{"id":4943,"date":"2012-11-30T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T19:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4943"},"modified":"2012-11-30T23:30:37","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T03:30:37","slug":"radio-exterior-de-espana-leaving-shortwave-not-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/radio-exterior-de-espana-leaving-shortwave-not-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a leaving shortwave? Not yet."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/REElogo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4263\" title=\"REElogo2\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/REElogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/REElogo2.jpg 277w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/REElogo2-100x65.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a>This week, <a title=\"REE\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rtve.es\/radio\/radio-exterior\/\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a<\/a>\u00a0(REE) suddenly <a title=\"MT-Shortwave\" href=\"http:\/\/mt-shortwave.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/spain-makes-cuts-to-shortwave-broadcasts.html\" target=\"_blank\">dropped many of their analog shortwave broadcasts<\/a>. I waited to mention this on the SWLing Post because, even though they were no longer on the air, I had heard no rumors beforehand and I had recently been in contact with them.<\/p>\n<p>SWLer, Mark Coady, made a post on Facebook today with a message from REE stating that there was a lot of internal confusion and frustration regarding REE suddenly dropping shortwave services. They also mentioned that REE is planning to <em>restore shortwave services again<\/em>, possibly as soon as this weekend. I just received a short message from an REE contact to the same effect.<\/p>\n<p>So, we will see if they restore services this weekend or early next week. \u00a0I personally enjoy listening to REE&#8217;s services in English and French. \u00a0I especially love their music, when they play it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re an REE fan, I suggest you <a title=\"REE email\" href=\"mailto:ree@rtve.es\" target=\"_blank\">contact them ASAP (ree@rtve.es)<\/a>\u00a0and show your support. Though services are being re-established, shortwave broadcasts may be on the chopping block again in the near future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a\u00a0(REE) suddenly dropped many of their analog shortwave broadcasts. I waited to mention this on the SWLing Post because, even though they were no longer on the air, I had heard no rumors beforehand and I had recently been in contact with them. SWLer, Mark Coady, made a post on [&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":[56,3],"tags":[955,958,4082],"class_list":["post-4943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-radio-exterior-de-espana","tag-ree","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1hJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4947,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/radio-exterior-de-espana-ree-is-back-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":4943,"position":0},"title":"Radio Exterior de Espana (REE) has returned to shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"December 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As a follow-up to my previous post on\u00a0Radio Exterior de Espana, I can confirm that I'm hearing REE on all of their scheduled frequencies today. 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According to\u00a0prtelevisi\u00f3n\u00a0and this article from La Opini\u00f3n A Coru\u00f1a\u00a0[English translation], yesterday morning, the Board of Directors of RTVE approved a proposal to broadcast on shortwave\u00a0four hours\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RadioExteriorDeEspana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RadioExteriorDeEspana.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RadioExteriorDeEspana.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RadioExteriorDeEspana.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10818,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/radio-exterior-de-espana-to-abandon-shortwave-october-1st\/","url_meta":{"origin":4943,"position":3},"title":"Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a to abandon shortwave October 1st","author":"Thomas","date":"September 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Harold Woering, who recorded the announcement by Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a\u00a0which mentions the imminent cuts to all shortwave radio broadcasts on October 1, 2014. I'm\u00a0confident\u00a0this time REE's exit will be permanent\u00a0unlike the last time REE left the air in 2012. 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Andrea also includes some excellent interior shots of the\u00a0Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a studios. 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