Yes, I remember them announcing all shortwave transmissions are going to be DRM in the future and I remember thinking the only listener they will then have left is Victor Goonetilleke in Sri Lanka, lol.
Maybe they finally got the memo that shortwave DRM is a failure and shortwave itself does not lend itself to localized [near the transmitter] audiences. FM really is the way to go; then if they want to go IBOC digital they could it on FM.