{"id":33819,"date":"2018-08-28T07:19:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T11:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33819"},"modified":"2018-08-28T10:29:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:29:16","slug":"shortwave-radio-recordings-radio-nacional-de-venezuela-2004-and-media-network-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/shortwave-radio-recordings-radio-nacional-de-venezuela-2004-and-media-network-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Radio Nacional de Venezuela (2004) and Media Network (1990)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following recordings and writes:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>With the news over the past few years, and especially over the last few weeks, of the rapid decline of Venezuela, it’s interesting to recall that there was a day when that country was a powerhouse on the shortwave band, with numerous private radio stations that SWL’s around the world could hear in the 90, 60, 49, 31, and 19 meter bands.<\/p>\n

There was also a brief attempt to put Venezuela on the map as an international broadcaster, with Radio Nacional de Venezuela which was audible at good signal levels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our thanks to Dan for this 45 minute recording, found in Dan’s archives of recordings, from 2004 when Radio Nacional de Venezuela<\/em> was on the air in October 2004:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioNacionalDeVenezuela1990101120042020UTC\/Radio%20Nacional%20de%20Venezuela%201990%2010-11-2004%202020%20UTC.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download audio.<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan also found the following episode of RNW Media Network<\/em>, which was produced by Jonathan Marks, from March of 1990, with a focus on Venezuela:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioNacionalDeVenezuela1990101120042020UTC\/MN.15.03.1990%20Section%20on%20Venezuela.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download audio.<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan, thank you so much for sharing these excellent off-air recordings! I will also add these to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a>. We look forward to any other recordings you might turn up in your archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following recordings and writes: With the news over the past few years, and especially over the last few weeks, of the rapid decline of Venezuela, it’s interesting to recall that there was a day when that country was a powerhouse on the shortwave band, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,746,43],"tags":[2635,7248,4106,4082,737,5525],"class_list":["post-33819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-radio-nacional-de-venezuela","tag-recordings","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-radio-recordings","tag-venezuela"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Nt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65091,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-cgtn-january-3-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":33819,"position":0},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of CGTN (January 3, 2025)","author":"Thomas","date":"January 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares the following\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of a recent CGTN broadcast. 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