{"id":5590,"date":"2013-02-11T09:32:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T13:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2013-02-11T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T13:33:16","slug":"the-relevance-of-shortwave-radio-for-unescos-world-radio-day-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/the-relevance-of-shortwave-radio-for-unescos-world-radio-day-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The relevance of shortwave radio for UNESCO’s World Radio Day 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"ChildSWRadioUganda\"<\/a>

Student in Uganda tunes an Ears To Our World self-powered shortwave radio. (Photo: ETOW partner, The Empower Campaign, Uganda)<\/p><\/div>\n

Wednesday, February 13th 2013 is World Radio Day. \u00a0UNESCO describes World Radio Day as “a day to<\/em> celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information and freedom of expression over the airwaves.”<\/em><\/p>\n

A worthy cause.<\/p>\n

UNESCO asked me to record a segment about our non-profit, Ears To Our World<\/a>, and the relevance of radio in honor of World Radio Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s my (brief) contribution<\/a>:
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