FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE COVERAGE SCHEDULE 1 JUNE 1953

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00857R000100050002-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 21
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 1, 1955
• Content Type: MISC

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FOREIGN BROP_DCAST IP;FORMATION SER~IICE
COVER.A.GE SC~DULE
l: . '953
Explanation of Symbols Used in Average Rating Column
FIRST NUMERAL
O--No carrier audible
A--Atmospherics
O--Unintelligible
1--Very wea signal
C--Code interference
1- Mostly unintelligible
~- Weak signal
E--Echo (ionospheric)
2--50g~ intelligible
~--Moderate strength
F- Fading
3--Mostly intelligible
~+--Strong signal
H--Heterodyne
~+--Occasional word
S--Very strong signal
J-?-Jamming
missing
L--Local noise interference
5--Fully intelligible
M--Improper modulation
N--No modulation (carrier only)
Q--Poor audio quality
R--Radiotele;;ype interference
S--Voice station interference
T--Transmitter trouble
V--Variabte frequency
X--No interference characteristics
A- Austrian M--Mediterranean
E--East Coast O--Okinawa
G--German T--Tokyo
H--Hokkaido W--West Coast
Note: Coverage of various USSR, European and Near Eastern broadcasts monitored
by the British Broadcast:t.ng Corporation in coordination with FBIS are
not included in this list.
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Austria cont'd
German
Vi.eiina RWR
0000-0003 A
Daily
Not FSu Excel
"
" RAVAG
0500-0510 A
Not Su
Not SSM
"
"
"
1145-1200 A
Daily
Not Sa
"
"
"
" ALPLD
RAVAG
~6dd-Y~~L~ A
1600-1610 A
Daily
Daily
Not FSu
Not F u
"
"
"
"
1635-1700 A
Not Sa
Not aSu
"
"
" RWR
1700-1705 A
Not SaSu
Not FSS
"
"
RAVAG
1700-1715 A
Sa
Sa
"
"
RWR
1800-1815 A
Not SaSu
Na'ty FSS
"
"
" RAVAG
1800-1830 A
Not SSTh
Not ~STh
"
"
" "
1845-1900 A
Daily
Nat FSu.
"
"
ALPLD
1900-1915 A
Daily
Not FSu
"
"
RWR
1900-1915 A
Daily
Nat FSu
"
"
" "
2100-211,5 A
Daily
Not FSu
"
"
" ALPLD
2100-2115 A
Daily
Not FSu
".
"
RAVAG
2120-2135 A
Daily
Nat FSu
"
" "
2140-2240 A
Daily
Not FSu
"
"
RWR
2200-2210 A
Not Su
Nat FSu
"
"
ALPLD
2255-2300 A
Daily
Not FSu
"
"
" RAVAG
2300-2305 A
Daily
Not FSu
RWR
2300-2305 A
Daily
Not FSu
"
"
"All trans.
1830-1845 A
Sa
Sa r
"
Belgium
Dutch
Brussels
1830-1845 E
Not M
Not M
4A3
English
"
0100-0115 E
Daily
Daily
3ACH3
French
"
0015-0030 E
Not Tu
Not Tu
4F4
"
0030-0045 E
Not Tu
Irreg
4F4
"
1600-1610 G
Not SaSu
Not SaSu
"
1800-1815 E
Mon
Mon
3A3
"
1800-1830 E
Not M
Not M 3A3
"
181+5-1900 G
Not SaSu
Not SaSu
"
2100-2115 G
Not SaSu
Not SaSu
Aolivia
Spanish
La ~'a2 CP38
1200-1230 W
Not M
Not M
2A2
Bra2i1
Portuguese
Recife Z,YK2~3
0130-0135 W
Daily
Daily
3x3
"
0200-0230 W
Daily
Daily
3H3
Rio ZYC9
0030-0135 W
Not M
Not iK
3AC2
"
"
0100-0110 W
Not M
Not M
3FC2
"
" PRL7
0155-0200 W
ATot M
Not M
3FC3
" "
0200-0230 W
Mon
Mon
3F3
"
"
0230--02+5 w
Not SuM
Not suM
3FC3
"
"
0400-0410 W
Not SuM
Not SuM
3FC3
"
"
2230-2300 W
Not M
Not M
3AF3
French
(M)
AFP
2115-2135 W
Not Su
Not Su
4X4
Portuguese
(M)
Meridional
0130-0200 W
Not M
Not M
3H3
"
"
(~)
(M)
" "
" Official
0230-0300 w
1900-1930 W
Not M
Not Su
Not M
Not Su
3F3
4F4
"
(M)
"
2300-2350 W
Not Su
Not Su
4X4
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Brazil cont;d
Portuguese
(M) Rio
Radio Press 0045-0110 W
(M) ?
'- "
2300_2330 TJ
(M) "
ASA
2230-2300 W
Port~Span
(M) "
Aglat
2000-2030 W
Portuguese
Sao Paulo ZYBB
0135-021+5 W
tT ,~ ZYB9
Bulgaria
Bulgarian
English
Burma
(M)
Burmese
English
(M)
English
Chile
Spanish
,~
~~
Spanish (M)
,~ (M}
(M)
China (Communist)
Amoy
Sofia 035-031+0 M
0130-01+50 M
0600-061 M
1000-1015, M

Daily 3F3
Daily 2CFS3. -.~
Daily 3F3
Daily 3CS3F
Daily 1+SC~+
Daily ~+C~
Daily 4C~-
Daily ~+FJ4
SaSu ~+RF4
Daily 3FR3
Daily ~+F4~ _
Daily ~+FL4--
Daily 4FL4-
Daily ~HM2
Daily 3FH2~-
Daily 3AHS3
Daily 3A$2
Daily 2AH2
Not SaSu 3xSF3
Not SaSu 3~3
Not SaSu 3AF3
Not FrSa 3SH3
Not SaSu ~+AH~+
Not FSa 2AH2
Daily 2AFC2
Daily ~+FC~+
Idot FSa 2AF2
Daily ~+AF~+
Daily ~.F~+~j
Daily ~+F3
Daily 4F~
Daily 4F3~+ -
Daily 3AF3
Daily ~F3; --
Daily 1+F3 --
Daily ~+F3 ~-
Daily 3F3 -
Daily 3F3 --
Daily ~+AF~+
Daily 3AF3
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Numeral Code (M) Peking XNTCR
Tonkinese
" " (M) " CSR2
Thai
~~
Tibetan
(M)
(M)
Shanghai
e
Sian
Tihwa
Tientsin
Tsinan
Wuhan
Chungking
Peking
Peking
Chungking
Peking
Uighur
China.. (Nationalist)
Amoy
Cantonese
English
English (M}
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin
Clandestine
Kurdish
Persian
Greek
,~
.:
Japanese
n
,~
0925-0935 0 Daily
1345-1415 0 Daily
2300-2315 0 Daily
1430-1600 0 Da,i1y
1030-101#5 0 Daily
2240-2300 0 Daily
1330-1345 0 Daily
,~ 1}0-2~~Q 0 Daily
1~+].0-1510 p Daily
0830-ogoo T Daily
0830-ogoo o Daily
0530-1000 0 Daily
1100-2100 0 Daily
230-0100 0 Daily
1000-2130 0 Irreg
0000-0030 0 Daily
11+00-1430 0 Daily
1200-1220 T Daily
1230-1300 T Daily
1200.1230 0 Daily
2330-0000 o Daily
1220.-1250 0 Daily
1030-101+5 0 Su
1045-1100 o Not su
1120-1130 W Daily
01+05-050Q 0 Daily
o8a0-0830 w Daily
091+0-1000 W Daily
ogoo-og45 w Daily
0700-0720 W Daily
0930-7.000 T Dt~ily
1000-1010 T Daily
1100-1130 0 Not Su
1.200-1230 0 Daily
Wed 4AF4
Daily >+II~1+
Daily 4CJ4
Not Su 3CAF3
Not SaSu 3CH2
Not FSa 3AA3
Not SaSu 3AF3
Daily 3RA3
Not Su 3~3
SaSu 3~3
Not SaSu 4FQ3
Daily 1}>4~
Daily 4C>;
Daily 4C4
Irreg 4C4
Daily 4F4
Daily 3AF3
Daily 2AL2 -
Daily 4F -
Daily 3CF3
Daily 1}F4
Not SaSu 3FC3
Su 4FH4
Not Su 1EF.d4
Daily 3AF>` --?
Daily 3AF3
Daily 3A3 --
Daily 3C3 -
Daily 2AF2 -~
Daily 2AF2--
Dai7.y 1+F1+
Daily 4FL4
Not Su 4xS3
Su 3AH3
Azer,Dem.Radio 1200-1230 M Daily Not FSa 3FH3
1130-1200 M Daily Daily ?S~3_
Free Greek Radio 0500-4520 M Daily Daily 4F4
ie tt ~t 1
~
0
F
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.
1200-123
M Daily Daily
" 1715-1745 M Not SSW Nat SSW 4F>+
" 1915-1845 M Daily Daily 4AFC3
" 2030-2100 M TuThSa TuThSa 3AFC2
Radio Free Japan 0300-0400 T Daily Daily 3CF3
n ~r +r
F
1000-1100 T Daily Daily
~~ 1-~~50 T. ~ D~i~y~ Dad 4F4 .
" " " 2000-2100 T Daisy Daily 3FL3
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Taipei
1T
" Reuters
(M) " AFP
(M) " CNA
(M) " Panasia
Taipei
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Spo,nish
Bogota HJCQ
0045-0100 W
Not SuM
Not SuM
3AC3
"
" HtiTKD
0245-0300 w
Not suM
Not SuM
3AF3
"
1145-1200 W
Not SuM
Not suM
4FH4
"
" "
1200-1220 W
SuM
SuM
4FR4
"
HJCT
0225-0230 W
Daily
Daily
3~3
"
" "
0400-0430 W
Daily
Daily
3A3
Spanish (M)
HKR51
0030-0430 W
maily
Daily
3AF3
" (M)
"~ AST
0030-0104 W
Ydon
Mon
4X4
"
Costa Rica
" "
2300-2330 W
Not M
Not M
4X4
Spanish
San Jose TIDCR
0000-0005 W
Daily
Daily
3AS3
"
" " "
0300-0305 W
Daily
Daily
3A3
"
0345-0355 W
Irreg
Irreg
3A4
"
"
"
0400-0405 W
Mon
Mon
3AF3
"
" " "
1230-1330 W
Not SuMTu Not SuMTu 3FH3
Cuba
Spanish
Havana COBZ
0000-0015 E
Not M
Not M
4A4
"
Santiago COKG
0300-0330 E
Daily
Daily
3A3
"
Santiago COKG
1550-1600 E
Not SuM
Not SuM
3A3
"
"
1800-1815 E
Not Su
Not Su
3AF3
Cyprus
Arabic
Limassol
1130-1150 M
Daily
Nc~t SaSu 4A4
Czechoslovakia
English (H)
Prague CTK
1400-1500 E
Not Su
Not Su
2AF2
(H)
"
2000-2100 E
Daily
Daily
2AF2
Russian (H)
"
1900-2100 E
Daily
Daily
2AF2
Denmark
Danish
Copenhagen
1400-1504 E
TuTh
TuTh
3A4
Dominican Republic
Spanish
Trujillo HI2T
1200-1300 E
Daily
Daily
4F4
"
1615-1&3o E
Not Su
Irreg
4F4
Ecuador
Spanish
Quito HCJB
0030-0045 E
Not Su
Not Su
4A4
"
0130-0145 E
Daily
Irreg
3~3
"
1430-1435 E
Daily
Irreg
4F~+
EBypt
Arabic
Cairo
0715-0730 M
Not F
Nat F
4A4
"
"
0730-0740 M
Not F
Not F
4A~
"
0730-0745 M
Fri
Fri
4A4
"
0745-0755 M
Fri
Fri
4A4
"
"
1230-1245 M
Daily
Daily
4A4
"
]500-15].0 M
Daily
Daily
4A4
"
"
1510-1520 M
Daily
Daily
4A4
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Arabic Cairo
1700-1720 E
Daily
0 E
0
18
18
il
D
-
5
3
a
y
Arabic (M) Cairo ANA
0700-0830 M
Daily
English Cs.iro
1130-1140 M
Daily
"
1830-1840 E
Daily
Arabic
2100-2145 E
Daily
Finland
English Helsinki
1930-1945 E
Not Su
France
Arabic Paris
1215-1230 E
Daily
English (R) AFP
French "
2345-0245 E
1315-1400 E
Daily
Daily
"
1640-1715 E
Daily
" ?
1715_171+5 E
Daily
"
1732-171+5 E
Daily
"
E
il
D
1900-1930
a
y
"
1930-2000 E
Daily
" "
208-2030 E
Daily
"
2000-2100 E
Daily
French (R) " AFP
1000-01+00 E
Daily
? (R)
1330-01+00 E
Su
Serbo-Croat
1820-1900 E
Daily
French Equatorial Africa
English Brazzaville
2050-2105 E
Daily
"
2245-2300 E
Daily
2130 E
2115
Dail
French
-
y
Germany (East)
Russian Berlin Radio Volga
1800-2100 G
Not SaSu
Germany (West)
German
Baden-Baden
1840-1900 G
Not Su
"
2100-2120 G
Daily
"
Bremen
1845-1905 G
Daily
"
2200-2210 G
Daily
"
Cologne
0130-0145 E
Daily
"
~
1600-1605 E
Daily
"
"
2200-2215 E
Daily
"
Frankfurt
1145-1200 G
Daily
"
"
14
1'00 G
Not $u
5-
.
"
1900-1905 G
Not Su
"
"
2000-2015 G
Fri
"
2300-2305 G
Daily
Hamburg DPA
0500-2400 G
Not SaSu
"
"
1200-1215 G
Daily
"
1600-1605 G
Daily
"
"
1800-1815 G
Daily
"
201+5-2100 G
Daily
"
"
2300-2330 E
Daily
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Not FSa 3~
Not FSa 33
Daily 4X5~-
Daily 4X5-
Daily 3AS~'3
Not FSa 3HS4
Not FSa
5-5
Drily
4F4
Daily
3F3
Daily
4AF4
Daily
4F4
Irreg
4F4
Daily
4F4
Not FSa
3FS3
Irreg
3A3
Daily
4A4
Not Su
4F4
Su
4F4
Not SaSu 2AF3
Daily 4X4
Irreg 4X4
Irreg 4X4
Not SaSu good ~"
Not SaSu
Not SaSu
? ~ UD
Not SaSu "___.
(LU
Sl b
Daily 3HA3 ?'
Daily 2F2 "
Daily 3Axs3--~
Not SaSu excel ~ r
Not SaSu ~" ~ 5"
Not SaSu ~- s~
Fri 5X5 ~ ~
Not SaSu excel ~ z s'
Not SaSu
Not SaSu
Not SaSu good
Not Sa,Su
Not SaSu
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Germany (West)
cpnt'd
German
Munich
1600-1610
G
Not Su
"
00
1
1
1
G
Wed
-
8
5
8
"
Saarbruecken
1700-1705
G
Not Su
"
Stuttgart
0800-0$05
G
Not Su
"
1830-1905
G
Not SaSu
Great Britain
Afrikaans
London
1630-1645
E
Daily
Arabic
2015-2030
E
j~Daily
English
"
0200-0215
E
Daily
"
"
1100-1115
E
Daily
"
1400-1415
E
Daily
"
"
1600-1615
E
Not Sa
"
"
1800-1815
E
Daily
"
(R)
Reuters
1000-0400
E
Daily
"
(R)
"
1700-000
E
Su
"
(H)
" "
2200-0400
E
Irreg
?
(M)
" JTA
1315-1345
E
Daily
r,
(M)
"
],745-1815
E
Daily
Greece
English
Athens
0510-0520
M
Daily
"
1255-1310
M
Not Su
"
1745-1800
E
Daily
Greek
0530-0540
M
Daily
"
"
1100-1115
M
Not Su
"
1140-1200
M
Su
"
"
1245-1255
M
Not Su
"
1.655-1700
M
Not su
"
1815-1830
M
Not su
"
2015-2030
M
Daily
"
2220-2230
M
Daily
Guatemala
English
(R)
Guatemala TGA/TGA7 1330-1530
E
Su
(R)
"
1330-0400
E
Not Su
"
Spanish
(R)
" "
" TGWA
2300-0130
0100-0115
E
E
Su
Not M
"
" "
0230-0245
E
Daily
"
"
1300-1315
E
Not Su
"
" "
1345-1400
E
Not Su
" "
2300-2330
E
I~4~F
Honduras
Spanish
Tegucigalpa HRN
0000-0015
E
Not M
Hong Kong
English
(M)
Hong Kong AFP
1040-1110
W
Daily
rr
"
(M)
(M)
rr < CNA
Panasia
1130-1200
OF300-0830
W
W
Daily
D~31.y
"
"
(M)
(M)
" " "
" "
1015-1040
2330-0030
W
W
Not Su
Daily
"
(M)
" Reuters 011+5-0205
W
Daily
"
(M)
" " 1119-1145
W
Daily
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Nat SaSu 3X4 Z.5`
Nvt SaSu good ~'~~
Not SuM 5x5
Not FSa 4A4
Daily 3A3
Not SaSu 3FA2
Daily
4F4
Not Sa
4F4
Irreg
4FA3
Not Su
4F4
Su
4F4
Irreg
2A2
Daily
3A5
Daily 3X5
Daily 4S4
Not Su 4A4
Daily 4F4 ''
Daily 4H3
Not .Su 4HF3
Su 4FH3
Not Su 4HF3
Not Su 4F4
Not Su 4H4
Daily 4X4
Daily 4X4
Su 4F4
Not Su 4F4
Su 4X1+
Not M 4Q1+ q ~~
Irreg 4FH3 - a 5
Not Su 3FX3 4?
Not Su 3F4 k ~
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Daily 4X4
Daily 3F4
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Not Su 4F4
Doily 2A2
Daily 3AF4
Daily 3A3
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Rungs,
English
Budapest
0030-0050
E
Daily
Irreg.
3AF3
"
2215-2245
E
Daily
Daily
4A3
German
1740-1800
A
.Daily
Not FSu
poor
"
"
1800-1830
E
Daily
Daily
3AFH2
India
Burmese
Delhi
1115-1130
0
Daily
Not Sa,Su 4FH4
English
1230-121+0
W
Daily
Daily
3A~'2
"
1335-1345
W
Daily
Daily
2AF2
"
"
1530-151+5
W
Daily
Daily
2H2
English (M)
Bombay PTI
0015-0145
W
Daily
Daily
4AF3
(M)
" ATD42
0130-0200
0
Daily
Daily
3CF3
" (M)
" "
0530-0600
0
Daily
Daily
3CF3
" (M)
" ATD32
o93Q-1000
0
Daily
Daily
3CF3
" (M)
Delhi ATP
0830-1030
0
Daily
Daily
4CS4
(M)
" ATL3
1430-1530
0
Not SaSu
Nat SaSu 2CS3
Hindi
"
0245-0300
0
Daily
Not Sa.Su 4FS4
"
"
1100-1110
0
Daily
Not SaSu 4FH4
"
"
151+5-1604
0
Daily
:gaily
3cF4
Indochina (All other Ho Government broadcasts are covered by S~~igon Bureau)
Cochinchinese
Saigon RFA
0415-0430 0
Daily
Nat Su
2FAC2
"
" VVN
1100-1115 0
Daily
:Daily
4QH3
"
" "
2230-2315 0
Daily
:Daily
4QH3
"
Vientiane
0015-0040 0
Daily
:Daily
3C3
English
Saigon RFA
1400-1415 W
Daily
:Daily
2H2
"
1415-1430 W
Mon
Mon
3AF
"
"
1600-1615 W
Daily
:Daily
282
"
"
1615-1630 W
Mon
Mon
3AH
"
Vientiane
0005-0015 0
Daily
Daily
3C3
Eng~Fr (M)
Saigon AFP~VPA
0400-0430 0
Daily
:Daily
4X4
" (M)
" " "
1200-1300 W
Daily
Daily
4F4
" (M)
" " "
1200-1230 0
Daily
?wily
4C4
English (M)
(Unknown) VNA
0930-1030 0
Daily
Daily
3CT3
"
"
0930-1030 W
Daily
Daily
3AF4
Eng~Fr~Viet (M)
" "
0530-0745 0
Daily
Daily
2CS2
" " " (M)
" "
0930-1030 0
Daily
Daily
2CS3
" " " (M)
"
1115-1130 0
Irreg
Irreg
2CS3
French
Saigon RFA
0445-0500 0
Daily
Not Su
3FC3
"
2315-2335 0
Daily
Daily
.
3AF3
French~Tonkinese
Hanoi
0415-0450 0
Daily
Daily
3FA3
"
2300-2345 0
Daily
Daily
4FA3
Laotian
Vientiane
0040-0100 0
Daily
Daily
3C3
"
1140-1200 0
Daily
Daily
3AF3
Tonkinese
Dalat
1030-1100 0
Dail
Daily
3HQ3
"
Hue
2350-2345 0
y
Daily
Daily
4HQ3
"
Saigon VVN
1140-1200 0
Daily
Daily
4HQ3
Indonesia
English
Jakarta
1115-1130 W
Daily
Daily
3F3
"
1130-1145 W
TuWSa
TuWSa
4FA3
"
"
1.445-1500 W
Daily
Daily
3F3
"
1500-1515 W
TuWSa
TuWSa
3.F3
"
(M)
" ANETA
1130-1200 W
Daily
Daily
3F3
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Daily
Daily
~+F~+
Daily
Daily
1+F~+;
Daily
Daily
~+F1+
Daily
Daily
4SF~+
Daily
Daily
~+SF~+
Daily
Daily
4SF~+~
Daily
Daily
~+FH4
Not Su
Not Su
~CST~+
Daily
Daily
2SC2
Daily
Irreg
~+Fi~+
Daily
Daily
5X5
Not Fr
Idot Fr
1+X4
Daily
Daily
3AHS3
Daily
Dai1~T
5x5
Daily
Daily
5X5
Daily
Daily
jY.5
Daily
Daily
~+AH~+
Daily
Not SaSu 4AHIF
Daily
Daily
I+AI+
Th
Th
4A~+
Daily
Daily
~+AH~+
Daily
Daily
~+AH4
Daily
Daily
~+A~+
Daily
Not Sa,Su ~+A4
Daily
Not FSS
1+A4
Daily
Daily
4~~~
Daily
D