{"id":26454,"date":"2017-06-16T12:46:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26454"},"modified":"2017-06-16T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T16:46:16","slug":"interesting-article-on-connection-between-amateur-radio-and-radio-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/interesting-article-on-connection-between-amateur-radio-and-radio-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Article on Connection Between Amateur Radio and Radio Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I thought I would pass along this article from Radio World concerning the connection between Amateur Radio and Broadcast professionals. (And please, no flames for not being strictly SWLing related!)<\/p>\n

Here a taste of the article, while the full piece may be found here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/news-and-business\/0002\/strong-ties-bind-amateurs-and-broadcasters\/339846<\/p>\n

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Many people who work in broadcast radio got their start as amateur radio operators \u2014 hams \u2014 and remain active in the hobby.<\/h4>\n

At iHeartMedia alone, \u201cwe have 157 people on our ham radio list,\u201d said Charles Wooten, director of engineering and IT at iHeartMedia Panama City, Fla. An amateur radio operator himself since the age of 12 (call sign NF4A), Wooten maintains that list. \u201cNinety percent of them are engineers, but we also have DJs, program directors and operations directors.\u201d At least four of the company\u2019s regional engineering VPs are hams.The fact that so many of iHeart\u2019s hams are engineers makes sense. Many of the skills that a ham learns to get on air are the same needed by a technical broadcast professional.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Enjoy, Robert AK3Q<\/p>\n

Robert Gulley, AK3Q,\u00a0is the author of this post and a regular contributor<\/a> to the SWLing Post. Robert also blogs<\/em>\u00a0at All Things Radio<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought I would pass along this article from Radio World concerning the connection between Amateur Radio and Broadcast professionals. (And please, no flames for not being strictly SWLing related!) Here a taste of the article, while the full piece may be found here: http:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/news-and-business\/0002\/strong-ties-bind-amateurs-and-broadcasters\/339846 Many people who work in broadcast radio got their start […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"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":[56,545,433],"tags":[6242,6241],"class_list":["post-26454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-ham-radio","category-mediumwave","tag-broadcast-engineers","tag-professionals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6SG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4362,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/radio-hargeisa-somalilands-new-shortwave-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":26454,"position":0},"title":"Radio Hargeisa: Somaliland’s new shortwave station","author":"Thomas","date":"September 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to Kim Elliott for the tip: (Source: Somaliland Sun) HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) \u2013 The installation of the new Radio Hargeisa transmitter is a success. 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