FMQ streams news, sports, and Latin music at 89.5 FM live from Quilmes, in the Buenos Aires conurbano, and you can hear it live and free on Radio Shuffle from anywhere in the world.
The News Station of a City Named for a Mission
FMQ describes itself simply as the news station, covering Quilmes, Argentina, and the world through a mix of updated news, sports, interviews, and entertainment programming, according to Radioarg.com's listing for the station. The station operates alongside Crónica, one of Argentina's longest-running media brands, giving it access to a national news operation while staying focused on stories from its home district.
A City Older Than Argentina Itself
Quilmes traces its name back to 1666, when the governor of Río de la Plata established Santa Cruz de los Quilmes, an indigenous mission built around forcibly relocated Quilmes people, according to Wikipedia's history of the city. The mission itself was dissolved in 1812, but the name stuck, and the arrival of the railway in 1872 turned the area into a popular summer destination before it was formally declared a city in 1916 as a residential suburb of Buenos Aires.
Home of Argentina's National Beer
Quilmes gave its name to more than just a city. Cerveza Quilmes, the beer brand founded there in 1888 by German immigrant Otto Bemberg, now holds roughly 75 percent of Argentina's beer market and functions as something close to a national symbol, according to Wikipedia's entry on the brand. Few local radio stations anywhere broadcast from a city whose name is more recognizable on a beer label than a map.
El Decano's Home Turf
The city is also home to Quilmes Atlético Club, nicknamed El Decano, the dean, because it holds the distinction of being the longest continuously operating football club in Argentina, founded in the 19th century by Cannon J.T. Stevenson. A second club, Argentino de Quilmes, formed later from Argentine players excluded from the original English-founded side, giving the district two separate, long-running football rivalries for FMQ's sports segments to cover.
Why Tune In
FMQ gives listeners a direct line into a district with an outsized footprint on Argentine culture, from its export beer brand to its historic football club, delivered through straightforward local news and sports coverage. For anyone following Quilmes specifically, or curious about the conurbano beyond central Buenos Aires, it offers a genuinely local perspective.
Listen to FMQ free on Radio Shuffle, streaming news and sports live from Quilmes, Argentina.