Trans World Radio shortwave frequencies and schedule

Trans World Radio (United States) has 204 scheduled transmissions on 33 frequencies (shortwave and medium wave), in Spanish/Castellano, Banjari / Banjara / Gormati / Lambadi, Hindi, Marathi and 96 more, aimed at Central Asia, Cuba, South America, Caribbean and 17 more. Times are UTC, for the A26 season (EiBi schedule, updated October 15, 2026).

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Frequencies

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Schedule (UTC)

Time UTC	Frequency	Days	Language	Target	Transmitter
00:00–02:30	800 kHz MW	daily	Spanish/Castellano	Cuba	Bonaire
00:00–00:15	882 kHz MW	Sun	Banjari / Banjara / Gormati / Lambadi	South Asia	Puttalam
00:00–00:15	882 kHz MW	Wed	Hindi	South Asia	Puttalam
00:00–00:15	882 kHz MW	Fri	Marathi	South Asia	Puttalam
00:00–00:15	882 kHz MW	Tue	Soura / Sora	South Asia	Puttalam
00:00–00:15	882 kHz MW	Thu	Telugu	South Asia	Puttalam
00:00–00:30	882 kHz MW	Mon	Malayalam	South Asia	Puttalam
00:00–00:30	882 kHz MW	Sat	Odia / Oriya / Orissa	South Asia	Puttalam
00:15–00:30	882 kHz MW	Tue	Chhattisgarhi	South Asia	Puttalam
00:15–00:30	882 kHz MW	Wed	Gondi	South Asia	Puttalam
00:15–00:30	882 kHz MW	Thu	Hindi	South Asia	Puttalam
00:15–00:30	882 kHz MW	Sun	Tulu	South Asia	Puttalam
00:15–00:45	882 kHz MW	Fri	Marathi	South Asia	Puttalam
00:30–00:45	882 kHz MW	Wed	Gamit	South Asia	Puttalam
00:30–00:45	882 kHz MW	Tue	Konkani	South Asia	Puttalam
00:30–00:45	882 kHz MW	Thu	Koya	South Asia	Puttalam
00:30–00:45	882 kHz MW	Mon	Kui	South Asia	Puttalam
00:30–01:00	882 kHz MW	Sun	Gujarati	South Asia	Puttalam
00:30–01:00	882 kHz MW	Sat	Odia / Oriya / Orissa	South Asia	Puttalam
00:45–01:00	882 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	English	South Asia	Puttalam
02:30–03:30	800 kHz MW	Tue–Sat	Spanish/Castellano	Cuba	Bonaire
03:30–03:45	9655.1 kHz 31m	Mon, Sun	Amharic	Ethiopia	Dhabbaya
03:30–03:45	9655.1 kHz 31m	Tue	Oromo	Ethiopia	Dhabbaya
03:30–03:45	9655.1 kHz 31m	Thu	Sidamo/Sidama	Ethiopia	Dhabbaya
04:19–05:30	1476 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	Haussa	Nigeria	Parakou
05:30–06:46	1476 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	Igbo / Ibo	Nigeria	Parakou
08:30–09:45	800 kHz MW	daily	Portuguese	South America	Bonaire
09:45–10:00	800 kHz MW	Sat	Macuxi/Macushi	South America	Bonaire
09:45–10:00	800 kHz MW	Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun	Portuguese	South America	Bonaire
10:00–11:30	800 kHz MW	daily	Spanish/Castellano	Caribbean	Bonaire
10:30–10:45	11825 kHz 25m	Mon–Sat	Mongolian	Mongolia	Tashkent
10:30–10:45	15120 kHz 19m	Mon–Sat	Mongolian	Mongolia	Tashkent
10:45–11:00	11825 kHz 25m	daily	Mongolian	China	Tashkent
10:45–11:00	15120 kHz 19m	daily	Mongolian	Mongolia	Tashkent
11:00–12:00	15630 kHz 19m	Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun	Korean	Far East	Tashkent
11:30–11:45	9910 kHz 31m	Sun	English	Far East
11:30–11:45	15310 kHz 19m	Sun	English	Far East
11:30–11:45	17590 kHz 16m	Sun	English	Far East
11:45–12:45	9910 kHz 31m	Sun	Mandarin	China
11:45–12:45	15310 kHz 19m	Sun	Mandarin	China
11:45–12:45	17590 kHz 16m	Sun	Mandarin	China
12:30–12:45	9910 kHz 31m	Mon–Fri	Dialects/languages of Yunnan	China
12:30–12:45	15310 kHz 19m	Mon–Fri	Dialects/languages of Yunnan	China
12:30–12:45	17590 kHz 16m	Mon–Fri	Dialects/languages of Yunnan	China
12:45–13:00	9910 kHz 31m	daily	Hui / Huizhou	China
12:45–13:00	15310 kHz 19m	daily	Hui / Huizhou	China
12:45–13:00	17590 kHz 16m	daily	Hui / Huizhou	China
13:00–13:25	9975 kHz 31m	Sun	Mandarin	China
13:00–13:40	9975 kHz 31m	Mon–Sat	Mandarin	China
13:00–13:30	15310 kHz 19m	Sun	Mandarin	China
13:00–13:40	15310 kHz 19m	Mon–Fri	Mandarin	China
13:00–13:45	15310 kHz 19m	Sat	Mandarin	China
13:00–13:30	17590 kHz 16m	Sun	Mandarin	China
13:00–13:40	17590 kHz 16m	Mon–Fri	Mandarin	China
13:00–13:45	17590 kHz 16m	Sat	Mandarin	China
13:30–14:00	1467 kHz MW	Sun	Kashmiri	South Asia
13:30–14:00	1467 kHz MW	Mon–Sat	Urdu	South Asia
13:45–14:30	9975 kHz 31m	Sun	Burmese / Barma / Myanmar	Southeast Asia	Tashkent
14:00–14:15	1467 kHz MW	Sat	Kangri	South Asia
14:00–14:30	1467 kHz MW	Sun	Hazaragi	South Asia
14:00–14:30	1467 kHz MW	Thu	Pashto / Pushtu	South Asia
14:00–14:30	1467 kHz MW	Mon–Wed	Urdu	South Asia
14:00–14:30	9975 kHz 31m	Sun	Burmese / Barma / Myanmar	Southeast Asia	Tashkent
14:00–14:15	17700 kHz 16m	Tue	Bondo	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:00–14:15	17700 kHz 16m	Sat	Bundeli / Bundelkhandi / Bundelkandi	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:00–14:15	17700 kHz 16m	Sun	Haryanvi /	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:00–14:15	17700 kHz 16m	Mon	Ho	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:00–14:15	17700 kHz 16m	Thu	Kui	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:00–14:15	17700 kHz 16m	Wed	Kurukh/Kurux	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:00–14:15	17700 kHz 16m	Fri	Santhali	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:15–14:30	1467 kHz MW	Sat	Siraiki/Seraiki	South Asia
14:15–14:30	17700 kHz 16m	Mon	Awadhi	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:15–14:30	17700 kHz 16m	Sun	Braj Bhasa/Braj Bhasha/Brij	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:15–14:30	17700 kHz 16m	Fri	English	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:15–14:30	17700 kHz 16m	Tue, Thu	Hindi	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:15–14:30	17700 kHz 16m	Wed	Marwari	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:15–14:45	17700 kHz 16m	Sat	Hindi	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:20–14:35	6175 kHz 49m	Sun	Shangaan/Tsonga	Mozambique	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
14:20–14:35	9585 kHz 31m	Sat	Makua / Makhuwa	Mozambique	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
14:28–14:43	9585 kHz 31m	Mon–Fri	Lomwe / Ngulu	Mozambique	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
14:30–14:45	1467 kHz MW	Thu–Sat	Hazaragi	South Asia
14:30–14:45	1467 kHz MW	Tue	Punjabi	South Asia
14:30–14:45	1467 kHz MW	Wed	Sindhi	South Asia
14:30–14:45	1467 kHz MW	Mon, Sun	Urdu	South Asia
14:30–14:45	9975 kHz 31m	Sun	K-S	Southeast Asia	Tashkent
14:30–15:00	15440 kHz 19m	daily	Urdu	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:30–14:45	17700 kHz 16m	Fri	Bengali/Bangla	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:30–14:45	17700 kHz 16m	Thu	Dzongkha	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:30–14:45	17700 kHz 16m	Mon–Wed	English	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:30–14:45	17700 kHz 16m	Sun	Meithei/Manipuri/Meitei	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:35–14:50	6175 kHz 49m	Sun	Portuguese	Mozambique	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
14:42–14:57	15105 kHz 19m	Thu–Sun	Afar	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
14:45–15:00	882 kHz MW	Fri, Sat	English	South Asia	Puttalam
14:45–15:00	882 kHz MW	Thu	Odia / Oriya / Orissa	South Asia	Puttalam
14:45–15:00	882 kHz MW	Mon, Tue, Sun	Tamil	South Asia	Puttalam
14:45–15:00	882 kHz MW	Wed	Telugu	South Asia	Puttalam
14:45–15:00	1467 kHz MW	daily	Urdu	South Asia
14:45–15:00	7480 kHz 41m	daily	Kazakh	Central Asia	Tashkent
14:45–15:00	9950 kHz 31m	daily	Kazakh	Central Asia	Tashkent
14:45–15:00	11875 kHz 25m	Mon	Somali	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
14:45–15:00	11880 kHz 25m	Mon	Somali	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
14:45–14:46	17700 kHz 16m	Mon–Fri	English	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:45–15:00	17700 kHz 16m	Sun	Bhatri	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:45–15:00	17700 kHz 16m	Sat	Desiya / Deshiya	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:46–15:00	17700 kHz 16m	Mon–Fri	Hindi	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
14:55–15:25	9585 kHz 31m	Mon–Fri	Malagasy	Madagascar	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
15:00–15:45	882 kHz MW	daily	English	South Asia	Puttalam
15:00–15:30	1467 kHz MW	daily	Dari / Eastern Farsi	Afghanistan
15:00–15:30	7540 kHz 41m	Mon–Fri	Korean	Far East	Tashkent
15:00–15:30	11875 kHz 25m	daily	Somali	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
15:00–15:30	11880 kHz 25m	daily	Somali	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
15:30–15:45	1467 kHz MW	Tue, Thu	Dari / Eastern Farsi	Afghanistan
15:30–15:45	1467 kHz MW	Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun	Pashto / Pushtu	Afghanistan
15:30–17:00	7540 kHz 41m	daily	Korean	Far East	Tashkent
15:30–15:45	11875 kHz 25m	Sun	Somali	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
15:30–15:45	11880 kHz 25m	Sun	Somali	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
15:30–16:00	15450 kHz 19m	daily	Urdu	South Asia	Talata Volonondry
15:34–16:19	15105 kHz 19m	Mon–Fri	Tigrinya/Tigray	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
15:45–16:30	1467 kHz MW	daily	Pashto / Pushtu	Afghanistan
15:49–16:19	15105 kHz 19m	Sat, Sun	Kunama	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
15:57–16:27	13580 kHz 22m	Sun	KinyaRwanda-KiRundi service of the Voice of America / BBC	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
16:30–16:45	9500 kHz 31m	Sat, Sun	Kambaata	Ethiopia	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
16:30–17:15	9500 kHz 31m	Mon–Fri	Amharic	Ethiopia	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
16:30–16:45	11660 kHz 25m	Sat, Sun	Kambaata	Ethiopia	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
16:30–17:15	11660 kHz 25m	Mon–Fri	Amharic	Ethiopia	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
16:45–17:30	9500 kHz 31m	Sun	Oromo	Ethiopia	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
16:45–17:30	11660 kHz 25m	Sun	Oromo	Ethiopia	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
17:00–17:15	612 kHz MW	Fri–Sun	Kazakh	Central Asia
17:00–17:30	612 kHz MW	Mon–Thu		Central Asia
17:00–17:30	6100 kHz 49m	Sat, Sun	Yao/Yawo	Mozambique	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
17:10–17:25	1377 kHz MW	daily	Turkmen	Central Asia	Gavar (formerly Kamo)
17:15–17:30	612 kHz MW	Fri–Sun	Kyrgyz /Kirghiz	Central Asia
17:15–18:00	9500 kHz 31m	Mon–Fri	Oromo	Ethiopia	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
17:15–18:00	11660 kHz 25m	Mon–Fri	Sidamo/Sidama	Ethiopia	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
17:25–17:40	1377 kHz MW	daily	Kazakh	Central Asia	Gavar (formerly Kamo)
17:40–17:55	1377 kHz MW	daily	Karakalpak	Central Asia	Gavar (formerly Kamo)
17:55–18:26	1476 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	English	Nigeria	Parakou
18:00–18:30	1170 kHz MW	Mon–Sat	Shona	Southern Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:00–18:50	1170 kHz MW	Sun	English	Southern Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:00–19:30	1377 kHz MW	daily	Farsi / Iranian Persian	Iran	Gavar (formerly Kamo)
18:02–18:32	9500 kHz 31m	Sun	English	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:02–18:32	13800 kHz 22m	Sat	Juba Arabic	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:02–19:02	13800 kHz 22m	Mon–Fri	Arabic	East Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:20–18:35	7410 kHz 41m	Mon–Fri	Umbundu	Angola	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:26–19:11	1476 kHz MW	daily	English	Nigeria	Parakou
18:30–19:21	1170 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	English	Southern Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:30–19:32	1170 kHz MW	Sun	English, Zulu	Southern Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:35–19:01	7410 kHz 41m	Mon–Fri	Portuguese	Angola	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:50–19:05	7410 kHz 41m	Sat	Umbundu	Angola	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
18:50–19:05	7410 kHz 41m	Sun	Kwanyama/Kuanyama	Angola	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:00–20:00	7540 kHz 41m	daily	Korean	Far East	Tashkent
19:05–19:20	7410 kHz 41m	Sun	Portuguese	Angola	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:05–19:35	13800 kHz 22m	daily	Lingala	Democratic Republic of Congo	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:05–19:35	15105 kHz 19m	daily	Lingala	Democratic Republic of Congo	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:11–19:21	1476 kHz MW	Sun	Haussa	Nigeria	Parakou
19:11–19:31	1476 kHz MW	Sat	English	Nigeria	Parakou
19:11–19:35	1476 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	English	Nigeria	Parakou
19:16–19:46	1566 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	Twi/Akan	West Africa	Parakou
19:21–19:51	1170 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	Zulu	Southern Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:26–19:42	1476 kHz MW	Sun	Kanuri	Nigeria	Parakou
19:30–20:45	1377 kHz MW	daily	Ukrainian	Ukraine	Gavar (formerly Kamo)
19:32–19:40	1476 kHz MW	Sat	Yoruba	Nigeria	Parakou
19:35–19:50	13800 kHz 22m	Sat	French	Democratic Republic of Congo	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:35–20:05	13800 kHz 22m	Mon–Fri	Lingala	Democratic Republic of Congo	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:35–19:50	15105 kHz 19m	Sat	French	Democratic Republic of Congo	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:35–20:05	15105 kHz 19m	Mon–Fri	Lingala	Democratic Republic of Congo	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:37–20:10	1476 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	Yoruba	Nigeria	Parakou
19:41–19:57	1476 kHz MW	Sat	Kanuri	Nigeria	Parakou
19:43–20:14	1476 kHz MW	Sun	Fulani/Fulfulde	West Africa	Parakou
19:46–19:55	1566 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	Music	West Africa	Parakou
19:51–20:51	1170 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	English	Southern Africa	Manzini/Mpangela Ranch
19:55–20:10	1566 kHz MW	Mon	Dendi	West Africa	Parakou
19:55–20:10	1566 kHz MW	Sat	Ditamari	West Africa	Parakou
19:55–20:10	1566 kHz MW	Wed	French	West Africa	Parakou
19:55–20:10	1566 kHz MW	Sun	Lokpa / Lukpa / Lupka	West Africa	Parakou
19:55–20:25	1566 kHz MW	Thu	Bambara/Bamanankan/Mandenkan	West Africa	Parakou
19:55–20:25	1566 kHz MW	Fri	Kisili	West Africa	Parakou
19:55–20:25	1566 kHz MW	Tue	Senoufo/Sénoufo-Syenara	West Africa	Parakou
20:10–20:25	1566 kHz MW	Sat	Dyula/Jula	West Africa	Parakou
20:10–20:25	1566 kHz MW	Mon	Fon / Fongbe	West Africa	Parakou
20:10–20:25	1566 kHz MW	Wed	Senoufo/Sénoufo-Syenara	West Africa	Parakou
20:10–20:25	1566 kHz MW	Sun	Twi/Akan	West Africa	Parakou
20:12–20:27	1476 kHz MW	Mon	Fulani/Fulfulde	West Africa	Parakou
20:25–20:40	1566 kHz MW	Sun	Dendi	West Africa	Parakou
20:25–20:40	1566 kHz MW	Sat	Tamajeq	West Africa	Parakou
20:25–20:55	1566 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	Fon / Fongbe	West Africa	Parakou
20:40–20:55	1566 kHz MW	Sun	Bariba / Baatonum	West Africa	Parakou
20:40–21:25	1566 kHz MW	Sat	Bambara/Bamanankan/Mandenkan	West Africa	Parakou
20:55–21:10	1566 kHz MW	Thu	Bariba / Baatonum	West Africa	Parakou
20:55–21:10	1566 kHz MW	Mon	Dendi	West Africa	Parakou
20:55–21:10	1566 kHz MW	Tue, Wed	Fon / Fongbe	West Africa	Parakou
20:55–21:10	1566 kHz MW	Fri	Zarma/Zama	West Africa	Parakou
20:55–21:35	1566 kHz MW	Sun	Bambara/Bamanankan/Mandenkan	West Africa	Parakou
21:10–21:40	1566 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	Baoulé	West Africa	Parakou
21:25–21:40	1566 kHz MW	Sat	Mina / Gen	West Africa	Parakou
21:35–22:10	1566 kHz MW	Sun	French	West Africa	Parakou
21:40–21:55	1566 kHz MW	Mon–Fri		West Africa	Parakou
21:55–22:10	1566 kHz MW	Tue	Baoulé	West Africa	Parakou
21:55–22:10	1566 kHz MW	Mon	Bete / Bété	West Africa	Parakou
21:55–22:10	1566 kHz MW	Thu	Fulani/Fulfulde	West Africa	Parakou
21:55–22:10	1566 kHz MW	Wed	Gungbe / Gongbe / Goun	West Africa	Parakou
21:55–22:10	1566 kHz MW	Fri	Zarma/Zama	West Africa	Parakou
22:10–22:40	1566 kHz MW	Mon–Fri	French	West Africa	Parakou
23:30–24:00	800 kHz MW	daily	English	Caribbean	Bonaire

Schedule data: EiBi. Broadcasters change frequencies at the end of March and October; Skywave DX updates this page every night.

Transmitter sites

Bonaire · Puttalam · Dhabbaya · Parakou · Tashkent · Talata Volonondry · Manzini/Mpangela Ranch · Gavar (formerly Kamo)

Questions

What frequency is Trans World Radio on?

Trans World Radio uses 33 shortwave frequencies this season: 612 kHz, 800 kHz, 882 kHz, 1170 kHz, 1377 kHz, 1467 kHz, 1476 kHz, 1566 kHz and 25 more. Which one carries which programme depends on the time; see the schedule on this page (times in UTC).

When can I hear Trans World Radio on shortwave?

It has 204 scheduled transmissions, 29 of them daily, from 00:00 UTC. Reception depends on where you are and the time of day: lower frequencies travel farther at night, higher ones by day.

Can I listen to Trans World Radio online?

Yes, over the air: Skywave DX tunes the frequency through a public shortwave receiver that can hear it, so you hear the real broadcast as it arrives. Press a frequency on this page to tune it.

New to shortwave? Read how to listen online and the band guide.