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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on April 05, 2022, 1911 UTC

Title: Why Reviving Shortwave is a Non-Starter
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on April 05, 2022, 1911 UTC

https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/guest-commentaries/why-reviving-shortwave-is-a-non-starter

Title: Re: Why Reviving Shortwave is a Non-Starter
Post by: BoomboxDX on April 07, 2022, 0608 UTC

Yeah, maybe the commentators in the articles have a point. However, China doesn't fund their numerous CRI broadcasts to much of the undeveloped world because the Chinese government is stupid. They target areas where internet access isn't exactly isn't in abundance, only rich people have satellite TV, and China knows the value of soft power. They even target Africa from Mali. Somebody must be listening.

Title: Re: Why Reviving Shortwave is a Non-Starter
Post by: Josh on April 13, 2022, 0008 UTC

That somebody used to be the 3rd world villager or farmer who were lucky to find batteries for their multiband portable they were even luckier to afford, now everyone has a smartphone and cd quality audio or better over innernets is a human right. That said, when countries go to war and innernets is severed, you might see countries fire up shortwave bcasts once again to get their point across.