[HCDX] Radio and Television Afghanistan

[Mark Nicholls <editor@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A contact in Afghanistan has sent me the following information on 
Radio and Television Afghanistan as of February 2004
Credit - Reproduced from "Position Plan: Strategy for 
Radio-Television Afghanistan and Bakhtar Information Agency". 
(Ministry of Information and Culture. Kabul. February, 2004).  via 
Mark Nicholls, Editor New Zealand DX Times magazine.

Regards
Mark Nicholls
Editor
NZ DX Times
NZ Radio DX League

http://www.radiodx.com/

The following table lists all of the known RTA transmitters in Afghanistan. The
information has been obtained from RTA in Kabul and has been verified 
in about half of
the locations. Some of the RTA provided information has been shown to 
be inaccurate
however(listed above). Where sites have not been checked, this is shown in the
'Current status' column as 'Believed on air'.

VHF/FM transmitters
Programme Coverage area Frequency TX power Current status Funded
Service (MHz) (kW) by
Local(RTA) Taloqan 91.2 0.03 On air BBC
RTA Greater Kabul 93.0 0.25 On air BBC
Local (RTA) ]alalabad 93.0 0.25 On air BBC
Local (RTA) Konduz 94.4 0.2 On air BBC
Local (RTA) Herat 95.5 0.25 On air BBC
Local (RTA) Mazar 101.0 1 On air BBC
Local (RTA) Maimana 104.3 0.03 On air BBC
Local (RTA) Gardez 104.6 0.03 On air BBC
Local (RTA) Faizabad 105.1 0.03 On air BBC
RTA Mostof Kabul 105.2 0.6 On air VOA
Local (RTA) Pol-e Khomri 106.6 0.25 On air BBC
MW transmitters
RTA 300km radius 1278 50 On air Iran
RTA 909 10 On air
Afghanistan
RTA 75% 400 On air VOA
Local (RTA) Ghazni 1017 10 On air US
Local (RTA) Kandahar 10 On air US
Local (RTA) Kandahar 7 Believed On air
Local (RTA) Helmand 0.1 Believed On air
Local (RTA) Nemroze 7 Believed On air
Local (RTA) Farah 7 Believed On air
Local (RTA) Herat 1512/828 10 Faulty
Local (RTA) Herat 1512/828 0.1 On air
Local (RTA) Badghise 0.1 Believed On air
Local (RTA) Faryab 7 Believed On air
Local (RTA) Mazar e sharif 1584 2 On air
Local (RTA) Mazar e sharif 909 50 Faulty Iran
Local (RTA) Samangan 0.1 Believed On air
Qundoze
Local(RTA) (Konduz) 5 Does not exist
Badakhshan/Fai
Local(RTA) zabad 5 Off air for 8 years
Local (RTA) Gardez 7 On air
Local(RTA) Khost 1200 0.5 On air
Local (RTA) Paktika 0.1 Believed On air
Local (RTA) Jalalabad 0.4 On air
Local (RTA) Maimana 1188/594 5 On air
Local (RTA) Taloqan 0.5 Off air
SW transmitters
RTA Afghanistan+ Planned India
TV transmitters
Local (RTA) Faizabad 0.01 On air Iran
Not used for 10
Local (RTA) Gardez years
Local(RTA) Ghazni 221.0 1 On air US
Local (RTA) Herat 189.2 0.01 On air Iran
Local (RTA) Jalalabad On air
RTA Kabul 217.2 0.2 On air Iran
Local (RTA) Mazar 0.05 On air Iran
Local (RTA) Pol-e Khomri 0.001? On air
Local (RTA) Konduz 0.001 On air
Local(RTA) Taloqan 0.01 On air Iran
Local (RTA) Sheberghan 214.0 0.1 On air

the list does not include the private stations now on the
air. Several community and private FM's are on air in Kabul. Also, BFBS,
RFA, VOA and so on. However, this is THE most up-to-date list of what we
all think RTA has...it's hard to tell sometimes!
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