Category Archives: Recordings

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of CBN (July 25, 2025)

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


Carlos notes:

UN Secretary General speaks of “inaction” regarding the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, CBN, 79.1 FM

(UN Secretary-General António Guterres criticized the international community for what he called its “inaction” regarding the suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. He described the situation as a “moral crisis that challenges global conscience”. The remarks were made at Amnesty International global assembly.)

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of CGTN (July 25, 2025)

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:

Thailand-Cambodia conflict, via CGTN Radio (CN), NHK (JP) and Radio Nacional (BR)

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of NHK (July 24, 2025)

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


Carlos notes:

Dangerously hot today in Tohoku, Kanto, and Kinki – take precautions against heatstroke
NHK, 11965 kHz, listened in Porto Alegre.

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Dan takes us on a South Pacific Tour!

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes:

In years gone by, many Pacific island nations relied on shortwave radio to air their programs across the vast expanses of ocean. These included countries such as Kiribati, Tahiti, Fiji, Saipan, New Caledonia, the Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, and Papua New Guinea. There are recent reports that the latter is seriously looking at a return to shortwave by 2030. https://swling.com/blog/2025/05/papua-new-guinea-plans-shortwave-comeback-by-2030/ Even in Hawaii, the licence of World Harvest Radio KWHR expired in 2009.

While the above nations can no longer be found on shortwave, a handful of other stations are still operating in 2025 and make excellent DX targets for listeners around the world. If you prefer optimal quality reception, choose to listen through a remote SDR closer to the transmitter site.

Click on the various links below to hear samples of audio from some of the remaining broadcasters located in the South Pacific region.

Radio New Zealand 

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Radio Vanuatu

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Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC)

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T8WH Hope Radio (Palau)

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KSDA Adventist World Radio (Guam)

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Trans World Radio (Guam)

Note: this one is scheduled for closure by the end of October 2025

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Sit back, relax and enjoy the tour!

73

Dan Greenall, Ontario, Canada

This is wonderful! Thank you for taking us on the tour, Dan! We always appreciate your recordings, QSLs, and insights!

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Rádio Nacional (July 21-22, 2025)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of recent Rádio Nacional broadcasts.


Carlos notes:

Obituary: Preta Gil and Ozzy Osbourne, via Radio Nacional and Radio CBN, both Brazilian stations.

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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio Nacional and the Voice of Vietnam (July 21, 2025)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening reports of recent Radio Nacional and Voice of Vietnam broadcasts.


Carlos notes:

Brazilian Supreme Court backs ankle monitor, social media ban for former president Bolsonaro

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Carlos notes:

Urgent mobilization in the face of the arrival of Typhoon Wipha

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Paul’s Treasure Trove of 1980s Shortwave Interval Signals and Idents

I recently received a fascinating message from long-time SWLing Post reader Paul, who has graciously shared a remarkable collection of shortwave radio recordings he made from his home near London in the 1980s. Here’s what he wrote:

Hi Thomas,
I have been following your excellent blog for many years. I have noticed that sometimes you feature archive recordings. I have some that might interest you.

During the 1980s I was listening to shortwave radio from my home near London, in the south east of England. I had a cassette recorder connected to the receiver and taped anything interesting that caught my ear. Little did I know that 40 years later the majority of these stations would have disappeared and I would have the opportunity to share these recordings with the world.

I have put together a collection of five audio files of recordings from many of these international shortwave broadcasters, consisting of IDs and interval signals. The majority of these recordings are in English. I’ve grouped the files geographically:

      • Western Europe
      • Eastern Europe and the USSR
      • Africa and the Middle East
      • Asia and the Pacific
      • The Americas

I have uploaded these files to the Internet Archive, under the user name Shortwave Memories.

There are no dates or frequencies but the recordings were made during the 1980s, the majority during the first half of the decade.

I hope you and your readers find this interesting. I certainly enjoy listening to these recordings and a reminder of how shortwave used to sound.

Best regards,
Paul

Listen to the Recordings

Paul has organized his recordings by region. You can stream them directly from the Internet Archive or download them to enjoy offline: https://archive.org/details/@shortwave_memories

I’ll also embed the audio players below with Paul’s notes:

Western Europe

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AUSTRIA: Radio Austria International (0)
CYPRUS: Cyprus Broadcasting Company (1.40)
DENMARK: Radio Denmark (3.09)
FINLAND: Radio Finland (4.29)
FRANCE: Radio France Internationale (5.30)
GERMANY (WEST): Deutsche Welle (6.30)
GREECE: Voice of Greece (7.53)
ITALY: RAI (9.24)
MALTA: Radio Mediterranean (11.00)
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands (12.21)
NORWAY: Radio Norway (13.34)
PORTUGAL: Radio Portugal (15.34)
SPAIN: Spanish Foreign Radio (16.32)
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden (18.17)
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio International (19.53)
Red Cross Broadcasting Service (20.38)
UNITED KINGDOM: BBC World Service (21.49)


Eastern Europe and the USSR

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ALBANIA: Radio Tirana (0)
BELARUS: Radio Minsk (1.18)
BULGARIA: Radio Sofia (1.41)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Radio Prague (2.29)
ESTONIA: Radio Tallin (2.50)
GERMANY (EAST): Radio Berlin Int (3.49)
HUNGARY: Radio Budapest (5.22)
LATVIA: Radio Riga (6.31)
LITHUANIA: Radio Vilnius (7.14)
POLAND: Radio Polonia (8.30)
ROMANIA: Radio Bucharest (9.37)
UKRAINE: Radio Kiev (10.41)
USSR: Radio Moscow World Service (12.17)
Radio Station Peace & Progress (13.35)
Radio Station Rodina (13.59)
YUGOSLAVIA: Radio Yugoslavia (14.21)


The Americas

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Bonaire: Trans World Radio (3.31)
Brazil: Radio Nacional do Brasil (4.32)
Canada: Radio Canada Int (6.58)
Chile: Voice of Chile (8.48)
Colombia: Radio Nacional (11.06)
Radio Sutatenza (12.00)
Cuba: Radio Havana (12.48)
Dominican Republic: La Voz del CID (14.20)
Radio Clarin (15.01)
Ecuador: HCJB (15.43)
Grenada: Radio Free Grenada (17.36)
Nicaragua: Voice of Nicaragua (18.42)
USA: Voice of America (19.54)
Radio Earth (20.33)
KCBI (21.39)
WHRI (22.13)
WRNO (22.38)
WYFR (22.49)
Venezuela: Radio Turismo (23.22)
Radio Tachira (24.06)
YVTO (24.41)


Asia and the Pacific

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Afghanistan: Radio Afghanistan (0)
Australia: Radio Australia (1.55)
Bangladesh: Radio Bangladesh (3.18)
China: Radio Peking (4.23)
India: All India Radio (6.16)
Japan: Radio Japan (7.29)
Korea (North): Radio Pyongyang (9.02)
Korea (South): Radio Korea (12.26)
Malaysia: Voice of Malaysia (14.22)
New Zealand: Radio New Zealand (15.49)
Pakistan: Radio Pakistan (16.13)
Saipan: KFBS & KYOI (16.44)
Taiwan: Voice of the Free China (18.14)
Tajikistan: Radio Dushanbe (19.01)
Uzbekistan: Radio Tashkent (19.22)
Vietnam: Voice of Vietnam (20.16)


Africa and the Middle East

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ALGERIA: Radio Algiers (0)
EGYPT: Radio Cairo (1.03)
IRAN: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2.33)
IRAQ: Radio Baghdad (4.17)
ISRAEL: Kol Israel (6.33)
KUWAIT: Radio Kuwait (8.00)
LEBANON: Voice of Lebanon (9.29)
LIBYA: Radio Jamariyah (10.18)
NIGERIA: Radio Nigeria (12.15)
QATAR: Qatar Broadcasting Service (13.53)
SAUDI ARABIA: Broadcasting Service of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (14.21)
SOUTH AFRICA: Radio RSA (15.45)
SYRIA: Radio Damascus (17.37)
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey (18.40)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UAE Radio (19.50)


Many Thanks to Paul!

A huge thank you to Paul for not only preserving these recordings, but also for taking the time to digitize and share them publicly. This is a nostalgic treat for many of us and a valuable reference for future generations of listeners.

If any readers have similar recordings they’d like to share, feel free to reach out. I’m always happy to help preserve and feature them on the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive.

— Thomas