Radio Causachun Coca from Bolivia heard on 6075 kHz shortwave

Radio Causachun Coca from Bolivia has been reported heard abroad on 6075 kHz in the 49 meter shortwave band. The station has been heard with politicial talk programming in support of President Evo Morales. Radio Causachun Coca is run by a coca growers' association, and is located in Lauka Ñ, Provincia de Tiraque, Región Trópico, Departamento de Cochabamba. In addition to 6075 kHz shortwave, the station has announced broadcasting on FM and 740 kHz AM. Radio Causachun Coca has been heard by several DXers from September 14, signing on at 1000 Universal time in the morning and closing down in the evening at 0230 UTC, according to reports on DXLD where information about the shortwave transmissions was first published. Radio Causachun Coca was founded in 2007 as part of a nationwide network of indigenous stations, Sistema de Radios de los Pueblos Originarios (RPO). The station also rebroadcasts programming produced by another publicly funded network, Red Patria Nueva (RPN). The Quechua word "causachun" means the same as Spanish "viva", or "long live", and is used by the station in the slogan "Causachun coca, wañuchun narcotráfico", praising coca but denouncing drug trafficking. Most commonly "causachun coca" is used in the coca growers' slogan "¡causachun coca, wañuchun yanki!" (long live coca, death to the yankees).
(DXing.info, September 21, 2008)

Rádio 9 de Julho from Brazil expands to shortwave

Rádio 9 de Julho in São Paulo, Brazil, is expanding to shortwave. The station has a powerful mediumwave transmitter on 1600 kHz, but has begun transmissions also on 9820 kHz in the 31 meter band shortwave, a return to a frequency used by the station already long ago. Brazilian DXer Edison Bocorny Jr. was the first to report the station heard on Radioescutas mailing list on September 13.
(DXing.info, September 21, 2008)

CJLO Montréal, Canada, launched on 1690 kHz AM

Another Canadian X-band station has begun broadcasting. CJLO is transmitting from Montréal, Québec, on 1690 kHz, with 1 kW of power. CJLO is a non-profit station run by volunteers at the Loyola Campus of Concordia University. The station began streaming on the Internet seven days a week in 2003. Test broadcasts on 1690 kHz began with a test tone in late July 2008, followed by music programming in August. By mid-September, CJLO had already been logged by DXers in several European countries. Programming is said to include hip-hop, RPM, rock, alt, punk, metal, jazz, blues, world, and country music.
(DXing.info, September 21, 2008)

Latest new stations in Buenos Aires on 1300 and 1700 kHz AM

In Argentina, the capital radio dial is awash with newcomers. Emisora Santiago y Copla is a new unlicensed station broadcasting folk music and targeting listeners who have moved from the Province of Santiago del Estero to the capital Buenos Aires. The station broadcasts on 1300 kHz mediumwave. DXer Marcelo A.
Cornachioni, who discovered the station and reported it on ConDig mailing list on August 3, believes that it is located in Gregorio de Laferrere. The telephone number for the station is (011) 4603-3180.
     On the extended AM band, Radio Hosanna Tropical can now be heard on 1660 kHz. Radio Hosanna Tropical is a Christian radio station - previously known as Hosanna AM 1660 - using a transmitter in Ezeiza, in the capital province. Also on the X-band, Radio City has been heard by Cornachioni at the upper end of the dial on 1700 kHz. Based on the announcements he picked up, Radio City is located in Partido de Almirante Brown, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cornachioni heard the first test transmissions on July 26, as reported on ConDig mailing list.
     Earlier in July, Cornachioni reported that Radio Sudamericana appeared on 1120 kHz mediumwave, presumably from the northern part of the capital region. The unlicensed station has announced an email address as its only contact information. On 1210 kHz Radio La Luz is broadcasting from Partido de La Matanza, Buenos Aires. Further up on the dial on 1550 kHz, Radio Popular is broadcasting from Avenida Brigadier Juan Manuel de Rosas 2468, Localidad de José León Suárez, Partido de San Martín, Buenos Aires, and can be reached by telephone at (011) 4729-1545.
     From Monte Grande, Partido de Esteban Echeverría, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Cornachioni has caught two more stations. On 1260 kHz, Radio Las Naciones is a new evangelical station, announcing phone number (011) 4296-0771. Its address is believed to be Calle Leandro N. Alem 218 in Monte Grande. Then on 1460 kHz, Radio Jerusalén broadcasts from Calle Fragata Heroína 2035, (B1842FQI) Monte Grande, telephone (011) 4284-2830, and has also email. The station manager of this Christian station is Angel J. Rivera.
(DXing.info, August 20, 2008)

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