Monthly Archives: July 2025

Radio Marti Logs & Recordings: July 4, 2025

A portion of the Edward R Murrow Transmitting Site’s antenna farm.

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who shared the following message and recordings yesterday, July 4, 2025. Dan writes:

Hi Thomas

Happy Independence Day!

Just finished listening to Radio Marti as follows:

9565 kHz strong then abruptly off at 2200 UTC (recording below)

11860 kHz strong then abruptly off at 2201 UTC

11930 kHz strong then abruptly off at 2201+ UTC

13605 kHz not heard today but strong on July 1st (recording below):

Dan Greenall

Thank you for sharing these logs and recordings, Dan! I hope you had a wonderful Canada Day on the 1st of July as well!

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of ZP-30 (July 3, 2025)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent ZP-30 broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Audio collage with headlines from Paraguay’s Radio ZP-30 (in German), 610 kHz AM

Audio collage of Radio ZP-30’s international headlines, listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on a Xhdata D-808 receiver.

Click here to view on YouTube.

Podcast Explores History of Parque do Rodeador

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of ZP-30 (July 2, 2025)

Senate Report Flags Public Safety Risks in Removing AM Radios

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Photo by Brock Wegner on Unsplash

A recent Radio World article summarizes a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee report raising concerns about the removal of AM radio from new vehicles. The report highlights AM radio’s role in national emergency alert systems and notes its low cost to manufacturers. It recommends Congress consider legislation to ensure AM capability remains standard in future vehicles.

Click here to read the Radio World article.

Shortwave on the big screen

CJR Reports: VOA’s Quiet Broadcast to North Korea Ends Without Explanation

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The Columbia Journalism Review investigates a little-known Voice of America television initiative that quietly broadcast into North Korea from South Korea—until it was recently shut down. The article explores how this short-lived program, launched during the Biden administration, came to an abrupt end under new leadership at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. It raises questions about the shifting priorities in U.S. international broadcasting and how those changes may impact efforts to reach audiences in one of the world’s most closed societies.