VOA News Now is your source for news 24 hours a day, including LIVE coverage of major events.

    We broadcast a full news summary at one minute past every hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We also broadcast news headlines at half past every hour. Most hours have expanded news and in-depth coverage and analysis of the events and issues of the day.

MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS look like this:

Sportscasts are at 23 minutes past most hours.

    Business and economic news can be found throughout our programs, but particularly after the news headlines at half past 01, 03, 05, 07, 11, 15, 20 and 23 UTC.

    Our Dateline documentary will expand and move to 45 minutes past those same hours.

    Focus, examines one of the day's top stories in perspective, at 15 minutes past 00, 02, 06, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 22 UTC.

    Coast To Coast with Dave Arlington, is on Mondays through Fridays after the headlines at half past 00, 12, 14, 16 and 18 UTC. (Plus 00 Saturdays for Latin America.) This will be home for all kinds of American topics, including our popular science coverage.

    Main Street with Barbara Klein, is on Sundays through Thursdays after the headlines at half past 02, 04, 06, 10 and 22 UTC. It's a lively half-hour of ideas, information, people and places across America.

    Listen for our new Opinion Roundup at 55 minutes past 00, 07, 12, 15 and 17 UTC. Add YOUR opinion to the mix by sending it to
opinion@voanews.com.

    Talk to America will continue LIVE, Mondays through Fridays, at 17 UTC, on radio, television and the Internet, and we welcome your participation. Talk to America will now also be repeated on radio and Internet at 08 UTC.

    And we'll have music for you from the VOA Music Mix Network at 09, 13, 19 and 21 UTC. At 19 UTC it's Border Crossings. The other hours Music programs rotate as follows:

Mondays - American Gold with Ray Freeman
Tuesdays - Roots & Branches with Katherine Cole
Wednesdays - Classic Rock with Ed Kowalski
Thursdays - Top 20 with Ray McDonald
Fridays - Country Hits with Mary Morningstar.

    Here's the hour-by-hour VOA News Now schedule for Mondays through Fridays: 00 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Coast-To-Coast Opinion Roundup

01 News & Analysis Sports Headlines Business Report Dateline     Editorial
02 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Main Street
03 News & Analysis Sports Headlines Business Report Dateline    Editorial
04 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Main Street
05 News & Analysis Sports Headlines Business Report Dateline     Editorial
06 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Main Street
07 News & Analysis Sports Headlines Business Report Dateline Opinion     Roundup
08 News Talk to America Repeat Headlines Talk to America Continues     Editorial
09 News Music Program Continues Headlines Music Program
10 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Main Street
11 News & Analysis Sports Headlines Business Report Dateline     Editorial
12 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Coast To Coast Opinion Roundup
13 News Music Program Headlines Music Program Continues
14 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Coast To Coast Editorial
15 News & Analysis Sports Headlines Business Report Dateline     Op.Roundup
16 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Coast To Coast Editorial
17 News Talk to America Headlines Talk to America Opinion Roundup
18 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Coast To Coast Editorial
19 News Border Crossings Headlines Border Crossings Continues**
20 News & Analysis Sports Headlines Business Report Dateline     Editorial
21 News Music Program Headlines Music Program Continues
22 Expanded News Focus Sports Headlines Main Street
23 News & Analysis Sports Headlines Business Report Dateline     Editorial

**On Fridays, the VOA News Review replaces the second half of Border Crossings at 1930 UTC.

SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS
    Our weekends will continue to be filled with compelling talk programs and our popular science program Our World, and we'll add the Jazz program from the VOA Music Mix Network.

UTC SATURDAYS SUNDAYS
00 Coast to Coast Encounter
01 VOANewsReview Best of Talk to America
02 On The Line On The Line
03 Our World Issues in the News
04 Press Conference USA Encounter
05 VOA News Review The Best of Talk to America
06 On The Line On The Line
07 Our World Issues in the News
08 The Best of Talk to America The Best of Talk to America
09 Jazz Jazz
10 On The Line On The Line
11 Our World Issues in the News
12 Press Conference USA Encounter
13 Jazz Jazz
14 On The Line On The Line
15 Our World Issues in the News
16 Press Conference USA Encounter
17 The Best of Talk to America The Best of Talk to America
18 On The Line On The Line
19 Our World Issues in the News
20 Press Conference USA Encounter
21 Jazz Jazz
22 On The Line On The Line
23 Our World Issues in the News

VOA NEWS NOW TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE
Schedule effective through, 29 March 2003 (begins 27 October 2002)
Notes:

    All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Frequencies are in kiloHertz (kHz). 1 MegaHertz (MHz) is equal to 1000 kHz. Conversion to meter bands: Meters=300000/frequency in kHz.
e.g.: 17705 kHz --> 16.9 meters
Abbreviations: All programs/frequencies are on daily unless noted otherwise.
& - Monday only
* - Monday through Friday
= - Monday through Saturday
< - Tuesday through Friday
/ - Tuesday and Friday only
# - Tuesday through Saturday
% - Tuesday through Sunday
~ - Thursday only
> - Friday and Saturday
@ - Saturday only
$ - Saturday and Sunday
" - Sunday only
+ - Sunday and Monday
^ - Sunday through Thursday
! - Sunday through Friday
    Contact B/EOF for further information or specific frequency
recommendations for your location. We also appreciate any comments on
the quality of program reception.

    Far East Asia, South Asia, and Oceania
0000-0030 UTC 1575 7215 9770 11760 15185 15290 17740 17820
0100-0300 UTC 7115 9635 11705 11725 11820 13650 17740 17820
0700-0800 UTC 13760
0800-1000 UTC 11930 13620 13760 15150
1000-1100 UTC 9770 13620 15240 15425
1100-1130 UTC$ 1575
1100-1200 UTC 6160 9645 9760 9770 13610 15160 15240 15425
1200-1230 UTC 1143 6160 9645 9760 13610 15160 15240 15425
1230-1300 UTC 6160 9645 9760 13610 15160 15240 15425
1300-1400 UTC 6160 9645 9760 15160 15425
1400-1500 UTC 6160 7125 9760 15160 15425
1500-1600 UTC 7125
1600-1700 UTC 1143 6160 7125 9760
1700-1800 UTC 6160 7125 7170 9645
1700-1800 UTC* 1143 1575 5990 6045 7215 9770 9785
1900-2000 UTC 9525 11770 15180
2100-2200 UTC 9705 11870 15185 17740 17820
2200-2400 UTC 7215 9705 9770 11760 15185 15290 15305 17740 17820
2230-2400 UTC 1575

    English-Alternate Programming
1900-2000 UTC* 9550 9840 11780 11970 12015 15235

    SUGGESTIONS FOR BETTER RECEPTION
Try all frequencies each day for best reception. You may be able to hear VOA News Now on some frequencies beamed to regions other than your own. A few meters of wire clipped to the whip antenna of your radio and extended near or outside a window may improve your reception.

Frequency/Wavelength Conversion Chart

Frequency in kHz / Frequency in MHz Meter band

3900-4000kHz / 3.9-4.0MHz 75M
5950-6200kHz / 5.95-6.2MHz 49M
7100-7500kHz / 7.1-7.5MHz 41M
9400-9900kHz / 9.4-9.9MHz 31M
11650-12050kHz / 11.65-12.05MHz 25M
13600-13800kHz / 13.6-13.8MHz 21(or 22)M
15100-15600kHz / 15.1-15.6MHz 19M
17550-17900kHz / 17.55-17.9MHz 16M
21450-21850kHz / 21.45-21.85MHz