Radio Progreso is a Cuban
Spanish language
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radio station. Founded on 15 December 1929, it has provided musical and other cultural programmes ever since.
Live performances are held in Studio 1 (Estudio Uno) which holds an audience of 300 people. The slogan of Radio Progreso is ''La Onda de la Alegria'' ("The Airwave of Happiness").
Frequencies
Shortwave radio
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listeners can hear Radio Progreso at 4765
kHz
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at night via its transmitter in
Bauta, Cuba. In the southern United States, Radio Progreso can frequently be heard at night on multiple mediumwave (
AM frequencies). The following table is taken from an animated banner on Radio Progreso's website with additional information (call sign, power for the AM stations) from the U.S.
FCC
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records
which rely on official data that are not necessarily accurate and only partly consistent with Radio Progeso's website.
References
External links
Radio Progreso online
Radio stations in Cuba
Radio stations established in 1929
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