Stations heard in Sao Bernardo SP, BRAZIL #490 Rudolf Grimm – September 17, 2026 A summary of recent receptions in São Bernardo SP, Southeast Brazil * Receiver: Kiwi SDR (PY2-81502 São Bernardo SP BRAZIL) + Magnetic Loop Antenna /// Headphone. * All times in UTC. * Legend: (@): Streaming checked /// (tent): a tentative /// (?): unrecognized, unidentified. * Brazilian stations: all in Portuguese. * Supported by: Aoki, EiBi, MW-List, Short-Wave.Info, HFCC, Shortwave Schedules, broadcaster portals and websites, as well as relevant bulletins circulating within the national and international radio-listening community. * Contact: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> . ................................................................................................................... ALGERIA .. 17600 kHz: Ifrikya FM, via Bechar – in Arabic to Central Africa, September 11 at 0847-0854. Talk by an OM, music, id ‘Ifrikya’. S3.
ARGENTINA .. 750 kHz: Radio Nacional, Córdoba – in Spanish, September 9 at 0019-0024. Sport news, id ‘… por la Nacional…’. S3. .. 750 kHz: AM750, Quilmes Oeste – in Spanish, September 9 at 0024-0028. Talk by a YL, ‘...750 AM...’. S2. ** QRM from 750 kHz Radio Nacional, Córdoba. .. 760 kHz: Radio Atlantica, Mat del Plata – in Spanish, September 14 at 2358. Id ‘LU6 Radio Atlantica, con usteds, sempre… Atlantica, el servicio a la comunidad’. S4. .. 790 kHz: Radio Mitre, Buenos Aires – in Spanish, September 11 at 0816-0822. Talk by a OM, music, id ‘Radio Mitre’. S5. .. 840 kHz: Radio Nacional, Paso de los Libres – in Spanish, September 9 at 0034-0039. Broadcast of a soccer match between São Paulo FC (Brazil) and Boca Juniors (Argentina). S5. .. 870 kHz: Radio Nacional, Buenos Aires – in Spanish, September 11 at 0242-0249. A commentary on the Argentinian culture, music. S5. ** QRM from 870 Radio Central, Campinas SP, Brazil. .. 900 kHz: LT7 Radio Provincia, Corrientes – in Spanish, September 9 at 0045-0050. Songs in a typical style, id ‘… LT7 Radio Provincia…’. S4. .. 910 kHz: Radio La Red AM 910, Buenos Aires – in Spanish, September 11 at 0237-0242. Sport news and commentaries on ‘River, Boca Juniors, juegos, Tucuman…’. S4. .. 990 kHz: LRH203 Radio AM 990, Formosa – September 11 at 0226-0230. Comments by an OM and a YL on ‘financial situations in general in human life, …un programa de superación personal’, id ‘AM990 Formosa’. S3. .. 1230 kHz: Radio Dos, Rosario – in Spanish, September 9 at 0150-0155. Comments by a YL on finding real meaning in life, time checking ‘in Argentina’, time pips. S6. BONAIRE (Netherlands Antilles) .. 800 kHz: Radio Trans Mundial (Brazil), via Trans World Radio Bonaire, Kralendijk – in Portuguese to Brazil, Spetember 11 at 0832-0839. Program ‘Através da Biblia’, id ‘RTM Brasil, para todo o mundo ouvir’. S6. ** QRM from 800 kHz Radio MEC, Rio de Janeiro. BRAZIL .. 660 kHz: Radio Jornal de Itapetinga, Itapetinga BA (Bahia) – September 13 at 0022-0028. A Christian song, an evangelical program featuring biblical commentary and greetings to listeners in Itapetinga and the surrounding area. S4. .. 670 kHz: Radio Montanhesa, Ponte Nova MG – September 11 at 0825-0831. A Brazilian song, id ‘Radio Montanhesa’. S6. .. 780 kHz: Radio Manhumirim, Manhumirim MG – September 14 at 0012-0019. A music program featuring only songs by Roberto Carlos, id ‘Radio Manhumirim’. S6. .. 820 kHz: Radio Cultura, Foz do Iguaçu PR – September 9 at 0029-0034. Id ‘Radio Cultura... Foz do Iguaçu, mais que uma rádio, uma referência’. Talk by a YL on Foz do Iguaçu. S4. .. 930 kHz: Radio Cultura, Curitiba PR – September 13 at 0306-0311. Id ‘Cultura’, a comment on the need for a good reflection. S6. .. 1020 kHz: Radio Educadora, Limeira SP – September 13 at 0247-0251. A Brazilian song, id ‘Educadora’. S6. .. 1030 kHz: Radio Deus é Amor, Rio de Janeiro RJ – September 9 at 0109-0113. Program ‘A Voz da Libertação’, announcements to the people of Rio de Janeiro. S6. ** A strong QRM of 1040 kHz Radio Capital, São Paulo. A better signal in LSB. .. 1050 kHz: Radio Deus é Amor, Vitória ES – September 9 at 0113-0117. A Christian program from Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor, prayers. S4. ** QRM: 1040 kHz Radio Capital, São Paulo. A better signal in USB. .. 1060 kHz: Radio Deus é Amor, Belo Horizonte MG – September 9 at 0017-0021. Moments of prayer, references to the names of people asking for prayers. The announcer mentioned the city of Belo Horizonte (‘Be Agá’). S5. *** There are certain times of day when affiliated stations of IPDA (Pentecostal Church God is Love) broadcast their local programming from their own cities. One of these times is between 00:00 and 01:00 UTC. Outside of this period, they rebroadcast nationally, with programming originating in São Paulo. .. 1200 kHz: Radio Erechim, Erechim RS – September 9 at 0142-0147. Talk on Erechim, some commercial advertisements, id. S5. .. 1330 kHz: Radio Upacaraí, Dom Pedrito RS – September 11 at 0208-0213. Music in ‘gaucho’ style, time checking: ‘Radio Upacaraí informa a hora certa’. S3. .. 1420 kHz: CRN Radio, Itatiba SP – September 11 at 0908-0913. Id ‘CRN’, commercial advertisements, ‘Itatiba’. S4. .. 1520 kHz: Rede Aleluia, Sorocaba SP – September 11 at 202-0207. A message by Bishop Macedo about a triumphant life. S4. .. 1530 kHz; Radio Sulina, Dom Pedrito RS – September 11 at 0156. A song in a ‘gaucho’ style’, id ‘Radio Sulina, a voz do poncho verde’. Announcement of the end of Radio Sulina's broadcasts for the day, a sign-off by the announcer, and the station ID once again: "ZYK235, 1530 kHz, Radio Sulina... good night." S4. CHILE .. 1100 kHz: BBN Radio, via Viña del Mar – in Spanish to Chile, September 9 at 0121-0139. A Spanish-language Christian song performed by a mixed vocal group. Commentary by a male voice (in a ‘BBN traditional’ style), a brief message based on the Gospel of Luke regarding "Jesus and the fishermen of Galilee." S4. ** Please see ‘COLOMBIA’ for a description of another South American station that also broadcasts BBN Radio programming in Spanish. COLOMBIA .. 1100 kHz: BBN Radio, via Bogotá – in Spanish to Colombia, September 9 at 0121-0139. It was the same programming as BBN Radio Chile (1100 kHz), but the signal from the Colombian station arrived with a lag of nearly 2 seconds compared to the signal from Viña del Mar; the Colombian signal was ahead of the Viña del Mar signal. Upon checking the BBN Radio online streams for both stations, the same time lag observed in the radio audio was present. S3. ** In 2020, in a different instance, Denis Zoqbi (in São Paulo) and I (in Ibiuna) had the opportunity to experience this same situation on 1100 kHz; Denis was using a 1.5-meter diameter super-loop antenna, while I was using an RGP3 ferrite loop. Since we were using loop antennas—which are highly directional—the Bogotá signal was slightly weaker than the Viña del Mar signal, yet it was still audible. ESWATINI .. 15105 kHz: Trans World Radio, via Manzini – in Tigrinya to East Africa, September 16 at 1612-1634. A Christian message, a song and commentaries. S6. FRANCE .. 17620 kHz: Radio France Internationale, Issoudun – in Fulfulde to West Africa, September 11 at 0840-0846. Talks by OM / YL. S5. GUAM .. 15360 kHz: Adventist World Radio, via Agat – in Pashto to South Asia, September 16 at 1642-1647. A message, commentaries by an OM with mentions to ‘Adam, Ibrahim…’. S6. IRAN .. 657 kHz: Radio Gilan (tent), Kiashahr – in Farsi to Iran, September 9 at 0002-0010. A song in a typical style, talk by an OM. S2. .. 711 kHz: Radio Khuzestan (tent) – 400 kW, Ahwaz – in Farsi, September 14 at 2334-2339. An instrumental music in a typical style, featuring a predominance of flutes and piccolos. S2. ** A better signal in USB. .. 1089 kHz: Radio Semnan (tent), Shahroud – in Farsi to Iran, September 13 at 0241-0247. Talk by an OM, a song by a YL. S2. PARAGUAY .. 720 kHz: Radio Pa’i Puku (@), La Piedad – in Spanish, September 11 at 09-02-0907. Some commercial advertisements. S5. .. 730 kHz: ABC Cardinal, Asunción – in Spanish, September 9 at 0012-0019. Talk, a rock song, id. S3. ** QRM 730 kHz Radio Marumby, Curitiba, Brazil. .. 780 kHz: Radio Primero de Marzo, Asunción – in Spanish, September 14 at 0018-0023. Paraguayan songs, id ‘Radio Primero de Marzo’. S5. .. 970 kHz: Radio Universo, Asunción – in Spanish, September 13 at 0258-0305. Rock music, id ‘Universo musical por 9-70 AM’, S6. .. 1000 kHz: Radio Mil AM, Asunción – in Spanish, September 9 at 0105-0109. Talk by an OM, a pop song, id ‘Radio Mil’. S5. .. 1080 kHz: ZP25 Radio Monumental, Chacoí – in Spanish, September 11 at 0220-0225. A music in aParaguayan style, id ‘ZP25 Radio Monumental’. S7. PHILIPPINES .. 15640 kHz: Voice of America via Tinang – in Korean to the Far East, September 11 at 0750-0755. A commentary by a YL in Korean in simultaneous translation to English by an OM. S5. ROMANIA .. 15200 kHz: Radio Romania International, via Galbeni – in Romanian to West Europe, September 16 at 1732-1740. Commentaries by an OM on ‘Bucuresti’. S6. .. 15280 kHz: Radio Romania International, Tiganesti – in Arabic to North Africa, September 16 at 1542-1556. Songs in Arabic, talk by a YL, a short news bulletin at 1555. Interval signal at 1556, then the sign-off. S7. UNITED KINGDOM .. 15265 kHz: KBS World Service, via Woofferton – in Russian to East Europe, September 16 at 1800-1810. Start of the broadcasting, music, talk by an OM, news bulletin. S6. URUGUAY .. 850 kHz: Radio Carve, Montevideo – in Spanish, September 9 at 0039-0044. A Uruguayan song, talk by an OM, the announcer referred to a listener from Spain (?) who tunes in to Radio Carve. S5. ** The listener must have tuned in to Radio Carve via the Internet... though the announcer did not specify the method. .. 930 kHz: Radio Monte Carlo, Montevideo – in Spanish, September 11 at 0231-0236. Id ‘Monte Carlo’, an instrumental tango. S3. .. 960 kHz: Radio Yi (@), Durazno – in Spanish, September 9 at 0101-0105. A romantic song, program ‘Radio Terapia’. S3. ** A QRM from 960 kHz Radio Deus é Amor, Aparecida de Goiania, Brazil. .. 1320 kHz: Radio Fortaleza (@), Rocha – September 11 at 0214-0219. A broadcast of a public event, appearing to be a stand-up comedy show. S3. .. 1410 kHz: Turística Radio, Salto – in Spanish, September 9 at 0206-0211. Commercial advertisements on Salto. S4. .. 1520 kHz: Radio Acuarela (@), Melo – in Spanish, September 09 at 0216-0225. Songs in a typical rhythm, talk by an OM. S4. .. 1580 kHz: Emisora del Este, Minas – in Spanish, September 13 at 0208-0213. A Uruguayan song, jingle ‘Emisora del Este’. S3. .. 1590 kHz: Radio Lascano (@), Lascano – in Spanish, September 13 at 0202-0208. A Uruguayan popular song. S3. VANUATU .. 3945 kHz: Radio Vanuatu, Porto Vila (?) – in Bislama (?), September 11 at 0810-0815. Talk by an OM and a YL, music in a local style. S2. ................................................................................................................... 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