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NHK World 13730 am 1744 utc 17 Oct 2020
« on: October 17, 2020, 1746 UTC »
Very good reception, Swahili service from Madagascar.

1744 Unid pop music.
1745 YL and OM talking after song
1749 Dance music
1757 YL singers, light song
1759 YL singer, upbeat pop tune......time pips to off midsong
« Last Edit: October 17, 2020, 1800 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: NHK World 13730 am 1744 utc 17 Oct 2020
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2020, 1748 UTC »
13730 khz @ 17:31 initially with a YL announcer in English with features on Okinawa (17:31) South China Sea (17:32)   and Japan-China relations (17:33 - 17:38) then mysteriously switched to another language (perhaps the scheduled  Swahili) with YM entering the conversation.   Surprised by the initial English portion as couldn't find English anywhere on the schedule for this freq and time.

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