{"id":59702,"date":"2024-05-17T12:45:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59702"},"modified":"2024-05-17T06:32:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T10:32:01","slug":"don-discusses-am-radios-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/don-discusses-am-radios-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Don discusses AM Radio&#8217;s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16487\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Don Elliott, who shares <a href=\"https:\/\/radioink.com\/2023\/04\/28\/getting-in-the-am-radio-war-room-with-don-elliot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this piece<\/a> in which Radio Ink interviews him regarding the future of AM radio:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wuEsX6RSS8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/radioink.com\/2023\/04\/28\/getting-in-the-am-radio-war-room-with-don-elliot\/\">Getting In The AM Radio War Room With Don Elliot<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Getting In The AM Radio War Room With Don Elliot&#8221; &#8212; Radio Ink\" src=\"https:\/\/radioink.com\/2023\/04\/28\/getting-in-the-am-radio-war-room-with-don-elliot\/embed\/#?secret=XKE2NlTfAw#?secret=wuEsX6RSS8\" data-secret=\"wuEsX6RSS8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don Elliott, who shares this piece in which Radio Ink interviews him regarding the future of AM radio:\u00a0 Getting In The AM Radio War Room With Don Elliot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[373,56,433,3],"tags":[625,67,9725],"class_list":["post-59702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-don-elliot-heald","tag-radio-ink"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fwW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":169,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/a-voice-of-wwv-goes-silent-off-the-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":59702,"position":0},"title":"A Voice of WWV Goes Silent, Off The Air","author":"Thomas","date":"February 21, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I was very saddened to learn recently that Don Elliot Heald--the voice of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) radio station, WWV--passed away Feb 19th, 2009. My earliest memories of listening to shortwave radio included hearing his voice read the time on WWV's frequencies (2.5, 5, 10, 15\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49091,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/don-recommends-radio-boulevard-for-a-deep-dive-into-radio-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":59702,"position":1},"title":"Don recommends Radio Boulevard for a deep dive into radio history!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don (W7SSB), who writes: Hi Thomas, One of my friends has probably the best museum in the history of radio ! https:\/\/www.radioblvd.com\/ Your readers can spend days looking at all the information from the early days to present ! Plenty of pictures! Don W7SSB\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47424,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/don-discovers-a-treasure-trove-of-digitized-vintage-radio-books-and-magazines\/","url_meta":{"origin":59702,"position":2},"title":"Don discovers a treasure trove of digitized vintage radio books and magazines","author":"Thomas","date":"January 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don (W7SSB), who writes: I thought these links might be of interest to your readers: https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3iul\/Files\/Old_Radio_Frequency_Books.htm https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3iul\/ Brilliant! Thanks for the tip, Don! Of course, another deep treasure trove is the World Radio History website.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Books&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/books.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/books.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/books.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/books.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/books.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35509,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/remembering-don-schimmel\/","url_meta":{"origin":59702,"position":3},"title":"Remembering Don Schimmel","author":"Thomas","date":"January 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This weekend, I learned of the passing of my friend, Don Schimmel. Don was a prominent figure in the world of shortwave radio, author of Radio intrigue, and my go-to man on numbers stations and any other mysterious signals. Over the past ten years, I've gotten to spend quality time\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Don-Schimmel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":44807,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/don-recommends-hamhifi-for-late-model-and-vintage-radio-gear\/","url_meta":{"origin":59702,"position":4},"title":"Don recommends &#8220;Ham&#038;HiFi&#8221; for late-model and vintage radio gear","author":"Thomas","date":"August 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don, who sent a message recently recommending Ham&HiFi as a source of late-model and vintage radio gear. Don writes: They buy amateur radio, audio, vacuum tube collections from around the US. They ship worldwide and have lots of inventory! They are a good source\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HamandHiFi-e1597353333168.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HamandHiFi-e1597353333168.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HamandHiFi-e1597353333168.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HamandHiFi-e1597353333168.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58424,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/announcing-don-moores-latest-book-tales-of-a-vagabond-dxer\/","url_meta":{"origin":59702,"position":5},"title":"Announcing Don Moore&#8217;s latest book: Tales of a Vagabond DXer","author":"Thomas","date":"December 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and friend Don Moore\u2013noted\u00a0author, traveler, and DXer\u2013for sharing the following announcement about his latest book! Don is a brilliant author--you'll enjoy accompanying him on his travels and radio journey in this latest book. I highly recommend all of his work! \u00a0 Tales of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Books&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VagabondDXerCover.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59703,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59702\/revisions\/59703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}