Tag Archives: Why We Listen

BBC World Service program discusses Chinese jamming

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Thomas

In the latest episode of Over To You, host Rajan Datar discusses how the BBC World Service’s shortwave transmissions are being affected by jamming in parts of Asia. It’s a short but informative episode. Even Datar and his guest, Nigel Fry (Head … Continue reading →

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The relevance of shortwave radio for UNESCO’s World Radio Day 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Thomas

Wednesday, February 13th 2013 is World Radio Day.  UNESCO describes World Radio Day as “a day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access … Continue reading →

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Syria stifles the Internet while Canada stifles shortwave

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Thomas

This past Saturday, I found the irony a bit much to take: on one hand, there was Syria, a highly volatile country struggling for stability, while on the other hand, there was…Canada? Both, on the same fateful day, effecting media … Continue reading →

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Radio 4: And now an urgent SOS message…

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Thomas

This is a fascinating Radio 4 documentary about a BBC service that typically had a target audience of one individual.  Before the proliferation of telecommunications in the 1990′s, the BBC’s SOS message service acted as a communications link of last … Continue reading →

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Shortwave radios keep Burmese informed

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Thomas

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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BBG: Radio audience far exceeds that of TV, internet

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Thomas

(Source: BBG) (WASHINGTON, D.C.—November 15, 2011) U.S. government funded international broadcasters reached an estimated 187 million people every week in 2011, an increase of 22 million from last year’s figure, according to new audience data being made public by the … Continue reading →

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Excellent video: Communication is aid

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Thomas

I’ve often told people that radios should be some of the first things shipped to an area after a natural disaster. Why not food or medicine? Good question. HERE is the answer: information feeds us! Click here to view if … Continue reading →

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When shortwave radio is better than the Internet

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Thomas

From Reuters: Fiji has been plunged into a political crisis after the president reappointed military chief Frank Bainimarama as interim prime minister on Saturday, less than two days after a court ruled his 2006 coup and subsequent government illegal. Bainimarama … Continue reading →

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