Voice of Croatia explained

Glas Hrvatske
City:	Zagreb
Area:	Worldwide
Language:	Croatian
Owner:	Croatian Radio (Croatian Government)

The International Programme of Croatian Radio "Voice of Croatia" (hr|Međunarodni program Hrvatskoga radija "Glas Hrvatske") is the international service of Croatian state radio via satellite and Internet.

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

History

On January 1, 2013, Voice of Croatia ceased broadcasting over shortwave^[1] and also stopped transmitting from Zadar on AM (1134 kHz, covering Europe) on January 1, 2014. Prior to leaving shortwave, transmitters in Germany were rented to reach audiences in the Americas, while the Pacific region was covered for four hours daily via the relay station in Singapore.

Satellite broadcasts

The Voice of Croatia broadcasts 24 hours a day via the following satellites:

In Europe, North Africa, the Middle East on the Eutelsat 13C at 13°E and Eutelsat 16A at 16 degrees east for Central and East Europe.^[2] ^[3]

Previous shortwave frequencies

As logged in November 2010:

3985 kHz (21:30–06:00 UTC for Europe)
6165 kHz (06:00–08:00 and 15:00–21:30 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)

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Weird Transmissions, "Voice of Croatia To End SW Transmissions On Jan. 1st . 27 December 2012 . 25 November 2013.
Web site: Eutelsat 16A. Odašiljači i veze d.o.o.. hr . 25 February 2021.
Web site: Glas Hrvatske. LyngSat Network. en . 11 July 2021.