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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
Tag Archives: Why Radio
Censorship in Djibouti: International broadcasters, take note
I just caught wind of a now all-too-familiar story in international broadcasting–this time, via Reporters Without Borders. While I encourage you to read the full press release below, the summarized story is that Reporters Without Borders has launched a mirror web … Continue reading
BBC World Service: A Lifetime of Shortwave Radio
An Antarctic glaciologist, Burmese monk, communications professor and a Somalian tell their shortwave radio stories in this article posted by the BBC World Service in honor of 80 years of shortwave radio broadcasts. In my opinion, these stories are very much … Continue reading
ABC video highlights the Dooen transmitter on World Radio Day
(Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Standing 201-metres tall with a 19-metre wide capacitive ‘top hat’, the 3WV mast in western Victoria stands out in the vast flat landscape that stretches below it. Celebrating 75th years of service, the occasion of World … Continue reading
Posted in AM, Articles
Tagged ABC, AM Radio, Australia, Ultralight DXing, Why Radio, World Radio Day
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The Guardian on World Radio Day: celebrating an unsung hero
(Source: The Guardian) Radio is the predominant source of information in areas of the world that are sometimes too remote to get a newspaper delivered, let alone access the internet. This is why Unesco has noted that radio is a … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Broadcasters, News
Tagged Shortwave Radio, Why, Why Radio, World Radio Day
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RNW: radio = free access without app or web
Brilliant article from Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Hat tip to SWLing Post reader Mike Taniwha! (Source: RNW) On World Radio Day, 13 February 2012, UNESCO will remind the world that there is a medium which reaches parts that other media can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Broadcasters, Shortwave Radio
Tagged Radio Netherlands Worldwide, RNW, Why Radio, Why Shortwave Radio, World Radio Day
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Radio República: shortwave broadcasting 24/7 on a budget
In this Miami Herald Op Ed piece, Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat, the national secretary of the Cuban Democratic Directorate, defends his organization and their clandestine station, Radio Republica. It’s worth noting that in an effort to use their limited funds effectively, and … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasters, Clandestine
Tagged Clandestine Radio, Miami Herald, Radio Republica, Shortwave Radio, Why Radio, Why Shortwave Radio, WRMI
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Guardian article on “the rise and rise of radio”
(Source: Susanna Rustin, The Guardian) What is it about radio that has made it so durable, and able to coexist not only through the age of television, but the age of new media too? As social networking giant Facebook prepares to … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Radio 4, Susanna Rustin, The Guardian, Why Radio
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Charles Caudill believes in the power of shortwave radio
Charles Caudill, is president & CEO of World Christian Broadcasting. This week, he wrote a piece in Radio World about why his organization still firmly believes in shortwave radio. (Source: Radio World) In order to make [our] budget go as far … Continue reading
Shortwave radios keep Burmese informed
Filed under our ever-growing tag, “why shortwave radio“: (Source: The Guardian, via Kim Andrew Elliot) Zigon does, however, have electricity – unlike 90% of Burmese villages – installed by the government late last year. This has meant a number of … Continue reading
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Tagged Burma, Burma Shortwave Radio, The Guardian, Why Radio, Why Shortwave Radio, Why We Listen
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For the Virginia National Guard in Afghanistan, shortwave is the solution
(Source: NATO Press Release) Soldiers of the Virginia Army National Guard’s 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are deploying technology in a revolutionary way in Afghanistan using a short wave radio transmitter that can reach almost every radio in Zabul province. This … Continue reading