{"id":54753,"date":"2022-11-29T07:01:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T11:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54753"},"modified":"2022-11-29T07:01:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T11:01:53","slug":"radio-waves-colombias-life-saving-pop-song-fcc-commissioner-pro-am-radio-experimental-radio-news-6-fcc-comments-on-fm-power-increase-and-leo-laporte-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/radio-waves-colombias-life-saving-pop-song-fcc-commissioner-pro-am-radio-experimental-radio-news-6-fcc-comments-on-fm-power-increase-and-leo-laporte-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Waves: Colombia’s life-saving pop song, FCC Commissioner Pro AM Radio, Experimental Radio News 6, FCC Comments on FM Power Increase, and Leo Laporte Retires"},"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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Colombia’s life-saving pop song (BBC Sounds)<\/a><\/h2>\n

It is 2010 and Colombian Colonel Jose Espejo has a problem. Not only is the Farc increasing its kidnapping activity, targeting police and military hostages, but many of the soldiers already in captivity – some kept in barbed-wire cages and held isolation in for over a decade – are losing hope of ever being rescued.<\/p>\n

Colombia\u2019s dense jungle and mountainous terrain mean rescue missions can take months to plan, especially because Farc guerrillas are known to shoot all hostages dead at the first hint of a raid. Colonel Espejo knew that in order for future missions to succeed, he would need to warn the captives that help was coming so they could be ready to make a break for it when the army arrived. But how do you get a message across to military hostages without tipping off their captors and placing them in even greater danger?<\/p>\n

The unexpected solution – hide the message in a pop song with an interlude in Morse code that the military hostages could decipher. Soldiers learned Morse code in basic training, and it was unlikely that the Farc, who were not military trained, would know it. This is the tale of Better Days, a pop song with a secret Morse code message that became an actual lifesaver.<\/p>\n

Click here to listen to this program on BBC Sounds.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FCC Commissioner Advocates for Preservation of AM Radio (Radio World)<\/a><\/h2>\n

At the NAFB Convention, Simington said AM radio is an “indispensable resource”<\/p>\n

FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington met with members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting during their 79th annual convention on Nov. 16. In his remarks, Simington emphasized the importance of AM radio and outlined the steps needed to ensure its future in a changing market.<\/p>\n

Simington began his remarks with a more personal anecdote. He said he grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, where \u201cbesides the trade papers, there was no media institution more trusted to inform us about all we needed to know than AM radio.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAM radio was for us then, and is for the more than three million farmers across the U.S. now, an indispensable resource,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Simington said AM radio is the \u201cessential spine\u201d of the Emergency Alert System and \u201clets you know what\u2019s happening not just globally, but locally \u2014 from school closures and traffic delays to city council and county management meetings and high school sports games.\u201d<\/p>\n

He comments on the growing populations that view AM radio as a \u201cdead\u201d and outdated technology, and why he believes that to be a falsity. [Continue reading…]<\/a><\/p>\n

Experimental Radio News 6<\/a><\/h2>\n

This issue is devoted entirely to experimental high-frequency (HF) or shortwave radio, including a new FCC docket accepting comments on a license application.<\/p>\n

Click here to check out the latest Experimental Radio News issue!<\/a><\/p>\n

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FCC Takes Comments on FM Digital Power Increase (Radio World)<\/a><\/h2>\n

It also agreed to combine this petition with an earlier one for asymmetric sidebands<\/p>\n

The FCC wants to know what you think about the proposal by the National Association of Broadcasters and Xperi to allow many FM HD Radio stations in the United States to\u00a0raise their digital power levels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Media Bureau now is taking comments on the petition submitted by the NAB and Xperi in October. [Read the petition<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

The commission also has combined this petition with another filed in 2019 by NAB, Xperi and NPR. That one would permanently authorize FM stations to use HD Radio with asymmetric sideband power levels without the need for separate or experimental authorization. [Read that petition<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

These two petitions now have been assigned MB Docket Number 22-405. Comments can be filed in the FCC\u2019s\u00a0Electronic Comment Filing System<\/a>. Comments are due Jan. 12, replies are due Feb. 13. [Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Leo Laporte, KFI\u2019s \u2018The Tech Guy,\u2019 will retire from radio in December (Los Angeles Daily News)<\/a><\/h2>\n

Leo Laporte \u2014 \u201cThe Tech Guy\u201d \u2014 heard locally on KFI (640 AM) Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., announced his retirement from radio effective in December. His last live show will air Dec. 18.<\/p>\n

Technically it wasn\u2019t Laporte who announced the retirement \u2026 comedian Steve Martin called in to make the announcement for him, during the Nov. 19 edition of the program. Laporte retires after nearly 50 years on the air, the last 19 of which were spent as \u201cThe Tech Guy,\u201d giving advice and troubleshooting support to listeners on all things tech.<\/p>\n

Replacing Laporte will be Rich DeMuro, who will bring his podcast and KTLA-TV Morning News segment to the radio airwaves. Rich on Tech will replace \u201cThe Tech Guy\u201d starting Jan. 7; \u201cBest of Tech Guy\u201d programs will air until then. [Continue reading more radio news in this article…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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