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Appendix 6 - SBS Radio: Language programs broadcast

Analog / Digital

Digital

Digital

Analog

Online5

Mobile6

Digital TV

Language Program

SBS Radio 11

SBS Radio 22

SBS Radio 33

SBS Arabic24

NRN4

Albanian

1

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Amharic

2

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Arabic

-

14

119 (including BBC and MCD)

7

Yes

Yes

Yes

Armenian

1

-

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Assyrian

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bangla

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bosnian

1

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bulgarian

1

-

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Burmese

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cantonese

14

-

7

Yes

Yes

Yes

Croatian

4

-

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Czech7

1

-

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dari

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dinka

2

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dutch

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Estonian7

1

-

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Filipino

-

7

6

Yes

Yes

Yes

Finnish

1

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

French

4

-

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

German

-

5

4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Greek

14

-

7

Yes

Yes

Yes

Gujarati

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hakha Chin

-

-

-

Yes

Yes

-

Hebrew/Yiddish

2

-

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hindi

-

7

6

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hmong

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hungarian7

1

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Indonesian

-

4

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Italian

-

14

7

Yes

Yes

Yes

Japanese

3

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Karen

-

-

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Khmer

2

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kirundi

-

-

-

Yes

Yes

-

Korean

5

-

3

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kurdish

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lao

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Macedonian

5

-

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Malayalam

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Maltese

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mandarin

14

-

7

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mongolian

-

-

-

Yes

Yes

-

Nepali

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pashto

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Persian

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Polish

4

-

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Portuguese

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Punjabi

-

5

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rohingya

-

-

-

Yes

Yes

-

Romanian

1

-

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Russian

-

3

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Samoan

2

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Serbian

4

-

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sinhalese

-

4

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Slovak

-

1

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Slovenian

1

-

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Somali

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Spanish

-

7

5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Swahili

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tamil

-

4

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Telugu7

-

-

-

-

-

-

Thai

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tibetan

-

-

-

Yes

Yes

-

Tigrinya

2

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Turkish

-

4

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ukrainian

-

1

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Urdu

-

2

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Vietnamese

14

-

7

Yes

Yes

Yes

Total LOTE

106 (89%)

119 (100%)

-

119 (100%)

118 (99%)

-

-

-

NITV Radio

3

-

-

-

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

BBC English

7

-

119

-

-

Total English

10 (8.4%)

-

119 (100%)

-

1 (1%)

No dialogue

3 (2.5%)

-

-

-

-

Total

119 (100%)

119 (100%)

119 (100%)

119 (100%)

119 (100%)

Notes

1. Analog – Sydney, Canberra and Wollongong, and Melbourne AM; Digital – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Darwin and Hobart.

2. Analog – Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra FM; Digital – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Darwin and Hobart.

3. Digital only – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Darwin and Hobart.

4. Analog only – AM and FM frequencies in major centres around Australia (see Appendix 13).

5. sbs.com.au/radio.

6. SBS Radio app.

7. Program in recess.

8. SBS Arabic24 – including 14 hours simulcast on SBS Radio 2.

Visit

https://www.transparency.gov.au/annual-reports/special-broadcasting-service-corporation/reporting-year/2018-2019-94