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Shortwave radio in the news- Okla. church makes nat'l hate group list - kfor.com May 18, 2013
- Australia (MNN/HCJB) ― A 24 year-old dream finally comes to life in Australia. - Mission Network NEws (press release) May 17, 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
- Student finds shortwave radio stardom - WISH April 19, 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: Numbers Stations
Finally: Official trailer for the movie The Numbers Station with John Cusack and Malin Akerman
The long-awaited trailer for the new movie, The Numbers Station: We first mentioned the The Numbers Station in 2011, when it was still being filmed. In this film, John Cusack’s character, Emerson, has been given the task of protecting Katherine (Malin Akerman), … Continue reading
Deutsche Welle: spies received secret messages on their shortwave receiver
If you’ve ever been curious who listens to and acts upon the coded messages we hear in numbers stations (a.k.a. spy numbers stations), follow this German-based couple who are being accused of spying on NATO and and the EU: (Source: … Continue reading
Numbers Stations: The English Man came back
Two weeks ago this Friday, I caught and recorded the numbers station often referred to as the English Man. He was found in the pirate radio watering hole (of 6,925-6,990 kHz) on 6,949 kHz. After sifting through more spectrum recordings taken … Continue reading
Finding the “English Man” numbers station while scanning for pirates
While listening for pirate radio stations last night, I recorded a numbers station. I found it on 6,949 kHz at 1:30 UTC, 26 May 2012. It was broadcast in USB for almost exactly ten minutes. The ID was sent for … Continue reading
John Cusack to star in new movie: THE NUMBERS STATION
In the new movie, The Numbers Station, John Cusack will play a former black ops agent who is assigned to protect a code operator (Malin Ackerman) for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station–the two characters fight for survival after a surprise … Continue reading
New Batman teaser uses numbers stations concept
The new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, is using a strange numbers station concept to lure people into the theatre via their theatrical teaser. The numbers station-like audio is complete with eerie ident, simulated SSB, and hetrodyne sounds– evidence that … Continue reading
Russia Today features the Buzzer
(Source: RT) Read the full transcript on RT. Thanks to Kim Elliott for the tip!
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Estonian engineer drags UVB-76 numbers station into the Internet era
It seems there’s no shortage of interest in numbers stations these days. This article, from Wired magazine, Inside The Russian Short Wave Radio Enigma: From a lonely rusted tower in a forest north of Moscow, a mysterious shortwave radio station transmitted day and … Continue reading
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Besnard Lakes: A Canadian band inspired by shortwave radio
(Source: Madison.com) “Deciphered your lines from the shortwave,” Jace Lasek sings on “Like the Ocean, Like the Innocent,” the opening track off the Canadian crew’s latest album, “The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night” (Jagjaguwar). [...]Even as a child, Lasek … Continue reading