Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes:
Hi Thomas,
Judging by the 60 dB over S9 signal strength on a Kiwi SDR receiver in South Korea, I would say the Voice of America is getting into its target area very well.
They have a Korean language broadcast on 9310 kHz beginning at 1530 hours UTC using their Tinang transmitter in the Philippines. I made a couple of recordings, which are as follows:
April 29, 2026, leading up to 1600 hours UTC (programming in progress), presumed news about King Charles’ visit, “VOA” heard a few times around 3:04 and 3:10:
April 30, 2026, starting at 1527 UTC, open carrier with tone, carrier off after 40 seconds. carrier back on around the 1:44 mark with English ID and Yankee Doodle briefly, then off, Yankee Doodle resumes at the 2:03 mark, then programming in Korean:
Since my original post on March 9, I’ve noticed the Voice of America is no longer using 7500 kHz for its 2200 UTC broadcast in Mandarin Chinese. According to short-wave.info, they are now using 9625 and 11590 kHz from 2200 to 2230 UTC. Shortwave.live has them here as well, but in recent checks using remote SDRs, I have been coming up empty on 9625, and a bit of a mess on 11590. Other listed times and frequencies checked for the Mandarin service have not been heard either.
73
Dan Greenall. Ontario, Canada
VOA on Korean used to BANG in like a ton of lead bricks when I lvied in Alaska.. 9800 khz.. it was S9+60 just about every day
If you’re trying to catch VOA Korean, it might be worth checking SWListener — it’s an iOS app I built that pulls from the combined AOKI/EIBI database, so you can look up the full VOA schedule including Korean service frequencies, times and transmitter sites directly from your phone.
Handy when you’re at the radio and want to quickly check what’s on air right now at your local time.
Free trial available on the App Store if anyone wants to give it a go.
73 de Marco
Responding to VOA Korean service post. Unfortunately, 9310kHz is the the only frequency being used. The broadcast is Tuesday through Saturday from 12:30am to 1:00am KST. They are obviously operating on reduced funding. Not even using 1188khz MW they were once leasing from FEBC Seoul, South Korea. Unfortunate.