Emílio Garrastazu Médici

First, they set aside a major new 1,200-acre transmitter site for Radio Nacional at the Parque do Rodeador, or Rodeo Park, about 18 miles northeast of Brasilia.

New high-power transmitters were installed and the site was inaugurated by then-President Emilio Medici on March 11, 1974.

Good evening.

This is Rádio Nacional of Brasília, Brazil, beginning its programme for today, 9 August 1973, directed to English-speaking listeners on the frequencies of 15,445 kHz on the 19-metre band...