Emisora del Sur ("Station of the South") is a

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that broadcasts from

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

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and 94.7 FM. It airs primarily musical programming with an emphasis on traditional music. Some Emisora del Sur programming is aired on the RNU repeater network outside of Montevideo. In December 2008, Emisora del Sur began broadcasting on 94.7 MHz in Montevideo, after the prior concessionaire Berch Rupenian lost the frequency for his Concierto FM and three other stations in Montevideo and

Punta del Este Punta del Este () is a seaside city and peninsula on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Starting as a small town, Punta del Este grew to become a resort for the Latin and North American jet set and tourists. T ...

over a series of irregularities. One of the Punta del Este frequencies, 94.3 MHz, was also intended to be transferred to SODRE.

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