{"id":16923,"date":"2016-01-20T11:07:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T15:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16923"},"modified":"2016-01-20T11:07:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T15:07:23","slug":"npr-european-pirate-radio-network-broadcasts-alternative-to-syrias-state-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/npr-european-pirate-radio-network-broadcasts-alternative-to-syrias-state-media\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR: European Pirate Radio Network Broadcasts Alternative To Syria&#8217;s State Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16924\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet.jpg\" alt=\"Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet\" width=\"1019\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet-475x300.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/01\/20\/463680944\/european-pirate-radio-network-broadcasts-alternative-to-syria-s-state-media\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocket-fm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A non-profit organization<\/a> in Berlin has invented a small portable transmitter that can download satellite signals and rebroadcast them on FM for Syrians to listen to on their car or household radios.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/463680944\/463680945\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If this story sounds familiar, it&#8217;s because\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/berlin-group-distributes-tiny-radio-transmitters-for-syria\/\">we posted something about the organization a few weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: NPR) A non-profit organization in Berlin has invented a small portable transmitter that can download satellite signals and rebroadcast them on FM for Syrians to listen to on their car or household radios. If this story sounds familiar, it&#8217;s because\u00a0we posted something about the organization a few weeks ago.<\/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":[56,869,6,3,297],"tags":[20,4567,1924],"class_list":["post-16923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-clandestine","category-manufacturers","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-npr","tag-pocket-fm-radio-transmitters","tag-syria"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4oX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30342,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/radio-deal-c-crane-ccradio-2-at-npr-shop\/","url_meta":{"origin":16923,"position":0},"title":"Radio Deal: C. Crane CCRadio 2  at NPR Shop","author":"Thomas","date":"January 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kevin Turinsky, who notes that NPR is having a \"final\" clearance sale on the excellent C. Crane CCRadio-2. The price is $110.11 US plus shipping. 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Note that this is an excerpt from the story and that my comments follow: Radio listening has plummeted. NPR is reaching a bigger audience than ever. What gives? 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And since it's a radio, it can play whatever you want to send its way, including Christmas music, as this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;FM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"FM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/fm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tiny-Radio-Harvard.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tiny-Radio-Harvard.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tiny-Radio-Harvard.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43264,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/radio-waves-fcc-wipes-out-engineering-division-last-nazi-message-decoded-remembering-ronan-orahilly-and-french-radio-society-free-publications\/","url_meta":{"origin":16923,"position":3},"title":"Radio Waves: FCC Wipes Out Engineering Division, Last Nazi Message Decoded, Remembering Ronan 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