Brazilian mediumwave news and loggings

 

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)

Active Brazilian Stations on Mediumwave

 

Active Brazilian Stations on Mediumwave

The following list represents Brazilian stations on mediumwave that are actively being heard. As the shift from AM to FM for various Brazilian stations, this list may be adjusted frequently. Your additional information and observations are welcome at: w4gvhla@gmail.com 

Broadcast in Portuguese

Brazil

570         Rádio Eldorado, Criciuma, SC

580         Rádio América, Uberlândia, MG

580         Rádio Relógio Federal, São Goncalo, SP

590         Rádio 79, Ribeirão Preto, SP

610         Rádio Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte, MG

620         Rádio Assunção Cearense, Fortaleza, CE

620         Rádio Jandaia, jandaia do Sul, PR

640         Rádio Deus é Amour, Londrina, PR

650         Rádio Difusora, Piracicaba, SP

670         Rádio Gazeta, Carazinho, RS

690         Rádio Difusora, Londrina PR

720         Rádio Difusora, Casa Branca, SP

730         Rádio Cidade, Jundiai, SP

750         Rádio América, Belo Horizonte, MG

750         Rádio CBN Vale, São José do Campos, SP

750         Rádio Jovem Pan News, Brasilia, DF

760         Rádio Manchete, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

810         Rádio Cancão Nova, São José de Rio Preto, SP

820         Rádio Jauense, Jauú, SP

830         Rádio Tropical, Nova Iguacu, RJ

840         Rádio Bandeirantes, Sáo Paulo, SP

850         Rádio Difusora, Campos de Goytacazes, RJ

870         Rádio Central, Campinas, SP

870         Rádio São Francisco do Sul, SC

880         Rádio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, MG

890         Rádio Difusora, Bento Goncalves, RS

890         Rádio Ubá, Ivaiporã, PR

910         Rádio Venãcio Aires, Venãncio Aires, RS

920         Rádio Cultura, Visconde do Rio Branco, MG

920         Rádio Novo Tempo, Salvador, BA

930         Rádio Cidade, Caxias do Sul, RS

930         Rádio Cultura Curitibe, PR

950         Rádio Aleluia, Belo Horizonte, MG

960         Rádio Deus é Amor, Aparecida de Goiania, GO

970         Rádio Difusora, Marechal Candido Rondon, PR

970         Rádio Piratininga, São da Boa Vista, SP

990         Rádio Contemporánea, Rio Janeiro, RJ

990         Rádio Cultura Regional, Dois Córregos, SP

1010 Rádio Difusora, Lencois Paulista, SP

1020 Rádio Educacao, Limeira, SP

1030 Rádio Difusora, Franca, SP

1030 Rádio Emissora da Barra, Barra Bonita, SP

1050 Rádio Deus é Amour, Vitoria, ES

1060 Rádio Educadora, Piracicaba, SP

1080 Rádio Deus é Amor, Juiz de Fora, MG   

1080 Rádio Monumental, Aparecida, SP

1090 Rádio Metropolitana, Rio de Janeiro, JP

1120 Rádio Clube, São José dos Campos, SP

1130 Rádio Princesa do Oeste, Xanxerê, SC

1140 Rádio Bandeirantes, Rio Claro, SP

1160 Rádio Cacique, Taubaté, SP

1160 Rádio Luz e Alegria, Frederico Westphalen, RS

1170 Rádio Vanguarda, Ipatinga, MG

1180 Rádio Cultura, Alfenas, MG

1190 Rádio Regional, Taquarituba, SP

1210 Super Rádio, Brasilia, DF

1250 Nossa Rádio, Veapasiano, MG

1270 Rádio Brasil Central, Goiania, GO

1290 Rádio Novo Tempo, São José do Rio Preto, SP

1310 Rádio Coronados, São Fidélis, RJ

1320 Rádio Tropical Gospel, Curitiba, PR

1320 Rádio Vitória, Videira, SC

1340 Rádio Jornal da Manhã, Ijui, RS

1350 Super Rádio Boa Vontade, via Rádio Cristal, Salvador, BA

1360 Rádio Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

1370 Rádio Cancão Nova, Curitiba, PR

1380 Rádio Cidade, Brasópolis, MG

1410 Rádio Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, RS

1420 Rádio Guarujá, Florianópolis, SC

1430 Rádio Estacão Portão, Portão , RS

1430 Rádio Serra Negra, Serra Negra, SP

1430 Rádio Campinas, Campinas do Sul, RS

1460 Rádio Campinas, Campinas do Sul, RS

1470 Rádio Absoluta, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ

1470 Rádio Mensagem, Jacarei, SP

1480 Rádio Boituva, Boituva, SP

1500 Rádio Aparecida do Sul, Ilicínea, MG

1510 Rádio Teresópolis, Teresópolis,, RJ

1520 Rádio da Cidade, Mogi das Cruzes, SP

1530 Rádio Sulina, Dom Pedro, RS

1540 Rádio Cultura, Leme, SP

1540 Rádio Deus é Amor, Sertãozinho, SP

1550 Rádio Cacique, Capnivari, SP

1550 Rádio Imperial, Petrópolis, RJ

1560 Rádio Jornal, Leopoldina, MG

1590 Rádio Cultura, Andirá, PR

Brazilian States

AC: Acre

AL: Alagoas

AM: Amazonas

AP: Amapá

BA: Bahia

CE: Ceará

DF: Distrito Federal

ES: Espírito Santo

GO: Goiás

MA: Maranhão

MG: Minas Gerais

MS: Mato Grosso do Sul

MT: Mato Grosso

PA: Pará

PB: Paraíba

PE: Pernambuco

PI: Piauí

PR: Paraná

RJ: Rio de Janeiro

RN: Rio Grande do Norte

RO: Rondônia

RR: Roraima

RS: Rio Grande do Sul

SC: Santa Catarina

SE: Sergipe

SP: São Paulo

TO: Tocantins   

(Rudolf Grimm/Gayle Van Horn via Teak Publishing)

(copyright 2025-2026/Teak Publishing)

Monitoring Brazil on Shortwave

 

BRAZIL   

Reception in Sao Bernardo SP

UTC times

 5940,00 kHz Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC      05/06 1525

 No signal on 20-21 UT on June 6.

 6010,59 kHz Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte  MG 05/06 1531 35553.

 6009.976 at 20.37 UT, tonight on lower frq side flank !

 

6180,00 kHz Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia DF 04/06 1501 45444.

 6180.001 at 20.45 UT.

 9664,94 kHz Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC      05/06 1537 45554.

 9664.971 ... x.984 ... x.993 variable in frequ moving at 20.51 UT

 9818,52 kHz Radio Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo  SP      05/06 1614 35553.

 9818.522 at 20.47 UT.

11748,41 kHz Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC      05/06 1702 15421.

11748.980 kHz at 20.29 UT.

11780,08 kHz Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia DF 05/06 1714 45554.

11780.007 kHz at 20.58 UT.

15189,80 kHz Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte  MG 05/06 1719 15431.

15189.722 kHz at 20.25 UT June 6, wb ed.

(Rudolf Grimm Sao Bernardo-SP-BRA, hcdx / via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 5)

(WWDXC-Top Nx 1620/10 Jun 2025)

Radio Brasil Central readies for shift to FM

 

Radio Brasil Central is being prepared to switch from AM to FM. There are no clear mentions about the frequencies in question, but the medium wave frequency (1270 kHz) will certainly be there. 

As for the other frequencies, tropical/short waves, 4985 kHz has not been on the air for many weeks. The frequency 11815 kHz is currently (April 9, 2130 UTC) without signal, off the air. In short, this is practical proof that what is being reported about the migration makes sense. 

Information about the preparation of the migration of Radio Brasil Central to FM. See the following contents (please use Google Translate): 

https://goias.gov.br/abc/abc-prepara-migracao-am-fm-da-radio-brasil-central/#:~:text=A%20Ag%C3%AAncia%20Brasil%20Central%20(ABC,no%20final%20de%20fevereiro%20%C3%BAltimo. 

https://www.podergoias.com.br/materia/21977/radio-brasil-central-avanca-na-migracao-para-fm 

https://www.auvaromaia.com/2025/04/01/abc-prepara-migracao-am-fm-da-radio-brasil-central/ 

(Rudolf Grimm, Brazil)

Radio Voz Missionaria returns to 5940 kHz

 

Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC, BRAZIL, back on 49 m (5940 kHz). An excellent quality signal on April 11, 0402 UTC. 

It is not yet known whether this is an experimental transmission, or whether it can already be considered an effective implementation. 

73, Rudolf Grimm

São Bernardo SP BRAZIL

Brazil's Rádio Nacional to begin Spanish/English slot

 

Rádio Nacional premieres international track in Spanish and English

Starting March 31, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia will debut an international program on its schedule, aimed at audiences from other countries who follow the program via shortwave. The 10-minute programs in Spanish and English will air daily at 10:50 pm

The creation of the Brazil National - International Service band came from QSL requests received by the broadcaster. QSL cards are postcards used by radio amateurs to confirm contacts made via radio. They function as a kind of communication "receipt" and are exchanged between radio operators in different parts of the world.

Because it operates on shortwave (SW), Rádio Nacional da Amazônia is the only radio station in the country that can have national and even international coverage. It potentially reaches 60 million inhabitants, with a signal that reaches the entire northern region, as well as Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Goiás and other states. The radio station strengthens the link between the communities of the Amazon, integrates the region with other states in Brazil, and values cultural diversity. diversity.

(original story at: 

https://www-ebc-com-br.translate.goog/imprensa/2025/radio-nacional-estreia-faixa-internacional-em-espanhol-e-ingles?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

(SWLing Post 27 March 2025)

(photo of vintage station sticker)

Monitoring Brazil on mediuwave and shortwave

 

Mediumwave loggings

All times UTC

720, Radio Difusora, Casa Branca SP, 04/03 0047. Program ‘Com a mãe Aparecida’, ID ‘Radio Difusora’. SINPO 34543.

720, Radio RC Vale, Cruzeiro SP, 04/03 0042. ID ‘RC Vale’, romantic song. SINPO 34543.

730  Radio Cidade, Jundiaí SP, 04/03 0053. ‘Radio Cidade, a melhor.. SINPO 35543.

760  Radio Manchete, São Gonçalo RJ, 08/03 2350. Forró songs, jingle: ‘... o dia todo com você, Manchete..SINPO  35553.

830 Radio Tropical, Nova Iguaçu RJ, 08/03 2356. Brazilian songs, ID: ‘Tropical AM’. SINPO 35443.

910 Radio Play Hits, Juiz de Fora MG, 09/03 0003. Pop songs SINPO  25432.

1120 Radio Itatiaia, Ouro Preto MG, 04/03 2303. Advs, ‘...Ouro Preto...’. Id ‘Radio Itatiaia’.SINPO  34543.

1310 Radio Coroados, São Fidélis RJ, 04/03 0438. Brazilian song, jingle ‘Coroados’. 2SINPO 5522.

1320 Radio RCI, Foz de Iguaçu PR, 04/03 0430. Commentary on the award ceremony for the Brazilian film that received the Oscar. SINPO 25432. 

 

List of Active Brazilian Stations on Shortwave

Effective: 10 March 2025

4985, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO: No signal.

5940, Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC: No signal.

6010, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG: Active.

9665, Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC: Active.

9818,55 Radio Nove de Julho, São Paulo SP: Active.

11750 Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu SC: Active. 

11780 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia DF: Active.

11815 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO: Active, but a very weak, distorted signal. Strong spurious signal at 11955 kHz.

(Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, / Ibiuna SP Brazil)  

Frequency update on Radio Voz Missionária

 

One of our Brazilian contributors, reports the following. Thank you!

9665 kHz Voz Missionária, Camboriu SC, Brazil, is back on the air.  I'm not sure if it's permanent, or if what's being transmitted is still a provisional technical analysis. 

11750 on the air. 

5940 is still silent. It's still under announced maintenance. 

(Rudolf Grimm, Brazil)

Super Rede Boa Vontade de Rádios leaves shortwave

 Célio Romais, from Brazil, informs me via email of the following:

Brazil

"On January 29, 2024, Uender Marques noticed, in Unaí, Minas, that the three shortwave frequencies of the Super Rede Boa Vontade de Rádios, in Porto Alegre, RGS, were out. 

He immediately got in touch, via WhatsApp, with the station's Technician, Geison Guedes. The technician informed us that the station is in the process of migrating to FM. Therefore, he asked the Government to remove the frequencies of 6,160, 9,550, and 11,895 kHz from the air

(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain)

Brazil's Radio Nativa Installs AEQ Console

 

FM Station in São Paulo deploys a Forum IP Split

BY RW STAFF

From the Radio World Who’s Buying What page: Radio Nativa in Brazil is using an AEQ Forum IP Split digital mixer for its main studio in São Paulo.

“Radio Nativa is one of the most popular radio stations in São Paulo in Brazil, founded in 1997 within the Camargo de Comunicación Group,” AEQ wrote in a project summary. “Radio Nativa provides music and local news for a young audience 24 hours a day. The station’s format combines the latest chart hits with classics from the past, with timely news bulletins.

“The station’s broadcasts can be followed on the 95.3 FM dial, as well as online from its YouTube service for the best in romantic, country and sertanejo music.”

Additional story at: https://www.radioworld.com/global/radio-nativa-installs-aeq-console

Brazil's post office launches stamps on Radio's First 100 Years

 

Merco Press

South Atlantic News Agency

September 9 2022

Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) and the Post Office launched a stamp on Sept. 7 in Rio de Janeiro marking the 100th anniversary of the first radio broadcast in the country, exactly one century after the Declaration of Independence.

The ceremony took place during the intermission of the event held by Rádio MEC at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro featuring the theater's orchestra conducted by maestro Felipe Prazeres and the UFF National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Argentinean Javier Logioia.

Radio broadcasting in Brazil is still on the rise, combining information, culture, and entertainment. Form and content are reinvented in these moments of transition.

In 1922, a major exhibition was held in Rio de Janeiro, then the country's capital, from September 7 of that year through July 24, 1923, to demonstrate the country's potential. The event promoted inventions, such as the one that required the setting up of transmission stations such as the ones on Corcovado Hill, previously only telegraphic, and Praia Vermelha.

The new structures were deployed to demonstrate the use of sound and voice over long distances, with repeater antennas in the mountainous regions of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The idea was to show a technological advance capable of making transmissions through the air without the use of wires.

One of the outstanding transmissions on that September 7, 1922, took place from the area of the pavilions from which President Epitácio Pessoa addressed the nation. Another highlight was the introduction of Carlos  Gomes' opera “O Guarani”, which was broadcasted from the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro that same day.

The noisy transmissions needed improvement, but the novelty caught the attention of those who visited the fair or traveled through the surrounding areas and heard the sound communication. Those experiments officially marked the beginning of radio in the country with wireless, long-distance transmission.

One of the main pioneers of radio broadcasting in Brazil was Edgard Roquette Pinto (1884-1954), who convinced the Brazilian Academy of Sciences to sponsor the creation of Radio Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro, now MEC Radio, which began operating the following year. His defense of educational radio encouraged Roquette Pinto to donate the station to the Ministry of Education in 1936. Even so, he continued to run the station until 1943. He also created, in 1934, the Radio School of Rio de Janeiro, which today carries his name: Radio Roquette-Pinto.

Rádio MEC was given an FM channel in 1983 and is known as Brazil's Classical Music Radio, with concerts and jazz programs. The two stations have been part of EBC since 2008 and offer content that focuses on culture, education, and children.

The 1930s marked the Golden Age of Radio. Technical investment expanded the scope from shortwave to medium wave and then to AM. In this context, Rádio Nacional do Rio de Janeiro went on the air on September 12, 1936, from the building of the newspaper A Noite.

Nacional was taken over by the federal government in the 1940s. The station invested in technology to increase its reach and in the production of new products. The station became hegemonic with a series of diverse attractions including soap operas, while the news show Repórter Esso made a name for itself.

Competition from television undermined the station's dominance from the 1950s on. Even so, Rádio Nacional remains with quality productions on the air and, since 2008, is part of the EBC. The main programming content involves journalism, sports, and cultural attractions.

(Source: Agencia Brasil)

https://en.mercopress.com/2022/09/09/brazil-s-post-office-launches-stamps-on-radio-s-first-100-years

(Mike Terry/BDXC)

Brazil's Radio MEC extinguished by Bolsonaro government

Brazil: Radio MEC AM, founded in 1923, is being closed by the Bolsonora government in Brazil. It transmits on medium wave 800 kHz in Rio de Janiero (100 kW re WRTH 2019) and Brasilia (10 kW re WRTH 2019) as well as on FM. This report (translated from Portuguese) is from newspaper Brasil de Fato July 5t edition, and notes the signal will be turned off on 31 July, 2019
(BDXC)

MEC AM radio, founded in 1923, four years after the emergence of Pernambuco Radio Club, the first in the country, was extinguished by the Broadcasting Brazil of Communication (EBC), as part of the changes required by the government of Jair Bolsonaro (PSL).

The signal will be turned off on July 31st, according to Lauro Jardim, d'O Globo's column. The closure, however, has not yet been officially confirmed nor communicated to the station's employees, founded by anthropologist Edgard Roquette-Pinto under the name Radio Society, was donated in 1936 to the federal government. Internal sources heard off by  Brazil's Fato report  confirm the closure information.

The acronym MEC stands for “Music, Education and Culture” and works in Rio de Janeiro. On its website, the station claims to have “about 50,000 records and productions” and “a heritage of recordings from testimonials ranging from Getúlio Vargas to Monteiro Lobato, through chronicles by Cecília Meireles and Manuel Bandeira”.

“The programming is totally focused on the diffusion of Brazilian culture. It contemplates all the diversity of Brazilian music, from genres such as choro, regional music, instrumental and concert music. It also has programs dedicated to literature, cinema, drama and the arts as a whole ”, states the description of public radio.

Edition: Pedro Ribeiro Nogueira
(Brasil de Fato)
https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2019/07/05/emissora-mais-antiga-na-ativa-do-brasil-radio-mec-e-extinta-por-governo-bolsonaro/

Brazil gets 60m and other new bands in 90 days… and more!

(qrz.com)

ANATEL, the Brazilian telecoms regulator has produced an updated band plan, effective in 90 days, which releases 60m to their amateurs.

This is the WRC-15 Secondary allocation 5351.5 to 5366.5 kHz with 25W EIRP for Class A operators.
In addition they have been granted another two new bands – 135 kHz (1W EIRP) and 472 kHz (5W EIRP)

And there’s more – the 160m band in Brazil has been expanded from 1850 kHz, making it now 1.8 – 2 MHz and the 80m band now becomes 3.5 – 4 MHz (previously 3.8 MHz).

The new frequencies are expected to come into operation in the week beginning Monday 26 th November 2018.

ANATEL declaration
http://www.anatel.gov.br/legislacao/en/resolucoes/2018/1157-resolucao-697
Tnx: PY2XB, ANATEL, W8GEX
73
Paul Gaskell, G4MWO
Editor, The 5 MHz Newsletter
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/august/the-5-mhz-newsletter.htm

Blog Logs - Monitoring South America

Recent monitoring from various SDR units in late July, from our secluded DX Cabin in the mountains of North Carolina.

All times UTC / frequency in kHz (kilohertz) // parallel frequency

Bolivia

6135, Radio Santa Cruz, 2332-0115. Very weak Spanish conversation at tune-in to Bolivian cumbia music. Station jingle to local time check and Andean pan flutes at 2338. heard from SDR Divinopolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Shifted to SDR Pardinho, São Paulo, Brazil for signal enhancement and SIO 444 at 2350. Station promo and Andean vocals. Full station identification “Radio Santa Cruz,” at 0000 including frequency/transmitting location. Public service announcement string. Still audible at 0115 recheck. Website: http://www.irfabolivia.org (SDR Divinopolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil/ SDR Pardinho, São Paulo, Brazil).

3310, Mosoj Chaski, 0053-0105. Lady’s vocals over rustic Bolivian pan flutes. Brief station reference to children’s singing. Quechua programming with phone-calls and station ID at 0100. Great music between talk, evening phone-calls, and personal messages to rural listeners. Station is from Cochabamba in the south-central highlands of Bolivia. Due to the station’s isolation, many of the local relay on Mosoj Chaski for personal messages, news and entertainment.  (SDR São Luiz do Paraitinga, Brazil).

5952, Radio Pio XII, 0103-0115. Bolivian music vocals amid slight signal fades. Male announcer’s Spanish evening messages, local news, phone conversations and local time/temp check. Website: http://www.radiopio12.com.bo  (SDR São Luiz do Paraitinga, Brazil).

Brazil

4865, Radio Alvorada Londrina, 0037-0100. Portuguese religious programming format to congregation 'sing-along.' Religious testimonials. Brief pause at 0030 for station ID Continued religious programming with music. Fair signal for 5 kW station in state of Parana.  (SDR Pardinho, São Paulo, Brazil)

4885, Radio Clube do Para. I have monitored this station for several years, and an easy one to follow their programming format. Announcer's Portuguese program banter to commercial jingles. Many references to "do Para" at 0050 with additional station information. Fair signal quality with commercials, station promo's to full identification at 0100, followed by news briefs. Tentative on station underneath as Brazil's Radio Difusora Acreana. (SDR Pardinho, São Paulo, Brazil)

6040, Radio Evangelizar (ex Radio RB 2), 0118-0132. Announcer duo’s Portuguese talks and listener phone-in. Religious format to fanfare music at 0123. Station promotional and ID. Additional station info with phone and contact information, Religious devotionals over background music. Fair signal quality for station in Curitiba, Parana. No sign of // 9725 or 11935 kHz. (SDR Pardinho, São Paulo, Brazil)

5940, Radio Voz Missionaria, 0142-0205. Station jingle, identification and frequency in kilohertz at tune-in, followed by jingle repeat. To God be the Glory gospel song in Portuguese at 0144 and on-going devotionals. Fair signal on // 9665 kHz. Format continued with segments of Hallelujah Chorus and Just a Closer Walk with Thee over closing invitation by pastor. Noted programming with a two-second delay at website streaming audio: http://www.radiovozmissionaria.com.br   Station is located in Camboriu, Santa Catarina in southeastern coastal Brazil. The station website has a link to post correspondence, but bounced my report, as well as their posted email link contato@radiovozmissionari.com.br  (SDR Rio Janeiro, Brazil)

Chile

1380, Radio Corporacion 1835-1900. Afternoon Spanish religious sermon before live and enthusiastic congregation. Presume this was Pastor Fernando Chaparro. Break at 1900 for several station ID’s, station QTH, religious station jingle. Evening greetings and program-lineup. (SDR Santiago, Chile)

1060, Radio Maria 1902-1910. Station’s canned ID into Catholic evening rosary; // programming at http://www.radiomaria.cl/ (SDR Santiago, Chile)

Radio Nac'l de Chile

1140, Radio Nacional de Chile 1910-1920. Spanish evening announcements to station promo. Sports news update on upcoming games August 4^th. PSA, national news on Chile and two announcer’s Santiago items over hip-hop music. (SDR Santiago, Chile).

Peru 

4747, Radio Huanta 2000 via Ayacucho , 0010-0035. Spanish commentary format to lady announcer. Very weak signal SIO 222. Local time check at 0020 to children’s segment of talks and singing. Musical jingles with echo effect shorts. Peruvian musical vocals to station ID with kilohertz frequency at 0033 over Peruvian flute music. (SDR Pardinho, São Paulo, Brazil).

4775, Radio Tarma, 0040-0050. Spanish good evening greetings to listeners and station jingle, “Radio Tarma’” ID with reference to broadcasting on “4775 kilohertz onda corta.”  Peruvian huyanos vocals to additional local time check. Intial SIO 323, improved by 0050. (SDR Pardinho, São Paulo, Brazil).

6174, Radio Tawantinsuyo, 0045-0055. Exceptional huyanos music at tune-in. Brief local time check and reference to station. Additional evening huyanos music amid SIO 444. (SDR Pardinho, São Paulo, Brazil).

4920,. Radio La Voz del Pueblo 0056-0125. Tentative on what has been reported from early July as a new Peruvian station. Initial tune-in with Peruvian vocals to 0057. Accordion music vocals to 0100. No ID break at the hour, continued into Peruvian charango music to 0104. Musical program continued past 0125. Not certain on this station, however the Peruvian format certainly fits. Pardinho, São Paulo, Brazil). Additional information on this station notes broadcast are from Santiago de Chuco, La Libertad. Broadcast hours are 0000-0400 and 1200-0000 UTC. Postal address is: Poemas Humanos 650, Altos San Jose', Santiago de Chuco, La Libertad, Peru. 

(GVH/NC)

Revised shortwave schedules for World Cup

World Cup Brasil - June 12- 13, 2014

Portuguese
All times UTC
0500-0200  4845 IBI 001 kW / 000 deg to BRA Radio Meteorologia Paulista
0000-2400  4885 BLM 002 kW / 000 deg to BRA Radio Clube do Para
0000-2400  5970 BEL 010 kW / 122 deg to BRA Radio Itatiaia
0000-2400  6090 SA4 010 kW / 340 deg to BRA Radio Bandeirantes
0000-2400  6180 BRA 250 kW / 312 deg to BRA Radio Nacial da Amazia
0000-2400  9645 SP4 008 kW / 030 deg to BRA Radio Bandeirantes
0000-2400  11780 BRA 250 kW / 312 deg to BRA Radio Nacial da Amazia
0900-0400  11915 PTA 008 kW / 170 deg to BRA Radio Gaucha
0000-2400  11925 SA1 010 kW / 147 deg to BRA Radio Bandeirantes

Other active Brazilian stations 49, 31, 25, 19 meter band
Portuguese
All times UTC
0000-2400 5940 CAB 010 kW / 210 deg to BRA La Voz Missiaria
0000-2400  5955 SA1 010 kW / 020 deg to BRA Radio Gazeta
0200-0800  5965 SMR 008 kW / 128 deg to BRA Radio Transmundial
0000-2400  5970 BEL 010 kW / 122 deg to BRA Radio Itatiaia
0900-2200  5990 BRA 250 kW / 312 deg to BRA Radio Senado
0700-0300  6000 PTA 010 kW / 307 deg to BRA Radio Guaiba
0900-0600  6010 BEL 025 kW / 122 deg to BRA Radio Incfidebcia
0900-0400  6020 PTA 010 kW / 310 deg to BRA Radio Gaucha
0000-2400  6060 CUR 010 kW / 330 deg to BRA R.Tupi/Super R.Deus e Amor
0700-0300  6070 RIO 008 kW / 335 deg to BRA Radio Capital
0000-2400  6080 CUR 010 kW / 226 deg to BRA Radio Marumby
0900-0300  6080 GOI 005 kW / 000 deg to BRA Radio Anhanguera
0800-0300  6090 SA4 010 kW / 340 deg to BRA Radio Bandeirantes
0900-0300  6105 FIG 008 kW / 176 deg to BRA Radio Filadelfia
0000-2400  6105 CAC 005 kE / 340 deg to BRA Radio Cancao Nova
1100-0300  6120 SA2 010 kW / 320 deg to BRA R.Globo/Super R.Deus e Amor
0800-0300  6135 APA 025 kW / 030 deg to BRA Radio Aparecida
0000-2400  6160 PTA 010 kW / 305 deg to BRA Radio Legiao da Boa Ventade
1000-2100  6160 MNA 010 kW / 090 deg to BRA Radio Rio Mar
0000-2400  6180 BRA 250 kW / 312 deg to BRA Radio Nacial da Amazia
0900-2400  9505 SA3 008 kW / 010 deg to BRA Radio Record
0800-2100  9515 CUR 010 kW / 310 deg to BRA Radio Marumby
0800-0200  9530 SMR 010 kW / 350 deg to BRA Radio Transmundial
0000-2400  9550 PTA 010 kW / 000 deg to BRA Radio Legiao da Boa Ventade
0000-2400  9565 CUR 020 kW / 045 deg to BRA R.Tupi/Super R.Deus e Amor
0700-0200  9585 SA2 010 kW / 300 deg to BRA R.Globo/Super R.Deus e Amor
0800-0300  9630 APA 010 kW / 060 deg to BRA Radio Aparecida
0000-2400  9645 SA4 008 kW / 030 deg to BRA Radio Bandeirantes
0000-2400  9665 CAB 010 kW / 030 deg to BRA La Voz Missiaria
0000-2400  9675 CAB 010 kW / 020 deg to BRA Radio Cancao Nova
0000-2400  9685 SA1 008 kW / 250 deg to BRA Radio Gazeta
1000-2100  9695 MNA 008 kW / 070 deg to BRA Radio Rio Mar
0000-2400  9820 SA2 010 kW / 060 deg to BRA Radio 9 de Julho
0800-0200  11735 SMR 050 kW / 028 deg to BRA Radio Transmundial
0000-2400  11765 CUR 020 kW / 020 deg to BRA R.Tupi/Super R.Deus e Amor
0000-2400  11780 BRA 250 kW / 312 deg to BRA Radio Nacial da Amazia
0000-2400  11815 GOI 008 kW / 000 deg to BRA Radio Brasil Central
0800-0300  11830 GOI 010 kW / 015 deg to BRA Radio Daqui
0000-2400  11855 APA 001 kW / 315 deg to BRA Radio Aparecida
0700-0200  11895 PTA 001 kW / 000 deg to BRA Radio Legiao da Boa Ventade
0900-0400  11915 PTA 008 kW / 170 deg to BRA Radio Gaucha
0000-2400  11925 SA1 010 kW / 147 deg to BRA Radio Bandeirantes
0000-2400  15190 BEL 005 kW / 038 deg to BRA Radio Incfidebcia

(SWL-DXing/Revised by Gayle Van Horn, Teak Publishing 10 June 2014)

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FIFA confims stations for World Cup

First match June 12 Brazil vs Croatia

Rádio FIFA has confirmed the list of stations that will be covering the World Cup in Brazil.

(stations in kilohertz)
Rádio Nacional da Amazonia 6.180, 11.780
Rádio Gaucha 11.925
Rádio Bandeirantes 6090, 9.645, 11.925
Rádio Itatiaia 5.970
Rádio Clube do Para 4.885
Rádio Meterologia Paulista 4.845

TV Globo Radio Globo S.A. (Rádio Globo Rede)
Rádio Gaúcha S/A
Rádio Excelsior S.A. (CBN)
Rádio EBC- Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (Rádio Nacional-RJ)
Rádio Cultura de Miracema (Tocantins)
Radio Jovem Pan
Rádio e Televisão Bandeirantes Ltda.
Rádio Brasil Sul (Londrina-PR)
Fundação Santo Antonio –(Rádio Sociedade AM 970 e Princesa FM 96,9 – Feira de Santana/BA)
TV e Rádio Jornal do Commércio (Recife-PE)
Rádio Itatiaia (Belo Horizonte-MG)
Rádio Paiquerê (Londrina-PR)
Rádio 105 Brazil (Jundiaí/SP)
Rádio Olinda Pernambuco
Rádio Transamérica de São Paulo
Rádio Tupi S.A. (Rio de Janeiro)
Rádio Metropolitana FM (Salvador/BA)
Rádio Verdes Mares (Ceará)
Rádio Liberdade de Caruaru
Rádio Clube do Pará
Rádio Jornal de Sergipe

The Bandeirantes Radio 840 AM 90.9 FM Sao Paulo, announces its programming for the formation of the Green Chain Yellow with over 190 stations, has a young pam Radio Globo and its affiliates and subsidiaries.  (Daniel Wyllyans New Xavantina MT/HCDX)

Brazilian increases broadcast hours

Brazil
5054.97, Radio Difusora, Cáceres, MT. Signal fade in 2242-0430 fade out, Jul 30, Aug 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05. Portuguese long religious talks and hymns by choir, jingle 2301, ID: "Difusora FM" and jingle at 0201 relaying 102.2 FM, couple of advs, when best: SINPO 35232. Now maybe 24 hours ? Previously only scheduled 0900-1400. This is not a spur from Cuba on 5025 and 5040, both heard stronger in Denmark! At: http://diariodoestado.blogspot.com/2010/07/fatos-e-fofocas-de-mato-grosso-ely_26.html you can read about the station. (Azevedo, Cássio, Barbour in Dxplorer, Otávio and Petersen)
(DSWCI/DX Window 408)

Active Brazilian's on shortwave

thanks to Harold Frodge for posting his recent list of active Brazilian's recently being monitored on shortwave.
Gayle Van Horn

Brazilian stations broadcast in Portuguese, and intermittent Spanish.

Recent Brazilian logs from various sources

2380v R.Educadora, Limeira SP; Ck 3255 (7/10t)
3255 R.Educadora 6 de Agosto, Xapuri AC; Ck 2380 (3/10)
3365 R.Cultura, Araraquara SP (2/10)
3375v R.Municipal, Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira (7/10)
4755v R.Imaculada Conceicao, Campo Grande (1/10)
4805 ZYF273 Rdf do Amazonas, Manaus (3/10)
4825 R.Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP (12/09)
4845v ZYF278 R.Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus (7/10)
4865 R.Alvorado, Londrina (1/10)
" ZYF203 Radio Verdes Florestas (4/10)
4875v Rdf Roraima, Boa Vista RR (7/10)
4885 ZYG362 R.Clube do Para, Belem (7/10)
" ZYF692 R Maria, Taguatinga, Brasília, DF (obbsolete?)
" Rdf Acreana, Rio Blanco/Branco (obsolete?)
4895 R.Novo Tempo, Campo Grande PR (7/10)
" R.Bare, Manaus-AM (Ex-Radio Globo) (obsolete?)
4905 R.Anhanguera, Araguaína TO (2/10)
4915 R.Daqui, Goiania GO (3/10) Ck 11830
" ZYF360 Rdf Macapa, Macapa SP (7/10)
4925v ZYF271 R.Educacao Rural, Tefe (3/10)
4935v R.Capixaba, Victoia ES (2/10)
4945 R.Ondas Tropicais, Marituba; Ck 5045 (12/09)
4985 ZYF690 R.Brasil Central, Goiania; Ck 11815 (7/10)
5035 ZYG853 R.Aparecida, Aparecida OT; Ck 6135/9630/11855 (3/10)
5045 ZYG360 R.Cultura, Belem PA (4/10)
5940 R.Voz Missionaria, Camboriu; Ck 9665/11750 ex-R. Guaruja
Paulista (7/10)
5965 R.Nova Visao (4/10)
5970 R.Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte MG (7/10)
5990 R.Senado, Brasilia DF (7/10)
5995 R. Bandierantes (spur) Ck 6090, 9645, 11925 (6/10)
6000 R.Guaiba, Porto Alegre RS (5/10)
6010v R.Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG (7/10)
6060 Super Radio Deus e' Amor, Curitaba PR; Ck
9565/9585/11725/11765 (3/10)
6070 R.Capital, Rio de Janeiro RJ (4/10)
6080 R.Novas de Paz, Curitaba PR; r/R.Marumby?, Ck 9665 (1/10)
6090 R.Bandierantes, Sao Paulo Ck 9645v/11925 (obsolete?)
6105 R.Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP Ck 4825/9675 (obsolete?)
6105 R.Cultura Filidelfia, Iguazu PR (obsolete?)
6135 ZYE954 R.Aparecida, Aparecida SP; Ck 5035/9630/11855 (7/10)
6150 R.Record? (12/09) (obsolete?)
6160 R.Boa Vontade, Pto Alegre RS Ck 9550/11895 (obsolete?)
6185 R.Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia DF; Ck 11780 (7/10)
6195 R.Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia DF; Ck 11780 (7/10) [Alt to
6185 in July]
9505v R.Record, Sao Paulo SP (7/10)
9515 R.Novas de Paz; Ck 11725 (1/10)
9550 R.Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre RS Ck 6160/11895 (1/10)
9565v Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitaba PR; Ck 6060/9585/11725/11765
ex-R.Tupi (7/10)
9585 Super R. Deus e' Amor; Ck 6060/9565/11725/11765 ex-R.Tupi (1/10)
9595 R.Record, Sao Paulo (obsolete?)
9615 R.Cultura, Sao Paulo; Ck 5045 (11/09)
9630 R.Aparecida, Aparecida SP; Ck 5035/6135/11855? (7/10)
9645v ZYE957 R.Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo SP Ck 6090/11925 (7/10)
9665 R Voz Missionaria, Florianopolis SC; Ck 5940/11750; ex
R.Marumby (7/10)
9675 R.Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP; Ck 4825/6105 (7/10)
9685v R.Gazeta, Sao Paulo SP (12/09)
9695 R.Rio Mar, Manaus AM (2/10)
9820v R.9 de Julho, Sao Paulo SP (7/10)
10000 PPE Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (7/10)
11725v R. Deus e' Amor/R.Novas de Paz, Curitiba PR; Ck
6060/9565/9585/11765 (4/10)
11735 R.Transmundial, Santa Maria (7/10)
11750v R.Voz Missionaria, Florianopolis SC; Ck 5940/9665. ex-
R.Marumby (7/10)
11765 ZYE726 Super Radio Deus e' Amor, Curitaba PR; Ck
6060/9565/9585/11825
ex-R.Tupi (7/10)
11780 ZYE365 R.Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, Ck 6185 (7/10)
11815 R.Brasil Central, Goiania; Ck 4985 (7/10)
11830 R.Daqui, Goiania, Ck 4915 (7/10)
11855 R.Aparecida, Aparecida SP Ck 5035/6135/9630 (7/10)
11895 R.Boa Vontade, Pto Alegre RS Ck 6160/9550/12035 (2/10)
11915 ZYE851 R.Gaucha, Porto Alegre (4/10)
11925v R.Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo SP, Ck 6090/9645 (7/10)
12035 R.Boa Vontade? (obsolete?)
12175v R.Deus e Amor, spur?, Ck 6060/9565/9585/11765/11825 (7/10)
(Harold Frodge, MI/Cumbre DX)

Update on new Brazilian station on 60 meters

Name: Radio Maria
Callsign: ZYF-692
Frequency: 4885
Power: 1 kW

Tentative schedule: daily 0400- 2100 UTC

Studios located at Taguatinga (Brasilia)
Xmtter Site located at Anapolis-GO

This station was formerly Radio Carajas, later got to be Radio Voz do Coracao Imaculado, and after a period of inactivity was purchased by Fundacao Nossa Senhora Aparecida, an institution of the Catholic Church, which is reactivating it as Radio Maria.
Horacio A. Nigro
Montevideo
Uruguay
(DXplorer June 29/BC-DX #920 via wb, Germany)

4885 Radio Maria. At the time of observation, catholic preaching, musical break and phone-ins w/ listeners' prayers to Our Lady [yes, maybe a phone nr.]. (...): not Radio Difa Acreana nor Radio Club do Para, but tests from a new station owned by the Our Lady of Aparecida Foundation; tx site at Anapolis GO, day time power 1 kW/night time power [says 212 kW which is a mistake, so most probably 212 watt or then 0.12 kW if there was some typing mistake],
ANATEL registered call sign ZYF 692, name "Radio Voz do Coracao da Imaculada."

Other data:
GC: 16 15 25 00 S 49 01 08 00 W, Base tower: 91.4 m ASL One main tx, 2 standby units. Manufacturer "Indelmond" - Industria e Comercio de Aparelhos Electronicos, Lda. Tx model [doesn't say which]:
TBI-OT-1.

Radio Voz do Coracao Imaculado, ex-Radio Carajas, was inactive and was sold four years ago to the Our Lady of Aparecida Foundation which is reactivating this channel under the new name "Radio Maria", so new ownership, new station albeit using the rig and site of the original station.
(BC-DX #920)

Brazil ready to evaluate the DRM standard while deciding its digital radio future

This major breakthrough for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) was announced during the 25th ABERT Broadcasting Congress in Brasilia, Brazil (19-21 May).

Seven experts representing the DRM Consortium (from BBC, Digidia, Dolby, Fraunhofer IIS, TDF, and Thomson Grass Valley) were invited to this congress and made well received presentations in the plenum. In addition, DRM in the AM bands with multimedia elements Slideshow and Journaline, DRM+ with 5.1 Surround Sound, and DRM/AM simulcasting were demonstrated during the 3 days of the congress, while live transmissions from Chile, Ecuador and French Guyana could be listened to on the latest generation of DRM receivers.

During the opening session of the congress on May 19th, the Brazilian Minister of Communications Helio Costa announced an upcoming public consultation period of 180 days. The aim of this consultation is to choose the most adequate digital radio system fulfilling all broadcast requirements of Brazil.

DRM has confirmed throughout the congress, attended by 1500 participants, its readiness and willingness to lead this evaluation, together with Brazilian partners and the general support of the Brazilian authorities. The preparation of these trials has already started during the congress.

The DRM Consortium will contribute to the selection of the best digital radio solution for Brazil. The open, global DRM Digital Radio Mondiale standard was recently officially chosen by India and Russia for their radio broadcasting bands.
(Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India/HCDX)

Blog Logs - Brazil

All times UTC // parallel frequency

Programming in Portuguese

Brazil
4825 0120-0130 and 0140-0200 Direct soccer final but no ID, seems no Cancao Nova - at the same time on 9675 kHz instrumental ballad music was in Portuguese (Apr 20).
(Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX Apr 26)

4754.9 Radio Imaculada Conceicao, Cpo Grande MS, 2345-0004, 19 Apr, "A Voz do Brasil" National newscast to program announcements. SINPO 24342, CODAR QRM.

5035 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2110-2124, 19 Apr, Football (soccer) match report. Fluminense vs Botafogo; SINPO 45433. Station not \\ to 6135, 9635 & 11855.

5940 Radio Globo, Guaruja SP, 2158-2208, 19 Apr, Football match report. SINPO 25432 \\ 5045.

5970 Radio Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte MG, 2155-2200, 19 Apr, Football match report. SINPO 24432. Adajacent QRM that got stronger at 2200.

6010 Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG, 2203-215, 19 Apr, Football phonein reports. SINPO 33432, adjt. QRM.

6020 Radio Gaucha, Pto Alegre RS, 2205-2212, 19 Apr, Advertisements to music and
football score updates. SINPO 24342. Adajacent QRM interference.

6039.8 Radio Clube Paranaense, Curitiba PR, 2210-2222, 19 Apr. Football match to
advertisements. SINPO 25332.

6080.1 Radio Novas de Paz, Curitiba PR, 2213-2225, 19 Apr. Religious programming with SINPO 35433.

6150 Radio Record, Sao Paulo SP, 2218-2226, 19 Apr. Football match report. \\ 9505. SINPO 34422.

9505 Radio Record, Sao Paulo SP, 2131-2150, 19 Apr. Football match report. Guarani (I think it's a slightly different name, but couldn't get right) vs Palmeira. SINPO 35444, in the clear after 2130.

9515 Radio Novas de Paz, Curitiba PR, 2117-2128, 19 Apr, Music for SINPO 44433. QRM
de CHN (?).

9530 Radio Transmundial, Sta Ma RS, 2132-2148, 19 Apr. Religious programming. SINPO. Adajacent QRM.

9615 (or adacent frequency) Radio Cultura, Sao Paulo SP. Station has been noted inaudible (or inactive).

9629.9 Radio Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2115-2129, 19 Apr. Program of "Hora
Cabocla". SINPO 54444. Adjacent QRM, \\ 6135, 11805, but not 5035.

9630 Radio Aparecida, 1023. fade out at 1155, 20 Apr. Sermon like talks by
priest(?). SINPO 25432.

9645.2 Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo SP, 2139-2154, 19 Apr. Football matches
and info to advertisements and match report/ SINPO 33443.

9665 Radio Marumby, Florianopolis SC, 2143-2157, 19 Apr, Music of SINPO 23441.

9675 Radio Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP, 2149-..., 19 Apr. Religious
music. SINPO 45444.

9675 Radio Cancao Nova, 1020-1258, 20 Apr. Talks & phone-ins about Radio Cancao
Nova to music. SINPO 25432 and deteriorating signal(very faint at 1300).

11735 Radio Transmundial, Sta Ma RS, 1153-1303, 20 Apr. Religious programming. SINPO 15442 with co-channel Russian programming.

11815 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania GO, 1845-1909, 19 Apr. Program "Opiniao".
SINPO 35343. Heterodyne with carrier on 11814 which I found later that belongs
to Radio Exterior de Espana! The South American beverage just couldn't "see" REE while receiving Brazil.

11830 Radio CBN Anhanguera, Goiania GO, 1846-1902, 19 Apr. Football news to
municipality announcements. Local time checks to advertisements. SINPO 25332 with adjaent interference from Family Radio on 11840 sign-on at 1900.

11855 Raido Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2101-2119, 19 Apr. Religious programming to music program "Hora Cabocla". SINPO 44433. \\ 6135 & 9630, not 5035.

11915 Radio Gaucha, Pto Alegre RS, 2105-2122, 19 Apr. Advertisements to program
"Sabado Desportivo". SINPO 34433.
(Carlos Goncalves-POR, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 27)
(Source: WWDX Club/Top News/BC-DX 858 via wb, Germany)