Brazil on Shortwaves to Africa

Brazilian Transmissions to Africa

Radiobrás - National Radio of Brazil 9.665 Khz/31 m 11.780 Khz/25 m 6.180 Khz/49 m 250 KW

National Radio of Brazil

31 meters
Frequency: 9665 kHz

The DX Club of Brazil proudly announces to dxers and shortwaves listeners around the world the reactivation of international transmissions of the official Brazilian radio. When several government stations are been deactivated or suffer transmission cuts, these are really good news.

Receptions reports are expected in order to help continuous develop of transmission quality. Reports should be sent through email to radionacional@radiobras.gov.br Program details are given to help dxers identify and send reports. Also, you can listen to the program opening available in this page above.

The official Brazilian Radio RADIOBRAS started daily transmissions on shortwaves to Africa on 1st august 2003. The programs are produced by National Radio AM and FM of Rio de Janeiro and National Radio of Amazonian. The transmissions are aired between 05:00-07:00 and 19:00-21:00 UTC to the African continent.

RADIOBRAS is working on the creation of special programming to countries of Portuguese language (Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, East Timor and Mozambique). This is a complex project aimed to make an information network among all involved nations, to allow all countries exchange material.  To achieve that, it will be necessary establish partnership agreements to create a correspondent network.

Together with the Journalism Radio Department news articles will be produced over subject of listener’s interest and Brazilian issues that are aired on Voice of Brazil and National Reporter and relayed to Africa. More than just standard RADIOBRAS programming, daily bulletins are produced with information mainly concerned of countries of Portuguese language.

Schedule

From Monday to Friday

First Transmission: 19:00 – 21:00 UTC
Retransmission: 05:00 - 07:00 UTC

- Giro Afro: 3 bulletins of 3 minutes distributed along program with information of countries of Portuguese language

- Hello Doctor: interview with different doctors that cover several health problems and diseases like Aids, malaria etc. The guest explains the causes and effects of diseases and provides relevant information about prevention and care.

 -Moment 3: special with 3 songs, generally Brazilians one, chosen by producer Heloísa Mendonça. Each program she selects a specific theme that can be homage to a singer or compose or event a common aspect of this songs.

-Interview: chosen interviews produced by Brazil’s Magazine and Voice of Brazil with several personalities that talk about politics, health, education, culture etc. There are also been produced special interviews for National Radio of Brazil.

- Musical Memory: one hour program dedicated to important artists of popular Brazilian music that cover career, projects and 10 songs that influenced there work are selected

Saturday and Sunday

First Transmission: 18:00 - 22:00 UTC

- Live transmission of soccer games, interviews and sports news. Presently the national championship games are been aired.

Second Transmission: 05:00 - 08:00 UTC

- Music

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Acessos desde 2002