{"id":675,"date":"2010-03-12T13:36:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T13:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=675"},"modified":"2010-03-12T13:37:20","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T13:37:20","slug":"radio-world-whatever-happened-to-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/radio-world-whatever-happened-to-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio World: Whatever Happened to Shortwave Radio?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For all its transmission expense and audio problems, analog shortwave radio has one clear advantage over the Internet and domestic radio\/TV: It cannot be easily blocked \u2014 even when states try to disrupt its signals using jamming transmitters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is one of the best articles I’ve read recently about the state of shortwave broadcasting. It features authorities on the subject like Andy Sennitt, Larry Magne and Kim Elliott. Moreover, it highlights the historical appeal and the challenges shortwave broadcasts face in the internet age. Click here to read the full article on Radio World’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For all its transmission expense and audio problems, analog shortwave radio has one clear advantage over the Internet and domestic radio\/TV: It cannot be easily blocked \u2014 even when states try to disrupt its signals using jamming transmitters. This is one of the best articles I’ve read recently about the state of shortwave broadcasting. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[239,241,240,238,242,4082],"class_list":["post-675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-news","tag-andy-sennitt","tag-kim-andrew-elliot","tag-larry-magne","tag-radio-world-magazine","tag-shortwave-broadcasting","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3443,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/andy-sennitt-the-media-network-years-the-1990s\/","url_meta":{"origin":675,"position":0},"title":"Andy Sennitt: The Media Network years the 1990s","author":"Thomas","date":"May 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Media Network, which covered international broadcasting developments at Radio Netherlands,\u00a0recently ended a 30-year run on RNW. 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The article includes interviews with Andy Sennitt, Kim Andrew Elliott, Nigel Fry, \u00a0and even yours truly. The following is a short excerpt taken from the introduction of the article: (Source:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Panasonic-RF-2200-1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-1-1024x632.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-1-1024x632.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-1-1024x632.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3499,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/andy-sennitt-the-media-network-years-the-noughties\/","url_meta":{"origin":675,"position":2},"title":"Andy Sennitt: The Media Network years – the noughties","author":"Thomas","date":"May 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Media Network, which covered international broadcasting developments at Radio Netherlands,\u00a0recently ended a 30-year run on RNW. 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