Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fastradioburst23, who shares the Scented Garden flyer above announcing broadcasts on Sunday, March 27th, 2022 at 2200 UTC on 9395 kHz (WRMI).
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares his radio log art, this time following coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine through Radio Dos and Radio Romania International.
Carols notes:
Radio Dos, AM 1230 kHz, broadcasting in Spanish from Rosario, Argentina.
Listened with a Cold War-era portable radio set (Wahda, 6 transistors).
Porto Alegre, Brazil, March 23, 2022, 03h33 (UTC).
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Carlos notes:
Part of Radio Romania International news bulletin, 17800 kHz, broadcasting in English.
Broadcast listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, March 21, 2022, 12h01 pm (UTC).
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following article from CBS Miami:
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A massive shortwave radio antenna sits in a cow pasture north of Lake Okeechobee in Central Florida.
“We have 14, 100,000-watt transmitters and 23 antennas beaming to all parts of the world,” said Jeff White, the general manager of Miami-based WRMI.
The multi-signal station is said to be one of the largest shortwave radio operations in the world.
WRMI stands for Radio Miami International and worldwide coverage means it can easily send signals into Ukraine and Russia.
Shortwave is old school technology, think of World War II or the Cold War, as American-produced news beamed behind the iron curtain. Now, during the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has shut down journalism as we know it.
Kate Neiswender, one of the guiding lights behind funding news programming for Russian audiences, said, “they were going to pass a law making journalism essentially illegal, facing a 15-year criminal penalty.”
Neiswender and fellow former journalists formed a fundraiser to beam news into Russia, where state-controlled media, at best, does not tell the true story of the invasion and many Russian citizens have no clue about the severity of the invasion.
“This is a journalistic pursuit more than anything else,” said Neiswender. [Continue reading at CBS Miami…]
Click here to read our previous post about Shortwaves for Freedom and contribute to the campaign here.
Many thanks to our friends at Radio Survivor who share this most recent episode of Today, Explained with Noel King:
The BBC is bringing back shortwave radio broadcasts to counter censorship and disinformation in Russia and Ukraine. Professor D.W. Stupples explains.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fastradioburst23, who shares the Scented Garden flyer above announcing broadcasts on Sunday, March 9th and 16th, 2022 at 1700 UTC on 3955 kHz (Channel 292). I’m under the impression this station may be a tribute to John Peel’s Perfumed Garden show on the pirate Radio London. Brilliant!
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fastradioburst23, who shares the flier above and notes that CTRN will return for a 7th broadcast on February 27, 2022 at 23:00 UTC via WRMI on 9395 kHz.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fastradioburst23, who shares the WSTL flyer above announcing a second broadcast on Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 2300 UTC on 9395 kHz (WRMI).
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