On Thursday 5 October, SBS will switch to an updated and improved radio schedule for language programs across our linear and digital audio platforms, including SBS Radio 1, SBS Radio 2, SBS Radio 3 and SBS PopDesi.
For audiences this means more choice and flexibility in how and when you listen to our content available in language covering news, entertainment, music, and podcasts.
Best of all, there will be more live radio during the day, and more catch-up content available on demand – including during the popular ‘drivetime’ – giving new and existing audiences even more ways to tune in.
This increased airtime has been achieved by utilising the full spectrum of our existing channels. Audiences will benefit from more live radio in the daytime and more ways to catch-up in the evening with news, entertainment, music, and podcasts.
Summary of schedule changes
Some languages are moving to SBS Radio 3 or SBS PopDesi. You can listen live in the daytime, and catchup in the evening with repeat programs at familiar timeslots on SBS Radio 1 and SBS Radio 2.
Other languages have updated schedule times, including additional repeat programs on current channels.
Languages now available live on SBS Radio 3: Amharic, Burmese, Dinka, German, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya, Thai.
You can hear repeat or simulcast programs at familiar timeslots on SBS Radio 1 or SBS Radio 2.
Languages now available live on SBS PopDesi: Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Nepali, Malayalam, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tamil, Urdu.
You can hear repeat or simulcast programs at familiar timeslots on SBS Radio 1 or SBS Radio 2.
Languages with updated schedule times and/or channels: Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Kurdish, Macedonian, Mongolian, NITV Radio, Polish, Ukrainian.
SBS Radio 3 will broadcast language services Monday to Friday between 11:00AM and 5:00PM. The BBC World Service in English will be broadcast outside these hours on mornings, evenings and weekends.
SBS PopDesi will broadcast language services Monday to Friday between 11:00AM and 6:00PM Monday to Friday, and from 5:00PM to 6:00PM on weekends. PopDesi music mix will be broadcast outside these hours on mornings, evenings and weekends.
How can I find out when my program is on?
Language | Live program(s): | Repeat or simulcast program(s): |
| : Monday & Wednesday 12:00PM | : Monday & Friday 10:00PM | |
| : Tuesday 6:00PM | : Sunday 6:00PM | |
| a | : Monday & Thursday 3:00PM | : Monday & Saturday 6:00PM |
| : Tuesday 2:00PM | : Sunday 3:00PM | |
| : Tuesday & Thursday 12:00PM | : Tuesday & Saturday 10:00PM | |
| : Monday, Tuesday Thursday & Friday 11:00AM | : Saturday 2:00PM | |
| : Wednesday & Friday 11:00AM | : Wednesday 11:00AM (simulcast) & Saturday 11:00AM | |
| : Monday to Friday 3:00PM | : Monday to Friday 7:00PM | |
| : Wednesday & Friday 2:00PM | : Wednesday & Friday 4:00PM | |
| : Monday to Sunday 5:00PM | : (simulcast) Monday to Sunday 5:00PM | |
| : Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 1:00PM | : Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 10:00PM | |
| : Monday to Friday 4:00PM | : Monday to Saturday 9:00PM & Sunday 9:00PM (music hour) | |
| : Thursday 3:00PM & Sunday 2:00PM | N/A | |
| : Saturday 9:00PM | : Monday 4:00PM | |
| : Monday to Friday 12:00PM | : Saturday 12:00PM | |
| : Thursday & Friday 1:00PM | : Thursday 8:00PM & Sunday 9:00PM | |
| : Tuesday 2:00PM | N/A | |
| : Tuesday & Thursday 2:00PM | : Thursday & Sunday 4:00PM | |
| : Monday, Wednesday & Friday 1:00PM SBS NRN*: Friday 12:00PM * regional AM/FM frequencies | : Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 6:00PM | |
| h | : Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 2:00PM | : Sunday 2:00PM |
| : Monday to Friday 4:00PM | : Monday to Friday 9:00PM | |
| : Wednesday & Friday 2:00PM | : Wednesday & Sunday 10:00PM | |
| : Monday, Tuesday Thursday & Friday 11:00AM | : (simulcast) Monday, Tuesday Thursday & Friday 11:00AM | |
| : Wednesday 1:00PM & SBS Radio 2: Friday 10:00PM | : Monday 1:00PM & SBS Radio 2: Wednesday 10:00PM | |
| : Tuesday 11:00AM & Friday 12:00PM | : Tuesday 6:00PM & Sunday 10:00PM | |
| : Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 12:00PM | : Monday, Wednesday Thursday & Sunday 8:00PM | |
| : Monday & Thursday 2:00PM | : Monday & Thursday 10:00PM | |
| : Monday & Thursday 11:00AM | : Monday & Thursday 6:00PM | |
| : Friday 6:00PM | SBS NRN*: Saturday 2:00PM * regional AM/FM frequencies | |
| : Wednesday & Friday 3:00PM | : Wednesday & Sunday 6:00PM |
Ways to listen
You can hear SBS Audio language programs via AM/FM radio, DAB+ radio, Digital TV, streaming on our website and the SBS Audio App. The SBS Audio App can be downloaded via the App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android.
Selected SBS Audio content is also available wherever audiences consume podcasts and radio streams, including Apple Podcasts, LiSTNR, Spotify and TuneIn.
SBS Radio 1 and SBS Radio 2 are broadcast on both the AM and FM frequencies in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Newcastle. SBS Radio also broadcasts nationally on either the AM or FM frequencies in other major centres around Australia. View our full list of frequencies .
SBS Radio 3 and SBS PopDesi are digital radio stations. Listeners with a DAB+ digital radio should also be able to receive SBS Radio stations in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Hobart and Brisbane. To find SBS radio stations on a digital radio simply use your digital radio's back and forward buttons until you see stations labelled 'SBS Radio'.
SBS is committed to helping you understand and adjust to these changes, which go live on Thursday 5 October 2023. To share any feedback or ask a question, please
