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// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency
*Sign-on Sign-Off*/ frequencies in kHz
Monitoring July 1-30, 2025
UTC, frequencies kHz
Mediumwave
Argentina
710, Radio Diez, Buenos Aires. Spanish at 2329. Regional items to time check as “Radio Diez…veinte horas y treinta minutos…Noticias Radio Diez.” SINPO 25432. (Rudolf Grimm, SP Brazil).
750, Radio Salta. Spanish ads “Tienda San Juan to station promo as, “Radio Salta, la mayor potencia de radio del norte Argentino.” SINPO 25442 (Grimm).
900, Radio Provincia de Corrientes. Typical Argentine songs and Spanish items by male announcer. SINPO 24542 (Grimm).
990, Radio 990 AM, Formosa. Spanish soccer commentary at 0100. (Grimm).
Brazil
670, Rádio Gazeta, Carazinho at 2312. Station relay of Rádio Gre-Nal, Porto Alegre, with sports news updates and interviews. SINPO 25432 (Grimm).
690, Rádio Difusora, Londrina at 0156. Christian music format and ID as “Difusora…to ads. SINPO 34433 (Grimm).
750, Rádio Jovem Pan News, Brasilia at 0022. Political comments to interview and ID as, “Jovem Pan News” SINPO 25432 (Grimm).
890, Rádio Ubá, Ivaiporá at 2340. Commercial ads and regional time check. SINPO 24542 (Grimm).
920, Rádio Cultura, Visconde do Rio Branco at 2138. Brazilian music vocals to station ID and location (Grimm).
920 Rádio Novo Tempo, Salvador at 2150. Christian music program to station ID (Grimm).
930, Rádio Cultura, Curitiba at 2208. Station ID “ZYJ92…programa Mente Aberta.” SINPO 35543 (Grimm).
Iraq
792, Iraqi Media Network-Republic of Iraqi Radio 1610-1625. Arabic service from 1610 tune-in. Recitations to male/female comment exchanges, SIO 322 (G Van Horn, LA/Kiwi Kuwait).
Paraguay
650, Radio Uno, Asuncion. Spanish at 2306 with sports news and soccer commentary, SINPO 35543 (Grimm).
Uruguay
1280, Radio Tacuarembo. Spanish text to Uruguayan music and announcer’s chat and reference to “Tacuarembo.” SINPO 25432 (Grimm).
1340, Radio La Voz de Melo, Spanish text to romantic
ballads. Announcer’s “siga con nosotros…La Voz de Melo.” SINPO 25342 (Grimm).
Shortwave
Ascension Island
21660, Follow the Bible Ministries relay at 1700-1710. Swahili programming in addition to biblical themes. SINPO 45544 (Jose Ronaldo Xavier/HCDX)
Bolivia
3310, Radio Mosoj Chaqui, Cotapachi, 0040-0055. Quechua ads and comments to Andean music vocals. (Rod Pearson, FL)
Belarus
3940, Music Wave Radio 2003-2024. Russian vocals to comments. SINPO 25422. Also heard 1946-2015 in Russian (Manuel Méndez, Spain/BDXC).
Brazil (Portuguese)
5035, Rádio Educacao Rural de Coari at 1020-1026. Announcer reading messages to listeners, “bozo precisa far urgente com voce…estara te esperando para falar com…atencao rapaziada do no Urucu…bom dia bom dia.” Station sign-off at 1006. (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Brazil/HCDX).
15190, Rádio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 2005-2025. Station ID/ifo to regional ads and announcer’s evening comments. (Pearson).
Cuba
4765, Radio Progreso, Bejucal 0310-0401.* Cuban salsa to Spanish service, including announcer’s comments and ID as “Radio Progreso Cadena Nacional, la onda de la Alegria, transmitiendo desde Cuba, territorio libre en América. Cuban national anthem to 0401 closedown. (Pearson).
Egypt
9890, Radio Cairo 1915. Tentative as this station in Russian with a very poor signal. SINPO 14222 (Sam Wright, MS)
Eswatini
9500, TWR Africa 1645-1700. Fair signal quality for Christian text and programming to an instrumental tune. (Wright).
Ethiopia
6110, Radio Fana 1720-1745. Presumed Amharic programming and mentions of Addis Ababa. Selection of Afro pop vocals with China’s Xizang station underneath. (Van Horn/Qatar Kiwi)
6030, Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa, 1818-1836. Vernacular program comments. SINPO 15422 (Méndez).
6090, Amhara Radio 1740-1755. Lady announcer’s news script in presumed Amharic to conversation with male announcer. (Van Horn/Qatar Kiwi)
Finland
6195, RealMix Radio, Raasepori, 1951-2026. English pop songs to Spanish at 2026 “la major musica de onda corta en RadioMix Radio.” Additional pop songs. SINPO 24322. Also heard station 0443-0554 with English pop vocals (Méndez).
Germany
9670, Channel 292 via Rohrbach. German programming at 2110. Romantic ballads to announcer’s comments. Target area to Europe. SINPO 15321. (Grimm)
Japan
6055, Radio Nikkei 1 at 1200. Japanese service promoting the station’s YouTube channel. Top of the hour ID, partially in English. Cyndi Lauper's classic tune amid good signal (Tony Pavick, Canada/NASWA).
Mali
5995, Radio Mali via Bamako, 1940-2000. French service of Afro pops to announcer’s presumed soccer scores and accompanying interview (Frank Hillton, SC).
México
6185, Radio Educación de México, 0510-0700. Spanish programming of regional items and classic Mexican-themed music. (Wright).
New Zealand
7425, RNZ Pacific, Rangitaki. English at 1138, including male/female chat about New Zealand. Target to West Oceania. SINPO 15421 (Grimm).
Peru
4820, Radio Senda Cristiana, Cotahuasi (tentative) 0135-0200. Spanish comments via a very weak and fading signal. (Wright).
Philippines
9400, FEBC Radio Liangyou 1, Iba. Mandarin service at 1143. Items of interest from a female announcer. Target Area to the Far East. SINPO 25422. FEBC Manila on 9920 via Iba at 1220. Christian messages, SINPO 15321 to Southeast Asia (Grimm).
Taiwan
9490, Radio Taiwan International, Tamsui. Russian service with announcer’s comments. Target area to the Russian Siberian region. SINPO 25432 (Grimm),
United States
7730, Supreme Masters TV via WRMI. Sign on at 2059 with ID and Ian McFarland station promo. QSL info, station website info, and address. Additional programming on living the Vegan lifestyle, followed by salsa music and travelogue info on San Juan, Puerto Rico (Van Horn/SW Central Kiwi/ LA)
7730, Radio for Peace International via WRMI, 2043-2059. Lady’s interview on presumed Dari or Pashto to English ID “You are listening to Radio for Peace International.” Multilingual IDs to text about Ukraine. (Van Horn/SW Central Kiwi/LA).
9265, WINB Red Lion, PA at 0115. Christian programming to “this is WINB Red Lion, Pennsylvania, United States of America.” Followed by Spanish programming. SINPO 34433 (Wright).
