{"id":8550,"date":"2014-01-11T09:53:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T13:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8550"},"modified":"2014-01-11T09:55:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T13:55:17","slug":"russia-ends-long-wave-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/russia-ends-long-wave-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia “quietly” ends longwave services"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zenith<\/a>The BBC reports that Russia has “quietly switched off nearly all of its long-wave transmitters, ending almost nine decades of broadcasting – as cost finally catches up on the medium.” Read the full story on the\u00a0BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not a huge surprise as many countries are pulling the plug on longwave, despite the medium’s large local broadcasting footprint. It does make one wonder if VOR shortwave could also be pulled with little fanfare or warning.<\/p>\n

Indeed,\u00a0check out Jonathan Marks’ comments on the changes at the (former) Voice of Russia <\/a>which we’ve mentioned<\/a> has at least, administratively<\/em><\/strong>, been liquidated and consolidated.<\/p>\n

I can tell you that for those of us in North America, VOR is now a much harder catch on shortwave–a very strange shift from the ubiquity of the broadcaster’s signal in past decades.<\/p>\n

But if you want to hear frank, public comments about how these changes are affecting the staff of VOR, just bookmark and listen to\u00a0From Moscow With Love<\/a>. Hosts\u00a0Vasily and Natasha happily march to their own beat and comment openly to listener inquiries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The BBC reports that Russia has “quietly switched off nearly all of its long-wave transmitters, ending almost nine decades of broadcasting – as cost finally catches up on the medium.” Read the full story on the\u00a0BBC News. 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The shortwave service is closing due to funding cuts.\u00a0 Voice of Russia is to broadcast several programs in foreign languages including\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"VoiceOfRussia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/VoiceOfRussia-300x207.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22591,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/photos-from-the-final-danish-shortwave-club-international-meeting\/","url_meta":{"origin":8550,"position":1},"title":"Photos from the final Danish Shortwave Club International meeting","author":"Thomas","date":"December 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jonathan Marks, who shares the following photos he snapped during the final meeting of the DSWCI meeting (click images to enlarge): Thank you for sharing these photos, Jonathan. 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