Radio Free Afghanistan Launches
By Nick Grace
January 30, 2002
Radio Free Afghanistan, the latest addition to the U.S. stable of surrogate broadcast initiatives, launched today as Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai visited the World Trade Center site.
The service opened in the Pashto language with a female announcer.
Radio Free Afghanistan (RFA) currently broadcasts according to the following schedule (Time in GMT):
1300-1330 Pashto 11920, 15525, 17725 kHz
1330-1400 Dari 11920, 15525, 17725 kHz
1700-1730 Pashto 6170, 9785, 11920 kHz
1730-1800 Dari 6170, 9785, 11920 kHz
Identifications:
(Pashto) Da Azad Afghanistan Radyo
(Dari) Radyo Afghanistani Azad
Reception reports can be sent to RFE / RL, 1201 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036 USA.
Web Site: http://www.rferl.org/bd/af/
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