{"id":28931,"date":"2017-10-28T07:21:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T11:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28931"},"modified":"2017-10-28T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T11:21:12","slug":"deutsche-welle-may-have-dropped-english-language-shortwave-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/deutsche-welle-may-have-dropped-english-language-shortwave-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Deutsche Welle may have dropped English language shortwave service"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Paul Walker who notes that, according to their latest schedule, Deutsche Welle has dropped English language shortwave services. Paul shared the following links:<\/p>\n

Current shortwave schedule:
\nhttp:\/\/www.dw.com\/downloads\/41133929\/b17webkw.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Linked from this page:
\nhttp:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/dw-radio-programs\/a-1777509<\/a><\/p>\n

English only gets one hour a day on satellite
\nhttp:\/\/www.dw.com\/downloads\/41133930\/b17websat.pdf<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul Walker who notes that, according to their latest schedule, Deutsche Welle has dropped English language shortwave services. Paul shared the following links: Current shortwave schedule: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/downloads\/41133929\/b17webkw.pdf Linked from this page: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/dw-radio-programs\/a-1777509 English only gets one hour a day on satellite http:\/\/www.dw.com\/downloads\/41133930\/b17websat.pdf<\/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":[56,960,3,651,43],"tags":[328,2125,4156,4082],"class_list":["post-28931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-deutsche-welle","tag-deutsche-welle-english","tag-paul-walker","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7wD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7189,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/shortwave-radio-recordings-deutsche-welle\/","url_meta":{"origin":28931,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Deutsche Welle","author":"Thomas","date":"September 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"For your listening pleasure: a recording of the Deutsche Welle English service\u00a0made this morning, September 3rd, starting at 04:00 UTC. 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