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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 RFI broadcast via Voz Missionaria.
Carlos notes:
Heat wave in Japan and Iran, heavy rains in China. RFI News via Radio Voz Missionária, 5940 kHz
Brazil’s Lula vows to defy US tariffs, Voice of Turkey, 9870 kHz
“…Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has declared that his government will not back down in defending the country’s economic interests and will resort to international channels against new US tariffs. Lula stated at an event in Brasilia: ‘In 2025, we will use all possible measures to defend our interests, starting with the World Trade Organization’…”
Hiroshima bombing, 80 years later. NHK, 11965 kHz.
As we mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a new picture book has been published, featuring essays and other writings by children who experienced the bombing, with illustrations by Chihiro Iwasaki.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent NHK World broadcast along with bonus radiofax imagery.
Carlos notes:
Volcano eruption, typhoon no. 9: excerpts from NHK news bulletin
Volcano eruption, typhoon no. 9: excerpts from NHK news bulletin, 11965 kHz
Plus radiofax from Japan Meteorological Agency, featuring typhoon no. 9 (“Krosa”), 7795 kHz USB, received yesterday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Xhdata D-808 receiver.
When an emergency occurs, such as an earthquake or tsunami, NHK, the Japanese public broadcaster, switches its programming to exclusively news coverage of the event. Even the broadcaster’s homepage switches to a light version to reduce cell phone battery consumption.
When I received news of the tsunami, it was already after 10 p.m. in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and the propagation to Japan at that time is terrible; you couldn’t hear anything!
However, in the morning, after 4 a.m., propagation reopens, and then it was possible to monitor part of NHK’s radio coverage of the tsunami.