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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
Tag Archives: VOA
VOA protests jamming of English service to China
(Source: VOA) The Voice of America is protesting new jamming of its English broadcasts in China. VOA Director David Ensor condemned the new interference and said the U.S. government broadcaster is working with experts to determine the precise origin of … Continue reading
Daniel shares recent QSLs
Daniel (W3DI) writes: I have been enjoying some shortwave broadcasts recently and received some nice QSL cards. Wanted to share the cards and some station information. Daniel addeded: Shortwave listening was my first step to becoming an amateur [radio operator]. First … Continue reading
Posted in Boat Anchors, Broadcasters, QSL Gallery, Radios, Shortwave Radio
Tagged China Radio International, CRI, Deutsche Welle, DW, Hallicrafters S-38, HE-10, Lafayette HE-10, QSL, QSL Cards, QSL Gallery, S-38, VOA, W3DI
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VOA’s Radiogram adds digital content to AM broadcasts
VOA Radiogram is a new Voice of America program experimenting with digital text and images via AM shortwave broadcasting. One might say this is the crossover point between classic shortwave and current technology. It’s fun and fascinating stuff, and also … Continue reading
Smith-Mundt Act eliminated, VOA free to broadcast domestically
(Source: VOA News) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Voice of America will soon be able to make its programs available to the U.S. public following passage of new legislation signed by President Obama Wednesday. The legislation, which is part of the National Defense … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasters, News, Shortwave Radio
Tagged Smith-Mundt Act, Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, VOA, Voice of America
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VOA’s “Music Man,” Leo Sarkisian, retires at 91
Many shortwave radio listeners know the name Leo Sarkisian, founder of the Voice of America show Music Time in Africa. For decades, Leo and his wife, Mary, traveled to every corner of Africa, lugging with them a large reel-to-reel recorder … Continue reading
VOA adds shortwave frequencies for US election coverage
(Source: VOA via Kim Andrew Elliott) Special election programming on the Voice of America 0200-0600 UTC, November 7: Africa 0200-0300 UTC 909, 1530, 4930, 6080, 9885, 15580 0300-0600 UTC Existing broadcasts Middle East 0200-0400 UTC 9480, 12005, 15255 0400-0600 UTC … Continue reading
BBG: Hurricane Sandy Fails To Stop VOA Broadcasts
Though this press release rightfully focuses on the staff at VOA headquarters in DC, we should take our hats off to the good folks that kept the Edward R. Murrow Transmission site running in North Carolina as well. (Source: BBG) … Continue reading
VOA: Malian journalist attacked on air, listeners search and rescue
(Source: VOA News) A Malian journalist who was hospitalized after being beaten by Islamist militants in the northern city of Gao Sunday says he was unconscious after the attack. Speaking from his hospital bed Tuesday in Gao, Malick Maiga Aliou … Continue reading
Smith-Mundt is a tough Act to follow
May, June and July have been very busy months for me (hence the lack of daily updates). In May, I attended and presented at the North American Shortwave Broadcasters annual meeting in Washington DC, then spent nearly a week in … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasters, Shortwave Radio
Tagged BBG, Kim Andrew Elliott, RFA, RFE, Shortwave Radio, Smith-Mundt Act, Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, VOA
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In Zimbabwe, “if you want to hear the truth…listen to Shortwave Radio Africa…listen to VOA”
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
Posted in Broadcasters, Clandestine, News, Shortwave Radio
Tagged National Public Radio, NPR, Shortwave Radio Africa, VOA, Voice of America, Why Radio, Why Shortwave Radio
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