Ecuador: Luciernaga del Condor
Date Station Frequency Time Comments Source
1997-05-18 R Luciernaga del Condor 3568.7 2300-0230 nightly from before 2300; sign off without NA or annct, just petering out after a pasillo. (Klemetz/DatelineBogota) DXWin 66
1997-05-09 R difusora Luciernaga del Condor 3568.7 2320-0215 Yanzatza, Zamora Chinchipe, new station, Short news bulletin, devotional feature, and music. Poor-to-fair reception, and some QRM from Brazilian on 3569. Not on the air when checking the fq May 10, 1030 and 1100. Announces 1100 and "3.57 onda corta", saying "dos frecuencias al servicio de la comunidad chinchipense, Luciernaga del Condor". Another canned id said: Desde Yanzatza, su radio: Lucieraga del Condor". - MW fq is the one La V de Chinchipe, 3570, used to announce. I believe the latter, which has been off for quite some time, sold its gear to Luciernaga del Condor, which is a funny name, "Glow-worm of the Condor", perhaps a poetic nickname for a village thrown out on the slopes of the Condor Cordillera. (Klemetz/ DatelineBogota) DXWin 64
1997-05-09 Radio Difusora Luciernaga del Condor 3568.7 2320-0215 located in Yanzatza, Zamora Chinchipe, new station. Short news bulletin, devotional feature, and music. Poor-to-fair reception, and some QRM from the Brazilian on 3569. Not on the air when checking the next day at 1030 and 1100. Announces 1100 and "3.57 onda corta", saying "dos frecuencias al servicio de la comunidad chinchipense, Luciernaga del Condor". Another canned id said: Desde Yanzatza, su radio: Lucieraga del Condor". - MW frequency is the one La V de Chinchipe, 3570, used to announce. I believe the latter, which has been off for quite some time, sold its gear to Luciernaga del Condor, which is a funny name, "Glow-worm of the Condor", perhaps a poetic nickname for a village thrown out on the slopes of the Condor Cordillera. (Klemetz May 9) Cumbre 138
1996-11-15 La V de Chinchipe 3570 0149 poor, s/off w/ HC NA. Birthday greetings etc. with heavy reverb. (Klemetz/Dateline Bogota) DXWin 39
1996-09-04 R. Chinchipe 3570.0 2352-0042 22222 advs Dr. Alva Tapia, lo mejor en odontologia, trabajamos con luz halogena.. ID "Su mejor musica y compania por radio la Voz de Chinchipe" mx romantica LA px momentos romanticos mx ID "La mejor compania radio la Voz de Chinchipe". (Arrunategui, Sep 4) DXWin 29
1996-01-25 LV de Chinchipe 3570.2 2348-0100 New stn in Zumba, close to the Peruvian border, was heard with weak signals in northern Ecuador on 3570.2 kHz from sign on 1130-1215 and again at 2348-0100 s/off. (Petersen) Cumbre 70
1996-01-04 La Voz de Chinchipe 3570 0000 (Zumba); w/pop songs, local ads, IDs. Vgd signals as heard from Manta (Pacific coast of Ecuador)--much better than from Quito. (McVicar Jan 4) Cumbre 68
1995-12-14 La Voz de Chinchipe 3570.17 0031 Zumba; w/Ecuadorian folk songs, TC,ID. pr, Dec.13. 1149 w/pop songs, ID, classifieds. pr-fr Dec.14 (McVicar) Cumbre 66
1995-12-10 La Voz de Chinchipe 3570.17 2348-0011 (Zumba) w/many Ecuadorian pasillos in a row, OM later w/anmts about a local event, ID and Ecuadorian national anthem. fr w/lots of QRN, Dec.10. This would be my unid. from Oct.3 and Nov.22. Not heard other days on sporadic checks. I suspect this one is a pirate. I'm excited about this station being on the air as it's the only shortwave station in the remote province of Zamora Chinchipe. In fact, Zumba is right at the bottom of this province, about 10 km from the Peruvian border. The Ecuadorian government listings include a "La Voz de Zamora" from Zamora Chinchipe's main town of Zamora on 3330 kHz but it's one of many on the official list that don't seem to be really there. (McVicar) Cumbre 64