{"id":54188,"date":"2022-10-07T03:21:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T07:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54188"},"modified":"2022-10-06T08:46:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:46:11","slug":"radio-waves-wrmi-damaged-by-ian-vok-podcast-and-north-korea-increases-drm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/radio-waves-wrmi-damaged-by-ian-vok-podcast-and-north-korea-increases-drm\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Waves: WRMI Damaged by Ian, VOK Podcast, and North Korea Increases DRM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing 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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Shortwave Station WRMI Damaged by Ian (Radio World)<\/a><\/h2>\n

The vast Okeechobee, Fla., antenna farm of privately-owned WRMI, which transmits programming to the world via shortwave radio, was hit hard by Hurricane Ian.<\/p>\n

WRMI has 14 transmitters and 23 antenna systems. \u201cWe had winds up around 100 miles per hour, and that did a real number on our antenna field,\u201d said Jeff White, general manager of WRMI.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far we have three antennas that are probably destroyed beyond repair: one to Europe, one to Africa and one to Central America and the South Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n

As pressing as rebuilding these three antennas is for WRMI, \u201cThe biggest job we have at the moment is putting back up dozens of telephone poles that carry the transmission lines from the transmitter building to the antennas,\u201d said White. [Continue read at Radio World…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

>>–Click here to donate to WRMI’s Hurricane Relief Fund.–<\/a><<<\/strong><\/p>\n

Voice of Korea programming available as a podcast<\/h2>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alex, who notes that some of VOK’s language services are now available in podcast form. If you wish to hear some old school propaganda in high fidelity, this is a good way to do so: check it out on Castbox<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

North Korea Doubles Digital Radio Output (Red Tech)<\/a><\/h2>\n

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After years of experimentation, the famously secretive nation has switched on another DRM shortwave transmitter. The big question: Why?<\/p>\n

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Click here to read the full story in Red Tech’s latest issue (see page 12)<\/a> <\/strong>or click here<\/a> for page 12 only.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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