{"id":63124,"date":"2025-06-10T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63124"},"modified":"2025-06-08T10:03:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T14:03:29","slug":"helene-milton-exposed-need-to-protect-am-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/helene-milton-exposed-need-to-protect-am-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Helene, Milton exposed need to protect AM radio&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42741\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4-265x300.jpeg 265w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4-904x1024.jpeg 904w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4-768x870.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CC-Solar-Observer-4-624x707.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Dennis Dura, who shares this article from the Ponte Vedra Recorder highlighting how Hurricane Helene has exposed the critical need to protect AM radio as a vital emergency communication tool: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pontevedrarecorder.com\/stories\/helene-milton-exposed-need-to-protect-am-radio,129870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pontevedrarecorder.com\/stories\/helene-milton-exposed-need-to-protect-am-radio,129870<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dennis Dura, who shares this article from the Ponte Vedra Recorder highlighting how Hurricane Helene has exposed the critical need to protect AM radio as a vital emergency communication tool: https:\/\/www.pontevedrarecorder.com\/stories\/helene-milton-exposed-need-to-protect-am-radio,129870<\/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":[3],"tags":[625,5875,10615],"class_list":["post-63124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-dennis-dura","tag-hurricane-helene"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gq8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60834,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/radio-waves-amateur-radio-triumphs-post-helene-and-am-radio-a-lifeline-during-disaster\/","url_meta":{"origin":63124,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Amateur Radio Triumphs Post-Helene and AM Radio a Lifeline During Disaster,","author":"Thomas","date":"October 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0Enjoy! 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