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A recent Radio World article summarizes a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee report raising concerns about the removal of AM radio from new vehicles. The report highlights AM radio’s role in national emergency alert systems and notes its low cost to manufacturers. It recommends Congress consider legislation to ensure AM capability remains standard in future vehicles.

Click here to read the Radio World article.

CJR Reports: VOA’s Quiet Broadcast to North Korea Ends Without Explanation

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The Columbia Journalism Review investigates a little-known Voice of America television initiative that quietly broadcast into North Korea from South Korea—until it was recently shut down. The article explores how this short-lived program, launched during the Biden administration, came to an abrupt end under new leadership at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. It raises questions about the shifting priorities in U.S. international broadcasting and how those changes may impact efforts to reach audiences in one of the world’s most closed societies.

Read the full story at CJR.org.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of the Voice of Turkey (June 30, 2025)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report of a recent Voice of Turkey broadcast.

Carlos notes:

Khamenei: US attacks against Iran “did not achieve significant results”, Voice of Turkey

Part of Voice of Turkey’s news bulletin (in Spanish), listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on a Tecsun R1012 receiver.

“El líder supremo de Irán, Ali Khamenei, acusó al presidente estadounidense Donald Trump de exagerar el éxito de los recientes ataques militares estadounidenses contra instalaciones nucleares iraníes, afirmándose que no lograron resultados significativos. Trump declaró a Fox News que los ataques destruyeron la capacidad nuclear de Irán…“

(Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused US President Donald Trump of exaggerating the success of recent US military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, claiming they failed to achieve significant results. Trump told Fox News that the strikes destroyed Iran’s nuclear capability…)

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Alan Roe’s A-25 Season Guide to Music on Shortwave (version 3.0)

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Roe, who shares his A-25 (version 3.0) season guide to music on shortwave. Alan provides this amazing resource as a free PDF download: