Blog Logs-September 2026

 

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English unless otherwise indicated 

// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency

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

Monitoring  Aug 1- 20, 2026  

UTC, frequencies kHz 

Mediumwave

Brazil

720, Rádio Cruzeiro, Cruzerio SP, 2002-2009. Station announcements to male voiceovers mentioning the city of Cruzeiro and station identification. Religious program with S4 signal. (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, SP Brazil)

880, Rádio Deus é Amor, Porto Alegre RS, 0216-0228. Religious sermon with simultaneous English translation. S-2 signal quality (Grimm).

1200, Rádio Cultura Brasil, São Paulo, SP, at 1842. No signal noted from Rádio Cultura Brasil on 1200 kHz. Reports indicate that the station has been permanently migrated to FM, in accordance with the Brazilian national plan to shift mediumwave stations to the FM band. (Grimm).

1400, Rádio Comercial, Presidente Prudente, SP, relaying Rádio Bandeirantes, São Paulo at 0132-0144. Broadcast of football match between Santos FC and Remo. Brazilian National Championship 2026 (Grimm).

Paraguay

1080, Radio Monumental, Chacoi. Spanish at 0150-0159. Studio discussion and nostalgic moments. Noted QRM by 1080 Radio Deus é Amor, Juiz de Fora, MG (Grimm).

Tasmania

585, ABC Radio National Hobart. 0259-0305. Preview segment on program podcast. Station ID into World Today and program previews. ABC News fanfare into newscast. (G Van Horn, LA) YouTube at: https://youtu.be/_OR0aVC8Hms 

United States

550, KTSA San Antonio, Texas. 0059. Station ID, jingles, News-Talk slogan into ABC News. (G Van Horn, LA) YouTube: https://youtu.be/lU6ko0erxHQ

650, WSM Nashville, TN 0157-0210. Live Tuesday evening coverage of the Grand Ole Opry. (G Van Horn, LA) YT video https://youtu.be/RWbwh0k-jWw

690, KHNR Honolulu, Hawaii 1358-1405. Clear Channel station with medical public service announcement at tune-in. Full station ID into national and world news. Station’s slogan is The Answer. (G Van Horn, LA) YouTube https://youtu.be/e4yZldaFfyY 

710, KIRO Seattle, WA. 2357 Clear Channel station. Commercial for Grainger into station ID and sports round-up segment. (G Van Horn, LA) YouTube at: https://youtu.be/31XGGDx8X-E 

810, WGY Schenectady, NY. 0032. Clear Channel station. ID to top news items, ads and station ID. (G Van Horn, LA). YouTube at: https://youtu.be/llEfVDEsrBY 

1090, WBAL Baltimore, MD. 0058. Clear Channel station covering ads for Baltimore, public service 

announcements, station ID to baseball game commentary. (G Van Horn, LA) YouTube available at: https://youtu.be/3Ytl189RjZs

1500, WFED Washington DC 0259. PVA promo, station IDs, info on app. ABC national news. (G Van Horn, LA) YouTube: https://youtu.be/SdIWT_rltsc

Venezuela

670, Radio Rumbos, Caracas 2355-0005. Spanish evening program of chat, announcements and music vocals, ending with announcer’s prayer. Additional station IDs, phone number and conversations. (G Van Horn, LA) YouTube: https://youtu.be/-WjpqE6ZhTw

860, Radio Enlace, Valle de la Pascira 2300-2310. Vocals singing about Venezuela to station ID and local commercials and phone numbers. (G Van Horn, LA)

YouTube https://youtu.be/eDj7ihvfP1g  

Shortwave

Algeria

15140, Ifrikya FM Ourgla. *0705-0714. Station opens abruptly with French news // 17600 kHz. SINPO 25422. Heard on 17600 via Bechar *0657. Opening with African song at 0700. French as” Le Journal de la Information.” African news topics. 

SINPO 35433. (Manuel Méndez, Spain/BDXC) 

Ascension Island

17780, 1720-1730) BBC World Service relay-English Bay. Newscast with correspondent’s phone-in. Continued news items to BBC ID. Fair-good signal (Frank Hilton, SC) 

Bolivia

3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi 0040-0047. Quechua comments SINPO 15422. (Méndez).

Classic  station sticker

Brazil (Portuguese)

6010, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte. 0521-0525. Brazilian music themes and “Estamos apresentando Memoria Nacional-Inconfidencia.” SINPO 14322. Inconfidência also heard 2035-2052 covering program A Hora Fazendeiro. (Méndez). 1528-1534 on 6010 (Grimm).

6150, Rádio Saturno, Belo Horizonte 0403-0551. Brazilian music tunes. SINPO 15421. (Méndez).

6180, Rádio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia 2033-2052. Announcer’s comments to ID as “Radio Nacional” into Brazilian music tunes. SINPO 25422.Freq 11780 heard 1933-2001*. SINPO 15422  (Méndez). 11780 at 1612-1618 (Grimm).

9820, Rádio Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP at 15552. Noted off the air (Grimm).

11750.3, Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, 2041-2056. Religious text and talk. SINPO 15422. (Méndez). Station heard on 5939.51 at 1520-1525 from listening post in Brazil. (Grimm).

15189.8 Radio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte 2032-2056. Brazilian music program and announcer’s comments. SINPO 25422. (Méndez). 

Bulgaria

6005, Radio Taiwan International via Kostinbrod. Heard 1905-1930* French programming including IDs and talk. (Sam Wright, MS).

Classic CRI QSL

China

13710, 1815-1827. China Radio International, via Kunming. Chinese to Middle East. Male/female announcers with presumed newscast. Brief music segment, returning to reporting style. Good reception with SINPO 45544.  \\  11660 via Shijiazhuang. (Jota Ronaldo Xavier-Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brazil/HCDX) 

11630, CNR-17 Kazakh Radio, Lingshi-to the Kazakh speaking areas of China. Heard at 1753-1805 with sequence of instrumental music, followed by vocals tunes by female group-station sign-off 1805 (Grimm).

Clandestine

Dabanga QSL

15550, Radio Dabanga via Saint Maria di Galeria, in Dari to Sudan at 1752-1758. Noted as a speech possibly of a political nature, delivered by a female host. (Grimm).

Colombia

5910, 0948-0953. Radio Alcaravan,  09.48-09.53. Lady announcer with music intros. Poor to fair signal. Subsequent log 

at 0942-0947. Classic pop tune from Men at Work. Fair signal, 

partially readable. (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Embu, Spain/HCDX)

Cuba

6000, 'Rádio Habana Cuba' via Quivican San Felipe. 1112 in Spanish. News or public service announcements with several mentions of "Cubana". Fair to poor. Power grid went down 3 to 4 hours later. (Tony Pavick, BC Canada/NASWA) 

5025 kHz  Radio Rebelde,  1045-1055. Open carrier-likely Rebelde, though no audio. (Hilton, SC).

Denmark

3965, World Music Radio, Hvidovre, 2032-2053. Pop songs to “World Music Radio” ID. SINPO 15422, Station heard on 25800 via Marslet with pop tunes, ID and noted as “WMR, World Music Radio.” SINPO 35433. (Méndez).

Ethiopia

6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1953-2006. East African style music with local vernacular comments. SINPO 25422. (Méndez).

Finland

RealMix Radio QSL

6005, RealMix Radio, Raasepori, 2010-2020. Variety of Euro pop tunes and announcer’s English talk (Wright).

Germany

11615, (DRM) Music 4 Joy via Nauen, heard 2010-2018. A sequence of electronic music for several genres, with S-6 signal quality (Grimm).

India

9620, AIR/Akashvani External Service via Bangalore. Arabic programming to the Middle east at 1822-1828, including Arabic tune. (Grimm).

Madagascar

17700, Trans World Radio via Talata-Volonondry. Marathi service to Southwest India. Audible at 1417-1438 with Christian programming to station interval signal at 1420, followed by English programming (Grimm).

Mali

5995, Radio Mali, Bamako 1805-1830. French talk and announcements including station reference. African highlife and regional style of music to additional French items (G Van Horn, LA).

Mexico

6185, Radio Educacion, 0200-0215. Variety of Spanish music, amid local interference (Wright).

New Zealand

Classic RNZ QSL

7245, RNZ Pacific, Rangitaiki at 1130-1140 with Pidgin conversations. Poor-fair signal quality (Wright). 

 

Spain

15520, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas. Spanish to the Middle East at 1742-1750 with announcer’s commentary to electronic music (Grimm). 

United Arab Emirates

9540, IBRA Media, Ibrahim via Dhabbaya relay. Tigrinya service to East Africa at 1807-1815; 15635; Radi Farda via Al Dhabbaya in Farsi to Iran at 1607-1612 with signal fading observed (Grimm).