Blog Logs - October 2026

 

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English unless otherwise indicated 

// denotes station heard on a parallel frequency

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

Monitoring  Sept 2-25, 2026   

UTC/frequencies kHz 

Mediumwave

Bonaire

1530, Radio Bonaire 0250-0305. U.S. and Euro pop tunes. Singing IDs and additional ID’s in Spanish, Dutch, and English ‘the Sound of Bonaire.” Dutch ID at 0300 into announcer’s ID and frequency quote. (G Van Horn, LA) YT video at: https://youtu.be/Z28Em2XYHzA 

Brazil (Portuguese)

720, Radio Cruzeiro, Cruzeiro, SP. 2002-2009. Announcements to male voiceovers and mentions of the city of Cruzeiro. Station ID to religious program. S4 signal. (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, SP, Brazil).

880, Rádio Deus e Amour, Porto Alegre, RS, at 0216-0228. Religious sermon to English translation. (Grimm).

1200, Rádio Cultura Brasil, São Paulo, at 1842. No signal from Radio Cultura, and information indicates that this station has migrated to FM. (Grimm).

1440, Radio Comercial, Presidente Prudente, SP, relaying Radio Banderites at 0132-0144. (Grimm). 

Paraguay

1080, Radio Monumental, Chacoi 0150-0159. Studio discussion about nostalgic moments. Interference also on this frequency by Radio Deus e Amor, Juiz de Fora. (Grimm)

United States

560, WQAM-Sport Talk Miami, 2055-2100. Ad for Aussie NFL trip and game on Netflix. Traffic update, station ID/promo. Public Service Announcement, “WQAM” ID and football talk (Van Horn, LA) YT video at: https://youtu.be/f5e9sRYyzO4 

700, WLW, Cincinnati, OH 1015-1030. Old Radio Rick program segment on the Saturday edition of Gary Jeff Walker, talking about antique radios. (Gayle Van Horn, LA) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/xAxwntxms_w 

1210, WPHT-Talk Radio 0000-0010, Station ID and promo at the hour into national news and ads for Philadelphia. (G Van Horn, LA) YT video at: https://youtu.be/mAjFMndnvek

Shortwave

Algeria

15140, Ifrikya FM Ourgla. Heard at 0702 with French news on // 17600. SINPO 35433 )Manuel Méndez, Spain)

Brazil

5939.51 Radio Voz Missionária, Camboriú at 1520-1525. News bulletin, weather forecast for various regions of Brazil. Announcement from the Gideões Missionários de Última Hora…Radio Voz Missionária. Signals on 9665/11750 remain off the air (Grimm)

6150, Radio Saturno Belo Horizonte, 0445-0516. Brazilian music to announcer’s comments and station ID as “Radio Saturno” to program “Faixa Brasil.” SINPO 15422 (Méndez).

6180, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília 2038-2102. Program comments to soccer match at 2100. Program No Mundo da Bola. SINPO 25422. Heard on 11780 at 1944-2003.* (Méndez)

China

4900 Voice of Strait (Gutian Xincheng) 1100 in Mandarin. Musical ballad for female vocalist amid poor signal quality(Tony Pavik, BC Canada).

9580 China Radio International (Beijing Matoucun) at 1159. Mandarin to 1200 CGTN News with items on the national Defense Ministry and Algeria (Pavik).

11630 CNR-17 Kazakh Radio, Lingshi-to Kazakh-speaking areas in China. Heard at 1753-1805. Sequence of instrumental music in typical style to 1805.* (Grimm)

Colombia

5910 Alcaravan, Puerto Lleras 0449-0625. English religious text, comments and Colombian style music (Méndez)

6010, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, 0451-0628. Spanish religious programming with female’s text and comments (Méndez)

Cuba

5024 Radio Rebelde at 1100. Spanish programming from a male/female duo. Brief segments of Cuban music, noting the frequency is slightly off from 5025 kHz (Pavik).

5990, China Radio International relay at 0012. Soft female vocals and instrumentals. Good signal but muddy audio (Chichorek, NJ/NASWA).

Ecuador

6050, HCJB Pichincha, 0441-0500* Spanish religious programming Vida Real en Familia. SINPO 25422. (Grimm)

Eswatini

15105, Trans World Radio relay at 1613. Listed as Kunama service with presumed religious sermon. Religious hymn to station ID, brief interval signal, and off the air for fair signal (Harold Sellers, BC Canada).

Ethiopia

6030, Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa 1938-1957. Vernacular text and comments. East 

African music. SINPO 15422 (Grimm).

6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa 1833-1849. East African music to text and comments (Grimm).

Germany

15310, Bible Voice Broadcasting Network at 1650. Somali service with religious programming to tune at 1655-1659. English ID as part of closedown for fair signal (Sellers). 

Japan

7350, NHK Radio Japan at 0930. Russian service including interval signal to ID by male/female. Newscast covering US/Iran and Strait of Hormuz (Pavik).

Liberia

6050, ELWA Radio via Monrovia 1948-2015. English religious programming. SINPO 25422. Also heard *0555-0608 with signal interval into religious programming. SINPO 15421 (Grimm). (Méndez)

Madagascar

15450, Trans World Radio at 155. Urdu service with religious programming and announcer’s talk. Station contact info at 1558 to 1559.* Sellers).

Mali

5995, Radio Mali, Bamako. 1520-1736. African vernacular talk and text to African music. SINPO 35433. Also heard 1735-1759.* (Méndez)

Peru

4775, Radio Tarma. 0950-1005 with broadcast overture; after about ten minutes of additional Andean music. (Méndez)

4810, Radio Logos, Chazuta at 1136-1140. Spanish religious music, followed by Andean music tunes. (Méndez)

4820, Radio Senda Cristian, Cotahuasi (presumed). Station extremely weak. (Méndez)

South Korea

6015 KBS Hanminjok, 0959 in Korean. Signal jammed with music just rising about it. Noted time tips and speech text (Pavik).

United Arab Emirates

9540, IBRA Media, Radio Ibrahim via Al-Dhabbaya relay at 1807-1815. Comments from announcer to 1815 sign-off.(Grimm)

15635, Radio Farda via Al-Dhabbaya. Farsi service to Iran at 1607-1612. Signal fading observed (Grimm).

Vatican State

15595 Vatican Radio at 1615. Program commenced with a signature tune, statio ID, and sign-on for the English service. Very poor signal quality(Sellers).

Vietnam

11885, Voice of Vietnam via Hanoi-Sontay, 1915-1927*. Lady announcer’s business report on national growth and future expansions. Report on high tech in Vietnam and agreements on trade and new market development. (Van Horn, LA)

9840, Voice of Vietnam at 1343. English programming // 12020 with fair signal. Noted 11885 at 1600 in English. (Sellers).