[HCDX] Radio Samora Libre

["Dave Kernick" <dak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VENEZUELA

Not shortwave, but of interest nonetheless, I think: Via DX Tuners receiver 
in Caracas, I regularly hear a station on 101.9 MHz playing music 
interspersed with revolutionary slogans and identifications as "Radio Samora 
Libre". I'm not 100% sure about the ID, but the name makes sense: Samora 
Machel, a Marxist, was the first president of independent Mozambique and 
remains a hero of the left, and this year is the 20th anniversary year of 
his death.

Possibly a pirate, and this just may be co-incidental, but interesting to 
note that 101.9 MHz has been allocated for future use to Venezuelan armed 
forces radio, La Voz de la FAN, according to a newsagency report here 
http://www.aporrea.org/imprimir_noticia.php?docid=73702.

You can hear a clip of Radio Samora Libre on the Interval Signal Online 
website (http://www.intervalsignals.net) or directly here: 
www.intervalsignals.net/files/ven-radio_samora_libre_170306.ram. I get the 
gist of what they're saying, any Spanish speakers care to give a 
translation?

Regards,

Dave Kernick



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