{"id":8977,"date":"2014-03-12T10:32:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T14:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8977"},"modified":"2014-03-12T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T14:32:28","slug":"deadline-approaching-bbg-seeks-public-comment-on-relevancy-of-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/deadline-approaching-bbg-seeks-public-comment-on-relevancy-of-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline approaching: BBG seeks public comment on relevancy of shortwave radio"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Students<\/a>

Students in South Sudan listen to their favorite shortwave radio program, VOA Special English.<\/p><\/div>\n

Reminder:<\/strong> The US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)\u00a0is asking for your comments<\/a>\u00a0on the relevancy of shortwave radio broadcasting.<\/p>\n

In short, simply send the BBG an email (limited to 1,200 words or less) with your comments\u00a0by Friday (March 14th, 2014)<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0The BBG has set up the following email address:\u00a0ShortwaveCommittee@bbg.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here for full details<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you for defending the relevancy of shortwave radio<\/em> on behalf of those living in\u00a0impoverished areas, and in states with repressive regimes: listeners without a voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reminder: The US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)\u00a0is asking for your comments\u00a0on the relevancy of shortwave radio broadcasting. In short, simply send the BBG an email (limited to 1,200 words or less) with your comments\u00a0by Friday (March 14th, 2014).\u00a0The BBG has set up the following email address:\u00a0ShortwaveCommittee@bbg.gov Click here for full details. Thank you for […]<\/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":[56,960,3,43,1167],"tags":[406,936,1106,1531,1529,1528,184,1093,4082,10,182],"class_list":["post-8977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-bbg","tag-broadcasting-board-of-governors","tag-ibb","tag-international-broadcasting-bureau","tag-radio-free-asia","tag-radio-liberty","tag-radio-marti","tag-rfa","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-voa","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2kN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8869,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/bbg-seeking-comments-on-relevancy-of-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":8977,"position":0},"title":"BBG seeks comments on relevancy of shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The United States' Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)--the governing body responsible for all US international broadcasting--is asking for your comments on the relevancy of shortwave radio broadcasting today. 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