Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ulis Fleming (K3LU), who shares the following video via Twitter and notes:
Spain: Must see newsreel video of the 1954 inauguration of REE/RNE shortwave radio transmitters:
Click here to watch video at the RTVE archives.
Many thanks for sharing this excellent bit of radio history, Ulis. I was just telling a friend that Radio Exterior de España still has one of the biggest signals out of Europe into North America these days on 9690 kHz.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Andrea Borgnino who, as a follow-up to his post yesterday, is sharing the following photos of the Radio Nacional de España (RNE) Casa de la Radio in Pozuelo, Madrid, Spain. Andrea also includes some excellent interior shots of the Radio Exterior de España studios. Click on the images below to enlarge:
Again, thanks so much for sharing these, Andrea!
Radio Exterior de España has posted an updated broadcast schedule (in Spanish) on their website. I have translated and pasted the shortwave schedules below:
Radio Exterior de España transmits its programming from 18:00 to 22:00 hours, Coordinated Universal Time, Monday through Friday. Broadcast frequencies and coverage areas are:
- Africa and South Atlantic, 15,450 Khz , 19 meter band.
- South America, 17,715 Khz , 16 meter band.
- North America, 17,855 Khz , 16 meter band.
- Middle East and Indian, 15,490 Khz , 19 meter band.
And on Saturdays and Sundays:
- Africa and South Atlantic, 21,620 Khz band of 13 meters (14 to 18 hours), and 15,450 kHz band of 19 meters (18 to 22 hours).
- South America, 17,715 Khz band of 16 meters (14 to 18 hours).
- North America, 17,855 Khz band of 16 meters (14 to 18 hours).
- Middle East and Indian, 15,490 Khz band of 19 meters (14 to 18 hours).
(In case you’re keeping tabs: yes, REE is still on the air, though basically as a relay of RNE.)
