{"id":41270,"date":"2019-12-22T08:13:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41270"},"modified":"2019-12-22T08:13:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:13:52","slug":"video-tribute-to-a-century-of-broadcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/video-tribute-to-a-century-of-broadcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: \u201cTribute to a Century of Broadcasting\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-22-at-05.54.13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41271\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-22-at-05.54.13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-22-at-05.54.13.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-22-at-05.54.13-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-22-at-05.54.13-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-22-at-05.54.13-624x345.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill (WD9EQD), who writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">You probably have already seen this, but from The ARRL Letter, November 21, 2019:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em>Art Donahue, W1AWX, of Franklin, Massachusetts, has posted his \u201cTribute to a Century of Broadcasting\u201d video in recognition of the centennial of formal radio broadcasts. The video features a complete scan of the AM broadcast band (530 \u2013 1700 kHz), with station IDs for all 118 AM radio channels.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Following is ARRL Link:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kT1KsSWosW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ema.arrl.org\/2019\/12\/06\/radio-amateurs-tribute-to-a-century-of-broadcasting-video-debuts-on-youtube\/\">Radio Amateur&#8217;s &#8220;Tribute to a Century of Broadcasting&#8221; Video Debuts on YouTube<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Radio Amateur&#8217;s &#8220;Tribute to a Century of Broadcasting&#8221; Video Debuts on YouTube&#8221; &#8212; Eastern Massachusetts ARRL\" src=\"https:\/\/ema.arrl.org\/2019\/12\/06\/radio-amateurs-tribute-to-a-century-of-broadcasting-video-debuts-on-youtube\/embed\/#?secret=68K7ts18iQ#?secret=kT1KsSWosW\" data-secret=\"kT1KsSWosW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Following is <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iKRZJ5uO2Mw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube link<\/a> to the video:<\/p>\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\/iKRZJ5uO2Mw?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=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It was a lot of fun to watch the video, hear the on-air id checks, and compare what he heard to the list of stations that I have heard.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for sharing this, Bill&#8211;I missed reading about this in the newsletter.\u00a0 This goes to show you that the AM dial is chock-full of stations here in North America. Those who complain that it&#8217;s &#8220;dead&#8221; simply aren&#8217;t listening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill (WD9EQD), who writes: You probably have already seen this, but from The ARRL Letter, November 21, 2019: Art Donahue, W1AWX, of Franklin, Massachusetts, has posted his \u201cTribute to a Century of Broadcasting\u201d video in recognition of the centennial of formal radio broadcasts. The video features a complete scan [&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":[373,433,3,746],"tags":[625,6954,4099],"class_list":["post-41270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-recordings","tag-am-radio","tag-bill-hemphill-wd9eqd","tag-mediumwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aJE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49061,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/bbc-radio-stations-broadcasting-re-tune-instructions\/","url_meta":{"origin":41270,"position":0},"title":"BBC Radio Stations Broadcasting Re-Tune Instructions","author":"Thomas","date":"May 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Hemphill (WD9EQD), who writes: Hi Thomas, The BBC in their transition to digital radio has started closing some of their AM radio stations. See following link: https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/reception\/work-warning\/news\/mw-closures-2021 The AM stations being closed are broadcasting \u201cRe-Tune\u201d instructions on their frequencies. 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Very fascinating. In the article, they give a link to an article \u201cThis excerpt describes the fallout that came from a gang of international scam artists bootlegging Sealand passports.\u201d This article is titled:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pirate-Radio-Microphone-e1584225204331.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pirate-Radio-Microphone-e1584225204331.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pirate-Radio-Microphone-e1584225204331.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pirate-Radio-Microphone-e1584225204331.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38179,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/cbc-president-catherine-tait-on-trust-raising-money-and-attracting-a-younger-audience\/","url_meta":{"origin":41270,"position":2},"title":"&#8220;CBC President Catherine Tait on trust, raising money and attracting a younger audience&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"June 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill (WD9EQD), who notes: [Recently] the Radio Canada program Sunday Edition had an interview with CBC President Catherine Tait. Very interesting on the challenges facing CBC and radio\/tv in general: (Source: CBC Radio) It is the job of the CBC to build social cohesion\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\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Radio-Canada-CBC-Quebec-City-6.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31920,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/bill-scores-a-homebrew-lw-mw-magnetic-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":41270,"position":3},"title":"Bill scores a homebrew LW\/MW magnetic loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"May 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Hemphill (WD9EQD) who shares the following: I went to the Warminster Amateur Radio Club (WARC) hamfest [yesterday] in Bucks County, PA. For some time, I have been thinking about making a loop antenna for AM DXing. It was my lucky day. 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