Shortwave Log - 2-3 May 2026

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7490 UNITED STATES WBCQ Monticello, 5/3/2026 0018-0023, English,
“Good Golly Miss Molly” by Little Richard in progress; followed by
“Somebody Somewhere” by Larry Birdsong. Both songs came out in 1959.
Fair.

9870 TURKEY Voice of Turkey, 5/3/2026 0010-0017, Spanish, Podcast
about tea and Turkish culture; followed by some traditional music.
Fair.

11780 BRAZIL Radio Nacional da Amazonia, 5/2/2026 2343-2348,
Portuguese, Music program; including “Tô na Vida” by Ana Caňas. Good.

11970 ROMANIA Radio Romania International, 5/2/2026 2348-2352,
Spanish, Traditional music and some health tips. Fair.

13810 CHINA China Radio International, 5/3/2026 1825-1830, German
(Music), Music program in progress. Weak and noisy. Poor.

15555 UNITED STATES WJHR Milton, 5/2/2026 2147-2148, English, Usual
religious programming. Fair.

17790 UNITED STATES Voice of Russia, 5/2/2026 2153-2159, Russian,
Music program - last piece was called “Caravans” by Igor Kantikov;
followed by closing remarks and end of show. Excellent.

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Is Voice of Russia still around?

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Hi Donald,

This is a bit confusing isn’t it, especially since VOR as it was shut down in 2014. I’m doing a bit of deep dive to see if I can figure things out. The station is listed in some Shortwave schedules (ILGRadio and HFCC but not EiBi).

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I’ve done some digging and see that WRMI lists this on their schedule from 2130 to 2200 Saturdays and 0400-0430 Sundays on 15770. No mention of their 17790 transmitter (aimed towards South America and Africa). I did find a Japanese SWL on Facebook that heard the same broadcast I did (so I’m not going nuts thankfully). Will investigate further to see what I can come up with.

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This is very interesting. I think they’re trying to get back on the air as a censorship resistant media.

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I think I have this wrapped up:

The program “Voice of Russia” is produced and narrated by Russian radio enthusiast Andrey Molokov and has been broadcast via WRMI since 2023 (and on occasion via other transmitters). It features music and stories about radio broadcasting from the Soviet era. The program has nothing to do with the old broadcaster and does not appear to have any ties to the current government or news agencies.

Interestingly the original “Voice of Russia” was sold to Sputnik News in 2013/2014 but they don’t appear to use the title for their media products. I did find a website with that name but it doesn’t appear to be connected to any radio broadcasting.

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Thanks for sharing this information. It might help many confused listeners.

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