FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE 15 MAY 1959 REVISIONS TO 1 MAY 1959 COVERAGE SCHEDULE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00857R000200010003-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 15, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
15 May 1959
Revisions to 1 May 1959 Coverage Schedule
DAYS DAYS
CHANGE COUNTRY LANGUAGE CITY TIME GMT BUR BROADCAST COVERED RATING PRIORITY
Albania
Add Albanian Tirana hs 0900-0910 M Su Su 3J2 3
Modify Albanian Tirana hs 0500-0515 M Not Su Not Su 4A4 2
From 0530-0545)
Modify Albanian Tirana hs 0515-0530 M Not SuM Not SuM 3A3 J_
(From 0515-0600)
Modify Albanian Tirana hs 0600-0615 M Su
Modify Albanian Tirana hs 1330-1345 M Daily
(From 1 00-1415)
Delete Albanian Tirana hs 0615-0630 M Su
Austria
Modify German Vienna III 2200-2205 A Daily
(From 2300-2305)
Brazil
Add Portuguese Porto Alegre
PRH2 0030-0035 W Not M
Delete Portuguese Rio PRL2/3 2200-2230 W Daily
Delete Portuguese Rio PRL2/5 1600-1615 w Su
Delete Portuguese Sao Paulo ZYB9 0135-0200 W Not M
Delete Portuguese Sao Paulo ZYB9 0200-0230 W Not M
Modify Portuguese Sao Paulo ZYB9 0115-0230 W Not M
(From 0100-0105)
Ceylon
Delete English Colombo is 0930-0935 0 Daily
Chile
Modify Spanish Santiago CE960 0200-0230 W Not M
(From 01 5-0215)
Delete Spanish Santiago CE1515 0001-0200 W Daily
Modify Spanish Valparaiso CE1190 0100-0115 W Daily
Su 3J2
Daily 3A3
Su 3J1
Not SS 5X5
Not M 3F3 2
Daily 3F3 2
Su 2
Not M 2FS2 2
Not M 2S2 3
Not M 222 2
Daily 3AF3 2
Not M 383 2
Daily 3S3 4
Irreg 3S3 '"4
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China (Communist)
Add Chinese (M) Lhasa NCNA 0430-0900 0' Daily
Modify English (H) Peking NCNA east asia
0500-0630 w bai y
Modify English (H) Peking NCNA east asia
0800-0930 W Daily
Modify English (H) Peking NCNA east asia
1100-1630 W Daily
From 11007 . 1330)
Daily 3F3 3
Daily 3SF4 1
Daily 2AF1 1
Daily 2F1 1
Delete English (H) Peking NCNA east asia
1400-1630 W Daily Daily 2AF3 1
Modify English (H) Peking NCNA east asia
1700-2230 W Daily Daily 2AF3 1
From 1700^2045)
Modify English (H) Peking NCNA
Modify English (H) Peking NCNA
east asia
2300-0200 W Daily Daily
From 2100-2245)
europe
1000-1330 W Daily Daily 3F4 4
(From 0200-0530)
Modify English (H) Peking NCNA europe
1400-0200 W Daily Daily 4
(From 0 00-0800)
Modify English (M) Peking NCNA
Delete English (M) Peking
Modify English (M) Peking
s e europe
0800-1630 W Daily Daily
(From 0 00-1230)
e europe
1300-1630 W Daily Daily 2A2 1
e europe
1700-0200 W Daily Daily 2A3 1
From 1700-2400)
Delete English (M) Peking NCNA Jakarta
0200-0500 W Daily Daily
Modify English (M) Peking NCNA Jakarta
1600-2000 W Daily Daily 3F3 4
(From 1130-1530)
Delete English (M) Peking
Add English (M)
NCNA Jakarta
1700-2100 W Daily Daily 3AS4 4
Peking NCNA pyongyang
1700-2100 W Daily Daily 4
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China (Communist) Cont'd
Modify English (M) Peking NCNA pyongyafig
0200-0500,tJ Daily
(From 2 S2 ); '
Modify English (M) Peking NCNA pyongyang
0800-1030 W Daily
Modify English (M) Peking NCNA pyongyang
1130,-1630 W'Daily
(From 1-13010.530)
Modify English (R) Peking NCNA eur/africa
0500-0630 W Daily
Modify English (R) Peking NCNA eur/africa
0800-0930 F~ Daily
Modify English (R) Peking NCNA eur/africa
1100-1630 W Daily
(From 1100-1330)
Delete English (R) Peking NCNA eur/africa
1400-1630 W Daily
Modify English (R) Peking NCNA eur/africa
1700-0200 W Daily
From 1700-2000)
Delete English (R) Peking NCNA eur/africa
2100-0200 W Daily
Modify Laotian Peking is 1000-1030 0 Daily
Modify Laotian Peking is 1230-1300 0 Daily
Modify Mandarin Foochow 0340-0350 0 Daily
From 0335-0345)
Modify Mandarin Fukien Front
Modify Mandarin Fukien Front
Modify Mandarin Fukien Front
Modify Mandarin Hangchow
Modify Mandarin Kunming
Modify Mandarin Lanchow
0315-0330 0 Daily
From 0415-0430)
0400-0415 0 Daily
From 0500-0515)
0430-0445 0 Daily
From 0530-0545)
2230-2250 0 Daily
(From 2300-2315)
1130-1150 0 Not Su
(From 14 5-1500)
1145-1200 0 Daily
From 1105-1120)
Daily
Daily 3F4
Daily 4
Daily 3F4
Daily 2F2
Daily 3F3
Daily 3F4
Daily 2F2
Daily
Daily 4F4
Daily 4F4
Daily 4F4
Daily 3S3
Daily 3S3
Daily 383
Daily 434
Not su 4S3
Daily 3S3
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China (Coxmunist) Conttd
Modify
Mandarin. Lhasa
1200-1215 9 Daily Daily
3S2
1
Modify
Mandarin Nanking
From lcc^l~j`1?2S)
2230-2250 0 Daily Daily
4F4
2
From 2330-2350)
Add
Mandarin Peking I
1100-1130 W Not Sa Not Sa
3F3
1
Delete
Mandarin Peking I
0445-05od p Not Su Not Su
4F4
2
Delete
Mandarin Peking I
0600-0615-6 Not Su M
4r4
1
Modify
Mandarin Peking I
1040-1100 T TuThSa TuihSa
4F4
1
From 11.00'.;,-1120)
Modify
Mandarin Peking I
2215-2245 c Daily Daily
4F4
1
(From 2230:2300)
Add
Mandarin Peking II
0945-1000 0 Su Su
4F4
2
Add
Mandarin Peking II
1200-1215 0, Not Su Not Su
4F4
2
Modify
Mandarin (D) Peking I
0000-0230 0 Not Su Not Su
4F4
1
(From 0030-0230)
Add
Mandarin Sian
1100-1120 0 Daily Daily
3S3
2
Modify
Mandarin Sining
1345-1400 0 Daily Daily
4A4
2
(From 1330-1345)
Modify
Mandarin Urumchi
1500-1515 0 Daily Not SS
3F3
2
(From -1-5175-1605)
Add
Malay Peking is
0930-1000 0 Daily Daily
4F4
1
Modify
Mongolian Peking hs
1100-1130 T Daily Daily
3AL3
2
(From 1015-1045)
Modify
Mongolian Peking hs
1100-1130 0 Daily Not SS
4F4
1
From 1015-1045)
Modify
Thai Peking is
1130-1200 0 Daily Daily
4F4
1
Modify
Thai Peking is
1330-1400 o Daily Daily
4F4
Modify
Thai Peking is
1430-1500 0 Daily Daily
41-4
1
Modify
Tibetan Peking hs
1300-1330 T Daily Daily
3AL3
2
From 1130-1200)
Modify
Uighur Peking hs
1300-1400 0 Daily Not SS
4S3
2
(From 1200-1230)
Modify
Uighur Urumchi
1455-1505 0 Daily Not SS
3S3
2
(From 1505-1520)
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China (Nationalist)
Modify English (P,) Taipei CNA 1230-1330 t1 Not Su Not Su 3AF3 2
From 1330=1560)
Clandestine
Modify Arabic Voice of Fx'ee Iraq 1615-1815;M Daily Daily 4F4 1
Modify Spanish Cuba Libre 02QO-0500'F Daily Daily 3AF2/3 IT
tFrom 030Q-0330)
Cyprus
Add Turkish Nicosia 1945-2000 M Daily Daily 2
Czechoslovakia
Delete Czech Prague I/1I 1800-1900 A Daily M' 4F4 5
Delete English Prague is 0300-0330 E Daily MWr-r'h JAF3 3
Modify Slovak Bratislava I 1500-1510 A Not Su MS 5X5 5
From 170-0-1.830)
Delete Slovak Bratislava I 1850-1900 A MTuF MTuF 5X5 5
French Equatorial Africa
Modify English Brazzaville 2240-2300 E Daily Su -W 4AF3 2
Greece
Delete Greek Athens hs 0700-0710 M Not Su Not Su 4F4 2
Add (Two minute news highlights covered irregularly on the hour 0700-1800.)
Hungary
Modify Hungarian Budapest is 0100-0130 E Not M Su 3X3 2
India
Add English Delhi hs 1000-1010 0 Daily Daily 4F4 3
Indonesia
Delete Indonesian Ambon 1330-1345 0 Daily Daily 3S3 3
Delete Indonesian Kutaradja 1530-1545 0 Daily Daily 2FS2 3
Delete Indonesian Padang 1530-1545 0 Daily Daily 3AS3 3
Delete Indonesian Palembang 1500-1530 0 Daily Daily 3AS2 2
Indonesia (Revolutionary)
Add Indonesian Cen. Sumatra
1515-1530 0 Daily Daily 2AF2 1
Delete Indonesian Cen. Sumatra
1230-1245 0 Daily Daily 2AF2 2
Delete Indonesian Cen. Sumatra
1245-1300 0 Daily Daily 2AF2 1
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Korea `South)
Modify Japanese Seoul japan
1200-1230 T Daily
From 130:1330 )
r
Modify Korean Seoul I 0330-0335 0 Daily
From 0430-0435)
Modify Korean Seoul I 0930-0940 0r Daily
From 10304040 )
Modify Korean Seoul japan 2045-2100 T Daily
From 2145-2200)
Daily 4FL3 2
Daily 3AF3 2
Daily 4F4 2
Daily 3AL3 2
Korea (North)
Add Korean Pyongyang hs
2130-2145 0 Daily Daily 4F4 1
Delete Korean Pyongyang 1000-1020 0 Daily Daily 4F4 2
Laos
Modify Laotian Vientiane 1145-1205 0 Daily Daily 4AS3 1
(From 1200-1215)
Sudan
Add English Omdurman hs 1600-1605 M Daily Daily 3F3 2
Thailand
Add English Bangkok 0425-0440 0 Daily Daily 3F3 2
Tunisia
Add Arabic Tunis 2345-2400 M Daily Daily 454 2
Delete Arabic Tunis 0545-0600 M Daily Daily 3S3 2
United Arab Republic
Cairo I, Cairo MENA, and Damascus MENA programs one hour earlier.
U.S.S.R.
Delete Bashkir Ufa 0200-0210 M Not Su Not SSM 3S3 2
Modify English Moscow is ena
2300-2330 E Daily FSSM 4AF3 2
Modify Hindi Moscow is 1230-1300 0 Daily Not SS 3ArF'3 1
From 1130-1300)
Modify Mandarin Moscow (via Peking)
1400-1430 T Daily Daily 4AF3 2
From 0530-0600) Delete Mandarin Moscow (via Peking)
1330-1400 T Daily Daily 4AF3 2
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U.S. (contra);
Add Polish. Moscow 2115-2145 M Daily Daily 3S3 1
Delete Russian Ashkhabad 0345-0400 M Not M Not M 3A3 2
Modify Russian Astrakhan 0420-0435 ; Not M Not MTh 3S3 2
Modify Russia Blagaveshshe'nsk 1000-1400 H Not Su Not Su 4AS3 2
From 1000=13000
Delete Russian Bryansk 0520-0545 M Not SuM7h TTF 353'
Delete Russian Irkutsk 1000-1010 B Not Su .. Not Su 3AS3
Delete Russian Kostroma 0500-0520 M Not SuMTh TuF 3S3
Modify Russian Krasnoyarsk 1320-1340 Not Su Not Su .21AS2
From 1300-X1320)
Delete Russian Kurgan 0200-0215 M Not Su Not SS 3S3
Delete Russian Novosibirsk 1100-1200 H Sa Sa 3AS3
Delete Russian Omsk 0145-0200 M Not M ThFSa 3S3
Delete Russian Petropavlovsk (Kamch.)
2100-2200 H Sa Sa 4AF3 2
Delete Russian Ulan Ude 1000-1010 H Daily Daily 3AS3 2
Delete Russian Ulan Ude 1045-1100 H TF TF 3AS3 2
Delete Russian Ulan Ude 2330-2340 H Daily Daily 3AS3 2
Delete Russian Ulan Ude 2350-0001 H Sa Sa 3AS3 2
Delete Russian Yakutsk 0520-0540 H Not M Not M 3AS2 2
Delete Tur1nen Ashkhabad 0330-0345 M Not M Not M 3.A3 2
Add Urdu Moscow 0830-1000 0 Daily Not SS 3AF1- 1
Vietnam (Democratic Republic of)
Modify English (M) Hanoi VNA 1300-1500 0 Not Su Not Su 4FS4 1
From 1100-1300)
Add Cambodian Hanoi 1300-1330 S Daily Not FSa 3AX3 3
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