{"id":45306,"date":"2020-09-13T06:43:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T10:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45306"},"modified":"2020-09-13T06:43:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T10:43:38","slug":"bbc-world-service-over-to-you-on-the-future-of-shortwave-broadcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/bbc-world-service-over-to-you-on-the-future-of-shortwave-broadcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC World Service: “Over To You” on the future of shortwave broadcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Webster (G7KVE)<\/a>, who shares the following article and interview from the BBC WS program Over To You<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Tuning in to the future for shortwave<\/h2>\n

We answer your questions about the BBC World Service\u2019s plans for shortwave. With many tens of millions still relying on it to listen every day, what does the future hold?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plus: earlier this year it was \u201ctemporarily suspended\u201d due to Covid – but now Weekend is back. We get your reaction.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presenter: Rajan Datar
\nProducer: Howard Shannon<\/p><\/blockquote>\nhttps:\/\/open.live.bbc.co.uk\/mediaselector\/6\/redir\/version\/2.0\/mediaset\/audio-nondrm-download\/proto\/https\/vpid\/p08r2sfg.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Webster (G7KVE), who shares the following article and interview from the BBC WS program Over To You: Tuning in to the future for shortwave We answer your questions about the BBC World Service\u2019s plans for shortwave. With many tens of millions still relying on it to listen every […]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[104,327,1816,3389,5310,1818,4082],"class_list":["post-45306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-bbc-world-service-shortwave","tag-does-shortwave-radio-have-a-future","tag-nigel-fry","tag-over-to-you","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bMK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8821,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/bbc-world-service-to-further-reduce-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":45306,"position":0},"title":"BBC World Service to further reduce shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"February 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I appears the BBC World Service is cutting shortwave broadcasts even further in an attempt to meet tighter budget numbers. 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