung (250 kW)(irregular)
1080 kHz, Haeju (1500 kW)(inactive)
Shortwave
2350 kHz, Sariwon (5 kW) (inactive)
2850 kHz, Pyongyang (50 kW) (inactive as of May 2020)
3205 kHz, Pyongyang (100 kW) (DRM tests)
3220 kHz, Hamhung (5 kW) (bad modulation, shared with PBS overnight)
3250 kHz, Pyongyang (100kW)
3920 kHz, Hyesan (5 kW) (irregular)
3959 kHz, Kanggye (5 kW) (irregular)
3978 kHz, Chongjin (5 kW)
3985 kHz, Chongjin (10 kW) (irregular, bad modulation, drifting, probably for Jamming)
6100 kHz, Kanggye (250 kW)
6140 kHz, Pyongyang (250 kW) (DRM tests)
9665 kHz, Kanggye (50 kW)
11680 kHz, Kanggye (50 kW)
FM
93.8 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
102.3 MHz, Kaesong (2 kW)
Pyongyang Broadcasting Station
Mediumwave
621 kHz, Chongjin (500 kW) Shared with Voice of Korea Japanese service
657 kHz, Pyongyang (1500 kW)
801 kHz, Kimchaek (500 kW) (drifting)
855 kHz, Sangwon (1000 kW)
1053 kHz, Haeju (1000 kW) (inactive)
Shortwave
3320 kHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
4557 kHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
6160 kHz, Kanggye (50 kW) (sometimes irregular due power cuts, replaced 6400 kHz since March 23 2021)
FM
91.1 MHz, Kangson (0.19 kW)
96.7 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
98.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
104.5 MHz, Pyongsong (2 kW)
103.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
106.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
92.9 MHz, Wonsan (5 kW)
89.2, 91.2, 93.3, 93.9, 94.5, 96.7, 97.3, 97.7, 98.1, 99.6 and 101.8 MHz, Unknown locations countrywide.
Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station
Frequency
Location
Transmitter strength
Notes
FM
90.1 MHz
Pyongsong
2 kW
92.5 MHz
Kaesong
100 kW
Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Radio
92.8 MHz
Yonan
10 kW
Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Radio
93.3 MHz
Kanggye
5 kW
93.6 MHz
Kaesong
10 kW
Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Radio
93.8 MHz
Hyesan
2 kW
95.1 MHz
Wonsan
5 kW
97.8 MHz
Haeju
100 kW
Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Radio, Echo of Unification
101.3 MHz
Sinuiju
10 kW
102.1 MHz
Kim Chaek
1 kW
103.0 MHz
Sariwon
2 kW
103.7 MHz
Haeju
100 kW
Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Radio
105.2 MHz
Pyongyang
100 kW
105.5 MHz
Chongjin
10 kW
106.0 MHz
Hamhung
20 kW
107.2 MHz
Nampo
2 kW
Echo of Unification (Beamed to South Korea)
Frequency
Location
Transmitter strength
FM
89.4 MHz
Pyongyang
100 kW
97.0 MHz
Chorwon
100 kW
97.8 MHz
Haeju
100 kW
SW
3945 kHz
Pyongyang
100 kW
3970 kHz
Chongjin
5 kW
5905 kHz
Pyongyang
100 kW
Voice of Korea
Mediumwave
621 kHz, Chongjin (500 kW) Japanese program only, shared with Pyongyang Broadcasting Station
1368 kHz, Pyongyang (irregular)
Shortwave
3560 kHz, Kujang (15 kW) (DRM tests, shared with KCBS and PBS, irregular)
6070 kHz, Kanggye (250 kW)
6170 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (During winter)
6185 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
7210 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
7220 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
7235 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
7570 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (During winter)
7580 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
9425 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
9435 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
9445 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
9650 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
9730 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
9850 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
9875 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
9890 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
11635 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
11645 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
11710 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
11735 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
11865 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
11910 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
12015 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
13650 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
13760 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
15105 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
15180 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
15245 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
Noise jammer (blocking foreign broadcasts)
Strong, helicopter, boat engine-like "whooshing" noise. Use SDRs in Asia to locate them.
The whooshing noise often can be heard under Voice of Korea - the jammer is at the same site.
The swinging tone on 4450 kHz is often under KCBS Sinuiju on 873 kHz - the jammer is at the same site.
Shortwave:
3480 kHz, Wonsan (beeping, whistling tone)
3910 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
3910 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
3930 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
3930 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
3985 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
3985 kHz, unknown location (whistling tone, to fill "dead-zone")
4450 kHz, Sinuiju (Swinging carrier, to fill "dead-zone")
4450 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
4885 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
5920 kHz, unknown location (beeping tones)
5995 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
6015 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
6015 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
6048 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
6250 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
6350 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
6520 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
6520 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
6600 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
6600 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
7275 kHz, Kanggye
7355 kHz, Haeju
9100 kHz, unknown location (whistling tone)
+ various frequencies on various times from various locations, depending the Korean schedule of the blocked station.
Medium Wave:
558 kHz, Haeju area
603 kHz , Haeju area
639 kHz, Kaesong area
648 kHz, Kaesong area
711 kHz , Pyongyang and Kaesong area
756 kHz, Pyongyang area
792 kHz, Haeju area
819 kHz, Pyongyang area (nighttime KCBS sign off)
837 kHz , Kaesong area
891 kHz, Pyongyang area
900 kHz, Kaesong area
972 kHz , Pyongyang area
1134 kHz , Pyongyang area
1143 kHz, Pyongyang area
1431 kHz, Pyongyang area
1467 kHz, Wonsan area
1566 kHz, Pyongyang area
FM
89.1 MHz , Kaesong
90.3 MHz , Kaesong
91.1 MHz, Kaesong
91.5 MHz, Kaesong
93.1 MHz , Kaesong
93.9 MHz , Kaesong
94.5 MHz , Kaesong
95.9 MHz , Kaesong
96.3 MHz, Kaesong
96.7 MHz,
[3] Kaesong
97.3 MHz , Kaesong
98.1 MHz , Kaesong
98.7 MHz, Kaesong
99.5 MHz, Kaesong
101.7 MHz, Haeju
103.1 MHz,
[4] Kaesong
104.5 MHz , Kaesong
104.9 MHz , Kaesong
105.3 MHz,
[5] Kaesong
105.7 MHz, Kaesong
106.1 MHz , Kaesong
106.5 MHz, Kaesong
106.9 MHz,
[6] Kaesong
107.3 MHz, Kaesong
107.7 MHz , Kaesong
See also
References
External links
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