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\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor David Iurescia, who shares this article from Radio Taiwan International<\/a> highlighting how RTI\u2019s Spanish and Japanese shortwave programs have placed in global listener polls, with the Spanish service especially popular across dozens of countries and the Japanese service recognized at Japan\u2019s largest amateur radio event. Read the full article here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.rti.org.tw\/en\/news?uid=3&pid=186281<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares this article from Radio Taiwan International highlighting how RTI\u2019s Spanish and Japanese shortwave programs have placed in global listener polls, with the Spanish service especially popular across dozens of countries and the Japanese service recognized at Japan\u2019s largest amateur radio event. Read the full article […]<\/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":[4895,1884,1885],"class_list":["post-65198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-radio-taiwan-international","tag-rti"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gXA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65665,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/half-a-century-of-connection-rtis-spanish-service-turns-50\/","url_meta":{"origin":65198,"position":0},"title":"Half a Century of Connection: RTI\u2019s Spanish Service Turns 50","author":"Thomas","date":"March 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares this article from Radio Taiwan International, marking a major milestone: 50 years of Spanish-language broadcasting. 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