LATEST NEWS & INFORMATION
Compiled by Tony Rogers.
Updated: 4 September 2026
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SHORTWAVE NEWS
HFCC B26 Transmission schedules for season B26 will be published after 11 October 2026 at https://new.hfcc.org/data/b26/
CRI Esperanto Please see page 27 of Asia on Shortwave for an interesting observation and comments from Atsuhiko Takezawa about CRI's Esperanto service.
IRAN (target broadcast) The target broadcast in Persian at 2030-2100 UTC on 9930 kHz has been confirmed as having content provided by IranWire. Atsuhiko Takezawa translated the opening announcement from Persian to English using ChatGPT and it says "This program is dedicated
to information and education and is produced and broadcast for … You are
receiving a selection of our programs and segments. Our partner, the media
outlet IranWire, has produced the program you are listening to today. Our goal
is to provide independent and comprehensive information for everyone. The right
to access information is one of our main objectives. We are with you in achieving this
goal. Stay with us". Thanks to Atsuhiko. Presumably this broadcast is produced in cooperation with RSF and RFPI. Please see "Middle East on Shortwave" for further details.
MYANMAR (target broadcast) New station: Voice of Independent Myanmar: 0030-0130 UTC on Sundays on 17665 kHz in Burmese. Atsuhiko Takezawa in Nagoya, Japan, comments "Steven
Jambot, one of my followers on X, shared an interesting article (see link above
- ed.). I only noticed this article after the weekend, so I missed the first
broadcast on the 9th. Judging from the frequency and schedule, I suspect it may
be from Paochung, Taiwan, the same transmitter site that was used for Radio
NUG. But I’m not certain". Here are the details: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the independent
Myanmar media outlet Mizzima have joined forces to launch the "Voice of
Independent Myanmar," a shortwave radio broadcast aimed at providing vital
information to the Myanmar public as it confronts the civil war and censorship
from the military junta. On 9 August 2026, a 60-minute weekly broadcast was
aired for the first time on 17665 kHz from 7 am to 8 am every Sunday in
Myanmar, aiming to reach between 500,000 and 2 million Myanmar listeners
weekly, and up to 4 million during major crises. The broadcast will combine
local and international news bulletins and analysis, practical information and
segments dedicated to human rights and disinformation. To maximise its impact,
the audio content will also be broadcast across Mizzima’s accounts on digital
platforms, which count over 21 million followers on Facebook and 3 million
subscribers on YouTube. More details can be found at https://rsf.org/en/myanmar-rsf-and-mizzima-reopen-vital-information-lifeline-shortwave-radio. (Many thanks to Steven, and Atsuhiko for
forwarding this information to DX Guides)
Update: Atsuhiko confirms that the broadcast on Sunday 16 August 2026 was heard as scheduled at 0030-0130 UTC on 17665 kHz, but as expected it suffered co-channel interference from China National Radio.
TWR Asia via Vatican Jose Jacob says that due to problems at the Talata Volonondry relay station in Madagascar between 28 July-2 August 2026, TWR Asia broadcasts to South Asia at 1400-1500 UTC on 17700 khz were temporarily switched to Santa Maria di Galeria, the Vatican Radio transmitter site.
VIETNAM Since checking in May and June 2026, it appears that the Voice of Vietnam domestic service on shortwave has additional transmitters back on air. Vietnam has not registered any frequencies with the HFCC since the A25 season, which at that time included those used for the domestic service. Here are my latest observations made in late July 2026:
7435 kHz Noted with VOV-1 in Vietnamese. HFCC A-25 indicated on air between 2145-1700, but may sign-off before 1700. Sontay? This
frequency had not been heard during May/June 2026.
9635 kHz Believed to be on-air between 2200-1530 UTC with programmes mostly in ethnic languages (presumably one of the VOV-4 regional services). HFCC A-25 listed a transmitter at Sontay.
11720 kHz During May/June 2026 this frequency had been heard coming on air around 1050 and going off between 1330 to 1400 UTC.
However, it is now on for a longer duration, possibly 2145-1700 UTC? HFCC A-25 indicated the transmitter at Sontay at
2145-1030 and 1330-1700 and Xuan Mai at 1030-1330, so perhaps both transmitters are back on air now, although the on/off
times may vary slightly for each site. (observations by Tony Rogers using online SDR's in Thailand and Vietnam)
11720 kHz During May/June 2026 this frequency had been heard coming on air around 1050 and going off between 1330 to 1400 UTC.
However, it is now on for a longer duration, possibly 2145-1700 UTC? HFCC A-25 indicated the transmitter at Sontay at
2145-1030 and 1330-1700 and Xuan Mai at 1030-1330, so perhaps both transmitters are back on air now, although the on/off
times may vary slightly for each site. (observations by Tony Rogers using online SDR's in Thailand and Vietnam)
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MEDIUMWAVE NEWS
ARMENIA Viktor Tsekhanovich mentions that as of July 2026, TWR has ceased broadcasting in Ukrainian via Gavar (Armenia) on 1377 kHz. Thanks Viktor. Most recently this had been daily at 1931-2031 UTC. Looking at the TWR online schedule, it no longer lists any programmes in Ukrainian.
And TWR's programmes in Persian on 1377 kHz have been re-timed to 1800-2015 UTC. The revised schedule for 1377 kHz appears to be:
1715-1730 Daily TWR in Turkmen
1730-1745 Daily TWR in Kazakh
1745-1800 Daily TWR in Karakalpak
1715-1730 Daily TWR in Turkmen
1730-1745 Daily TWR in Kazakh
1745-1800 Daily TWR in Karakalpak
1800-2015 Daily TWR in Persian (ex-1800-1930)
(TWR online schedule and monitoring by Tony Rogers using KiwiSDR in Tambov, Russia)
(TWR online schedule and monitoring by Tony Rogers using KiwiSDR in Tambov, Russia)
LITHUANIA Thanks to Alex Miatlikov and Alexander Beryozkin for updates to the RWBI schedule on 1386 kHz. With recent changes it should now look something like this:
1400-1500 Daily Radio Poland in English
1500-1515 Mon-Fri NHK World Japan in Russian
1500-1520 Sat/Sun NHK World Japan in Russian
1515-1530 Mon-Fri NHK Interval Signal
1520-1530 Sat/Sun NHK Interval Signal
1530-1600 Daily Radio Poland in Polish
1600-1630 Daily Radio Poland in Russian
1630-1700 Daily Radio Poland in German
1700-1720 Daily NHK World Japan in Russian
1720-1725 Daily 1 kHz tone signal
1725-1730 Daily NHK interval signal
1730-1750 Daily NHK World Japan in Russian
1750-1752 Daily 1 kHz tone signal
1752-1820 Daily Radio Strana Regionov in Russian
1820-1830 Daily RBW interval signal and ID
1830-2130 Daily RFE/RL-Radio Svoboda in Russian
2130-0400 Daily Radio Ukraine International in Ukrainian except for:
2200-2208 Mon-Fri in Slovak
2300-2308 Mon-Thu in Bulgarian
0100-0108 Tue/Wed/Fri/Sat in Belarusian
0200-0230 Daily in Romanian
0400-0500 Daily Radio Poland in Belarusian
0500-0530 Daily Radio Poland in Ukrainian
0530-1400 Daily nothing on air at this time
1500-1515 Mon-Fri NHK World Japan in Russian
1500-1520 Sat/Sun NHK World Japan in Russian
1515-1530 Mon-Fri NHK Interval Signal
1520-1530 Sat/Sun NHK Interval Signal
1530-1600 Daily Radio Poland in Polish
1600-1630 Daily Radio Poland in Russian
1630-1700 Daily Radio Poland in German
1700-1720 Daily NHK World Japan in Russian
1720-1725 Daily 1 kHz tone signal
1725-1730 Daily NHK interval signal
1730-1750 Daily NHK World Japan in Russian
1750-1752 Daily 1 kHz tone signal
1752-1820 Daily Radio Strana Regionov in Russian
1820-1830 Daily RBW interval signal and ID
1830-2130 Daily RFE/RL-Radio Svoboda in Russian
2130-0400 Daily Radio Ukraine International in Ukrainian except for:
2200-2208 Mon-Fri in Slovak
2300-2308 Mon-Thu in Bulgarian
0100-0108 Tue/Wed/Fri/Sat in Belarusian
0200-0230 Daily in Romanian
0400-0500 Daily Radio Poland in Belarusian
0500-0530 Daily Radio Poland in Ukrainian
0530-1400 Daily nothing on air at this time