List of radio stations in North Korea

The list of radio stations in North Korea lists all the national and regional radio stations in North Korea.

Radio is the most commonly used broadcast media in North Korea. All stations are subject to the strict control of the government and carry no advertising. Some of the transmitters carry regional programmes in the afternoons, but usually relay the central programme from Pyongyang.

There are five North Korean radio networks:

• Korean Central Broadcasting Station: the main domestic full service radio network, primarily broadcast on mediumwave with some FM and shortwave transmitters ^[1]
• Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station  [ ko ]: FM-only, domestic music network
• Pyongyang Broadcasting Station  [ ko ]: an "all-Korea" service primarily aimed at South Koreans and ethnic Koreans in China and Japan, broadcast on mediumwave and widely available on FM and shortwave. Closed in January 2024.
• Echo of Unification / Tongil Voice: Propaganda station beamed to South Korea, Shortwave and FM frequencies close to the DMZ. Closed in January 2024.
• Voice of Korea, a multi-lingual shortwave broadcaster aimed at audiences worldwide, also available on mediumwave in the Pyongyang area ^[2]
• Noise jamming: blocking South Korean and other Korean language foreign broadcasts

Korean Central Broadcasting Station

Mediumwave

• 702kHz, Chongjin (50kW) (shared with irregular, dysfunctional DRM tests, AM transmissions possibly irregular as well)
• 720kHz, Kanggye (500kW) (formerly carrying Pyongyang Broadcasting Station until PBS closure in early 2024)
• 765kHz, Hyesan (50kW) (irregular, shared with dysfunctional DRM tests)
• 810kHz, Kaesong (50kW) (inactive)
• 819kHz, Pyongyang (500kW) (irregular, shared with dysfunctional DRM tests)
• 873kHz, Sinuiju (250kW)
• 882kHz, Wonsan (250kW) (irregular, shared with dysfunctional DRM tests)
• 927kHz, Sariwon (50kW) (irregular, shared with dysfunctional DRM tests)
• 999kHz, Hamhung (50kW) (irregular, shared with dysfunctional DRM tests)
• 1080kHz, Haeju (1500kW) (inactive for multiple years)

Shortwave

• 2350kHz, Sariwon (5kW) (inactive)
• 2850kHz, Pyongyang (50kW) (moved to 3250kHz in May 2020)
• 3205kHz, Pyongyang (100kW) (daily dysfunctional DRM tests)
• 3220kHz, Hamhung (5kW) (inactive)
• 3250kHz, Pyongyang (100 kW)
• 3920kHz, Hyesan (5kW) (irregular)
• 3959kHz, Kanggye (5kW) (irregular)
• 3978kHz, Chongjin (5kW) (inactive)
• 3985kHz, Chongjin (10kW) (irregular, bad modulation, drifting, probably for jamming, inactive?)
• 6100kHz, Kanggye (250kW) (bad modulation at times)
• 6140kHz, Pyongyang (250kW) (daily dysfunctional DRM tests)
• 9665kHz, Kanggye (50kW) (inactive)
• 11680kHz, Kanggye (50kW)

FM

• 93.8MHz, Pyongyang (50kW)
• 102.3MHz, Kaesong (10kW)
• 102.6MHz, Unknown location. Heard by Japanese DX'ers recently.
• 106.5MHz, Pyongyang (50kW)

Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (defunct)

Mediumwave (closed)

• 621 kHz, Chongjin (500 kW, used to share with Voice of Korea Japanese service, now only VoK)
• 657 kHz, near Kangnam village, outside Pyongyang (1500 kW, now operating as an irregular, dysfunctional DRM broadcast)
• 801 kHz, Kimchaek (500 kW) (drifting)
• 855 kHz, Sangwon (1000 kW)
• 1053 kHz, Haeju (1000 kW) (inactive)

Shortwave (closed)

• 3320 kHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• 4557 kHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)

FM (closed)

• 91.1 MHz, Kangson (0.19 kW/190 W)
• 96.7 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• 98.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• 104.5 MHz, Pyongsong (2 kW)
• 103.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW)
• 106.5 MHz, Pyongyang (50 kW) (Now carries KCBS according reports)
• 92.9 MHz, Wonsan (5 kW)

• 89.2, 91.2, 93.3, 93.9, 94.5, 96.7, 97.3, 97.7, 98.1, 99.6 and 101.8 MHz, Unknown locations countrywide.

Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station

Frequency	Location	Transmitter power	Notes
FM
90.1 MHz	Pyongsong	2 kW
92.5 MHz	Kaesong	100 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (inactive since early 2024)
92.8 MHz	Yonan	10 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (inactive since early 2024)
93.3 MHz	Kanggye	5 kW
93.6 MHz	Kaesong	10 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (inactive since early 2024)
93.8 MHz	Hyesan	2 kW
95.1 MHz	Wonsan	5 kW
97.8 MHz	Haeju	100 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (inactive since early 2024), Echo of Unification (inactive since early 2024)
101.3 MHz	Sinuiju	10 kW
102.1 MHz	Kimchaek	1 kW
103.0 MHz	Sariwon	2 kW
103.7 MHz	Haeju	100 kW	Shared with Korean Central Radio, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (inactive since early 2024)
105.2 MHz	Pyongyang	100 kW
105.5 MHz	Chongjin	10 kW
106.0 MHz	Hamhung	20 kW
107.2 MHz	Nampo	2 kW

Echo of Unification (Beamed to South Korea, defunct since early 2024)

Frequency	Location	Transmitter power (kW)
FM
89.4 MHz	Pyongyang	100 kW
97.0 MHz	Chorwon	100 kW
97.8 MHz	Haeju	100 kW
Shortwave (SW)
3945 kHz	Pyongyang	100 kW
3970 kHz	Chongjin	5 kW
5905 kHz	Pyongyang	100 kW

Voice of Korea

Mediumwave

• 621 kHz, Chongjin (500 kW)
• 1368 kHz, Pyongyang — seems to have been inactive possibly for multiple years, unknown whether if it is still operating or not

Shortwave

• 3560 kHz, Kujang (15 kW) — DRM tests, shared with KCBS and PBS, irregular (defunct)
• 6070 kHz, Kanggye (250 kW) (distorted, AM-SSB modulation)
• 6170 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (winter only)
• 6185 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (winter only)
• 7210 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 7220 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 7235 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 7570 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (winter only)
• 7580 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (winter only)
• 9425 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9435 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9445 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9650 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9730 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9850 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (winter only)
• 9875 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 9890 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11635 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11645 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11710 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11735 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 11865 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (summer only, 7580 kHz in winter)
• 11910 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 12015 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 13650 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 13760 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (summer only)
• 15105 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 15180 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 15245 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) (summer only for European broadcasts, all year round for Russian broadcasts)

Noise jammer (blocking foreign broadcasts)

Strong, helicopter, boat engine-like "whooshing" noise. Use SDRs in Asia to locate them.

The whooshing noise often can be heard under Voice of Korea - the jammer is at the same site.

The swinging tone on 4450 kHz is often under KCBS Sinuiju on 873 kHz - the jammer is at the same site.

Shortwave:

• 3480 kHz, Wonsan (beeping, whistling tone)
• 3910 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 3910 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 3930 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 3930 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 3985 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 3985 kHz, unknown location (whistling tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 4450 kHz, Sinuiju (Swinging carrier, to fill "dead-zone")
• 4450 kHz, Kujang (200 kW) — multiple swinging tones
• 4885 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 5920 kHz, unknown location (beeping tones, inactive or irregular?)
• 5995 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6015 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6015 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 5920/6045 kHz, Kujang (200 kW, 5920 kHz either irregular or inactive)
• 6250 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6350 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6520 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6520 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 6600 kHz, Kujang (200 kW)
• 6600 kHz, unknown location (beeping tone, to fill "dead-zone")
• 7275 kHz, Kanggye (?)
• 7355 kHz, Haeju (defunct? Haeju's MW transmissions on 1053 kHz and 1080 kHz have been defunct for many years now, could be also the case for this jammer)
• 7720 kHz, unknown location (whistling tone)
• + various frequencies on various times from various locations, depending the Korean schedule of the blocked station.

Medium Wave:

• 558 kHz, Haeju area
• 567 kHz
• 603 kHz, Haeju area
• 639 kHz, Kaesong area
• 648 kHz, Kaesong area
• 711 kHz, Pyongyang and Kaesong area
• 747 kHz
• 756 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 792 kHz, Haeju area
• 819 kHz, Pyongyang area (nighttime KCBS sign off)
• 837 kHz, Kaesong area
• 891 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 900 kHz, Kaesong area
• 963 kHz
• 972 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 1062 kHz
• 1134 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 1143 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 1170 kHz
• 1188 kHz
• 1431 kHz, Pyongyang area
• 1440 kHz
• 1467 kHz, Wonsan area
• 1566 kHz, Pyongyang area

FM

• 88.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 88.5 MHz
• 89.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 89.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 90.3 MHz, Kaesong
• 91.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 91.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 91.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 92.9 MHz
• 93.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 93.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 94.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 95.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 96.3 MHz, Kaesong
• 96.7 MHz, ^[3] Kaesong
• 97.3 MHz, Kaesong
• 98.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 98.7 MHz, Kaesong
• 98.9 MHz, Haeju
• 99.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 101.7 MHz, Haeju
• 101.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 102.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 103.1 MHz, ^[4] Kaesong
• 104.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 104.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 105.3 MHz, ^[5] Kaesong
• 105.7 MHz, Kaesong
• 106.1 MHz, Kaesong
• 106.5 MHz, Kaesong
• 106.9 MHz, Kaesong
• 107.3 MHz, Kaesong
• 107.7 MHz, Kaesong

See also

• North Korea portal

• Media of North Korea
• List of radio stations in South Korea
• Radio jamming in Korea
• Voice of Korea

References

1. Williams, Martyn (2010-11-03). "Korean Central Broadcasting Station". North Korea Tech - 노스코리아테크. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
2. Williams, Martyn (2014-03-27). "Voice of Korea mid-2014 schedule". North Korea Tech - 노스코리아테크. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
3. South Korea’s KFN Radio
4. South Korea’s radio
5. South Korea CPBC FM

External links

• Official North Korean Website for Voice of Korea (in English)
• Radio Pyongyang to launch website
• Northkoreatech.org
• Northkoreatech.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Fmscan.org
• Pyongyang Broadcasting Station Archived 2015-07-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
• Schedule and frequencies for Voice of Korea