List of 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 in January 2024.
Echo of Unification / Tongil Voice: Propaganda station beamed to South Korea, Shortwave and FM frequencies close to the DMZ. Closed in 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)
720 kHz, Kanggye (500 kW)
765 kHz, Hyesan (50 kW) (DRM tests, irregular)
810 kHz, Kaesong (50 kW)
819 kHz, Pyongyang (500 kW) (Shared with DRM tests)
873 kHz, Sinuiju (250 kW)
882 kHz, Wonsan (250 kW) (Sahred with DRM tests)
927 kHz, Sariwon (50 kW) (Shared with DRM tests, irregular)
999 kHz, Hamhung (250 kW)(Shared with DRM tests)
1080 kHz, Haeju (1500 kW)(inactive)

Shortwave

2350 kHz, Sariwon (5 kW) (inactive)
2850 kHz, Pyongyang (50 kW) (Moved to 3250 in May 2020)
3205 kHz, Pyongyang (100 kW) (DRM tests)
3220 kHz, Hamhung (5 kW) (inactive)
3250 kHz, Pyongyang (100kW - Ex 2850)
3920 kHz, Hyesan (5 kW) (irregular)
3959 kHz, Kanggye (5 kW) (irregular)
3978 kHz, Chongjin (5 kW) (inactive)
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) (inactive)
11680 kHz, Kanggye (50 kW)

FM

106.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
102.3 MHz, Kaesong (10 kW)
102.6 MHz, Unknown location. Heard by Japanese DX'ers recently.

Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (Defunct)

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) (Now carries KCBS according reports)
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


Frequency	Location	Transmitter strength	Notes
FM
90.1 MHz	Pyongsong	2 kW
92.5 MHz	Kaesong	100 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, (Inactive)
92.8 MHz	Yonan	10 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, (Inactive)
93.3 MHz	Kanggye	5 kW
93.6 MHz	Kaesong	10 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, (Inactive)
93.8 MHz	Hyesan	2 kW
95.1 MHz	Wonsan	5 kW
97.8 MHz	Haeju	100 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, Echo of Unification, (Inactive)
101.3 MHz	Sinuiju	10 kW
102.1 MHz	Kim Chaek	1 kW
103.0 MHz	Sariwon	2 kW
103.7 MHz	Haeju	100 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, (Inactive)
105.2 MHz	Pyongyang	100 kW
105.5 MHz	Chongjin	10 kW
106.0 MHz	Hamhung	20 kW
107.2 MHz	Nampo	2 kW

Echo of Unification (Beamed to South Korea, defunct in early 2024)


Frequency	Location	Transmitter power (kW)
FM
89.4 MHz	Pyongyang	100 kW
97.0 MHz	Chorwon	100 kW
97.8 MHz	Haeju	100 kW
Shortwave (SW)
3945 kHz	Pyongyang	100 kW
3970 kHz	Chongjin	5 kW
5905 kHz	Pyongyang	100 kW

Voice of Korea

Mediumwave

621 kHz, Chongjin (500 kW) - seems like inactive, checked via japanase SDR's
1368 kHz, Pyongyang - seems like inactive since years

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

References

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

[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

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List of radio stations in North Korea

Korean Central Broadcasting Station

Mediumwave

Shortwave

FM

Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (Defunct)

Mediumwave

Shortwave

FM

Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station

Echo of Unification (Beamed to South Korea, defunct in early 2024)

Voice of Korea

Mediumwave

Shortwave

Noise jammer (blocking foreign broadcasts)

See also

References

External links

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