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The International programme of Croatian Radio "Voice of Croatia" is the international service of Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n state radio on shortwave

Shortwave

Shortwave radio refers to the upper MF and all of the HF portion of the radio spectrum, between 1,800–30,000 kHz. Shortwave radio received its name because the wavelengths in this band are shorter than 200 m which marked the original upper limit of the medium frequency band first used...

, mediumwave

Mediumwave

Medium wave is the part of the medium frequency radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting. For Europe the MW band ranges from 526.5 kHz to 1606.5 kHz...

and via satellite

Satellite television

Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...

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The programme is for Croatians living abroad, Croatia's minority groups and the international community. While mostly in the Croatian language, news and segments of up to 15 minutes duration are broadcast in English, German, Italian, Hungarian, and Spanish at different times of the day.

The station uses transmitters in Deanovec to cover Europe on AM (1134 kHz) and shortwave. Shortwave transmitters in Germany are rented to reach audiences in the Americas, while the Pacific region is covered for four hours daily via the relay station in Singapore.

Shortwave frequencies

As of November 2010:

3985 kHz (21.30-06.00 hours UTC for Europe)

6165 kHz (06.00-08.00 and 15.00-21.30 hours UTC for Europe)

7370 kHz (08.00-15.00 UTC for Europe)

7375 kHz (23.00-04.00 UTC for South America; 00.00-06.00 UTC for North America)

17860 kHz (07.00-11.00 UTC for Australia)

Satellite broadcasts

The Voice of Croatia is transmitted 24 hours a day via satellite:

In Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on the HOT BIRD6 satellite at 13 degrees east
13th meridian east
The meridian 13° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

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In North America, on the Telstar 5 satellite at 97 degrees west
97th meridian west
The 97th meridian west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

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In Central and South America on the NSS 806 satellite at 40.5 degrees west;
In Australia and in New Zealand on the OPTUS B3 satellite at 152 degrees east
152nd meridian east
The meridian 152° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

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