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Classical on 530am Location?
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530 is not authorized for commercial stations in the United States. Most likely you are listening to Radio Enciclopedia from Cuba.
There is a Canadian 530 CHLO in Toronto. Their format is Multilingual. So, most likely the instrumental Radio Encyclopedia from Cuba with only 1 KW!
The Radio Encyclopedia in Cuba is 10 kw. There is a Radio Rebelde at Guantánamo on 530 with 1 kw.
Do either of those stations regularly play classical music?
The Radio Encyclopedia in Cuba is 10 kw. There is a Radio Rebelde at Guantánamo on 530 with 1 kw.
This persistent glitch or whatever it is that's causing posts to be delayed in posting, then appear in duplicate or triplicate as the frustrated posters try to get them to load, has to be addressed and fixed. Please!!! I post elsewhere, including on boards that have even older technology than this, and never encounter this problem.
I think it's a Cloudfare problem. They had a beyond-major glitch for a few hours yesterday morning that took a large percentage of the internet down. This site isn't the only one with issues.
Maybe, but it's been going on here for weeks.
That's something Lance has to address, and IIRC, he has several times already. I'm not an IT expert so I have no idea what it would take to fix it.
Radio Enciclopedia is a regular on 530 here in Houston.
Many years ago there was a Costa Rican station on 530 that put a listenable nighttime signal into Houston. Can’t remember the station name (my older WRTH books aren’t handy at the moment) but it was located in Cartago and IIRC ran 20kw.
For many years what is now Bush Intercontinental Airport had a TIS station on 530 that could be heard over much of Houston. There were one or two other TIS/HAR transmitters on that frequency in the area as well.
Lance has posted that he is aware of the problem, and might be considering moving RD from XenForo to a new platform.
Quito, Ecuador also had a 530 station, but (like 2/3 of all Quito AM's) it is gone now.
Usually Enciclopedia plays easy listening with occasional Spanish announcements. Sometimes will play light classical as you mentioned.
Try 590 for Cuba as well. Classical music sticks out like a sore thumb.
A couple of decades ago, RVC (Vision Cristiana) Turks & Caicos was the usual east coast nighttime log on 530. Then a hurricane took them out.
Try 590 for Cuba as well. Classical music sticks out like a sore thumb.
A couple of decades ago, RVC (Vision Cristiana) Turks & Caicos was the usual east coast nighttime log on 530. Then a hurricane took them out.
Argentina has Somos Radio on 530 in metro Buenos Aires:
An even better catch on the frequency would be Falklands Radio!
radio.co.fk
An even better catch on the frequency would be Falklands Radio!
Welcome to Falklands Radio • Home
Radio broadcasting service in the Falkland Islands; playing a great mix of music, news, weather, flights and information. We're your local, national station.
radio.co.fk
I believe the reasoning behind playing instrumental music on Radio Encyclopedia has to do with the banning of American music and the Cuban embargo. Maybe @davideduardo might know more about this.
That is what Enciclopedia did before the Castro overthrow of the government. It played instrumentals and "factoids" in between songs.
The Costa Rican station was TICAL Radio Rumbo. They were originally on 525 kHz and moved to 530 kHz sometimes in 1982. Easily received in the Chicago area on both frequencies with their listed 1 kW. Eventually they increased their power to 20 kW.
Yes, that’s the one! I thought I remembered something about “Rumbo” or “Rumba”.
I need to get my older WRTH editions in a more easily accessible place for quickly referencing such things.😁
Costa Rica had an odd 25 kHz mediumwave channel plan up until the early 1980s. Starting at 525, then 550, 575, 600, 625, 650, 675 etc. Stations on the “split” frequencies often provided great DX. I recall hearing Costa Ricans on 675 and 725 when I lived in the Texas panhandle.
Don’t recall hearing anything on 525 or 530 when DXing in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A few beacon stations lurked in the 515-524 range. My reception of Radio Rumbo came in the 1980s following their power increase to 20kw. Good signal into Houston in late evenings. Eventually got buried when IAH airport launched a TIS on 530, though that has been gone for many years now, as also Radio Rumbo.
Venezuela has a Radio Rumbos (plural) on 670 khz. I remember hearing it on shortwave back in the '70s, on 4970, although Radio Barquisimeto, on 4990, was a much stronger signal here in the Northeast.