Blog Logs-May 2025

 

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Languages as indicated

// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency

*Sign-on Sign-Off*/ frequencies in kHz

Monitoring April 2-April 29, 2025 

All times UTC

Mediumwave

Argentina

1550, Radio Chivilcoy. 0118. Spanish programming with announcer’s talk and local announcements to Argentine music. SINPO 14421 (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, Brazil).

Brazil (Portuguese)

750, Rádio CBN Vale, Sáo dos Campos, SP, 2140. Station identification to the newscast and CBN station jingle. SINPO 25442 (Grimm, Brazil)

760, Rádio Manchete, Rio de Janeiro at 2149. Brazilian pagoda style to station jingle. SINPO 35553 (Grimm, Brazil).

0880, Rádio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, MG at 2158. Male announcer’s talk to  “ãRádio Inconfidencia” identification, followed by “A Voz do Brasil.” SINPO 35553 (Grimm, Brazil).

970, Rádio Piratininga, Sáo Joã da Boa Vista, SP at 2120. Announcer’s comments to station ID. SINPO 23422. QRM from Rádio Difusora, Marechal Candido Rondon, PR (Grimm, Brazil).

970, Rádio Difusora Candido Rondon, PR at 2132. Brazilian songs of sertanejo style. SINPO 23432. (Grimm, Brazil).

1230, Rádio Atual, São Paulo, SP at 2209/ Relaying programming from 94.1 FM, São Paulo. A very poor signal SINPO 24422 (Grimm, Brazil).

1410, Rádio Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, RS 0220. Brazilian music to local time and temperature check. Station ID to program Selecão sertaneja. SINPO 25442 (Grimm, Brazil)

1420,  Rádio, Florianópolis. 0225. Relaying Rádio Bandeirantes, São Paulo. Sports News segment. SINPO 35443 (Grimm, Brazil).

1460, Rádio Campinas, Campinas do Sul, RS at 0230. Relaying Rede Gaucha with sports news. SINPO 15442. (Grimm, Brazil).

1470, Rádio Absoluta, Campo dos Goytacazes, RJ at 2152. ‘Resumo esportivo, pela Rádio Absolute,” to sports news. SINPO 35543 (Grimm, Brazil).

1530, Rádio Sulina, Dom Pedrito, RS at 0212. Brazilian song-Leonardo ‘Eu aprendi dizer  Station ID into music by Queen. SINPO 15421 (Grimm, Brazil).

Paraguay

1330, Radio Chaco Boreal, Asunción. Spanish talks about “embarcaciones, Paraguay, transporte, Prefectura.” QRM from 1339 Radio Iguatemi, São Paulo, SP. SINPO 23542 (Grimm, Brazil).

Uruguay

1590, Radio Lascano. Spanish programming at 0130. Commentary to Spanish pop music. SINPO 25422 (Grimm, Brazil).

1510, Radio Rincón, Fray Bentos. Spanish vocals and romantic ballads. SINPO 15321 (Grimm, Brazil).

United States

700, WLW Cincinnati, OH. Afternoon baseball scores and info from the Inside Pitch sports program. Local ads, station ID, and jingles. Home of the Reds promo to the local 6:00 PM newscast. YT video: https://youtu.be/P8dNbbluLzo (Gayle Van Horn, LA/Airspy HF+Discovery)

Shortwave

Brazil (Portuguese)

6010, Rádio Inconfidencia at 2115-2137. Soccer match with live commentary // 15189.8. SINPO 15422.; 15198.8 at 0533-0704 with Brazilian music for program Memoria Nacional. Station comments and ID at 0645 “Rede Inconfidencia de Radio, 3y45”. SINPO 25422  (Manuel Méndez, Friol, Spain/BDXC)

15190, Rádio Inconfidencia at 0105. Portuguese commentary for soccer match – excellent coverage! SINPO 44444 (Paul Walker, AK). 

6150, Rádio Saturno, Belo Horizonte, 2118-2135. Brazilian vocal music. SINPO 25422. Also heard 0502-0538 with the program Faixa Brasil. SINPO 25422 (Méndez,, Spain)

6180, Rádio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 2114-2134. Brazilian music and comments // 11780. SINPO 25422 (Méndez,, Spain).

9665, Voz Missionaria, Camboriú. “Voz Missionaria da última hora.” // 11749.8. SINPO 35433 (Méndez,,Spain).

China

5965, CRI Xian Xiang “594.” 1359 in Korean with dual-language ID followed by a presumed Korean newscast. Signal poor-fair. Signal. China’s CRI (Xian Xianyang “594”) in Mandarin at 1400. Station ID at 1400 to the announcer’s text on the Chinese market. CNR-1 (Qiqihar) on 6075 at 1400. Mandarin. Announcer’s reaction from Europe to tariffs. Fair-good signal. (Tony Pavick, Canada/HCDX)

Clandestine

4560, Voice of the People (Goyang) via South Korea at 1259. K-Pop music to 1300. Presumed to be an announcer’s historical anecdote. Fair-good signal. (Pavick, Canada) 

6195, Radio Ndarason International via Georgetown, Ascension Island relay. Kanuri programming at 0503. African-style music and talk. SINPO 35553, programming to Chad (Grimm, Brazil).

Denmark

15700, World Music Radio at 0518. Caribbean music tunes as signal improves for SINPO 25332 to 35443 (Walker, AK). WMR 15700, 1713-1732. Latin American songs to station ID. Portuguese vocals. SINPO 35433 (Méndez, Spain). https://www.wmr.dk/ 

HCJB QSL

Ecuador

6050, HCJB Pichincha, 0545-0725. Another day noted with an extended religious program. ID “HCJB los acompaia Noted interference from ELWA Liberia’s sign-on. (Grimm, Brazil).https://hcjb.org/

Ethiopia

6030, Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa. 1750-1820. Traditional Ethiopian music to the presumed Amharic announcements. (Rod Pearson, FL/Kiwi S Africa)

6090, Voice of Amhara, Addis Ababa. 1755-1815. Very weak signal during announcer’s text; much of the same format for Radio Fana, Addis Ababa. 1815-1830. Ethiopian music and announcer’s comments for weak signal. SINPO 23322 (Pearson, FL).

Eswatini

13800, Trans World Radio, 1859. Closing programming with Arabic contact info. Station ID, “This is TWR broadcasting from Eswatini.” Interval signal to close down at 1902, to new programming ID and info in an unknown language (Walker, AK). www.twr.org 

Finland

6195, RealMix Radio, Raasepori 1835-2100. Usual routine of music oldies to “Real Mix Radio” identification. (Sam Wright, MS/NLD Twente)

Mt Fiji - NHK QSL

France

9440, NHK World -Japan via Issoudun relay at 0415. Japanese service, including a travelogue-style programming with conversations. SINPO 34443; Fair signal noted on 17680 at 1850 in Japanese. (Pearson, FL/Wright, MS) https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ 

Germany

15440, Adventist World Radio via Nauen. Hausa service at 1920. Station contacts info and Nigerian address for religious material. Station interval signal into English ID into Igbo language. SINPO 35553, programming targeted to Nigeria, West Africa (Grimm, Brazil).

Guam

9320, KTWR via Merizo.at 1935. Korean service with Christian music and a sermon. SINPO 35443 to North and South Korea (Grimm, Brazil). www.twr.org 

Voice of Indonesia QSL

Indonesia

4755, Voice of Indonesia 1958-2101  //  3325  via Palangkaray not heard. Closing items from the Dutch service, followed by the French service at 2000. Station opening IDs, frequency quotes, station info and social media reference. “Voice of Indonesia” station jingle and additional VOI information, followed by international news. English service from 2100 with the same opening format and international news topics. Email: voi@voinews.id  Website: www.voinews.id You Tube videos (French)  https://youtu.be/c6vLEauTs9o and English at:   https://youtu.be/8exhkZ0w00U  (G Van Horn, LA/Kiwi Philippine SDR).

Liberia

6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia *0559-0622.Opening with an English religious tune to comments. Excessive interference from Ecuador’s HCJB on the same frequency. SINPO 21421. Also heard *0556 with interval signal, English religious text. (Méndez, Spain). https://www.elwamausa.org/ 

Madagascar

13670, WCB in English at 1854. Oldies music to close down before the announcer in Nashville talks on baptism and how to contact the station. Interval signal to off at 1858. SINPO 54554 (Walker, AK).

Mexico

6185, XEPPM Radio Educacion-Cultura, Mexico City. Fair-good signal  (SIO 433) for Spanish programming 0140-0245. Evening news items and station promotions, into the Mexican classical music program. (Pearson, FL). Monitored from 0659 with guitar music at 0700., station callsign and station ID. Fair-good signal (Pavick, Canada). https://radioeducacion.edu.mx/ 

Moldova - Jacpa Village

Moldova

12160, Vesti FM via Grigoriopol. Russian programming with mentions of “Ukraine and Amerinski” – supposedly a news bulletin in Russian. Instrumental music clips between news items. SINPO 45554 (Grimm, Brazil).

Peru

4775, Radio Tarma 0115-0120. Peruvian folk music program including pauses for station identification. SINPO 34434 (Pearson, FL)

Romania

13860, Radio Romania International at 1914. Spanish program about current events, SINPO 44443. RRI on 11975 with the announcer team’s dialogue on the Israel/Hamas war.(Walker, AK).

Takististan

4765, Radio Tojikiston/Tajik Radio, Dushabe. 1910-2000.* Presumed to be Tajiki with occasional Russian. Regional Central-Asian folk-style music to sign off. (Van Horn, LA/Kiwi Russia SDR)

VOT QSL 

Turkey

9750, Voice of Turkey 1858. An English newscast with poor signal modulation during the speech segment. Turkish music. SINPO 45343 (Walker). 11785 in English, 2235-2240. Fair signal quality (Pearson, FL). 

United States

9455, WRMI. The Overcomer Ministry programming at 2310. Religious music and text. SINPO 25442, targeted to Central America (Pearson). https://www.wrmi.net/ 

9695, KNLS Anchor Point, Alaska *0800-0807. Station interval signal to English religious comments and music. Very weak signal for SINPO 15421. Chinese 11875. *0800-0810. SINPO 15422  (Méndez, Spain). www.knls.org 

Vanuatu

7260, Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila. 0627-0718. Bislama and English programming to US pop tunes (Méndez, Spain/Walker, AK).Additional monitoring *658-0725  in English. Program comments to interval signal, news/commentary. Pacific island music. SINPO 15422; 9960 via Port Vila, 0641-0658.* (Méndez, Spain) https://www.vaticannews.va/en/epg.html 

Vatican

9580, Vatican Radio, Sta Maria di Galeria. Vietnamese service with commentary and Catholic service. SINPO 35443 targeted to Southeast Asia (Grimm, Brazil).

Zambia

4965, Voice of Hope-Africa, 1859-2000. Station info and ID with frequency quote. Christian praise music: He Loves. Closing religious message at 1958, musical melody to close down station ID, off at 2000. YT video: https://youtu.be/BqYlMOnzkU0 (Van Horn, LA) See my in-depth report on Zambia in the June issue of The Spectrum Monitor. www.thespectrummonitor.com