Voice of Mongolia is the official international broadcasting

International broadcasting

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 station of Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

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The Voice Of Mongolia is the country's only overseas broadcasting service and is operated by Mongolian National Broadcaster

Mongolian National Broadcaster

The Mongolian National Broadcaster is the official, state-funded television channel in Mongolia.-History:On September 27, 1967, the Mongolian National Television started broadcasts, and with it started Mongolian TV Broadcasting...

, a public service broadcaster of the Mongolian Government

Politics of Mongolia

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. Short-wave international broadcasting in Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

 dates back over 40 years. The first broadcast in September, 1964 was a half hour transmission in the Mongolian

Mongolian language

The Mongolian language is the official language of Mongolia and the best-known member of the Mongolic language family. The number of speakers across all its dialects may be 5.2 million, including the vast majority of the residents of Mongolia and many of the Mongolian residents of the Inner...

 and Chinese

Chinese language

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, beamed to China

China

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. In the next few years, Mongolian international broadcasting expanded in terms of languages used, broadcast hours and target areas. The English service of Radio Ulaanbaatar, which was renamed The Voice Of Mongolia on January 1, 1997, was launched on January 29, 1965. Today the output of The Voice Of Mongolia consists of various programmes designed to provide information about Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

 and the Mongolians, their history, traditions and culture. Keeping to the new policy of the Mongolian Government, The Voice Of Mongolia does not engage in propaganda, but in unbiased reporting. It broadcasts a total of 8 hours a day in 5 languages: Mongolian

Mongolian language

The Mongolian language is the official language of Mongolia and the best-known member of the Mongolic language family. The number of speakers across all its dialects may be 5.2 million, including the vast majority of the residents of Mongolia and many of the Mongolian residents of the Inner...

, English

English language

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, Chinese

Chinese language

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, Russian

Russian language

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 and Japanese

Japanese language

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Current broadcasts

All of the Voice Of Mongolia's broadcasts come directly from its Khonkhor Transmitting Station, about 25 km east of Ulan Bator, Mongolia's capital. It broadcasts through Soviet-made 100, 250, and 500 kW transmitters and curtain antennas built in the mid sixties. The transmissions beamed to East Asia provide fair reception in South America, and the South Asian transmissions can be heard in Southern Africa and in Europe as well. However, this reception is influenced by propagation conditions and frequency congestion.

See also

• Mongolian National Broadcaster
  Mongolian National Broadcaster
  The Mongolian National Broadcaster is the official, state-funded television channel in Mongolia.-History:On September 27, 1967, the Mongolian National Television started broadcasts, and with it started Mongolian TV Broadcasting...
  
  , the Mongolian publicly-funded radio television broadcaster

External links

• Voice of Mongolia Webpage