Monday, December 03, 2007

Three new Argentine stations on medium wave

Quinta Provincia AM is a new station operating on 1320 kHz in Partido de La Matanza in the Greater Buenos Aires area, Argentina. The station was first reported heard by Norberto Pugliese. At least on November 20 Quinta Provincia AM was still testing, with occasional station identifications between pieces of romantic music. Radio Ciudad de Lanús, previously on 1320 AM, has moved to 1020 kHz to escape the interference caused by Quinta Provincia AM, an unlicensed station.
Another new station AM Panamericana has been heard on 1510 kHz with programming aimed at the Bolivian community of Buenos Aires. AM Panamericana broadcasts from the same studios as Estación Latina (FM 91.9 MHz). Its address is Pasaje Espinillo 1449, Planta Alta, C1407ISA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Telephone numbers are (011) 4683-3641 and 4683-3642. Information about the station was submitted by Marcelo Cornachioni in Conexión Digital on November 25.
Also, Radio Mar del Plata has been observed testing the frequency of 1620 kHz with various program feeds. Brazilian DXer Samuel Cássio caught a station identification for Radio Universo FM (in parallel with 103.3 FM) on November 7, reported on Condig mailing list. The same station has also been referred to as Radio Prensa.
(Source: Mika Makelainen/DXing.info)