{"id":39445,"date":"2019-09-04T06:41:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T10:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39445"},"modified":"2019-09-04T06:41:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T10:41:55","slug":"radio-prague-now-radio-prague-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/radio-prague-now-radio-prague-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Prague now Radio Prague International"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16888\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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\">Radio Prague QSL card.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radio.cz\/en\/section\/the-sound-of\/the-call-signs-of-czech-radios-external-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radio Prague International<\/a> via David Iurescia)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For 83 years now listeners of Czech Radio\u2019s external service broadcasts have been accustomed to hearing our specific call-sign. Both the call sign and the station\u2019s name have changed over the years. Another small change is now in the pipeline. As of September 1, Radio Prague will become Radio Prague International. Use our audio slider for a walk down memory lane\u2026<\/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\/tzlov1QhX2Y?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:\/\/youtu.be\/tzlov1QhX2Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Radio Prague International via David Iurescia) For 83 years now listeners of Czech Radio\u2019s external service broadcasts have been accustomed to hearing our specific call-sign. Both the call sign and the station\u2019s name have changed over the years. Another small change is now in the pipeline. As of September 1, Radio Prague will become [&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":[56,960,3],"tags":[4895,222,7990],"class_list":["post-39445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-radio-prague","tag-radio-prague-international"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-agd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28273,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/video-radio-prague-promo\/","url_meta":{"origin":39445,"position":0},"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":23351,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/2017-radio-prague-qsl-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":39445,"position":1},"title":"2017 Radio Prague QSL cards","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who writes: Hi Thomas: As every year, Radio Prague has a new collection of QSL cards for its listeners. This year, this eight different QSL cards show Means of Public Transport in the Czech Republic. You can see them at: http:\/\/www.radio.cz\/en\/\/qsl\/qsl-cards\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\/2017\/01\/Radio-Prague-CableCar-1024x567.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Radio-Prague-CableCar-1024x567.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Radio-Prague-CableCar-1024x567.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16750,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/2016-radio-prague-qsl-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":39445,"position":2},"title":"2016 Radio Prague QSL Cards","author":"Thomas","date":"January 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who writes: Hi Thomas: I hope you have started a very good year!!! I'm sending you the link where you can see the new 2016 QSLs from Radio Prague: http:\/\/radio.cz\/en\/static\/qsl\/qsl-cards These are about religious buildings in the Czech Republic. Yours from Argentina\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"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":47350,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/radio-pragues-2021-qsl-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":39445,"position":3},"title":"Radio Prague&#8217;s 2021 QSL Cards","author":"Thomas","date":"January 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Prague International via David Iurescia) The three letters - QSL - constitute one of the codes originally developed in the days of the telegraph. All codes consisted of three letters beginning with \"Q\". Later some of these \"Q\" codes were adopted by radio-telegraphists and radio listeners. QSL means\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\/2021\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65236,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/radio-taiwan-international-and-radio-prague-recent-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":39445,"position":4},"title":"Radio Taiwan International and Radio Prague Recent Highlights","author":"Thomas","date":"January 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares two stories from the world of international broadcasting: First, Radio Taiwan International highlights a recent long-distance shortwave exchange between students in Taiwan and Norway. The project combines broadcasting, media literacy, cultural exchange, and disaster-resilient communications, and even prompted reception reports\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\/2026\/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\/2026\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/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":39445,"position":5},"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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