Rádio Excelsior AM 840 is a station of the Dom Avelar Brandão Vilela Foundation, an institution linked to the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. It is the only genuinely Catholic station located in the Region of the Great Savior composed of 10 municipalities that house a resident population of 3.8 million inhabitants. Its coverage reaches more than 200 municipalities, approximately 50% of the territory of Bahia. By the reach of its waves, or by the Internet in www.am840.com.br is heard in other parts of Brazil and abroad.