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CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH Afghanistan Special
November 23, 2001 2nd, corrected version
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AFGHANISTAN : Information Radio ID
AFGHANISTAN : Radio Voice of Afghanistan
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AFGHANISTAN: Information Radio ID
By Takuya Hirayama, CRW Japan Bureau
with Nick Grace C., CRW Washington Bureau
[Nov 22] The U.S. Enduring Freedom psyop radio program, dubbed
"Information Radio," has begun to identify.
Identifications on the radio program were first noted by Clandestine
Radio Watch (CRW) on November 19 during Pashto and Dari
announcements that promote awareness of the US$25 million reward
for the capture of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri. The reward
announcement is now in heavy rotation on Information Radio.
Radyo-e Ma'ulumat (Dari)
Ma'ulumat-i Radyo (Pashto)
Information Radio broadcasts are scheduled as follows:
1230-1730 864, 1107, 8700U kHz
0030-0530 864, 1107, 8700U kHz
The reward announcement coincides with new PSYOP leaflets, which
also promote awareness of the campaign.
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Correction to: "AFGHANISTAN : Radio Voice of Afghanistan"
Below is a corrected version of the article.
AFGHANISTAN : Radio Voice of Afghanistan
By Takuya Hirayama, CRW Japan Bureau
[Nov 22] Radio Voice of Afghanistan, first noted by Mexican monitor
Adolfo Murrieta González in DX Listening Digest 1-176 on November 17,
continues to broadcast test programs on 9950 kHz between 1330 and
1430 GMT in Pashto and Dari.
The station does not announce an address or the name of the
organization sponsoring the broadcasts.
Schedule:
1130-1345 9950 kHz Test transmission in Pashto
1345-1400 9950 kHz Test transmission in Dari
1400-1415 9950 kHz Repeat of Pashto test transmission
1415-1430 9950 kHz Repeat of Dari test transmission
Identifications for the station are as follows:
Da Afghanistan Ghag Radyo (Pashto)
Radyo-i Seda-i Afghanistan (Dari)
1 kHz test modulation tones were repeated for five minutes before opening
the transmission. Broadcasts transmitters located in the former Soviet Union
are known to require these types of tones before broadcasts are made.
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Summary of November 21 test transmission in Dari (Radyo-i Seda-i
Afghanistan):
The transmission began with the famous song "Da Zamung Zebah
Watan" by Ustad Awal Mir. The song is said to be the unofficial anthem
of Afghanistan.
The announcer then said that this is a test transmission. They will
transmit daily broadcasts in Dari and Pashto on 31mb, 9950 kHz from
6 pm Kabul Time. There was no mention, however, of when regular
transmissions will begin.
Recitation of the Qur'an followed.
Then, the announcer said that the purpose of Radio Voice of Afghanistan is
to restore culture in Afghanistan after radio, television and newspapers
were damaged during the past years. The program, he said, aims to end the
war and promote mutual understanding and unity among the people of
Afghanistan. He also said that the station will broadcast local and
international news for the entire country. Afghanistan is now at very
sensitive period, he announced, and that is why the station is making the
broadcasts. He invited listeners' letters and comments, and asked people to
send them to a postal address and fax and telephone numbers, which he said
will be announced later during regular transmissions.
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During the November 22 transmission, the station broadcast the news in
Pashto and Dari for the first time. There was also no mention of the test
transmissions. The 15-minute Dari program opened with the announcement,
"Today is Thursday... 8 Ramadan 1422 Hijri, 22 November 2001 AD..." Previous
transmissions have not included the date.
Three news items were included in the "Important News of Afghanistan"
(Akhbar muhimm-e Afghanistan): developments in Kunduz, where the
Taliban have surrendered, and also in Kandahar, a meeting between
officials of the Northern Alliance and the Iranian Foreign Minister, and a
report about the closure of the Taliban's embassy in Islamabad.
Although a "Radio Voice of Afghanistan" radio program is broadcast locally
in California and on the Internet, the new short wave radio station does not
appear to be related.