We tell you what local radio is saying, in English.
DialSweep is a subscription. We listen to radio stations around the world, turn what they say into English, and alert you when something is said about the places and topics you pick.
DialSweep is invite-only for now. We read every request and email you an invite.
Radio carries what the news and social media miss.
Radio is live, local, and spoken. A station talks to its own town all day, and the people who live there call in. That makes it different from news sites and social media in four ways.
You hear it first.
When something happens, people call their local station, and reporters go on air while it is still happening. A written story comes later, after someone gathers it, writes it, and publishes it.
After the 2026 earthquake in Venezuela, radio was first on about 7 in 10 of the facts that other sources also carried, by a median of 3 hours.
You hear what is never written down.
Much of what a caller, a reporter, or a local official says on air is never turned into an article or a post. If nobody is listening, it is gone.
Facts about that earthquake that appeared on radio and nowhere else, then or since. That was more than half of what radio reported.
You get the local detail.
A station serves one town or district and talks about that place: which road is open, where the water rose, who is missing. National news and the wire mostly give you totals and official statements.
It keeps working when the power and the internet go down.
A radio runs on batteries. When the power dies, the cell towers go down, and the internet goes dark, people still reach for one. In a crisis, radio is often the only way a community shares what is happening.
Where the numbers come from
After a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Venezuela on 24 June 2026, we compared what local radio reported with what the news wire, online outlets, and social media reported. We counted facts: single, checkable claims, such as a building that collapsed or a person reported missing. Radio reported 751. Of those, 425 appeared only on radio and 326 also appeared elsewhere. The other sources carried 1,640. You still need your news and social feeds. Radio adds what they miss.
An alert when local radio says what matters to you.
DialSweep is a subscription. When we set you up, you tell us where to listen and what to listen for. After that, alerts come to you, and every match stays in your feed.
An alert when a station says your words.
When a station says something about the places and topics you picked, we send you an alert in English, with the original words it came from.
Every match, in one place.
Everything your alerts catch stays in your feed, newest first, with the original words and an English translation. Filter it by country or by alert.
The places you care about.
Tell us where you need to hear. We find the stations there and do the listening. There is no equipment for you to buy or install.
Several bridges have collapsed in Mayo-Kebbi, cutting the whole community off from the rest of the country.
"...plusieurs ponts ont cédé dans le Mayo-Kebbi, coupant la communauté entière du reste du pays..."
From a voice on the air to your inbox.
Here is what we heard.
Alerts built from real broadcasts. Each one shows what was said, in English, and the original words.
A seven-story building in Chacao has collapsed, and rescuers are working to reach a woman trapped in the rubble.
"...en medio de tantos escombros se ha escuchado el clamor de una mujer que esta atrapada..."
A cholera epidemic has broken out in Ouaddai, and the government and aid agencies are racing to contain it.
"...une épidémie de choléra s'est déclarée dans le Ouaddaï..."
Military helicopters over the mining camps and explosions recorded from the air, in a large security deployment.
"...helicópteros militares sobrevolando campamentos, explosiones registradas desde el aire..."
Rain has caused flooding and brought down trees, and service is suspended on one of the Metro Cable lines.
"...la caída de varios árboles y también la suspensión temporal de servicio en una de las líneas del Metro Cable..."
A fresh 14-day ultimatum to the federal government threatens a total shutdown across public universities.
Officials call for heightened vigilance after sporadic terrorist attacks in the districts of Marrupa and Mecula.
"...face ao registro de ataques terroristas esporádicos nos distritos de Marrupa e Mecula."
We put our own receivers on the ground.
On top of the stations we already monitor, we place and run field receivers where local radio never reaches the internet. We only monitor public broadcast: stations put on the air for anyone to hear. We do not tap phones or private channels.
Right where it happens.
A receiver in town hears the small stations people there rely on, in the language they speak.
Stations nobody else hears.
Much local radio never reaches the internet. Our receivers pick it up where it airs, so those broadcasts land in your feed too. You never need a receiver yourself.
The same region: our field receivers reach the stations others miss.
Who it is for.
Alerts on the places you operate. For example: armed conflict over gold in the Orinoco mining arc, far from any reporter.
What is happening on the ground in a crisis. For example: trapped survivors, building-by-building damage, a cholera outbreak in Ouaddaï.
Leads from places with no reporters, with the original words and an English translation to check them against.
What local stations are saying about a place before your people arrive, and while they are there. For example: bridges down in Mayo-Kebbi, cutting the region off by road.
Road closures, blockades, and strikes on the routes you depend on, heard when local stations announce them.
What is said on air about your brand and your competitors, in markets where radio is still a main medium. For example: the on-air reaction to a bank outage.
Hear what the radio is saying.
Pick the places and topics you care about, and we will alert you when the radio there mentions them. DialSweep is invite-only for now.
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