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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Reports and Recordings of CGTN Radio (China) and Kyodo News (Japan)

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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 recent CGTN broadcasts along with a Kyodo News radiofax.

Click here to view on YouTube.

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Kyodo News Radiofax

Kyodo News Morning Edition, radiofax received in Porto Alegre, June 16, 16970 kHz (USB):

  • Iranian oil facilities attacked, missiles fired into northern Israel
  • Two Democratic state legislators shot, one dead, ‘politically motivated’
  • Agriculture Minister (of Japan) announces review of rice statistics
  • Trump aims to show power as he holds first military parade in 34 years in US capital
  • Former French president Sarkozy stripped of top French medal after conviction
  • Former Nicaraguan president Violeta Chamorro dies at age 95

Kyodo News Radiofax: D.C. Plane Crash January 30, 2025

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who shares the following Radiofax news via the Kyodo News Agency. Carlos Notes:

“[No survivors] 28 bodies recovered.”
Headline from tonight’s Kyodo News Morning Edition. Radiofax received in Porto Alegre, January 30, 2025, 23h00 UTC, 16970 kHz.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio (January 7, 2025) and Bonus Radiofax

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

Carlos notes:

Vatican Radio’s African News Panorama, in English.

John Mahama sworn in as president of Ghana, Guinea’s capital lockdown due protests against military junta, explosive detonated in schools and kidnappings in Nigeria, arrest order for the Mauritius’ former minister of finance. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Bonus: Kyodo News Radiofax

In 30 years, since the 1995 Great Hanshin quake, when the concept of “disaster-related deaths” was created (deaths caused by illness resulting from fatigue and stress while living in shelters) at least 5,456 people have been recognized as disaster-related deaths by local govts.

Kyodo News Morning Edition radiofax received in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Jan 7, 10h50 UTC, 16970 kHz.

Radiofax: First Kyodo News Morning Edition of 2025

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following Kyodo News Radiofax and notes:

First 2025 morning edition of Kyodo News:

“Happy New Year. We wish all ships a safe voyage.”

Kyodo News is the only news agency in the world that sends news to Japanese ships via radiofax.

Received in Porto Alegre, Dec 31, 2024, 23h UTC.

Main headlines:

      • One year since the Noto earthquake
      • Two survivors of South Korean plane may not have been caught in explosion at the tail
      • Arrest warrant issued for South Korean president

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of KBS World Radio (December 30, 2024)

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

Carlos notes:

Hey Thomas my friend, wish you, your family and the SWLing Post community a happy 2025.

Full news bulletin of KBS World Radio (in Spanish), with focus on the tragic plane crash in South Korea that killed 179 passengers. Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Bonus: Last Kyodo News Morning Edition radiofax of the 2024. Received today in Porto Alegre, 10h20 UTC, 16970 kHz (USB).

Some headlines:

  • Japanese woman on business trip to China sentenced to six years in prison for espionage charges for actions in Japan
  • Request for arrest warrant for South Korean president
  • South Korean plane crash: Recording device retrieved for joint investigation and analysis with U.S. authorities
  • Three children dead, mother arrested on suspicion of murder

Carlos Shares a Full Kyodo News Radiofax Transmission (November 28, 2024)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following Radiofax decodes and notes:

Kyodo News full radiofax transmission, Nov 28, 2024, from 23h00 UTC to 01h12 UTC, 16971 kHz, Porto Alegre, #Brazil:

    • Morning Edition, pp 1-2
    • Morning Edition, pp 3-4
    • Sports Edition
    • Japan Navigational Warnings
    • Kaiun Suisan News
    • Horse Racing Champions Cup

Radiofax: String of storms batter the Philippines

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following Radiofax images and notes:

“Typhoon Usagi wreaks more damage and misery in Philippines as yet another storm looms”

https://apnews.com/article/philippines-typhoon-usagi-united-nations-4690fe8d399105fe63f3071c4912d1c2

Via Kyodo News/Associated Press
Radiofax received in Rio de Janeiro, Nov 16, 2024, 07h10 UTC, 16970 kHz.

Super typhoon “Man-yi” (“Pepito”), about to make landfall in The Philippines.

Infrared satellite image (detail) from Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, radiofax just received in Rio de Janeiro, 09h00 UTC, 12382 kHz.