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 to be intensely curious about the world, 2) they tend to cultivate a nostalgic appreciation of the past, of the world’s history and what it teaches, and 3) as a result, they understand the power that radio still holds for much of our world today, especially those the not-so-world-wide internet has forgotten or overlooked, and those that political strife oppresses.
This World Radio Day, you can change that false label of “passive” to active, and create change by contributing to a charity near and dear to my heart–Ears To Our World (ETOW).
ETOW is a shortwave radio charity that sends self-powered shortwave radios to schools and communities in third world countries. This is because ETOW believes that access to information is access to education.
In other words, every day is World Radio Day at ETOW.
Children in South Sudan listening to music on their self-powered shortwave radio supplied by Ears To Our World.
Click here to donate to Ears To Our World, and make World Radio Day a lasting reality for needy schools throughout our world.
Happy World Radio Day! To quote ETOW’s tagline: Listen and learn.
More power to you, SWLers.