The channel broadcasts on the following frequencies: Hot Bird, horizontal frequency (12654), encoding rate 29900 , correction factor (6/5), on the broadcast system "SD"; Arabsat, horizontal frequency (12149), encoding rate 27500, correction factor (6/5) on broadcast system "HD", vertical on frequency (12054), encoding rate 27,500 , correction factor (4/3) on broadcast system "SD"; Nilesat, horizontal frequency (12149), encoding rate 27500, correction factor (4/3) on broadcast system "SD", vertical (12284), encoding rate 27500, correction factor (6/5) on broadcast system "HD"; and Yahsat horizontal (11938), encoding rate 27500, correction factor (6/5) on broadcast system SD. The channel frequencies via "FM" waves are the following: 9504 and 10605 and their covered areas are Makkah and the holy sites, and the channel's frequency on short waves "SW" is "7240", and its covered areas included Arab Gulf states, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. --SPA 16:41 LOCAL TIME 13:41 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w