Rádio Algoritmo

Naming a station Algoritmo is a provocation. Portugal's radio dial is still full of fado on Sunday mornings and pimba at summer festivals, so calling yourself 'the algorithm' sounds like a dare. The name promises machine curation. What you actually get is closer to a broad sweep: Portuguese pop, hip hop from the Lisbon scene, a Batida or Slow J track if you're lucky, and the odd international hit nobody asked for. It's not a crate-digger's paradise. Not every segue works. But there's something honest about a station that owns its machinery, and the mix keeps moving instead of parking in one la…