Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent CGTN broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Tokyo marks record 10 consecutive days of 35°C or higher, CGTN Radio, 11770 kHz
Greetings to all SWLing Post community, Imaginary Stations have a couple of hours of shortwave shows coming your way this week.
We’ve a special edition of SURF 7 on Saturday 30th August 2025 at 1100 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then again on Sunday 31st August 2025 at 0900/1300 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and at 2000 UTC on 3975 kHz and 6160 kHz (via the services of Shortwave Gold). Expect a great surf-related music selection suggested by a listener from Tokyo, Japan.
On Wednesday 3rd September 2025 at 0200 at 9395 KHz via WRMI we’ve another edition of The Ancient Analogue Archive at 0200 hrs UTC which means a musical selection from all genres from all old-time analogue musical formats. Enjoy the sounds of the cassette, eight-track, reel to reel and records. Treat your mind to some wonderful music in an older format style.
Here’s more on SURF:
For more information on all our shows, please write to us at [email protected] and check out our old shows at our Mixcloud page here.
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who shares the following update:
From the Isle of Music, September 2025
September’s program will be the fourth of several episodes featuring the best of Cubadisco 2025, Cuba’s most important discographic awards. This is the best of the best of Cuba’s new releases (and recordings from Cubans elsewhere) and will feature the Música Bailable (Dance Music) category this month.
Friday, September 12:
6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
3955 kHz at 2100 UTC
Sunday, September 14:
9670 kHz at 1700 UTC using booster beam H to Africa (repeat of September 12 episode).
Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, September 2025
In September we will present jazz from Russia and Ukraine featuring musicians who are still in each country.
Friday, September 19:
6070 kHz at 1700 UTC
3955 at 2100 UTC
Sunday, September 21:
9670 kHz at 1700 UTC using beam H to Africa (repeat of September 19 episode).
*As an experiment, we are turning the booster beam for 9670 kHz towards Africa. We have never done that before and can’t predict the results.
**In addition to direct radio reception, we do honor reception reports using remote SDRs as long as the whole program is described and which SDR is specified.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Amy Barry for sharing this tip.
WNYC’s On the Media recently aired an episode titled The Power of Shortwave Radio—and What Gets Lost with Voice of America? Reporter Katie Thornton explores shortwave’s historic role in connecting the world, its continuing importance where the internet cannot reach, and the implications of VOA’s decline.
In the second half of the program, host Micah Loewinger sits down with Alsu Kurmasheva of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to discuss the network’s role in countries lacking a free press and her own nine-month detention in Russia. Bay Fang, president of Radio Free Asia, also weighs in on why the shutdown of RFA will further diminish press freedom in Asia.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent UN Radio broadcast via WRN.
Carlos notes:
U.N. radio, via World Radio Network (Russia), 13650 kHz
Click here to view on YouTube.
by Dan Greenall
Back in the early 1970’s, a wide variety of Mexican stations could be heard on shortwave as evidenced by the loggings columns in the SPEEDX club’s monthly bulletins. Examples from this time period can be found here:
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Speedx.htm
As well, the late Dr. Richard E. Wood wrote about what was available to be heard from Mexico in the 1971 Communications Handbook on page 18. You can read this here:
A brief recording of La RH, Radio Tricolor (in Spanish) on 11880 kHz from Mexico City can be found here:
The official international broadcaster, Radio Mexico, was known to issue colorful station pennants like the one pictured. Click here to listen to their ID’s in Spanish (though they did use some English) by a female and male announcer, likely on 21705 kHz (one of the many frequencies they used).
Currently, the only station broadcasting from Mexico on shortwave is Radio Educacion, XEPPM, from Mexico City on 6185 kHz. This recording was made on July 10, 2025 using a remote SDR close to the transmitter to ensure the best overall quality. The QSL attached is one received by my (then) 12 year old son in 1994.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent All India Radio broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Heavy rain warning in Gujarat, All India Radio, 9620 kHz