{"id":5849,"date":"2013-03-08T07:34:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T11:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5849"},"modified":"2013-03-08T07:36:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T11:36:47","slug":"video-al-jazeera-reports-on-zimbabwe-shortwave-radio-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/video-al-jazeera-reports-on-zimbabwe-shortwave-radio-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Al Jazeera reports on Zimbabwe shortwave radio ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the <a title=\"Southgate\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/march2013\/al_jazeera_short_wave_radio_ban.htm?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AmateurRadioNews+%28Southgate+Amateur+Radio+News%29#.UTnKMOvF0yE\" target=\"_blank\">Southgate ARC<\/a> for bringing this to my attention:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iMjHe5DRmeA\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe radio this reporter demonstrates is a shortwave version of the Eton FR160.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the Southgate ARC for bringing this to my attention: The radio this reporter demonstrates is a shortwave version of the Eton FR160.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,304],"tags":[1753,558,1548,1725,102,84,136,1752],"class_list":["post-5849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-videos","tag-al-jazeera","tag-eton-fr160","tag-freedom-of-press","tag-shortwave-radio-ban","tag-why-radio","tag-why-shortwave-radio","tag-zimbabwe","tag-zimbabwe-radio-ban"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1wl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5749,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/media-institute-of-southern-africa-reacts-to-zimbabwe-shortwave-receiver-ban\/","url_meta":{"origin":5849,"position":0},"title":"Media Institute of Southern Africa reacts to Zimbabwe shortwave receiver ban","author":"Thomas","date":"February 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"International broadcasters (and those cutting their budgets) should ask themselves the following question: If shortwave radio is no longer relevant in today's high-tech world, why are these radios suddenly being banned in a country controlled by a repressive regime? 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