List of radio stations in North Korea

A list of all national and regional radio stations in North Korea.

The list of radio stations in North Korea lists all the national and regional radio stations in North Korea.

Radio is the most commonly used broadcast media in North Korea. All stations are subject to the strict control of the government and carry no advertising. Some of the transmitters carry regional programmes in the afternoons, but usually relay the central programme from Pyongyang.

There are five North Korean radio networks:

• Korean Central Broadcasting Station: the main domestic full service radio network, primarily broadcast on mediumwave with some FM and shortwave transmitters^[1]
• Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station [ko]: FM-only, domestic music network
• Pyongyang Broadcasting Station [ko]: an "all-Korea" service primarily aimed at South Koreans and ethnic Koreans in China and Japan, broadcast on mediumwave and widely available on FM and shortwave. Closed on January 2024.
• Echo of Unification / Tongil Voice: Propaganda station beamed to South Korea, Shortwave and FM frequencies close to the DMZ. Closed on January 2024.
• Voice of Korea, a multi-lingual shortwave broadcaster aimed at audiences worldwide, also available on mediumwave in the Pyongyang area^[2]
• Noise jamming: blocking South Korean and other Korean language foreign broadcasts

Korean Central Broadcasting Station

Mediumwave

• 702 kHz, Chongjin (50 kW) (Shared with PBS during special programs, when VOK is on 621)
• 720 kHz, Kanggye (500 kW) (Shared with PBS overnight)
• 765 kHz, Hyesan (50 kW) (inactive)
• 810 kHz, Kaesong (50 kW) (Shared with PBS overnight, working with low power now)
• 819 kHz, Pyongyang (500 kW)
• 873 kHz, Sinuiju (250 kW) (Shared with PBS overnight)
• 882 kHz, Wonsan (250 kW)(irregular)
• 927 kHz, Sariwon (50 kW) (irregular)
• 999 kHz, Hamhung (250 kW)(irregular)
• 1080 kHz, Haeju (1500 kW)(inactive)

Shortwave

• 2350 kHz, Sariwon (5 kW) (inactive)
• 2850 kHz, Pyongyang (50 kW) (inactive as of May 2020)
• 3205 kHz, Pyongyang (100 kW) (DRM tests)
• 3220 kHz, Hamhung (5 kW) (bad modulation, shared with PBS overnight)
• 3250 kHz, Pyongyang (100kW)
• 3920 kHz, Hyesan (5 kW) (irregular)
• 3959 kHz, Kanggye (5 kW) (irregular)
• 3978 kHz, Chongjin (5 kW)
• 3985 kHz, Chongjin (10 kW) (irregular, bad modulation, drifting, probably for Jamming)
• 6100 kHz, Kanggye (250 kW)
• 6140 kHz, Pyongyang (250 kW) (DRM tests)
• 9665 kHz, Kanggye (50 kW)
• 11680 kHz, Kanggye (50 kW)

FM

• 93.8 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• 102.3 MHz, Kaesong (10 kW)

Pyongyang Broadcasting Station

Mediumwave

• 621 kHz, Chongjin (500 kW) Shared with Voice of Korea Japanese service
• 657 kHz, Pyongyang (1500 kW)
• 801 kHz, Kimchaek (500 kW) (drifting)
• 855 kHz, Sangwon (1000 kW)
• 1053 kHz, Haeju (1000 kW) (inactive)

Shortwave

• 3320 kHz, Pyongyang (50 kW) (inactive or closed*)
• 4557 kHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• Kanggye (50 kW) (sometimes irregular due power cuts, replaced 6400 kHz since March 23 2021, possibly inactive*)

(*Note: Shortwave Info's page on Pyongyang Broadcast System only shows only the 4557 kHz (P'yongyang) service to be active)

FM

• 91.1 MHz, Kangson (0.19 kW/190 W)
• 96.7 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• 98.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• 104.5 MHz, Pyongsong (2 kW)
• 103.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• 106.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• 92.9 MHz, Wonsan (5 kW)

• 89.2, 91.2, 93.3, 93.9, 94.5, 96.7, 97.3, 97.7, 98.1, 99.6 and 101.8 MHz, Unknown locations countrywide.

Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station

Echo of Unification (Beamed to South Korea)

Voice of Korea

Mediumwave

• 621 kHz, Chongjin (500 kW) Japanese program only, shared with Pyongyang Broadcasting Station
• 1368 kHz, Pyongyang (irregular)

Shortwave

• 3560 kHz, Kujang (15 kW) (DRM tests, shared with KCBS and PBS, irregular)
• 6070 kHz, Kanggye (250 kW)
• 6170 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (During winter)
• 6185 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 7210 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 7220 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 7235 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 7570 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (During winter)
• 7580 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9425 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9435 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9445 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9650 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9730 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9850 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9875 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9890 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11635 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11645 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11710 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11735 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11865 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11910 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 12015 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 13650 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 13760 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 15105 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 15180 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 15245 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)

Noise jammer (blocking foreign broadcasts)

Strong, helicopter, boat engine-like "whooshing" noise. Use SDRs in Asia to locate them.

The whooshing noise often can be heard under Voice of Korea - the jammer is at the same site.

The swinging tone on 4450 kHz is often under KCBS Sinuiju on 873 kHz - the jammer is at the same site.

Shortwave:

• 3480 kHz, Wonsan (beeping, whistling tone)
• 3910 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 3910 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 3930 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 3930 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 3985 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 3985 kHz, unknown location (whistling tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 4450 kHz, Sinuiju (Swinging carrier, to fill "dead-zone")
• 4450 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 4885 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 5920 kHz, unknown location (beeping tones)
• 5995 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6015 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6015 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 5920/6045 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6250 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6350 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6520 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6520 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 6600 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6600 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 7275 kHz, Kanggye
• 7355 kHz, Haeju
• 7720 kHz, unknown location (whistling tone)
• + various frequencies on various times from various locations, depending the Korean schedule of the blocked station.

Medium Wave:

• 558 kHz, Haeju area
• 567 kHz
• 603 kHz, Haeju area
• 639 kHz, Kaesong area
• 648 kHz, Kaesong area
• 711 kHz, Pyongyang and Kaesong area
• 747 kHz
• 756 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 792 kHz, Haeju area
• 819 kHz, Pyongyang area (nighttime KCBS sign off)
• 837 kHz, Kaesong area
• 891 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 900 kHz, Kaesong area
• 972 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 1062 kHz
• 1134 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 1143 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 1170 kHz
• 1188 kHz
• 1431 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 1440 kHz
• 1467 kHz, Wonsan area
• 1566 kHz, Pyongyang area

FM

• 88.5 MHz
• 89.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 90.3 MHz, Kaesong
• 91.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 91.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 92.9 MHz
• 93.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 93.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 94.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 95.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 96.3 MHz, Kaesong
• 96.7 MHz,^[3] Kaesong
• 97.3 MHz, Kaesong
• 98.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 98.7 MHz, Kaesong
• 99.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 101.7 MHz, Haeju
• 101.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 103.1 MHz,^[4] Kaesong
• 104.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 104.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 105.3 MHz,^[5] Kaesong
• 105.7 MHz, Kaesong
• 106.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 106.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 106.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 107.3 MHz, Kaesong
• 107.7 MHz, Kaesong

See also

• North Korea portal

• Media of North Korea
• List of radio stations in South Korea
• Radio jamming in Korea
• Voice of Korea

References

1. Williams, Martyn (2010-11-03). "Korean Central Broadcasting Station". North Korea Tech - 노스코리아테크. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
2. Williams, Martyn (2014-03-27). "Voice of Korea mid-2014 schedule". North Korea Tech - 노스코리아테크. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
3. South Korea’s KFN Radio
4. South Korea’s radio
5. South Korea CPBC FM

External links

• Official North Korean Website for Voice of Korea (in English)
• Radio Pyongyang to launch website
• Northkoreatech.org
• Northkoreatech.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Pyongyang Broadcasting Station Archived 2015-07-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
• Schedule and frequencies for Voice of Korea