Listening in Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia
Local stations
BBC World Service in English can be heard in Kabul, Afghanistan 101.6 FM and in Mazar-e Sharif on 89 FM.
click More information: English transmissions
click More information: Transmissions in other languages
Satellite
BBC World Service (European schedule) is available 24 hours a day, free-to-air from digital Eutelsat Hot Bird 8 at 13° East, transponder 50, vertical polarisation, 11727 MHz.
Via click WorldSpace digital receivers (by subscription).
Shortwave radio
Frequencies cover Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In central and eastern Afghanistan, try frequencies for South Asia as well.
Medium wave frequency for Iran and western Afghanistan: 1413 kHz at the following times GMT: 0200-0230; 0300-0400; 1800-1830; 1900-2100.
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