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Shortwave radio in the news- Bad news, good news: social media and the public - iPolitics.ca (subscription) May 21, 2013
- China jockeys for radio control - The Financial Express - Financial Express May 20, 2013
- What's new: New film shares true story of Mormon teens who took a stand ... - Deseret News May 20, 2013
- End times for doomsday-linked radio network? - CNN (blog) May 16, 2013
- Police confiscate 10 motorbikes during MDC office raid - SW Radio Africa May 9, 2013
- Africa: Digital Did Not Kill the Radio Star - AllAfrica.com May 3, 2013
- Shortwave Radio Operator – Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. (Vandiver, AL) - DFW Catholic April 25, 2013
- Independent Radio Broadcasters at Peril in Taiwan - The Epoch Times April 25, 2013
- Puntland: 15 4x4s for local police and short-wave radio station - StarAfrica.com April 24, 2013
- SW Radio Africa Scoops Two Gongs At ZAA Awards - AllAfrica.com April 24, 2013
- RNW Media Network
- This is a searchable archive of over 15,000 international media stories published from Oct 2003 - March 2012
- Kenya: CCK to take back unused frequencies
- Rwanda: Parliament radio goes on air
- Radiofax audio archive to mark 20 years since closure
- Swaziland to ban anti-Mswati tweets
- Web address controversy deepens after US warning
- New company building a search engine for television
- EU willing to support Portuguese on Euronews
- Kenya to ban analogue TV imports
- Christian TV Network bosses accused of massive fraud
Category Archives: Nostalgia
Radio documentary on history of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
(Source: John Figliozzi via InternetRadio Digest) ABC Radio National will broadcast a weeklong series highlighting the history, development, key moments and future of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the occasion of its 80th Anniversary, from December 24-28. Details from: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/specialbroadcasts/abc-80th-anniversary/4373618 … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasters, Current Events, Nostalgia, Radio History
Tagged ABC, Australia, Radio Australia, Radio Australia History
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Aldous Huxley, radio in The Age of Noise
According to English satirist & humanist, Aldous Huxley, we live in the “Age of Noise.” When he wrote this, in 1945, he implicated radio: “The twentieth century is, among other things, the Age of Noise. Physical noise, mental noise and … Continue reading
Posted in Funny, Nostalgia, Radio History
Tagged age of noise, Aldous Huxley, history, Nostalgia, radio as noise
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NPR: WWII ‘Canteen Girl’ Kept Troops Company From Afar
Long before the Internet and satellite phone, Phyllis Jeanne Creore Westerman brought soldiers home at Christmas via shortwave radio: (Source: National Public Radio) American service members have long spent holidays in dangerous places, far from family. These days, home is … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasters, Music, News, Nostalgia, Shortwave Radio
Tagged National Public Radio, NPR, Phyllis Jeanne Creore Westerman, Susan Stamberg
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Get your radio nostalgia fix from The UK 1940s Radio Station
Several months ago, I wrote a post confessing that I recently embraced internet radio, and since then have been using a very affordable Cricket Android Phone as an inexpensive, portable wi-fi radio. You see, though I prefer listening to shortwave … Continue reading
“Tuning In” Radio 4 documentary on the history of early radio in Britain
Tuning In, a history of early radio in Britain, will be broadcast November 3rd on BBC Radio 4. If you don’t live in the UK, you can listen live on the Radio 4 website where they will also post an … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasters, Nostalgia, Radio History, Radios, Shortwave Radio
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Marconi, Radio 4, Radio Documentary, Radio History, UK Radio History
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Radio Station SAQ special transmission on United Nations Day, October 24
(Source: SAQ via Alokesh Gupta) Transmission on United Nations Day We have the pleasure to announce that SAQ will be on air on United Nations Day, Wednesday 24th October. We start the transmitter about 10:10 UTC, and a message will … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasters, News, Nostalgia, Radio History, Shortwave Radio, Specials
Tagged Radio Grimeton SAQ, Radio SAQ, SAQ Radio, Special Broadcasts, United Nations Day
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The Ten-Tec Hamfest–and my new (vintage) LS-166/U military loudspeaker
This past weekend was the Ten-Tec Hamfest, which is held each year at the Ten-Tec factory in Sevierville, Tennessee, USA. I’m particularly fortunate in that I live within a few hour’s drive of the factory, so I make it a point … Continue reading
Swiss Short Wave Service archives now online
(Source: swissinfo.ch) During the Second World War, Switzerland’s fledgling short wave radio service was essential to its attempts to communicate its policies and actions to an external audience made up of both foreign governments and the Swiss abroad. The archives … Continue reading
National Radio Day 2012
Today in the US, it’s National Radio Day–a day to acknowledge the significance of radio technology and the way it has shaped our past, shapes our present, and continues to shape our future. National Public Radio and its member stations typically … Continue reading
Shortwave Radio History: 50 years of transmitting at BBC Woofferton
Thanks to the efforts of a dedicated radio historian and author, Jeff Cant, you can download and read an excellent history of the first fifty years of the BBC’s Woofferton transmission station. Cant began his history as an internal document … Continue reading