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Italy’s Mario Monti, the sober economist nominated to replace the larger-than-life Silvio Berlusconi, is a former European commissioner who is markedly different from the outgoing premier.
[…]Asked about any acts of rebellion in his youth, he conceded that there really were none and said he just studied hard, enjoyed cycling and was passionate about listening to foreign news on his short-wave radio.
Read the full article here. As Kim Elliott pointed out, it’s a shame he became prime minister four years after Italian public broadcaster RAI abandoned its extensive international shortwave broadcast schedule.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will meet on Friday, November 18 at BBG headquarters in Washington, D.C., with a focus on its strategic management of U.S. international broadcasting.
The Board will consider recommendations from the BBG’s Governance Committee including the 2012 meeting schedule and receive briefings on the Agency’s Performance Accountability Report and global audience estimate. In addition, broadcast executives will update the Board on programming and coverage issues.
The meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m., will be webcast both live and on-demand, at www.bbg.gov.
To express your opinion about the future of US International Broadcasting, please write the BBG:
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)
330 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20237
The Mighty KBC will test its DRM signal on Saturday November 12th at 18:00 UTC on 7550 khz. They announced that the Emperor Rosko is kicking off for the first time in DRM.
What could make this radio worth consideration is the potentially low noise floor–evidently the antenna and analog to digital converter have a uniquely direct connection with no active components to add distortion.
The interface (GUI) looks clean and intuitive at first glance. Take a look for yourself in this video demonstration:
We’ve created an entry for the Bonito RadioJet in the SW Radio Index and will update it as information becomes available.
The FCC has notified WBCQ that they must vacate 7.415 MHz no later than Monday, October 24, 2011. Effective this date the new frequency will be 7.490 MHz.
The above message appears on WBCQ’s website. Short, but to the point.
WBCQ plays a very wide variety of programs. Make sure you note the new frequency!
The Mighty KBC will start testing in DRM mode.
More news coming soon!
That’s all they say on their website, but the news is most welcome. KBC only recently started broadcasting on shortwave, to make the jump into DRM so soon shows no lack of enthusiasm for the medium.
KBC currently broadcasts on shortwave (analog) on 6095 kHz from 9:00-16:00 UTC Saturdays and Sundays.
The new Tecsun PL-398BT features Bluetooth technology, which allows for remote radio listening on computers and mobile phones with Bluetooth capabilities.
In August, we announced that Tecsun was coming out with several new models this year. Three of them–the Tecsun PL-505, Tecsun PL-398MP and PL-398BT–are now available for purchase on eBay. See links below.
The PL-398BT is the most innovative portable shortwave radio I’ve seen hit the market this year, as it will allow you to stream broadcasts from your radio to any Bluetooth-enabled device. I certainly hope it performs as well as previous Tecsun models. The sister to the PL-398BT is the Tecsun PL-398MP, which has an MP3 player (unfortunately, not a recorder, as we had hoped) that runs from a built-in SD card slot.
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The Mighty KBC will test its DRM signal on Saturday November 12th at 18:00 UTC on 7550 khz. They announced that the Emperor Rosko is kicking off for the first time in DRM.
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