{"id":33730,"date":"2018-08-25T09:56:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T13:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33730"},"modified":"2018-08-27T07:05:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T11:05:51","slug":"interview-with-scott-simon-of-npr-via-radio-canada-cbc-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/interview-with-scott-simon-of-npr-via-radio-canada-cbc-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Scott Simon of NPR regarding potential time station shutdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33735\" style=\"width: 918px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33735\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33735\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"908\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-5.jpg 908w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-5-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My recording booth at Radio-Canada\/CBC Qu\u00e9bec City<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hi, folks!\u00a0 If you just heard me on\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/08\/25\/641835302\/what-closing-a-government-radio-station-would-mean-for-your-clocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR&#8217;s Weekend Edition<\/a> regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/nist-fy2019-budget-includes-request-to-shutdown-wwv-and-wwvh\/\">NIST Budget cuts to WWV, WWVH, and WWVB,<\/a>\u00a0welcome, and stick around! This is where the\u00a0<em>SWLing Post<\/em> (and other projects we work on, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shortwave Archive<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/spectrumarchive.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio Spectrum Archive<\/a>, and the non-profit, <a href=\"http:\/\/etow.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ears to Our World<\/a>) serve up all things shortwave.\u00a0 Here, we discuss both the fun (and importance) of this cool old-school medium that, remarkably enough, still has relevance even in our internet-interconnected world.<\/p>\n<p>And for our regular <em>Post<\/em> readers:\u00a0 on Thursday afternoon, I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Scott Simon of NPR via Radio Canada\/CBC in Qu\u00e9bec City, QC, Canada. More on that to come.<\/p>\n<p>The show (with the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> bit) aired just this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/08\/25\/641835302\/what-closing-a-government-radio-station-would-mean-for-your-clocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can click here to listen via NPR&#8217;s website<\/a>, or via the embedded player below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/641835302\/641835306\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nI feel especially chuffed that NPR would give <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/synchronizing-atomic-clocks-final-tock-time-may-no-longer-be-synchronous\/\">the topic of WWV some exposure<\/a>. This piece wasn&#8217;t so much a call to action as simply building awareness of what the shutdown of our national pacemaker\u2013\u2013in the form of WWVB time station\u2013\u2013might mean to the average person who has a self-setting wall clock, or watch (<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/synchronizing-atomic-clocks-final-tock-time-may-no-longer-be-synchronous\/\">most of us do<\/a>).\u00a0 (Even at NPR, they&#8217;ll be asking, <em>Now, where did we store that stepladder?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Or what it might mean to the <em>shortwaves themselves,\u00a0<\/em>which we in North America may appreciate a source of nostalgia or entertainment\u2013\u2013and, yes, handy for keeping time\u2013\u2013we have to recognize that there are <em>still<\/em> pockets of our world, especially in remote, rural, and\/or war-torn regions, where shortwave radio is especially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earstoourworld.org\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vital.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, something that belongs to all of us\u2013\u2013yet another example of a global source of information\u2013\u2013may soon be taken away.\u00a0 If you disagree with this proposal, I urge you to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/elected-officials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact your local representatives,\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/white-house-petition-to-maintain-nist-funding-of-wwv-time-stations\/\">sign this White House petition<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, folks!\u00a0 If you just heard me on\u00a0 NPR&#8217;s Weekend Edition regarding the NIST Budget cuts to WWV, WWVH, and WWVB,\u00a0welcome, and stick around! This is where the\u00a0SWLing Post (and other projects we work on, such as the Shortwave Archive, the Radio Spectrum Archive, and the non-profit, Ears to Our World) serve up all things [&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":[4,3,43],"tags":[274,7242,69,7204,3207,20,570,7241,68,7202,948,7223,426,7203],"class_list":["post-33730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-national-public-radio","tag-ned-wharton","tag-nist","tag-nist-2019-budget-request","tag-nist-time-station","tag-npr","tag-scott-simon","tag-weekend-edition","tag-wwv","tag-wwv-closure","tag-wwvb","tag-wwvb-closure","tag-wwvh","tag-wwvh-closure"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8M2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36125,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/fy-2019-nist-budget-looks-good-for-time-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":33730,"position":0},"title":"FY 2019 NIST budget looks good for time stations","author":"Thomas","date":"February 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to the number of SWLing Post readers who have forwarded this article from the ARRL News\u00a0that notes the WWV Special Event Station, planned for later this year, is a go. This is great news indeed. With regards to the FY2019 budget uncertainty surrounding NIST radio stations WWV, WWVH\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\/2015\/06\/MattDeutch-WWVB-1024x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MattDeutch-WWVB-1024x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/MattDeutch-WWVB-1024x600.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33716,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/nist-official-response-to-closure-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":33730,"position":1},"title":"NIST: Official response to closure questions","author":"Thomas","date":"August 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've just received the following formal response from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the\u00a0President\u2019s NIST FY 2019 budget request: (Source: NIST) NIST has a long-standing history of providing time and frequency services through our radio stations and we appreciate that many people use these services.\u00a0\u00a0 NIST\u2019s\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\/2011\/06\/wwvFtCollinsbuilding.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/wwvFtCollinsbuilding.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/wwvFtCollinsbuilding.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33521,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/nist-fy2019-budget-includes-request-to-shutdown-wwv-and-wwvh\/","url_meta":{"origin":33730,"position":2},"title":"NIST FY2019 budget includes request to shutdown WWV, WWVH, and WWVB","author":"Thomas","date":"August 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of\u00a0SWLing Post readers who have pointed out the NIST\u00a02019 Presidential Budget request which has now been posted online and includes a desired reduction of: \"$6.3 million supporting fundamental measurement dissemination, including the shutdown of NIST radio stations in Colorado and Hawaii\" I've always considered WWV\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WWV-TimeCodeGenerator-1024x582.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WWV-TimeCodeGenerator-1024x582.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WWV-TimeCodeGenerator-1024x582.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33632,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/lennarts-wwvh-5-mhz-qsl\/","url_meta":{"origin":33730,"position":3},"title":"Lennart&#8217;s WWVH 5 MHz QSL and a quick NIST update","author":"Thomas","date":"August 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Lennart Weirell, who writes: I saw the recent posting of a QSL card from WWV. Here is my QSL card from WWVH, Hawaii 5 MHz from 2006 [above]. Thanks for sharing this excellent QSL, Lennart! Update on shutdown of WWV, WWVH and WWVB Post Readers:\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\/2018\/08\/WWVH-2006-11-21-697x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WWVH-2006-11-21-697x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WWVH-2006-11-21-697x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33657,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/information-from-the-nist-regarding-possible-closure-wwv-radio-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":33730,"position":4},"title":"Information from the NIST regarding possible closure WWV radio stations","author":"Thomas","date":"August 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Regarding the NIST FY2019 budget which includes a request to shutdown WWV, WWVH, and WWVB, many of you have been asking if there has been an update. We will keep you posted as this budget moves through the process, but in the meantime I'll share the feedback and links provided\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\/2015\/06\/WWV-Main-Building-1024x463.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WWV-Main-Building-1024x463.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WWV-Main-Building-1024x463.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41744,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/washington-post-features-wwv-and-wwvb\/","url_meta":{"origin":33730,"position":5},"title":"Washington Post features WWV and WWVB","author":"Thomas","date":"January 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Washington Post via Ulis K3LU) If you tune a shortwave radio to 2.5, 5, 10 or 15 MHz, you can hear a little part of radio history \u2014 and the output of some of the most accurate time devices on Earth. 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