{"id":52417,"date":"2022-04-11T07:07:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T11:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52417"},"modified":"2022-04-11T08:50:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T12:50:37","slug":"radio-waves-trend-in-tropical-bands-am-drive-time-and-edt-rti-russian-service-and-feedback-from-rw-guest-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/radio-waves-trend-in-tropical-bands-am-drive-time-and-edt-rti-russian-service-and-feedback-from-rw-guest-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Waves: Trend in Tropical Bands, AM Drive Time and EDT, RTI Russian Service, and Feedback from RW Guest Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio<\/h2>\n

Welcome to the SWLing Post\u2019s<\/em> Radio Waves<\/em>, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0<\/strong>Enjoy!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Trends in Tropical Bands Broadcasting (EDXC)<\/a><\/h2>\n

EDXC co-founder Anker Petersen has published the latest Trends in tropical bands broadcasting and Domestic Broadcasting Survey.<\/p>\n

Anker writes: \u201cSince the Danish Short Wave Club International published the first annual Tropical Bands Survey in 1973, I have registered which stations are active, based upon loggings from our members and other DXers around the world. Here is an updated status outside Europe and North America, where Clandestine and Pirate stations are not included.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both of the documents are available at the\u00a0DSWCI website<\/a>, to study and enjoy. Click on the two blue boxes on the left side of the website for the current versions, and also to look back over previous versions. Hopefully, these will also encourage more DXers to listen regularly to the Tropical Bands. [Click here to read the original post…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Universal Power-Up Time For AMs Seen As One Potential Fix For Proposed Clock Change. (Inside Radio)<\/a><\/h2>\n

Talk in Washington about making Daylight Saving Time permanent may bring cheers from people who hate the \u201cspring forward\u201d and \u201cfall back\u201d disruption to their body clocks. But it has the potential to upend radio stations, especially during the darkest winter months. New Jersey Broadcasters Association President Paul Rotella is urging the bill\u2019s sponsor to consider adding some protections for AM radio into the bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this legislation is adopted, many if not most, AM stations will lose an hour of morning drive with no or reduced power and no one seems to be addressing the issue,\u201d said Rotella in a letter to Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Permanent daylight-saving time would mean that AM daytime-only stations and AMs with directional signals would not be at full power until after 9am in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n

Rotella says such a move would mean that these stations would lose most of their critical morning drive daypart when a lot of ad revenue is made. The upside is the change would give AMs more time during their afternoon drive, when some stations need to power down before 5pm during the winter months. But many AM owners have said that the amount of money they would make from an extra hour of broadcast time during the afternoon would not make up for the losses they would suffer in the morning. [Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Letters from Ukraine – Taiwan Insider (RTI English via YouTube)<\/a><\/h2>\n

[What RTI\u2019s Ukrainian listeners are saying]<\/p>\n

RTI\u2019s Russian broadcasts are reaching Ukraine, and the Ukrainian people are talking back. The head of RTI Russian tells Insider what listeners are saying and how RTI is supporting Ukraine from Taiwan.<\/p>\n

PLUS:
\n– Going the distance: Tomasz Koper speaks to a Ukrainian who moved from Taiwan to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees
\n– An end to COVID-zero? Sta? Butler looks at why Taiwan\u2019s latest COVID-19 spike is not like the others
\n– Cardi B thinks Taiwanese desserts are the key to longevity. Leslie Liao investigates.<\/p>\n