The Buenos Aires FM and AM dial

Okay, in this subject I'll try to list the most important and powerful radio networks and stations broadcasting from Buenos Aires City and the most powerful stations from the Buenos Aires Province. It doesn't pretends to be highly complete, since that would be impossible due to the myriad of entirely local stations every city and partido has. I hope it's being informative to anyone who might be interested on Buenos Aires radio

AM (all stations are from Buenos Aires City unless specified)

530 Radio de las Madres (talk/cultural)
550 Radio Colonia (news/sports/variety) [from Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay]
570 Radio Argentina (brokered/Hot AC)
590 Radio Continental (news/sports)
610 Radio General San Martín (brokered/tango) [from San Martín Partido, Buenos Aires Province]
630 Radio Rivadavia (news/sports)
650 Radio Repórter Belgrano (brokered/tango)
660 Radio Amplitud (brokered/Italian songs) [from La Matanza Partido]
670 Radio República (brokered/tango) [from La Matanza Partido]
680 Radio Magna (brokered/oldies) [from San Martín Partido]
690 K24 en Radio (sports/tango)
710 Radio Diez (news/talk)
730 Radio General Güemes (sports/variety)
750 AM750 (talk/eclectic)
770 Radio Cooperativa (news/talk)
790 Radio Mitre (news/sports)
810 Radio La Gauchita (folk)
830 Radio del Pueblo (brokered/oldies)
840 Radio General Belgrano (sports/tango)
850 La Voz de América (Paraguayan songs) [from José C. Paz Partido]
870 Radio Nacional de Buenos Aires (public radio, National Government)
890 Radio Libre (lotteries/brokered) [from La Matanza Partido]
910 Radio La Red (news/sports)
950 Radio Nueve (sports)
980 AM980 (folk) [from José C. Paz Partido]
990 Radio Splendid (brokered/tango)
1030 Radio del Plata (news/sports)
1050 Radio Concepto (talk/eclectic)
1070 Radio El Mundo (business)
1090 Radio Décadas (oldies)
1110 Radio de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (public radio, Buenos Aires City Government)
1150 Radio Sagrada Familia (Catholic) [from La Matanza Partido]
1170 La Radio de mi País (folk) [from Malvinas Argentinas Partido]
1190 Radio América (news/talk)
1220 Radio Cadena Eco (brokered/sports)
1240 Radio Cadena Uno (brokered/Lite AC)
1270 Radio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (public radio, Buenos Aires Province Government) [from La Plata, capital of the Buenos Aires Province]
1350 Radio Buenos Aires (talk/Lite AC)
1370 La 13 70 (folk)
1450 Radio El Sol (Lite AC)
1530 Radio Eco Porteña (news/sports)

FM (all stations are from Buenos Aires City unless specified)
89.1 Radio Touché (rock/reggae) [from San Isidro Partido]
92.7 La 2X4 (public tango radio, Buenos Aires City Government)
93.7 RPN Rock y Pop Nacional (public rock, National Government)
94.3 Radio Disney (CHR)
94.7 Radio Palermo (brokered)
95.1 Radio Metro (talk/dance)
95.9 Rock and Pop (talk/rock)
96.7 Radio Nacional de Música Clásica (public classical, National Government)
97.5 Vale 97.5 (Lite AC)
97.9 Radio Cultura (culture/classical)
98.3 Mega 98.3 (rock)
98.7 Radio Nacional de Música Folclórica (public folk, National Government)
99.1 Cadena 3 (news/talk)
99.5 FM Federal (public Lite AC, Buenos Aires City's Police Force)
99.9 La Cien (CHR)
100.3 Radio Cultura Musical (classical)
100.7 Blue FM (Hot AC)
101.1 Radio Latina (talk/Latin) [from La Matanza Partido]
101.5 Pop 101.5 (talk/variety)
101.9 KSK FM (dance)
102.3 Aspen Classic (Hot AC)
103.1 Radio Vorterix (rock)
103.7 Radio TKM (CHR)
104.3 FM Imagina (Lite AC)
105.5 Los 40 Principales (CHR)
106.3 Red Aleluya (Christian)
106.7 FM Millenium (easy listening)
107.9 ESPN Radio (sports/Hot AC)

The radio dial, specially on FM, is without doubts absolutely crowded. However I didn't list any local station here, so it might not be so noticeable I hope this have served as a glimpse for anyone who might wonder what you can hear in Buenos Aires

Muchas gracias por esta informacion. Is Millenium FM instrumentals? I wanted to listen online, but no site will allow it.

cd

You're welcome! Millenium plays both instrumentals and soft English-language music. It's strange you can't listen to it, though. I have never seen an Argentine station restricting its stream to people inside Argentina exclusively. Have you tried http://active.telecomcdn.com/fmmillenium/fmmillenium ?

OK am listening now, but this is the URL that shows: http://186.153.1.2/5daaqaibaqmuai2eybokddngszqot2eh ( ??? ) But thank you!

cd

cd637299 said:

OK am listening now, but this is the URL that shows: http://186.153.1.2/5daaqaibaqmuai2eybokddngszqot2eh ( ??? ) But thank you!

cd

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Enjoying Millenium FM now, through the player pop-up. http://www.fmmilenium.com.ar/radio.html

When I click on the URL provided by cd, nothing happens, my media player remains 'Ready'. However, when I click the 'play' button (your choice of WinAmp, WMP or Apple) on the site's player pop-up, a new URL is created in my media player, each URL being different. If I re-click that URL, the media player does not play the stream, but again goes into 'Ready' mode. This is really curious...does this mean that every time one clicks the stream button, a new URL is created, but only for one time???

~BG

It's the first time I see such behavior on a radio station stream! XD

Eduardo said:

FM (all stations are from Buenos Aires City unless specified)
89.1 Radio Touché (rock/reggae) [from San Isidro Partido]
92.7 La 2X4 (public tango radio, Buenos Aires City Government)
93.7 RPN Rock y Pop Nacional (public rock, National Government)

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Interesting, that with the rest of the dial so crowded, there's only one station below 92.7?

w9wi said:

Eduardo said:

FM (all stations are from Buenos Aires City unless specified)
89.1 Radio Touché (rock/reggae) [from San Isidro Partido]
92.7 La 2X4 (public tango radio, Buenos Aires City Government)
93.7 RPN Rock y Pop Nacional (public rock, National Government)

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Interesting, that with the rest of the dial so crowded, there's only one station below 92.7?

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Our OP might have accidentally missed listing them. This page might be dated a bit, but:

http://radiostationworld.com/Locations/Argentina/radio.asp

(Two are below 88 MHz!)

cd

I intentionally omitted listing all the local/regional radio stations, since Buenos Aires is HUGE, with thousands of radio stations sharing the same frequencies, many of them operating illegally. As an example, I'll list the stations found between 87.5 and 93.1 in my city (Pilar Partido, Buenos Aires Province)

87.5 FM Soldados (Hot AC)
87.7 Cadena del Altísimo (Christian)
87.9 Radio Universidad (college)
88.1 FM Plus (Hot AC)
88.3 Estación Pilar (Hot AC)
88.5 Radio Panamericana (Latin/Hot AC)
88.7 FM Pancochi (Bolivian songs)
88.9 FM Renuevo (Christian)
89.1 FM Touché (rock/reggae)
89.1 Radio Universidad de La Matanza (college) - yes, two different stations in the same frequency!
89.3 FM Santa María (easy listening)
89.9 FM 89.9 (oldies)
90.1 FM Trujuy (Lite AC)
90.5 FM Monterrey (hard rock)
90.7 FM Scombro (tropical)
90.9 Radio Universidad de Belgrano (cultural/Lite AC)
91.1 Radio Caacupé (folk/Paraguayan songs)
91.5 FM del Sol (Lite AC)
91.7 Radio Planeta (Latin)
91.9 Radio Country (Hot AC)
92.1 FM Plaza (Lite AC)
92.5 FM Boreal (Lite AC)
92.7 La 2X4 (tango)
92.9 FM Copacabana (Bolivian songs)

Didn't BA have an AM station on 1620, and another frequency above that (maybe 1650), in the 1990s?

Eduardo, or anybody else, are you aware of any radio stations which published (or otherwise offered) TOP TUNES radio chart (hit parade) lists every week or month or end-of-year? I am a serious, serious collector of these - FROM ALL ERAS. You would most likely be familiar with any activity in the Provincia de Buenos Aires, but my request actually extends to Bahia Blanca, Montevideo, Asuncion...and, in fact, through Latin America and the Caribbean as far as Tijuana and Santo Domingo, and Africa, etc.

I am trying to find ORIGINAL PAPER CHARTS (SURVEYS) ONLY - that can include anything that was printed in a newspaper. That does NOT include anything that was printed in a "NATIONAL" music publication, however.

frankfrank said:

Didn't BA have an AM station on 1620, and another frequency above that (maybe 1650), in the 1990s?

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1650 was for several years and outlet for BBC Mundo programming in Spanish, while BBC World Services programmes were heard on 97.1 timeshared with Radio France International.
1650 has closed many years ago (although that frequency was licensed in 2008 for a 1Kw station in Pilar, Northern Buenos Aires which broadcast irregular daytime programming for a few years until folding for good in 2013) while 97.1 is now Mucha Radio, a Latin music outlet owned by the same people as LS83 Canal 9. It is quite low powered though.