Mediumwave News
Due to the migration process of Brazilian medium-wave stations to FM (76.1/107.9 MHz), which began in Brazil several years ago, on September 8th (yesterday) at noon, the 1260 kHz Radio Boa Vontade, São Paulo, was definitively deactivated.
The following Evening (las night), when I was researching which stations would now be heard on the 1260 kHz frequency in the São Paulo metropolitan area (I'm 17 km from the city of São Paulo), I was surprised by the results: Radio Cultura, São Borja (Rio Grande do Sul), Radio Gazeta, Maceió (Alagoas), and Radio Nacional, General Urquiza (Misiones region, Argentina). See the details of these receptions below.
Furthermore, a fourth station appeared for less than a minute, without identification conditions, which will now be monitored. My medium wave loop antennas will definitely handle this in the next few days.
Several stations remain on medium-wave here, even though they already operate on FM, and others are already announcing their departure from medium-wave soon (Radio Record, Super Radio, etc.).
There will be new opportunities to research what South American stations there are on these frequencies that will be vacant.
Mediumwave from Brazil
980 kHz: Radio Nacional, Brasilia DF, 29/08 2301. ‘Mauricio Rabelo, eu de cá, você de lá, Nacional, Maria do Rosário...’, Brazilian song. 35553.
1060 kHz: Radio Educadora, Piracicaba SP, 29/08 2253. Political talk, id ‘... aqui na Educadora...’. 25422.
1260 kHz: Radio Cultura, São Borja RS, 08/09 2341. Commercials mentioning the city of São Borja, Brazilian music, and the 'Radio Cultura' identification... Cultura Geral’. 23522. **QRM: 1260 kHz Radio Nacional, General Urquiza, Argentina.
1260 kHz: Radio Gazeta AM, Maceió AL, 08/09 2354. vocal and instrumental group Roupa Nova with a well-known Brazilian song. A clear identification by the announcer: 'Gazeta AM'. 23422. **QRM: Radio Cultura, São Borja, and Radio Nacional, General Urquiza.
(Rudolf Grimm, SÃao Bernardo, Brazil)
