Radio Stations in Bangladesh

ON THIS PAGE: Radio stations, frequencies and contact details for Bangladesh.

Times are shown in UTC (GMT).
Local time in Bangladesh is UTC + 6 hours (Daylight Saving Time from 20 June 2009: UTC + 7 hours).

Frequencies shown like this: 88.0 are as announced, listed or reported and not yet confirmed.

The national language in Bangladesh is Bengali (Bangla), but Bangladeshi radio stations also broadcast in English and other languages.

Special thanks to Mr Ashik Eqbal Tokon for help in updating this list.

Bangladesh Betar

121 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
Dhaka-1000
Tel: +880 2 861 5294
Fax: +880 2 861 20
Email: dgbetar@bd.drik.net

Metrowave

Metrowave Ltd.
PO Box 6083
Gulshan-1
Dhaka-1212

Radio Foorti

8th Floor, Landmark Building
12-14 Gulshan North C/A
Gulshan-2
Dhaka-1212
Tel: +88 2 883 5747-8
Fax: +88 2 883 5746

Radio Today

Radio Broadcasting FM (Bangladesh) Co. Ltd.
19th Floor, Awal Centre
34 Kamal Ataturk Avenue
Banani
Dhaka-1213
Tel: +880 2 882 9293
Fax: +880 2 8836494

List of Bangladesh Betar and other radio stations by location and frequency

Location Frequency (Mediumwave in kHz, FM in MHz) Transmitter power (kW) Hours Notes
Bandorban,
Chittagong Division
1431 kHz 10 0530-1030
Barisal 1287 kHz 10 0445-1115
Bogra 846 kHz 100 0000-0400
0600-1710
Relays Rajshahi 1080 kHz
Transmitter location: Kahalu
Chittagong 873 kHz 100 0030-0400
0600-1710
Transmitter location: Kalurghat
88.6 MHz Radio Today (private station)
98.4 MHz 24h Radio Foorti (private station)
105.5 MHz 2 0000-0400
1300-1710
Comilla 1413 kHz 10 1100-1710 Tel: +880 81 6995
101.2 MHz 2 0000-0400, 1100-1710
Cox's Bazar [Cox's Bazaar / Coxbazar] 1314 kHz 10 0545-0845
Dhaka 630 kHz 100 0000-0145
0300-1710
1800-2100
Dhaka-B (Transmitter location: Shavar [Savar])
693 kHz 1000 0000-0610
0830-1730
Dhaka-A (Transmitter location: Dhamrai)
1170 kHz 10 0130-0430m
0600-0900m
0900-1100
Dhaka-C
Carries programmes of Radio Metrowave in periods marked m
4750 kHz 100 0830-1600 Dhaka-A (Transmitter location: Shavar).
88.0 MHz 24h Radio Foorti (private station)
88.4 MHz 24h Radio Aamar FM (private station)
89.2 MHz 24h ABC Radio (Transcom Group. private station)
89.6 MHz Radio Today (private station)
90.0 MHz 0100-1600 Capital FM (private station)
97.6 MHz 5 0200-0600
0930-1330
Bangladesh Betar Traffic Channel. Transmitter location: Kallyanpur.
100.0 MHz 3 Relays BBC World Service in Bengali (0030-0100, 1330-1400, 1630-1700) and English (0000-0030, 0100-0330, 0800-0900, 1000-1330, 1400-1630, 1700-1730
103.2 MHz 5 0000-0400
1300-1710
Bangladesh Betar Home Service
Khulna 558 kHz 100 0000-0400
0600-1710
Tel: +880 41 761774
Transmitter location: Noapara (Jessore)
105.0 MHz 0000-0700, 1400-1700 Relays Voice of America (reportedly suspended from 1 April 2007).
106.5 MHz 2
Rajshahi 1080 kHz 10 0000-0400
0600-1710
See also Bogra, mediumwave relay on 846 kHz.
95.5 MHz 0.15 1420-1720
104.0 MHz 5 0000-0400
1300-1710
105.0 MHz 1 0000-0400
1300-1710
Rangamati 1161 kHz 10 0530-0830 Tel: 20271
Rangpur 1053 kHz 20 0000-0400
0800-1710
Tel: +880 521 3647
105.0 MHz 1 0000-0400
1300-1710
Sylhet 963 kHz 20 0000-0400
0800-1710
89.8 MHz 24h Radio Foorti (private station)
105.0 MHz 1 0000-0400
1300-1710
Thakurgaon 999 kHz 10 0950-1710

Bangladesh Betar External Service

Frequencies are variable. 9550 and 15520 kHz are currently INACTIVE.

Shortwave transmitting facilities:
Khabairpur 2x250 kW
Shavar [Savar] 2x100 kW (only one transmitter is apparently active)

Language Times (UTC) kHz Target Area
Arabic 1600-1630 7185
*9550
Middle East
Bengali (Bangla) 1630-1730 7185
*9550
Middle East
1915-2000 7185
*9550
*15520
Europe
English 1230-1300 7185
*9550
South & Southeast Asia
1745-1815 7185
*9550
*15520
Europe
(Voice of Islam)
1815-1900 7185
*9550
*15520
Europe
Hindi 1515-1545 7185
*9550
South Asia
Nepalese (Nepali) 1315-1345 7185
*9550
South Asia
Urdu 1400-1430 7185
*9550
South Asia

* Frequency inactive

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