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Broadcast Frequencies

We encourage our listeners to tell us when they receive our transmissions. Your reception reports, or QSL cards, help us evaluate the quality of our signal strength. Please find mailing instructions below the frequency table.

To view the complete broadcasting schedule of RFA’s nine language services, please click here

Schedule effective Oct 27, 2024 to Mar 29, 2025
All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Burmese

TimeFrequency
0030-0130 UTC7515 15110 15245
0200-0300 UTC15245
1230-1330 UTC11795 15120

Khmer

TimeFrequency
1230-1330 UTC11885 12150 15155
1300-1330 UTC13640
2230-2330 UTC9390 11850

Korean

TimeFrequency
1000-1100 UTC1566
1200-1400 UTC9900
1500-1700 UTC1188 9990 11510 11560
1700-1900 UTC1188 9990 11560
2100-2200 UTC9990 11510 11945

Lao

TimeFrequency
0000-0100 UTC9915
1100-1200 UTC13640

Mandarin

TimeFrequency
1500-1600 UTC7540 11670
2100-2200 UTC7520 9410 9455

Tibetan

TimeFrequency
0600-0700 UTC15245 15665 17695 21680
1200-1300 UTC11935 12050 13660 15575
1300-1400 UTC11730 13660 15245 15725
2200-2300 UTC7470 9540 12050
2300-2400 UTC5875 7510 7620 9490

Uyghur

TimeFrequency
0100-0200 UTC5980 7580 9790 11530 12015
1500-1600 UTC11805
1600-1700 UTC7620 7635 9560

Cantonese

RFA Cantonese is now all digital. Please find us at these locations:

Website: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/

Audio: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/audio/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cantonese.rfa

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cantoneseRFA/live


Vietnamese

RFA Vietnamese is now all digital. Please find us at these locations:

Website: https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/

Audio: https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/audio/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RFAVietnam

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RFAVietnamese


All frequencies are in kilohertz (kHz). 1 megahertz (MHz) is equal to 1000 kHz. Conversion to meter bands: Meters=300000/frequency in kHz. e.g.: 16.9 meters for 17705 kHz

E-mail your reception report to qsl@rfa.org, or send it by regular mail to:

Reception Reports

Radio Free Asia
2025 M Street N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
USA