Tag Archives: ETOW

Today is World Radio Day: Support a Cause via Shortwave Radio

Shortwave Radio Listeners may occasionally feel that their hobby is a passive one–one of simply listening. I’m here to tell you that it is not. SWLers are among the more enlightened of media hobbyists, and here’s why: 1) they tend … Continue reading

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How to celebrate National Radio Day

August 20th is National Radio Day, a day for celebrating the invention of radio and this amazing 110+ year old communications medium, still so vital to information access throughout our world. Those of you who still believe in the relevance … Continue reading

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ETOW featured on PRI’s The World Technology Podcast

Shortwave radio charity, ETOW (Ears To Our World) has been featured in this week’s PRI’s The World Technology Podcast. If you’ve never heard of ETOW, check out our previous posts or simply visit ETOW’s website. Self-powered shortwave radios are an … Continue reading

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In an Internet World, Radio Lives

Thank you to Radio World for publishing this: For as long as I can remember I’ve been passionate about radio. From my earliest childhood memories in the 1980s during those final fading days of the Cold War — of my … Continue reading

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Shortwave Radio Charity, Ears To Our World, Featured in Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal Magazine: “This is the sound of renewable education!” says Thomas Witherspoon, 37, founder of Ears to Our World, as he picks up a small portable radio and quickly cranks its handle, producing a high-pitched, wobbly … Continue reading

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Humanitarian Radio Relief in Haiti

Radio Friends: For those of you who don’t know, I’m the founder and director of a newly formed non-profit organization called Ears To Our World (ETOW). ETOW’s mission is to send self-powered shortwave radios to schools in the developing world–you … Continue reading

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