{"id":54603,"date":"2022-11-11T06:19:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T10:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54603"},"modified":"2022-11-11T06:19:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T10:19:31","slug":"has-wtww-left-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/has-wtww-left-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Has WTWW left shortwave?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I recently learned from a few reports on Twitter that WTWW left shortwave for good on November 9, 2022 and will now only broadcast over the internet. I missed this announcement on the air and WTWW’s website doesn’t seem to reflect this information yet.<\/p>\n

The WTWW wikipedia page<\/a> has already been updated, however, with WTWW’s services noted in the past tense and the following addition was made this week:<\/p>\n

On November 9, 2022, WTWW announced it would discontinue all shortwave operations, with intent to continue streaming the programming as long as it was feasible. Ted Randall cited a massive increase in transmitter usage fees (the majority of that being from electricity cost) that the station could not realistically pay. The station signed off for the last time that night, with its final programming including a farewell message from Randall encouraging listeners to continue listening to the Web stream, a string of listener requests from WTWW’s automated system, and the final song being a rendition of “America the Beautiful” by one of Randall’s favorite recording artists, Ronnie Milsap.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can anyone confirm if WTWW has indeed stopped all shortwave transmitting? Please comment.<\/p>\n

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I recently learned from a few reports on Twitter that WTWW left shortwave for good on November 9, 2022 and will now only broadcast over the internet. I missed this announcement on the air and WTWW’s website doesn’t seem to reflect this information yet. 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