{"id":65724,"date":"2026-04-02T07:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65724"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:49:20","slug":"bbc-seeks-shortwave-recordings-and-listener-stories-can-you-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/bbc-seeks-shortwave-recordings-and-listener-stories-can-you-help\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Seeks Shortwave Recordings and Listener Stories\u2014Can You Help?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kenwood-R-1000-Encoder-Dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26897\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kenwood-R-1000-Encoder-Dial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kenwood-R-1000-Encoder-Dial.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kenwood-R-1000-Encoder-Dial-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kenwood-R-1000-Encoder-Dial-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kenwood-R-1000-Encoder-Dial-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kenwood-R-1000-Encoder-Dial-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a>SWLing Post<\/em> readers,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m currently helping a BBC reporter who is producing an upcoming program about shortwave radio\u2014and she\u2019s hoping to tap into the incredible collective knowledge and experience of the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> community.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few specific things she\u2019s still trying to track down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recordings of what was heard when stations like Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, or Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty signed off.<\/strong> In other words, do you have final recordings for any of these broadcasters?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Audio recordings of a coronal mass ejection (CME) as heard on shortwave.<\/strong> I&#8217;ve heard this before&#8211;those broadband waves of fading&#8211;but I have no recordings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personal experiences of listening to shortwave while living in a closed or restricted country.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have recordings, firsthand experiences, or even strong leads, your contribution could help shape this program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019d like to help, please leave a comment on this post&#8211;I&#8217;ll share your contact details with the producer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As always, I\u2019m continually amazed by the depth of knowledge and experience within this community\u2014thank you in advance for any help you can offer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post readers, I\u2019m currently helping a BBC reporter who is producing an upcoming program about shortwave radio\u2014and she\u2019s hoping to tap into the incredible collective knowledge and experience of the SWLing Post community. There are a few specific things she\u2019s still trying to track down: Recordings of what was heard when stations like Voice [&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":[960,3,305,288,7566],"tags":[4082],"class_list":["post-65724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-radio-memories","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h64","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7317,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/shortwave-radio-recordings-bbc-world-service-hausa\/","url_meta":{"origin":65724,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: BBC World Service Hausa","author":"Thomas","date":"September 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"For your listening pleasure: the BBC World Service Hausa language service recorded on 17,885 kHz on September 16, 2013, starting at 19:30 UTC. 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These were made using a GE portable multi band that had poor selectivity, hence the annoying ute during the BBC clip. 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