{"id":2542,"date":"2012-01-12T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T13:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2012-01-12T09:52:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T13:52:07","slug":"shortwave-radios-keep-burmese-informed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/shortwave-radios-keep-burmese-informed\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave radios keep Burmese informed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Filed under our ever-growing tag, “why shortwave radio<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

(Source: The Guardian<\/a>, via Kim Andrew Elliot)<\/p>\n

Zigon does, however, have electricity \u2013 unlike 90% of Burmese villages \u2013 installed by the government late last year. This has meant a number of changes. One of the more significant is the arrival of television. A satellite dish has now been installed at the village tea shop, largely used to watch state TV networks and Premier League football.<\/p>\n

Though censorship has been eased in recent months, information is still tightly controlled. News of the Arab revolts last year was blocked for weeks \u2013 though millions use cheap Chinese-made radios to listen to the BBC, Voice of America or other networks broadcasting in local languages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Filed under our ever-growing tag, “why shortwave radio“: (Source: The Guardian, via Kim Andrew Elliot) Zigon does, however, have electricity \u2013 unlike 90% of Burmese villages \u2013 installed by the government late last year. This has meant a number of changes. One of the more significant is the arrival of television. A satellite dish has […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[167,786,787,102,84,85],"class_list":["post-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-burma","tag-burma-shortwave-radio","tag-the-guardian","tag-why-radio","tag-why-shortwave-radio","tag-why-we-listen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-F0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10680,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/democratic-voice-of-burma-dvb-to-end-shortwave-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":2542,"position":0},"title":"Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) to end shortwave broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"September 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Hat tip\u00a0to SWLing Post reader, Jonathan Marks, for sharing this news item: (Source: Burma News International) At the end of October, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) will stop producing its ethnic language radio program after 21 years of broadcasting, a decision revealed yesterday during a meeting of staff members\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"DVB","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DVB.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2884,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/bbc-world-service-a-lifetime-of-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":2542,"position":1},"title":"BBC World Service: A Lifetime of Shortwave Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"An Antarctic\u00a0glaciologist, Burmese monk, communications professor and a Somalian tell their shortwave radio stories in this article posted by the BBC World Service in honor of 80 years of shortwave radio broadcasts. 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