As A25 season i.e. Summer season March 30th-October 25th of 2025) of international broadcasting is fast approaching, here is a brief preview of A25 season plus schedule information for the season as received from various sources plus websites of Radio Stations's websites.
A25 Preview Plus Schedule Information:
Off Course, the biggest news, there wil be no Voice Of America(VOA),Radio Free Asia(RFA),Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL),Radio Farda ,Radio Mashaal etc transmission on radio in A25 season as per the move of US Admistration to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and as a result all its transmitter sites(shortwave & medium wave ) locating in USA & around the world has been ordered to close down.As a result of this Radio Thailand World Service & Radio Philipinias World Wide is also going off the air.As Radio Thailand & Radio Philinias World Wide used USAG's transmitter sites in Thailand and Philipines.And a few radio stations's coverage in A25 will be effected by the closer of USAGM transmitter sites like Vatican Radio.
USAGM also used leased transmitters located in different locations around the world like Dushanbe(Tajkistan),Paochung(Taiwan) etc etc and there may be less transmissions from these transmitter site.Let see how other broadcasting stations uses this vacant frequencies slots plus frequencies.
WRMI's Wavescan,The Global DX Program on shortwave to Asia via Reach Beyond Australia in A25:
As mentioned earlier in the blog, one good news for A25 season for radio hobbyists/radio enthusiasts/dxers is now purely Radio Miami International(WRMI) production Wavescan, the weekly Global DX Program, will be aired via Reach Beyond Australia's Ku site on shortwave.
Here is the schedule for your reminder.
Effeive March 30,2025 onwards ..
WAVESCAN,THE GLOBAL DX PROGRAM
produced At WRMI
1400 -1430 utc on 11870 kHz (Sunday)
and to Japan
2230-2300utc on 17650 (Monday)
Via Kununurra,Australia (100kW)
KBS World Radio English To India in A25:
As per information posted on KBS World Radio's website on March 17th, from March 30th ( the beginning of A25 season at 0100utc i.e.1000 Korean Standard Time),its English transmission for India will be on 9785kHz during 1400-1600utc in place of 9630kHz.
Adventist World Radio(AWR) Assamese in A25
Effective March 30th to October 25th 0f 2025
On Sunday & Wednessday
1330-1400utc on 15550kHz (100kW) via KSDA,Agat,Guam
Via AWR Frequency Management Office , Alsbach, Germany
At present, AWR is the only international radio station which broadcasts in Assamese Language.It broadcasts Gospel.
Radio Romania International(RRI) English Only On DRM To India
And like previous season,this coming summer schedule too as per the schedule posted on March 24th on their website, there is only DRM mood transmission to India effective March 30th to October 25th of 2025.
0300-0400utc on 15330kHz(DRM)
0530-0600utc on 21550kHz(DRM)
I do not know how many listeners have been listening to their DRM transmission in India in comparison to their earlier analog shortwave transmission.I am one of the listeners of their analog shortwave transmission for a long time.
Radio Japan NHK World in A25 to South Asia
As per schedule posted on the website of Radio Japan...
effective March 30th...
Bengali
1500-1530utc 11655kHz
Hindi
1530-1550utc 11655kHz
Urdu
1600-1620utc 9440kHz
1700-1720utc 1251kHz*
*All transmissions barring this on 1251kHz( Via Tajikistan) is from Yamata,Japan(350kW)
Radio Japan Bengali transmission is also audible on Bangladesh on FM in various cities there.
That's all for the time being..
Thanks to OM Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE based in Faridabad and also to VU2JOS,OM Jose Jacob,Hyderbad for their regular updates/inputs etc on A25 skds.
More observations/radio news/monitoring reports etc from time to time.
73
Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)(VU3WTI)
(Abhayapuri)(Assam)(India)
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