{"id":62777,"date":"2025-05-04T05:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62777"},"modified":"2025-05-04T07:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T11:44:23","slug":"r-e-m-releases-remix-to-benefit-radio-free-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/r-e-m-releases-remix-to-benefit-radio-free-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"R.E.M. Releases Remix to Benefit Radio Free Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.remhq.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Radio-Free-Europe-REM-Remix-Album.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Radio-Free-Europe-REM-Remix-Album.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Radio-Free-Europe-REM-Remix-Album-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Radio-Free-Europe-REM-Remix-Album-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Radio-Free-Europe-REM-Remix-Album-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Radio-Free-Europe-REM-Remix-Album-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Radio-Free-Europe-REM-Remix-Album-624x624.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following video from CBS Mornings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FNy_hM0b_ro?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">R.E.M. has given its first single &#8220;Radio Free Europe&#8221; a new remix. The song was named after the service that provides crucial, uncensored information in places with limited press freedom. Now, Radio Free Europe is one of the federally-funded broadcasters that has been impacted after the Trump administration froze funding granted by Congress. CBS News&#8217; Anthony Mason shows how the rock band is trying to help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.remhq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to pre-order\/purchase your copy of Radio Free Europe and benefit RFE!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, you can read more detail about this partnership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/rem-releases-radio-free-europe-world-press-freedom-day\/33403021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following video from CBS Mornings: R.E.M. has given its first single &#8220;Radio Free Europe&#8221; a new remix. The song was named after the service that provides crucial, uncensored information in places with limited press freedom. Now, Radio Free Europe is one of the federally-funded [&hellip;]<\/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":[960,3],"tags":[10799,1160,1094],"class_list":["post-62777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-r-e-m","tag-radio-free-europe","tag-rfe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gkx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55220,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/60-minutes-features-radio-free-europe-and-radio-liberty\/","url_meta":{"origin":62777,"position":0},"title":"60 Minutes Features Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty","author":"Thomas","date":"January 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who shares a link to the latest episode of CBS' 60 Minutes which highlights both the mission and work of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. 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