{"id":62736,"date":"2025-04-29T05:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62736"},"modified":"2025-04-29T05:52:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:52:02","slug":"europe-blackout-carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-numerous-posts-praising-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/europe-blackout-carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-numerous-posts-praising-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Blackout: Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Numerous Posts Praising Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to\u00a0<em>SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/carlos-latuff\/?swcfpc=1\">Carlos Latuff<\/a>, who shares\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/carlos-latuffs-shortwave-radio-logs-are-a-work-of-art\/?swcfpc=1\">illustrated radio listening report<\/a> of a recent Radio La Red broadcast.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62738\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1-624x350.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carlos notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Massive blackout in Spain, Radio La Red, Argentina, 910 kHz AM:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Part of Radio La Red news bulletin (In Spanish) about the massive blackout in Spain. Listened (indoor) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on a Xhdata d-808 receiver.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AwZnn6549VE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AwZnn6549VE?si=ySP4iz5H5KZUSRwi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the massive blackout that hit Spain, Portugal and other regions of Europe on Monday, April 28, once again the good old battery-powered radio proved to be the king. Without electricity, cell phone or Internet signal, people turned to the radio to stay informed. These are just some of the posts that flooded Twitter, from Spaniards grateful to have a simple battery-powered AM-FM receiver in their homes. Does anyone still have any doubts about the importance of the radio?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62737\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-2-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-2-624x624.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio La Red broadcast. Carlos notes: Massive blackout in Spain, Radio La Red, Argentina, 910 kHz AM: Part of Radio La Red news bulletin (In Spanish) about the massive blackout in Spain. Listened (indoor) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[373,433,3],"tags":[8043,10791,512,4082],"class_list":["post-62736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-carlos-latuff","tag-europe-blackout","tag-shortwave-art","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gjS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62218,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-radio-2-february-25-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":62736,"position":0},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio 2 (February 25, 2025)","author":"Thomas","date":"February 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio 2 broadcast. 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Listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on a Sony ICR-N20 receiver. https:\/\/youtu.be\/gM3JVufU2xg?si=I2-sH76yncyMctz2 Click here to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Latuff-Radio-2-1-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Latuff-Radio-2-1-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Latuff-Radio-2-1-1-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Latuff-Radio-2-1-1-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Latuff-Radio-2-1-1-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62742,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-radio-nacional-de-espana-april-29-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":62736,"position":1},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a (April 29, 2025)","author":"Thomas","date":"April 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a special Radio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a broadcast. Note that the Spanish version of this post follows the English version: This illustrated radio listening report was particularly special to me. It's a radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Nacional-de-Espana-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Nacional-de-Espana-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Nacional-de-Espana-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Nacional-de-Espana-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Nacional-de-Espana-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62732,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/blackout-in-europe-portable-radios-deliver-news-ree-falls-silent-during-outage\/","url_meta":{"origin":62736,"position":2},"title":"Blackout in Europe: Portable Radios Deliver News \u2014 REE Falls Silent During Outage","author":"Thomas","date":"April 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, parts of Spain, Portugal, and France experienced widespread power outages, knocking out electricity, internet, and mobile networks for hours. One BBC article captured a personal account of how radio became a vital lifeline. SWLing Post contributor Bal\u00e1zs Kov\u00e1cs shared this note from the BBC Live Update: Meanwhile, a friend\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;FM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"FM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/fm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sony-SW100-Barcelona-Black-Out.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sony-SW100-Barcelona-Black-Out.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sony-SW100-Barcelona-Black-Out.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sony-SW100-Barcelona-Black-Out.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sony-SW100-Barcelona-Black-Out.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sony-SW100-Barcelona-Black-Out.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61009,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-radio-exterior-de-espana-november-2-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":62736,"position":3},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a (November 2, 2024)","author":"Thomas","date":"November 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a broadcast. 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