{"id":52196,"date":"2022-03-16T06:49:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T10:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52196"},"modified":"2022-03-16T06:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T10:49:24","slug":"cbs-miami-features-wrmi-and-the-shortwaves-for-freedom-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/cbs-miami-features-wrmi-and-the-shortwaves-for-freedom-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Miami features WRMI and the &#8220;Shortwaves for Freedom&#8221; campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24616\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial-624x281.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following article <a href=\"https:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2022\/03\/15\/shortwave-radio-signal-central-florida-russia-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from CBS Miami<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2022\/03\/15\/shortwave-radio-signal-central-florida-russia-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shortwave Radio Signal From Florida Cow Pasture Reaches Russia Carrying Latest News (CBS Miami)<\/a><\/h1>\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\/1pcb2YXzJLA?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\/1pcb2YXzJLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MIAMI (CBSMiami) \u2013 A massive shortwave radio antenna sits in a cow pasture north of Lake Okeechobee in Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWe have 14, 100,000-watt transmitters and 23 antennas beaming to all parts of the world,\u201d said Jeff White, the general manager of Miami-based WRMI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The multi-signal station is said to be one of the largest shortwave radio operations in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">WRMI stands for Radio Miami International and worldwide coverage means it can easily send signals into Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Shortwave is old school technology, think of World War II or the Cold War, as American-produced news beamed behind the iron curtain. Now, during the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has shut down journalism as we know it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Kate Neiswender, one of the guiding lights behind funding news programming for Russian audiences, said, \u201cthey were going to pass a law making journalism essentially illegal, facing a 15-year criminal penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Neiswender and fellow former journalists formed a fundraiser to beam news into Russia, where state-controlled media, at best, does not tell the true story of the invasion and many Russian citizens have no clue about the severity of the invasion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThis is a journalistic pursuit more than anything else,\u201d said Neiswender. [<a href=\"https:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2022\/03\/15\/shortwave-radio-signal-central-florida-russia-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue reading at CBS Miami&#8230;<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/shortwaves-for-freedom-campaign-is-funding-voa-and-rfe-rl-programming\/\">Click here<\/a> to read our previous post about <em>Shortwaves for Freedom<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fundrazr.com\/radiowaves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contribute to the campaign here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following article from CBS Miami: Shortwave Radio Signal From Florida Cow Pasture Reaches Russia Carrying Latest News (CBS Miami) Click here to view on YouTube. 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Using Cold War era\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\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52107,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/shortwaves-for-freedom-campaign-is-funding-voa-and-rfe-rl-programming\/","url_meta":{"origin":52196,"position":2},"title":"&#8220;Shortwaves for Freedom&#8221; campaign is funding VOA and RFE\/RL programming","author":"Thomas","date":"March 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who brought the \"Shortwaves for Freedom\" fundraising (crowdsource) campaign to my attention. I've confirmed with WRMI that this campaign is legitimate and that they are purchasing time from WRMI to broadcast VOA and RFE\/RL into Russia and Ukraine. Here's the description of\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\/2017\/10\/Digitech-AR1780-Right-Angle.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Digitech-AR1780-Right-Angle.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Digitech-AR1780-Right-Angle.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Digitech-AR1780-Right-Angle.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Digitech-AR1780-Right-Angle.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10879,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/wrmi-begins-relay-of-radio-ukraine-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":52196,"position":3},"title":"WRMI begins relay of Radio Ukraine International","author":"Thomas","date":"September 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: WRMI via Keith Perron) NEWS RELEASE September 23, 2014 WRMI to begin Relay of Radio Ukraine International Shortwave station WRMI in Okeechobee, Florida will begin a daily relay transmission of the English-language program of Radio Ukraine International on Thursday, September 25, 2014 on the frequency of 11580 kHz from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Radio-Ukraine","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Radio-Ukraine.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1028,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/radio-sl\/","url_meta":{"origin":52196,"position":4},"title":"Radio Slovakia International to continue shortwave broadcasts to Caribbean and Latin America","author":"Thomas","date":"January 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate Amateur Radio Club) A last-minute agreement between Radio Slovakia International and Radio Miami International (WRMI) will permit the international radio station of Slovakia to continue its shortwave transmissions in English and Spanish to the Caribbean and Latin America. 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