Rádio Rosario, Serafina Correa, RS was heard in Lemmenjoki in October 2010 on 1190 surprisingly fading up over R América, Buenos Aires with a pretty good signal just in time for a local break after the top of the hour and before the start of programming from Milícia da Imaculada. A nice confirmation was received via Facebook from Camilia Panassolo. The first BRA-verification on 1190 for me from one of the southern states of Brazil.
The frequency 1190 is occupied by a number of Brazilian stations all of which have the possibilities of being audible in Scandinavia during selective openings. During more northerly cx the most common Brazilians here are CBN Natal RN, R Juazeiro BA and R Rio Vermelho GO. R América BA, however, usually completely dominates the frequency during southernly cx making it difficult for stations from the states of, e.g., SP, RS, SC and PR to be audible.
Rádio Rosario was established in mid-December 1984 and serves the entire Serafinense region of Rio Grande do Sul and mostly carries religious programming..
KWKH in Shreveport, LA is definitely not the easiest NA catch in Scandinavia on 1130 that usually is blocked by WBBR, WDFN, KTCN WISN and CKWX depending on conditions. Common for these are that they are all News/Talk or Sport stations. In October 2011 KWKH was easily distinguished from these by it’s country music format. Unfortunately though, KWKH changed to all sports on May 31, 2012 so now it will be even more difficult to distinguish it from the rest with the same type of format.
A short Facebook message confirmed my reception report and mp3 audio. KWKH today goes under the name “1130 The Tiger”.
WGIG with it’s “Real Radio” slogan surprisingly managed to fade up over the 1440 dominants WRED, WMAX and WHKZ. Operations Director Scott Ryfun rapidly confirmed my report. Thanks Scott!
KVOR was heard last October 2012 in Lemmenjoki when I was expecting KVOX. The very similar calls should make one careful. Fortunately the stations carry different formats KVOR being News/Talk and KVOX Fox Sports. KVOR IDed as “7-40 KVOR and KVOR FM Depend on It”and was followed by local weather for Colorado Springs and Southern Colorado. A nice reply arrived almos instantly from Gina Kavali, Director of Interactive Marketing-
I have been hunting for LT2 Radio General Madariaga in the Province of Corrientes for decades without success. Earlier in the 70’s and 80’s the most common Argentinian, even though also a difficult one, was Radio Bahía Blanca. Nowadays LV9 Radio Salta is by far the most common Argentinian on 840 and tend to be very strong during cx off the Greater Buenos Aires area. Salta is located in the northwestern corner of Argentina bordering in the north to Bolivia and in the west to Chile. Corrientes again is located in the northeastern corner of the country bordering to Paraguay.
LT12 was heard in Finland already in 1974 by Roland Sandberg (RS) and in 1985 by JPR according to lists. In Lemmenjoki LT12 phaded up only for a short while over R Salta in October 2010. I recently received a confirmation of my reception and now the only Argentinian on 840 missing in my collection is Radio General Belgrano in Buenos Aires. This station was heard together with Pertti Äyräs during LEM317 in February 2012, as we believe fpr the first time in Finland. Since, Jari Ruohomäki (JPR), has heard General Belgrano and he also managed to get a QSL, something I have not yet succeeded with yet.
A little bit ashamed, I report that I last night received a confirmation from Radio Amboró, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia via Facebook. During the last 35 years I have been sending tens of confirmation request to this station without success. The original report stems from April 11, 1977 when the station was heard by a few Scandinavian listeners on 4915 in the 60 m.b. On April 11, 1977 the station was surprisingly booming in in the middle of downtown Turku (listen to the audio below). The only DXer I know of, reporting the station in April 1977 and who also received a QSL until now, is Johan Berglund (JBS) in Trollhättan, Sweden. Radio Amboró ended their transmissions on shortwave in the late 70’s but continued transmitting on 1250 AM at least up to 2008-2010 (still listed on that frequency in WRTH 2010, but might be incorrect old data). Nowadays, Radio Amboró is only active on 98.5 FM.
The station’s name probably refers to Amboró National Park is in the western part of the Department of Santa Cruz , at the “Elbow of the Andes”, where the eastern cordillera bends slightly westward from its northly course.
This low power station was logged in Lemmenjoki last October during LEM319. It suprisingly faded up over WOWO of Ft. Wayne IN with a clear ID just before starting a NBC newscast five minutes before before the top of the hour. Ray Diamond rapidly responded to my email with included audio mp3 and was surprised that the station has received so many reception reports from Finland recently! Thanks HN for the v/s info and thanks Ray for the confirmation.
KQQZ is licensed to the small city of De Soto some 30 miles south of St. Louis which is the station’s main market area and is the sister station to KZQZ St. Louis 1430. KQQZ carries a classic country format.
This rare Brazilian was heard in late January 2009 during the LEM274 together with Pertti Äyräs. After many inquiries I finally recently got a surprising e-mail from Leandro Comunelho of Rádio Tupanci transmitting on AM 1250. As we know, 1250 offers a lot of opportunities for new loggings from Brazil here in the Scandinavian region. Interestingly enough, during the years only R Globo, Vitória and R Metropolitana, Vespasiano, MG can be said to have been regularily heard here. Since the frequency holds almost 20 stations there is a lot of opportunities for new catches. Unfortunately, though, many of the stations carry religious network programming during the night hours here up in the north making it extremely difficult to get a local ID. In the case of R Tupanci I had the luck to catch a perfect TOH-ID (4 minutes after the hour) including call sign, station name, frequency, power as well as Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul”. As with stations from México, if one happens to hear an ID they usually contain so much information, beyond the station’s name, that the identification is quite easily made possible.
Says Leandro Comunelho: “Nossa emissora fica na cidade de Pelotas, interior do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, a 260 kilometros da capital do estado, bem no sul do Brasil. Nossa programação tem como base o jornalismo informativo, futebol e musica. Na nossa grade de horarios temos programas de noticias (locais, estaduais, nacionais e internacionais), transmissão de jogos de futebol (aqui na cidade temos 3 clubes profissionais. Gremio Esportivo Brasil, Esporte Clube Pelotas e Gremio Atletico Farroupilha) e programas musicais (atendendo aos ouvites que solicitam musicas), também temos horarios de programação religiosa (foi o que o amigo ouviu quando da sintonia de nossa emissora)”.
A very nice confirmation was received yesterday from Fred Lark, the owner of KXLO Lewistown, MT transmitting on AM 1230. KXLO was heard last October in Lemmenjoki with a pretty good signal during our specific conditions towards the state of especially Montana.
Fred writes : “Wonderful to hear from you…..YES, that’s KXLO on your audio …. I use shortwave (hmmm. Ed.) from time to time. And, of course, you can always listen to our stream……on KXLO-KLCM.COM…..so remember you can tell your kids to listen in anytime anywhere, …yes, we have apps for your smart phones too. Many streams no longer can use the Java APP since providers are working toward other advances for listening/viewing on smart phone. I’ve a Bionic that does all I want, I understand Europe is far ahead of the US,….I also deal in satellite phones. If you ever get to America again, come on out to the Big Sky Country you’d love it, it’s cold, much snow, and mountains…something you should feel at home with!Keep on listening, it’s much appreciated. Take care, Be safe…….
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