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// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency
*Sign-on Sign-Off*/ frequencies in kHz
Monitoring Oct 5-28, 2025
UTC, frequencies kHz
Mediumwave
Argentina
1150, Radio Nacional, Viedma (tentative) at 0408. Political commentary from a male announcer. SINPO 24432 (Rudolf Grimm, Brazil).
1150, LT9 La Nueva Sauce. Spanish programming from Spanish announcers’ romantic songs. SINPO 24442 (Grimm).
Benin
1476, TWR Africa via Parakou. Hausa programming to Nigeria. Christian message and music presentations from a male announcer (Grimm).
Faroe Islands
531, Kringvarp Føroya 0430-0435. Local language for Sunday morning announcer chat. (Gayle Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/nOwjTOScqLM
United States
650, KENI Anchorage, AK 0159-0210. Alaska’s News-Talk Radio. Ads for the Good Feet Store, ad for pizza place, station ID, lawyer promo to full ID. National news headlines via Fox News. (Van Horn) YT video: Video link https://youtu.be/tWWHbEF6l3E
750, KFQV, Anchorage, AK 0059-0105. Station promos, ID, into state news of Alaska from Anchorage TV audio (Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/Bez54KEm81Y
820, WBAP Ft Worth, Texas 2000-2005. Station IDs and promos, local info and weather. (Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/k_twR7lmr6U
1040, WHO Des Moines, IA 0153-0205. Tunnel 2 Towers promo, ads on home products from Menards to station ID as “The Voice of Iowa.”News headlines, weather, and iHeart promo. (Van Horn). YouTube video: https://youtu.be/q1pRUSacmwc
1050, KNBR San Francisco, CA. 1400-1405. Talk about Barry Bonds, followed by talk on the Blue Jays. (Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/3Ry4a_tll_o
1130, KWKH Shreveport, LA 1130-0220. Sports talk on Dodger’s Freddie Freeman and the Philliess game. Station IDs and promos. (Van Horn) YT video: https://youtu.be/k4nCKMv0de8
Uruguay
1360, Radio 41, San Jose de Mayo. Spanish local advertisements. SINPO 34443 (Grimm).
Shortwave
Belarus
3940, Music Wave Radio 1943-1955. Russian music. SINPO 25422 (Manuel Mendez, Spain/BDXC)
Bolivia
3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski 0010-0018. Quechua program with comments. SINPO 15421 (Mendez)
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China
5975, CNR 8 at 1100 in Korean. Station ID into talks or features for fair signal quality.Additional monitoring: 7270, PBS Nei Menggu at 1059 in Mongolian; 7325 CRI in Japanese into news; CNR-1 at 1300 in Mandarin; 7420 PBS Nei Menggu at 1059 n Mandarin; 13810 CRI at 1300 in German; CNR on 15760 at 1859 with jamming being used to jam Sound of Hope. Off at 1900 time pips (Tony Pavik, BC, Canada).
Clandestine
9864, Voice of Tibet at 1326. Asian music to 1328. Station sign-on in Tibetan at 1330 for good signal quality (Harold Sellers, BC, Canada)
15425, Oromia National Media-Arrata Biyoolessa Oromiyaa 1459-1530. Wednesday broadcast in Oromo for Ethiopian exile group with musical hymn sign-on to audio at 1500. Presumed national anthem into station ID, station references into news script. Relayed from Galbeni, Romania. YouTube video at the Shortwave Central channel. https://youtu.be/o0wKBQiFg1I (Van Horn).
Cuba
15140, Radio Habana Cuba at 1505. English programming of poor signal quality during newscast. (Sellers).
11950, 2229-2235 with IDs, sports news, and Spanish program “Deportivas…esta es nuestra American Radio Habana Cuba.” (Grimm)
Ecuador
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6050, HCJB Pichincha 0441-0500*. Spanish religious program and music to program Vida Real en Familia. SINPO 15422 (Mendez). https://hcjb.org/
France
15485, Radio France International via Issoudun to West Africa at 1708-1725. (Grimm). https://www.rfi.fr/en/
Liberia
6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia 1933-1958. Religious comments. Also heard *0600-0612 with English programming. Station ID “ELWA Radio.” SINPO 25422 (Mendez). https://www.elwaministries.org/radio/
Luxembourg
6140, Radio Onda, Junglinster 1703-1811. English pop songs to Portuguese comments. Station ID in English and French. Station relayed Radio Augusts International, including station ID. SINPO 25422 (Mendez).
Malaysia
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11665, RTM FM, Kajang. Malayalam service to Malaysia at 1112. Announcer’s talk to the music program. SINPO 25542 (Grimm). https://www.rtm.gov.my/
Mali
5995, Radio Mali 1839-1906. African vocals to the 1850 English Magazine program. News and comments about Mali. African songs at 1803 into local vernaculars. SINPO 35433 (Mendez)
Mexico
6185, Radio Educacion, 0441-0655. Spanish comments, Mexican songs to ID “Cultura Mexico, Senal Internacional, la onda corta de Radio Educacion. SINPO 25422 (Mendez).
Netherlands
5955, Radio Veronica, Westdorpe 0506-0532. English pop vocals to Dutch comments. SINPO 25433 (Mendez).
North Korea
9435, Voice of Korea at 1500. English service sign-on to the national anthem. Very good signal // 11710. VOK on 9570 at 1302; 9435 at 1500 // 11710; 9515 at 1503 in English (Sellers).
Norway
5895, Radio Northern Star, Bergen 2002-2024. English pop songs for SINPO 14421. Also heard 0431-0452 with music variety. (Mendez). https://www.stellamaris.no/am.html
United States
7355, KNLS Alaska at 1200 with station interval signal to station ID // 9795.; English 9580 at 1401 (Sellers).
9580, KNLS Russian service at 1119. Sermon message by male announcer (Grimm).
Vietnam
9840, Voice of Vietnam 1230. English service with musical intros to ID “this is the Voice of Vietnam.” Newscast by male/female host at 1231. Poor signal. Noted on this freq at 1332 and 1505. (Sellers).
