{"id":8328,"date":"2013-12-18T08:29:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T12:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8328"},"modified":"2013-12-18T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T12:29:31","slug":"radio-erena-would-like-to-reach-a-broader-audience-with-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/radio-erena-would-like-to-reach-a-broader-audience-with-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Erena would like to reach a broader audience with shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a fascinating video about how one Paris based clandestine radio station gets an independent voice into the only country in the world that rivals North Korea for a lack of press freedom: Eritrea. Radio Erena currently uses satellite to reach its audience, but would like funding to broadcast over shortwave:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xcitim\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xcitim_radio-erena-english-version_news\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Erena (English version)<\/a> <i>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/rsf_internet\" target=\"_blank\">rsf_internet<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a fascinating video about how one Paris based clandestine radio station gets an independent voice into the only country in the world that rivals North Korea for a lack of press freedom: Eritrea. Radio Erena currently uses satellite to reach its audience, but would like funding to broadcast over shortwave: Radio Erena (English [&hellip;]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[869,3,304],"tags":[4109,237,2421,2420,2422],"class_list":["post-8328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clandestine","category-news","category-videos","tag-clandestine","tag-clandestine-stations","tag-eritrea","tag-radio-erena","tag-reporters-without-borders"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2ak","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27183,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/radio-erena-a-symbolic-lifeline-to-eritrea\/","url_meta":{"origin":8328,"position":0},"title":"Radio Erena: &#8220;a symbolic lifeline&#8221; to Eritrea","author":"Thomas","date":"July 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: The Guardian) [Radio Erena founder, Biniam Simon, writes:] \u201cYou have to understand: Eritrea is completely closed. 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Last night turned out to mark a double-celebration for Eritrean journalist Fathi\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Eritrea-Ethiopia-1024x497.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Eritrea-Ethiopia-1024x497.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Eritrea-Ethiopia-1024x497.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51418,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/carlos-shares-shortwave-art-and-recordings-of-ethiopian-jamming-and-bbc-news-tigrinya\/","url_meta":{"origin":8328,"position":2},"title":"Carlos Shares Shortwave Art and Recordings of Ethiopian Jamming and BBC News Tigrinya","author":"Thomas","date":"January 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor and political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who has been exploring the world of clandestine radio, documenting the on-going conflict in Ethiopia via shortwave radio. The following are two examples of his radio log art, this time for documenting jamming of Dimtse Wegahta Tigray and BBC News\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51448,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/guest-post-following-the-ethiopian-war-over-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":8328,"position":3},"title":"Guest Post: Following the Ethiopian war over shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"January 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following guest post: ETHIOPIA: A WAR THROUGH RADIO by Carlos Latuff, special for The SWLing Post We just entered 2022 and the civil war in Ethiopia has already completed 1 year. 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