{"id":66611,"date":"2026-07-25T02:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=66611"},"modified":"2026-07-18T02:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:21:14","slug":"the-sound-of-soft-power-airing-on-bbc-world-service-august-1-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/the-sound-of-soft-power-airing-on-bbc-world-service-august-1-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sound of Soft Power: Airing on BBC World Service, August 1\u20132, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33104\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-e1530836181998.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" \/><\/a>The BBC World Service will rebroadcast <em>The Sound of Soft Power<\/em>\u2014the excellent radio documentary exploring the enduring influence of international broadcasting and shortwave radio\u2014via its shortwave service on the following dates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First transmission: 18:00 GMT, Saturday, 1 August 2026<\/li>\n<li>Final transmission: 11:00 GMT, Sunday, 2 August 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post the frequencies as soon as I&#8217;m notified, although I expect they&#8217;ll follow the BBC World Service&#8217;s normal shortwave transmission schedule.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to add a good off-air recording of this broadcast to the <a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a>. I&#8217;ll certainly try to make a recording myself, but I may not be in the best location for reception. If you&#8217;re able to capture the broadcast, please consider sharing your recording!<\/p>\n<p>If you missed my original post about <em>The Sound of Soft Power<\/em> when it first aired on BBC Radio 4 in May, you can read it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/bbc-radio-4-explores-shortwave-broadcasting-and-soft-power\/\">BBC Radio 4 explores shortwave broadcasting and soft power (May 2026)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC World Service will rebroadcast The Sound of Soft Power\u2014the excellent radio documentary exploring the enduring influence of international broadcasting and shortwave radio\u2014via its shortwave service on the following dates: First transmission: 18:00 GMT, Saturday, 1 August 2026 Final transmission: 11:00 GMT, Sunday, 2 August 2026 I&#8217;ll post the frequencies as soon as I&#8217;m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[11120],"class_list":["post-66611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-the-sound-of-soft-power"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hkn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20848,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/august-28-bbc-atlantic-relay-station-special-drm-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":66611,"position":0},"title":"August 28: BBC Atlantic Relay station special DRM broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"August 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: DRM Consortium) DRM will be part of a big anniversary on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean. 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