Rádio AM News

AM radio still matters in Brazil, and Rádio AM News is a good example of why. The format is talk: phone-ins, political debate, callers who've been listening since they were kids and won't be told otherwise. It's the dial Brazilians grew up with. And it hasn't gone anywhere. The core of it is news in Portuguese, paced for conversation rather than a headline ticker. Expect long interviews, analysis of Brasília politics, football post-mortems, and city updates that assume you actually live here. Segments run long. That's either the whole appeal or a dealbreaker, depending on your patience. Not fo…