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looking forward to the talk radio pundits telling us what this upheaval in media means in the coming days
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I'm wondering if various state actors that have shut down their shortwave radio networks in favour of cable and digital are now regretting their move. On the one hand, getting your propaganda on your target country's cable and digital systems gives you greater penetration but once they decide to cut you off you're stuck, where shortwave radio is much more difficult for a target country to block (even when they jam you).
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Hansa wrote:
I'm wondering if various state actors that have shut down their shortwave radio networks in favour of cable and digital are now regretting their move. On the one hand, getting your propaganda on your target country's cable and digital systems gives you greater penetration but once they decide to cut you off you're stuck, where shortwave radio is much more difficult for a target country to block (even when they jam you).
Your timing on this question is quite incredible.
BBC revives shortwave radio dispatches in Ukraine, and draws ire of Russia.
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If you are into DXing you might be able to find some fun new numbers stations.
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Of course, Canada shut down and dismantled Radio Canada International's shortwave transmitters and terminated its Russian and Ukrainian language production a decade or so ago. Looks a bit short-sighted now.
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I'm wondering if various state actors that have shut down their shortwave radio networks in favour of cable and digital are now regretting their move. On the one hand, getting your propaganda on your target country's cable and digital systems gives you greater penetration but once they decide to cut you off you're stuck, where shortwave radio is much more difficult for a target country to block (even when they jam you).
Your timing on this question is quite incredible.
BBC revives shortwave radio dispatches in Ukraine, and draws ire of Russia.
It's extremely unlikely you'll be able to hear it, but if you're interested in DXing this rare BBC revival of its shortwave signal into Russia, here's where you'll find it.
15735 kHz from 9 – 11 a.m. Eastern (6 – 8 a.m. Pacific)
5875 kHz from 3 – 5 p.m. Eastern (Noon – 2 p.m. Pacific)
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RT may be gone, but these stations continue.
Amazing the logic station owners use to justify furthering Russian propaganda.
"RM’s owner, Arnold Ferolito, defended Sputnik in a recent interview, saying efforts to remove it from the air were an attack on free speech.
“RM Broadcasting stands with Ukraine and victims of oppression and aggression worldwide,” he wrote in an email. “One of the fundamental rights that Ukraine is fighting for is freedom of speech and freedom from censorship, and RM is dedicated to the unfettered exchange of information and ideas.”
The tiny radio station broadcasting Russian propaganda in D.C.
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Bring back Stan Beeman, the FBI counter intelligence officer who hunted Russians in "The Americans". He'd give Mr. Ferolito an "education" on free speech. Too bad Stan Beeman was a fictional character. But there is a clear line between harmful propaganda and "free speech". But America has become. a place where you can shout "fire" in a crowded theatre and get away with it, by using the First Amendment argument.
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I'm wondering if various state actors that have shut down their shortwave radio networks in favour of cable and digital are now regretting their move. On the one hand, getting your propaganda on your target country's cable and digital systems gives you greater penetration but once they decide to cut you off you're stuck, where shortwave radio is much more difficult for a target country to block (even when they jam you).
Your timing on this question is quite incredible.
BBC revives shortwave radio dispatches in Ukraine, and draws ire of Russia.It's extremely unlikely you'll be able to hear it, but if you're interested in DXing this rare BBC revival of its shortwave signal into Russia, here's where you'll find it.
15735 kHz from 9 – 11 a.m. Eastern (6 – 8 a.m. Pacific)
5875 kHz from 3 – 5 p.m. Eastern (Noon – 2 p.m. Pacific)
A shortwave radio station from Florida is trying to spread the truth to Putin's Russia. A TV newsroom's video story at the link below also includes a look at their antenna array and some station equipment.
Shortwave Radio In Central Florida Carrying Latest War News To Russia