Category Archives: Radio History

Andy Sennitt: The Media Network years – the noughties

Media Network, which covered international broadcasting developments at Radio Netherlands, recently ended a 30-year run on RNW. In a series of four articles, Andy Sennitt mentions some of the highlights, and then looks ahead to how international broadcasting might develop in the next … Continue reading

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Grandfather of WWV’s atomic clock

I just discovered a film produced by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Film Unit in the 1950s explaining the principles behind the first accurate atomic clock. The clock was designed by Louis Essen and built at the National Physical Laboratory in … Continue reading

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Andy Sennitt: The Media Network years the 1990s

Media Network, which covered international broadcasting developments at Radio Netherlands, recently ended a 30-year run on RNW. In a series of four articles, Andy Sennitt mentions some of the highlights, and then looks ahead to how international broadcasting might develop in the next … Continue reading

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Andy Sennitt: Looking back at 30 years of Media Network

Media Network, which covered international broadcasting developments at Radio Netherlands, recently ended a 30-year run on RNW. In a series of four articles, Andy Sennitt mentions some of the highlights, and then looks ahead to how international broadcasting might develop in the next … Continue reading

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Your shortwave could have delivered the newspaper?

(Source: Smithsonian Magazine) The introduction of broadcast radio caused some in the newspaper industry to fear that newspapers would soon become a thing of the past. After all, who would read the news when you could just turn on the … Continue reading

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Willis Conover’s Jazz: A secret weapon in the Cold War

David Goren, Shortwaveology author and producer for Jazz at Lincoln Center, released a JazzStories Podcast today featuring VOA broadcaster, Willis Conover. Willis Conover is a noted name in both Jazz music and international broadcasting. His characteristic deep and articulate voice guided many … Continue reading

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Adam Long of the Reduced Shakespeare Company: Reduced History of the BBC World Service

Enjoy this very witty and accurate take on the history of the BBC World Service: Adam Long of the Reduced Shakespeare Company wrote this, the Reduced History of the BBC World Service, to celebrate the World Service’s 80th anniversary. It … Continue reading

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BBC World Service: Celebrating 80th birthday live on air

(Source: BBC World Service) BBC World Service brings you a special day of programming on 29 February to celebrate 80 years of international radio broadcasting. We’ll begin the day with a live broadcast of the daily news meeting– which usually takes … Continue reading

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CIA: A History of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service

I just stumbled upon this fascinating history of the CIA Foreign Broadcast Information Service and thought SWLing Post readers might enjoy browsing it as well. This  is a history of the early, pre-CIA, years of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. It … Continue reading

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Profiles in Amateur Radio

Ken Reitz, Features Editor for Monitoring Times magazine, has published a new eBook called, “Profiles in Amateur Radio.” It features stories and biographies from a lengthy list of radio personalities/figures (including  yours truly!). A common theme in many of these personal … Continue reading

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