KBS World Radio airs 57 hours and 12 minutes of programming a day on shortwave, mediumwave, and FM.
In addition, English, Arabic, French, German and Russian programs reach listeners via satellites, with Russian, Indonesian and Spanish programming available on local FM and AM.

EuropeMarch 25, 2012
Language Time (UTC) Frequencies (kHz)
Korean 1 16:00 ~ 18:00
 7275
17:00 ~ 19:00 9515
Korean 2 07:00 ~ 08:00
 9860 (Woofferton)
Russian 18:00 ~ 19:00 15360 (Woofferton)
English 1 16:00 ~ 17:00 9515
18:00 ~ 19:00 7275
English 2 11:00 ~ 11:30 (On Saturdays) 9760 (DRM)
21:00 ~ 21:30 3955 (Skelton)
22:00 ~ 22:30 WRN
08:30 ~ 09:00 WRN
French 19:00 ~ 20:00 6145 (Skelton)
German 20:00 ~ 21:00 3955 (Skelton)
Spanish 06:00 ~ 07:00 6045 (Sackville)
North America
Language Time (UTC) Frequencies (kHz)
Korean 2
 14:00 ~ 15:00 9650 (Sackville)
English 1 12:00 ~ 13:00
 9650 (Sackville)
Spanish 02:00 ~ 02:30
 9560 (Sackville)
South America
Language Time (UTC) Frequencies (kHz)
Korean 2 03:00 ~ 04:00 11810
English 1 02:00 ~ 03:00 9580
Spanish 01:00 ~ 02:00 11810
11:00 ~ 12:00 11795 (Sackville)
Southeast Asia
Language Time (UTC) Frequencies (kHz)
Korean 2 09:00 ~ 11:00 9570
Chinese
 11:30 ~ 12:30
 9770
23:00 ~ 24:00 9805
English 1

08:00 ~ 09:00

 9570
13:00 ~ 14:00
 9570
16:00 ~ 17:00 9640
English 3 14:00 ~ 15:00 9640
Indonesian 12:00 ~ 13:00
 9570
14:00 ~ 15:00
 9570
22:00 ~ 23:00 9805
Vietnamese 01:00 ~ 02:00
 9690
10:30 ~ 11:30
 9770
15:00 ~ 16:00
9640
Middle EastㆍAfrica
Language Time (UTC) Frequencies (kHz)
Korean 1 16:00 ~ 18:00 9740
Korean 2 09:00 ~ 10:00
 15160
Arabic 20:00 ~ 21:00 13585 (Dhabaya)
17:00 ~ 18:00 WRN
French 20:00 ~ 21:00
 5950 (Issoudun)
China
Language Time (UTC) Frequencies (kHz)
Chinese 11:30 ~ 12:30 6095
22:00 ~ 23:00 7275
Japan
Language Time (UTC) Frequencies (kHz)
Japanese 01:00 ~ 02:00
 9580
02:00 ~ 03:00 11810
Moscow
Language Time (Moscow) Frequencies (kHz)
Russian
 20:30 ~ 21:00 738 (AM)
Jakarta
Language Time (Jakarta) Frequencies (MHz)
Indonesian
 19:00 ~ 20:00 102.6 (FM)
Buenos Aires
Language Time (Buenos Aires) Frequencies (MHz)
Spanish
 22:00 ~ 22:53 (Mo. - Fr.) 94.7 (FM)
Non Direction
Language Time (UTC) Frequencies (kHz)
Korean 1 09:00 ~ 11:00 7275
Korean 2 10:00 ~ 11:00
 1170 (AM)
12:00 ~ 13:00
 7275
Japanese 08:00 ~ 09:00
 7275
08:00 ~ 09:00
 6155
09:00 ~ 11:00
 9805
11:00 ~ 13:00 1170 (AM)
Chinese 13:00 ~ 14:00 1170 (AM), 7275