{"id":9497,"date":"2014-05-06T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T12:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9497"},"modified":"2014-05-06T08:04:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T12:04:38","slug":"chrissy-brand-on-the-joy-of-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/chrissy-brand-on-the-joy-of-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrissy Brand on the joy of shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SX-99-Dial\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I love reading Chrissy Brand’s posts on her blog,\u00a0DX International<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, she posted “The Joy of Shortwave<\/a>,<\/em>” in which\u00a0she talks about the advantages of tuning in the world via shortwave radio. As she mentions\u00a0all of the stations that she casually logs in the UK, I realize how fond I am of the same stations, and how Chrissy and I–though an ocean apart–may often listen to the same shows at the same time. Because on the shortwaves, local is global, not to mention\u00a0instantaneous<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Take it from Chrissy<\/a>:\u00a0Shortwave radio is very much alive,\u00a0all you need to do is\u00a0listen.<\/p>\n

Chrissy also writes the Broadcast Matters<\/em> column for the UK magazine\u00a0Radio User<\/a>, and blogs regularly on the Mancunian Wave<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I would encourage you to bookmark\u00a0DX International<\/a>\u2013which celebrates shortwave radio programming with a touch of nostalgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love reading Chrissy Brand’s posts on her blog,\u00a0DX International. Yesterday, she posted “The Joy of Shortwave,” in which\u00a0she talks about the advantages of tuning in the world via shortwave radio. As she mentions\u00a0all of the stations that she casually logs in the UK, I realize how fond I am of the same stations, and […]<\/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":[56,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2tb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2914,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/radio-exterior-de-espana-will-be-celebrating-its-70th-anniversary-march-15\/","url_meta":{"origin":9497,"position":0},"title":"Radio Exterior de Espana will be celebrating its 70th anniversary March 15","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Chrissy Brand) An email below from Radio Exterior de Espana that they have asked me to share. 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