{"id":10937,"date":"2014-10-06T11:43:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T15:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10937"},"modified":"2014-10-06T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T15:43:50","slug":"video-ibb-kuwait-transmitter-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/video-ibb-kuwait-transmitter-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: IBB Kuwait transmitter site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IBB-Kuwait-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10985\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IBB-Kuwait-001.jpg\" alt=\"IBB-Kuwait-001\" width=\"940\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IBB-Kuwait-001.jpg 940w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IBB-Kuwait-001-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Scott, who discovered the following seven minute slide show\/video on Rob Wagner&#8217;s excellent blog, the\u00a0<a title=\"Check out Rob's blog!\" href=\"http:\/\/medxr.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/09\/ibb-kuwait-20-year-visual-history.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mount Evelyn DX Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0<a title=\"click here to view on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CNIwjrkY_nM\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube video<\/a> documents the IBB&#8217;s shortwave,\u00a0medium wave and FM transmitter site in Kuwait. Enjoy:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CNIwjrkY_nM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Scott, who discovered the following seven minute slide show\/video on Rob Wagner&#8217;s excellent blog, the\u00a0Mount Evelyn DX Report. This\u00a0YouTube video documents the IBB&#8217;s shortwave,\u00a0medium wave and FM transmitter site in Kuwait. Enjoy:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[288,304],"tags":[3292,3293,4091,3291,3294],"class_list":["post-10937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radio-history","category-videos","tag-ibb-kuwait","tag-kuwait","tag-radio-history","tag-video","tag-voa-kuwait"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2Qp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22971,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/kuwait-radio-updates-shortwave-transmitters\/","url_meta":{"origin":10937,"position":0},"title":"Kuwait Radio updates shortwave transmitters","author":"Thomas","date":"December 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio World via Andrea Borgnino) Swiss-based company Ampegon has accepted a contract from Al Rashed to handle the upgrade of five analog shortwave transmitters that are more than 20 years old for the Kuwait Ministry of Information in Al Kabd station. [...]Ampegon will refurbish all of the transmitters, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17922,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/bbgs-fiscal-year-2016-congressional-budget-request\/","url_meta":{"origin":10937,"position":1},"title":"BBG&#8217;s Fiscal Year 2016 Congressional Budget Request","author":"Thomas","date":"March 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares a link to the Broadcasting Board of Governor's\u00a0Fiscal Year 2016\u00a0Congressional Budget Request. Click here to download as a PDF. I've read key portions of the request. Regarding shortwave, the BBG are asking for budget reductions in almost all of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"BBG-Budget-Request","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BBG-Budget-Request.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BBG-Budget-Request.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BBG-Budget-Request.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BBG-Budget-Request.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31329,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/bbg-budget-includes-plans-for-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":10937,"position":2},"title":"BBG budget includes plans for shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"March 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley who shares the following item from Kim Elliott. Note that this news is dated February 22, 2018 (yes, it was lost in my drafts folder!): Broadcasting Board of Governors budget request includes plans for shortwave Kim Andrew Elliott 22 February 2018 The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/VOA-site-B-Wallpaper-MainBuilding2-1-1024x640.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/VOA-site-B-Wallpaper-MainBuilding2-1-1024x640.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/VOA-site-B-Wallpaper-MainBuilding2-1-1024x640.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25102,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/breaking-radio-kuwait-is-back-on-the-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":10937,"position":3},"title":"Breaking: Radio Kuwait is back on the air&#8211;?","author":"Thomas","date":"April 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: BULLETIN !!! 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While the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/RadioKuwait.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":31123,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/kuwait-updates-shortwave-transmitters\/","url_meta":{"origin":10937,"position":4},"title":"Kuwait updates shortwave transmitters","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Kuwait News Agency via Mike Hansgen) KUWAIT, March 8 (KUNA) -- Minister of Information Mohammad Al-Jabri on Thursday opened a project updating shortwave transmitters from analogue to digital radio mondiale (DRM) broadcasting systems, at Kabd radio station. 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