{"id":63822,"date":"2025-08-31T07:22:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63822"},"modified":"2025-08-31T07:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:22:56","slug":"radio-prague-interview-jeff-white-on-why-shortwave-still-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/radio-prague-interview-jeff-white-on-why-shortwave-still-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Prague Interview: Jeff White on Why Shortwave Still Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Speaking from Prague at the latest HFCC (High Frequency Coordination Conference)<\/a>, Jeff White\u2014chairman of the HFCC and founder of Radio Miami International<\/a>\u2014shares why shortwave broadcasting still matters now more than ever. He reflects on decades of shortwave listening, recalls how Radio Prague hooked him in as a kid, and shares the practical work the HFCC does to keep global broadcasts interference-free.<\/p>\n

White also reminds us why shortwave endures: it reaches places with little or no internet, rural areas where AM\/FM won\u2019t cut it, and listeners who simply love hearing signals from halfway around the world. Despite funding challenges and broadcast cutbacks, he believes shortwave has a bright future\u2014and a fascinating story behind it.<\/p>\n

Read the full article at Radio Prague International<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Many thanks to David Iurescia for sharing this tip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking from Prague at the latest HFCC (High Frequency Coordination Conference), Jeff White\u2014chairman of the HFCC and founder of Radio Miami International\u2014shares why shortwave broadcasting still matters now more than ever. He reflects on decades of shortwave listening, recalls how Radio Prague hooked him in as a kid, and shares the practical work the HFCC […]<\/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":[960,3,43],"tags":[633,2541,284,349,222,4655],"class_list":["post-63822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-hfcc","tag-high-frequency-coordination-conference","tag-jeff-white","tag-radio-miami-international","tag-radio-prague","tag-why-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gBo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33332,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/hfcc-announces-the-passing-of-its-founder-oldrich-cip\/","url_meta":{"origin":63822,"position":0},"title":"HFCC Announces the Passing of its Founder, Oldrich Cip","author":"Thomas","date":"July 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: WRMI & HFCC) HFCC Announces the Passing of its Founder Oldrich Cip Oldrich Cip, founder and Vice Chairman of the High Frequency Coordination Conference, known as the HFCC, passed away on 27 July following a sudden illness. 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