{"id":22600,"date":"2016-12-04T08:19:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22600"},"modified":"2016-12-04T08:19:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T12:19:01","slug":"zach-records-the-final-episode-of-radio-pragues-mailbox-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/zach-records-the-final-episode-of-radio-pragues-mailbox-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach records the final episode of Radio Prague&#8217;s Mailbox program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16888\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16888\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16888\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg\" alt=\"A Radio Prague QSL card.\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-410x300.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Radio Prague QSL card.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader,\u00a0Zach, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[W]hile going through an SDR recording I&#8217;d made on Saturday, I listened to the Radio Prague program via WRMI on 5850 and was surprised to hear it was the last edition of their Mailbox program. They cited the loss of shortwave broadcasting and the movement of commenting from snail- and e-mail to Facebook as the reason for discontinuing the service.<\/p>\n<p>I posted a recording of the Mailbox segment as received here on the Gulf coast of Alabama with SDRuno and an SDRplay receiver if anyone is interested:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/edtiwVD4xV0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=edtiwVD4xV0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The program is also available in mp3 format via the Radio Prague website:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-22600-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_prague_media\/rebel.radio.cz\/mp3\/podcast\/en\/mailbox\/mailbox-2016-12-03.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_prague_media\/rebel.radio.cz\/mp3\/podcast\/en\/mailbox\/mailbox-2016-12-03.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_prague_media\/rebel.radio.cz\/mp3\/podcast\/en\/mailbox\/mailbox-2016-12-03.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/radio.cz\/en\/section\/mailbox\/mailbox-2016-12-03\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/radio.cz\/en\/section\/mailbox\/mailbox-2016-12-03<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I suppose we can expect the discontinuation of more listener-oriented programming like this as shortwave continues to struggle to attract adequate listeners in this age of instant internet access.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your time!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you, Zach! I had no idea their Mailbox program was ending. \u00a0I&#8217;m happy you caught this episode to share with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Zach, who writes: [W]hile going through an SDR recording I&#8217;d made on Saturday, I listened to the Radio Prague program via WRMI on 5850 and was surprised to hear it was the last edition of their Mailbox program. They cited the loss of shortwave broadcasting and the movement of commenting [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[222,5678,223,5677],"class_list":["post-22600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-radio-prague","tag-radio-prague-mailbox","tag-radio-praha","tag-zach"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5Sw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52524,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/radio-prague-1965-20th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-czechoslakia-7-record\/","url_meta":{"origin":22600,"position":0},"title":"Radio Prague: 1965 20th Anniversary of the Liberation of Czechoslakia 7&#8243; record","author":"Thomas","date":"April 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Barraclough, who shares the following partially in response to Sam's search for the Radio Prague's Forward Left interval signal: In 1965 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia Radio Prague offered their listeners a free copy of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Radio-Prague-LP-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":56644,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/radio-prague-celebrates-100-years-with-special-program-on-may-18-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":22600,"position":1},"title":"Radio Prague Celebrates 100 Years with Special Program &#038; QSL Card on May 18, 2023","author":"Thomas","date":"May 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following story from Radio Prague International: Celebrate 100 years of Czech Radio by telling us where you listen to us! (Radio Prague International) To mark Czech Radio\u2019s centenary, Radio Prague International is preparing a special show for you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28273,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/video-radio-prague-promo\/","url_meta":{"origin":22600,"position":2},"title":"Video: Radio Prague promo","author":"Thomas","date":"September 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following promo video just released by Radio Prague: \u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t-lVdPGswg0 Click here to view on YouTube. Thanks for the tip, David! Note that Radio Prague is still on shortwave via WRMI on 9,395 kHz (though, at the moment,\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\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63822,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/radio-prague-interview-jeff-white-on-why-shortwave-still-matters\/","url_meta":{"origin":22600,"position":3},"title":"Radio Prague Interview: Jeff White on Why Shortwave Still Matters","author":"Thomas","date":"August 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Speaking from Prague at the latest HFCC (High Frequency Coordination Conference), Jeff White\u2014chairman of the HFCC and founder of Radio Miami International\u2014shares why shortwave broadcasting still matters now more than ever. 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Tune in on Wednesday, 31st of August. 1630-1700 UTC on 9535 kHz towards 65\u00b0 Russia at 100kW (Russian)* 1800-1900 UTC on 11845 kHz towards 305\u00b0 Europe at 100kW\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Radio-Prague-QSL","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":620,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/radio-prague-to-continue-shortwave-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":22600,"position":5},"title":"Radio Prague To Continue Shortwave Broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"January 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"From Andy Sennitt at RNW Media Network: An article on Radio Prague\u2019s website deals with the situation following the Czech government\u2019s decision to reduce the station\u2019s budget, especially with regard to shortwave, which the Director of Radio Prague, Miroslav Krupicka, says accounts for about half the station\u2019s audience reach: \u201cRadio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nov 2009 Radio Prague QSL","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/RadioPrahaQSLFront-300x212.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}