Monte Grande Radio Station was a

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Monte Grande Monte Grande is a city which forms part of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires. It is the administrative seat of Esteban Echeverría Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded on April 3, 1889, by a company named ''Soc ...

near Buenos Aires, Argentina. It used a T-shaped antenna installed on ten masts, of which eight had a height of 210 metres and two a height of 219 metres. The station was inaugurated on January 24, 1924, at the presence of Argentinian president

Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Pacheco (4 October 1868 – 23 March 1942), was an Argentine lawyer and politician, who served as president of Argentina between from 1922 to 1928. His period of government coincided precisely with the en ...

. At the time of inauguration the station used machine transmitters. The station worked on 23.6 kHz with 72.1 kW.

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