Author Archives: Thomas

Pirate Radio Recordings: Undercover Radio

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Thomas

Saturday night, I had a chance to record three pirates on 6925 kHz: North Woods Radio, Captain Morgan Shortwave and Undercover Radio. For tagging, I’m posting each individually. The final station from Saturday night is Undercover Radio. Undercover Radio was broadcasting … Continue reading →

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Pirate Radio Recordings: Captain Morgan Shortwave

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Thomas

Saturday night, I had a chance to record three pirates on 6925 kHz: North Woods Radio, Captain Morgan Shortwave, and Undercover Radio. For tagging, I’m posting each individually. The second station I recorded Saturday night was Captain Morgan Shortwave. Captain … Continue reading →

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Alex’s shortwave frequency charts

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Thomas

SWLing Post reader, Alex, recently sent me an email offering his shortwave frequency charts. He welcomes feedback: I have found lists of frequencies not very helpful in my short wave listening. Charts are much better, as you scan the dial. So … Continue reading →

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Going to Dayton? Visit Ears to Our World’s booth–and meet us!

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Thomas

For the second year in a row at the Dayton Hamvention, fellow volunteers and I will be representing the charity Ears To Our World (ETOW). We will be in booth 601 in the East Hall. Stop by and introduce yourself! … Continue reading →

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Pirate Radio Recordings: North Woods Radio

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Thomas

Saturday night, I had a chance to record three pirates on 6925 kHz: North Woods Radio, Captain Morgan Shortwave, and Undercover Radio. For tagging, I’m posting each individually. The first station I recorded Saturday night was North Woods Radio. North … Continue reading →

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Andy Sennitt: The Media Network years – the future

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Thomas

Media Network, which covered international broadcasting developments, recently ended a 30-year run on RNW. In the first three articles of this series, Andy Sennitt recalled some of the highlights, and in this final part he looks at how international broadcasting … Continue reading →

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In Zimbabwe, “if you want to hear the truth…listen to Shortwave Radio Africa…listen to VOA”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Thomas

This is a brilliant piece on the lack of press freedom in Zimbabwe and the importance of shortwave radio. It was broadcast yesterday on Weekend All Things Considered. Links to the show and audio are below. (Source: NPR) In Seke, … Continue reading →

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North Korea: Jamming shortwave radio 18 hours a day

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Thomas

(Source: Times Union) [...]Martyn Williams, who writes the blog NorthKoreaTech.org, said that the government’s intense use of its scant resources and electricity to jam foreign news broadcasts reflected its concern about the impact of outside media. North Korea targets between 10 … Continue reading →

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The Link talks about the politics of saving RCI

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Thomas

On Friday’s edition of The Link, Mark Montgomery spoke with Amanda Pfeffer about how international radio is being cut around the world and, more specifically, Canada. They discuss how this happened, who is aware of it and if there is … Continue reading →

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Updates to the WRTH Summer A12 schedules are now available for download

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Thomas

The World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) A12 schedules updates file is now available to download, free of charge, from the WRTH website. This is a comprehensive update and supplement to the printed 2012 WRTH. (Source: Sean Gilbert, WRTH) The WRTH … Continue reading →

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